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BEST REVIEWED BOOKS — DECEMBER 1994

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New Books List: 473 titles

  • The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight

    Jack Zipes

  • Don Octavio and the New Creature

    Patricia Zelver

  • Wilderness

    Roger Zelazny

    Two acclaimed authors tell the incredible survival stories of trapper John Colter, who climbed 150 miles to escape pursuing Blackfoot warriors in 1808, and hunter Hugh Glass who crawled one hundred miles after a bear attack in 1823. Reprint....

  • William

    E.H. Young

    This vintage book is E. H. Young s 1925 novel, William . Set in post-WWI England, it is the story of a father and his responsibilities efforts to care for and aid his children throughout their lives. A delightful and charming tale of family togethern...

  • Here There Be Unicorns

    Jane Yolen

    A fabulous collection of unicorn stories and poems, with both medieval and modern settings, weaves the author's imaginative perspective into traditional unicorn lore about the fabled beast's healing powers and quintessential goodness....

  • Murder Will Out

    Dorian Yeager

    Elizabeth Will thinks her life is on a fairly even keel, for once. It's summer in the small coastal town of Dovekey, New Hampshire, and she can paint, run her art gallery, and even get in some fishing with her curmudgeonly father. The only cloud on t...

  • One Step Away

    Sherryl Woods

    Beth Callahan knew that fairy tales didn't come true. Yet when she met Ken Hutchinson, Beth thought she must be living a fantasy. Ken was like her very own prince--handsome, sophisticated and utterly charming. Beth was one step away from true romance...

  • Threads of Destiny

    Sara Wood

    "You made the mistake of trusting me... and now you're even more in my power than before!" He'd appeared without warning, out of the mysterious beauty of a moonlit Hungarian night. Suzanne Evans was spellbound, unable to resist t...

  • Why Can't You Fold Your Pants Like David Levine?

    Frieda Wishinsky

  • He's a Rebel

    Linda Randall Wisdom

    NAME: Ukiah "Ki" Jones AGE: 33 STATUS: S.T.U.D. #3 OCCUPATION: Rebel Nothing shocked Ukiah Jones--until two of his best buddies got hitched. Then he woke to find the STUDS' Lake Tahoe cabin overrun by a lady on the lam and her two young ki...

  • The Nutcracker Prince

    Rebecca Winters

    "Are you really my daddy?" Anna wriggled loose from her mother's grip and gazed up at Kon. "You look just like the Nutcracker Prince in my storybook!" Meg was shaken by the stars in her daughter's eyes, shaken by this ne...

  • A Long Walk Up the Water Slide

    Don Winslow

    NEAL CAREY HAS TO KEEP THE MOB, THE FBI, AND A MAJOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY FROM KILLING HIS NEWEST CLIENT … BUT HE’S TEMPTED TO DO THE JOB HIMSELF. Sometime student and ever-reluctant detective Neal Carey would rather be finishing a dull doct...

  • A Mislaid Magic

    Joyce Windsor

    In pre-World War II England, a handsome young actor organizes a summer arts festival in a gloomy, stodgy village, kindling the spirit of the villagers and the bemusement of the plain but spirited daughter of an earl...

  • Georgia on My Mind

    Clara Wimberly

    TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN.... It looked like Cord Jamison wasn't any more welcome in Farminton, Georgia, than he'd ever been. Well, that was just too damn bad, because he wasn't leaving until he knew the truth about the brutal murder that had shatter...

  • False Family

    Mary Anne Wilson

    Take a Walk on the Dark Side of Love.... Mistletoe and murder... It seemed simple. An eccentric billionaire who didn't trust his heirs had asked Mallory King to pose as his long-lost daughter over the holidays. But she didn't expect the lethal ...

  • Eight Dogs Flying

    Karen Ann Wilson

    Love's a bitch, as Samantha Holt knows from a recent heartbreak. That's why she moved to the calmer climes of Paradise Cay, Florida, where doctoring cats and dogs, as a vet's technician, helps keep her mind off of lesser, two-legged creatures. She ex...

