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  • File Under Dead

    Mark Richard Zubro / Mark Zubro

    After years of avoiding volunteer organizations, Chicago high school teacher Tom Mason is finally guilted into volunteering a few hours a week at a local gay services clinic. Since he finds the bitter in-fighting at the organization to be intolerable...

  • The Firebird's Vengeance

    Sarah Zettel


    Magic and the force of destiny propelled Bridget Lederle across the void between worlds, through the Land of Death and Spirit, to the world of Isavalta, where she discovered secrets about herself and her family that had been hidden since before h...

  • Carolina's Gone A'Courting

    Carolyn Zane

    Of all the horse-drawn carriages in all of Texas, why did Carolina Brubaker have to jump into his? Hunt Crenshaw's summer was ruined when the feisty filly demanded he follow her runaway ex-boyfriend...leaving a trail of broken shrubbery and outraged ...

  • Virginia's Getting Hitched

    Carolyn Zane

    Her sisters could make fun of her methods all they wanted. But Virginia Brubaker had devised the perfect plan to get herself hitched. Yet the only man sending Ginny's pulse into overdrive was most certainly not on her list. Why, she'd known Colt Bart...

  • A Damned Fine War

    Bill Yenne

    A fascinating, and painstakingly researched, novel of alternate history explores what would have happened if General Patton had survived World War II, and he and his Third Army were forced to stop the Soviet Red Army from invading Europe, launching W...

  • Through Violet Eyes

    Stephen Woodworth

    “A fast, smart novel, brighter than a meteor and twice as scary. Stephen Woodworth provides shocks and thoughts in equal measure, and climbs right to the top!” -- Greg Bear In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is...

  • Good News, Bad News

    David Wolstencroft

    There are two ways out of the spy game. Heads, you run. Tails, you die. George and Charlie are on their last posting for the Service before retiring from the spy game. But, in the blink of an eye, these two friends become lethal enemies -- unti...

  • White Horses // A Dangerous Masquerade

    Joan Wolf

    January 1813 -- the British army is preparing to cross the Pyrenees and advance against Napoleon's army. Only one thing stands in the way -- funds. Despite inheriting the traveling Cirque equestre -- France's proudest equestrian tradition -- Gabri...

  • Family Matters

    Justine Wittich

    Gabe Daniels was everything Jenny Tyler despised profane and entirely too male while Jenny was Gabe's least favorite type of woman prim, with a way of speaking that grated on his nerves. But Jenny discovered the body of a man whose secrets Gabe wa...

  • Broken as Things Are

    Martha Witt

    From the day that Morgan-Lee is born, her extraordinarily beautiful and withdrawn older brother, Ginx, is obsessed by her. Inhabiting their own parallel world, the two communicate through a secret language and make-believe stories; when Morgan-Lee be...

  • The Enemy's Daughter

    Anne Marie Winston

    THEIR AFFAIR WAS FORBIDDEN Adam Danforth could have had his pick of Savannah beauties, but the only woman who tempted him was Selene Van Gelder -- the daughter of his father's most venomous rival. THEIR PASSION UNQUENCHABLE Adam should have been...

  • Holy Enchilada!

    Henry Winkler; Lin Oliver

    My class was putting on a Multi-Cultural Day lunch and I was so excited -- no reading, no writing -- just cooking! I decided to make enchiladas. But when my teacher took a bite of her food, her face looked like it was on fire! One of the dishes was s...

  • Lauren's Eyes

    Norah Wilson

    FOR HER EYES ONLY There was going to be a murder, and the eyes of Lauren Townsend had foreseen it. But the authorities refused to take her seriously, and her family refused to listen. Working alone, Lauren followed the clues -- to an almost bankru...

  • The Italian Tycoon's Mistress

    Cathy Williams

    Vacancy: mistress to the boss Top tycoon Rocco Losi is legendary for being arrogant and demanding! When he takes over Losi Construction, he confirms his reputation by trying to sack Amy Hogan! But Rocco's presumption that Amy will leave qui...

  • The Birdcage

    Marcia Willett

    It was Felix Hamilton who named it the Birdcage--the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lives with her tenants, the beautiful and talented actress Angel Blake and Angel's daughter, Lizzie. Lizzie longed for a father, but Felix knew that ultimat...

  • Woodholme

    Dewayne Wickham

    "PG-rated autobiography of a young man's coming-of-age in a black Baltimore ghetto. Journalist Wickham (USA Today, Gannett News Service) was orphaned in 1954 at the age of eight when his father shot his wife to death before turning the gun on himself...

  • Watchers on the Hill

    Stephanie Grace Whitson

    Pine Ridge Portraits book 2, the sequel to the bestselling Secrets on the Wind. Readers will be charmed and inspired by the story of Charlotte Valentine, who, in her earlier years, was a ¼irtatious young beauty in search of an army of¹cer to marry....

  • Veil of Death

    Stella Whitelaw

    Fiona Kimberley was a spoilt, self-centered young woman, hungry for money and social status. So when she is found murdered on her wedding day - mere minutes after declaring her vows - it comes as no surprise to anyone in the small Cornish town of Por...

  • Steamy Savannah Nights

    Sheri Whitefeather

    SEX AND LIES Confronting her biological family had long been Lea Nguyen's dream. But now, rather than getting to know her father, she is confined with his sexy and brooding bodyguard, Michael Whittaker. Each night Michael's body gives her the acce...

  • Christmas in my Heart #13

    Joe L. Wheeler

    Experienced editor and compiler Joe Wheeler brings a new collection of powerfully inspiring Christmas stories to the Christmas in My Heart series. These moving stories have become part of a Christmas tradition for thousands of families who have come ...

  • I Wish I Never Met You: Dating the Shiftless, Stupid, and Ugly

    Denise N. Wheatley

    Preston the Project Mishap Ernest the Undercover Sugarbooty Marvin the Married Man-Boy Forrest the Foul Fiance What single woman hasn't been desperate enough to risk it all in an attempt to find True Love? Vulnerable enough to believe in the w...

  • Save Yourself: and Other Stories

    Merin Wexler

    Brazen and sharp-witted, Merin Wexler’s linked stories document women and teenagers caught in the pivotal conflicts of their lives. A new mother finds herself inexplicably drawn to the local porn shop, her baby strapped to her chest. A career mom d...

