Popping the Question

Popping the Question
Author: Cheryl Anne Porter
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466871318

In Cheryl Anne Porter's charming romance, business as Baltimore's unique marriage-proposal service, "Popping the Question," is bustling. Owner Dianna West happily designs exciting scenarios to aid romance-challenged bachelors in winning the big "Yes!" from their sweethearts. Chris is everything Dianna wants, but he's committed to another woman. What's a girl to do? Risk her business to win him? Risk her heart, only to lose him? And what about Chris? He thought he knew his heart and his mind...but then he met Dianna... When Chris finally pops the question, will it be to the right woman? And when he does...will she--can she--say "yes"?

The Tell-Tale Start

The Tell-Tale Start
Author: Gordon McAlpine
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101621338

Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that they're almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported to the Midwest, Edgar and Allan convince their guardians that it's time for a road trip. Along the way, mayhem and mystery ensue, as well as deeper questions: What is the boys' telepathic connection? Is Edgar Allan Poe himself reaching out to them from the Great Beyond? And why has a mad scientist been spying on the Poe family for years? With a mix of literary humor, mystery, a little quantum physics, and fun extras like fortune cookie messages, letters in code, license plate clues -- and playful illustrations thoughout -- this series opener is a perfect choice for smart, funny tweens who love the Time Warp Trio, Roald Dahl, and Lemony Snicket.

China

China
Author: Thomas Orlik
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020
Genre: China
ISBN: 0190877405

A provocative perspective on the fragile fundamentals, and forces for resilience, in the Chinese economy, and a forecast for the future on alternate scenarios of collapse and ascendance.