Akron Public Library

When a local developer is found dead in a boutique window after someone liberates the reptiles from the Herpetology Hut, E. J. Ferris, after an arrogant homicide detective dismisses her as "only" a mall cop, decides to solve the case herself with the help of her grandpa, a retired CIA operative.

"In December, 1998, San Antonio Express-News reporter Philip True vanished during a solo backcountry trek in western Mexico, home of the reclusive Huichol Indians and the Chapalagana, the Twisted Serpent Canyon, a 150-mile long gash that twists and plunges through the heart of the Sierra Madre. Five days later his editor, Robert Rivard, was part of a small search party that, nearly miraculously, tracked a trail of feathers that had leaked from True's...

On May 9, 1986, in the small, ranching community of Cokeville, Wyoming, David and Doris Young took an elementary school hostage for several hours before detonating a bomb inside a classroom that held every teacher and student in the school. In the wake of the madness, Ron Hartley, whose children were inside the classroom, must fight his skepticism and unbelief as he hears eyewitness accounts from the students about miraculous, heavenly intervention...

On a Danish shore, a Vatican priest is found - hanging on a cross. Within days, the same crime is repeated ... this time in Asia and Africa. Meanwhile, deep in the legendary Catacombs under Orvieto, Italy, an archaeologist unearths a scroll dating back two thousand years, revealing secrets that could rock the foundations of Christianity. Its discovery makes him the most wanted criminal in all of Europe. But his most dangerous enemies operate outside...

"In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one...

Robert Langdon, experto en simbología, recibe una llamada en mitad de la noche: el conservador del museo del Louvre ha sido asesinado en extrañas circunstancias, y junto a su cadáver ha aparecido un desconcertante mensaje cifrado. Al profundizar en la investigación, Langdom descubre que las pistas conducen a las obras de Leonardo Da Vinci… y que están a la vista de todos, ocultas por el ingenio del pintor. Langdon une esfuerzos con la criptóloga...

"...builds on Dr. Baileys years of experience as a family psychologist helping real families deal with real situations. From abduction to abuse, Bailey explains how parents can speak to their kids about troubling topics while building their self-esteem and teaching them how to protect themselves"--P. [4] of cover.

Choctaw author Tim Tingle tells the story of his famly's move from OklahomA Choctaw country to Pasadena, Texas. Spanning fifty years, the book describes the problems encounted by his Choctaw grandmother from her orphan days at an Indian boarding school to hardships she met at her new home on the Texas Gult Coast. It is the story of one family's efforts to honor the past while struggling to gain a foothold in modern America.

It may be summertime, but sales at Fairy Tale Cupcakes are below zero -- and owners Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are willing to try anything to heat things up. So when local legend Slim Hazard offers them the chance to sell cupcakes at the annual Juniper Pass Rodeo, they're determined to rope in a pretty payday! But not everyone at Juniper Pass is as sweet for Fairy Tale Cupcakes as Slim -- including star bull rider Ty Stokes. Mel and Angie try...