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  • Fay

    Larry Brown

    "[Larry Brown was] gifted with brilliant descriptive ability, a perfect ear for dialogue, and an unflinching eye . . . stark, often funny . . . with a core as dark as a Delta midnight." -- Entertainment Weekly She's had no education, hardly any shel...

  • Brooklyn, Bugsy, and Me

    Lynea Bowdish


    Sam gets used to a new home and an old relative

    In the summer of 1953, nine-year-old Sam and his mom move to Brooklyn to live with his grandfather. Mom has lost her job and has no prospects back home in West Virginia. So Sam leaves his fr...

  • Hidden Forest

    Jeannie Baker

    Jeannie Baker, incomparable creator of intricate collage illustrations, invites you to take a plunge with Ben, into the sea ... to see.

    See what?Underwater forests of kelp.Rocks with strangely beautiful textures.A myriad of fish.The...

  • Snow

    Nancy E. Wallace

  • Mountain Town

    Bonnie Geisert

    During the last half of the nineteenth century, miners and prospectors flocked to the Rocky Mountains to find their fortunes. In the wake of this boom, small towns sprouted up wherever the precious ore could be found. Some of these small towns, born ...

  • The Berenstain Bears and No Guns Allowed

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Bear Country School goes zero-tolerant on toy guns When Bear Country School becomes a place filled with the constant rat-a-tat-tat of violent video games, the nerd Ferdy and the jock Too-Tall are forced to team up for a school project on inventio...

  • Race The Wind!

    Chris Platt

    Thanks to the faith and hard work of Katie Durham, Willow King no longer has badly twisted legs. After painstaking training, the colt has gained the strength to compete in major racesâ€"and Katie is determined to prove he’s a champion. Unfortunatel...

  • Henry the Green Engine

    Rev. W. Awdry

    Henry the Green Engine has recovered from his silly habit of staying in tunnels whenever it rains, but he is still causing trouble for Sir Topham Hatt in four exciting stories. Part of The Railway Series....

  • Tell Me Another!

    Mathew Price

    Here's an irresistibly illustrated collection of five original stories that is especially designed for children as young as one year. Each of the simple animal stories features interactive activities. "Go Away, Mr. Wolf," a sprightly new version of "...

  • I Was A Teenage T. Rex

    Scott Ciencin

    Dinoverse is an ingenious series of adventures that throw the minds of modern 13-year-olds back in time, and into the bodies of dinosaurs. In book #1, Bertram Phillips's science fair project goes berserk, sending him and three other students to South...

  • Tank Engine Thomas Again

    Rev. W. Awdry

  • The Teens Time Forgot

    Scott Ciencin

    Plagued by drooling predators and violent weather, Mike, Candayce, and Janine must look to the least likely leader for help--the often-picked-on class brain, Bertram. But can he help his new friends survive as dinosaurs?...

  • Bear's Shape Book

    Kiki Thorpe

    From circles and squares to roses, noses, and curvy garden hoses, the cast of Disney Channel's Emmy Award-nominated television series Bear in the Big Blue House introduces beginning readers to the wide and wildly varied world of shapes....

  • Cassie Loves a Parade

    Random House

  • I Am a Queen

    Lucasfilm Book Group

    My name is Amidala. I am a Queen. I live in a grand palace and have a Royal Starship. Every day I try to be a wise and good leader. But being Queen of an entire planet is not an easy job, and it is sometimes very dangerous. Learn all about it in this...

  • Ord And The Shining Star

    Margaret Snyder

  • I Am a Pilot

    Lucasfilm Book Group

    My name is Anakin Skywalker. I am a pilot. I have flown Podracers across the Tatooine desert and ridden a starfighter into space. There are other pilots in my galaxy, and they all fly different ships. Find out who they are in this colorfully illustra...

  • Do Donkeys Dance??

    Melanie Walsh

    Do pigs buzz around flowers? Have you ever seen a ladybug stand on one tiny leg? Who might you find swimming underwater? Animals move and so do we! Can you hop like a flea -- or even fly? Each silly question appears on a double-page spread along with...

  • Esmeralda and the Children Next Door

    Jenny Nimmo

    Esmeralda is big and strong but she does not want to be the circus strong-woman like her parents hope she will be. Esmeralda would be happier walking the tightrope or doing acrobatics. But what she truly wants is to play with the children next door. ...

  • Marshmallow Kisses

    Mari Takabayashi

    From bright morning sun streaming in the bedroom window to bedtime kisses given from sticky toasted-marshmallow lips, here is the joyful activity of a perfect summer day. In between is time for baking sand cakes, hanging teepees under a tree, paddlin...

  • Shh! (Don't Tell Mr. Wolf!)

    Colin McNaughton

  • Moon Ride

    Seymour Chwast

    What do you do when the moon comes to your window and offers to take you on a night ride? You say yes, of course! And so begins a night of surprising travel, seated on the back of the full moon. The simple, quietly humorous text offers sound advice t...

  • Brothers Gruesome

    Drahos Zak

    Meet the Brothers Gruesome and witness their offensive ways as they rudely gobble up everything in sight -- including the kitchen sink! This horrifyingly ugly sibling trio is bad-mannered, unruly, and insatiable. Greedy and gluttonous, they eat their...

  • Scotty and the Gypsy Bandit

    David Winkler

    McStew (a.k.a. the Gypsy Bandit) is one strange next-door neighbor. It isn't unusual for eleven-year-old Scotty Hansen to find McStew outside burying household appliances with his invisible sidekick named Reese, or plotting ways to vanquish the evil ...

  • Swept Away

    Gwynne Forster

    As the head of a child placement and assistance agency, Veronica Overton is one of the most respected women in Baltimore. But when a child placement in a foster home goes wrong, Veronica is castigated in the press by fiery child-advocate leader Schyl...