  • A Return to Love

    Marianne Williamson

    The phenomenal #1 bestseller " preorder Marianne Williamson’s latest, picking up where A Return to Love left off: The Mystic JesusThis mega-bestselling spiritual guide has become a classic. Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Cou...

  • Caliban's Hour

    Tad Williams

    Discovering the beautiful Miranda, the daughter of Prospero, Caliban the Beast has a single evening in which to tell her the most compelling stories she has ever heard. By the author of Tailchaser's Song. Reprint....

  • The Dark Queen

    Michael Williams
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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  • Dream Man

    Quinn Wilder

    Playing with fire... Mandy had big plans for her ranch, and she wasn't going to give up on them just because Brett Carpenter objected! The rugged foreman seemed determined to stand in her way, and Mandy knew she was asking for trouble by chall...

  • Saving the Devil

    Sophie Weston

    An innocent at large! Paul Branco had saved Miranda's life...and now he believed that she'd made it her mission to save him--from his dark and devilishly worldly ways. But Paul felt that he had passed the point of redemption a long time ag...

  • In Camera: and Other Stories

    Robert Westall

    A collection for young fans of scary thrillers presents five spine-tingling tales in which nothing is as it seems and readers are warned about looking over their shoulders. By the author of Blitzcat and Ghost Abbey. Reprint....

  • One Night of Love

    Sally Wentworth

    A physical attraction... Oliver Balfour is a man who always gets what he wants, and he makes it perfectly clear that he wants Dylan - in his bed! He is without doubt the most attractive man Dyan has ever met. What woman could resist his charm and...

  • The Better Man

    Howard Weinstein

    When the planet Empyrea, a colony of genetically perfected human beings, demands that the Federation remove a science station which has been in place for nearly twenty years, the Starship EnterpriseTM is assigned to transport to the planet the Federa...

  • Goofy Pop-Up Book

    Joanne Webb

    A collection of games, jokes, and silly pictures starring Disney's zaniest character includes scenes from a film set, a sports arena, a "Where's Goofy?" circus spread, and a space game, while featuring oversized pop-ups....

  • Harvest the Fruits

    Margie Walker
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    For fifteen years, successful journalist Selinae Rogers had been haunted by a terrible mistake -- and one her father wouldn't let her forget. Then she met Houston photographer Sterling Washington -- and shared a night of passion that filled her with ...

  • Heart Conditions

    Elizabeth Neff Walker

    WHEN OPPOSITES ATTRACT Dr. Angel Crawford and Dr. Cliff Lenzini were both dedicated doctors. Angel was the most promising new resident at San Francisco's prestigious Fielding Medical Center. Cliff was the Center's most brilliant surgeon. When thes...

  • Star Trek Generations

    John Vornholt

  • Oedipus at Stalingrad

    Rezzori G. Von

    In the summer of 1938, young Traugott von Jassilkowski embarks on a social career that he hopes will take him to the heights of the German aristocracy. A cunningly devised wardrobe, a strategic courtship, important weekends with well-placed grande...

  • No Night is Too Long

    Barbara Vine

    Handsome, charming, faithless Tim Cornish has murdered his long-time older lover. Or has he? The beautiful stranger who enticed Tim into an intensely, erotic affair has vanished into thin air. Or has she? Tim must hunt the answers in a labyrinth of l...

  • Believing in Miracles

    Linda Varner

    Marriage Wasn't On Their Wish List But for Honey Truman and Andy Fulbright, it was a practical solution. Both had endured messy divorces. Both were single parents. And both believed that marriage worked best based on common sense--not chemistry. ...

  • Mama Rocks, Papa Sings

    Nancy Van Laan

  • The Axe

    Sigrid Undset

    Set in thirteenth-century Norway, a land racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas, The Axe is the first volume in Sigrid Undset's epic tetralogy, The Master of Hestviken. In it we meet Olav Audunsson and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, who w...

  • The War of the Jewels

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    A analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic story of Middle Earth returns readers to the ruinous wars of Elves and Men against Morgoth, provides the full record of the "Grey Annals," and offers a detailed study of Beleriand geography with revised maps....

