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|  | Amrita by Herbert W. Wind
The Water Buddha Drinks opens with the death of a celebrated actress in mysterious and shocking circumstances. She leaves behind an unconventional, extended family that includes a younger sister, a woman in her 20s through whose eyes the story unfolds; a kid brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancee who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to the story she is living. These three embark on a journey that takes them through grief and suffering, memories lost and regained, forbidden romance, and redemption and recovery in a final confrontation with the spirits of the dead on a remote island in the Pacific, once the site of a fatal clash between Japanese and American forces. AUTHOR: Herbert W. Wind
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Classical Kids by Laurie Carlson
Travel back in time to see what life was like in ancient Greece and Rome while having fun with such hands-on activities as making a star gazer, chiseling a clay tablet, weaving Roman sandals, and making a Greek mosaic. 100+ line drawings. AUTHOR: Laurie Carlson
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Cheese by Willem Elsschot
This novel by Willem Elsschot (1882-1960) is about an upwardly mobile agent for a cheese company and a bureaucratic swamp involving a ton of moldy Edam. AUTHOR: Willem Elsschot
PUBLISHER: Granta
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Dark One by Melinda Metz
True love never dies. Isabel has run away from home, and Max knows her life is in danger. He has to find her and save her, but time is ticking away. Alex is back on Earth, and he's a changed man. He looks better, feels better, and is ready to live life to the fullest -- without Isabel Evans. Little does he know he's the only person that can help the ailing Isabel. Will Alex be able to put aside his pride and save the life of his former love? AUTHOR: Melinda Metz
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Polar Bear Son by Lydia Dabcovich
A lonely Inuit woman adopts and raises a polar bear cub as if it were her child. However, the other villagers don't want a polar bear near their homes and force the woman to give up her bear. Will the woman ever see her bear child again? Oil paintings illustrate this retelling of an Inuit tale. AUTHOR: Lydia Dabcovich
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Collector Collector by Tibor Fischer
A young London art appraiser named Rosa acquires a Sumerian bowl that, over the centuries, has been broken, stolen, and a witness to all of history's major events. The bowl narrates the story of Rosa's unconventional household, which includes Nikki the kleptomaniac and other eccentrics. AUTHOR: Tibor Fischer
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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