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New Books List: 692 titles

  • Hostage

    R.D. Zimmerman

    Todd Mills is getting ready for the coup of his career: an exclusive interview with right-wing congressman Johnny Clariton, whose positions against gay rights and AIDS research promise to make his appearance with Minneapolis's only openly gay journal...

  • The Best Smelling Christmas Book Ever

    Harriet Ziefert

    From the spicy aroma of a bayberry candle to the sweet smell of vanilla, the glorious scents of Christmas come to life in a scratch-and-sniff holiday treat, along with a cast of mischievous mice who lead children on a nose-tickling adventure. Childre...

  • Rapunzel

    Paul Zelinsky

    Award winning author/adapter/illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky's Caldecott Medal Winning book! Perfect for readers of all fairy tales.

    "A breathtaking interpretation gives the fairy tale new art-historical roots, with illustrations that daringly-an...

  • Mouse Match

    Ed Young

  • Father and Child

    Rebecca York

    He found out he was a father... One glance at the doe-eyed girl in the photo melted the icy walls around Zeke Chambers's heart. Till then, he'd kept his past secret, his feelings hidden. But now he had to reach out -- for the help he needed to res...

  • Child of Faerie, Child of Earth

    Jane Yolen

    According to legend, once a year faeries leave the underworld to join a faerie ring in the moonlight, and on one such magical night, a young faerie boy meets a child of earth and they become friends forever....

  • Nocturne

    Jane Yolen

    In this poetic lullaby, a boy and his mother on a midnight stroll encounter fireflies, moths, owls, and many other magical sights before the boy's mother tucks him into bed with his dog nestled on a rug next to him....

  • The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

    John Yeoman

    The ancient tale of Sinbad, the son of a rich merchant, who sets sail from Baghdad to make his fortune, follows his seven incredible voyages, which bring him through the Persian Gulf to deserted islands and strange kingdoms....

  • AN Octopus Followed Me Home

    Dan Yaccarino

  • Fugitive Prince

    Janny Wurts

    With the appalling destruction of the Vastmark warhost, recoil and grief reshape the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms. Two half brothers, cursed by a Mistwraith to a lifelong enmity, are set into violent conflict: Lysaer, Prince of the Light, an...

  • Bouki Dances the Kokioko

    Diane Wolkstein

    Bouki is fat. Bouki is awkward. So why would Malice ask him to dance the complicated Kokioko for the king? Bouki isn’t sure. All he knows is that if he does learn the dance, he can win the king’s money. Seems simple enough. But uh-oh, Bouki shoul...

  • 23 Shades of Black

    K.J.A. Wishnia / Ken Wishnia

    A mystery with brains. A heroine with guts. And a city full of attitude... Meet Filomena Buscarsela -- a street-smart cop who's finding that New York City is a far cry from her native Ecuador. She might be out of her element, but she's totally in sy...

  • No Wife Required!

    Rebecca Winters

    She wanted a husband... Lacey West's biological clock wasn't so much ticking as sounding alarm bells. And then Max Jarvis moved in to her apartment block. Six feet two inches of prime bachelor--the perfect male, except for one thing... ...

  • Follow the Leader

    Vicki Winslow

    When Amanda's Southern school district is integrated in 1971, her family is all for it. Amanda's nervous about what sixth grade will bring, but with her best friend Jackie at her side, she's ready for anything. After all, they'll be pioneers--making ...

  • Escape from Thyferra

    Ryder Windham

    The Rebel forces have found an Imperial conspiracy involving contaminated bacta, a deadly substance that can poison entire planets. In order to stop the Empire, the Rebels travel to Thyferrra....where they are trapped by a squadron of stormtroopers! ...

  • Mr. Wrong!

    Mary Anne Wilson

    Melanie Clark - is "setling down" and "growing up" - is starting to crave commitment - is learning to love "Mr. Perfect" Sam Harrison - doesn't ever want to - breaks out in hives at the thought - is definitely Mr. Wrong! It's been hard wo...

  • Nightkill

    F. Paul Wilson

    Jack Nacht knows how to take risks and believes in justice, even if it's of the skewed sort. He's one of the best at what he does - and what he does is kill people for a living. But it's a young man's game and he wants out. His instincts are right....

  • The Rugrats' Book of Chanukah

    Sarah Willson

    Based on the Rugrats' Chanukah" Special

    It's Chanukah, that special time of year, and Chuckie, Angelica, and Tommy are ready to see Grandpa Boris in the annual pageant. But there's more action going on backstage, with excitement that has e...

  • Spider Storch's Carpool Catastrophe

    Gina Willner-Pardo

  • Spider Storch's Teacher Torture

    Gina Willner-Pardo

  • Allamanda

    Michael Leon Williams

    A sequel to Arcady pits Garrick Hawken and his father, Endymion, against the encroaching evil of the Absence, which forces them from their Arcadian estate and drives Garrick to seek out a new ultimate weapon. Original....

  • After Nirvana

    Lee Williams

    A stunningly realized post-grunge novel in the tradition of John Rechy's City of Night from a truly provocative new voice in literary fiction

    Set in the Pacific Northwest, After Nirvana follows a small bunch of drugged-out street kids. The narrato...

  • Boo Who?

    Laura E. Williams

    While preparing for a classroom Halloween party, Ricky becomes spooked into believing there is a real ghost following him around in a story that includes ideas and recipes for children's own Halloween parties. Original....

  • Deck the Halls

    Jenny Williams

    The newest additions to this popular board book series are sure to brighten the holidays. Printed with glow-in-the-dark ink and illustrated with joyful artwork accented with multi-colored glitter, this engaging pair of shaped board books makes ideal ...

  • Somebodys Child

    Dennis Williams

    In New York and Boston in 1976, two African American brothers, high school teacher Quincy Crawford, who does not love his pregnant girlfriend, and former basketball player Elliott Davis, who is considering reconciliation with a woman who has has a ch...

