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New Books List: 653 titles


  • Rosemary Kirstein

    Rosemary Kirstein’s acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where the powerful rule by lies.

    The steerswomen were seekers, collectors of knowledge, and whatever they learned was free for the asking. The wizar...



  • Whitney Gaskell

    Travel writer Claire Spencer doesn't believe in fate, much less any part of that fairy tale, happy ending, love at first sight stuff. Especially not for Amazon-sized women like her. So when Jack, the sexy man who sits next to her on a flight from New...



  • John Moore

    When a seemingly crazy, poorly dressed soothsayer tells you not to let a magical talisman fall into the wrong hands, take him or her seriously. DO NOT laugh it off and leave said talisman simply lying around on a side table; you might as well just en...



  • Cynthia Baxter

    PART VET, PART SLEUTH, JESSICA POPPER IS A RARE BREED. It's murder most bestial when Dr. Popper investigates the celebrity species--and finds a dog-eat-dog world... A charity dog show has Jessica hitting the road with her faithful one-eyed Dalmat...



  • Linda Francis Lee

    When a legendary bad boy returns to town, Kate must summon her inner temptress. Kate Bloom's ordered world is turned upside down when notorious bad boy and superstar athlete Jesse Chapman comes home. Seeing him again reminds Kate of all the reason...



  • Jacquie D'Alessandro

    "Today's Modern Woman should strive for personal enlightenment, independence, and forthrightness. The perfect place to begin this quest is in the bedchamber." A Ladies' Guide to the Pursuit of Personal Happiness and Intimate Fulfillment The narr...



  • Dixie Cash

    All Debbie Sue Overstreet got out of her marriage to the sheriff of Salt Lick, Texas, was a gas station that didn't pump! So she turned the property into the Styling Station, the best beauty parlor in town -- and if she didn't get rich, at least she ...



  • Edith Layton

    Passion Comes Home After fifteen years in cruel exile, Christian has finally returned to England to claim his rightful title. The new Earl of Egremont was a mere child when he was banished. Lovely and charming Julianne Lowell, who knew him then, m...



  • Cathy Maxwell

    Society dictates that a governess should be modest, quiet, and keep to herself. She should never contradict her employer. And, above all, she must not attract the attention of any male in the household. But Michael Severson doesn't see Is...



  • Jake Logan

    Slocum tracks a trio of merciless marauders!While John Slocum has taken his share of less-than-legitimate jobs in the past, he’s never signed on for a stone-cold killing. Until now. Slocum’s been recruited by an old friend to work for the Secret ...



  • Michael A. Stackpole

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



  • Trudi Canavan

    "You want to know the truth." Sonea has learned much since she was but a penniless urchin possessing an awesome untapped ability. She has earned the grudging respect of her fellow novices and a place in the Magicians' Guild. But there is much she...



  • Reginald Hill

    Sometimes a monster can hide behind a mask of civilized, urbane intelligence. Sometimes the most terrible of crimes can go undetected and unpunished. Sometimes Death has a wicked sense of humor ......



  • Alfred Bester

    Before his untimely death in 1987, Alfred Bester had estabilished himself as one of th world's gretaest science fiction writers. From radio to television, short fiction to full-length novels, he created a body of work that will be continued to be ...



  • Robert J. Randisi

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



  • David Mack

    On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to ...



  • Stephen Woodworth

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



  • M. John Harrison

    In M. John Harrison’s dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of their own creation, a universe where you make up the rules as you go along and break them just as fast, where there’s only one thing more mysteriou...



  • Mary Welk

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



  • Steve Berry

    After the fall of Communism and a succession of weak governments, the Russian people have voted to bring back the tsar, who will be chosen from among the distant relatives of Nicholas II. Asked to perform a background check on one of the candidates, ...



  • Terry Brooks

    Dark magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne will be merely the beginning of the effort to return the Four Lands to some semblance of peace. Only her young...



  • Celia Thomson

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



  • Charlene Baumbich

    Charlene Ann Baumbich's two heartwarming Dearest Dorothy novels have transported thousands to a little Midwestern town where the ups and downs of everyday life have charmed readers and left them clamoring for more. Of course, the character everyone h...