  • Ling Cho and His Three Friends

    V.J. Pacilio

    A tale of wisdom, ebulliently illustrated

    Long concerned for the three poor neighboring farmers who refuse to accept charity, the prosperous Ling Cho decides to ask their help in selling some of his wheat. They gladly agree and depart for the ...

  • The Devil's Shepherd

    Steven Hartov

    Israeli Military Intelligence agents Eytan Eckstein and Benni Baum are summoned once more to undertake a mission that could be their last. A defecting Czech spy claims to know the identity of a mole within Israel’s top secret nuclear program, but ...

  • Fran's Flower

    Lisa Bruce

    One day Fran found a flowerpot filled with soil. "I will grow this flower," Fran said. "Grow flower." But the tips stayed tiny.

    Fran is determined to get her flower bud to grow. But what do you feed a fussy flower? Fran figures that the flow...

  • Naty's Parade

    Gina Freschet

    A colorful, surreal trip to a Mexican fiesta Naty is so excited - this is the first year she gets to be one of the puppet people in the parade celebrating Guelaguetza, a July festival of folk dances in southern Mexico. At first the sights are over...

  • End and the Beginning

    Andy Meisler

    For the past six years, The X-Files has challenged, enlightened, and entertained millions of viewers worldwide. With fascinating storylines, visual creativity, and superb characterizations, it has broken new ground and become a media phenomenon. N...

  • Where You Once Belonged

    Kent Haruf

    In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged&...

  • In the Pond

    Ha Jin

    National Book Award-winner Ha Jin's arresting debut novel ,  In the Pond, is a darkly funny portrait of an amateur calligrapher who wields his delicate artist's brush as a weapon against the powerful party bureaucrats who rule his provincia...

  • A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

    Jonathan Gash

    Lovejoy's foray into the antiques markets of London turns into an unexpected -- and dangerous -- family reunion In between the markets of Camden and Portobello, Lovejoy pays a visit to his old friends Colette and Arthur Goldhorn, but he's in f...

  • Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conject

    Doxiadis Apostolos

  • The Beautiful Butterfly

    Judy Sierra

    A beautiful butterfly is courted by many suitors. She finally finds a husband who has a singing voice soft and sweet enough to please her, but no sooner does the honeymoon begin than he is swallowed by a giant fish! All of nature joins her in mournin...

  • River of Life

    Debbie S. Miller

    As the seasons change, a river in Alaska reveals its remarkable biodiversity. A great web of life is presented—the river and its shores sustain an astonishing variety of plants and animals. The river is home: salmon fry and rainbow trout li...

  • The Little Golden Lamb

    Ellin Greene

    In this joyfully retold Hungarian version of "The Golden Goose," a shepherd lad befriends a lamb whose fleece is the color of gold. The lad and the lamb set off on a journey, with the lamb dancing and frolicking as the boy plays his flute. Along the ...

  • The Pig Is in the Pantry, the Cat Is on the Shelf

    Jennifer Plecas

    Mr. McDuffel forgets to lock the door behind him, so eight silly farm animals march into his house, much to his cat’s dismay. As the clock strikes each passing hour, the animals have a ball playing dress-up, dancing, making lunch, and in general cr...

  • I Like the Way You Are

    Eve Bunting

    Turtle and Spottie are best friends, and they spend all their free time together. They work out at the gym, raise an organic garden, and go to scary movies. But even best friends don't always think alike. Turtle wants to sit in the front of the movie...

  • Say Cheese!: Road to Reading

    Nancy Smiler Levinson

    Ready? Smile, please. Say cheese! Monkey keeps trying to take a picture, but all the other animals get in the way. Mile 1 Road to Reading books feature bright, bold artwork and simple stories that are just right for brand-new readers....

  • Happily Never After: Tangled Tales

    Catherine Daly-Weir

    Make up an ad for Rapunzel's new shampoo. Write a recipe for the Three Bears' porridge. Help Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary grow a garden. Kids can write all sorts of fractured fairy tales in this Mile 3 Road to Writing title. Road to Writing books are d...

  • Barbie: Practice Makes Perfect

    Mona Miller

  • Say Cheese!

    Nancy Smiler Levinson

  • All Together in One Place

    Jane Kirkpatrick

    For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every bit as promising as it is reassuringly predictable. A loving marriage, a well- organized home, the pleasure of planting an early spring garden--these are th...

  • Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain

    Neal Shusterman


    Ever have the feeling your head isn't screwed on right? That things just seem a bit...weird? Welcome to MindBenders. Not a place, but a state of mind. Think reality...with a twist. How twisted? Let's just say your brain will turn into a pretzel. ...

  • 1609: Winter of the Dead

    Elizabeth Massie

    America comes of age -- as seen through the eyes of its young founders NAT AND RICHARD are two orphaned thieves on the streets of London. When John Smith offers them passage as laborers on a merchant ship bound for the New World, they jump at the op...

  • 1870: Not With Our Blood

    Elizabeth Massie

    America as seen through the eyes of its young founders.Seventeen-year-old Patrick O'Neall dreams of going to college one day and becoming a famous writer--until news arrives of his father's death in a place called Gettysburg. Forced off their farm, t...

  • Wave Craze

    Craig Robert Carey

  • Knock, Knock! It's Pooh Busy Book

    RH/Disney

  • Pooh Goes Fast and Slow

    RH/Disney

  • Midnight Sun

    Lisa Tawn Bergren

    THE JOURNEY ENDS...THE FUTURE BEGINS KAATJE JANSSEN--Desperate to know if her missing husband still lives, Kaatje hires the rugged, yet tenderhearted James Walker to guide her through the perils of the Alaskan wilderness. What she finally discover...

  • The Death of Colonel Mann

    Cynthia Peale

    Behind the curtained windows of Victorian Boston is a world of passion, scandal ... and murder.In life, he was the most despised man in Boston, publisher of the town's scurrilous gossip sheet -- and buyer and seller of people's most scandalous indisc...

  • The Law of Similars

    Chris Bohjalian

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death. When one of homeopath Carissa Lake's patients falls into an allergy-induced coma, possibly due to...