  • Heart to Heart

    Elise Title

    DOWN AND OUT IN PITTSVILLE Men! Divorced TV station owner Kate Hart had had too many run-ins with Mr. Wrong. So when gorgeous, blue-eyed Brody Baker ran into her--on his gleaming black Harley!--Kate was frosty. She was positively icy when the b...

  • Hot Property

    Elise Title

    Kate Paley plays to win. And she's used her brains, beauty and bravado to become one of the industry's heavy hitters. But she's beginning to feel that the price has been too high. She'd sacrificed the love of her life for power. She stood by silently...

  • The Duel

    Giles Tippette

    WARNER GRAYSON WILL HAVE TO SHOOT FROM THE HIP TO SECURE SOME THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS--AND DEFEND THE HONOR OF LAURA PICO Warner Grayson is gambling everything he's got to raise Thoroughbreds with Laura. Furthermore, they've been having trouble mix...

  • The Texas Bank Robbing Company

    Giles Tippette

    Winding up in a Laredo jail after bungling a steamboat robbery, Wilson Young hopes to be rescued by one of his partners and plans to avenge himself on the town of Laredo by performing one last robbery. Reissue....

  • Drop Zone

    Robert Tine

  • Bearing Gifts

    Aimee Thurlo

    Attempted murder... Mere days before Christmas, a child's nightmare came true--little Amy Hawken's mother was attacked and then framed. But with help from uncle and godmother, the gutsy kid vowed to get her mom home for the holidays. Assorted m...

  • Boundless

    Alexandra Thorne

    Arriving in 1846 Texas with nothing but determination, spirited Elke von Braun endures hardship until she meets wealthy rancher Patrick Pride and becomes his equal in a battle of wills. Elke von Braun arrives in 1846 Texas with nothing but an indo...

  • To Tame a Texan's Heart

    Jodi Thomas

    Half the folks in America loved reading the gunslinging tales of Granite Westwind. But nobody knew the real story behind the legend: Granite Westwind was a woman... She'd grown up wild and free among the Texas Rangers and Harvey girls of the untam...

  • If You Take a Paintbrush: A Book of Colors

    Fulvio Testa

  • An Unequal Marriage: Or Pride and Prejudice Twenty Years Later

    Emma Tennant

    In the author's second sequel, successor to the well-received Pemberley, young Master Edward Darcy makes trouble for the Darcy fortune and marriage by his determination to fight for Napoleon and his huge gambling debts....

  • Jack's Ornament

    Myrna Temte
    in

    The joy of Christmas and the magic of marriage await you when you join four of your favorite authors in this very special holiday collection. For lonely rancher Jack Zorn, work always comes first--until he gets a hankerin' for marryin' sparkling E...

  • Lovestorm

    Jennifer Taylor

    For better or worse? "Do you really imagine that people are going to believe that this marriage is for real?" Helen was facing a "no win" scenario: she could either marry Jacob Hunt or find herself, and her father, out on the st...

  • Toni and the Fabulous Balloon Chase

    Mallory Tarcher

    Traveling to Europe after winning a summer scholarship, the Adventurers meet Charles, the young heir to a respected family estate who believes that his mother's fortune-grubbing boyfriend may be responsible for the accident that killed Charles's fath...

  • Pulp Fiction

    Quentin Tarantino

  • The Myth Man

    Elizabeth Swados

    A picaresque evocation of the on-the-edge avant-garde theatrical world of the 1960's follows seven-year-old Rikki as he is adopted by an eccentric gypsy-like acting troupe led by an artistic genius and her ex-drag queen brother. 15,000 first print...

  • To Love a Dark Lord

    Anne Stuart

    To survive, Emma Langolet has committed a shocking crime. But, to her amazement, the notorious scoundrel James Killoran has agreed to accept responsibility for her desperate act - though the handsome Irish earl professes no interest whatsoever in the...

  • The Miracle on 34th Street

    Todd Strasser

    Follows the story of Susan Walker, a subdued girl and her harried, professional mother as they learn about having faith in the Christmas season from a bearded stranger who has all the characteristics of Santa Claus. Original. Movie tie-in....