  • Willing to Wed

    Cathy Williams

    Not the marrying kind? James Kellern was an eligible bachelor -- in search of a wife. He denied it, of course, but somehow he caught himself daydreaming about being a husband, and a father. Strangely, it happened every time he met one particular woma...

  • Beloved Captive

    Lauren Wilde

    Isabel trembled in fear when the Comanches raided her hacienda and stole her away. Held tightly by a young warrior astride his horse, she was terror-struck by what awaited her in the New Mexican desert...until she saw her abductor's face and a sh...

  • The Lightkeeper

    Susan Wiggs

    Once, the sea took everything he loved... Jesse Morgan is a man hiding from the pain of his past, a man who has vowed never to give his heart again. Keeper of a remote lighthouse along a rocky and dangerous coast, he has locked himself away from e...

  • Please Say "I Do"

    Karen Toller Whittenburg

    SHE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE IT THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY. The Brewster wedding was to be the triumph of Hallie Berhardt's career. Never mind that the bride hadn't shown up and the groom couldn't be found. Never mind the hurricane warning. Or that t...

  • The Christmas Tree

    Jill Weber

    The 1996 bestselling fable about a nun, a gardener, and the most famous tree in the world is back, packaged with a beautiful ornament for Christmas trees everywhere. Full-color. Between Oct. 16, 1997, and January 3, 1998, Random House donates a porti...

  • Gothic Ghosts

    Wendy Webb

    A collection of new, original ghost stories blends the Victorian Gothic and modern fantasy genres and includes tales by Bram Stoker Award-winner Nancy Holder, Nebula Award-winner Esther M. Friesner, and best-selling author Rick Hautala....

  • Holding on to Alex

    Margaret Way

    Beautiful, traitorous Alex Alexandra Ashton had idolized Scott McLaren when she had come to live on his family's Outback cattle station as a lonely, grief-stricken little girl. He had been so protective of her, so vital and achingly handsome, ...

  • Touched by the Gods

    Lawrence Watt-Evans

    When the baby Malledd is born to an ordinary family in a small country town, the oracles name him the true chosen Champion of the Domdur Empire. Should the Empire find itself at war, Malledd will be the one to lead them to victory, by the gods' decre...

  • Shadow Walk

    Jane Waterhouse

    After one of her friends is mysteriously murdered, a true-crime writer who had sworn never to pen another book becomes determined to locate a man from her hometown of Spring Lake, New Jersey, who, in 1970, one by one shot his mother, wife, and childr...

  • No Regrets

    Pat Warren

    In a small town, a killer stalks ... Insurance investigator Ben Whalen has a tough job to do in the small town of Riverview on Michigan's upper peninsula. Looking into the deaths of two longtime friends insured for millions, he was a stranger to b...

  • Christmas Paper Chains: A Complete Kit

    Stewart Walton

    Christmas angels and Santas are easy to make with the latest collections of stencils, patterned papers, and instructions. Fun facts about holiday customs add to the joy of making both simple paper chains and more advanced projects, from games and gre...

  • Comeback

    Leslie Waller

    Chick Midas is a TV funnyman of many faces -- a multifaceted genius hiding in the carcass of a fat slob. Surrounding the comedian's great hulk, in all its outlandish guises and deceptive madness, is a cast that includes various misfits and friends, a...

  • Up Jumped the Devil

    Blair S. Walker

    A reporter for the Baltimore Herald, Darryl Billups is a hardworking black journalist who's been passed up and looked down upon because he won't kiss butt and always speaks his mind. He's also one of the best damn newspapermen on the East Coast. And ...

  • Angel Pig and the Hidden Christmas

    Jan Waldron

    One divine little pig changes the face of Christmas for a poor family of porkers whose hopes are set on TVs and CD players as gifts, but who turn out to be magnificent bakers and makers--splendid gift givers in the original tradition of the Christmas...

  • The Legend of the Candy Cane

    Lori Walburg

    With over 500,000 copies sold, The Legend of the Candy Cane is an endearing and timeless Christmas story that doesn’t lose sight of the true meaning of the holidays. This edition of the holiday classic by Lori Walberg features vibrant illustrations...

  • The Merro Tree

    Katie Waitman

    In the far reaches of our galaxy, the artist will face the ultimate censorship. Mikk of Vyzania, the galaxy's greatest performance master, commands stages on all the myriad worlds. His sublime, ethereal performances are unforgettable, drawing on t...

  • Second Time Around // Woke Up Dead

    Tina Wainscott

    "I never got a chance to tell Sam I love him!" These are young Jennie Carmichael's dying thoughts. A tragic accident is ending her life -- and she's never told her boss, private eye Sam Magee, how much she loves him. She was too timid -- why would...

  • Timequake

    Kurt Vonnegut

    At 2:27 P.M. on February 13th of the year 2001, the Universe suffered a crisis in self-confidence. Should it go on expanding indefinitely? What was the point?...

  • Bad, Badder, Baddest

    Cynthia Voigt

    NICE GIRLS FINISH LAST.... Bad girl Mikey just found out her parents want a divorce. And Mikey will do just about anything to stop them. With the help of her best friend and fellow bad girl, Margalo, Mikey devises a plan to get her parents back ...

  • Daisies Are Forever

    Sydell Voeller

    Daisies are Forever, is an environmental contemporary romance published by Books We Love.April Heatherton, history teacher and volunteer firefighter, is determined to protect the land she holds dear, particularly the grave of an unknown pioneer woman...

  • Backstab

    Elaine Viets

    Six feet tall in flats, sleek, sexy Francesca Vierling is a brash columnist for a big-time St. Louis newspaper who makes her living by knowing the story behind the scenes--the secrets the other papers miss. But every secret has its price, and when he...

  • Toward the End of Time

    John Updike

    Set in the near future of 2020, this disconcerting philosophical fantasy depicts an America devastated by a war with China that has left its populace decimated, its government a shambles, and its natural resources tainted. The hero is Ben Turnbull, a...