  • The Final Cut

    Robert Westbrook

    WHAT IF EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE WAS RECORDED? It's the ultimate life experience of the future-a microchip implanted in the brain of every newborn records an entire existence through their eyes only. Everything they see, everything they do, from t...

  • Blackfire

    Tracey West

    Teen Titans: five teenage superheroes fighting for truth, justice,and the last slice of pizza!

    Teen Titans: Five teenage superheroes, battling evil and fighting over whose turn it is to do the dishes.

    Meet Starfire's sister, Blackfire,...

  • Cyborg, Come Home!

    Tracey West

    Teen Titans: five teenage superheroes fighting for truth, justice,and the last slice of pizza!Teen Titans: Five teenage superheroes, battling evil and fighting over whose turn it is to do the dishes. When a villain breaks into a maximum secur...

  • Autumn Promises

    Kate Welsh

    For years, Evan Alton had avoided forming ties and concentrated on building his ranch. But now his twin baby grandchildren needed urgent care, and he'd do anything for them...even let Meg Taggert, the one woman who infuriated him as no one else could...

  • The Scarecrow Murders

    Mary Welk

    It's a battle of the sexes in little Rhineburg, Illinois, when Bruck University's fledgling football team butts heads with female rodeo riders during Halloween Homecoming Days. The Bruck Bruins protest President Garrison Hurst's hiring of the Moore S...

  • The Bright and The Dark

    Michelle M. Welch

    Ten years have passed since the end of Confidence Game. In Biora, Tod has found himself repairing the old books left by scholars three centuries ago. These books are valued in Dabion, but in Biora itself they are little more than curiosities, and mos...

  • Amber and Ashes

    Margaret Weis
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The first book in the Dark Disciple series: With the War of Souls now over, Mina aids the seductive God of Death in his quest for powerStanding at a tomb where she has buried her Dark Queen, warrior-woman Mina believes her life is at an end. Her beli...

  • Empire Strikes Back

    Larry Weinberg

    THE REBELS ARE on the run! From the Battle of Hoth to the battle between Luke and Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back continues the story of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and the others as they struggle to overthrow the evil Galactic Empire....

  • Star Wars: Step-Up Movie Adventures

    Larry Weinberg

    THESE CLASSIC BOOKS have retro appeal that will take readers and collectors alike back to the days when they were first amazed by Star Wars!

    Luke Skywalker has always dreamed of escaping his desert home world at the edge of the galaxy. Little...

  • The Cajuns

    Gus Weill

    A richly textured, deeply atmospheric, and engaging novel set in a small Louisiana town in the 1950s, The Cajuns tells a captivating tale of love, life, death, and intrigue in a wonderfully bizarre yet corrupt culture. The descendants of French Ca...

  • At the Farm

    Ann Weil

  • Dreams

    Ann Weil

  • Ice Skating

    Ann Weil

  • A New Game

    Ann Weil

  • The Stars at War

    David Weber; Steve White

    TWO NOVELS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING SERIES IN ONE VOLUME Crusade: Spacers call the warp point Charon's Ferry. No star ship has ever entered it and returned since a vengeful Orion task force pursued a doomed Terran colonization fle...

  • Candy Soup!

    Wendy Wax

  • Leave It to Cleavage

    Wendy Wax

    Miranda Smith isn't surprised to discover a cache of racy photographs in her husband's desk--after all, he is the president of Ballantyne Bras. But she's more than shocked to realize it's his buff, burly body encased in the red satin bustier and matc...

  • Too Many Turners

    Wendy Wax

  • Underneath It All

    Nancy Warren

    New York executive Darren Kaiser has it all -- looks, money, women. Since being voted Bachelor of the Year by a national magazine, he's ready to disappear...and moving to Seattle disguised as a nerd is just the way to keep his identity a secret. But ...

  • The Right Woman

    Linda Warren

    Sarah Welch didn't know she had a twin until five years ago, when a string of events led her through the seedy underbelly of Dallas to the family she didn't know she had. Sarah has spent those five years trying to forget what she went through -- forg...

  • 101 Ways To Bug Your Teacher

    Lee Wardlaw

    NUMBER 21: EAT FOOD IN CLASS. LOUD, CRUNCHY FOOD. Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt is proud to be known for his fabulous inventions, but, unfortunately, they are also the reason his parents have decided that he should skip a grade and leave all of his friends b...

  • Squash the Spider!

    Nick Ward

    High up on the ceiling, Squash the Spider is waiting to pounce! He watches as Billy comes into the TV room and sits down to eat his supper . . . “BOO!” shouts Squash and makes Billy jump! Where will Squash turn up next? In Billy’s sandwich? In ...

  • A Very Hairy Scary Story

    Rick Walton

  • Power of the Night

    Chris Walley

    In the spirit of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lamb among the Stars series weaves the worlds of science and the spirit, technology and the supernatural into something unique and haunting. On the faraway planet of Farholme, humans live in peac...

  • Team of One

    Ila Wallen

    What happens when a little raccoon doesn’t want to be part of the team at the great Willowbe Woods scavenger hunt? This beautifully illustrated jacketed hardcover will show young readers the value of sharing and teamwork. A Team of One is the third...

  • Absolute Instinct

    Robert W. Walker

    Forensic pathologist Jessica Coran discovers that her latest homicide victim has had her spine removed from her body, and her subsequent investigation reveals that a man has already been convicted of a similar crime years earlier....

  • Shadows on the Ivy

    Lea Wait

    Maggie Summer has three loves: her antique print business, Shadows; her career as a community college professor in Somerset County, New Jersey; and the new man in her life, Will Brewer. Her biological clock is pushing her to decide whether she's read...

  • Fantastic Four, Volume 4: Hereafter

    Mark Waid

  • Knock! Knock!

    Jan Wahl

    A perfect spooky read-aloud for any time of year

    A long time ago, in Scotland, a little witch named Ella La Grimble sat alone at her spinning wheel when she heard a KNOCK! KNOCK! at her door.

    Who could be coming to the door at this tim...

  • Love and Meatballs

    Susan Volland

    A delightful, laugh-out-loud debut novel featuring a 30- something heroine and her big Italian restaurant-owning family. For Jo Cerbone, being a good daughter means working at the family restaurant alongside her meddlesome brothers, her opinionat...