  • Richie Rich

    Todd Strasser

    Twelve-year-old Richie Rich has everything money can buy: a billion dollar estate, a private butler, even his own fast food restaurant! All Richie wants is to fit in with the kids in the neighborhood. But Peewee, Omar, Gloria, and Tony just laugh at ...

  • Reinventing Home

    Caroll Stoner

  • The New Evil

    R.L. Stine

    Corky and the Shadyside cheerleaders are sure that the evil spirit is destroyed. The terror is over. Then Hannah is mysteriously thrown through the car window. And Naomi is nearly burned to death. One horrifying accident after another. And now Corky ...

  • I'll Be Home for Christmas

    Dawn Stewardson

    Her dead husnabd called... ...saying he was the culprit who'd snatched Ali Weyden's son from Santa's lap. Little Bobbie was safe. He'd be returned in time for Christmas--as soon as Ali got the bank to release the hefty insurance settlement she'd rec...

  • The Kid Who Stole Christmas

    Linda Stevens

    Was Santa a suspect? Christmas was Shannon O'Shaugnessy's absolute favorite holiday! The toy-department manager especially enjoyed the festivities this year--until the eight-year-old heir to Lyon's Department Store was abducted for a most peculiar...

  • Sleeper

    Gordon Stevens

    Sleeper, the ultimate assassin, zeroes in on his victim as agent Cathy Nolan, code name Catcher, unravels his plan, but his identity is unknown even to IRA leaders--and so is the identity of PinMan, the target. Original....

  • Somewhere Other Than the Night

    Sandy Steen

    AN UNPARALLELED CHRISTMAS! Lynn McKinney Russell had a lot on her plate Two new stepdaughters-one at the rebellious adolescent stage-a new baby on the way, a trainer who'd been mistreating he beloved horse, Lightning, and one new husband, whose ov...

  • Getting Attached: CJ

    Wendy Corsi Staub

    C. J. Clarke was sick and tired of lugging her toothbrush around town and she sure didn't believe long-time boyfriend David Griffin's constant whining about "not being able to commit." The guy was with her practically every day--and even most nights-...

  • Dementia

    Michael A. Stackpole

    YOU ONLY DIE TWICE Cyril Dent is trying to recover from a horrible experience -- his own death. Resurrected and rebuilt by the high-tech MegaCorporation Cybertronic, his mind is now the ghost in a killing machine that is as resilient as it is deadly....

  • A Handful of Stars

    Dana Stabenow

    Star and the rest of the Ellfive crew are commissioned by the new government of Terranova to mount an expedition to the Asteroid Belt, there to mine for those precious ores in rapid decline on Terra and Luna. They’ve got two ships, solid financial ...

  • Toughing It

    Nancy Springer

    Winner of the Edgar Award: When Tuff’s brother is killed, he loses the best friend he ever had—but he may be about to find the father he never knew Tuff was there when Dillon died. Riding behind his older brother on the back of his dirt b...

  • Mickey Spillane's Murder Is My Business

    Mickey Spillane

    A collection of seventeen all-new hard-boiled murder stories, by such authors as Andrew Greeley, Laurence Block, and Mickey Spillane, offers chilling tales of death delivered for cash. 15,000 first printing....

  • The Wild Party

    Art Spiegelman

    When first published in 1928, this story of one night of debauchery in the life of a vaudeville dancer became a "scandalous" success. The Wild Party is now given new life and expression, with March's text accompanied by more than 75 remarkable drawin...

  • Passing Fancy

    David Spencer

    In an all-new ALIEN NATION novel, a chance encounter with a mysterious woman from his past propels Detective Matt Sikes into an investigation of a lethal Newcomer drug, and forces the woman he loves to risk her life for someone she's never even met. ...

  • Promises of Love

    Sylvie F. Sommerfield

    PROMISES OF RICHES In a secret dig in Colombia, a cache of priceless emeralds is unearthed--setting off a firestorm of greed, sabotage and murder. Into its untamed jungles, Caitlyn Emmerson arrives to find the father she has never known--only to be ...

