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Jason Bourne, a deep-cover CIA agent, loses his memory in an accident which was originally intended to kill him. In re-tracing his steps, he confounds Agency officials to the extent that they are not sure that he is the same man they sent into the field. The CIA orders him killed, as does his original enemy, the most dangerous assassin in the world.

The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: a final...

2009 Caldecott Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book
A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
NCTE Notable Children’s Book
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn...

Tells the life story of rock musician Carlos Santana.

In a work of striking originality and power, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the story of Latin America through the three driving forces that have shaped the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). She further sharpens her focus by exploring each of these characteristics through the lives of three contemporary Latin Americans: A Peruvian woman working the high-altitude gold mines much as her ancestors did; a Cuban...

Appointed as an Indian agent in 1874 by the Department of the Interior at the age of 23, John Clum is sent to an Apache reservation in San Carlos, Arizona to take over the army's position. After trying to empower and teach self-governing principles to the Apaches, he is faced with opposition not only from some of the Native Americans but also from the leader in charge of the Army troops.

"Tuesday has a personality that shines. I am not kidding when I say it is common for people to pull out their cell phones and take pictures of and with him. Tuesday is that kind of dog. And then, in passing, they notice me, the big man with the tight haircut. There is nothing about me--even the straight, stiff way I carry myself--that signals disabled. Until people notice the cane in my left hand, that is, and the way I lean on it every few steps....

A survivor of the Cuban Revolution recounts his pre-war childhood as the religiously devout son of a judge, and describes the conflict's violent and irrevocable impact on his friends, family, and native home.