Blue Asylum
: A Novel
by Kathy Hepinstall
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: Apr 2013
In the midst of the American Civil War, a southern plantation owner's wife is arrested by her husband and declared insane for interfering with his slaves. She is sent to an island mental asylum to come to terms with her wrongdoing, but instead finds ...
Blue At The Mizzen
by Patrick O'Brian
Hardcover: Oct 1999
Paperback: Sep 2000
The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru.
Blue Diary
by Alice Hoffman
Hardcover: Jul 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
The courage to face the unthinkable is at the core of this magnificent new novel. How do we manage to confront the truths in our lives and find forgiveness in the most unforgiving of circumstances?
Blue Latitudes
by Tony Horwitz
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: Aug 2003
'Thoroughly enjoyable. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific.'
Haunted by his own past, his inability to sleep, and a song, 'Blue Light Yokohama,' Iwata is at the center of a compelling, brilliantly moody, layered novel sure to be one of the most talked about debuts in 2017.
Blue Shoe
by Anne Lamott
Hardcover: Sep 2002
Paperback: Oct 2003
An honest, irreverent and compelling story laced with self-deprecating humor, grace, and wit. As always, Anne Lamott creates characters with whom we can identify, as she explores the depths of human emotion.
There is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals that faulty bloodpressure readings are being recorded there. ...
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