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|  | Miserables by Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
Hugo`s wrenching story centers on Jean Valjean, an honest peasant sentenced to five years` hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread, then 19 more for trying to escape. Turned into a hardened and ruthless criminal by his experiences, he reforms, becomes mayor of a French town, but is tracked down by the pitiless detective Javert for another obscure crime, and incarcerated. Escaping again from the brutal French prison, he befriends a prostitute named Fantine and her daughter, Cosette. This 1862 novel is remarkable for its sympathetic portrayal of common people: prisoners, the poor, women of the streets--all the down-and-out victims of the gross inequities of class in 19th-century Europe. AUTHOR: Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
PUBLISHER: Bookking International
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Baby's Goodnight Book by Amy Flynn, Jean Hirashima, Kay Chorao, Lisa McCue, Random House Staff
Description not available.A sturdy, sleepy time Lap Library book includes favorite lullabies, classic nighttime poems, and beautifully illustrated bedtime stories guaranteed to give babies sweet dreams. AUTHOR: Amy Flynn, Jean Hirashima, Kay Chorao, Lisa McCue, Random House Staff
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Lone Hand
Description not available.An anthology featuring a short novel and ten tales of the Old West adopts the familiar theme of the gunfighter fleeing from his past and reinventing it, in tales so authentic readers will practically smell the smoke from the campfires.
PUBLISHER: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Tongue Tied by Richard Stevenson
Description not available.Reluctantly accepting a job from a right-wing radio DJ whose life has been threatened, private investigator Donald Strachey becomes intrigued when he learns that the threats are coming from a radical gay rights group that has been defunct for more than twenty years. AUTHOR: Richard Stevenson
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Call Me Crimson by Erdag Goknar, Orhan Pamuk
In this historical mystery set in the 16th century, Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk creates a world populated by poets and artists who argue about the direction art seems to be taking (toward the use of perspective, and away from traditional flat planes), fall in and out of love, and try to solve a double murder. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Erdag Goknar, Orhan Pamuk
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Last Arrow by Marsha Canham
Description not available.In 1214, King John is desperate to find the lost Princess of Brittany to assume the throne, but the monarchy faces the threat of Griffin Renaud de Verdelay, who has been hired to murder the princess, and only an man known as Robin Hood can save the kingdom. Original. AUTHOR: Marsha Canham
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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