  • Karyn Langhorne

    Crossing the line ...

    Alayna Jackson's dream is to be a lawyer -- and not even being the only African-American paralegal in a high-power, lily-white law firm will hold her down. Sure it's not the perfect job, but if it helps her reach her goal -...



  • Ken Abraham; Daniel Hart

    Based on a Biblical interpretation of the Rapture, Kings continues the story of those caught up in the events following this world-upending event. Azul Dante, the increasingly controversial figure whom some nations hope will restore order to the worl...



  • Erica Pass

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




  • Terry Collins

    This Halloween, Timmy wants things to be different. He's tired of all the fake stuff. So he wishes for things to be real -- especially his lame toilet paper mummy costume. The only problem is that when everyone's costumes become real, Halloween b...





  • James Carville

    Set during the Depression, a little girl has a surprising encounter with a swamp ghost while checking out her father’s turkey traps in the wood, but after sneaking food out of the house to feed the creature in the hopes of keeping safe, the little ...



  • Tony Blundell

    Wily Wolf is back in a third hilarious story! Wolf is, once again, extremely hungry, and decides he has to go to school - it's full of tasty children, ripe and ready for eating. But the children quickly work out who he is and know exactly what he's t...




  • CLAMP

    A WORLD OF MODERN MECHA AND MAGIC

    Syaoran, Fai, Kurogane, and Mokona venture to the Hanshin Republic to find one of the missing pieces of Sakura’s memory, transformed into magically powerful feathers. There, Syaoran meets his “Kudan”: a ...



  • Masatsugu Iwase

    The Archangel, a cutting-edge battle carrier, has managed to maneuver through dangerous war zones with the help of the young, enhanced Coordinator Kira Yamato and his advanced robot, the Strike Gundam. But the constant battles take their toll on the ...



  • Steve Murphy

    There is going to be an amateur wrestling mach at the Ronald Rump Civic Center, and Michelangelo and Raphael can't wait to enter. But when they see who their opponents are, they wonder if they'll make it out alive....



  • H.A. Rey

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



  • Rita Gray

    "Nonna's porch is very still," blessed with the quietude of nature. All of that changes when the sounds of grandchildren burst onto the scene, disrupting the serenity and sending the animals running. But Nonna is able to restore harmony to her home b...



  • Robert Neubecker

    Everyone dreams of visiting the big city, with its bright lights, tall buildings, and millions and millions of people. One lucky girl named Izzy climbs in her stroller and rides through all the hustle and bustle, impressed by the sheer magnitude of e...



  • Eva Montanari

    Tiff, Taff, and Lulu are sisters. Their mummy always tries her best to be fair when the girls are taking a bath or having their teeth brushed, but because there are three of them, someone is always first and someone must always be last.
    When an ar...



  • Charise Mericle Harper

    You knew monsters were scary, right? But did you know that monsters feel pretty silly wearing just their underpants? Or that a car full of peanuts wouldn’t come close to satisfying a monster’s appetite? Did you know that if a monster had his way,...



  • John Jaffe

    Set in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, this bittersweet novel blends themes of art and passion to tell the story of two people learning to let go - and reaching for their heart's desire....



  • Terri Blackstock

    THE MAN LISA JACKSON LOVED MOST MAY HAVE BETRAYED HER. ANOTHER USED DECEPTION TO MANIPULATE HER. BUT DID ONE OF THEM KILL HER? Ben Jackson is sure to defeat Jonathan Cleary in Cape Refuge's mayoral race, until his wife turns up missing the day befor...



  • Bill Myers

    What if you could visit heaven and hell, traveling when and wherever you wish . . . without ever dying? What if your teenage daughter, the joy of your life, had died a tragic death and you discovered a way to visit her? What if there were people and ...



  • Dewayne Wickham

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



  • J.F. Margos

    Forensic sculptor Toni Sullivan is used to visiting crime scenes and keeping her emotional cool. But she feels a mysterious connection to the victim found on Red Bud Isle, and there's something even more disturbing about the second body discovered ne...