  • A.K.A. Goddess

    Evelyn Vaughn

    Reporting a break-in, avoiding my overprotective ex-lover, dodging dangerous men out to kill me...not exactly a typical day for a comparative mythology professor. So how did I, Maggi Sanger, get mixed up in all this? It started with a family legen...

  • Guarding Laura

    Susan Vaughan

    The pampered girl Cole Stratton had loved a lifetime ago was now posing as a tennis teacher and on the run for her life. He'd wanted to refuse his latest assignment -- guarding Laura Stanton -- preferring covert jungle missions to a forced reunion wi...

  • Attack of the Tagger

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    Nolan Byrd single-handedly saved his school from the bullydom of Alvin “Bubba” Bixby. He posted proof of Bubba’s exploits on the Web at Shredderman.com. Now Shredderman is the school hero! But since Shredderman’s identity is a secret, eve...

  • No Dark Valley

    Jamie Langston Turner

    When Celia Coleman's grandmother dies, she must return to the small town she had hoped never to see again. Her memories of her grandmother's home and church--and of her own behavior there--are not happy ones. The man next door is struggling with guil...

  • What Is Gravity?

    Lisa Trumbauer

    The natural world comes alive for young readers with Rookie Read-About Science!

    Rookie Read-About Physical Science series introduces the youngest readers (Ages 6-7) to physical science concepts. Each book features critical-thinking que...

  • Too Soon to Tell

    Calvin Trillin

  • Passion's Promise

    Christine Townsend

  • Titan 10

    Peter Tonkin

    The thirteenth action adventure in the Mariner series
    July 2008. Prometheus 4, the first of a new generation of supertankers, plunges round the North Cape, heading for its rendezvous in the Barents Sea with Titan 10, from which it will collect its...

  • Slightly Imperfect

    Dar Tomlinson

  • Always Darkest

    Stan Timmons

    When his ship is hurtled out of hyperspace by a chunk of mysterious dark matter, pilot Paul Stein is confronted with the difficult task of saving his transport vessel from a crew of dangerous misfits with a deadly scheme to not only destroy his trans...

  • Tigers

    Sarah L. Thomson

    Why do tigers have stripes? Where do they live? How do they hunt? Why are they in danger? This outstanding nonfiction book for young readers explores the fascinating world of tigers.Filled with stunning photographs from the Wildlife Conservation S...

  • The Stolen

    Celia Thomson

    She argues with her mother. She occasionally skips class. And she alternately crushes on two totally different boys.But Chloe King is by no means your typical teenager. The girl can scale buildings and see in the dark. Sometimes, at night, she even l...

  • The Nerd Who Loved Me

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    She's got the high-kicks... Lainie Terrell is no ordinary single mother. With feathers in all the right places, she's one of the hottest showgirls in Vegas. Aside from a hot-tempered ex-boyfriend on her sequined tail, Lainie's biggest problem is fin...

  • Tainted Blood

    James M. Thompson

    A Miracle Cure At long last, Elijah Pike has procured a vaccine powerful enough to purify his vampire blood, and hopefully bring an end to his insatiable appetite. He shares his findings with those of his kind who also wish to heal their eternal tor...

  • Vengeance

    David Thompson

    In the wilds of the Rocky Mountains, there are the hunters and the hunted. Legendary mountain man Nate King has taught his son to be an excellent hunter. But now Zach finds himself the prey as a vicious killer stalks his every move. Athena Borke will...

  • Finding Mary Blaine

    Jodi Thomas

    The morning's newspaper headline leaves Blaine Anderson reeling. Only a few hours ago she'd dragged herself dazed and bleeding from the smoking rubble, but it might as well have been a lifetime ago -- because now the world believes she is dead. B...

  • Part-Time Dog

    Jane Thayer

  • Plain Jane's Secret Life

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Subterfuge in Holly Springs? Once upon a time, the town of Holly Springs had its very own tomboy...and a darn fine mechanic to boot. Most people are so used to Hannah Reid's greasy overalls and backward ball cap that they think of their pretty whi...

  • Rapid Response

    Jennifer Taylor

    Two years ago Holly Daniels's fiance walked out without any warning -- now the two specialist registrars are reunited, forced to work side by side in the rapid response team of a busy emergency unit. Holly's surprised at how fast her heart...

  • Forgotten Destiny

    Janet Tanner

      In this eighteenth-century gothic romance, a handsome stranger stirs up memories and emotions that may be a young amnesiac bride’s undoing. A tragic coaching accident leaves nineteen-year-old Davina Grimes without a family, with no memory of...

  • Hoax

    Robert K. Tanenbaum

    The shooting death of a rap mogul is the first link in a sinister chain ensnaring New York District Attorney Butch Karp. With his wife and daughter on a New Mexico retreat, Karp is left to fend for his teenaged sons and himself. Descending into the h...

  • Beijing Doll

    Chun Sue

    Banned in China for its candid exploration of a young girl's sexual awakening yet widely acclaimed as being "the first novel of 'tough youth' in China" (Beijing Today), Beijing Doll cuts a daring path through China's rock-and-roll subculture. This cu...

  • Biceps of Death

    David Stukas

    It ain't easy being pretty. And it ain't pretty NOT being pretty in Chelsea. That's what has Robert doing an excruciating set of leg presses under his ripped roommate Michael's preening tutelage--when Michael isn't admiring his new leather workout sh...

  • Hidden Honor

    Anne Stuart

    Independent and headstrong, Elizabeth of Bredon wants only to become a nun, but her journey to the convent of St. Anne's threatens her choice. It's not the escort of holy friars who tempt her, but the man they are taking to do penance for his many si...

  • The Golem's Eye

    Jonathan Stroud

    The second adventure in the Bartimaeus trilogy finds our young apprentice magician Nathaniel working his way up the ranks of the government, when crisis hits. A seemingly invulnerable clay golem is making random attacks on London. Nathaniel and the a...

  • Hole in the Head

    Whitley Strieber

    A dozen of today's masters of mystery and suspense present an all-original anthology of compelling, provocative stories, revealing that the families that play together sometimes slay together. Featuring stories by: LAWRENCE BLOCK * MARY HIGGINS ...

