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New Books List: 663 titles

  • Wreck the Halls

    Cartoon Network

  • World Fall

    Douglas Niles

    In the mystical realm of the Seven Circles, all races of creatures have lived in harmony within their own spheres--dwelling in a peace that has lasted from time out of mind. Until now... The sinister threat to the Seven Circles has been defeated b...

  • Words from the Heart

    Kiki Thorpe

    From Cinderella to Pocahontas, Disney films have featured many captivating princesses and strong female characters -- each with her own style and personality. Now here's a beautiful illustrated gift book that highlights inspirational, funny, and just...

  • The Word of a Child

    Janice Kay Johnson

    On an ordinary day, in an ordinary neighborhood, a knock on the door of an ordinary house leads to an extraordinary revelation. Detective Connor McLean is the man who came to call, carrying with him a child's accusation. Connor's visit ended Mari...

  • Woody the Cowboy

    RH/Disney

  • The Wolf Hunt

    Gillian Bradshaw

    Betrayal, love, and lycanthropy in the time of the CrusadesWhen Marie Penthièvre of Chalendrey is abducted from her Norman priory and taken to Brittany's court, she vows never to dishonor her family's ties by marrying a Breton brute. There is only o...

  • The Witness

    Ginna Gray

    In the blink of an eye, Lauren Brownly's life changed forever. Late one night the concert pianist witnessed a grisly murder, and with it came a devastating truth: Her career had been financed by crime lord Carlo Giovessi. Now Lauren's testimony again...

  • Without Sin

    Charles Smithdeal

    At the heart of every marriage lies a secret...
    At the heart of every secret lies the truth...
    But whose secret is it?

    Blonde Page Yarbrough is utterly devoted to her husband, Lucien, the governor-elect of Mississippi. Then Page, a wo...

  • Within a Whisper

    Caroline Upcher

    An unforgettable story of love, heartbreak, and glorious second chances From the moment she saw Jimmy LaGarenne riding his bike down her neighborhood street, eighth-grader Nanci DeSerio was smitten. But it wasn't until three years later--the first...

  • With Valor and Devotion

    Charlotte Maclay

    FIREMAN REPORT Name: Mike Gables Status: Currently reconsidering his bachelor status for one orphaned six-year-old and a very sexy social worker Rescuing people from raging fires was a job Mike Gables took very seriously. Committing himself t...

  • Witch Zelda's Birthday Cake: A Wild and Wicked Pop-up, Pull-the-Tab Book

    Eva Tatcheva

    To celebrate her birthday on Halloween, Zelda, the Wickedest of the Wicked Witches, hires a team of bakers called the Bibble Babbles to make a special cake and invites all her friends for a magical surprise....

  • Winnie Dancing on Her Own

    Jennifer Richard Jacobson

  • The Wild Card

    Mark Joseph

    Four grown men, friends since childhood-a man of though, a man of leisure, an outlaw, and a cop-reunite in San Francisco for a weekend-long game of cards in the Palace Hotel's Enrico Caruso Suite. Every year they do this. It gives them a chance to ca...

  • Wife in the Making

    Lindsay Armstrong

    A wedding waiting to happen! Bryn Wallis chose Fleur as his new assistant because she insisted marriage was definitely not on her agenda! That suited Bryn perfectly. They'd be working very closely together in the tropical Australian resort he ...

  • Who Will You Meet on Scary Street?: Nine Pop-up Nightmares!

    Christine Tagg

    Invites a visitor to Scary Street to meet its residents, including a witch schoolteacher, Dr. Frank N. Stein the veterinarian, the werewolf who delivers the mail, and the owner and chef of the Count's Cafâe....

  • While Mortals Sleep

    Jack Cavanaugh

    Josef Schumacher is a pastor in Berlin witnessing the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and the increasing influence of the Nazi youth movement on the young people of his church. Fearful of the sway of prevailing rhetoric and misguided patriotism, J...

  • Which Witch Is Which?

    Judi Barrett

    Which witch fell in a ditch?
    Is it the one riding on a broom?
    Is it the one holding a balloon?
    Is it the one looking at the moon?
    Or is it the one eating a prune?
    Judi Barrett, author of the classic, Cloudy with a Chance of M...

  • Where Is Chicken Pox?

    Tracey West

    After noticing itchy red bumps on their skin, Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles learn that Chicken Pox made them feel this way, and so they hunt for him throughout Townsville, determined to stop him before he hurts anyone else....

  • Where Do You Sleep, Little One?

    Patricia Hooper

  • Where Do Frogs Come From?

    Alex Vern

  • When the Moon Is Full

    Penny Pollock

    A lunar guide describes the folkloric names of twelve moons according to Native American tradition and showcases their defining characteristics in short verse and beautifully detailed hand-colored woodcuts....

  • When the Last Leaf Falls

    Bill Myers

    In a new telling of the classic O'Henry story, "The Last Leaf," a gravely ill adolescent girl--at death's door and angry at God--miraculously recovers when she views the last painting of her dying grandfather, who sought to capture on canvas the esse...

  • When Poppy and Max Grow Up

    Lindsey Gardiner

    For now, taking care of her dog Max is the best job in the world, but Poppy imagines being grown up and spinning like a ballet dancer, painting like an artist, and more. By the author of Here Come Poppy and Max. ...

  • When Jayne Met Erik

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    I, Jayne Pembroke, must have been out of my mind. Erik Randolph, Youngsville's most eligible playboy, had walked into the store where I worked, chosen a ring for his future bride -- and then proceeded to ask me to marry him. And although I knew our m...