  • Codes of Betrayal

    Dorothy Uhnak

    When police officer Nick O'Hara's child is murdered, caught in the line of mob fire, Nick knows who is responsible, but as the half Irish and half Italian grandson of a mafia don, his hands are tied, or so he believes. Reprint....

  • Albert's Christmas

    Leslie Tryon

    It is Christmastime in Pleasant Valley and Albert is ready to usher in the season. This year he's got an important surprise for his friends -- Santa Claus is making a visit to their hometown. But it's not just for fun and games, this is one of Santa'...

  • Strange Brew

    Kathy Hogan Trocheck

    A TASTE FOR TROUBLE Cleaning lady cum sleuth Callahan Garrity has cautiously watched her seedy bohemian Atlanta neighborhood morph into a trendy haven for yuppies. But just as she fears, too much cappuccino and new money can be a bad mix. When the...

  • Cat Magic

    Lynda Trent
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • Propeller One-Way Night Coach

    John Travolta

    When his actress mother decides to move to Hollywood, Jeff, an eight-year-old boy who dreams of flying in a plane, begins his journey with connecting flights, airline food, stopovers, and time spent in first class...

  • Almost a Family

    Marilyn Tracy

    WANTED: THE PERFECT DAD The Smithton triplets had picked Texas Ranger Steve Kessler to marry their mom. But how could they bring a big-city lawman to a place like Almost? Write him about the "murder" in town! Widow Taylor Smithton was aghast at...

  • Bad Medicine

    Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo

    Set on the Navajo reservation packed with Native American wisdom, Aimee and David Thurlo's Ella Clah novels are written with a sharp eye for conflict between the traditionalist and modernist ways of life. Former FBI Agent Ella Clah is now a special i...

  • All Male

    Kay Thorpe

    Revenge by seduction! Businessman Lee Hartford. is a regular Midas: everything he touches turns to gold. His turnover in women is legendary, too! Kerry Pierson knows just how devastating the Hartford charm can be. Her roommate had her heart tra...

  • Tales From the Blue Archives

    Lawrence Thornton

    For more than ten years, Dolores Masson has joined the women who march each Thursday in Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo in memory of los desaparecidos--the countless men, women, and children who vanished without a trace at the hands of the generals durin...

  • Gay Body

    Mark Thompson

    An exploration of how gay men mature and journey toward adulthood reveals how difficult it can be to get past the fairly standard familial and societal rejections and find a spiritual comfortableness with gay male sexuality....

  • Blood Rage

    David Thompson

    No pioneer knew the wilderness like the legendary Davy Crockett. His curiosity and wanderlust always kept him exploring, seeking new lands and new adventure. But sometimes his curiosity led Davy and his old friend Flavius into more trouble than they ...

  • Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe

    Frederic Thomas

    Adapted from C.S. Lewis' classic tales, The Chronicles of Narnia, the World of Narnia picture books feature detailed artwork which brings the creatures of Narnia glowingly to life. In Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe, Lucy finds herself in the enchant...

  • Red Heart

    James Alexander Thom

    The Slocum family of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the best of the white settlers, peace-loving Quakers who believe that the Indians hold the Light of God inside. It is from this good-hearted family that Frances is abducted during the Revolutionary w...

  • Man of the Century

    James Stewart Thayer / James Thayer

    The acclaimed author of such suspenseful novels as White Star and Pursuit now turns to his real love--a grand novel of a man awash in history who has done almost everything, and been almost everywhere. The rollicking story of 105-year-old Woodrow Low...

  • Spur-Of-The-Moment Marriage

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    A Whiplash Wedding Montana Millionaire Max McKendrick had a hankering for arranging whirlwind romances for his heirs. As his attorney, Cisco Kidd had executed the old man's plans with the precision of a master matchmaker. But the cowboy counselor ...

  • Dancing Pink Flamingos and Other Stories

    Maria Testa

    A collection of short stories in which ordinary teenagers are confronted with contemporary issues includes the story of a female student sexually harassed by her English teacher, and two brothers who see their father sent to prison. Reprint....

  • A Stiff Risotto

    Lou Jane Temple

    THE KNIVES ARE OUT! Heaven Lee--proprietress extraordinaire of Kansas City's celebrated Cafe Heaven--knew she had to watch her back at Aspen's gossipy Real Dish Food Festival. But it wasn't until the saucy cook stumbled across the battered body of...

  • When Bear Stole the Chinook

    Harriet Peck Taylor

    A colorfully illustrated story from the Siksika Indians follows a boy and his friends--Owl, Coyote, Weasel, Prairie Chicken, and Magpie--as they set out to find out how winter becomes spring and why bears hibernate....

  • aka Jane

    Maureen Tan

    Plagued by memories of her lover's murder, burnt-out MI5 operative Jane Nichols moves to Savannah, Georgia, and devotes herself to writing hard-boiled private eye novels, however, amongst Savannah's historic houses is an enemy from her past....

  • Inhuman Fury

    M.C. Sumner

    Evil comes in many guises and keeps its most terrible powers in reserve. Kenyon and Harley have only seen the merest glimpse of what Billie can do. When they believe they have dealt her a fatal blow, she invokes the ultimate ancient force. In the Ext...

  • Man on the Moon

    Anastasia Suen

  • Annabelle's Wish

    Michael Stuart

  • Ritual Sins

    Anne Stuart

    A WOUNDED WOMAN Rachel Connery is a woman with a mission--to destroy Luke Bardell, the charismatic man who seduced millions of dollars from her dying mother, thus robbing Rachel of her inheritance. Now Rachel wants revenge--and she's willing to e...

  • Adventures of Wishbone Boxed Set: Hunchdog Of Notre Dame, Digging Up The Past, The Mutt in The Iron Muzzle, and The Treasure Of Sk

    Brad Strickland

  • The Devil's Bride

    Penelope Stratton

    'TWAS A MARRIAGE ALMOST MADE IN HEAVEN... Even before Lord Rupert Glennister arrives in Bath, he is the subject of dark and devilish rumors. But after he steals a kiss from the virtuous Calvina Bracewell, dreadful repercussions ensue. With nowhere...

