Adult

Moved by the desire for adventure and a yearning to help the Ute Indians, 20-year-old Shiloh Wainright impulsively accepts a teaching position at the White River Indian Agency in northwestern Colorado. Soon she finds herself caught in the crossfire between the Utes, their unyielding Indian Agent, and the unrealistic demands of the US government. Her unexpected encounter with Jesse Blackwater, an embittered half-breed Ute and childhood friend, only complicates matters.

Tia Morales is the director of the popular sitcom "Stars Collide," and her life on the set is calculated and orderly. Life outside the studio is another matter. When she starts to have feelings for handsome cameraman Jason Harris, with whom she’s been butting heads for months, it’s enough to send a girl over the edge. Will she ever learn to let go and take life --- and love --- as it comes?

Bob Spitz, the author of a well-regarded biography of the Beatles, has now given us a hagiography of another 20th-century icon: Julia Child. His affection for television’s French Chef comes through on every page. This comprehensive book covers Child’s life from her privileged upbringing in Pasadena to her work in the OSS during World War II to her four decades as one of America’s preeminent cooking teachers.

Born into a distinguished New York family, Edith Wharton chronicled the lives of the wealthy, the well born, and the nouveau riches in fiction that often hinges on the collision of personal passion and social convention. This volume brings together her best-loved novels, all set in New York.

Julia Stuart introduces us to an outstanding cast of lovable oddballs, from the palace maze-keeper to the unconventional Lady Beatrice (who likes to dress up as a toucan), as she guides us through the many delightful twists and turns of this quirky murder mystery. Everyone is hiding a secret of the heart, and even Indian Princess Alexandrina may not realize when she's caught in a maze of love.