  • When I Dream of You

    Laurie Paige

    For generations, a lake shimmering with sinister, scandalous secrets divided the rival ranching families of Megan Windom and Kyle Herriot. So how could one waltz sweep them into a treacherous whirlpool of primal, unthinkable desire? Why did Kyle's hu...

  • What the Little Fir Tree Wore to the Christmas Party

    Satomi Ichikawa

    When a truck comes and takes all but three little trees, the remaining group are sad that they have not been invited to any parties, but when the next morning arrives, they see that they have been given a new decoration that fits just perfectly with ...

  • What Once We Loved

    Jane Kirkpatrick

    A CIRCLE OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN DISCOVERS THE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE, FORGIVENESS, AND LOVE Ruth Martin had a dream: to become an independent woman and build a life in southern Oregon for herself and her children. But when her friend Mazy's inactio...

  • The Western Coast

    Paula Fox

    America and the catastrophic world of twentieth-century war, mass murder, and horror are the backdrop of this story of Annie Gianfala, a young woman who finds herself cast adrift in Hollywood with World War II looming. Defending herself with despairi...

  • West of Rehoboth

    Alexs D. Pate

    Set in the early 1960s, West of Rehoboth is the moving story of twelve-year-old Edward Massey. Each summer, to escape the heat of Philadelphia, Edward's family moves to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The "coloreds only" side of a pristine resort on Reh...

  • Wed by a Will

    Cara Colter

    " I prayed for you to come." From the moment the little boy next door whispered those words in her ear, Corrie Parsons knew she was hooked -- but good! For she had come to Miracle Harbor to claim the ranch she had inherited, a home to call her ow...

  • The Website of the Cracked Cookies

    Eric A. Kimmel

    While trying a new computer game, Jessica is suddenly transported into another world with her friend Matt where they encounter a strange cast of characters, such as evil robots and fierce female wrestlers, while trying to find their way back home. Si...

  • The Weaver's Inheritance

    Kate Sedley

    The year is 1476, and after a hard winter hawking his wares through the ice and rain, Roger the Chapman is looking forward to spending Christmas in Bristol, enjoying the warm hearth and good food of his mother-in-law Margaret--even if it means the yo...

  • We're Going on a Ghost Hunt

    Marcia Vaughan

    The way is full of spooky surprises, but these little ghost hunters are eager to find their very own ghost, and every brave young explorer in your neighborhood will be eager to join them.
    Charming and exciting, with just a touch of scary, this g...

  • The Wayfarer Redemption // BattleAxe

    Sara Douglass

    For a thousand years the Acharites have lived prosperous lives, protected by vast and insurmountable mountains and the powerful Seneschal, guardians of the mysterious Way of the Plow and intermediaries with the great god Artor. But now Achar's sec...

  • Warrior's Heart

    Georgina Gentry

    He Lived With Savage Abandon... A half-breed wanted for murder among his own native Shoshoni, Rider is hard and bitter from the injustice that has sealed his fate. Now, his only goal is survival. But when he sees lovely, vulnerable Emma Trent, a wom...

  • The Warfare of Science

    Andrew Dickson White

  • War Story

    Gwen Edelman

    During a train ride from Paris to her former lover's funeral in Amsterdam, Kitty describes how, as an aspiring writer, she met a once-famous playwright in a secondhand New York City bookstore and embarked on a morally complex love affair with him....

  • War Memorials

    Clint Mccown

  • The Veteran

    Frederick Forsyth

    Frederick Forsyth, The Master Storyteller, Presents Five Brilliantly Ingenious Tales of Murder, Justice, Intrigue and RevengeA miracle in war-torn Siena that begins with the persecution of a young nun in the turbulent days of the sixteenth century an...

  • A Very Special Delivery

    Myrna MacKenzie

    "I'M GOING TO HAVE MY BABY. RIGHT NOW!" Rushing to the rescue, Mick Hannon swept the vulnerable, delicate woman into his arms -- and straight to the Maitland Maternity clinic door. But before he could leave, he suddenly found himself coaxing -- an...

  • Very Boring Alligator

    Jean Gralley

    A hilarious book about friendship, with a reptilian twist.Very Boring Alligator came one day to playbut he stay stay stayedand HE WOULDN'T GO AWAY.Nothing will make this boring gator leave: saying pretty please doesn't do it; even making heebie j...

  • The Vampire's Assistant

    Darren Shan

    The Vampire's Assistant is the compelling sequel to the frightening and horrifically imaginative Cirque Du Freak. Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until he visited a mysterious freak show that led him on a journey into the dark world of vam...

  • The Vampire Vivienne

    Karen E. Taylor

    INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vivienne Courbet, and I've been a vampire since 1119. Let me assure you I don't look a day over twenty-nine. You're probably more familiar with my blood sister, Deirdre Griffin, but sh...

  • Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth

    Christopher Tolkien

    A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, UNFINISHED TALES is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in THE SILMARI...

  • Unexpected

    Daniela Salcedo

    No Vacancy Soledad Ortíz isn't running a hotel, but that fact seems to have escaped her parents. For the next two months, thanks to their big-hearted invitation to a total stranger, she'll be playing hostess to a sexy, green-eyed Dominican who would...

  • An Uncommon Enemy

    Michelle Black

    "There is no word in the Cheyenne language for forgiveness." On the day after Thanksgiving, 1868, George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry attack a sleeping Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita.Amidst the slaughter, they discover a ...

  • Uncle Blubbafink's Seriously Ridiculous Stories

    Keith Graves

    A nonsensical collection of four riotous tales is narrated by Uncle Blubbafink, who tells readers about his friend Abraham Sandwich, his encounter with a dragon whose head turned into a station wagon, and more!...