  • Moriah's Pond

    Ethel Footman Smothers

    The adventures of a black tenant-farming family continue in this sequel to Down in the Piney Woods.  Spending the summer on her great-grandmother Moriah's farm seems like a life in paradise to Annie Rye.  Until, suddenly, she finds herself facing...

  • The Strange Power

    L.J. Smith

    THEY SAID SHE HAD EVIL EYES.... Eyes that saw what was not meant to be seen. Kaitlyn Fairchild was frightened by her uncanny talent, by the prophetic drawings that isolated her at school. Until she was invited to California, to attend the Zetes In...

  • Abigail and Mistletoe

    Karen Rose Smith

    A friend in need had brought Abigail Fox to Colorado and straight into the arms of. Brady Crawford. He was tall, broad-shouldered and handsome: his quiet intensity fascinated her. Surrounded by the magnificent mountains, captivated by the beauty of h...

  • Dear Departed

    Enes Smith

    Barely escaping the same fate as her murdered sister when a mysterious bearded man comes to her rescue, Detective Sergeant Natalie Collins becomes a desperate fugitive when she is blamed for the killing. Original....

  • Writers of the Purple Sage

    Barbara Burnett Smith

    IT WASN'T AS LETHAL ON PAPER When a judge dies after a public argument with aspiring writer Jolie Wyatt, she naturally feels a little guilty. But when the folks of Purple Sage learn that the judge was murdered by the same method Jolie devised for her...

  • Masquerade

    Alexa Smart

    I've known this author and this book for a long time. In fact, you might say I was there for the birth of Masquerade. For several years beginning in 1986, eight aspiring writers met in the living room of my Dallas home. One night, Alexa brought in a ...

  • An Obsolete Man

    Lass Small

    MR. DECEMBER Name: Clinton Terrell `~ Looks Like: A Texas cowboy: rough-edged, raw-boned and rugged Acts Like: An old-fashioned gentleman In Clint's opinion, a man way a man and a woman was a woman. That meant women should do--well, female stuf...

  • Trapped in the Slickrock Canyon

    Gloria Skurzynski

  • Someone to Watch over

    Trish MacDonald Skillman

    At first a dream come true to Kate after her husband's tragic death, the man who becomes her guardian angel--who anonymously repairs things around the house--crosses the boundaries into obsession and madness to become her greatest nightmare. Original...

  • The Miracle on 34th Street

    A.L. Singer

    Follows the story of Susan Walker, a subdued girl, and her harried, professional mother as they learn about having faith in the Christmas season from a bearded stranger who has all the characteristics of Santa Claus. Original. Movie tie-in....

  • Through the Years

    Katherine Sinclair

    Finding her life changed by Delia, a woman who appeared on her doorstep, gave birth, and fled, New York City midwife Maggie struggles with her scant income and the newborn she vows to protect while entering Delia's aristocratic world...

  • Ravished

    Carla Simpson

    She is called Whiskey Kate, a sultry, street-wise beauty whose blue eyes shimmer with shadows and secrets. She has come to San Francisco in pursuit of the man who betrayed her... the man she has sworn to kill. He is known as LaPantera, a notorious...

  • Past Pretense

    Sharon Gwyn Short

    REMEMBRANCE OF FLINGS PAST... At first P.I. Patricia Delaney is tempted to turn down Gigi Lafferty's odd request to investigate her own past. She doesn't recognize the expensive Cincinnati matron as her old pal Loretta King, once a stripper at Pop...

  • Untamed Breed

    Gordon D. Shirreffs

    Quint Kershaw is a man yearning to master the wild West, while three women long to conquer this trapper's heart--a Shoshoni maiden, an Easterner who tries to tame him, and the Mexican heiress whose love comes with a price. Original....

  • Bones Gather No Moss

    John Sherwood

    Gardener and sleuth Celia Grant investigates the disappearance of a botanist and moss expert who is found murdered near the elegant French chateau of the de Fleury family, applying her wit, charm, and horticultural skills to the case...

