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.gif) New Fiction: Murder in Mississippi . . a grisly crime haunts the herione
of Donna Tartt's new novel,
The Little Friend. Scott Turow's hero fights to save a presumed innocent man from deathrow in
Reversible Errors. Is the missing girl a victim of a kidnapping or is she a runaway? Find out in William Trevor's
The Story of Lucy Gault. Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael Chabon, pitches another winner with
Summerland, which is also good for young readers. Also for readers of all ages is Isabel Allende's riveting adventure in the Amazon
City of the Beasts.
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.gif)  Best of Show For Younger Readers:
David Shannon's David always has an excuse when he does something
naughty in
David Gets in Trouble. The most boring place in the world, Chickentown, U.S.A., is the setting for Clive Barker's
Abarat. Poor Rosie Roselli, the middle child of a large Italian family has difficulty gettin noticed in Anita Riggio's
Smack Dab in the Middle.
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 History and Intrigue in Shay McNeal's
The Secret Plot to Save the Tsar. A stunning collection, 175 photographs, of tight tights and tight twirls showcase this ballet great in
Baryshnikov in Black and White
. New from best-selling author (The Christmas Box) Richard Paul Evans is the question "To love or not to love?" answered in
The Last Promise: A Novel. Legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall and animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff show us
The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love.
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More Good Reads!
Janet Evanovich's
Visions of Sugar Plums. Nora Roberts
Chesapeake Blue. Anne Rice's
Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles). David Baldacci's
The Christmas Train. John Grisham's
Skipping Christmas. And how about
I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother by Allison Pearson. Mark Victor Hansen's (the Chicken Soup for the Soul guy!)
The One Minute Millionaire AND
Chicken Soup for the Soul of America. Try this one: Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs: How Eleven Women Escaped Poverty and Became Their Own Bosses.
The Perricone Prescription
Visioning: 10 Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams
7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
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.gif) SWI Visits Las Vegas:
"Sin City" has just a few books about it! Check out these authors:
 
UNLV Professor Hal Rothman's
Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century. Dr. Eugene Moehring's
Resort City in the Sunbelt, Las Vegas. Las Vegas Review Journal Columnist John Smith's
On the Boulevard--The Best of John L Smith and
Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn (Steve Wynn sued on this one!).
Other LV Books:
No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak
The First 100: Portraits of the Men and Women Who Shaped Las Vegas
The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold On America
The Man Who Invented Las Vegas
A Short History of Las Vegas
The Red Scare in Nevada, 1919-1920 (on-line)
SWI's Spiritual Path with Dr. Ernest Holmes.
Philosopher, spiritual guide, and church founder, Holmes has left a plethora of
insightful writings. Here are a few:
Creative Mind,
The Science of Mind,
Living the Science of Mind,
This Thing Called You.
Creative Mind: Tapping the Power Within,
Thoughts Are Things,
How to Change Your Life with Rev. Michael Beckwith,
God-Online by Rev. Michael Beckwith
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 Kay Scarpetta, er . . . Patricia Cornwell Solves 100+ Year Mystery:
Whistler's Mother, prostitutes as models, sexual dysfunction, madness with jealosy and rage, all
play a part in Cornwell's latest work of "non-fiction fiction". She states that the Ripper case is finally "100 percent solved." See what you think after
you read
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed.
Free Books On-Line!
Alex Catalogue
Bibliomania
Blackmask
Bullfinch's Mythology
Electronic Text Center@ Un. Virginia
Edgar Allen Poe
Great Literature Online
Hans Christian Anderson
InterText Fiction
Internet Public Library
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In Las Vegas, Nevada