Ridgway Public Library

"In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, this is an intimate and honest memoir"--

In a memoir of growing up in the Bronx during the Depression, the author recalls her father's death in 1939, her family's financial woes, and her mother's creation of a rooming house, bringing in tenants who would change their lives.

Includes: * The prologues to Clive Cussler's next exciting DIRK PIT novel! * An exclusive interview with Clive Cussler - including the evolution of the DIRK PITT novels and the close ties between Cussler and his hero. * "The Reunion" - an original short story in which CUssler crashes NUMA's twenty-year reunion and reminisces with DIRK PITT and all his favorite characters. * A brief synopsis of every DIRK PITT novel, including whey "Pacific...

In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a life-changing phone call. An animal control officer had found a neglected donkey on a farm in upstate New York, and she hoped that Jon and his wife, Maria, would be willing to adopt him. Jon wasn't planning to add another animal to his home on Bedlam Farm, but the moment he saw Simon, Jon decided to take him in. Simon needed near constant care, but Jon was determined to help him heal. As Simon's health improved,...

Looking for inspiration, crime novelist Nick Castle becomes a consultant for the New York Police Department and clashes with Detecive Kate Beckett.

For years Paul Graves has tried to escape his past and forget about his sister's murder, but when he is called to Riverwood to write a story about a young girl who was killed more than forty years earlier, he is forced to face the demons that have always tormented him.

Life after rehab, from the author of "Running With Scissors."

A journalist and foreign correspondent recounts his childhood and youth in the United States, and his years in Europe during the 1920's.