  • A Child's Night Dream

    Oliver Stone

    The fictional Oliver Stone is alienated from the stultifying American nation in which he lives, and, abandoning his parents and his Ivy League education for Vietnam, he encounters a hell far more brutal than he could have ever imagined - a world o...

  • Remembering You

    Penelope J. Stokes

    In this moving conclusion to the Faith on the Home Front series, Owen Slaughter returns from the battlefields of Europe to Eden, Mississippi, to keep a promise made to the dying Charlie Coltrain. Charlie's sister, Willie, is overjoyed that Owen is al...

  • Rising

    S.M. Stirling; James Doohan

    STILL READY TO LEND A HAND -- Introducing Flight Engineer Peter Raeder--He's already lost a hand, and if he can't find the traitor on his new ship, he'll lose much more! Peter Raeder became the Commonwealth's first ace pilot in the Molly war....

  • Heart of the Hunter

    R.L. Stine

    A medicine woman tells Jamie Fier the love potion she gave him will cost him. Now Jamie finds himself transforming into a wolf -- and if his true love sees him in this form, he will remain a wolf forever....

  • Into the Dark

    R.L. Stine

    A Deadly Attraction Paulette Fox refuses to let her blindness stop her from living a full life. But one thing she's never done is fall in love -- until now. Paulette knows Brad Jones is the only guy for her. Even when her friends see Brad commit a ...

  • Return to the Carnival of Horrors

    R.L. Stine

    IT’S THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE... AGAIN! Oh, no! Could it be? Yes. You're back at the Carnival of Horrors! You escaped the first time. But Big Al, the evil carnival manager, wants your second visit to last forever! You've got to get out of there -- ...

  • Werewolf Skin

    R.L. Stine

    IT'S A FULL MOON...DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WEREWOLF IS? Picture this -- Alex Hunter, photography freak, hanging out in Wolf Creek. Who lives in Wolf Creek? Alex's uncle Colin and aunt Marta. They're professional photographers. Uncle Colin and Au...

  • His Double, Her Trouble

    Donna Sterling

    Tonight's the Night Brianna Devon had romance in mind when she planned Evan Rowland's homecoming surprise--an intimate party for two. The surprise, however, was on Brianna. Too late she discovered she was in bed not with her high school sweetheart...

  • The Dead Man and the Sea

    Janice Steinberg

    When the body was pulled from the water, Margo both feared and doubted that it could be Hob Schreiber's. The clothes looked like Hob's--but he was a skilled sailor as well as an oceanographer. The sea was his element. How could he have drowned? But a...

  • Trojan Horse

    Jack Stein

  • Clayton's Made-Over Mrs.

    Sandra Steffen

    THE BACHELOR: Rugged rancher and single dad Clayton Carson. This time around he was determined to marry a woman who couldn't manipulate his heartstrings. THE BRIDE: Diner owner Melody "Mel" McCully. She was danged tired of being overlooked by the ...

  • Letters, Lies & Alibis

    Sandy Steen

    Revenge is sweet ... or is it? Rancher TRAVIS HARDIN is determined to right a sixty-year wrong and wreak vengeance on the Delacroix. But he hadn't intended to fall in love doing it. Is his desire for Shelby greater than his need to destroy her fam...

  • Temporary Girlfriend

    Jessica Steele

    Should his every wish be her command? What choice did Elyss have but to put up with Saul Pendleton calling the shots? Because of a series of dreadful mistakes, she owed him a whole lot of money and hadn't a hope of being able to pay him back. How...

  • Comeback

    Richard Stark

    After the bloodbath of Butcher’s Moon, the action-filled blowout Parker adventure, Donald Westlake said, “Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone.” And for nearly twenty-five years, he stayed...

  • When Did We Lose Harriet?

    Patricia Sprinkle

    A teenage girl has been missing from her Montgomery, Alabama, home for six weeks. She may be a runaway, a crime victim, or both. What's amazing is other people's lack of concern. Just one person cares that she's gone: a spunky amateur sleuth on the s...

  • Blaze on Rocky Ridge and Other Stories

    Nancy Speck

  • Ziggurat

    Ivan Southall

  • News of the Spirit

    Lee Smith

    New York Times bestselling author Lee Smith offers her signature mix of wit and heartbreak, as well as her “unerring ear for the lyrical and the down and dirty,” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) in this superb collection of stories....

  • Murder and Misdeeds

    Joan Smith

    Another mystery and, perhaps, another chance at love . . . Once again the indomitable Berkeley Brigade, a group of daring young aristocrats, returns to the scene of the crime--and to affairs of the heart. As the dashing Marquess of Luten and the beau...

  • Treaty's Law

    Dean Wesley Smith; Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    The Day of Honor is celebrated throughout the Klingon Empire. But every tradition had to begin somewhere.... Signi Beta is an M-class planet ideal for farming. The Federation wants Signi Beta, but the Klingon Empire has the stronger claim. Captain...

  • For Dead Eyes Only

    Dean Wesley Smith

    Lo Wang: The Shadow Warrior. The darkness made whole, the night made flesh. Master of all martial arts. Master of all explosive weapons. The Shadow Warrior fights neither for good nor evil but for himself alone, bent on finding those who betrayed ...

  • When Shadows Fall

    Brian Scott Smith

    Martin doesn't believe his aunt's sudden death was an accident, and he and his buddies are determined to find the truth. But when he starts sneaking around the house of his aunt's friends, he witnesses a blood-drenched satanic ritual with a young gir...

  • Wake up Charlie Dragon

    Brenda Smith

  • The Beasties

    William Sleator

    Although he didn't believe the rumors about the monstrous creatures who live in the woods, Doug and his sister unfortunately discover that they are true and so must find a way to put the Beastie family's evil plot to an end before there are even more...