  • Two Scarlet Songbirds

    Carole Lexa Schaefer

    Fact and fiction come together in a magically imagined tale of the composer Anton Dvorák’s inspiration for “American Quartet.” Transfixed by the birdsong of the little Iowa river town where he and his family are spending the summer, Dvorák se...

  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

    Lesley Harker

    A new interpretation of the classic nursery rhyme is filled with magical illustrations that follow two small children as they embark on a journey to follow a twinkling star, which takes them from their back yard to a stable where a new baby is born....

  • Twin Blessings

    Carolyne Aarsen

    Uncle-turned-guardian Logan Napier wanted to provide his orphaned twin nieces, Brittany and Bethany, with a stable and loving home. Hiring a summer tutor was part of that plan. But he never expected the spirited and beautiful Sandra Bachman to turn t...

  • Turn the Stars Upside Down

    Terry C. Johnston

    Turn the Stars Upside Down is the compelling and little-known story of Crazy Horse's surrender in 1877 only months after his last fight with the U.S. Army at Battle Butte, his futile attempts to find peace for his warrior heart among the reservation ...

  • The Troubles of Meddlin'

    Lashell Shawnte Stratton
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  • Tricks and Treats

    RH/Disney

  • The Traveller

    Lynn Kurland
    in

    Knights to remember... Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor. Men whose ferocity in battle was tempered by a code of chivalry ... whose passions brought them to their knees before the women they desired ... whose loyalty and honor never w...

  • Traveling Man

    James Rumford

    Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age -- the fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the step...

  • Trapped

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Someone's been setting animal traps in the nature preserve behind Brenna's house. She and her older brother, Sage, are furious - not only is that illegal, it's hurting and killing defenseless animals where they should be safe. They both want to do so...

  • Transfigured Night and Other Stories

    Richard Bowes

  • The Traitor's Daughter

    Elizabeth Powell

    Between Passion and Honor Amanda Tremayne's father, a well-respected naval officer, was wrongly accused of treason and hastily executed for the crime. Before his death, he charged his only daughter with the daunting task of clearing his name and e...

  • The Tower at the End of the World

    Brad Strickland

    When Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and their friends Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann take a trip to a small town near Lake Superior, they expect a pleasant vacation. Instead, they find themselves facing the ghastly Ishmael Izard, son of the fien...

  • Total Recall

    Sara Paretsky

    For V.I., the journey begins with a national conference in downtown Chicago, where angry protesters are calling for the recovery of Holocaust assets. Replayed on the evening news is the scene of a slight man who has stood up at the conference to tell...

  • Too Hot to Handle

    Monica Jackson

  • Too High

    Corson Hirschfeld

    Murders and militias and snakes, oh my! Hawaiian archaeologist Digger Fitz arrives in Golden Leaf, Kentucky, for a reunion with his niece, Nikki, a herpetologist, and his cousin, and fellow archaeologist Edgar. But he has barely unpacked his bags ...

  • Too Beautiful for Words

    Monique W. Morris

    The son of a prostitute who witnessed the death of his mother at the hands of her pimp, Jason struggles to overcome the world that created him when his girlfriend Chinaka, a former Black Panther, forces him to confront his past. Reprint....

  • To Meet Again

    Elaine Barbieri

    "We'll Meet Again..." Those were the last words of Wade Preston as his life's blood stained the pure white of Thea's wedding dress, draining onto the church floor where they were to have been married. Two years later, Thea knew the injured stag...

  • To Keep Me Warm

    Gail Gaymer Martin
    in

    love reunites four orphaned siblings in interwoven novellas...

  • To Catch a Thief

    Sherryl Woods

    LOVELY LADY ON THE LAM! On the run from her troubles, Gina Petrillo sought out the support of her oldest friends, the Calamity Janes. Until trouble followed her home to Winding River, Wyoming. City-slicker lawyer Rafe O'Donnell was in hot pursuit ...

  • A Timeless Union

    Freda Lightfoot

    When the Honourable Felicity Travers discovers that her late father had arranged a marriage for her, she considers this stretched duty a little too much to ask. For one thing, she is expected to marry Jarle Blakely, the man she believes to be respons...

  • Time Remembered

    Louise Brindley

    As Amelia Ashcroft packs up her treasured possessions in preparation for leaving the house in which she has lived for much of her rich and varied life, she relives the memories -- some happy, some tragic -- attached to each of them....

  • Till Tomorrow

    John Donahue


    Peer pressure among army brats.

    Terrence O'Brien -- O.B. -- son of an army officer, arrives at the American base in Meuse, France, during his twelfth summer, in 1961. Right away, O.B. is told there are two kinds of boys around, aces and de...

  • Tiger's Fall

    Molly Bang

    A feisty little girl learns that physical disability can't limit her ability to make a difference.Lupe loves nothing better than riding her father's horse, El Diablo. Fearless and agile, she rampages around her rural village in Mexico like a tigrilla...

  • The Ties that Bind

    Latwaan Green
    in

  • The Thunder Keeper

    Margaret Coel

    The Arapahos of the Wind River Reservation are stunned by the apparent suicide of a young Indian while he was on a vision quest. A stranger's chilling confession to Father O'Malley reveals that the man was actually murdered, and more deaths are sure ...

  • Through the Veil

    Isobel Bird

    As the year comes to an ending, in the hour 'tween old and new, part the veil and let pass the spirits who would travel through. As Annie, Kate, and Cooper prepare for Samhain, or Halloween, they are filled with anticipation. It is a time when ...

  • Throne of Bhaal

    Drew Karpyshyn
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Death to the Children of Bhaal! On the run and hunted by everyone in Faerűn, Bhaal's offspring are being wiped out. Instead of ridding the land of evil, each kill gives more power to a vicious group of Bhaalspawn intent on returning their father t...

