Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia, and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position.

Richie Roberts is a dedicated and honest policeman who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government and is determined to bring down Lucas' drug empire.

Based on a true story. Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. This film is rated R.

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It is a rare talent, and only she can care for the Inn's herd. She feeds them, gathers their eggs, and tends to their injuries. But Mella dreams about the dragons of legend, even though hardly anyone believes they still exist. Dragons are small farm animals, not huge fire-breathing monsters. Everyone knows that. Until one day changes everything.

A Knight of the Order of Defenders arrives at the Inn. Signs of the mythical dragons have led him there, he says. Then a simple errand takes Mella through the forest, where she stumbles across a dragon's egg—and faces the true, terrifying dragon guarding it. On the spot, Mella vows to get the egg safely to the fabled Hatching Grounds. She must leave her home for the first time, and she finds an unlikely companion in the Defender's squire, Roger.

For Mella and Roger, this one day is the beginning of an adventure. Where will it take them?

Written by Sarah Thomson

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is -- as many early reviews of Loving Frank have noted -- little-known and often dismissed as scandal. In Nancy Horan's skillful hands, however, what you get is two fully realized people, entirely, irrepressibly, in love.

Together, Frank and Mamah are a wholly modern portrait, and while you can easily imagine them in the here and now, it's their presence in the world of early 20th century America that shade how authentic and, ultimately, tragic their story is. Mamah's bright, earnst spirit is particularly tender in ther context of her time and place, which afforded her little opportunity to realize the intellectual life for which she yearned.

Loving Frank is a remarkable literary achievement, tenderly accute and even-handed in even the most heartbreaking moments, and an auspicious debut form a writer to watch.

This title is available hardcover and paperback, audio formate, and is a Book Club in a Bag selection.

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Using witty anecdotes and clear explanations, the author takes readers from the birth of democracy to the electoral college; from front porch campaigning to hanging chads.

Written by Susan Goodman and Elwood Smith

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