  • Barbie Soccer Coach

    Barbara Slate

  • Anastasia

    A.L. Singer

    The saga of the long-lost Russian princess, Anastasia Romanov, comes to life in a brightly illustrated story based on the new animated film, in which an amnesiac orphan searches for clues to her true identity. Movie tie-in....

  • The Princess Gets Engaged

    Tracy Sinclair

    IF FAIRY TALES COULD COME TRUE... She was a dead ringer for a runaway princess. So American tourist Megan Delaney was hired to impersonate the missing monarch - at her arranged engagement to a real live prince! Riches galore would be Megan's durin...

  • Signal to Noise

    Carla Sinclair

  • The Gigantic Ants and Other Cases

    Seymour Simon

    Match wits with Einstein Anderson, a twelve-year-old whiz kid who uses science to solve the most mind-boggling of mysteries. This book contains ten baffling puzzlers combining basic science skills with downright fun.Here you'll find:The Speedy SnakeT...

  • The Halloween Horror and Other Cases

    Seymour Simon

  • The Howling Dog and Other Cases

    Seymour Simon

  • The Time Machine and Other Cases

    Seymour Simon

    In ten illustrated, chapter-length, joke-filled cases, junior scientist Einstein Anderson solves such mysteries as how to make catsup pour faster using elementary principles of science. Original title: Einstein Anderson Tells a Comet's Tale. ...

  • Story of Hanukkah

    Norma Simon

  • Girlhood Journeys

    Simon & Schuster

  • Winter Dreams

    Trana Mae Simmons

    Before she gets married, Laura wants to race her huskies across Alaska, and hires Sandy, in desperate need of a job, who accepts the position to train her dogs and realizes that she is his kindred spirit. Laura Goodman wants one last opportunity t...

  • Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again

    Susan Shreve

    Joshua T. Bates is back in a brand-new story that fills in the time between The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates and Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge. After flunking third grade and repeating a semester, Joshua has finally been promoted to fourth grade. But m...

  • Manhunter: The Life and Times of Frank Hamer

    Gene Shelton

    A novel based on the life of the Texas Ranger who captured Bonnie and Clyde describes how Frank Hamer became an American hero as well as being the embodiment of the law, fearless, and always brought criminals to justice. Original....

  • Cardinal Galsworthy

    Edward R.F. Sheehan

    A sweeping novel by the author of Innocent Darkness traces the saga of modern-day Catholicism through the story of Cardinal Galsworthy, a celebrated ecclesiastic who becomes a leading contender to succeed John Paul II. 15,000 first printing....

  • The Mines of Behemoth

    Michael Shea

    Shipwrecked en route to their new job working in the perilous Costard sap mine, Nifft the Lean and his partner, Barnar Hammer-Hand, join forces with Bunt, who offers them a lucrative reward if they can bring him some of the precious fluid from the mi...

  • Annie's Hero // By Magic Born

    Maggie Shayne

    WHEN A LOVE DIES Sweethearts since childhood, Annie and Richard shared an unparalleled love filled with tenderness, passion and joy. Until the tragic day Richard vanished --- presumed dead after a terrible car accident --- leaving his adoring wife p...

  • Everything She Does Is Magick

    Maggie Shayne
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... When a trio of matchmaking witches chooses unsuspecting little Nathan McBride...

  • Just One Night

    Kathryn Shay

    Zachery Sloan was no ordinary architect. His innovative designs had earned him the reputation of rebel. The media always had a field day wondering whether Sloan's projects pushed the boundaries too far. Annie Montgomery had married Zach straight ...

  • Pecos Death

    Jon Sharpe

    Skye Fargo must decide whether the gorgeous Ivy Cambridge is really an innocent, wealthy woman who needs protection from the desperadoes of New Mexico, or a seductive schemer with a hidden agenda of ambition and greed. Original....

  • Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

    Spread some Christmas cheer with Nate the Great in this holiday adventure! Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre, perfect for the Common Core. Kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteri...

  • The Day Before Christmas Diorama Book

    Arnold Shapiro

    Shaped like tiny dwellings, these clever pop-ups end with an irresistible treat: a fully detailed diorama built right into the book. So whether it's a Santa's workshop or the manger where the baby Jesus lay, these brightly illustrated books are marve...

  • The First Christmas

    Arnold Shapiro

  • Melitte

    Fatima Shaik

    Melitte lives a difficult life as the slave of a fierce owner, but when the owner's daughter befriends Melitte, a strong bond forms, until she visits a neighboring plantation and discovers that freedom may be in her reach....

  • The Bride Wore Red

    Robbie C. Sethi


    These thirteen linked stories are framed by the experiences of Sally, an American doctor and Deshi, her Indian husband, whose two cousins follow his example and refect their arranged marriages for American brides.

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  • George and Martha

    Maurice Sendak

    A full-color picture book brings together all thirty-five adventures of George and Martha, two hippopotami and best friends who have taught children, in humorous fashion, about the value of friendship for a quarter of a century....

  • Flower Net

    Lisa See

    The first body was found in ice: the U.S. ambassador's son, entombed in a frozen lake outside Beijing's Forbidden City. Thousands of miles away, in the heat-baked hold of a Chinese smuggling ship, another corpse is uncovered, this one a Red Prince, a...

  • Highland Secrets

    Amanda Scott

    Proud Highlander Diana Maclean refused to yield to the English king... or to any member of her family's enemy: the treacherous Clan Campbell. Instead, determined to free her imprisoned mother, she steals into a castle dungeon right under the nose of ...

  • MacNamara's Woman

    Alicia Scott

    THE SURVIVOR Ten years ago, Tamara Allistair learned that she had no one to rely upon except herself. Now her existence was threatened again--but this time there was someone to lend her a hand. Her protector? C. J. MacNamara, self-appointed resc...

