Afterlands: A Novel

Heighton, Steven (Houghton,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/HEI

This is a fictional chronicle of the real-life ordeal of 19 people cast adrift on an ice floe off the coast of Greenland in 1871. They struggle with harsh elements and with each other to survive.

Apex Hides the Hurt

Whitehead, Colson (Doubleday,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/WHI

In search of a new name for their town, the Winthrop town council hires a nomenclature consultant best know for his crowning achievement, Apex, a multicultural bandage that has revolutionized the adhesive bandage industry.

Chosen People: An Alex Powell Novel

Bates, Karen Grigsby (Avon Trade,c2006)
Shelf Number: Mystery/BAT

While working on leads for her latest column, Los Angeles Standard columnist Alex Powell is plunged into the middle of a series of shocking murders. She investigates and discovers long held secrets of several elite members of L.A. society.

Defining Moments

Thomas, Jacquelin (New American Library,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/THO

A year after fleeing her home to escape her growing feeling for her married business partner, Jake, Sheila Moore returns to Charleston in the hope of coming to terms with the past and her relationship with Jake.

Great Sky Woman: A Novel

Barnes, Steven (One World,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/BAR

When an invasion threatens the peaceful existence of the Ibandi tribe on the prehistoric plains of Africa, two young people brave the forbidden heights of Kilimanjaro to pray for their people.

I Know I've Been Changed

Billingsley, ReShonda Tate (Pocket Books,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/BIL

Raedella has risen from her small-town Arkansas beginnings to star news anchor in Houston . Her life begins to unravel upon the arrival of her embarrassingly eccentric family, but she comes to realize her family's value.