Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction Eric Van Lustbader Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor. Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a ...             Damage Control (Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 13) J. A. Jance William Morrow, 2008 On a beautiful sunny day in the Coronado National Monument, an elderly couple's car goes off the side of a mountain and into oblivion. The terrain is so rocky that a helicopter must be flown in to retrieve the bodies, and to make matters worse, a thunder-storm is looming on the horizon. 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In a fascinating new discovery sure to rival the ground-breaking DRAGONOLOGY, the intrepid Dr. Ernest Drake turns his inquisitive gaze from dragons to other so-called mythical creatures. ...             Riven (Jenkins) Jerry B. Jenkins Tyndale House Publishers, 2008 When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary ...             Foreign Body Robin Cook Putnam Adult, 2008 A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller . Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA, just completing an elective in general surgery, whose world is shattered during a break in an otherwise ordinary day. While relaxing in the ...             Smoke Screen: A Novel Sandra Brown Simon & Schuster, 2008 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a sizzling tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge and reversal - where friends become foes, and criminals become heroes in the ultimate abuse of power.             The Assassin: A Novel Stephen Coonts St. Martin's Press, 2008 The headlines only reveal half the truth. Here’s the real story. . . . Abu Qasim, the ruthless and cunning Al Qaeda leader who nearly succeeded in blowing up a meeting of the G-8 in Paris, has escaped from the grasp of the Americans and is plotting his next move. A small band of powerful men, highly placed leaders of industry and politics in the West, have decided they need to target and ...             Say Goodbye Lisa Gardner Bantam, 2008 Lisa Gardner , the New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Gone , draws us into the venomous mind games of her most terrifying killer yet. Come into my parlor . . . For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her johns is too horrifying to be true—but prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with ...             Moscow Rules (Wheeler Large Print Book Series) Daniel Silva Gale Cengage, 2008             The Faith of Barack Obama1 review Stephen Mansfield Thomas Nelson, 2008 Insightful and informative; a must-read for everyone This was, hands down, the best book I've read about Barack Obama. It was insightful and informative while remaining objective. It gave me the facts about Obama's upbringing and his faith through his life so that I could make up my own mind, without trying to influence me one way or another. I ...             Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters Nancy Pelosi, Amy Hill Hearth Doubleday, 2008 “Never losing faith, we waited through the many years of struggle to achieve our rights. But women weren't just waiting; women were working. Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and our granddaughters today we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters now the sky is the ...             The Gargoyle1 review Andrew Davidson Doubleday, 2008 Intriguing Love Story Reviewed from Advanced Review Copy Provided by Publisher The narrator of this extraordinary love story is a drug-addicted, suicidal, burn victim that discovers love after a horrible car accident. Marianne Engel a beautiful eccentric sculptress, unexpectedly walks into the hospital burn unit and ...             The Dangerous Days of Daniel X James Patterson Little, Brown and Company, 2008 The greatest superpower of all isn't to be part spider, part man, or to cast magic spells--the greatest power is the power to create. Daniel X has that power. Daniel's secret abilities -- like being able to manipulate objects and animals with his mind or to recreate himself in any shape he chooses -- have helped him survive. But Daniel doesn't have a normal life. He is the protector of ...             Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12) Sherrilyn Kenyon St. Martin's Press, 2008 The most anticipated story in the blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. The never-before-revealed story of the Dark-Hunter leader, Acheron. He was made human in order to escape death, but in death he was reborn a god. . . Eleven thousand years ago a god was born. Cursed into the body of a human, Acheron spent a lifetime of shame. However, his human death unleashed an unspeakable horror that almost ...             Forced Out: A Novel Stephen Frey Atria, 2008 Three men. Three secrets. One chance at redemption. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Frey delivers a mesmerizing new thriller where life and death are played out against the backdrop of America's favorite game. Sarasota, Florida : Forced to retire from his job as a scout for the New York Yankees, Jack Barrett is just getting by in a small Florida town when his daughter drags him ...             Alfred and Emily Doris Lessing Harper, 2008 I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without. What is the use of it? It is as if that old war is in my own memory, my own consciousness. In this extraordinary book, the 2007 Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, ...             Killer View Ridley Pearson Putnam Adult, 2008 Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming returns in a stunning new thriller from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author . When a skier goes missing at Sun Valley’s Galena Summit, Sheriff Walt Fleming quickly assembles his crack search-and-rescue team and heads out into the snowy night. Despite the treacherous conditions, Walt and his group, including deputy Tommy Brandon and Walt’s best friend, Mark ...