  • Trapper's Moon

    Jory Sherman

    Seeking the promise of the rich fur-trapping grounds of the Rocky Mountains, farmer Lemuel Hawke and his fifteen-year-old son, Morgan, are forced to test their survival skills against a harsh wilderness and an unscrupulous trader. Reprint....

  • Judas Cross

    Charles Sheffield

    Guarding an ancient cross that is believed to hold the soul of the disciple Judas Iscariot, Marquis Louis Villette, a knight of an ancient secret order, witnesses the devastating effects of world war on his French homeland and his loved ones. Origina...

  • The Sawdust Trail

    Jon Sharpe

    Accepting an assignment from a beautiful Russian agent, Skye Fargo attempts to track down a group of thieves who have stolen a jeweled Easter egg, and when the search turns deadly, the Trailsman is unable to tell who is friend or foe. Original....

  • All My Suspects

    Louise Shaffer

    When a daytime soap opera's VP is murdered, producer Angie DaVito finds suspects in the show's otherwise sweet-natured villainess, a jealous head writer, an ambitious assistant, an egocentric male lead, and a drunken props man. Reprint....

  • Return to the Twilight Zone

    Carol Serling

    A collection of stories that feature the characteristic twist of The Twilight Zone includes works about a television set tuned in to the future, a kaleidoscope that repatterns human lives, a one-way train ride to destiny, and more. Original....

  • Treasure Island

    Justin Scott

    A 1950s setting of the original classic follows the adventures of young Jim Hawkins, who leaves his parents' rundown tourist hotel life so that he may join Senator Trelawney and Doctor Livesey on a search for Nazi gold in the Caribbean...

  • A Very Convenient Marriage

    Dallas Schulze

    HUSBAND WANTED... Nikki Beauvisage desperately needed her inheritance to keep her day-care center open. But she had to be married to get the money. Enter Sam Walker - the most arrogant, tantalizing man she'd ever met. And as Nikki said 'I do,' she...

  • Mystery Reading

    Scholastic Inc.

  • Overwhelmed

    Nancy K. Schlossberg

    Overwhelmed helps people make sense out of the transitions they face in every day life. This book is based on years of research -- studies of people moving, adults returning to school, people whose jobs were eliminated, retirment, non-events like not...

  • Best Fight

    Anne Schlieper

  • What's for Lunch

    John Schindel

  • Woolf and Lessing

    Ruth Saxton

    While scholarship on Virginia Woolf and Doris Lessing individually has grown in recent years, this is the first book to examine together these two great writers of the twentieth century. Its four thematic sections engage readers and scholars in sever...

  • The Peanut Butter Murders

    Corinne Holt Sawyer

    The dead man was a mere fifty, too young to have much in common with the well-heeled oldsters at the beautiful Camden-sur-Mer retirement community in southern California. His death looks like an accident, but when those ever-alert senior sleuths Ange...

  • From Where I Stand

    Roy Sawh

  • Maxine's Blue Ribbon

    Susan Saunders

  • Stolen Blessings

    Lawrence Sanders

    This is the story of the public and private scandal of Hollywood superstar Marilyn Taylor. A woman whose beauty is legendary...whose image is unquestionably tainted...and whose ultimate victimization will spark the wildest headlines the world has eve...

  • More Than Kisses

    Glenda Sanders

    AN UNLIKELY LOVE To headstrong Coleen Molly O'Toole, the news that her drunken husband has been shot isn't half as shocking as the suggestion made by the man who killed him in self-defense. Consumed with guilt, handsome highborn Englishman William...

  • The Dolphins of Coral Cove

    K.S. Rogriquez

  • Twilight Secrets

    Marylyle Rogers

    A SPLENDID NEW LOVE STORY SET IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND...AN UNFORGETTABLE TALE OF RIVALRY, ROYAL INTRIGUE, AND ROMANCE... When King Henry I ascended the throne, he chose a husband for Lady Elysia, heiress of Wroxton and a most unwilling bride. The love...

  • A Torrid Piece of Murder

    C.F. Roe

    HOTBED OF SUSPICION Even before the young choir singer was found dead, rumors about illicit relationships had disrupted the peace at the beautiful Scottish church attended by Dr. Jean Montrose. The body, still warm, was discovered in a sleeping ba...