  • Amy J. Fetzer

    Their perfect "marriage" was the perfect cover to catch a dangerous predator who was using women and selling their infants to desperate couples. But while another life-on-the-line undercover assignment was nothing new for CIA agent Hunter Couviyon, p...



  • Carolyne Aarsen

    A FRESH START... Handsome but restless Rick Ethier had no use for the stuffy family business, but when his grandfather laid an interesting proposition at his door, he found it hard to say no. If Rich could bring a faltering magazine around to profit...



  • Dawn Atkins

    Studying has never been hotter! The sexiest man Cricket Wilde never forgot, Tucker Manning, is now an assistant principal...and her boss! One look at him and this science teacher is dying to test if that long-ago chemistry is still there. But he&#...



  • Anne Marie Winston

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



  • Carolyn Zane

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



  • B.J. Daniels

    THE WILDEST OF THE MCCALL BOYS WAS BACK The wildest of the McCall boys was back...and he had a score to settle with Cassidy Miller! Like two outlaws facing off at high noon, they reunited at the Longhorn Cafe for the whole town to witness the long...



  • Kate Bridges

    Sergeant-Major Travis Reid was coldhearted trouble...but for the sake of the child she'd lost, Jessica Haven was ready to travel with a man who hated the sight of her. Still, the trail-toughened Mountie was her last, best hope for justice -- and mayb...



  • Annette Broadrick

    NO OTHER MAN'S She'd been called Jake Crenshaw's "shadow," the tomboy who'd tagged after her hero for years till the night she'd tried to prove to him that she was a woman...and had been rejected. But not before Ashley Sullivan had tasted Jake's p...



  • Victoria Chancellor

    Love, Marriage...Baby? Plus-size model Jodie Marsh knows she wants these things -- in the future. But when she becomes pregnant after a wild weekend with confirmed bachelor Travis Whitaker, she has to get married now to save her professional image...



  • Judy Christenberry

    Surprise Family From the moment Rebecca Barlow starts her job at a law firm, she knows she's in for a lot of surprises. Especially when her new boss unexpectedly turns out to be her first love -- her son's father. Now she not only has to reveal th...



  • Linda Winstead Jones

    Subject: Cowboy Hawk Donovan Family History: Desperately seeking his birth mother Deepest Secret: Communicates with animals Hawk Donovan was seeking the truth about his mysterious past. And when his search led him to a former fertility clinic, f...



  • Lynnette Kent

    Two one-parent families... With a busy job and two young kids, Valerie Manion is always looking for volunteers to help with her scouting program, Girls Outdoors! Single father Rob Warren signs up, mainly so he can keep an eye on his disabled daughte...



  • Miranda Lee

    Tara was millionaire Australian hotel magnate Max Richmond's mistress. She loved Max for himself, not for the gifts he gave her, their glamorous life, or even their intense lovemaking. But now, she was expecting his baby, the question was, should...



  • Julie Elizabeth Leto / Julie Leto

    Attorney Faith Lawton steps outside the courthouse. Shots ring out from a nearby rooftop. The concrete around Faith explodes with expended bullets as a pair of strong arms pulls her back into the building.... Faith Lawton welcomes the strong embrace...



  • Sara Orwig

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



  • Susan Peterson

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



  • Janice Kay Johnson

    Ann Caldwell doesn't know who she is. She doesn't really know what she is, either. Growing up, she wanted just one thing -- her father's approval. But she never got it. When she was little she was too much girl and later she wasn't enough woman. She ...



  • Meg Rosoff

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



  • Kien Nguyen

    A "richly satisfying" epic of Asian history in the tradition of James Clavell (Newsday), from the bestselling author of The Tapestries....



  • R.L. Stine

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



  • Ron Roy

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



  • Margaret Peterson Haddix

    [If only] Bran would stop acting weird....Probably he had a perfectly reasonable explanation for everything.I just couldn't imagine what it would be.When Britt's older brother, Bran, lands a summer job house-sitting for the Marquises, an elderly coup...