  • Bodega Dreams

    Ernesto Quinonez

    In this "thriller with literary merit" (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley.Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie ...

  • Hero in the Shadows

    David Gemmell

    The ruined city of Kuan Hador reeks of dark mystery. Shunned by brigands and commonfolk alike, it is home to fearsome wild creatures and tales that freeze the blood. Legends speak of slavering beasts, who are locked behind a powerful wall of spells a...

  • Dingoes at Dinnertime

    Mary Pope Osborne

    Wildfire! That's what Jack and Annie are up against when they are whisked away to the land of Australia. And they're not alone! Jack and Annie must help a baby kangaroo and a koala escape from a fire-filled forest. Will they be able to rescue the an...

  • Camp Cowgirl

    Sandra Byrd

    If you have a best friend--can you have other friends, too?

    The Secret Sisters can't wait to spend a week at an awesome summer camp on a Tucson dude ranch: the Lazy K. Could vacation get any better than this? They'll be caring for their own ho...

  • First Place

    Sandra Byrd

    Will the Rim-to-Rim hike make Tess a hero--or a big-time loser?

    The Secret Sisters are minding their own business at a Little League game when the snooty Coronado Club stirs up trouble--again! Tess and her friends have earned the best cabin a...

  • Catwomen from Hell

    Janet Thomas

  • Hemlock at Vespers

    Peter Tremayne

    Sister Fidelma-an Eognacht princess and sister to the king of Cashel, a religieuse of the Celtic Church and an advocate of the Brehornn court-is one of the most interesting and compelling figures in contemporary mystery fiction. In this collection of...

  • Pisces Rising

    Martha C. Lawrence

    PISCES: RULED BY NEPTUNE, WITH DEATH ASCENDANT The murder and scalping of the Temecu reservation casino manager has made California headlines. So has the arrest of his killer, a once-prominent physician who lost everything to a gambling addiction....

  • Ascendant Sun

    Catherine Asaro

    "O lucky, lucky readers. Catherine Asaro adds another glittering gem to her Skolian collection with Ascendant Sun, the continuing adventures of Kelric, the Last Hawk, after his return from the isolated planet of Coba. Skolia, however, is very differe...

  • Smoke Eaters

    Christine Andreae

    Mattie McCullough, as the first woman to command a major fire site, has all of the above on her plate, not to mention political constraints, a band of nudists militias determined not to budge from their endangered land, and an only child stationed at...

  • Johnnie D.

    Arthur Winfield Knight

    John Dillinger's reign as Public Enemy No. 1 began in the summer of 1933, when he left the Commercial Bank of Daleville, Indiana, with $3,500 and a diamond ring belonging to the bank president's daughter. It was the depth of the Depression. Banks w...

  • Catching Air

    Sheri Holder

  • The Courtship Gift

    Julie Parsons

    Upon finding her husband dead in their study, Anna Neale begins to probe into his untimely death out of fear of foul play, but soon comes to learn that she didn't know her husband at all, as he was a man living a secret life....

  • Singer from the Sea

    Sheri S. Tepper

    A good and proper aristocrat on the isolated, seemingly back-ward planet of Haven, Genevieve has been carefully instructed in the Covenants--the ancient, inflexible laws governing the women of her class. She knows what is expected of her: marriage in...

  • It Must Be Love

    Rachel Gibson

    Undercover cop Joe Shanahan's bad luck hit bottom the morning he stared up into the face of sexy suspect Gabrielle Breedlove. She'd blown his cover---brought him down with a can of hairspray---and now his new assignment was to pose as her boyfriend. ...

  • Drive Me Wild

    Julie Ortolon

    He was a devastating TV anchorman who thought he'd seen it all... With the face that launched a thousand newscasts, drop-dead-gorgeous TV anchor Brent Michaels returns to his Texas hometown--to be the "bachelor" in a Dating Game fund-raiser. He ca...

  • Brit's Lady

    Kit Dee

    He appeared out of nowhere, charging into the Apache attack and rescuing her from certain death. Brit Chance is the bravest man Callista Warwick has ever seen -- which makes him the last man she ever wants to be involved with. For no one knows better...

  • In the Presence of Angels

    Katherine Kingsley

    He appeared on her doorstep as if by magic. A man of all work answering her ad--her last hope of saving her family, her farm, herself. Will Cutter was too handsome to trust, but she needed him now that her husband was gone. Will's dark eyes penetrate...

  • Rules of Surrender

    Christina Dodd

    The Rules of Employment for The Distinguished Academy of Governesses Always remember your station; after all, you are higher than the house servants but certainly not a member of the family. Be sure to maintain a disciplined schoolroom and to take y...

  • Reforming a Rake

    Suzanne Enoch

    LESSONS IN LOVE A governess must never be alone with a man. Her reputation mustn't have even a hint of scandal. She must never reveal personal emotions. No matter how strong the provocation by her employer. A governess never questions her empl...

  • Death, Guns, and Sticky Buns

    Valerie S. Malmont

    MURDER ON A DIET How does a once-hip New Yorker get used to living in a quaint Pennsylvania town famous for its gooey, oversized sticky buns? For Tori Miracle, it means kissing her diet good-bye, always showing up in the wrong clothes, and struggl...

  • House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terri...

  • The Runner

    Christopher Reich

    July 1945. For Germany the war is over. But in POW Camp 8 on the outskirts of Garmisch, one man refuses to believe his duty to the Fatherland is finished. Erich Seyss, once one of Germany's greatest Olympic sprinters, now awaits trial for war crim...

  • Justin & Nicole

    Elizabeth Craft

    Help! It's prom time and once again, Nicole is without a date. Not that she needs one--she's perfectly happy to hang out with her interesting, intelligent self. So why did she open her big mouth and announce she was going to the prom with this cute s...

  • House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terri...

  • What Does the Rabbit Say?

