01242nam  2200217 a 4500001001300000005001700013008004100030020002700071040001500098100002100113245003500134260001900169263000800188300001100196520055400207600004200761600007400803650003100877650003400908856008200942WC000020070120070509103119.1070220s                      000 1 eng d  a9780670038541 :c31.00  aWebClarity1 aVreeland, Susan.10aLuncheon of the boating party.  bViking,c2007.  aMay  a304 p.  a Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a cafe terrace along the Seine near Paris. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own. Vreeland is the internationally renowned bestselling author of GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE.10aRenoir, Auguste,d1841-1919vFiction.10aRenoir, Auguste,d1841-1919.tLuncheon of the boating partyvFiction. 0aPainterszFrancevFiction. 0aImpressionism (Art)vFiction.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035324.html02090nam  2200277 a 4500001001300000005001700013008003900030010001700069020001500086020001800101040001500119043001200134050002500146082000800171100001900179245004000198260004400238300001100282520128700293650003201580650005501612650002201667651005401689655003101743655003801774WC000020070220070509103453.1061107s2007    nyu    e      000 1 eng  a  2006037333  a0399154175  a9780399154171  aWebClarity  ae-uk-en00aPS3561.R44bR58 200704aFIC1 aQuick, Amanda.14aThe river knows /cAmanda Quick. --  aNew York :bG.P. Putnam's Sons,cc2007.  a355 p.  aThe suspense begins with the first sentence of this romantic mystery from the pseudonymous Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz uses this pseudonym for her Victorian novels). Gossip spreads fast about the liaison between "unimportant, unfashionable, excessively dull" Louisa Bryce and wealthy, handsome Anthony Stalbridge. In reality, their first kiss was a spur-of-the-moment coverup when the two are caught snooping around Elwin Hastings's mansion. Louisa, an undercover reporter for the sensational newspaper, Flying Intelligencer, is investigating Hastings's crooked financial dealings, while Anthony seeks the truth about his fiancâee, one of three society women who supposedly committed suicide a year ago. Under the guise of their romance, Louisa and Anthony expose Hastings's many criminal schemes. Their relationship isn't all business, however, and Louisa's profession isn't her only secret. Quick's tightly woven tale allows little room for extraneous subplots?every cracked safe and mysterious prostitute plays an important role. Light humor and playful love scenes temper the more gruesome moments for an alluring combination of foggy nights and steamy afternoons. (Publisher's Weekly, Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 0aWomen booksellersvFiction. 0aAntiquarian booksellerszEnglandzLondonvFiction. 0aSuicidevFiction. 0aLondon (England)xHistoryy19th centuryvFiction. 7aHistorical fiction.2gsafd 7aRomantic suspense fiction.2gsafd01738nam  2200277 a 4500001001300000005001700013008004100030010001700071020001800088020001500106035001200121040001500133082000800148035001200156100002100168245004000189260003800229300001900267500002700286520094400313650004801257650005501305650003601360655002901396655003501425WC000020070320070509103511.1070417s2007    nyua   e      000 1 eng d  a  2007001547  a9780446580342  a0446580341  a1114681  aWebClarity04aFIC  a17135351 aBaldacci, David.10aSimple genius /cDavid Balducci. --  aNew York :bWarner Books,cc2007.  a420 p. :bill.  aMaps on lining papers.  aLast seen in Split Second (2003), former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have reached a crisis in their relationship in this less than compelling Washington political thriller from bestseller Baldacci. When Maxwell instigates a fight with the most intimidating bruiser she could find at a local bar and lets herself be beaten unconscious, despite her superior fighting skills, her partner suggests she voluntarily commit herself to a psychiatric facility. While Maxwell reluctantly undergoes treatment to find the childhood roots of her death wish, King probes the suicide of a scientist found on the grounds of Virginia's Camp Peary, a mysterious CIA facility. Both mysteries are fairly run of the mill, lacking the sharp twists and expert pacing that characterize Baldacci's fiction at its best. (Publisher's Weekly, Apr. 24) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 0aKing, Sean (Fictitious character)vFiction. 0aMaxwell, Michelle (Fictitious character)vFiction. 0aPrivate investigatorsvFiction. 7aSuspense fiction.2gsafd 7aCode and cipher stories.2lcsh01717cam  22002778a 4500001001300000005001700013008004100030010001700071020001800088040001500106043002100121050002700142082000700169100002700176245007100203250001200274260004400286300001100330650003200341650003000373650003500403651002300438651003200461655002800493520091800521WC000020070420070509103959.1070326s2007    mnu           000 1 eng    a  2007012839  a9780738709062  aWebClarity  an-us-ilan-us-mi00aPS3602.U2648bM33 200700FIC1 aBuckley, Julia,d1964-10aMadeline Mann :bthe first Madeline Mann mystery /cJulia Buckley.  a1st ed.  aWoodbury, Minn. :bMidnight Ink,c2007.  a288 p. 0aWomen journalistsvFiction. 0aMissing personsvFiction. 0aMurder investigationvFiction. 0aIllinoisvFiction. 0aSaugatuck (Mich.)vFiction. 7aMystery fiction.2gsafd  aReporter Madeline Mann (Madman to her brothers) is a control freak. That is, a freak about anyone trying to control her, even people like her sensible mother, handsome lover, and annoying brothers. As a journalist in her hometown of Webley, Illinois, Madeline feels she can do no less than pursue the truth; her family would tell her that shes being melodramatic and just a shade self-destructive.  Whenever Madeline gets bad vibes, she takes what she calls vibe-restoring action. This usually involves poking her nose into someone elses business. When her high school friend Logan Lanford disappears, Madeline finds herself smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation involving political intrigue, love, greed, obsession, and Webleys Annual Fall Harvest Festival. Fast-paced and humorous, this is the first book in the mystery series featuring the personable and unpredictable amateur sleuth Madeline Mann.02135cam  22002778a 4500001001300000005001700013008004100030010001700071020001800088040001500106043001200121050002600133082000800159100003600167245006300203260003900266300001100305650005600316650007000372650005200442650002300494650003100517651002300548655002800571520125800599WC000020070620070509104314.1061129s2007    nyu           000 1 eng    a  2006039047  a9780375422737  aWebClarity  af-bs---00aPR6063.C326bG66 200700aFIC1 aMcCall Smith, Alexander,d1948-14aThe good husband of Zebra Drive /cAlexander McCall Smith.  aNew York :bPantheon Books,c2007.  a224 p. 0aRamotswe, Precious (Fictitious character)vFiction. 0aNo. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)vFiction. 0aWomen private investigatorszBotswanavFiction. 0aHusbandsvFiction. 0aParent and childvFiction. 0aBotswanavFiction. 7aMystery fiction.2gsafd  aIn the life of Precious Ramotswea woman duly proud of her fine traditional build?there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Mate-koni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number one lady detective can? Then she has a minor falling-out with her assistant, Mma Makutsi, who decides to leave the agency, taking the 97 percent she received on her typing final from the Botswana Secretarial College with her. Along the way, Mma Ramotswe is asked to investigate a couple of tricky cases. Will she be able to explain an unexpected series of deaths at the hospital in Mochudi And what about the missing office supplies at a local printing company? These are the types of questions that she is uniquely well suited to answer.  In the end, whatever happens, Mma Ramotswe knows she can count on Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting world. And there is always her love for Botswana, a country of which she is justifiably proud.