I have a question, please and thank you. These making of America books, do they have strong language and explicit descriptions of sex in them I just needed to know if I felt these were ones I could read for me thank you.
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=====FICTION, 23 ALWAYS VALENTINE'S DAY, BY KRISTIN HARDYHad his ship finally come in? For Christopher Trask, it was beginning to look that way.Excellent Quality, 216 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111836/ A TEXAN ON HER DOORSTEP, BY STELLA BAGWELLAs deputy sheriff, Mac MacCleod gave difficult news--but now he's about to get it. He's planning to confront his long-lost mother--until he's blocked by her formidable doctor.Excellent Quality, 211 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111835/ FORCED WIFE, ROYAL LOVE-CHILD, BY TRISH MOREYSienna Wainwright has one passionate night with international financier Rafe Lombardi before he unceremoniously casts her out of his bed. Sienna hopes never to see his seductively arrogant face again, but six weeks later their world changes--forever. ...Excellent Quality, 183 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111837/ HEARTS IN THE CROSSHAIRS (LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE), BY SUSAN PAGE DAVISHow long had she been staring?She stepped forward, extending her hand. "I'm delighted to meet you, Detective...""Dave Hutchins, ma'am.""Oh, please. Let's not be 'ma'am' and 'sir."He cocked his head slightly to one side, studying her. "Well, then, please call me Dave."She smiled. "And you may call me--" "Governor," he said gravely.Excellent Quality, 210 PagesRomance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and Spiritualityhttp://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/112701/ HER VALENTINE BLIND DATE, BY RAYE MORGANShe spied him across the crowded dance club. And before Cari Christensen could say Mr. Right, the tall, dark, movie-star-gorgeous stranger had whisked her outside to his waiting car. Talk about being swept off your feet!Excellent Quality, 187 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111838/ ITALIAN TYCOON, SECRET SON, BY LUCY GORDONStranded after an avalanche, Mandy Jenkins and Renzo Ruffini awaited rescue and found comfort in each other's arms. A year on, Mandy still longs for the carefree Italian she fell in love with but believed was lost forever--until now!Excellent Quality, 180 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111839/ JADE STAR, BY CATHERINE COULTERVowing to save a young girl from her painful past, Saint Morris marries her out of duty. He thinks of himself as her protector and brother. But she has other ideas....Excellent Quality, 399 Pages Romance, Westerns http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111001/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451206126/ LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS (THE FIRST LAW, BOOK 3), BY JOE ABERCROMBIELogen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a big one.Excellent Quality, 631 Pages Military, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110108/ LET THEM EAT CAKE, BY SANDRA BYRDLexi Stuart is at a critical crossroads. She's done with college but still living at home, ready to launch a career but unable to find a job, and solidly stalled between boyfriends.Excellent Quality, 310 Pages Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113697/ NERVOUS, BY ZANEZane's legion of fans can't get enough of her way of telling a juicy, sexy story. In Nervous, the New York Times bestselling queen of erotica brings us a tale of a woman with a split personality.Excellent Quality, 297 Pages Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110476/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743476247/ NEW FOUND LAND: LEWIS AND CLARK'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, BY ALLAN WOLFThe letters of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery,their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.Excellent Quality, 506 Pages History, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113708/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0763621137/ SAREK (STAR TREK), BY A. C. CRISPINThe novel begins after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Spock's mother, Amanda Grayson, is dying, and Spock returns to the planet Vulcan where he and Sarek enjoy a rare moment of rapprochement.Excellent Quality, 440 Pages Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111394/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671795619/ SCARLET (KING RAVEN TRILOGY, BOOK 2), BY STEPHEN R. LAWHEADAfter losing everything he owns, forester Will Scarlet embarks on a search for none other than King Raven, whose exploits have already become legendary.Excellent Quality, 450 Pages Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109414/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595540865/SWIFT ARROW: AN HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE SIOUX INDIAN UPRISING, BY ALICE PRENDERGAST Here is a dramatic narrative with its setting in southern Minnesota and based upon the period before and during the Indian resurrection. Written in a stirring and compelling manner by an author who spent several years in exhaustive research of all historical facts involved in this period of Minnesota history, she has combined a fictional story against a background of actuality.Excellent Quality, 320 Pages History, Military, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/112967/ THE ELUSIVE BRIDE, BY DEBORAH HALETo protect her home and people, Cecily Tyrell would marry the devil himself! And if rumor held any truth, she would mayhap do so! A royal command bound her to wed Lord Rowan DeCourtenay, a knight of some renown... but a widower of shadowed repute. Still, he was the warrior she needed--but was he the man she wanted?Excellent Quality, 299 Pages Romance http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110463/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0373291396/THE FRONTIER HEALERS (THE MAKING OF AMERICA, BOOK 16), BY LEE DAVIS WILLOUGHBY A mother's vengeance.The man writhed on the ground in pain and held his shoulder with his right hand, his eyes closed tightly. Yvonne stepped to the pistol, picked it up and looked down at him. His wounded horse screamed again, frantically flailing its legs in a losing