  • To Tame a Warrior's Heart

    Sharon Schulze

    The Lady Catrin Had Survived A Nightmarish Past Now her willful ways had plunged her headlong into danger -- and into the arms of Nicholas Talbot, a man whose very presence stirred up emotions she had long thought buried forever. He Alone Could...

  • The Last Time I Wore a Dress

    Daphne Scholinski

    Placed in a mental hospital at age fifteen after being diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, an author shares her harrowing ordeal in the hopes that other teenagers will not suffer as she did due to a lack of understanding of sexual orientation. 4...

  • A Small Dark Place

    Martin Schenk

    Without jobs, without savings, without hope, the Wiley family has fallen on hard times. Until they hear the story of a little girl who slipped down an abandoned mine. Americans respond with prayers. And cash. Now the Wileys hatch their own desperate ...

  • Mountain Bride

    Susan Sawyer

    The Dissolute .Nobleman Banished for his reckless ways, Lord. John Winslow embarks for the New World, and the colony of "Second Sons." With nothing but his tide and his wits, the handsome, arrogant Englishman must make a fresh beginning, and his f...

  • A Spell of Mists and Roses

    Amy Elizabeth Saunders
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    The way to a man's heart? Some say kindness, some say food, some say flirting, or being good. But when mortal ways miss the mark, casting spells can conjure up sparks... Banished to a cursed castle, an arrogant nobleman seeks the help of a beautif...

  • Firelight

    Linda Sandifer

    From the moment she saw the fiery red stallion on the cliffs near her reservation, Phoenix Shapell knew it was the supernatureal Fire Horse of her dreams. But while the spirited half Navajo beauty set out to tame the elusive animal, an angry flint-ha...

  • The Night Before Christmas

    Ruth Sanderson

  • Young Arthur

    Robert D. San Souci

    To protect his life, Arthur, son of King Uther, was hidden from the court when still a baby. Growing up in Sir Ector's household, Arthur knew nothing of his noble birth. Then one day at a tournament, he forgot to bring a sword for his brother, Kay. L...

  • For Her Eyes Only

    Sharon Sala

    A senseless death shocks a community... A woman dreams of murder... A lover's life is in danger... The great disaster of Grand Springs, Colorado, had given Jessica Hanson one nasty head injury and sinister visions of murder. But no one be...

  • Heart of Alaska

    Kathleen Sage

    Innocence Lost... Bet Goldman has known Jesse Wheeler all her life. When she was a crippled child, he taught her to ride his stallion, Firestriker, giving her the strength to walk for the first time. When she was a young girl, they shared Christma...

  • Poppleton

    Cynthia Rylant

    From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Mark Teague comes Poppleton, a posh and persnickety pig with friends and adventure abound!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at...

  • Winter White

    Joanne Ryder

  • Code Black

    Charles Ryan

    Ex-Navy SEAL Matt Marquette finds himself putting his survival training and instincts to work when he discovers the final element to a doomsday device in the wreckage of his fishing boat, and must dodge terrorists and assassins after it. Original....

  • The Case of the Barking Dog

    Della Rowland

    In eight mind-puzzling mini mysteries, young detectives are challenged to locate humorous clues that help them figure out what happened in such settings as a rollerskating rink, a birthday party, and a tree house. Original....

  • Perfidia

    Judith Rossner

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar -- the troubling story of a mother and daughter whose hostility and co-dependence may result in their deaths.In Perfidia, Maddy yearns desperately for the approval and love of her ...

  • Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre

    Stewart Ross

    Through an exploration of the characters in the classic novel Jane Eyre, the real-life story of its author, Charlotte Bronte+a5, is presented to young readers, enhanced by full-color illustrations....

  • Michael: the Defender

    JoAnn Ross

    Michael O'Malley: Responsible, determined, loyal. As a private detective, Michael was used to taking care of people. No one needed his help more or wanted it less than... Lorelei Longstreet. Someone wanted to hurt the beautiful movie star whom Mic...

  • Before the Fall

    Patricia Rosemoor

    SEVEN SINS Conquer the sin and find true love. At least, that's the theory. But would it hold true? Or would these sins live up to their deadly billing? Could love be her salvation? Indicted for a crime she didn't commit, Angela Dragon is dete...

  • The Bride Rode West

    Kristine Rolofson

    Emilie Grayson was through with men! On her wedding day Emilie had caught her fiance in a torrid embrace. So she hightailed it west and landed up as a housekeeper for a rancher and his three daughters. She, a city girl who knew a lot more about or...

  • Long Ago and Far Away

    Marylyle Rogers

    In Ireland of 1127, the Fairy Kingdom is more than a beautiful tale to lovely young Hildie. It's the realm of Kieron, whom Hildie loves above all mortals. As a child she rambled at his side, listening with breathless wonder to his stories of magic an...

  • The Callahan Chronicals

    Spider Robinson

    Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but: time travelers, talking dogs, alcoholic vampires, cybernetic aliens--and a group of people who really, truly care about each other. ...

  • Hidden Star

    Nora Roberts

    THE DAME WITH THE DIAMOND She couldn't remember a thing, not even who she was. But it was clear Bailey James was in trouble. Big trouble! And she desperately needed Cade Parris to help her live long enough to find out just what kind. The moment...

  • Lady on the Run

    J.R. Roberts

    Beautiful, spirited, and good with a gun, Jill Church seems like a woman out of every man's dreams. But knowing her is turning out to be Clint Adams's real-life nightmare. There's a price on the lady's lovely head, and gunmen are coming from miles ar...

  • Vengeance in Death

    J.D. Robb

    In a time when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can be one and the same... He is an expert with the latest technology ... a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then h...

  • The Midnight Rider Takes a Bride

    Christine Rimmer

    DO YOU HAVE TO GET MARRIED, ADORA BEAUDINE? That's what all the town gossips were asking--and what else could she expect? Ladylike Adora was supposed to settle down to a life of solid respectability, and instead she was about to say "I do" to a mo...