  • Three Days

    Donna Jo Napoli

    While driving in the Italian countryside, eleven-year-old Jackie's father suddenly collapses at the wheel. Fear for her father's life quickly turns to terror when two Italian men kidnap her and drive to their remote home in the countryside.  Jac...

  • Thor: Across All Worlds

    Dan Jurgens

    While Thor, god of Thunder, is dealing with matters on Earth and Odin is renewing his mighty powers, Lady Sif must battle against Lord Malekith the Dark Elf, who is determined to take over Asgard by releasing the powers contained within the Cask of A...

  • This Way Up

    Holly Fox

  • This Perfect Stranger

    Barbara Ankrum

    WAS A HUSBAND A REQUIREMENT IN THIS WILD COUNTRY? For Maggie Cortland, a widow struggling to keep her husband's ranch -- her beloved land -- the answer was crystal clear. She needed a man, preferably one who was big and strong, and not afraid to t...

  • This Kiss

    Teresa Southwick

    She swept back into town. No longer plain, awkward Hannah Morgan -- now she was sophisticated Dr. Morgan! But one appreciative look and a toe-curling kiss from Dev Hart sent her right back into a teenage swoon. Maybe he'd finally noticed she was a wo...

  • Things to Do

    Disney Book Group

    Squeak! Rattle! Click! This oversized board book features a busy bar packed with elements to push or dial. Baby can exercise fine motehr skills while gaining a friendly familiarity with books -- and with the wonderful world of Winnie the Pooh....

  • That's Snow Ghost

    Molly Wigand

  • That Dolphin Thing

    Ian Bone

  • A Thanksgiving Turkey

    Julian Scheer

  • Terror in the Stadium

    Tim LaHaye; Jerry B. Jenkins

    In a daring escape, Judd and Lionel fly to Jerusalem with Mr. Stein for the Meeting of the Witnesses. Meanwhile at the schoolhouse, the kids discover a secret underground passage, and Vicki tries to persuade Melinda not to turn them in to the Global ...

  • Ten Monkey Jamboree

    Dianne Ochiltree

  • Ten Little Angels

    Andra Simmons

    In light, bouncy verse, ten joyous angels turn a child’s room into a playground. Count them all--if they’ll hold still long enough!--while they munch tasty treats, start pillow fights, and have the best playtime ever. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
    ...

  • Tempt Me Twice

    Barbara Dawson Smith

    Temptation was just the beginning... A rogue shrouded in mystery, Lord Gabriel Kenyon returns from abroad to find himself guardian of Kate Talisford, the girl he had betrayed four years earlier. Now sworn to protect her, he fights his attraction t...

  • Temple Hill

    Drew Karpyshyn
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Among the dark streets of the city move thieves and cutthroats. And they don't like independent operators like Lhasha Moonsliver. But when she hires the town drunk as a bodyguard, she gets more than she bargained for. Together they'll have to battle ...

  • Tell Me Why

    Stella Cameron

    Why has renowned jazz pianist Carolee Burns given up playing celebrated venues for a tiny bistro in suburban Seattle? Former athlete Max Wolfe wants to know--because more than Carolee's gorgeous music haunts him. The woman herself is a melancholy mys...

  • Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales

    Nancy Van Laan

    What happens when...

    Old Doctor Wango Tango, along with his rosy, blowsy, noisy nose and crew of lightweight pets, travels to the tip of a very windy hill?

    Two dancing legs; two waving, whirling arms; and one big head piece themsel...

  • A Tax Deductible Death

    Malinda Terreri

    Appropriating three million dollars from the estate of her wealthy late client, stockbroker Maggie Connoris disturbed to discover that her client had been the victim of murder, a situation that is further complicated by the arrival of IRS Agent Tim G...

  • Takeoffs and Landings

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    A journey to the center of their hearts.Ever since their father's sudden death eight years ago, Chuck and Lori's mom has spent most of her time on the road as a motivational speaker, leaving them and their younger siblings in the care of their grandp...

  • Sympathy for the Devil

    Christopher Chambers

    Be careful what you wish for . . .
    FBI Special Agent Angela Bivens has just won a hard-fought racial and sex discrimination lawsuit against the Bureau. She should be euphoric -- all she ever wanted to be was a field agent. But the women she filed ...

  • Swim the Moon

    Paul Brandon

    A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland.After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's fune...

  • Swift as Desire

    Laura Esquivel

    As the millions of fans of Xike Water for Chocolate know, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of the human heart. She returns to those themes in Swift as Desire, the story of a loving and passionate m...

  • Surprise, Doc! You're a Daddy

    Jacqueline Diamond

    She'd found him -- her missing husband... and the father of her child. Only, Dr. Hugh Menton didn't remember anything about Meg Avery or their marriage. Hugh couldn't recall the man he'd been before his accident. Still, he couldn't deny the fact ...

  • The Surgeon

    Tess Gerritsen

    He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awake to a living nightmare. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the Boston newspapers to n...

  • Summer's Promise

    Irene Brand

    Rural North Carolina was the last place military man David Brown ever expected to call home. Brought here by tragedy, he now shared guardianship of his niece and nephew with a woman he'd never dreamed would share his home -- or his attraction.... ...

  • Sullivan's Last Stand

    Harper Allen

    THEIR FIRST TIME HAD BEEN HARD... Bailey Flowers should have known a man who'd been to hell and back would break her heart. But now ex-mercenary Terrence Sullivan was the only man who could help her locate her missing sibling -- before the police ...

