Subject(s): Widowers -- Fiction | Judges -- Fiction | Teenage girls -- Fiction -- Death | Texas -- Fiction Summary: City lawyer Beck Hardin hasn't been back to the small town in Texas where he grew up for more than twenty years. He has history there. Bad memories. But when his wife dies, Beck decides to return to Fredericksburg with his two

Subject(s): Missing persons -- Fiction | Moving, Household -- Fiction | High schools -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Uncles -- Fiction | Mystery and detective stories Summary: After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends

Subject(s): Television programs -- Planning | Cable television -- Planning Summary: "This book about media programming deals with both the structured and unstructured media. By structured we mean the traditional mass communication media of broadcast television and radio and the cable networks. ... By unstructured we mean the parts of the hu

Subject(s): Motherhood -- Fiction | Mothers -- Fiction | Infertility -- Fiction | Surrogate mothers -- Fiction | Birthparents -- Fiction | Adoptive parents -- Fiction | Domestic fiction Summary: The plans of four women--including a college student egg donor, a working-class surrogate mother, a wealthy woman, and her stepdaughter--are thrown int

Subject(s): National characteristics, Iranian | National characteristics, Iranian, in literature | Iranians -- Ethnic identity | Political culture -- Iran | Iran -- Foreign relations Summary: "This collection of essays is about Iranian identity in its various manifestations as it encountered the challenge of modernity. It problematizes the

Subject(s): Chemistry -- Popular works | Environmental chemistry -- Industrial applications | Sustainability | Chemical industry -- Environmental aspects | Industries -- Environmental aspects Summary: This book explains the roles of chemistry in various areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the worryingly global. These roles are c

Subject(s): Democracy -- Southeast Asia | Democratization -- Southeast Asia | Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- Summary: "Democracy in Southeast Asia is in crisis. The contributors to this volume argue that this is a crisis of democratic governance. They look into its causes, consequences, and prospects, comparing themes of

Subject(s): Monarchy -- Morocco | Islam and state -- Morocco | Morocco -- Politics and government -- 1999- Summary: "An examination of the Moroccan monarchy's religious authority and its use of rituals of power, this book look at how the monarchy limits the ability of Islamist and non-Islamist opposition groups to contest the its legiti

Subject(s): Investments -- Social aspects | Investments -- Environmental aspects | Social responsibility of business | Investment analysis Summary: "Real-world guidance for investment professionals on delivering attractive risk-adjusted and opportunity-directed returns across asset classes and regionsFilled with interviews with leading prac

Subject(s): Missing children -- Fiction Summary: "2008. The California desert. A four-year-old austistic boy, Raj Matharu, disappears in the winderness plunging his wealthy New York parents in to the surreal public hell of a media witch-hunt. But the desert is inexplicable and miraculous, and the Matharus' fate is bound up with that of