  • Ronald, D---!

    Peter Straub

    A dozen of today's masters of mystery and suspense present an all-original anthology of compelling, provocative stories, revealing that the families that play together sometimes slay together. Featuring stories by: LAWRENCE BLOCK * MARY HIGGINS ...

  • Scream at the Sky

    Carlton Stowers

    Carlton Stowers, the two-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling master of true crime, is back. Scream at the Sky is his masterful chronicle of one man's murderous career, and another man's sworn promise to deliver justice and closure...

  • Deployment: Philippines

    P.W. Storm

    A nightmare born in the Middle Eastern desert has spread to the jungles of the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf, a ruthless Muslim extremist organization, has become bolder and deadlier, increasing the frequency and severity of its brutal acts of terror, and ...

  • Dies the Fire

    S.M. Stirling

    The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and firearms inoperable--and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face.......

  • Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?

    R.L. Stine

    From R.L. Stine, master horror author of the Goosebumps series and the Fear Street trilogy -- now streaming on Netflix -- comes another spooky tale!Nicky and Tara still live in Max’s bedroom, and while they’ve found some clues, they still don...

  • The Taste of Night

    R.L. Stine

    Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, were as close as two sisters could be-until Livvy chose to become a vampire, leaving Destiny behind. Now Destiny will do anything to bring Livvy back to the family. But in Livvy's world of endless darkness, ...

  • Who Let the Ghosts Out?

    R.L. Stine

    You're guaranteed to get goose bumps when you meet Max Doyle. Max is a tot like you -- except Max has two ghosts living in his bedroom, and only he can see them! The ghosts say Max is the only one who can help them fight the most gruesome creature ...

  • All Because of a Cup of Coffee

    Geronimo Stilton

    Who is-Geronirno Stilton? That's me! i run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are funny, fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-lic...

  • The Damsel in This Dress

    Marianne Stillings

    Port Henry Ledger Book Review by Betsy Tremaine: WRONG GUY HAS THE WRITE STUFF IN TORRID LOVE STORY Let me tell you, dear reader, I've rarely been subjected to such drivel as I have in the novels of bestselling tough-guy cop-turned-author J. Soldi...

  • A Time To Dance

    Sally Stewart

    Jane Westover is a brilliant corporate lawyer in the City a lonely, unpopular career girl determined to get to the top. But when illness forces her to accept a long rest, she sets out on a journey of self-discovery, which takes her back to her estran...

  • Dead Even

    Mariah Stewart

    THREE DEVIOUS PRISONERS VOW MURDEROUS REVENGE. NOW THE THIRD IS FREE. FBI Special Agent Miranda Cahill has always played by the rules: always maintain a respectful professionalism, and never mix business with pleasure. Except when it comes to fel...

  • Finding Amy

    Carol Steward

    Jessica Mathers enters the hospital confident that her little girl, Amy, is being cared for. But when Jessica awakes from surgery, her daughter and the sitter have disappeared.... As a favor to his mother, Detective Samuel Vance reluctantly assist...

  • The Greek's Seven-Day Seduction

    Susan Stephens

    A swift seduction... While staying on the Greek island of Iskos, Charlotte decides to join in a dance traditionally performed only by men... and inflames Iannis Kiriakos's passions! ...and pleasurable revenge! But Charlotte's playing and...

  • The Monster Mall and Other Spooky Poems

    D.J. Steinberg

  • Native Sons

    Sol Stein

    James Baldwin was beginning to be recognized as the most brilliant black writer of his generation when his first book of essays, Notes of a Native Son, established his reputation in 1955. No one was more pleased by the book’s reception than Baldwin...

  • A Pretend Engagement

    Jessica Steele

    It startles the life out of her to come home and find a man in her bedroom! But even more so when Varnie Sutton discovers that the man is CEO Leon Beaumont, her brother's boss! Leon is using Varnie's country house to avoid the media, but when...

  • Whatever Lola Wants

    Niqui Stanhope

    As an awkward teenager, Sadie St. James never exactly turned heads. Then she blossomed into a total fox with a sleek look and a sexy new name: Lola. Successful and confident, Lola has men falling for her left and right, but she never forgot the boy w...

  • I, Fatty

    Jerry Stahl

    In this highly acclaimed novel, the author of Permanent Midnight channels fallen early-Hollywood star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Fatty tells his own story of success, addiction, and a precipitous fall from grace after being framed for a brutal ...

  • The Law of Love

    Tim Stafford

    In THE TURBULENT EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, a naive young news reporter named M. K. Nichols arrives in the tough mill town of Everett, Washington, determined to escape the pious morality of his midwestern upbringing. Meeting and marrying Darla Brazile,...

  • Sisters

    Tim Stafford

    Susan Nichols comes of age in nineteenth-century California under the shadow of her domineering mother, Rebecca, an early suffragist. She finds great solace in the company of her self-assured twin sister, Elizabeth, until, as teenagers, they are sepa...

  • The Grand Crusade

    Michael A. Stackpole

    THE GRAND CRUSADE The hope of the future, Will Norrington, prophesied to bring down the northern tyrant Chytrine and redeem the world, is said to be dead, lost in the heart of a fiery volcano. The news has thrown the Council of Kings into a furor and...

  • Charlie's Angels

    Cheryl St. John

    Charlie McGraw never should have bought the angel book for his precocious daughter. Because then Meredith wouldn't be convinced that getting a new mommy was as simple as having an "angel" sprinkle him with her "miracle dust." And she never would have...

  • The Mistress of Trevelyan

    Jennifer St. Giles

    The manor behind the mists....The man behind the mystery. In 1873 San Francisco, spirited Ann Lovell takes a position no one else dares -- as governess to the motherless sons of the enigmatic Benedict Trevelyan. It has long been whispered that Tr...

  • Tested By Fire

    Kathryn Springer

    HIS WOUNDS WERE MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP Scarred ex-cop John Gabriel didn't need anyone else's problems, but he couldn't refuse a request from his former chief. Until John learned what the favor to Chief Kelly entailed: keeping an eye on his granddaugh...

  • The Druid King

    Norman Spinrad

    A major triumph of historical fiction, The Druid King, is a masterly retelling of the life of the legendary general Vercingetorix and his brilliant crusade against the Roman invasion of Gaul.Vercingetorix was both a man of myth and a real historical ...

