Much is expected of Octavia Smith. Growing up a much-loved only child surrounded by family friends like George Bernard Shaw and William Morris, Octavia takes it as a matter of course that she will more than meet those expectations. Her childhood ambition is to change the world, but will the sometimes chaotic and often somber events of the early twentieth century allow her to?During her ...

Manufacturer: Magna Large Print Books
Written By: Beryl Kingston

Manufacturer: Charnwood Pub
Written By: Betsy Tobin

A New York Times Bestseller The New York Times calls him "the funniest man in America," and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide. Now Dave Barry gives us the real scoop on such cultural phenomena as: the scientific research for the world's funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word "weasel"); RV camping in the ...

Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
Written By: Dave Barry

An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: ...

Manufacturer: Random House Large Print
Written By: John Grisham

Mariah Ellison isn't merely disappointed to learn that she won't spend Christmas at home with her married granddaughter: she is furious. Instead, Grandmama is being packed off to a house in the Romney Marshes to stay with her ex-daughter-in-law. Never having got on with Caroline, Mariah much disapproves of her new husband: decades younger than her, Joshua, an actor, is scarcely even respectable. ...

Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
Written By: Anne Perry

The murder trial promises to be the most sensational to hit Chicago in years. And attorney Briley Lester knows it could make—or break— her career. The tabloid headlines are screaming that a long-mistreated society wife has killed her abusive husband—the scion of one of the city's wealthiest, most powerful, most dangerous families….It seems like a hopeless, open-and-shut case, but ...

Manufacturer: Center Point Publishers
Written By: Angela Elwell Hunt

A New York Times Bestseller -- A top secret, U.S. government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly disappears. At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless a half mile below the surface, its passengers left to die. Suspecting a connection, Kurt Austin puts the NUMA ...

Manufacturer: Large Print Press
Written By: Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos

Four best friends, one risky business, and a chance to say “I do” one more time. . . With their fledgling business Second Chances facing its first big break, four best friends turned wedding consultants face second chances–and challenges–of their own. For always-practical, always-predictable Elaine, it’s a time for a total makeover . . . but is the new “dream-her” really ...

Manufacturer: Center Point Large Print
Written By: Jean Stone

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Manufacturer: Linford
Written By: Rachel Murray

Black Sheep SonNothing about going home to Gordon Falls is easy for fireman Clark Bradens. His role as local bad boy is firmly established, though he's determined to use his newfound faith to change people's minds. But Clark isn't the only one coming home to hard times. When Melba Wingate came home from Chicago to help her ailing father, she wasn't expecting to unravel a family secret. ...

Manufacturer: Love Inspired
Written By: Allie Pleiter