Akron Public Library

Powerful lessons in personal change

Zoe Luce, psychic interior decorator, has finally settled down to domestic life in Whispering Springs, Ariz., with private investigator Ethan Truax after their tempestuous courtship. However, sinister cobwebs of energy confront her when she enters certain rooms, threatening to make her lose her tenuous grip on sanity. Meanwhile, Arcadia Ames, Zoe's old friend from Candle Lake Manor Psychiatric Hospital, fears the husband she sacrificed her identity...

A collection of writings by Douglas Adams, creator of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, " including short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, letters, and the unfinished novel "The Salmon of Doubt."

Joseph F. Girzone is the author of the best-selling novel Joshua. His work Kara, the Lonely Falcon, a thought-provoking story of a creature at odds with his very nature, has been in print for over two decades. A moving parable about gentleness and self-sacrifice, it continues to inspire millions of fans. For ages, all Kara has known is hunting and killing his next meal, but one day something changes within him. A new kind of hunger is growing, one...

Twelve-year-old Lily mourns her brother, and has not spoken since the accident she feels she could have prevented, but the summer Tinny comes to town she is the only one who realizes Lily's secret.

Five-time Grammy winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood returns with her fourth album, which includes the hit single Good Girl. Blown Away follows up her highly successful 2009 release, Play On.

International singing sensation Susan Boyle has enchanted fans all over the world with her powerful voice. Anticipation for her debut album has increased exponentially ever since her first appearance on Britain's Got Talent. I Dreamed a Dream promises to be one of the most successful albums of 2009.

Four years after the release of Day & Age, the Killers return with their fourth studio album, Battle Born. The album includes the single Runaways.