  • Holiday in Your Heart

    Leann Rimes

    Many girls dream of becoming princesses, but for the heroine of Holiday in Your Heart, nothing could be better than singing at the Grand Ole Opry.  Teenaged singing sensation Anna Lee has realized her dream of performing a holiday concert on the fa...

  • A Husband for Christmas

    Emma Richmond

    Back--for baby's first Christmas Four months ago, Sebastien Fourcard had kissed his wife and baby son goodbye and disappeared.... Gellis had been devastated but, as the days had tumbled into weeks, she had been forced to accept the unthinkable...

  • Violin

    Anne Rice

    In the grand manner of Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's new novel moves across time and the continents, from nineteenth-century Vienna to a St. Charles Greek Revival mansion in present-day New Orleans to dazzling capitals of the modern-day wor...

  • The Velocity of Money

    Stephen Rhodes

    Young Manhattan attorney Rick Hansen has ascended to the top of the financial ladder by landing himself a plum position at the blue-chip-global investment firm of Wolcott, Fulbright & Company. Here on "the Street," he is in close proximity to the peo...

  • On the Wings of the Zephyr

    M. Reutter

  • Christmas Bears

    Caroline Repchuk

    Two naughty bear twins have hidden their presents all through the house, and young children will enjoy lifting the flaps to read the clues that will help them find the partially hidden present on each page....

  • Fangs-Giving

    Dian Curtis Regan

  • Lord Wyland Takes a Wife

    Joy Reed

    Forsaking All Others... She had thought him an incorrigible wastrel, a man deserving of her contempt. Instead, Mary Grant found the new Lord Wyland to be fair, just--and handsome. He offered her everything she wanted to stay on at Wyland Manor to he...

  • Moonlight Masquerade

    Joy Reed
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    GOBLINS, GHOSTIES, AND A MAGICAL EVE TO FALL IN LOVE... The frost is on the pumpkins and the harvest moon shines bright when Halloween brings romance to the London townhouses and grand estates of Regency England. Now lords and ladies meet to make ...

  • The Celestine Insights

    James Redfield

    You begin your quest with "The Celestine Prophecy," a parable that reads like a gripping adventure tale. Here you discover that an ancient Peruvian manuscript has disappeared. Although few Westerners know of its existence and a government wants to su...

  • Hansel and Gretel

    Jane Ray

    A retelling of one of the oldest and most treasured folktales in the world follows two brave children, who, armed with only their cleverness and goodness, save themselves from their wicked stepmother and an evil witch....

  • Black and Blue

    Ian Rankin

    A murdered oil-rig worker. A copycat serial killer dubbed "Johnny Bible. And a reopened investigation that doesn't bode well for Detective John Rebus or his mentor, Inspector Lawson Geddes. Rebus's Scotland, along with his malt-soaked psyche, is ridd...

  • Baby in a Basket

    Gloria Rand

    Offers the true-life story of Baby Ann who vanished after the family and their belongings were separated when their sleigh accidentally broke through the ice during a mid-winter journey in Alaska in 1917....

  • The Gink

    Tish Rabe

  • Hiding Mr. McMulty

    Berniece Rabe

    In 1937 in southeastern Missouri, eleven-year-old Rass, son of a proud sharecropper, proves his worth when a flood destroys his family's home and forces his best friend, an elderly black man, into hiding from the Ku Klux Klan....

  • Bad Land

    Jonathan Raban

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • Startlingly observed, beautifully written, this book is a contemporary classic of the American West. • "As good a book as I have read about rural America in a very long time." -...

  • The Tree That Came to Stay

    Anna Quindlen

  • All Rapped Up

    Janet Quin-Harkin

    Despite Tia's decision to give up on men, she finds herself dancing with her twin Tamera's date, a rap artist whom Tamera has been actively pursuing, at the spring formal, and soon the twins are facing a difficult situation. Original....

  • Johnny Germ Head

    James Quigley

    Filled with laugh-out-loud scenes at school and summer camp, this offbeat comedy presents the story of Johnny Jarvis, a young boy completely obsessed with germs, whose fear of infection takes over his life and earns him the nickname Johnny Germ Head....

  • The Perfect Bride

    Eileen Putman

    Haunted by Love Amanda Fitzhugh was now far too levelheaded to be seduced by men's sweet promises or silken caresses. Handsome, heartless Lord Ramsey had once shattered her lofty notions of romance and brought her most firmly down to earth, where ...

  • Night In Eden

    Candice Proctor

    Bryony Wentworth's life is shattered when she is unjustly accused and sentenced to indentured servitude in New South Wales. Broken in body - but not in spirit - she fights for light, and for her life, wanting no part of the man who would save her, Ca...

  • Prime Suspect

    Maggie Price

    MAN OF ICE It was rumored that Lieutenant Michael Ryan had ice running through his veins. A dedicated detective, he never let emotion interfere with his job. But his unwavering discipline was shaken by one beguiling--and beautiful--suspect, a woma...

  • Tea Party For Two

    Michelle Poploff

    Calling all girls! You're invited to a special tea party with best friends Kim and Amy. Time: Right now. Place: Kim's backyard. Too bad Amy doesn't like tea. But with a few adjustments--and some big surprises--a tea party for two becomes a fun-filled...

  • Magic Goose

    Daniel Pinkwater

    Seymour loves to read, especially about magical things. One of his favorite books is about a boy who meets a magic visitor. More than anything, Seymour wishes that something magical could happen to him. Then one night magic does happen. Though a s...

  • Watch Me Dance

    Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

    Help boil the greens, flip the fish, and slice the pie for a mouth-watering family meal in I Smell Honey, then join the fun as a baby boy discovers the unique features that make his face so special in Pretty Brown Face. In Shake Shake Shake and Watch...

  • Big Dog and Little Dog Getting in Trouble

    Dav Pilkey

    When Big Dog and Little Dog play tug-o-war with the couch cushions, the furniture ends up ruined and their person is not pleased. Best friends have to be great at sharing in this case, sharing the blame! With deceptively simple text, graphic illustra...

  • Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror

    Christopher Pike

    Three short horror tales include "The Third Hand," in which a make-out artist receives otherworldly help; "Dark Walk," in which a stroll turns deadly; and "Revenge," in which Ted decides to kill his ex-girlfriend. Original....

  • The Shadow King

    Stobie Piel
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    A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....

  • A Rift in Time

    Michael Phillips

    From best-selling author Michael Phillips comes a gripping novel about an archaeologist who discovers Noah's Ark and searches for the Garden of Eden. A great book for all readers, especially those with an interest in end-times fiction like the Left B...

  • Plain Jack

    K.M. Peyton

    This story has very short and simple text, with bright supporting illustrations, helping the beginner reader to follow the story. It is part of a series created especially for children who are just beginning to read for themselves....

  • Sing for Your Father, Su Phan

    Stella Pevsner

    Days and nights become filled with bombings, lootings, and terror with the outbreak of the Vietnam War, and the tranquility of Su Phan's village is disrupted, but when her father is taken captive by the Communist army, Su Phan must adjust to the chao...

  • Can You Keep a Secret?

    P.J. Petersen

    Mike has a reputation for not being able to keep a secret and he worries that he may reveal things that his classmates do not want known--from a surprise party for one of the teachers to a snake in a friend's desk...

  • Love, Marriage and Family 101

    Anne Peters

    PARENT TEACHER MEETING... Overworked teacher Hally McKenzie vowed that this year she would finally lose those five extra pounds and learn a new language--that is, until the gorgeous single dad of a troubled student turned to her for help. OR MARR...

  • The Silent Cry

    Anne Perry

    Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transacted their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man could procure whatever he wanted, but it happened now and then that the price he paid was his life. Now, in sunless Water Lane, res...

  • Terror Spin

    Don Pendleton

    UNHOLY WAR A diehard extremist group, the Spear of Allah, has a grim record that includes death and destruction throughout Europe. But now they've brought their carnage to America, and have effectively thrown down the gauntlet. After heinous blood...

  • Wooing Wanda

    Gwen Pemberton

    Woo or Walk... Wanda Rockman wanted her husband back. Not that he'd actually left. He'd just become a stick-in-the-mud, married to his work. Nevertheless, she had a plan to retrieve the man she'd fallen in love with. Unfortunately, Wanda's sche...

  • The Acorn Eaters

    Els Pelgrom

  • Bureau of the Lost

    John Peel

    Down at the Lost & Found Department in Eerie, something's missing: the Missing People! A power failure has released them from their cryogenic storage chambers, and now Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Amelia Earhart and many more a...

  • Catapult

    Jim Paul

    An “enormously entertaining” (Smithsonian), “clever, subtle, and adroit” account (Wall Street Journal) of how the author and his friend constructed a medieval siege engine in a San Francisco backyard. “So funny that I could n...

  • Medieval in LA

    Jim Paul

    Jim Paul muses on Western philosophy and the medieval mind as he makes his way through a harried weekend in Los Angeles yielding a delightful humorous book Bloomsbury Review whose every sentence bursts with information gorgeously put New Yorker...

  • The Adventures of Midnight Son

    Denise Lewis Patrick

    "There ain't no words right enough to explain feelin' free."

    On a dark Texas night in 1863 Midnight Son escapes from the plantation where he has lived all his life. In constant fear of bounty hunters, he hides in trees during the day and tra...

  • The Magician's Assistant

    Ann Patchett

    Sabine -- twenty years a magician's assistant to her handsome, charming husband -- is suddenly a widow. In the wake of his death, she finds he has left a final trick; a false identity and a family allegedly lost in a tragic accident but now revealed ...

  • Lila's New Flame

    Francine Pascal

    Sweet Valley is burning up! Late one night, an entire wing of Fowler Crest burns to the ground! Lila Fowler, already furious over a long-distance relationship gone up in smoke, swears revenge on the arsonist who left her home in ashes. Will Lila's ...

  • Out of the Picture

    Francine Pascal

    Too many good-byes .. . Elizabeth Wakefield never wants to see Tom Watts again. She's even left WSVU! Elizabeth loves her new job as a reporter for the Sweet Valley Gazette. But now that Tom's out of her sight, she can't get him out of her mind. To...

  • Sisters at War

    Francine Pascal

    What's on the Thanksgiving menu?   Turkey, pumpkin pie...and the biggest fight the Wakefield household has ever seen!

    For identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, Thanksgiving has always meant food, family, and fun...but this year it...

  • Spy Girl

    Francine Pascal

    Danger is Jessica's middle name....

    Jessica Wakefield can't believe it when her boyfriend, undercover  cop Nick Fox, finally offers to take her along on an assignment.  She knows they'll make a great team.  But will Jessica's big mouth g...

  • The Witch in the Pumpkin Patch

    Francine Pascal

    In the words of 7-year-old Jessica Wakefield...Our class took a field trip to a pumpkin patch! Everyone had fun--everyone except me and my twin sister, Elizabeth. We think we saw a witch! Is the Sweet Valley pumpkin patch haunted? I'm going back to f...

  • Trespassing

    Gwendolyn M. Parker

    “A striking memoir of a gifted black woman’s lonely, difficult, and unsatisfying climb to the heights of American power and prestige.” -- Kirkus ReviewsParker’s compelling memoir offers a revealing glimpse inside corporate America through th...

  • Gospel Of Corax

    Paul Park

    Written as an apocryphal gospel, a historical novel traces Christ's journey to Tibet and his contact with Eastern religions, led by a refugee, homosexual slave named Corax who precipitates Jesus' banishment from Palestine...

  • The Fortune Catcher

    Susanne Pari

    An emotionally charged historical novel that offers a penetrating look at post-Revolutionary Iran, telling the dramatic story of an Iranian-American woman whose once-perfect life and love fall victim to the forces of political, societal, and religiou...