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August Witte is firmly against having children. But after seven years of marriage, his wife is delighted when she realizes she is unexpectedly pregnant. August is terrified, recognizing he never learned the first thing about being a good parent from his father, London. A widower since August was a toddler, London has always valued the game of golf--a sport August has never had any talent for--more than his son.
In spite of how he hates the game, when August confronts his father, he finds himself agreeing to meet each onth of pregnancy with a round of golf. In exchange, London will give him the only thing that could make August agree to pick up a club again--memories of his mother, which he has written on golf scorecards since the day he met her. But August quickly realizes that his father's motive is not to teach him about golf, but to teach him about life--and he may discover that the old man just might know something about it worth sharing.
Clara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Beck's, a Volksdeutsche (ethically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families.
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August Witte is firmly against having children. But after seven years of marriage, his wife is delighted when she realizes she is unexpectedly pregnant. August is terrified, recognizing he never learned the first thing about being a good parent from his father, London. A widower since August was a toddler, London has always valued the game of golf--a sport August has never had any talent for--more than his son.In spite of how he hates the game, when August confronts his father, he finds himself agreeing to meet each onth of pregnancy with a round of golf. In exchange, London will give him the only thing that could make August agree to pick up a club again--memories of his mother, which he has written on golf scorecards since the day he met her. But August quickly realizes that his father's motive is not to teach him about golf, but to teach him about life--and he may discover that the old man just might know something about it worth sharing.
Clara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Beck's, a Volksdeutsche (ethically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families. Eighteen people in all lived in a bunker dug out of Beck's basement. Fifteen-year-old Clara kept a diary during the twenty terrifying months she spent in hiding, writing down details of their unpredictable life--from the house's catching fire to Mr. Beck's affair with Clara's neighbor; from the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room above to the small pleasure of a shared Christmas carp.
Against all odds, Clara lived to tell her story, and her diary is now a part of the permanent collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris
Amulet of Samarkand, by Jonathan Stroud
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Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris
Diary of a Fly, by Doreen Cronin
Diary of a Spider, by Doreen Cronin
Die For You, by Lisa Unger
Dooby Dooby Moo, by Doreen Cronin
Everyone She Loved, by Sheila Curran
Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull
Fancy Nancy, by Jane O'Connor
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, by Jane O'Connor
Fingerlickin' Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich
Finishing Touches, by Hester Browne
Flying Carpet of Small Miracles, by Hala Jaber
From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris
The Garth Factor, by Patsi Bale Cox
Golem's Eye, by Jonathan Stroud
Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child
Grip of the Shadow Plague, by Brandon Mull
House of Suns, by Alastair Reynolds
Knockout, by Catherine Coulter
Matters of the Heart, by Danielle Steel
Medusa, by Clive Cussler
The Pretend Wife, by Bridget Asher
Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathan Stroud
Relentless, by Dean Koontz
Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull
Rising Tide (A novel of WWII), by Jeff Shaara
Rogue Forces, by Dale Brown
Steel Wave (A novel of WWII), by Jeff Shaara
Widows Season, by Laura Brodie
Pendragon: Merchant of Death (bk.1), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: Lost City of Faar (bk.2), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: The Never War (bk.3), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: The Reality Bug (bk.4), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: Black Water (bk.5), by D. J. Machale
Amulet of Samarkand, by Jonathan Stroud
Assailant, by James Patrick Hunt
Awakening, by S. J. Bolt
Beach, by Elisha Cooper
Building a Home with my Husband, by Rachel Simon
Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris
Diary of a Fly, by Doreen Cronin
Diary of a Spider, by Doreen Cronin
Die For You, by Lisa Unger
Dooby Dooby Moo, by Doreen Cronin
Everyone She Loved, by Sheila Curran
Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull
Fancy Nancy, by Jane O'Connor
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, by Jane O'Connor
Fingerlickin' Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich
Finishing Touches, by Hester Browne
Flying Carpet of Small Miracles, by Hala Jaber
From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris
The Garth Factor, by Patsi Bale Cox
Golem's Eye, by Jonathan Stroud
Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child
Grip of the Shadow Plague, by Brandon Mull
House of Suns, by Alastair Reynolds
Knockout, by Catherine Coulter
Matters of the Heart, by Danielle Steel
Medusa, by Clive Cussler
The Pretend Wife, by Bridget Asher
Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathan Stroud
Relentless, by Dean Koontz
Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull
Rising Tide (A novel of WWII), by Jeff Shaara
Rogue Forces, by Dale Brown
Steel Wave (A novel of WWII), by Jeff Shaara
Widows Season, by Laura Brodie
Pendragon: Merchant of Death (bk.1), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: Lost City of Faar (bk.2), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: The Never War (bk.3), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: The Reality Bug (bk.4), by D. J. Machale
Pendragon: Black Water (bk.5), by D. J. Machale
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- New Arrivals......
Trevor Stratton is an ?American professor and translator, newly arrived at a Paris university. There, in his office, he discovers a box filled with letters, photographs, and antique ovjects--a beautiful paiar of gloves, a rosary, and a silk scarf....
- These Just In........
In his first collection of short stories John Grisham goes back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, "A Time to Kill." The first thing readers might find scary about Stephen King's Under The Dome is its length....
- Books, Books, And ....... More Books
After years of throwing make-believe weddings in the backyard, flowers, photography, desserts, and details are what these women do best: a guaranteed perfect, beautiful day full of memories to last the rest of your life. With bridal magazines to her...
- Arriving In November
Here are just some of the books being added this month. Browse the list; you will surely find several titles to add to your own reading list. Novels: Amazing Grace ? Danielle Steel Book of the Dead ? Patricia Cornwell Bridge of Sighs ? Richard Russo Between...