To sustain the constructed universe called the Entire, the alien Tarig have built the engine of Ahnenhoon, designed to turn the Rose?Earth's universe?into a power source. Earth's survival depends on pilot Titus Quinn's plan to destroy the engine. Titus's only hope may be his wife, Johanna, captured 10 years ago by the Tarig, who has slowly taught herself enough about the engine to have a chance of disabling it. -- From the Publisher's Weekly review. Recommended by Kay of the Newport Library.

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1 copy available at Toledo Public Library in New Fiction Collection

A disastrous mishap during interstellar space travel catapults pilot Titus Quinn with his wife and daughter into a parallel universe called the Entire. Titus makes it back to this dimension, his hair turned white, his memory gone, his family presumed dead and his reputation ruined with the corporation that employed him. The corporation (in search of radical space travel methods) sends Titus back through the space-time warp. There, he gradually, painfully regains knowledge of its rulers, the cruel, alien Tarig; its subordinate humanoid population, the Chalin; and his daughter Sydney's enslavement. Titus's transformative odyssey to reclaim Sydney reveals a Tarig plan whose ramifications will be felt far beyond his immediate family.--From the Publisher's Weekly review. Recommended by Kay of the Newport Library.

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2 copies available at Driftwood Public Library (Lincoln City) and Toledo Public Library

Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen claims that today's new participatory Web 2.0 threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. In today's self-broadcasting culture, where amateurism is celebrated and anyone with an opinion, however ill-informed, can publish a blog, post a video on YouTube, or change an entry on Wikipedia, the distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes blurred. When bloggers and videographers, unconstrained by professional standards or editorial filters, can manipulate public opinion, truth becomes a commodity to be bought, sold, packaged, and reinvented. The anonymity that Web 2.0 offers calls into question the reliability of the information we receive and creates an environment in which sexual predators and identity thieves can roam free. Keen urges us to consider the consequences of supporting a culture that endorses plagiarism and piracy and weakens traditional media and creative institutions.--From publisher description. Recommended by Sheridan of the Newport Library.

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Former Boston mayor Bernard Doyle adopted two African American children, Teddy and Tip, more than a decade ago. One night Teddy and Tip, now college students, accompany their father to a lecture given by Jessie Jackson at the Kennedy Centre. After the lecture they get into an argument and Tip walks backwards in the road. A car appears out of nowhere and so does a woman called Tennessee, who pushes Tip out of the car's path and is herself struck. Thus, a woman is taken to hospital and her daughter, Kenya, is left in the company of the Doyles. Relationships begin both to emerge and unravel, disclosing secrets, hopes, fears. -- From the Publisher's Weekly description. Recommended by Sheryl of the Newport Library.

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2 copies available at Driftwood Public Library (Lincoln City) and Waldport Public Library

A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps Guy put together a demo disc so he can take it to London in hope of landing a music contract. At the same time, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs. Recommended by Sheryl of the Newport Library.

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Dr. Amin Jaafari is a man caught between two worlds; he's a Bedouin Arab surgeon struggling to integrate himself into Israeli society. The balancing act becomes impossible when the terrorist responsible for a suicide bombing that claims 20 lives, including many children, is identified as Jaafari's wife by the Israeli police. -- from the Publisher's Weekly review. Recommended by Sheridan of the Newport Library.

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3 copies available at Bookmobile - TCL, Driftwood Public Library (Lincoln City), and Newport Public Library

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Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. - June's Literary Flick

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1 copy available at Oregon Coast Community College Library in AV Collection

Winik's powerful memoir tells the story of her contentious, unusual marriage, and of her husband's tragic death. Recommended by Wyma of the Newport Library.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an aviation pioneer, the impoverished son of one of France's oldest families, who became famous for his beautiful autobiographical novels of the adventure of flight, and for the melancholy children's classic The Little Prince. In this biography, author Schiff captures his prankish personality, his fascination with the isolation and the cameraderie of his work, and his intense sorrow at the occupation of France by Germany. Saint-Exupéry disappeared forever during a reconnaisance flight over southern France in 1944. Recommended by Jennifer K. of the Newport Library.

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1 copy available at Newport Public Library in Biography Collection