  • Stuck With You

    Trish Jensen

    LOVE SICK Paige Hart and Ross Bennett couldn't stand each other. Lawyers on opposite sides of a divorce case, there was nothing but bad blood between them...until a courthouse bombing threw them together. Exposed to the same rare and little-un...

  • Stuart at the Fun House

    Susan Hill (1)

    Let's have fun!Stuart Little and his brother, George, can't wait to go to the amusement park. But if you're Stuart's size, how do you keep up with your big brother? By visiting the fun house, of course!...

  • Stray Horse

    Bonnie Bryant

    Something’s wrong at home and Lisa feels powerless every time her parents get angry at her or at each other. When CARL, the County Animal Rescue League, puts out an SOS for volunteers, Lisa knows she’s found a place where she’ll be appreciated....

  • Strange Gardens

    Michel Quint

    The novel of war, childhood, courage and memory that has taken France by storm. A country that has been occupied during war has its secrets, and France is full of them. Strange Gardens tells the touching story of two generations coming to terms with ...

  • Story of Thanksgiving

    Robert Merrill Bartlett

    Turkey and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie. Family and friends around the table. That's what Thanksgiving means to us today. But has it always been this way?

    Everyone knows that in 1621 the English Pilgrims and the Nat...

  • The Story of Jane

    Catherine Cusset

    WHAT IF SOMEONE WROTE A STORY ALL ABOUT YOU. . .A STORY THAT DETAILED YOUR LOVE LIFE, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR DAILY COMINGS AND GOINGS? AND WHAT IF YOUR ANONYMOUS AUTHOR GOT IT ALL RIGHT?

    Meet Jane. A professor at an academically outstanding col...

  • Stone Field, True Arrow

    Kyoko Mori

    Maya Ishida is no stranger to sorrow. Torn from her artist father in her native Japan, raised by her cold, ambitious mother in Minneapolis, she has finally put together a life with few disruptions: a safe marriage and a quiet life weaving clothes in ...

  • Stolen Hearts // The Thief

    Laura Hayden

    The historic Chesterfield Hotel once offered visitors the graceful charm of its sumptuous rooms and the healing waters of its nearby hot springs. In the present day, as five people unearth the hotel's century-old hope chest, each will be transported ...

  • Still She Haunts Me

    Katie Roiphe

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated children’s literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the...

  • Steppin' on a Rainbow

    Kinky Friedman

    Sly, devious, inventive, and more than a little irritating, the Bard of Vandam Street returns in Steppin' on a Rainbow, a new adventure full of sound, fury, and a hula girl or two. Alone in the world - meaning: anyone who will speak to him is out ...

  • Spooky Sleep Out

    Eric Suben

    Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird, and Grover are excited about their very first sleep-out. But when they hear a noise in the trees and see a large shadow on the tent wall, the sleep-out starts to get a little spooky. In the end, all of the strange noises and shad...

  • Spongebob Naturepants

    Terry Collins

    Sick and tired of feeling shackled to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is longing for a change. Deciding to throw in the spatula and live among the jellyfish, SpongeBob embarks on a new life of freedom -- but will it be worth it? Join SpongeBob as he sets ...

  • Spittin' Image

    Margaret Brownley

    Two women who look enough alike to be twins-and so different in personality that they might be from different planets--meet by chance in Chicago's O'Hare Airport during the snowstorm of the century. Each is faced with a task she dreads. While on term...

  • Spellbound

    Cate Tiernan

    It's almost Yule -- the most joyous time of the year. My magick is growing stronger. My friendships are flourishing. I should be happy. But a choice lies before me, a decision that could change my world forever. Am I strong enough to choose the...

  • The Speed of Light

    Elizabeth Rosner

    Every family has a story. Every story, eventually, must be told. For most of their lives, Julian Perel and his sister, Paula, lived in a house cast in silence, witnesses to a father struggling with a devastating secret too painful to share. Though th...

  • Sparks Fly

    Cheryl Cooke Harrington

    What happens when a thoroughly modern woman, longing to return to her roots, meets an old-fashioned hero on her first day home? Sparks Fly. And it doesn't take a forest fire, smoldering in the distance, to turn up the heat between high school science...

  • Spanish Jack

    Robert J. Conley


    Robert J. Conley is one of the most acclaimed writers of the American West and of his own people, the Cherokee, having won myriad fans with his moving historical novels about the Real People. In Spanish Jack, he brings to vivid life one of the mo...

  • Southern Treasures

    Lynn A. Coleman

    Twenty years ago, a secret drove her from Savannah to Key West. Now it keeps her on her guard against men--while it also keeps her from accepting God's forgiveness and grace in her life. Instead, Peg works hard to find contentment in her many friends...

  • Soulmate

    Deepak Chopra

    Deepak Chopra, the internationally renowned “poet-prophet of alternative medicine” (Time) and New York Times bestselling author of The Healing Self, offers an absorbing, mystical tale of a love that triumphs over death itself.A gifted you...

  • Someone to Protect Her

    Patricia Rosemoor

    By day, these agents are cowboys; by night they are specialized government operatives. Men bound by love, loyalty and the law -- they've vowed to keep their missions and identities confidential.... THE MISSION: BODYGUARD -- FOR A VIRGIN? Tough, w...

  • Someone Killed His Boyfriend

    David Stukas

    It's tough being fabulously wealthy Michael Stark's closest pal -- particularly when you're an underpaid copywriter for feminine hygiene products, with a lousy apartment and no lover of your own. But Robert can't resist Michael, even though the man's...

  • Some Sunday

    Margaret Johnson-Hodge

    Sandy Hutchinson has faced times so hard they nearly broke her. The death of her young Trinidadian husband, Adrian, from AIDS was a powerful kind of hurting that left her wary of ever loving again. Then Adrian's brother, Winston, begins to re-awaken ...

