The Da Vinci
Code (2003) (edit title/settings)
by Dan Brown (Author)
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0385504209
Page Count: 484
Publisher: Doubleday
While in Paris on business, Harvard
symbologist Robert Langdon receives an
urgent late-night phone call: the elderly
curator of the Louvre has been
murdered inside the museum. Near the
body, police have found a baffling
cipher. While working to solve the
enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to
discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden
in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for
all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by
the painter. Langdon joins forces with a
gifted French cryptologist, Sophie
Neveu, and learns the late curator was
involved in the Priory of Sion--a secret
society whose members included Sir
Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo,
and Da Vinci, among others. In a
breathless race through Paris, London,
and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match
wits with a faceless powerbroker who
seems to anticipate their every move.
Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher
the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the
Priory's ancient secret--and an explosive
historical truth--will be lost forever. THE
DA VINCI CODE heralds the arrival of a
new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent
thriller… utterly unpredictable right up to
its stunning conclusion.
Committed: A Love Story
Author: Gilbert, Elizabeth
Publisher : Penguin Books
Publish Date : 01-FEB-2011
At the end of her bestselling memoir
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in
love with Felipe, a Brazillian living in
Indonesia. The couple swore enternal
love, but also swore (as skittish divorce
survivors) to never marry. However,
when Felipe was unexpectedly kicked
out of the United States by U.S.
Immigration of officials, the couple was
faced with a strict ultimatum; get
married for Felipe could never enter
American again.  I am a monster. You think I'm talking
Committed is a fascinating meditation on
compatibility, fidelity, and family, and-
ultimately- an enthralling celebration of
love.
White Cat
Author: Black, Holly
Publisher : Simon and
Schuster
Publish Date : 01-FEB-2011
Cassel comes from a family of curse
workers -- people who have the power
to change your emotions, your
memories, your luck, by the slightest
touch of their hands. And since curse
work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or
con artists. Except for Cassel. He hasn't
got the magic touch, so he's an outsider,
the straight kid in a crooked family. You
just have to ignore one small detail -- he
killed his best friend, Lila, three years
ago. Ever since, Cassel has carefully
built up a façade of normalcy, blending
into the crowd. But his façade starts
crumbling when he starts sleepwalking,
propelled into the night by terrifying
dreams about a white cat that wants to
tell him something. He's noticing other
disturbing things, too, including the
strange behavior of his two brothers.
They are keeping secrets from him,
caught up in a mysterious plot. As
Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a
huge con game, he also wonders what
really happened to Lila. Could she still be
alive? To find that out, Cassel will have
to out-con the conmen. Holly Black has
created a gripping tale of mobsters and
dark magic where a single touch can
bring love -- or death -- and your
dreams might be more real than your
memories.
Beastly (Movie-Tie-In Cover)
Author: Flinn, Alex
Publisher : Harper Teen
Publish Date : 01-FEB-2011
LOVE IS NEVER UGLY.
I AM A BEAST. A BEAST! Not quite
wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a
horrible new creature who walks upright.
fairy tales? No way. The place is New
York City. The time is now. It's no
deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this
way forever-ruined-unless I can break
the spell.