    Jacque Hall

    A merry, rhythmic rhyming text follows a boy and girl who ask what sound their pet rabbit makes. As they name many animals and their sounds--ducks quack, cows moo, chickens cluck, doves coo--the children imitate the other animals while they play with...

  • Phoebe and the River Flute

    Mary-Claire Helldorfer / M.C. Helldorfer

    Phoebe has always cared for the captive birds of the royal garden. Her friend, the prince, often visits her there, and together they dream of exploring the world beyond the kingdom. But when the king dies, the prince leaves his uncle in charge, and s...

  • Longer Stories from the Last Decade

    Shelby Foote

    With the republication of Longer Stories from the Last Decade, the Modern Library has an original three-volume edition of 123 of Chekhov's stories presented in the translations by Constance Garnett. The stories have been selected by the novelist, his...

  • Look Out, Earth-Below!

    Gail Herman

    Belinda's parents take her to Earth-Below for an exciting vacation--and they let her bring Dorrie! The fairy friends have so much fun taking in all the sights and having adventures that they almost forget the most important fairy rule--don't let Big ...

  • In the Quiet

    Adrienne Ross

    Eleven-year-old Samantha is on a quest for magic. Everyday she and her best friend go digging in their neighbors' backyards, turning up ancient arrowheads and other treasures. They're looking for just the right magic to bring back the spirit of someo...

  • Little Star

    Gail Herman

    Olivia surprises everyone--even herself--when she wins the starring role in the Fairy School play. How can shy, quiet Olivia play the lead when she never even talks above a whisper? With a little practice and a lot of help from her friends, of course...

  • Pocket Promises for Kids

    Susan Jahns

  • Berenstain Bears Bunny Hop

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    It's springtime in Bear Country, and Spring fever's hitting bears and bunnies alike! Kids will jump for joy when they get their hands and crayons on this coloring book,  filled with more than sixty big, bold pictures that take the Bear family hoppi...

  • My First Garden

    Tomek Bogacki

  • A Treasury of Christmas Classics

    Multiple Authors

  • Happy Easter

    Random House

  • Hip Hop Hooray Easter

    Anne Duax

  • Private Lives

    Bill McCay

    The techno-teens of the Net Force Explorers are just as smart as their adult counterparts when it comes to 21st century crimes and misdemeanors.Now, the Explorers must delve into cyberspace--and the secrets of the past--to prove their commander innoc...

  • George's Breakfast

    Paul George

  • Gone Fishin'

    John Vornholt

    Salem tries to catch Sabrina's pet piranha fish - not realizing that it is a dangerous flesh-eater. He barely escapes with his life but when Sabrina finds Salem's collar floating in the tank, she fears the worst. This series features the notorious wi...

  • Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel

    Maeve Binchy

    A year has passed since the closing of Finbar's Hotel, a down-on-its-heels hotel on the Dublin quays. Now, with a rock star as its new owner, it has once more opened its doors-and Finbar's has become an ultra-chic gathering spot. Ladies' Night at Fin...

  • Plenty of Pockets

    Ann Braybrooks

    When Henry and Henrietta Bunch can't find their son, Junior, in the living room, they know they've got too much stuff. The solution? Henry suggests pockets. And he sits down to sew -- pockets, more pockets, pockets on top of pockets. And in goes all ...

  • Angels on a Pin

    Barbara Helen Berger

  • All That You Are

    Woodleigh Hubbard

  • Colors

    Ken Nordine

    Colors sings of the beautiful burgeoning of burgundy, the sorrow of olive, the story of the green that is green with envy. Colors divulges the silliness of orange, the pomp of purple, the off-whiteness of white -- revealing the many subtle personalit...

  • Her Secret Pregnancy

    Sharon Kendrick

    From passion...to pregnancy! Marcus Foreman had been Donna King's boss. She'd been so nervous that their one-night affair had been a disaster. The next day he'd fired her. Nine years later, Donna is back in town and Marcus is determ...

  • The Unexpected Wedding Gift

    Catherine Spencer

    The bridegroom's baby His wedding to Julia should have been the happiest event of Ben Carreras's life. And it was, until an old flame turned up at the reception claiming the baby boy in her arms was Ben's son -- and threatening to put him up for a...

  • A Scandalous Engagement

    Cathy Williams

    Playboy tycoon picks a bride? Jade Summers just couldn't convince millionaire businessman Curtis Greene that she wasn't a gold digger pursuing his younger brother's fortune. Especially as Curtis had returned to his family home to find ...

  • Big Mama

    Tony Crunk


    A portrait of a local hero

    All the neighborhood kids agree that Billy Boyd's grandmother is a wonder. She can build freight trains and spaceships, she knows intergalactic code, and she even plays kickball. Best of all are those hot summer...

  • The Hook

    Donald E. Westlake

    Whether he is making you laugh with his Dortmunder crime capers or making you shiver with his Parker novels or recent bestseller The Ax, Donald E. Westlake is an unrivaled master of suspense. Now he presents a diabolically clever tale of murder, ambi...

  • Altar Music

    Christin Lore Weber

    In her achingly beautiful and revelatory first novel, Christin Lore Weber, a former nun, explores the nature and power of passion -- sexual, religious, and artistic -- and brings us into a mysterious, cloistered world rarely made public. Set in the w...

  • Patient Rosie Picture Book

    Mary Morgan

  • Curious Rosie

    Mary Morgan

  • The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume X: Later Articles and Reviews: Uncollected Articles, Reviews, and Radio Broadcasts Writ

    Colton Johnson

    The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume X: Later Articles and Reviews is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholars Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. This first complete edition includes virt...

  • Tigger's Family Tree

    Isabel Gaines

    Tigger is an energetic toy tiger who originally introduced in Disney's 1968 short film Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. Tigger originated in A.A. Milne's book The House at Pooh Corner. He also starred in his own feature film The Tigger Movie in ...

  • Black Heart, Ivory Bones

    Ellen Datlow

    Hair bright as gold.… Lips red as blood.… Heart black as sin.… Truth sharp as bone.…

    As in their previous critically acclaimed volumes of reconsidered fairy tales, award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling ...