  • Some Kind of Wonderful

    Barbara Freethy

    "ABANDONED BABY FOUND!" It's the kind of story investigative reporter Matt Winters writes about -- not the kind he wants to be living. When he discovers a newborn baby girl on his doorstep, he panics ... then he desperately turns to his temptingly...

  • Some Kind of Pride

    Maria Testa

    Named after the mighty Babe Ruth, Ruth DiMarco has some big shoes to fill. But she’s already on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a major-league baseball player. Eleven-year-old Ruth is the star shortstop in her small Maine town, and now a...

  • The Snubbell Blues

    Sarah E. Heller / S.E. Heller

    A Pokemon in need of a friend... Poor Snubbull. Its rich owner wants to keep her fun-loving Pokemon safe from battle. Snubbull is never allowed to play outside with its Pokemon friends. So it keeps running away in search of adventure! When Ash, B...

  • Snowmobiles

    Muriel L. DuBois

  • Snow Bear

    Liliana Stafford

  • Sneaky Thief Mystery

    Elspeth Campbell Murphy

  • Snapshots

    William Norris

    The Mahoneys are the quintessential Irish Catholic family, living what might seem a perfect life in the affluent New Jersey suburbs. But behind closed doors, they struggle with alcoholism, sexual orientation, and mental illness--they love and hate on...

  • Sleeping With the Sultan

    Alexandra Sellers

    ENEMY IN HIS BED Sheikh Ashraf possessed the fortitude of a hundred sultans -- still, he was mightily tempted by the seductive allure of the mysterious and ravishing Dana Morningstar. Never had a woman unraveled his restraint like the sumptuous te...

  • Sleeping Partners

    Helen Brooks

    Powerful tycoon Clay Lincoln was the only man who could save Robyn's PR company. The deal was simple: he'd finance her, but remain a silent partner. Robyn wouldn't actually need to work with him.... Robyn was still embarrassed over a p...

  • The Sleeping Beauty

    Jacqueline Navin

    A Beautiful Recluse Draped in Dark Secrets, Lady Helena Rathford was still deemed a plum matrimonial prize, one adventurous Adam Mannion was determined to pluck. He'd wed her, bed her, then hie to London, his prospects secure. But somehow in the wi...

  • Skates

    Mick Inkpen

  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    Ann Brashares

    Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd lov...

  • Since You've Been Gone

    Carlene Thompson

    GONE A decade ago, teenaged clairvoyant Rebecca Ryan gained notoriety helping the local police solve high-profile cases. Then came the shocking kidnapping that hit perilously close to home; the first crime she couldn't solve--and the one whose horri...

  • The Siege

    Glynnis Campbell
    in

    Knights to remember... Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor. Men whose ferocity in battle was tempered by a code of chivalry...whose passions brought them to their knees before the women they desired...whose loyalty and honor never waver...

  • Shred It Up

    Craig Robert Carey

  • Shotgun Grooms: Lucas's Convenient Bride

    Susan Mallery
    in

    Brides or bankruptcy -- the MacIntyre brothers had a helluva choice! Now, thanks to their cagey uncle's ironclad will, saloonkeeper Lucas MacIntyre was forced to find himself a bride. So he proposed a chaste businesslike "merger" to Miss Emily Smythe...

  • Shotgun Grooms: Jackson's Mail Order Bride

    Maureen Child
    in

    Brides or bankruptcy -- the MacIntyre brothers had a helluva choice! Now, thanks to their cagey uncle's ironclad will, saloonkeeper Lucas MacIntyre was forced to find himself a bride. So he proposed a chaste businesslike "merger" to Miss Emily Smythe...

  • Shopgirl

    Steve Martin

    One of the most acclaimed and beloved entertainers, Steve Martin is quickly becoming recognized as a gorgeous writer capable of being at once melancholy and tart, achingly innocent and astonishingly ironic (Elle). A frequent contributor to both The N...

  • Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

    Sophie Kinsella

    With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky's biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to...

  • Shooting Dr. Jack

    Norman Green

    Violence is no stranger to Brooklyn's Troutman Street, a place where whores, junkies, businesses, cars, and dreams go to die. But here, in a junkyard on Troutman Street, three men search for redemption.Stoney wakes up with a hangover every morning. H...

  • Shattered Mirror

    Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Sarah Vida is a witch and a vampire hunter -- and a loner. Christopher Ravena is a vampire trying to pass as a normal high school student who wants to know Sarah better. Drawn to him despite her better judgment, Sarah’s forced to admit that there...

  • Shark Lake

    John McKinna

    IN THE JAWS OF LIFE … AND DEATH Deep-sea diver Ben Gannon owes his life to his friend, Nick, who once saved him from certain death. So when Ben learns that Nick’s being held in an African prison by rebel guerrillas, he vows to return he favor....

  • Shamara

    Catherine Spangler

    FREEDOM: In a universe of darkness and depravity, the Shielders battled to stay one step ahead of the vengeful Controllers. Their survival depended upon the quest of one man. TO LIVE Jarek san Ranul had found evidence of a wormhole, a vortex to ...

  • Shadows of Sin

    Rochelle Majer Krich

    At first glance it appears to be a random multiple murder -- a prominent plastic surgeon, his nurse, and his receptionist shot dead in their plush Century City office. But to LAPD Homicide Detective Jessie Drake, the savage nature of Dr. Ronald Bushn...

  • Shadow Fortress

    James Axler

    Forged from the Ruins A planet ravaged by the apocalyptic blast of 2001 gave birth to a new world of savagery -- and a new breed of hero. In a land where violence rules with absolute authority, Ryan Cawdor and his wayfarer survivalists roam the st...