effort to get to its feet.Excellent Quality, 526 Pages History, Westerns, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111833/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440026083/ THE HOMESTEADERS (THE MAKING OF AMERICA, BOOK 15), BY LEE DAVIS WILLOUGHBY"Burn out the homesteaders..."That was the cry of certain "law-abiding" cattlemen, as homesteaders crowded into the Nebraska frontier, urged on by the Homestead Act of 1862.Excellent Quality, 400 Pages History, Westerns, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111832/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440036283/ THE HUMAN ANGLE, BY WILLIAM TENN An anthology of eight science fiction stories by William Tenn. Excellent Quality, 154 Pages Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/99381/ THE RANCHERS (THE MAKING OF AMERICA, BOOK 14), BY LEE DAVIS WILLOUGHBYBen Simmons was no gunfighter, and his death in a shootout with Bates was no less than cold-blooded murder in Quince Parker's mind.Excellent Quality, 304 Pages History, Westerns, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111831/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440074851/ THE RIVER PEOPLE (THE MAKING OF AMERICA, BOOK 12), BY LEE DAVIS WILLOUGHBYThese are the people who dared the wild river.In the 1800's the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers were the great roadway that bore men and women westward in search of wealth, glory, a new life. The path was turbulent, dangerous, and often deadly.Excellent Quality, 415 Pages History, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111830/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440072484/ TOUR DE FORCE, BY ELIZABETH WHITEGillian Kincade is a rising New York ballet star. When Jacob Ferrar casts Gilly in his compelling ballet, it seems like a match made in heaven.Excellent Quality, 336 Pages Romance, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109103/ TRANSFORMERS: HARDWIRED, BY SCOTT CIENCINWar between the Autobots and Decepticons is halted when an alien invasion fleet arrives on Earth. Forced to create a temporary truce, the two robot races must put aside their differences and protect the very planet their war might end up destroying.Excellent Quality, 332 Pages Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113712/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743458982/ YOUR OWN, SYLVIA: A VERSE PORTRAIT OF SYLVIA PLATH, BY STEPHANIE HEMPHILLOn a February day in 1963, a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in poems.Excellent Quality, 261 Pages Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113710/ =====NONFICTION, 4RENTING LACY: A STORY OF AMERICA'S PROSTITUTED CHILDREN, BY CINDY COLOMA AND LINDA SMITH Documentation of sex slavery in the United States, with ways people can help.Excellent Quality, 175 Pages Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111843/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0976559463/SISTERS OF THE DARK MOON: THIRTEEN RITUALS OF THE DARK GODDESS, BY GAIL WOOD Thirteen rituals to the dark Goddess aspect of each of the dark moons of the year.Excellent Quality, 167 Pages Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/49875/THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD: HOW SCIENCE REVEALS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH, BY GERALD L. SCHROEDER In a tour of science from cosmology to DNA, popular writer and MIT-trained scientist Schroeder explains how the most cutting-edge scientific theories point to a universal wisdom that lies behind matter and energy.Excellent Quality, 224 Pages Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113704/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684870592/WAITING FOR COYOTE'S CALL: AN ECO-MEMOIR FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER BLUFF, BY JERRY WILSON Inspired by the works of Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Annie Dillard, Jerry Wilson's eco-memoir covers twenty-five years of trying to live life while leaving as small an environmental footprint as possible. Wilson encourages the reader to think about his or her place in nature as he recounts his own family's experiences on prairie and woodland near the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota.Excellent Quality, 267 Pages History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107805/ =====UNCATEGORIZED, 4IN CHEAP WE TRUST: THE STORY OF A MISUNDERSTOOD AMERICAN VIRTUE, BY LAUREN WEBER Cheap. Cheap suit. Cheap date. Cheap shot. It's a dirty word, an epithet laden with negative meanings. It is also the story of Lauren Weber's life.Publisher Quality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113709/ MARKED BY PASSION, BY KATE PERRYGabrielle Sansouci Chin is turned for a loop when she receives the ancient scroll that she was marked to protect. Her possession only means one thing...her father is dead.Publisher Quality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113711/SIX PIXELS OF SEPARATION: EVERYONE IS CONNECTED. CONNECT YOUR BUSINESS TO EVERYONE., BY MITCH JOEL Is it important to be connected? Well, consider this: If Facebook were a country, it would have the sixth largest population in the world. The truth is, we no longer live in a world of six degrees of separation.Publisher Quality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113706/ THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY: A MOTHER'S MEMOIR, BY KATRINA KENISONThe Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition-boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace, in a small New England town.Publisher Quality http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113707/ =====TEENS & CHILDREN, 18 AN INVITATION TO HEALTH (2009-2010 EDITION), BY DIANNE HALESThis textbook identifies the components of a healthy lifestyle and offers college students advice on managing stress and weight, exercising, eating well, responsible sex, disease prevention, alcohol use, and self-protection from injury.Excellent Quality, 595 PagesTextbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Teens, Health, Mind and Bodyhttp://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113724/DANGER OVERSEAS (NANCY DREW GIRL DETECTIVE AND HARDY BOYS UNDERCOVER BROTHERS SUPER MYSTERY), BY FRANKLIN W. DIXON AND CAROLYN KEENE "Wow, Joe, I can't believe there are actually people out there who