The Blue NotebookTHE BLUE NOTEBOOK James A. Levine's first novel tells the haunting story of Batuk a 15 year old girl whose family living in the Indian countryside is in such poverty and debt that she is sold into sexual slavery and lives in a cage on the streets of Mumbai. Batuk is just one of many girls forced into prostitution but against the odds she manages to put pen to paper writing stories of her life that help her transcend and make a certain sense of her

told in rhyme and great to read aloud

from humour and fantasy to romance and horror

Because even though George may be a gentleman there's no way he's going to sit idly by while Don Nadie ruins his family name and takes over the world

metal and glass ruled over by chaste alchemists and astronomer priests

Mayor Serge Papon is in the mood to take revenge

and the erosion of freedom in the name of national security

and dreams of a bright future for her two young daughters

But the same traits that make them top investigators also make them vulnerable

Laughter guaranteed

When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of a legendary panel from the Ghent Altarpiece stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since

wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economy

Gerry has a week off from school for Spring Break