  • Seduction in Death

    J.D. Robb

    Lieutenant Eve Dallas is searching for a Casanova killer with a deadly appetite for seduction. Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murd...

  • Secret Vows

    Mary Reed McCall

    A Secret Passion Forced to wed against her will, Catherine of Somerset must be strong as she exchanges vows with the man she is sworn to destroy. It is not fear that causes the proud lady to tremble as she stands before her soon-to-be spouse, Baro...

  • Secret Life of Dr. Demented

    Dan Gutman

    Every American Wrestling Federation fan knows that, the evil Dr. Demented is the nastiest and most violent pro wrestler around, the man everyone loves to hate. He's always insulting the audience, inflicting pain on the good guys, and yelling his noto...

  • Season of Hope

    Carol Cox

    When her beloved father dies in a mine accident on the northern Arizona Territory, Rachel is left to maintain the family farm and care for her younger sister. To make matters worse, the deadline for the final mortgage payment is looming, and Rachel h...

  • The Sea of Mist

    Mel Odom

    THE MIGHT OF TITANS THE MAGIC OF GODS Rising up from the unstoppable Sea of Mist--a magical void carrying armies of bloodthirsty undead to every land it touches--a champion fights his way toward destiny. Trained since infancy in the arts of w...

  • Sea of Glory

    Ken Wales; David Poling

    In 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester was torpedoed by a German submarine en route to a top-secret radar installation in Greenland. The four Army chaplains on board were quite different from each other: a Methodist pastor, Jewish rabbi, Dutch Reformed min...

  • The Scream Museum

    Paul Zindel

    P.C. Hawke and his partner-in-sleuthing, Mackenzie Riggs, are shocked to learn that their friend, Tom, a custodian, is accused of murdering the chief biologist at the Museum of Natural History. As P.C. and Mackenzie dig deeper into the strange story,...

  • Scoop Saves the Day

    Diane Redmond

  • Scooby-Doo! the Pyramid Mystery

    Yvette Lodge

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Caveman Caper

    James Gelsey

    Daphne is delighted when she gets the chance to skate with Olympic figure skater Betty Kunkle, but when Betty's skates disappear, Scooby and the gang investigate and are surprised by the apparently prehistoric nature of the thief....

  • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

    Jesse McCann / Jesse Leon McCann

    When their friend Eric programs a video game based on their adventures, Scooby-Doo and his friends are swept into the game, where they must avoid the Phantom Virus, make their way to the tenth level, and face the game versions of themselves to return...

  • The School Play

    Rosemary Wells

    When Mrs. Jenkins annuonces that her class of stars is going to put on a school play about dental hygiene, everyone is thrilled! But when Mrs. Jenkins assigns roles, Yoko gets a clinker--the cavity! What will she do?...

  • The Savage Girl

    Alex Shakar

    “A crystalline satire of a preening media elite too exhausted with pillaging the minds of consumers to notice the collapsing world around them” (Kirkus).What is the next trend -- the next “killer app”? This question is very much on the mind o...

  • Sap Rising

    Christine Lincoln

    In this spare and mesmerizing debut, Christine Lincoln takes us inside the hearts and minds of African Americans whose lives unfold against a vividly evoked rural community. As they navigate between old and new, between youth and responsibility, they...

  • Santa's Big Problem

    Golden Books

  • Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

    Amy Tan

    A magical fable details the story of how Siamese cats got their dark markings on their faces and tails as Ming Miao tells her kittens the story of their ancestor, Sagwa of China, who tricked the Foolish Magistrate with an ink pot. Reprint....

  • The Sacrifice

    Lynne Ewing

    VANESSA, Serena, Jimena, Catty, and Tianna are five seemingly ordinary girls from Los Angeles. But the truth is that they are all far from ordinary. They each have a secret power that separates them from others--and makes them DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON ...

  • Sacred Ground

    Barbara Wood

    Two thousand years ago, there was a great bay and a peaceful land filled with sage, citrus trees, and pine. And there was a tribe called the Topaa. Marimi, a healer in her tribe, is unprepared for what fate holds in store for her. Without her knowled...

  • Sabrina 2 in 1

    Cathy East Dubowski

  • Runaways

    Diane Duane

    Net Force Explorer Megan O'Malley discovers her old teammate Burt at a runaway shelter, and learns that he is earning money by working for a mysterious courier service that sends out a lot of runaways, but does not bring many back....

  • Rufus and Magic Run Amok

    Marilyn Levinson

    Rufus Breckenridge is an ordinary ten-year-old with a best friend and a great comic book collection. He is not a witch like his mother, aunt and grandmother. Witches take lessons to learn how to control their magical powers so they can use them to he...

  • Rose

    V.C. Andrews

    When she danced, she could dream... Beautiful and talented, Rose was the apple of her father's eye. But when he is tragically taken from her, his carefully hidden secrets destroy the only life Rose has ever known -- and lead her into a world of luxur...

  • Rogue Target

    Don Pendleton

    SHORT FUSE Mack Bolan's mission starts straight and to the point: He's tasked with tracking down the former head of the CIA in Rio and bringing the rogue Fed back to the U.S. to stand trial for treason. With state secrets at stake and with his ...

  • Rocket

    Mick Inkpen

  • Rock-a-Bye Christmas

    Marjorie Ainsborough Decker

  • Rock It, Sock It, Number Line

    Bill Martin Jr.; Michael Sampson

    A fabulous new counting book from Bill Martin, Jr.

    Rock it, Sock it,
    Number Line!
    Numbers and Veggies,
    Party Time!