  • Let's Be Friends

    Amanda Sperry

  • The Brabanti Baby

    Catherine Spencer

    The secret baby... Rich, powerful Gabriel Brabanti is not a man to be disobeyed...or betrayed. Though he wants Eve's body, he no longer wants her, because he believes she's deceived him -- for money. But Gabriel is wrong. Eve's innocent and she has...

  • It Takes Three

    Teresa Southwick

    Scott Matthews had been a single dad since he was just a kid himself. Now, with an empty nest, the last thing he wanted was a new relationship to tie him down. But with one sassy smile from the sexy caterer in his kitchen, he was tempted to savor eve...

  • Vamped

    David Sosnowski

    So this vampire walks into a bar...Yes, it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it's just another night in the never-ending life of Marty Kowalski. With his trademark slogan -- "There's a sucker born every minute" -- this blood-drinking bache...

  • Riddle in Stone

    Ree Soesbee
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Riddle in Stone continues a new series of adventures written specifically for readers ages 8 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a group of young companions who, through their heroic deeds, become members of the Order of...

  • More Than You Know

    Eboni Snoe

    Unleashing her wild side, consultant Mara Scott takes salsa lessons where she encounters a gorgeous Brazilian land developer who sets her soul on fire, but when a business deal interferes with their relationship, they must decide what is truly import...

  • All The Man I Need

    Tamara Sneed

    She Thinks She Knows It All... Public relations powerhouse Lana Hargrove is ready to settle down as long as it's with a man who fits into her elite, social-climbing lifestyle. And that man is definitely not Justin Larkin, the hot-blooded P.I. who's ...

  • Fire Point

    John Smolens

    At nineteen, Hannah LeClaire already has a reputation in the village of Whitefish Harbor, where she grew up. She is a solitary young woman who is given to long walks along the coast of Lake Superior. On a cold April day, she wanders into a dilapidate...

  • Winter Kill

    Cotton Smith

    Rustling is an ugly business. Just the suspicion of it can get somebody hurt--or killed. And there's a whole lot of suspicion over on the Bar 6, the largest spread in the region. Old Titus Branson is missing a hundred head of Bar 6 cattle, and he's m...

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Susan R. Sloan

    Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent young woman who comes of age in the 1950s. When, at age eighteen, she meets and falls deeply in love with Jack Marsh, a dashing veteran of the Air Force, sh...

  • Pyramids and Mummies

    Seymour Simon

  • Space Travelers

    Seymour Simon

  • Dirty Sally

    Michael Simon

    The only member of his department who is Jewish and from the north, Austin homicide detective Dan Reles acts out in the wake of his partner's death and follows clues pertaining to the brutal murder of a young prostitute, a case with ties to the area'...

  • Sweetheart, Indiana

    Suzanne Simmons

    WELCOME to Sweetheart, Indiana, pop: 11,238. Make that 11,239. Gillian Charles has just moved to town--and the town's all hers. The New York socialite expected to inherit from her grandfather a mansion or two, and maybe even a Rolls-Royce, but certai...

  • The Confession

    Sheldon Siegel

    Confessions abound-some of them quite unexpected-in Sheldon Siegel's new legal thriller. Mike Daley doesn't go to confession much since he left the priesthood twenty years ago and became a lawyer, but that doesn't stop his old friend, Father Ramon ...

  • The Secret of the Unicorn Queen, Vol.1

    Josepha Sherman; Gwen Hansen

    DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN QUEENWhen her eccentric friend Dr. Reit invents an amazing transport into other worlds, Sheila McCarthy accidentally falls through the portal into the kingdom of Arren. There, Sheila finds herself part of a band of ...

  • And Nothing But the Truth

    Jay Alan Sekulow

    "In ""And Nothing But the Truth"" you will learn how you can be a part of the new revolution of religious freedom sweeping our country. And you will discover what you can do to reclaim your community and your own rights."...

  • Strange but True

    John Searles

    Now a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Blythe Danner.“Sinister and complex.... You’ll race right through it.” -- New York TimesAfter a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back h...

  • Cat in Love

    Justin Scott

    A dozen of today's masters of mystery and suspense present an all-original anthology of compelling, provocative stories, revealing that the families that play together sometimes slay together. Featuring stories by: LAWRENCE BLOCK * MARY HIGGINS ...

  • The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again!

    Charles M. Schulz

    When Peppermint Patty decides to join Linus in keeping watch for the Great Pumpkin, Linus is happy to have his friend as a companion on the important night, but when the truth is revealed that Peppermint Patty is there to make a special request for a...

  • Peanuts - A Pop-up Celebration

    Charles M. Schulz

    Six classic scenarios of the Peanuts world are presented in this collectible pop-up novelty book with 3-D illustrations, including Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace and Charlie Brown attempting to kick the football....

  • The Spring Zingy Box

    Scholastic Inc.

    Introducing the magical and imaginative world of the Boohbahs--the stars of a new PBS Kids TV show from RagdollThis sturdy interactive cardstock lift-the-flap book hilariously captures the Storypeople as they attempt to open a jack-in-a-box.The Boohb...

  • The Wobbly Bobbly Balls

    Scholastic Inc.

    Introducing the magical and imaginative world of the Boohbahs--the stars of a new PBS Kids TV show from RagdollThis sturdy interactive cardstock lift-the-flap book hilariously captures Mr. Man of the Storypeople as he attempts to gather up numerous b...

  • The Mask of Red Death

    Harold Schechter

    Suspense, intrigue, atmosphere, and vivid historical detail combine into a thrilling ride through nineteenth-century New York City in The Mask of Red Death. Harold Schechter delivers both a wonderfully accurate portrait of a city in turmoil and an ir...

  • The Ghost Horse

    Les Savage Jr.

    Eddie has seen a lot of horseflesh in his day, but this one is special. The wild Appaloosa stallion is clever, wily and ever elusive, full of untamed spirit. This one, he determines, will be his. But Eddie isn't the only one after the Appaloosa. A ra...

  • The Game of Treachery

    Alan Savage

    The second in the French Resistance series
    Resistance to the Nazi forces occupying France is growing, and the Germans begin to counter-attack. Their principle target is the group headed by the beautiful Liane de Gruchy, and they infiltrate one of ...