  • The Gift-Wrapped Groom

    M.J. Rodgers

    What do you get the woman who has everything? Men? Mistletoe? Bah, humbug! Noel Winsome much preferred a homespun holiday cuddling her tiny, toe-warming terrier. But Noel's crafty old grandpa wagered he'd see the stubborn "spinster" properly wedde...

  • Dance of the Sacred Circle

    Kristina Rodanas

    In this tale of bravery and magic based on a Blackfeet Indian legend, a young boy whose tribe is on the brink of starvation, begins a solitary journey in search of the Great Chief. When he finds him, the Great Chief gives him the gift of the very fir...

  • Iced

    Julie Robitaille

    For Kit Powell, a reporter and part-time sportscaster at KSDG-TV in San Diego, the chance to cover the Pro-Am Invitational Figure Skating Championships couldn't have come at a better time. Not only will it give viewers a break from the usual reports ...

  • Holmes and Watson: A Miscellany

    Sydney C. Roberts

  • Heart's Desire

    Peggy Roberts

    With her highly rated television show, Anne Wright is one of the most successful talk show hosts in Detroit. Until a long-legged, twenty-three-year-old weather girl snags her job and her husband. But starting over can be exhilarating as well as sc...

  • All I Want for Christmas

    Nora Roberts
    in

    The joy of Christmas and the magic of marriage await you when you join four of your favorite authors in this very special holiday collection. Mischief and mayhem ensue when the Taylor twins decide they want a mom for Christmas in New York Times be...

  • Christmas Escapade

    Meg-Lynn Roberts

    A RAKE'S MISTAKE... Mary Marlowe's bloodline is noble, her manners impeccable, but alas, her fortune is gone. Still, she prefers to chaperone Belinda Ramsbottom -- a merchant's pretty ninny of a daughter -- through the social pitfalls o...

  • A Typical American Town

    John Maddox Roberts

    Gabe Treloar is a burnt-out California cop on his way east to start over as a private investigator, but his trip is temporarily sidetracked and he ends up in his hometown of Monticello, Ohio, a self-proclaimed "typical American town." Mentally and ph...

  • Dakota Guns

    J.R. Roberts

    Clint Adams aims to kick back in a sleepy North Dakota town and enjoy some time off. But when you're the Gunsmith, trouble doesn't take vacations... Now he's caught in a feud between two horsebreeders. One of them is his old friend, Nelson Fox. Th...

  • An End to Summer

    Cynthia S. Roberts

  • Storme Front

    W.L. Ripley

    Wyatt Storme is his own man. An ex-NFL star with two tours of duty in Vietnam, Storme is a skeptical Thoreau-style hero who bolted to a life of solitude when he felt fenced in by life in the fast lane - he's funny that way. Some wise investments and ...

  • The Alchemist of Time

    Karen Ripley

    Stranded in an alien world with no memory of her past, Cassidy embarks on a quest for the Alchemist of Time, the only man capable of returning her to Earth, the Slow World. But strange creatures are hot on her trail, and Cassidy begins to suspect tha...

  • Winter Barn

    Dorothy Ripley

    Illustrated in full color. The animals on this farm have nothing to fear from the blizzard--they're snugly nestled away in their barn. With a soothing, rhymed text reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown, here's a cozy tour through a wintertime haven that...

  • Astrological Gardening

    Louise Riotte

    Demonstrates the use of the forces of nature as a guide for a successful garden, and covers a wide range of environmentally sound, organically grown fruits, vegetables, trees, herbs, and edible flowers....

  • Finishing Becca

    Ann Rinaldi

    An independent-minded young maid tells the story of social-climber Peggy Shippen and how she influenced Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of the Patriot forces. Revolutionary Philadelphia is brought to life as Becca seeks to find her “missing pieces” ...

  • For the Baby's Sake

    Christine Rimmer

    IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL MAN TO WIN THAT SPECIAL WOMAN! Andie McCreary was an independent, self-sufficient person, and she was perfectly capable of taking care of herself - and the precious new life she was carrying. But her old friend Clay Barrett...