  • Karen Kreider

    What do you get when you combine a magic lamp, a flying carpet, a beautiful princess, and a young man who wants to be a prince? Disney's Aladdin! All the fun and adventure of the hit movie is retold in the classic Little Golden Book. It's perfect for...



  • Jane Kurtz

    Who's that walking along the Ohio? It's Johnny Appleseed! He walks across the land, planting trees wherever he goes. So, everyone, clap your hands for Johnny Appleseed!...



  • P.D. Eastman

    Everybody loves lightning bugs! And with this interactive adaptation of P. D. Eastman’s classic, Sam and the Firefly, Sam and his mischievous friend, the firefly, come to life with a little help from toddlers. With a turn of a wheel, a lift of a fl...



  • Larry Weinberg

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



  • Larry Weinberg

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

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



  • Disney Book Group

    With a poof, and a puff, and a big kaboom, the Genie can make wishes come true! This magical Step 1 reader is sure to please the youngest Aladdin fans with its simple text and colorful illustrations....



  • Christa Roberts

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

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

    But when he agrees to cut back o...



  • Jonathan Stroud

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




  • Kelly DiPucchio

    Lady Liberty has welcomed immigrants to New York for more than one hundred years-but she's never traveled beyond her island. She's curious to see the country that has become home to the millions who have passed beneath her torch. She wants to go on a...



  • Loretta Krupinski

    When the Queen of All You Can See discovers she has mice in her castle she employs the infamous feline, Max the Magnificent, to hunt them down. But the mice are smarter and braver than they're given credit for, and they have no intention of scurrying...



  • Jack Higgins

    Now, the heroic covert intelligence team of Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon must fight a very different kind of war--with a very different set of rules. In Manhattan, the President is planning to have dinner with an old friend. In a darkened buildin...



  • Sheldon Siegel

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



  • Harriet Scott Chessman

    How well do we ever know the people we love? Chessman examines this question in three generations of women in a contemporary Connecticut family. As dementia overtakes Hannah Pearl, she slips backward in memory to her escape from France in 194o; board...



  • Charles Fish

    In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye. What gives the...



  • Henry Winkler; Lin Oliver

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



  • Etgar Keret

    Dad demonstrates that it''s never too late to shine in the spotlight in this quirky book about following your dreams.

    "The circus is in town!" Dad roared.
    "And we''re all going to see it!"

    Audrey and Zach are stil...



  • Lynn Downey

    When slimy-pie maker Mervin, tar pit diving Mella, spit-sharing Mattie, and eye-poppingly funny Max ask their Mama Monster whom she loves best, they get an unexpected answer, in this laugh-out-loud picturebook....



  • Deborah Noyes

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

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







  • Jill McElmurry

    Where is that dog? Stretch the dachshund is at large, and his family needs help ferreting him out in this funny story with lots of flaps to hunt under.

    It's laundry day, and Stretch the dachshund needs a bath -- but his family can't find him...



  • Minfong Ho

    Papa calls on all the creatures of the jungle to help find his baby in this tender, noisy, and gloriously illustrated game of hide-and-seek.

    "Jut-Ay, Baby, peek-a-boo,
    Want to play? Where are you?"

    Baby knows that Jut-Ay means mornin...



  • John Kelly

    A gluttonous pig and goose inadvertently foil their sinister host in an original little comedy full of visual jokes, rendered in an eye-catching film noir style.

    Glenda and Horace Pork-Fowler are a goose and a hog of large proportions, with ap...




  • Matt Christopher

    When a new school year starts, and thirteen-year-old basketball star Julian feels a lot of pressure as he realizes he is the only remaining player from last year's winning team, a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective....



  • Jay Alan Sekulow

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



  • Lyn Rossiter McFarland

    Tail-waggin' fun!

    Widget the dog lives comfortably with Mrs. Diggs and the girls, her six cats. But their routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of a lost Newfoundland puppy at the door. While Mrs. Diggs tries to find its owner, Widget is...



  • David Mitchell

    A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a gen...



  • Melissa Nathan

    After years as a sweet, good-natured pushover, Annie Markham has had to face up to three hard truths: 1. You've got to be tough to succeed in business and romance. 2. Sometimes your meddling loved ones are right about your worthless, no-goo...



