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:: Superman and Batman Join Forces
 Living legend Stan Lee is teaming up with DC Comics to present Lee's alternative interpretation of the world's most beloved super-heroes including Batman and Superman.
:: COMETS: Creators and Destroyers!by David Levy
 Some months ago Hollywood shocked the world with the most explosive round of disaster movies. Whether it was the movie Deep Impact or Armageddon, the summer was filled with the galactic phenomenon of Comets. But there is more fact than fiction to these masses hurtling through space.
:: The Imam: A Novel by Harvey Havel
 Religious leaders and prophets of all faiths have forever struggled with their own humanity in the context of divine circumstance. Centuries ago, a long familial line of intellectual and sacred authorities of Shia Islam, the twelve Imams, endured fierce scrutiny and staggering personal sacrifice. The Imam, a bold, epic tale of the fictionalized life of the twelfth Imam colorfully probes the human hearts of Muslim leaders while exploring Islamic thought.
:: 9 Scorpions by Paul Levine
 This novel explores the inner workings of the Court and how a wealthy corporation could fix a case. Lisa Fremont, a brilliant and beautiful young lawyer, is planted on the Court as a law clerk to newly appointed Sam Truitt, a charismatic former Harvard law school professor. Her job is to ensure the outcome of a multi-million dollar case by swaying Truitt, either with her legal acumen or, if that fails, her feminine charms.
:: In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology by Brad Olsen, Bruce Northam
 An epic collection of 100 travelers' tales, this compendium celebrates the wild side of contemporary travel - revealing, humorous, sometimes naughty stories by acclaimed authors. Indeed, a book to heat up the gypsy blood in all of us. A book that offers eyebrow-raising stories that inquire - have you ever?
:: Connecting Online: Creating a Successful Image on the Internet by Gregory R. Sherwin, Emily N. Avila
 According to this book a business can expect to be successful at commerce on the Internet, it must build a positive image with its online audience. The book looks at the strategies and tactics of building a positive public relations effort using Internet tools such as e-mail, newsgroups and the World Wide Web.
:: Noble McCloud: A Novel by Harvey Havel
 In his debut novel, author Harvey Havel brings readers the hapless life of a man and his dream in the soon to be published work of literary fiction, Noble McCloud, a Novel. With descriptive polish, Havel navigates the mind of twenty-seven year old dreamer, Noble McCloud, lost in life and lacking motivation to do anything except the one thing he believes is his means of escape from an abject existence.
:: Assassins (Left Behind) by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim F. Lahaye
 Rayford Steele (an international fugitive and believer) struggles with a plan to assassinate Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia. Meanwhile Carpathia has been busy rebuilding roads, airports, and a cellular/solar satellite phone system--all designed to help him become supreme ruler of the world--and even claim himself to be God. We also find ace reporter Buck Williams anonymously preaching to the masses of believers and converts through his cyberspace magazine The Truth.
:: Holes by Louis Sachar
 The reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake is that if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. Camp Green Lake is a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character.
:: The Testament by John Grisham
 Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict.
:: The Big Book of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand, Robert Loren Fleming, Robert F. Boyd (Contributor)
 This collection of strange and bizarre anecdotal tales drawn (ostensibly) from real life contains 200 stories that have circulated across metropolitan areas--all invariably sworn to be true. Funny, scary, amazing all at once. So well done that once you've started it you can't let go... Definitely a book to read.
:: Red Meat : A Collection of Red Meat Cartoons by Max Cannon, Bill Griffith
 Currently featured in over 50 alternative weeklies and college newspapers, "Red Meat" is quickly becoming one of the most popular alternative comic strips in the country. The official "Red Meat" Web site averages 30,000 page views a week. This collection offers readers a peek at the strip that's caused all the commotion. Do yourself a favor; buy this book!
:: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks
 This stunning new chapter in George Lucas's "Star Wars" saga has been brought to life by Terry Brooks, a foremost author of fantasy fiction. "The Phantom Menace" is a stirring novel of good and evil, human strengths and frailties, and grand adventure that adds powerful new dimensions to a legendary work of imagination. This book is very good to read. It helps you understand the movie even more.
:: Hannibal by Thomas Harris
 Seven years after Dr. Hannibal Lecter's escape from the authorities, the climax of "Silence of the Lambs, " one of his earlier victims uses Agent Starling as bait to draw the doctor into an intricate and unspeakable design for revenge. A great book, but it won't surpass Red Dragon.
:: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre
 When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry,second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been unleashed on the school. This book is really exciting.It feels like you are with Harry in the story.
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Holes by Louis Sachar
by
Tom Masson
Holes by Louis Sachar
The reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake is that if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.
Camp Green Lake is a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with
countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their no-good-dirty-rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather!
Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just
be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony. The strange story is what makes this book special, so if you would like to read something different then read this book.
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