  • The Highland Bride

    Lynsay Sands
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    Writing together for the first time, national bestselling authors Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands present the darkly passionate story of two men sworn to conquer the hunger that pounds in their blood--and the women who may be their only salvation... ...

  • Emergency: Bachelor Doctor

    Gill Sanderson

    Arriving on her first day at the Wolds Hospital, Dr. Kim Hunter is not expecting to work in the Special Care Baby Unit -- and neither is she expecting the impact that her new colleague Dr. Harry Black has on her! He's sexy, warm and devoted to his ti...

  • Falling Off Air

    Catherine Sampson

    Robin Ballantyne's life is finally coming together. After learning she was pregnant with twins and being abandoned by her irresponsible boyfriend, Adam, she's settling into life as a single mother. But one night, after putting the children to bed, sh...

  • Edenborn

    Nick Sagan

    Eighteen years ago, the microbial apocalypse christened Black Ep had virtually wiped humanity from the globe. The survivors of the epidemic have now reached adulthood and are committed to the task of rebuilding civilization. But an ideological rift h...

  • Lust: or No Harm Done

    Geoff Ryman

    What if you could have sex with anyone in the world?The ultimate fantasy? Or a nightmare of self-discovery? Michael Blasco, a young scientist investigating what happens to the brain during the process of learning, suddenly finds himself on the other ...

  • The Case of the Baffled Bear

    Cynthia Rylant

    Deep in the heart of a big city... Bernard is a bike messenger who blows his red whistle to let people know he's coming through. But his whistle's missing. Where could it be? This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes -- Case #007...

  • Robin's Case File

    Lisa Ryan-herndon

    Teen Titans: five teenage superheroes fighting for truth, justice,and the last slice of pizza!

    Robin's always been the unofficial leader of the Teen Titans. Even though he doesn't have superpowers, he's daring, able to make quick decisions, sm...

  • Love Enough For Two

    Cynthia Rutledge

    Vowing never to allow another man to disrupt her life, single mom Sierra Summers clung to her faith and worked hard to provide a loving and stable home for her daughter. But then attorney Matthew Dixon walked into her store with a proposition that th...

  • Deadfall

    Patricia Rushford; Harrison James

    Mac is dealing with three difficult cases, two dead bodies . . . and a decision of the heart. It’s been just three months since Detective “Mac” McAllister solved his first homicide case with the Oregon State Police. Now he’s working the ...

  • Brazil Red

    Jean-Christophe Rufin

    Orphaned children Just and Colombe are brought against their will into Brazil by French colonizers to learn the native language and become interpreters, in an adventure that pits them against such challenges as cannibals, the expedition's eccentric l...

  • A Spy in the White House

    Ron Roy

    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!  In the fourth book of the Capital Mysteries -- an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous site...

  • A Scandalous Situation

    Patricia Frances Rowell

    Her past was a dark country And Iantha Kethley was trapped at its borders, never quite able to escape the one defining moment of her life. Until the day she held Robert Armstrong at gunpoint -- and he offered her a future she'd never dared imagine...

  • Cellars of the Dead

    Marilyn Ross

    Ann Stewart had been swept off her feet and plunged into marriage with young Dr. Ian Stewart. Despite the warnings of others about Ian's mysterious ways and violent temper, she was blinded to everything but his virile good looks, his unyielding stre...

  • How I Live Now

    Meg Rosoff

    “Every war has turning points and every person too.”Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon af...

  • On The List

    Patricia Rosemoor

    ONLY ONE MAN COULD KEEP HER SAFE Agent Renata Fox always trusted her instincts when it came to the law -- and men. She knew the Feds had accused the wrong person of being the cold-blooded Chicago Sniper, but her persistence somehow landed her on t...

  • Secondhand Sam

    Kristine Rolofson
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    Sadie Harte's Chihuahua is head over heels for the Chihuahua next door. It's impossible for Sadie and neighbor Buck Bosworth to keep them apart. And soon Sadie and Buck are finding it impossible to stay away from each other, too. Clever Chihuahua! ...

  • Elektra, Volume 4: Frenzy

    Robert Rodi

    The beautiful but deadly assassin is hired to eliminate the leader of a violent guerilla movement in Southeast Asia, but will Elektra's conscience allow her to fulfill the contract when she learns the insane guerilla leader is just an 8-year-old boy ...

  • Scimitar SL-2

    Patrick Robinson

    Amid the Canary Islands lies the massive crater of thevolcano Cumbre Vieja. Scientists theorize that one day the volcano will erupt, triggering a series of events that will lead to a tsunami higher than any in recorded history. This mega-tsunami, wit...

  • The Best Halloween Ever

    Barbara Robinson

    The Herdmans plus Halloween have always spelled disaster Every Halloween, the six Herdman kids steal candy, spray-paint other kids, and take everything that isn't nailed down. And this year promises to be the same, until the Mayor decides to up an...

  • Petty Treason

    Madeleine E. Robins

    Miss Sarah Tolerance, Agent of Inquiry, refuses to follow the path of the Fallen Women who have gone before her. She's a straight shooter, with her pistol as well as her wit, and her mind is as sharp as the blade of her sword. She has remade herself ...

  • Dead End Pass

    J.R. Roberts

    Clint Adams seeks revenge against the men responsible for making a brutal example out of his friend, who was robbed and left for dead in the town of Green Leaf, Arizona, which has been overrun by murderous theives. Original....

  • First Daughter

    Christa Roberts

    Samantha MacKenzie wants to be treated like every other normal college freshman at Redmond University.

    Except that’s pretty hard to do considering that her father is the President of the United States.

    But when he agrees to cut back o...

  • Visions in Death

    J.D. Robb

    'The summer had been long hot and bloody. Fall, with its cooler temperatures was coming. Maybe people wouldn't be as inclined to kill each other. But she doubted it.' In 2059 New York City, technology and humanity collide, Detective Eve Dallas searc...

  • Califia's Daughters

    Leigh Richards

    Set in the near future and inspired by the captivating myth of the warrior queen Califia, this brilliantly inventive novel tells the story of a small, peaceful community of women tucked away in a world gone mad.Only the elders of the Valley reme...

  • This Magic Moment

    Patricia Rice

    Duke Harry of Sommersville indulged in a carefree, comfortable life--until a sudden inheritance leaves him plagued with a crumbling family manor and hungry debtors. What's a desperate duke to do but marry the well-heeled woman betrothed to him fo...

  • Beach Girls

    Luanne Rice

    TRUE FRIENDSHIPS--LIKE TRUE LOVE--ARE MADE TO LAST FOREVER.... Acclaimed author of The Secret Hour and many other New York Times bestsellers, Luanne Rice brings readers the unforgettable story of a friendship that echoes across generations, and th...

  • Knee-Deep in Wonder

    April Reynolds

    A dazzling first novel about four generations of fear and longing in the deep South"Who're your people, girl?" It's the song of the South, the big question, persistent and unforgiving. Helene Strickland, daughter of Lafayette County, Arkansas, and la...

  • Billy's Picture

    H.A. Rey

    Billy the Bunny is painting a picture. He knows just how he wants it to look, but each of his friends has a different idea -- and they all want to help. Penny the Puppy, Greta the Goose, and a parade of other animals add to the mix, and soon Billy...

  • A Tale of the Dispossessed

    Laura Restrepo

    "How can I tell him that he will never find her, after he has been searching for her all his life? If I could talk to him without breaking his heart, there is something I would tell him, in hopes it would stop his sleepless nights and wrongheaded ...

  • My Dying Breath

    Ben Reed

    In 1969 in small-town Louisiana, 19-year-old Tuck Richard joins the Marines, gung-ho to serve his country, just like his friends Donnie-Boy Hebert and Johnny Robert. Wet-behind-the-ears Cajun kids, they will be moulded by boot camp into gutsy Marines...

  • Eating Crow

    Jay Rayner

    Marc Basset has a well-deserved reputation as a pitiless restaurant critic. When he writes a devastating review of a celebrated restaurant, the chef commits suicide, roasting himself in his own fan-assisted oven, with Basset's review pasted to the do...

  • Look for Me

    Edeet Ravel

    Look for Me tells the story of Dana and her quest to find her husband who disappeared while serving in the Israeli army. Every year Dana places a newspaper ad that says, "I will never ever, ever stop waiting for you," the word "ever" repe...

  • Saints at the River

    Ron Rash

    From a major voice in Southern literature comes award-winning author Ron Rash's Saints at the River, a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident--and the woman caught in the middle. When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tam...

  • Turnback Creek

    Robert J. Randisi

    THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW When legendary gunfighter John Locke is hired to ride shotgun on a fat payroll wagon bound for Turnback Creek, Montana, it's more than a job. It's a chance to reunite with his old riding partner, ex-Marshal Dale Cooper. Th...

  • Shotgun Honeymoon

    Terese Ramin

    NO ONE WAS HOLDING A GUN TO HIS HEAD Janina Galvez hadn't asked Russ Levoie to marry her. It was all his idea. What the gorgeous Native American cop didn't know was that she'd loved him since she was sixteen. Russ would never forget the late-ni...

  • The Dragon Circle

    Irene Radford

    THE IMPS ARE COMING... and time may well be running out for the three O'Hara brothers. When Konner O'Hara unearthed a tracking device hidden in his spaceship--undoubtedly by his own ruthless ex-wife--he had no w ay to tell whether his discovery h...

  • The Venetian Policeman

    M.E. Rabb

    After several months of living in Venice with no one but each other, and after solving several missing persons cases, Sam and Sophie realize that the people in town have become like family to them, so when a rash of pet disappearances occur, the girl...

  • Castello Italiano

    Elizabeth Pulford

    Secrets, betrayal, revenge, rape and murder - all the Ingredients for a great read. What happens to three women when they are forced to revisit the past? Three middle-aged women, from three different countries, return to Italy to accept ownership of ...

  • Brimstone

    Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child

    A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate. There is a claw print scorched into the wall, and the stench of sulfur chokes the air. When FBI Special Agent Pendergast investigates the gruesome crime, he discovers that thirty years ag...

  • Case of the Glow-in-the-dark Ghost

    James Preller

    James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young readers, featuring both new titles and classroom classics!The Case of the Glow-in-the-Dark GhostGlow-in-the-dark footprin...

  • Lady Roma's Romance

    Cynthia Pratt

    A LADY DETERMINED NEVER TO WED After her fiance's tragic death, Lady Roma Randolph never wished to marry any other man. Instead, she has accepted her fate with serenity, living a life of passionless contentment in the company of friends and relations...

  • Tale of Two Sumos

    Karen Poth

    VeggieTales presents Tale of Two Sumos, starring Larry the Cucumber as the Italian Scallion. This cucumber-turned-scallion faces the challenge of his life---a match against the meanest and toughest belly-bumping contender of all time---Apollo Gourd. ...

  • Hot Stuff

    Carly Phillips

    Annabelle Jordan and her two sisters were orphans in frilly dresses when they went to live with their sports-lawyer uncle in his world of locker rooms, bookies and gambling. Now the girls are publicists in their uncle's firm, The Hot Zone. Despit...

  • Midnight Island Sanctuary

    Susan Peterson

    SHADOWS AND SECRETS Cora Shelley arrived on the remote and forbidding Midnight Island under the protective cloak of darkness, fleeing a nightmarish encounter with a psychotic killer. She never expected to be magnetically drawn to her brooding empl...

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Rex Perry

    From Thanksgiving to Kwanzaa with a little Christmas in between, these fun-to-read books are just in time for the holiday season! Illustrated with bright, vivid colors that capture the spirit of the season, they are sure to spread joy and cheer to fa...

  • All Things Bright and Beautiful

    Rex Perry

    From Thanksgiving to Kwanzaa with a little Christmas in between, these fun-to-read books are just in time for the holiday season! Illustrated with bright, vivid colors that capture the spirit of the season, they are sure to spread joy and cheer to fa...

  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kwanzaa!

    Rex Perry

    From Thanksgiving to Kwanzaa with a little Christmas in between, these fun-to-read books are just in time for the holiday season! Illustrated with bright, vivid colors that capture the spirit of the season, they are sure to spread joy and cheer to fa...