  • Kay Hooper

    He's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his hostages dead. Now, after months of eluding the best law enforcement can put against him, this monster is looking for a ...



  • Tess Gerritsen

    Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelganger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bi...



  • Carol Lea Benjamin

    Rachel Alexander hardly knew N.Y.P.D. Detective Timothy O'Fallon, who had a fatal "accident" while cleaning his service revolver in his Greenwich Village apartment. As a member of Rachel's 9/11 support group, O'Fallon had shared little and revealed n...



  • Orhan Pamuk

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



  • Katherine Hannigan

    Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun. That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook. Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go b...



  • Pamela Duncan Edwards

    Best friends Gigi and Lulu are like two peas in a pod. They do everything the same, like wear pink striped overalls, and bring peanut butter sandwiches for lunch -- until one day, they have a gigantic fight.

    So when their teacher announces T...



  • Jacquelyn Mitchard

    Mama and her precious baby bat wake up at dusk ready to take a flight into the sky. Together they soar and explore, relishing each tender moment spent with each other until bedtime at dawn. New York Times best"selling author Jacquelyn Mitchard's...



  • David Gates

    In this superb and subversive collection, the finest fiction writers capture the full experience of showing up, clocking in, and working it. Denis Johnson’s “Emergency” is set in a Vietnam-era emergency room, where stoned orderlies deal matter-...



  • Jane Buchanan

    Forming bonds in a time of war It's the summer of 1943, and for twelve-year-old Celie Marsh the war seems awfully close to her coastal Massachusetts home. She worries about bombs and submarines, and about her big brother, who can't wait to...



  • W. Nikola-Lisa

    A young boy uses his hands, paint, sequins, and everything imaginable to make beautiful turkeys in his picture. Soon his imagination takes over, and the turkeys take on a life of their own. But Foxy the fox is on the prowl. How can the boy hold tight...



  • Dayle Ann Dodds

    Inventors, rejoice!

    From the time Henry is a baby he loves to put things together -- wheels with rods, switches with levers, cranks with gears. By the age of six, he's built an Amazing Machine that fills his entire room. But Henry doesn't mind...



  • Carlton Stowers

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



  • Frank Hampson

    t’s chocks away and tally-ho, chaps -- Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, is back! First published in classic British comic The Eagle, these are the original adventures of one of the best known and loved of British comic characters, presented in a ne...




  • Tim Stafford

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



  • Tim Stafford

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



  • Polly Horvath

    Horvath invites readers to guide the plight of a problem-prone family

    Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seem t...



  • Joe L. Wheeler

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



  • Lynne Barasch

    Tales from a small country school

    In 1940, Grandpa's country school had no lunchroom or indoor bathroom and used wood-burning stoves for heat, but it wasn't completely different from today's schools. Students studied spelling and geography, Un...




  • Patricia Rushford; Harrison James

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



  • Norman Spinrad

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



  • Allan Ahlberg

    The Burrell family could never have foreseen the consequences of adopting the tiny stray kitten that appeared when David was twelve. But the sweet cat is not as harmless as it seems, and soon has them completely under its sinister spell. The only one...



  • Whit Johnston

    Whit Johnston’s first novel is a witty tale told through the fictional diary entries of one Mary Louise Weeks (ML for short), a struggling photographer and, inadvertently, brilliant social chronicler. Tinged with a certain wistfulness for a Manhatt...



  • Brendan Halpin

    Rosalind is mourning the deaths of both her moms, and Sean is working on his own issues -- the only thing they have in common is a little DNA When both of Rosalind’s mothers die, she moves in with the donor father she never knew. Fifteen, angry, an...



  • Jim Benton

    There's nothing better than being a mad scientist -- at least according to Franny. So she's making in her mission to help her classmates discover their own inner mad scientists. All Franny needs for her latest experiment is a few volunteers, a half-c...



  • Mary Pope Osborne

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



  • Wendelin Van Draanen

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



  • Johanna Hurwitz

    Yard sales, ice-skating, and surprise parties are just a few of the things that make fourth grade fun. But Julio and his friends know it’s time to get serious when the class begins preparing for the big statewide test at the end of the year. Just t...



