This thoughtful if less than suspenseful thriller frombestseller Patterson ( Eclipse ) charts the impact of thebrutal murder of black coed Angela Hall at Caldwell College inWayne, Ohio, on gifted athlete Mark Darrow, who discovered the bodyand later became a nationally renowned lawyer. Mark's best friendwas convicted of the crime, but many aspects of the trial troubledMark. Lionel Farr, Caldwell's provost and Mark's former mentor,offers Mark the post of college president 16 years after Angela'smurder. Mark agrees to return to Caldwell, now struggling with thesuspected embezzlement of $900,000 from its endowment by itscurrent president. With Lionel's support, Mark investigates boththe embezzlement and the old murder. Patterson evokes the quietschism between town and gown in Wayne as well as the fragilerelationship between blacks and whites, while Mark's probing hitsexposed nerves with fatal results. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of ReedElsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This t

"AN OFTEN LYRICAL AND ALWAYS TOUGH-MINDED DEBUT . . . Provides rare insight into the three cultures—Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino—that coexist in the Philippines."—The New York Times Book Review

The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez'sdaring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired thecritically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, andco-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the Americanembassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages,sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics stillreverberating today. But there is a little-known drama connected tothe crisis: six Americans escaped. And a top-level CIA officernamed Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky planto rescue them before they were detected. Disguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by acast of expert forgers, deep cover CIA operatives, foreign agents,and Hollywood special effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehranunder the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fictionfilm called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect filmbackdrops, Mendez and a

Part culinary travelogue, part cultural history, Save the Deliis a must-read for anyone whose idea of perfect happiness istucking into a pastrami on rye with a pickle on the side Cornedbeef. Pastrami. Brisket. Matzo balls. Knishes. Mustard and rye. Inthis book about Jewish delicatessens, about deli's history andcharacters, its greatest triumphs, spectacular failures, andultimately the very future of its existence, David Sax goes deepinto the world of the Jewish deli. He explores the histories andexperiences of the immigrant counterman and kvetching customer;examines the pressures that many delis face; and enjoys the foodthat is deli's signature. In New York and Chicago, Florida, L.A.,Montreal, Toronto, Paris, and beyond, Sax strives to answer thequestion, Can Jewish deli thrive, and if so, how? Funny, poignant,and impeccably written, Save the Deli is the story of one man'ssearch to save a defining element of a culture -- and thesandwiches -- he loves.

Russe à la maison et Fran?ais au lycée : n'est-ce pas unesituation difficile pour un enfant de quatorze ans ? Par chance, uncamarade de classe, Thierry Gozelin, va amener Aliocha à s'acceptertel qu'il est, riche de deux mondes et de deux natures. Bonsélèves, passionnés de littérature, rien d'autre qu'eux-mêmes nepara?t intéresser Thierry et Aliocha. En les rapprochant, la santéprécaire de l'un, le passé russe de l'autre en font des amis " pourl'éternité ".

Après Herlock Sholmès, le détective anglais, Isidore Beautrelet,élève de rhétorique au lycée Janson-de-Sailly, se mesure à ArsèneLupin. Il met au jour ses procédés et le démasque. Le gentlemancambrioleur a trouvé son ma?tre en la personne de ce jeune homme etéprouve une grande admiration pour son intelligence fine et saténacité. Une personnalité qui fait penser à celle du reporterTintin. L'énigme de l'aiguille creuse nous fait remonter le temps.On y découvre aussi Arsène Lupin sous un autre jour, prêt àraccrocher, à troquer par amour sa vie de gentleman cambrioleurpour celle de gentleman farmer. Sans nul doute, le roman de MauriceLeblanc le plus connu. --Ce texte fait référence à une éditionépuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. 'No!' Edward roared ...Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning ...