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Half Magic

by Edward Eager, N. M. Bodecker (Illustrator)

Published: 1999-03-31

Paperback: 208 pages

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Since Half Magic first hit bookshelves in 1954, Edward Eager's tales of magic have become beloved classics. Now four cherished stories by Edward Eager about vacationing cousins who stumble into magical doings and whimsical adventures are available in updated hardcover and paperback formats...

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* * * * * Beautiful,
Brilliant,
Romantic

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Half Moon, Full Heart

by Gene Cartwright

Published: 2012-03-16

Paperback: 252 pages

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Half Moon, Full Heart? a love story spanning fifty years. Following a diagnosis of breast cancer, former Deputy White House Press Secretary, Rachel Marin's film director husband abandons her. Though a successful, professional woman, her world collapses. She attempts suicide then struggles to lift herself...

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* * * * Brilliant,
Confusing,
Unconvincing

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Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 543 pages

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A haunting story of love and war from â??one of the worldâ??s great contemporary writersâ? (Barack Obama), the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in moder...

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Half of the Human Race

by Anthony Quinn

Published: 2011-03

Hardcover: 349 pages

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London. In the sweltering summer of 1911, the streets ring to the cheers for a new king's coronation, and to the cries of suffragist women marching for the vote. One of them is twenty-one-year-old Connie Callaway, daughter of a middle-class Islington family fallen on hard times since the death of her...

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* * * * Informative,
Life Changing,
Inspiring

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

Published: 2009-09-08

Hardcover: 320 pages

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From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey ...

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* * * * * Insightful,
Inspiring,
Beautiful

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Half-Blood Blues: A Novel

by Esi Edugyan

Published: 2012-02-28

Paperback: 336 pages

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Winner of the Scotiabank Giller PrizeMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011An Oprah Magazine Best Book of the YearShortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionBerlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trump...

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Half-Price Homicide: A Dead-End Job Mystery

by Elaine Viets

Published: 2010-05-04

Hardcover: 272 pages

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The national bestselling author presents a high society murder mystery... At Snapdragon, a high-end designer consignment shop, Helen is at the beck and call of snobby- yet frugal-customers. That alone is a deadly combination, especially with Chrissy, a drool-worthy fashionista who walks ...

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Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder

by Melanie Thernstrom

Published: 1998-09-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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In May 1995, a photograph and an anonymous note arrived at The Harvard Crimson that said "Keep this picture. There will soon be a very juicy story involving this woman." Soon afterwards, Sinedu Tadesse stabbed to death her roommate, Trang Phuong Ho, and then hung herself. This book reco...

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Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home

by Susan Pohlman

Published: 2010-09-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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The remarkable true story of a couple on the brink of separation who finds love again while spending a year in Italy with their family now including an update five years later. Tired, empty, and disillusioned with married life, Susan Pohlman was ready to call it quits. As soon as she an...

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Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1)

by Jeaniene Frost

Published: 2007-11-01

Paperback: 0 pages

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Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father?the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership. In exchange f...