  • Dave Eggers

    A hilarious collection from McSweeney's that "achieves the sensation of being hit by a hip, humorous train.... Breaks mold after mold in hilarious fashion" (The New York Times).Now more than ever, Americans are troubled by questions. As sweaty modern...



  • Charles M. Schulz

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




  • Golden Books

    Special times with family, friends, and neighbors are celebrated in this Christmas-themed coloring book -- and the shiny stickers will make the holiday bright! Children will love the sparkling snowflakes, stars, ribbons, and bows. They can use these ...



  • Golden Books

    Little Monster must be home when the hand on the big clock reaches 12 -- it’s a rule! But when he gets lost, Dora and Boots come to his rescue and help him find his way home in this 32-page coloring and activity book with puffy vinyl stickers. The ...



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  • James Howe

    The first three titles in the Bunnicula series--Bunnicula, Howliday Inn, and The Celery Stalks at Midnight--about a vampire rabbit and the dog and cat who share his home are together in a handsome boxed set. Original....



  • Pat Hutchins

    Little Pigletand Little Lamb and Little Calf and Little Foal want to venture out of the farmyard and take a walk across the fields."Don't get lost!" say their mothers.

    Little Piglet, Little Lamb, Little Calf, and Li...



  • Jan Mark

    Set in the not-so-distant future, where the lowlands of Britain are flooded, this beautifully written novel explores a world where archaeology is banned for fear of the social unrest it might cause. One bleak morning, a storm across the North Sea sti...



  • Charles M. Schulz

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



  • Nick Ward

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




  • Golden Books

    Rudolph brightens the holidays with this retelling of kids’ favorite Christmas story. The die-cut shape creates an irresistibly cute cover. A cut-out greeting card on the back cover is a fun way for kids to send holly, jolly holiday cheer!...



  • Dianne Ochiltree

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



  • Katherine Coville

    Ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties inhabit these 30 chilling tales gathered from around the world. Creepy classic and contemporary stories from Australia, Germany, India, El Salvador, and elsewhere--including a healthy helping of American ...



  • Sarah L. Thomson

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



  • Alison Inches

    In the exciting third book of the Starring Barbie series, Barbie has landed the lead role in a new romantic film called The Belle of the Ball. Barbie plays a simple farm girl named Anna who lives in the South back in the 1800s. Can Anna compete with ...



  • Steve Murphy

    It's Halloween, and the Turtles get to show off their naturally fantastic "costumes" when everyone goes out trick-or-treating. But when the group finds out that the Purple Dragons have stolen candy from a bunch of kids, it's time for some scary n...



  • Disney Book Group

    Move over J.Lo! Thanks to Gordo’s latest student film project, Lizzie and Miranda are about to star in their own music video. That’s until Gordo shows the girls some photos he took of them during a rehearsal and Miranda totally freaks, claimin...



  • Ila Wallen

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



  • Gordon Korman

    Vince Luca is just like any other high school guy. His best friend, Alex, is trying to score vicariously through him; his brother is a giant pain; and his father keeps bugging him to get motivated. There is just one thing that really sets him apart f...



  • Gordon Korman

    A funny and fast-paced story about two best friends whose innocent game could make them not-so legendary, from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman.Best friends Jeff and Wiley are legends. There is practically no one in their school who ha...



  • John Kurtz

    Happily ever after has never been so happy! These inspired retellings of classic children's fairy-tales are simply told and beautifully illustrated. This is a series of books that parents will treasure and children will love hearing again and again. ...



  • John Kurtz

    Happily ever after has never been so happy! These inspired retellings of classic children's fairy-tales are simply told and beautifully illustrated. This is a series of books that parents will treasure and children will love hearing again and again. ...



  • John Kurtz

    Happily ever after has never been so happy! These inspired retellings of classic children's fairy-tales are simply told and beautifully illustrated. This is a series of books that parents will treasure and children will love hearing again and again. ...