    1 rockets
    through the sky,
    and parachutes down
    with a pumpkin pie.

    The numbers are having a part...

  • Riona

    Linda Windsor

    THE WARRIOR... Kieran, the proud warrior-king of Gleannmara, great-grandson of Queen Maire and King Rowan, was once rejected by Riona of Dromin. But this time the willful lady will have no choice. Kieran promised his dying best friend, her brother, ...

  • Ride by the Clouds

    Carol Cox
    in

    love reunites four orphaned siblings in interwoven novellas...

  • Revenge

    Maureen O'Brien

    An arson attack on the home of a journalist seems motiveless, then Inspector John Bright discovers the reporter was having an affair, that his ex-wife had links to the drug trade and that he had been close to publishing articles exposing police corru...

  • Reunited

    Bridget Anderson

  • The Renegade Steals a Lady

    Vickie Taylor

    THE RENEGADE... One night of passion was enough to convince Detective Marco Angelosi that Paige Burkett was a woman he'd risk everything to protect. Even if it meant going to prison for a crime he didn't commit. But when events proved Paige was still...

  • Remembrance of Murders Past

    Noreen Wald

    Manhattan ghostwriter Jake O'Hara has been meaning to get her so-called love life -- and her career -- back on track. But, lately, it hasn't been easy. Especially now that her soon-to-be married mother has witnessed a murder -- in a confessional, no ...

  • Regarding the Tycoon's Toddler

    Mary Anne Wilson

    Guess who was left holding the baby! Lindsey Atherton was furious with CEO Zane Holden's attitude toward the company day-care center. But when she stormed over to tell him so, she found the usually cool, controlled exec with panic on his face and ...

  • Reese

    Lori Handeland

    Their friendship forged during the bloody battles of the War Between the States, they are men with nothing left but their honor. When one calls, the others answer -- and this time they will gather in the tiny town of Rock Creek, Texas, where their br...

  • Reef Dance

    John Decure

    Thirteen years ago, J. Shepard's mother walked out of his life forever. Since then, the rolling surf has been his only escape, a refuge from the daily stress of his job defending parents in the overburdened L.A. Juvenile Dependency Court, and from th...

  • Red Hook

    Gabriel Cohen

    Detective Jack Leightner of Brooklyn's South Homicide Task Force is the honcho brought in to give a hand to the local precinct. It is not only his years of experience scooping out murder scenes that will be called into play. This is the neighborhood ...

  • Red and Blue and Pooh Shapes, Too!

    RH/Disney

  • Reclaiming Lord Rockleigh

    Nancy Butler

    A Lawless Love Lustful Lord Rockleigh is the talk of the ton. He's never denied his amorous appetites, but he's furious that people are gossiping about his intimate intrigues, thanks to a slanderous newspaper editorial... Newspaperwoman...

  • Realtime

    Mark W. Tiedemann

    In an America of 2050, much changed by isolationism and depression, Grant Vozcek and Reva Cassonare, working for two different, normally uncooperative agencies, are forced into an uneasy alliance to investigate the murder of a Treasury agent as they ...

  • The Real Santa Claus

    Marianna Mayer

  • Razzle

    Ellen Wittlinger

    One summer can change everything...Kenyon Baker is not happy about moving to Cape Cod halfway through high school, but his parents have decided to retire there to run a summer cottage colony. At least they'll let him have his own darkroom, provided h...

  • Rapunzel

    Diane Muldrow

  • Rain Forests: A Nonfiction Companion to Afternoon on the Ama...

    Mary Pope Osborne

    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better.  Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!   W...

  • Rag Man

    Pete Hautman

    Mack MacWray's clothing company was wildly successful -- until his smooth-talking partner, Lars Larson, disappeared with all the assets, leaving Mack with nothing but debts and shattered dreams. Devastated, he thinks he has nothing left to live for u...

  • Rafaello's Mistress

    Lynne Graham

    An outrageous proposition! Glory Little's fantasies became reality when the irresistible Rafaello Grazzini chose to embark on a passionate liaison with her. Rafaello's charms and social graces made Glory feel like a princess. But his fathe...

  • The Queen of the World and the Handyman

    Barbara Jean Hicks
    in

    Welcome to a Place Where Love Abides. Experience the splendor of love with four sweet romancesâ€"each one the story of hearts and homes renewedâ€"authored by some of the leading names in Christian romance fiction.

    The Queen of the World and t...

  • Puppysaurus

    Susan Saunders

    They're cute. They're cuddly. They're frisky. And they just can't stay out of trouble!Jake uncovers a giant bone while playing at the lake with his puppy friends. All he can think about is what fun he'll have gnawing on it. He sneaks it home and stas...

  • Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Puzzle

    Abigail Tabby

  • Property of Blood

    Magdalen Nabb

    The American-born founder of a prominent fashion house, Contessa Olivia Brunamonti, is mistaken for her daughter and kidnapped by a group of Sardinian shepherds. They’re holding her deep in the Tuscan hills and have demanded a huge sum for her retu...

  • The Problem with Pumpkins

    Barney Saltzberg

    Hip and Hop are not speaking, thanks to a big, round, orange problem--both really want to be pumpkins for Halloween. But bossy Hop says they can’t have the same costume. To make matters worse, it’s raining outside, so there will be no trick-or-tr...

  • Pro Stock Cars

    Muriel L. DuBois

  • Princess and the Pea

    Alain Vaes

  • The Prince of Shadow

    Curt Benjamin

    This first novel in a magnificent new fantasy series draws upon the rich legends, cultures, and traditions of the East to create an epic tale of kingdoms invaded, nobles enslaved, and a young man's desperate quest to find his family and to face the c...