  • Over the River & Through the Woods

    Rex Perry

    From Thanksgiving to Kwanzaa with a little Christmas in between, these fun-to-read books are just in time for the holiday season! Illustrated with bright, vivid colors that capture the spirit of the season, they are sure to spread joy and cheer to fa...

  • Bright Lights for Bella

    Lana Perez

    The third book in an exciting new series for girl readers.

    Bright Lights for Bella is the third book in a new series of real-life adventures
    written specifically for girls ages 8-12. Sized to fit the young reader market,
    the series follo...

  • Flames Of Fury

    Don Pendleton

    His brother Johnny's urgent summons draws Mack Bolan into a campaign to take down Maxwell Reed, an exiled Caribbean dictator using an army of mercenaries to stage a coup. Reed is financed by a consortium of international crime lords intent on claimin...

  • Rolling Thunder

    Don Pendleton

    Stony Man The clandestine operations group known as Stony Man is unbound by rules of procedure and answers only to the Oval Office. Hal Brognola's team of cyberwarriors and battlefield commandos takes the most direct approach to stem the tide of g...

  • The Abominable Snow Teacher

    Lisa Passen

    Miss Irma Birmbaum felt funny. She looked at her hands. They had fur. So did her face. She had grown incredibly hairy.Miss Irma Birmbaum was now an Abominable Snow Teacher!The toughest teacher in town is back for another hilarious adventure School is...

  • Sleepover and Over

    Erica Pass

    Timmy is psyched! Chester and A.J. are staying over to watch Crash Nebula and the Crimson Chin! But when Chester and A.J. can't agree on which superhero is better, Timmy is forced to choose between his two best friends. Can Timmy get every...

  • A Heart's Awakening

    Veronica Parker

  • Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I MEAN IT!

    Barbara Park

    The world's funniest first grader is back It's Halloween! Only here's the trouble. Junie B. Jones is afraid to go trick-or-treating. 'Cause what if witches and monsters are really real? And what if pumpkins with sharp teeth can eat your feet? And d...

  • Snow

    Orhan Pamuk

    An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radia...

  • The Society

    Michael Palmer

    At the headquarters of Boston's Eastern Quality Health, the wealthy and powerful CEO is brutally murdered. She's not the first to die--nor the last. A vicious serial killer is on the loose and the victims have one thing in common: they are all high-...

  • Renegade // One Night in New York

    Diana Palmer

    Newly appointed police chief Cash Grier makes it his personal mission to keep law and order in the streets of Jacobsville. As a true renegade, Cash has learned never to take anything at face value -- especially not his gorgeous sworn enemy, "Georgia ...

  • Royal Affair

    Laurie Paige

    A handsome prince + a charming mother-to-be + tabloid gossip = and unforgettable marriage! One night of passion changed Ivy Crosby's life forever! While visiting the island of Lantanya, she met the man of her dreams. And after an evening of seduct...

  • Wedding Willies // The Bridesmaid & the Best Man

    Victoria Pade

    HER BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING... Although Kit McIntyre had left more than one unsuspecting groom standing solo at the altar, nothing would stop her from celebrating her best friend's big day. Luckily, there were a few perks she hadn't counted on as maid...

  • American Revolution

    Mary Pope Osborne

    It’s a new kind of adventure for Jack and Annie! Join them as they research the American Revolution and find out the facts behind the fiction! Fun facts -- Photos -- Illustrations -- Definitions -- And much more! ...

  • Don't Close Your Eyes

    Sara Orwig

    Isabella Devlin's life turned inside out the night she encountered a stranger breaking into her house. Everyone thought Colin Garrick was dead. Yet there he was -- living, breathing sexy proof that he was still very much alive -- and willing to share...

  • Urban Legend

    Erica Orloff

    SHE KEPT HER SECRETS BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE As the owner of one of the hottest nightclubs in New York City, Tessa Van Doren was a target for rumors. Some said she worked with the mob, while others claimed she drove men to suicide. Tessa let the...

  • Intricate Liaisons

    Pamela Oldfield

    Can Harriet find love when all the odds are stacked against her?
    Harriet's impetuous marriage to Godfrey disintegrates when Godfrey's former girlfriend, Amelia, arrives from Italy in 1873. Her husband is divorcing her and, destitute and hysterical...

  • Measle and the Wrathmonk

    Ian Ogilvy

    COLOSSAL ADVENTURES in a miniature world Measle Stubbs lives with Basil Tramplebone, his dreary, horrible guardian. His life is miserable, and gets worse when Measle finds himself on the wrong end of one of Basil's evil spells. Now he's half an inch...

  • Kipligat's Chance

    David Odhiambo

    John "Leeds" Kipligat is a 17-year-old Kenyan emigre living with his parents in a bleak Vancouver housing project. At the urging of his best friend, a fellow Kenyan named Kulvinder Sharma, he tries out for a local track club. Their goal: to run fast ...

  • Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins

    Dianne Ochiltree

    After gathering sixteen pumpkins to bring to his Grandpa, Sami’s full wagon suddenly takes off and causes the pumpkins to go rolling back down the hill, in a colorfully illustrated counting tale....

  • The Sex Was Great But...

    Tyne O'Connell

    Holly Klein is an A-list celebrity with an army of assistants. Leo Monroe is a smart-talking DJ from the streets. She lives on Mulholland Drive; he lives on...someone else's sofa. But when Leo rescues Holly from a mugger, their two worlds collide, li...

  • Noble Blood

    Charles O'Brien

    The third title in an acclaimed historical mystery series set at the time of the French Revolution
    Paris, 1787. A deaf maid at the Court of Versailles is accused of the murder of the Duchesse de Saumur, one of Marie Antoinette's intimates. Anne Ca...

  • Hana in the Time of the Tulips

    Deborah Noyes

    With stunning artwork reminiscent of Rembrandt, this tender tale harks back to the days of tulip fever to illuminate the enduring love between father and child.

    Hana and her father used to love to walk in the garden in the evening and play the...

  • The Book of Proper Names

    Amelie Nothomb

    The Book of Proper Names is set in contemporary Paris, its main character an orphan named Plectrude. Before the child's birth her nineteen-year-old mother shoots and kills her nineteen-year-old (and somewhat feckless) father because she hates the nam...