  • John Kurtz

    Happily ever after has never been so happy! These inspired retellings of classic children's fairy-tales are simply told and beautifully illustrated. This is a series of books that parents will treasure and children will love hearing again and again. ...



  • Rex Perry

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



  • Rex Perry

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



  • Rex Perry

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



  • Rex Perry

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



  • Storm Constantine

    Hailed as "a literary fantasist of outstanding power and originality" by Michael Moorcock, Storm Constantine is one of the most exciting and innovative fantasy writers of her generation. A tale of intrigue and betrayal, bloodshed and pleasure, dark...



  • Sarah Dyer

    Clementine is Mungo's big sister, and she knows a lot of things. When Mungo asks her how cats stay cool in the summer, she replies that they simply take their coats off when they get too hot. When Mungo asks why leaves turn colors in the fall and ...



  • Lucy Monroe

    After a whirlwind courtship, Sheikh Hakim bin Omar al Kadar proposes marriage. Shy, innocent Catherine Benning has already fallen head-over-heels in love and she accepts.... After their wedding day -- and night -- when the sheikh claims his virgin...



  • Sophia James

    Nicholas Pencarrow, Duke of Westbourne, is intrigued by the woman who saves his life and then vanishes. Queries as to her identity turn up the name of Brenna Stanhope, although every attempt to make contact with this beautiful mystery lady is politel...



  • Lindsay Armstrong

    For convenience -- Or for real? Rob Leicester's wealth was matched by his arrogance. Initially Caiti found working for the millionaire Australian resort owner tough. But hostility turned to attraction and virginal Caiti gave Rob everything. Sh...



  • Jacqueline Baird

    Bedded, then wedded -- by the Greek tycoon! When millionaire Theodore Kadros first sets his sights on beautiful Willow Blain there can only ever be one outcome: a night of incredible desire! But the next day Willow is gone.... However, their ...



  • Daniel B. Brawner

    Simon is a 35-year-old, out-of-work New Age mythologist who inadvertently always ends up working for scam artists. When he lands a job with a company that sells platinum-plated golf putters, all goes well until his rival, another salesman at the comp...



  • Roberta Gellis

    Cyn Lystris leaves Free Trade because he is tired of making deliveries with the goods in one hand and his blaster in the other. Overstars Mail offers him a mail delivery job on a government-approved route. Life as a mailman, however, proves no less e...



  • Max Brand

    When his father dies in a fall in the mountains, twelve-year-old Tommy is left to fend for himself. Through stamina, ingenuity, and a miraculous alliance with a grizzly cub whose mother he helped, the boy survives. When Tommy is older, he and the bea...




  • Randy DuBurke

    There's a Halloween party on Shivermore Street, and everyone -- from dancing mummies to musical witches -- is coming. There'll be whipped-cream-covered ants, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, and a special surprise when the masks come off at the end of...



  • Mie Araki

    Fred longs for a stripy tail like Raccoon's.He yearns for a spiky tail like Porcupine's.He dreams of a colorful tail like Peacock's.It takes a friend like Lulu to show Fred he's perfect just the way he is. The Perfect Tail is an engaging story just r...





  • Andrew Fox

    After morphing into 187 very large white rats in the name of self-preservation, Jules Duchon is back to his portly self, a member of that secret class of New Orleans citizens known as the undead. Though he would like nothing better than to spend his ...



  • Denise N. Wheatley

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



  • Minister Faust

    Hamza and Yehat are The Coyote Kings"best friends, one a disgruntled dishwasher and the other a video store clerk, but each brilliant in his own right. Yehat builds prototypes of space-age inventions in his spare time, while Hamza, a former English...



  • Jeffrey E. Barlough

    Set in a world where the Ice Age never ended and only a narrow coastline of civilization survives, where Victorian society exists alongside saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, Strange Cargo is the newest and most darkly engrossing novel yet from ...



  • Simon Brooke

    If you've got it, flaunt it... Young, ambitious, and pretty damn good-looking, Andrew Collins knows that the workaday world is not enough for him. He wants more than a boring job and a mediocre life. Mostly, though, he wants more money. So when he a...