  • Purple Heart

    H. Jay Riker

    THE BRAVE THE ELITE, THE UNKNOWN HEROES The world is in flames once more--and war demands its terrible tribute in blood. Many have already fallen in freedom's cause--and the Navy's crack Underwater Demolition Team has paid dearly in wounded and th...

  • Murdock's Family

    Paula Detmer Riggs

    DADDY'S HOME... Funny how a man's priorities could change overnight. One moment nothing mattered to Commander Cairn Murdock but his work. The next, he faced a terrible secret--and realized what was most important in life. A home. Children. A wife....

  • Free to Trade

    Michael Ridpath

    Paul Murray is an ex-Olympic runner, so his training is perfect for the rigors of bond trading for a mega-million-dollar London financial house. The pace is breakneck, the smell of success is intoxicating. Paul his really found a home here, and maybe...

  • Keeping the Fire Hot

    Patricia Rice
    in

    Five short stories follow themes of hidden secrets and revealing love and include the works of popular romance authors Jennifer Blake, Madeline Baker, Georgina Gentry, Shirl Henke, and Patricia Rice. ...

  • A Miracle of Rare Design: A Tragedy of Transcendence

    Mike Resnick

    Visiting the planet Medina to satiate his fascination with the golden-skinned natives, Xavier William Lennox is captured and tortured for his curiosity and vows to learn what it is that the aliens are so desperate to hide. Reprint....

  • Thirteen Mountain

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    Colleen L. Reece

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    James Reasoner

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    Francis Ray
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    Robert J. Randisi

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    Irene Radford

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    Charlene Raddon

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    Sheila Rabe

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    Tara Taylor Quinn

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    Deirdre Purcell

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    Alice Provensen

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    Bill Pronzini

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    Kate Proctor

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    R.J. Pineiro

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    Jessica Pierce

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    Phyllis Taylor Pianka
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    Phyllis Taylor Pianka
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    Phyllis Taylor Pianka
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    Tracie Peterson

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    Ellis Peters

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    Don Pendleton

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    Don Pendleton

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    John Peel

  • Home for Christmas

    Francine Pascal

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    Francine Pascal

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    Francine Pascal

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    Francine Pascal

    Blinded by love...

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    Carol Mason Parker

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    Marilyn Pappano

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    Katherine Hall Page

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    Trudi Pacter

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    Amos Oz

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    Maggie Osborne

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    B.J. Oliphant

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    Riall W. Nolan

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    Jill Neville

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    Andrew Neiderman

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    Helen R. Myers

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    Gilbert Morris

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    Melody Morgan

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    Margaret Moore

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    Karyn Monk

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    Barbara A. Moe

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    Bryce Milligan

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    Rex Miller

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    Linda Lael Miller

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    Judi Miller

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    Jennifer Mikels

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    Christine Michels

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    Leigh Michaels

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    Elizabeth Ann Michaels

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    Jackie Merritt

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    Judith McWilliams

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    Charles McNair

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    Barbara McIntosh

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    Eugene McEldowney

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    Eric McCormack

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    Cara McCormack

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    Jule McBride

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    Ed McBain

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    Paul McAuley

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    Archer Mayor

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    Anne Mather

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    Carol Matas

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    Connie Mason

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    Guillermo Martinez

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    Marcia Martin

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    Lee Martin

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  • Here Come the Bridesmaids!

    Ann M. Martin

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    Ann M. Martin

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  • Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House

    Ann M. Martin

    America's favorite baby-sitters are detectives, too! While the Johanssens are away, Stacey's in charge of walking their dog, Carrot, and watching their house. At first, it's fun. But before long, strange things start happening. Carrot behaves o...

  • Crime a la Carte

    Cynthia Manson

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    Doreen Owens Malek

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    Naguib Mahfouz

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    Claudio Magris

    An illuminating portrait of a world in ferment after the First world War, and a man seeking an authentic life.Early this century Enrico, a young intellectual, leaves the city of Gorizia with its abundant population and culture, to spend several years...

  • Voices on the Wind

    Elisabeth MacDonald

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