  • The Power

    Frank M. Robinson

    The Power is a science fiction classic from the 1950s. After the book's initial publication, it was produced as a TV special starring Theodore Bikel and later as a George Pal film starring George Hamilton and Suzanne Pleshette. It is the tale of a mu...

  • The Terrible Hours

    Peter Maas

    On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fat...

  • The Xander Years, Vol. 2

    Jeff Mariotte

    "But I mean, what is it? How do you get it? Who doesn't have it? And who decides who doesn't have it? What is the essence of 'cool'?" Most teens have trouble finding themselves now and then, but when you're living on a hellmouth, "trouble" is an...

  • Prime Evil

    Diana G. Gallagher

    DIVISIBLE BY NONE When attractive, youthful Crystal Gregory takes a teaching position at Sunnydale High, she also takes what seems to be an instant dislike to Buffy Summers. Buffy's Slayer sense doesn't detect anything unusual about the teacher. B...

  • California Crusader

    Jon Sharpe

  • Slocum and the Nebraska Storm

    Jake Logan

    THE BIG CHILL When Black Wolf seeks the Great Spirit's advice on how to save his suffering Sioux people, the last thing he expects to hear is that he must help a white man -- John Slocum. In the freezing Nebraska Panhandle, Wolf guards Slocum while ...

  • The Brothel Inspector

    J.R. Roberts

    Bordello inspector Jacob Webster has fallen in love on the job, with a woman who is the obsession of a very sick and powerful man, and only The Gunslinger can free her from her "obligation" to follow her heart. Original....

  • Season of the Warrior

    David Thompson

    Determined to conquer the unmapped territory west of the Mississippi, rugged mountain man Nathaniel King and his friend, Shakespeare McNair, attempt to help a stranded group of English travelers in the Rockies. Original....

  • Longarm and the Dynamite Damsel

    Tabor Evans

    A SHORT FUSE Little Elm, Kansas, was a peaceful frontier community -- until the town got blasted to splinters. A gang of bank robbers dealing in dynamite have decimated the town. Finding their methods a little excessive -- and explosive -- for your ...

  • The Last True Cowboy

    Mary Schramski

    IF SHE'D ONLY GIVE HIM HALF A CHANCE... The last place Beth Morris ever wants to be is back in the saddle again with a rodeo cowboy. A heartbreaking marriage to a bull rider taught her the hard way that home and family comes last for a thrill-seek...

  • Forbidden Garden

    Tracy Fobes

    A rising star whose haunting paranormal tales of love and mystery never fail to enchant, Tracy Fobes whisks readers to the Emerald Isle, where the lush and verdant landscapes hide a sinister danger--and a man who has turned his back on civilization.....

  • Little White Lies

    Judy Gill / Judy Griffith Gill

    DECEPTIONS OF THE HEART... Contented bachelor Doug Fountain needs a fiancee -- for a month only. That will be enough time for his grandfather to hand over the family business to "a suitable heir with marriage in his future." Doug hopes to fi...

  • The Wicked Lady

    Brenda K. Jernigan

    THE THIEF... When Trevor Claremont was blind-sided by a pick pocket on the docks beside his clipper ship, he tracked down the culprit -- only to face a feisty, emerald-eyed beauty who stirred his hungriest desires. Seeing a solution to his pressing ...

  • Precious Heart

    Doris Johnson

    CAN TWO BROKEN HEARTS... Diamond Drew's flawless face hides her pain. Burned by love, she's determined to never trust another man again. After the death of her mother, Diamond begins a new career as a socialite's personal assistant in Charleston, So...

  • Star Crossed

    Francine Craft

  • Only in Your Arms

    Tracy Cozzens

    A COMMONER'S DESIRE On behalf of his aristocratic best friend, Marcus Sinclair had agreed to woo the beguiling Lady Judith Ashton away from her fiance. But the moment he gazed into her eyes, Marcus himself was smitten. Knowing a lowly thespian c...

  • Tell Me Lies

    Claudia Dain

    They were pirates -- lawless, merciless, hungry. Only one way offered hope of escaping death, and worse, at their hands. Their captain must claim her for his own, risk his command, his ship, his very life, to take her. And so she put her soul into...

  • The Naughty Kitten

    Debbie Raleigh
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    The ground has thawed, a soft rain is falling, and love is in full bloom for three fortunate couples--thanks to some fancy feline finagling... When a wickedly handsome stranger lands in a ditch and loses his memory, all because of Wellington, Abig...

  • The Irish Earl

    Patricia Bray

    A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT Rich and beautiful, Lady Felicity Winterbourne has traveled the world. Now all she wants is a home of her own. And while there are many gentlemen eager to oblige her, she knows that their ardor has more to do with her lavish...

  • The Ramshackle Suitor

    Nancy Butler

    An Impassioned Mission Lucy Parnell sacrificed her social position to escape her stepbrother's tyranny. Now, earning her living as a governess, she is taking a long overdue holiday on the Isle of Man. Instead of a respite, however, Lucy is eng...

  • Bewitching the Baron

    Lisa Cach

    A healer with unnatural gifts, Valerian Bright lives with her aunt and pet raven in a cottage in the woods, shunned by the villagers of nearby Greyfriars. She had learned long before that she would never marry, for while the townsfolk of her Cumbrian...

  • The Irish Devil

    Donna Fletcher

    The Beauty and the Barbarian Ireland in the Middle Ages-a land of both heavenly landscapes and hellish warfare. It is in this world that Lord Eric of Shankill is both feared and revered. His unstoppable rage on the battlefield has made him known as ...

  • Behaving Herself

    Yvonne Jocks

    The Rancher's Daughters: Jacob Garrison was a respected rancher who could deal with stampedes, blizzards, and even range wars. But how was he supposed to handle his little girls falling in love? AUDRA There were so many things that a girl shou...

