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Title: Mere Christianity Author: C. S. Lewis File Type: Mobi

Title: Rain Gods Author: James Lee Burke File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction:Detective Description: When Hackberry Holland became sheriff of a tiny Texas town near the Mexican border, he'd hoped to leave certain things behind: his checkered reputation, his haunted dreams, and his obsessive memories of the good life with his late wife, Rie. But the discovery of the bodies of nine illegal aliens, machine-gunned to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church, soon makes it clear that he won't escape so easily. As Hack and Deputy Sheriff Pam Tibbs attempt to untangle the threads of this complex and grisly case, a damaged young Iraq veteran, Pete Flores, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives, hoping to outwit the bloodthirsty criminals who want to kill Pete for his involvement in the murders. The only trouble is, Pete doesn't know who he's running from: drunk and terrified, he fled the scene of the crime when the shooting began. And there's a long list of people who want Pete and Vikki dead: crime boss Hugo Cistranos, who hired Pete for the operation; Nick Dolan, a strip club owner and small-time gangster with revenge on his mind; and a mysterious God-fearing serial-killer-for-hire known as Preacher Jack Collins, with enigmatic motives of his own. With the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and a host of cold-blooded killers on Pete and Vikki's trail, it's up to Sheriff Holland to find them first and figure out who's behind the mass murder before anyone else ends up dead. In this thrilling and intricate work, James Lee Burke has once again proven himself a master storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of the darkest corners of the human heart.

Title: A Wedding in December_ A Novel Author: Anita Shreve File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction Description:From Publishers WeeklyA_Big Chill_–like group reunites for a 40-something wedding in this melancholy story of missed opportunities, lingering regrets and imagined alternatives by Shreve (_The Last Time They Met_). Bill and Bridget were sweethearts at Maines Kidd Academy who rediscovered one another at their 25th reunion. Bridget was already divorced Bill left his family the two have now gathered their Kidd coterie to witness their hasty wedding—Bridget has breast cancer—at widow Noras western Massachusetts inn. The death of charismatic schoolmate Stephen at a drunken high school party hovers over the event. Stephens then-roommate, Harrison, now a married literary publisher, remains particularly tormented by it, especially since he had (and still has) romantic feelings for Nora, who was Stephens then-girlfriend. Abrasive Wall Street businessman Jerry, now-out-of-the-closet pianist Rob, single Agnes (who teaches at Kidd and has a secret of her own) and various children round things out. Tensions build as the group gets snowed in, and someone gets drunk enough to say what everyones been thinking. Though Shreves plot, characters and dialogue are predictable (as are her inevitable 911 rehashes), she sure-handedly steers everyone through their inward dramas, and the actions they take (and dont) are Hollywood satisfying. (Oct. 10) br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From School Library JournalAdultHigh School–This novel has many of Shreves hallmarks simple and elegant prose characters who are entirely convincing in their portrayals of human fallibility and a plot buildup with a twist toward the end that packs a wallop. Set in New England several months after 911, it is the story of seven former classmates who have not seen one another in 27 years but have come together for the wedding of Bill and Bridget, who dated during high school and then went their separate ways. They have reunited and are getting married in the face of Bridgets advanced breast cancer. Nora, who owns the inn where the wedding will be held, is trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. Agnes, Noras former roommate, has a secret she is desperate to share. Over all of them hangs the specter of Stephen, whose charismatic life and tragic death they seem unable to address head-on. Paralleling the story of these friends is the one in the novel Agnes is writing about the Halifax explosion of 1917, a little-known disaster that resulted in the deaths of almost 2000 citizens. This story-within-a-story not only provides an eye-opening account of a piece of World War I history, but also allows Agnes to address some of her own issues. An understated and graceful exploration of the choices that people make in their day-to-day interactions and their consequences, Wedding is an excellent piece of American literature to add to any library._–Kim Dare, Fairfax County Public Library System, VA_ br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.