would mess around with all these awesome ancient ruins." Yeah, but Frank, it's because of them that ATAC sent us here to Rome, and nothing beats this Italian food.Excellent Quality, 213 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113703/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416957774/ DREAMER, BY CATHY HOPKADREAMER, loosely based on a true story, is the story of a Kentucky horse trainer and his daughter who rescue a horse with a broken leg. The two then help nurse the animal back to health and take it to race in the Breeders' Cup.Excellent Quality, 150 Pages History, Teens, Animals, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113717/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439774942/ POPULAR VOTE, BY MICOL OSTOWIn an election year, Erin Bright sets aside her familiar supporting role as daughter of the mayor and girlfriend of the student body president to stand up for what she believes in and protect an historic park from being replaced by a gas station.Excellent Quality, 216 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113714/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0545075211/ PRESENTING PATTI (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #36), BY SUSAN SAUNDERSPatti has to read her essay in front of hundreds of students, and a practical joker is out to get her.Excellent Quality, 122 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113718/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590443542/ SKINNY, BY IBI KASLIKAfter the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.Excellent Quality, 246 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113716/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802796087/ STEPHANIE'S BIG STORY (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #15), BY SUSAN SAUNDERSThe Sleepover Friends become writers for the new school newspaper, but Stephanie is annoyed when Karla keeps "scooping" her listings of upcoming parties for the "Social Notes" column and decides to find out just how Karla is doing it.Excellent Quality, 87 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113713/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590422995/ THE HOUSE ON THE GULF, BY MARGARET PETERSON HADDIXA sixteen-year-old boy arranges a house-sitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there.Excellent Quality, 201 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113700/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689854226/ THE HUNDRED-TOWERED CITY, BY GARRY KILWORTHWhen a stranger from the past arrives in the middle of the night with shocking news, Jack, Annie, and Davey are catapulted into the wildest adventure they've ever had. Their parents have been arrested on suspicion of being spies.Excellent Quality, 344 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113699/ THE KILN (FIRE-US TRILOGY #3), BY NANCY BUTCHER AND JENNIFER ARMSTRONGAfter a virus destroys most of the world's adult population, a band of children travels in search of an explanation for the dark mystery that forms the heart of their existence.Excellent Quality, 193 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113705/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060294132/ VOTE FOR LARRY, BY JANET TASHJIANNot yet eighteen years old, Josh, a.k.a. Larry, comes out of hiding and returns to public life, this time to run for president as an advocate for issues of concern to youth and to encourage voter turnout.Excellent Quality, 224 Pages Teens, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113701/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805072012/ ALL ABOUT HORSES , BY MARGUERITE HENRYDescribes horses, their uses, origin, colors, common breeds, and other fascinating facts.Excellent Quality, 130 Pages Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111048/ IT'S NOT MARSHA'S BIRTHDAY, BY GERALD KRUGLIK AND BARBARA BOTTNERLulu wants her birthday to be special and she does not want to share it with her baby sister, so she decides to spend it at the zoo with a gorilla who is also turning eight.Excellent Quality, 49 Pages Children's Books, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113695/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307263339/ KITTYCAT LULLABY, BY EILEEN SPINELLIHush-a-bye, KittycatShadows sail through townTime to wash your whiskersTime to settle down . . .When the sun sets, it's time for Kittycat to go to bed. After all, she's had a very busy day of scaring mice and swatting yarn balls. This lyrical poem offers a lullaby to help Kitty (and children) drift into sleep, and a gentle reassurance that bad dreams will stay away.Ages 3-6Excellent Quality, 26 Pages Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113693/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786804580/PLANTING THE TREES OF KENYA: THE STORY OF WANGARI MAATHAI, BY CLAIRE A. NIVOLA Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens.Excellent Quality, 30 PagesChildren's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Naturehttp://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113680/ SKY DANCE (DINOTOPIA SERIES), BY SCOTT CIENCINSince he was small, Marc has wanted to be a tightrope walker - even though he has no sense of balance and a fear of heights. His buddy Gentle, a Parasaurolophus, dreams of being a musician - even though his notes are wildly out of tune.Excellent Quality, 267 Pages Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113702/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/037580417X/ THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS AND OTHER TRUE ANIMAL TALES, BY ALLAN ZULLOMonths after being adopted from an animal shelter by a family, a Labrador retriever saved a mom's life on Christmas Eve...Excellent Quality, 107 Pages Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113698/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0545046432/ THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, BY SUSAN MARIE SWANSONHere is the key to the house. In the house burns a light. In that light rests a bed. On that bed waits a book... A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this bedtime book for young children.Excellent Quality, 22 Pages Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113681/ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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