  • A Bittersweet Love

    Janice Sims

    Another Chance Engaged in a bitter custody battle over her young son, freelance photojournalist Teddy Riley needs to establish her career in a hurry. So, when she gets a chance to join the staff of a prestigious magazine, she jumps at the opportunit...

  • The Last Kitten

    Alana Clayton
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    The ground has thawed, a soft rain is falling, and love is in full bloom for three fortunate couples -- thanks to some fancy feline finagling... Lord Gage's aunt left her estate in trust to provide for her beloved cats after her death. Now Lad...

  • Bedazzled

    Christine Holden

    BOWLED OVER BY LOVE... Ashley Douglas has had the luxury of being raised in a wealthy household, which resulted in her frivolous lifestyle. Cut off from her 'allowance,' she struggles valiantly to become responsible with her spendthrift ha...

  • The Count

    Helena Dela

    They Say Married Life is Full of Surprises... What a proposal! Marry this fabulously wealthy, totally hunky guy who's a bona fide count in need of an heir. Have his baby. Live in luxury the rest of your life. Well, okay, there's a catch: thanks ...

  • Until the Spring

    Alexandra Raife

    Emotionally rich and hauntingly evocative, Alexandra Raife's contemporary novels have earned her comparisons to Rosamunde Pilcher and Barbara Erskine--and in this compelling new story of family and fate, she returns once again to the fiercely beautif...

  • A London Flirtation

    Valerie King

    Love can be a tangle when the lady doesn't know her own heart! AN AMBITIOUS LADY Marianne Pamberley had but one goal for the coming Season--to make a brilliant match! After years of doing without at Lady Brook Cottage, her sister's fine marriag...

  • The Royal Kitten

    Kate Huntington
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    The ground has thawed, a soft rain is falling, and love is in full bloom for three fortunate couples -- thanks to some fancy feline finagling... When Arabella Comstock rescues a feisty kitten from the clutches of its nasty owner, the Tsar's ow...

  • All That Matters

    Courtni Wright

  • Lord Stanhope's Proposal

    Jessica Benson

    THE TON's MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR... A true gentleman and handsome too, Lord Stanhope was the toast of the ton. But at the height of the Season he was rusticating to Sussex. Calista Ashton, an "elderly dried up spinster," had become the s...

  • Mine for All Time

    Julia Hanlon

    Sweeping from the wilds of the untamed West to the perils of the Revolutionary War, this spellbinding time-travel romance is the unforgettable tale of a fateful curse, a traitorous passion, and a love that is meant to be... IN A CENTURY NOT HIS OW...

  • Snow Fire

    Norah Hess

    HER SAVIOR She was lost. Blinded by the swirling storm and battered by the harsh rain, Flame knew that she could not give up if she was to survive. Her memory gone, the lovely firebrand awoke to find that the strong arms encircling her belonged to a...

  • Dove's Way

    Linda Francis Lee

    'Even months after that day on the train, her face still haunted my dreams. And I was sure the feel of her in my arms would stay with me forever. But then one night, she stepped back into my life as if walking into my dreams...' Matthew Hawthorne...

  • Love on the Run

    Leigh Greenwood

    SHE'S FACED TREACHERY AND DECEPTION... Accused of selling company secrets to the competition, investment banker Claire Dalton is desperate to clear her good name and stay out of jail. Ten minutes after meeting hard-nosed private investigator Eri...

  • The Charade

    Laura Lee Guhrke

    Honor, freedom, liberty...those were mere words to Katie Armstrong, a savvy thief and indentured servant on the run in colonial Boston. For the sake of survival, she agreed to a British lord's bribe: unmask the identity of the patriot known as Jo...

  • The Bartered Bridegroom

    Teresa DesJardien

    A Desperate Wager Katherine Oakes is a beautiful woman with a forbidden passion for all things equine. One day she sneaks into the stables to say good-bye to her favorite horse--and encounters the animal's new owner, the notorious Benjamin Whi...

  • Looking for Perfection

    Valerie Kirkwood

    A WOMAN WITH A DREAM Zoe Laurence is a hard-working single mom living in Chicago, raising two kids, and trying to keep her rambunctious father in line. Stretched to the breaking point, Zoe packs up the family and heads for a more peaceful life in Pe...

  • Now and Forever

    Elizabeth Doyle

    THE SPY WHO CAPTURED HER LOVE Orphaned and homeless on the streets of St. Petersburg, young Tatiana was caught stealing by a handsome Prussian spy. Though she would escape her captor once, a daring mission of espionage would soon reunite them, swe...

  • Tempt Fortune

    Hebby Roman

    A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, Cuban beauty Angelina Ximenes y Herrera fled to Key West intending to build a life that would be hers alone. But when her past unexpectedly caught up with her, she realized there wa...

  • The Orchid Hunter

    Jill Marie Landis

    What if you always sensed there was something profound missing from your life, yet you had no way of explaining what that elusive something was? This is what happens to Joya Penn until Trevor Mandeville walks into the remote jungle where she lives on...

  • California Moon

    Catherine Lanigan

    Shannon Riled is a dedicated nurse living in the shadows of a past she cannot face. Gabe Turner is her patient, a man lying in a coma -- and the prime suspect in his business partner's murder. Just outside the door, Officer Ben Richards stands guard,...

  • After I Dream

    Rachel Lee

    THE DEVIL, THE DEEP BLUE SEA... Psychologist Callie Carlson lives in the lush Florida Keys. Some call it paradise. Callie, a young woman who fears the sea, calls it hell. Now her brother has found a mysterious boat adrift off the coast-and has bee...

  • Come What May

    Jill Limber

    FOR HER COUNTRY, SHE WILL RISK HER LIFE Unconventional and Free-spirited, Amanda Giles has one grand ambition --- to live as a "Bohemian" in Mew York, and fulfill her dreams as an artist. But first she must honor a deathbed promise to her brother...