  • Wendy Wax

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



  • Donna Kauffman

    DESPERATELY WANTED: PRINCE CHARMING!!! A magnetic alpha male who can commit to more than dinner, who's great in the sack...and who calls back. Who isn't the man Mama warned you about. Must be able to shine in the media and seduce millions of wom...



  • Ellen Byerrum

    Home of the helmet hairdo and congressional comb-over, Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of fashion faux pas. If anyone should know, it's "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out advice to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless...



  • Sophia Nash

    Healing Touch Returning home from war with a wounded leg, Lord Nicholas Huntington isn't expecting to find a lovely young nurse on his father's estate. Not only does Miss Charlotte Kittridge possess a most delicate touch, but something about her i...



  • Walter Greatshell

    WARNING: "This is the Emergency Broadcast Network. The epidemic known as Agent X has contaminated all but the most isolated pockets of the country. A state of martial law has been declared. Stay inside. Barricade all windows. Lock all doors. The infe...



  • P.C. Cast

    This time around, a down-on-her-luck baker comes upon a cookbook that turns out to be a goddess-send... Lina's trendy bakery in Tulsa is proving to be less than lucrative, and she must come up with a plan. When she stumbles upon an Italian Goddess...



  • Suzanne Simmons

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



  • Leigh Richards

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



  • Rachel Caine

    APOCALYPTIC ATMOSPHERICS In Rachel Caine's tempestuous follow-up to Ill Wind--forecast as "a fun read" by bestselling author Jim Butcher--the Wardens Association still protects the human race from extermination by climatic extremes, when they're ...



  • Mark Anthony

    The Pale King has been defeated, his legions decimated. The Dark God Mohg has been destroyed. And the evil corporation, Duratek, has been disbanded, foiled in its efforts to strip-mine the world of Eldh. And for our heroes, three years have passed in...



  • Adams Round Table

    A dozen of the leading authors of mystery and suspense introduce an anthology of original stories that focuses on the hidden secrets and motivations that can bring out the murderous impulses of various members of the family. Reprint....



  • Julie E. Czerneda

    Some of today's top science fiction writers explore the futures that might have been, including original stories from Julie E. Czerneda and other great names in the genre....



  • E.E. Knight

    While on a mission for the CIA to recover stolen Iraqi artifacts, Lara Croft narrowly escapes death"only to be thrown headlong into her next action-packed adventure.

    After destroying years of his research on the ancient Méne cult, archaeolo...



  • Sasha Lord

    He is Brogan O'Bannon--wanderer, warrior, and embittered pawn in his family's conflicts. Pitted against his twin brother, with whom he shares an uncanny magical connection, and long exiled from his homeland, he has returned to Scotland to claim his b...



  • Elizabeth George

    An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey's wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his l...



  • David Compton

    When he investigates the brutal murder of a former lover, Father Michael Driscoll, tormented by his disreputable past, is plunged into a deadly power struggle between Irish and American crime families who have formed an alliance to rig a multimillion...



  • Vicki Hinze

    TRUE JUSTICE IS WORTH ANY SACRIFICE.... Gabrielle Kincaid is a member of an elite group of Secret Service operatives who protect America from the world's worst terrorists. SDU will stop at nothing to preserve its anonymity -- even if it means elim...



  • Mariah Stewart

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



  • Loren L. Coleman

    Landgrave Jasek Kelswa-Steiner and his Stormhammers defend the Republic world of Skye from the Jade Falcon Clan by forging an alliance with the enemy, which could lead to the destruction of Skye. Original....



  • Chun Sue

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



  • John Altman

    In a remote safe house in the American Northeast, a terrorist is questioned, a psychiatrist is tested, and an assassin is dispatched. . . . An Al Qaeda prisoner named Ali Zattout is moved from Pakistan to a CIA safe house for observation and interr...



  • Karen Marie Moning

    BEWARE: lethally seductive alpha male of immense strength and dark eroticism, do not look at him. Do not touch him. Do not be tempted. Do not be seduced. With his long, black hair and dark, mesmerizing eyes, Adam Black is Trouble with a capital T ...