  • Forbidden Heart

    Felicia Mason

    Sometimes Opposites Do Attract The heir to a thriving chain of department stores, savvy MBA grad Mallory Heart knows she can make a go of her own string of upscale boutiques. But getting the first store built is more difficult than Mallory imagine...

  • Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

    Kasey Michaels

    THE BRIDE TAKES A HIKE East Wapaneken? Shelby Taite has never heard of it. Nor, is she certain, has the rest of Philadelphia's Main Line society. Which is precisely why the teeny Pennsylvania town is so marvelously appealing. Nobody would ever thi...

  • Witness in Death

    J.D. Robb

    When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime - as both officer and witness to murder... Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the lead...

  • Catch a Wild Heart

    Vivian Vaughan

    According to legend, when two lovers are meant to be together, they must journey to Apache Wells...and listen for the laughter that will bless their union. Born of an Apache mother and a white father, Keturah Tremayne has felt lost since her mothe...

  • Forever Rose

    Janet Wellington

    Modern Santa Barbara. When Taylor Rose Martin visits the local county fair, a clairvoyant tells her that she is about to embark on a passion-filled journey--a prediction she certainly isn't silly enough to believe. After all, Taylor is an independent...

  • Burnt Bones

    Michael Slade

    On a remote island off the coast of Seattle, a man lies buried alive. Miles away, his captor -- the elusive killer known only as Mephisto -- listens through a transmitter to his victim's dying screams, waiting for him to reveal a secret only he knows...

  • Star Venture

    Don Pendleton

    FINAL FRONTIER Stony Man is an ultra covert strike force comprised of the best commandos in the U.S. and with cyberintelligence support second to none. Its unparalleled technical and combat skills are put to the test as they attempt to recapture a...

  • War Bird

    Don Pendleton

    DEATH JET The K-1 Intercept Stealth fighter is the most technologically advanced plane ever built, and its designer and the blueprints have fallen into the hands of a fanatic with grandiose plans to turn the plane into a destructive tool of terror...

  • Meltdown

    Cliff Garnett

  • Code Name: Payback

    William W. Johnstone

    A former CIA agent leads an elite team of law enforcement and intelligence professionals on a secret mission against America's enemies, to halt a group of terrorists who are trying to use biological warfare against the United States. Original....

  • You Come When I Call You

    Douglas Clegg

    A heart-pounding supernatural epic spanning two decades in the lives of four friends, You Come When I Call You is a classic of supernatural thrills from New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Douglas Clegg. A high desert town...

  • Realms of the Deep

    Philip Athans
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    When armies of evil rise up from the seas around Faerűn, no one is safe. A young mage battles at the side of Khelben Arunsun to defend the city of Waterdeep. A merman struggles to fulfill his desperate mission to reach the Sea of Fallen Stars. ...

  • Far Shore of Time

    Frederik Pohl

    Dan Dannerman has been through hell. Caught in the middle of an interstellar war that will end only with the death of the universe, he's been captured by aliens who call themselves the Beloved Leaders, cloned repeatedly, torn from his wife, and bruta...

  • A Wizard and a Warlord

    Christopher Stasheff

    During his last fight for peace and democracy on a forgotten planet, Gar Pike somehow managed to get himself a new traveling companion: Alea, a young girl with a certain amount or psychic ability--and a heavy dose of attitude to boot. Now he can't...

  • Lady in Gil

    Rebecca Bradley

    In the seventy years since the barbarous occupation of the kingdom of Gil, its exiled Scions have tried time and again to recover the legendary Lady in Gil--a statue whose powers will overthrow their usurpers. But none has succeeded. Now, Gil's desti...

  • First Amendment

    Ashley McConnell

    THE RIGHT TO KNOW... From the very beginning, the success of the Stargate project hinged on one vital factor--absolute secrecy. The world remains ignorant of the Goa'uld and the war being waged in space, and that's just the way the Stargate comman...

  • The Burning City

    Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle

    Set in the world of Larry Niven's popular The Magic Goes Away, The Burning City transports readers to an enchanted ancient city bearing a provocative resemblance to our own modern society. Here Yagen-Atep, the volatile and voracious god of fire, alte...

  • The Year of the Warrior

    Lars Walker

    GOD WILLS IT! It all started with a Viking raid: When he is captured and forced into slavery, Aillil the Irishman must pretend to be a priest or die. Better to be a high-value priest than a low-value corpse, he thinks, and so it happens that a fai...

  • Deathscape

    Peter David

    HE'S ON THE RUN. ESCAPING INTO THE WILDERNESS, WHERE NATURE'S WORST NIGHTMARE AWAITS. CHUCK SIMON HAS COMPANY... Trying to stay one step ahead of the government agency that's pursuing him, Chuck Simon escapes into a wilderness that's polluted by ...

  • V.I.

    Don Debrandt

  • Treachery and Treason

    Laura Anne Gilman
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    A collection of stories focusing on the most devious side of human nature includes the work of William C. Dietz, Esther Friesner, Dennis L. McKiernan, Irene Radford, Anne Bishop, and others. Original....

  • Spell Fantastic

    Martin H. Greenberg

    KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH * NINA KIRIKI HOFFMAN * ROBIN WAYNE BAILEY * MICHELLE WEST * JANE LINDSKOLD * MICKEY ZUCKER REICHERT * DENNIS McKIERNAN * JOHN DeCHANCIE * LISANNE NORMAN * DIANA L. PAXSON * ROSEMARY EDGHILL * JULIE E. CZERNEDA * CHARLES...

  • The Search

    L.J. Singleton

  • Hopelessly Compromised

    Susan Swift

    BOUND BY NECESSITY After losing her beloved parents, Lady Kate Scoville was in danger of losing her inheritance too. Her greedy uncle had squandered his share of the family fortune, and planned to get his hands on hers by marrying her off to his lo...

  • Sweet River

    Maggie Lyons

    When a steamboat explosion left Miranda Harpe orphaned and penniless, her only hope was to earn a living as a singer. Forcing herself to board another steamboat, this one bound for Natchez, she soon found herself drawn to dashing Edward Holmes. But h...

  • Abide With Me

    Kate Silver

    A prim and proper Puritan, Charity Irving was shocked to the core to discover a man in her bedchamber. When the handsome intruder boldly confessed to being a traitorous Cavalier, she knew she should turn him out. But something about the gray-eyed str...

  • Her Kind of Man

    Amanda McCabe

    Impulsive heiress Evie Carlisle fled a greedy fiance and New York's stifling high society for Dead Dog, New Mexico - determined to write dime novels like the thrilling Buckaroo Bill series. But when she began her unconventional research at Sophie's P...

  • Promises, Promises

    Carrie Weaver

    A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE Matt Riggs can't believe the woman standing before him is really Stephanie White, his late wife's best friend. He remembers her as a self-centered college girl--but the beautiful woman comforting his four-year-old daughter ...

  • The Cowboy And The Cradle

    Becky Barker

    A LESSON IN LOVE Jared King isn't the marrying kind...and the rugged rancher has a love 'em and leave 'em reputation. Except where Katlyn is concerned. The gorgeous brunette just might be the only woman for him -- even though he ref...

  • Million Dollar Baby

    Sherry Sands

    HOME ON THE RANGE Rancher Jo McKay is furious. Hamburger mogul Case McCormick had absolutely no right to use her prizewinning bull, Baby, in his latest national ad campaign without her permission. Now her ranch has become a tourist trap, and th...

  • Fool For Love

    Megan Byrne

    BUILT TO LAST Kitty O'Neill is a carpenter who loves to fix up old houses--but as far as she's concerned her love life is beyond repair. That's why she's taken on the restoration of a magnificent old mansion in Lake George, New York--the peace and...

  • Wild At Heart

    Joan Darling

    THE DOCTOR IS IN... Ted Lanham needs the best veterinarian his vast rodeo fortune can buy, and as far as he's concerned, Jamie Baird doesn't fit the bill. No way is he placing the care of his beloved horse in the hands of a female who looks more...

  • Looking Good

    Marilyn Herr

    ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS BACHELOR... It's not every day that a handsome hunk turns up on your doorstep -- unless you're Pepper McFadden, and your mother is a meddling matchmaker. Single, self-employed, surrounded by rambunctious ki...

  • Loving Cal

    Rebecca Walker

    SOME SECRETS CAN'T BE KEPT FOREVER... Jessica Robinson has come to Wyoming seeking answers to questions that have haunted her all her life. When she finds them, she'll pack up and return to Chicago, but leaving this remote ranch won't be as easy...

  • Birthday Girl

    Gail Derham

    THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT... ...seldom turn out to be harmless -- let alone handsome and eligible! But when Maggie O'Malley is awakened unexpectedly, she's shocked to find herself face to face with an alarmingly appealing man. Even more ...

  • A Moment of Weakness

    Karen Kingsbury

    HAD THEY FOUND EACH OTHER AGAIN. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ONLY TO LOSE EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS MOST? As children, Jade Conner and Tanner Eastman were best friends--until scandal drove them apart. Then. one golden summer, they find each other again. T...

  • Bookends

    Liz Curtis Higgs

    Opposites Attract? Maybe Not. Emilie Getz and Jonas Fielding are as different as two people--of the same age, with the same faith, living in the same charming Pennsylvania town--could be. She loves history; he loves new ideas. She sticks to the rule...

  • Twin Victories

    Cathy Marie Hake

    Amy Wilkins isn't interested in making her sons the subject of a research project. But when an identity mix-up deeply upsets her sons, Amy knows her family must participate in Dr. Todd Avery's research project. For Todd, finding a family with two ...

  • Storm

    Dianne L. Christner

    A McClures Magazine assignment whisks Meredith from New York City to the primitive town of Buckman's Pride in the redwood forests of northern California. Meredith has something to prove-a female journalist can achieve recognition for her work. Mer...

  • 'Til We Meet Again

    Pamela Griffin

    Lonely and recovering from a broken engagement, Annabelle Mooreland leaves England and sets sail for America-hoping for a chance at happiness, a chance to find someone who truly cares. She discovers that her childhood love, Lawrence Caldwell, is also...

  • A Touching Performance

    Ginger O'Neil

    In her self-focused and idyllic world, nationally acclaimed concert pianist Claire Rossiter would never have encountered a prison warden. But the need to testify takes her to a remote courthouse where she has a brief conversation with a strikingly ha...

  • Welcome to Temptation

    Jennifer Crusie

    Turn Left at Small Town Secrets Sophie Dempsey is content living a quiet life filming wedding videos until an assignment brings her to Temptation, Ohio. From the moment she drives into town, she gets a bad feeling; Sophie is from the wrong side of...

  • The Earl Takes a Bride

    Kathryn Jensen

    FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE... Nonsense! Diane Fields, smart, practical, single mother of three, didn't believe in happily-ever-afters -- even if her sister was married to the king of Elbia. But here was Earl Thomas Smythe, the rugged, debonair bodyg...

  • The Perfect Father

    Penny Jordan

    Baby wanted! Samantha Miller yearned to start a family, but eligible men were in short supply. Maybe visiting her happily married twin in England would help. Liam Connolly should have been relieved to see Sam set off for England. Since she'...

  • The Mistress of Rosecliffe

    Rexanne Becnel

    HE CAPTURED HER LEGACY Rogue Welsh knight Rhys ap Owain disguises himself as a wandering minstrel and arrives at Rosecliffe Castle to reclaim his birthright and take vengeance on his hated enemy. And Isolde Fitz Hugh will be his pawn. With Isold...

  • Suzanna

    Christine Rimmer
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    A family of strong women and the passionate and unexpected loves they find in Whitehorn, Montana. Leftover bride Suzanna spent her wedding night with a sexy stranger. But when she discovered she was pregnant with his child, could she refuse the ar...