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New Books List: 371 titles

  • Darkside

    P.T. Deutermann

    At the US Naval Academy, the students refer to the administration as the Darkside, a nickname befitting the secrecy and manipulation that occur behind closed office doors. So when a first-year student falls to his death from a campus building, the Ac...

  • Deadly Force

    Keith Douglass

    FREEDOM FIGHT Mojombo Washington and his followers are willing to do anything to free their African country from a corrupt government of thieves and murderers. Even hold the Vice President of the United States captive until the U.N. listens to the...

  • Deep Rampage

    Don Pendleton

    As America stands firm in its resolve to stamp out terror across the globe, the country's most covert defense team works 24/7 to stop the free world's worst nightmares from becoming reality. At the heart of the Stony Man's fortified nerve center in t...

  • Destiny's Truth

    James Axler

    TAINTED LEGACY America has been forever alter by the ravages of a nuclear attack that sent it spiraling toward a virulent new destiny -- and by the vestiges of the pre-dark world itself, where humanity's internecine battle between good and evil rages...

  • Hornet Flight

    Ken Follett

    It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAF's flight paths and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Meanwhile, across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcu...

  • Meet Super Sid, Crime-Fighting Kid

    Dan Greenburg

    THEY CHEER. THEY SHOUT! The crowd's gone wild! They can't get enough of the world's greatest superhero. He's loyal and brave. Mature and handsome. Smart, athletic -- Whoa! Wait just a second. Mature? Handsome? They're not cheering for our skinny elev...

  • Quick Strike

    Mike Murray

    Major Joe Mears, leader of LEOPARD 1, an elite team of American Special Operations forces, is called in to investigate the mystery behind the hijacking of an American oil tanker, the spread of a lethal new virus, and a fortune in money laundered by a...

  • River of Ruin

    Jack Du Brul

    In the heart of Panama, a volcanic lake feeds a serpentine river--its stone banks laid by the Incas, who took back the gold and jewels plundered from them by the conquistadors. Legend has it that the Twice-Stolen Treasure has been buried for centurie...

  • Vendetta Force

    Don Pendleton

    Deadly Force Law-enforcement officers are being assassinated by a brutal, invisible killing machine. Coast-to-coast, this operation seems efficient -- and untouchable. Mack Bolan goes undercover with the Houston PD to penetrate the heart of this e...

  • Body of Intuition

    Claire Daniels

    Meet Cally Lazar, Energy Worker. A "recovering attorney," Cally pulled a U-turn on her career path and set up shop as an alternative healer. Her sensory skills help her find the stress in her clients' auras. But once in a while, what she finds will m...

  • Body Wave

    Nancy J. Cohen

    Salon owner Marla Shore is pretty hard to shock, but she's truly stunned to learn that her hateful ex-husband, Stanley Kaufman, has been arrested for the murder of his third wife, Kimberly--and wants Marla to find the "real" killer. Stan's plenty of ...

  • A Cat on the Bus

    Lydia Adamson

    Alice Nestleton, once mockingly referred to as the Cat Woman by the local law enforcement, is finally getting everything she wants: a juicy role in a slick new TV series, a debonair leading man on camera and off, and enough money to give up cat-sitti...

  • A Deadly Bouquet

    Janis Harrison

    SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW... For Bretta Solomon, professional florist and budding sleuth, River City's wedding of the year is proving her biggest floral challenge. The impossible demands of the mother-of-the-bride are pushing Bretta, along with ...

  • Fashion Victim

    Chloe Green

    As a top fashion stylist, Dallas O'Connor has a reputation for putting it all together. But she's never had an assignment like this one, a chance to create the "look" of a new, all-girl band shooting their first music video on a private Caribbean isl...

  • The Old-Fashioned Mystery

    Carolyn Keene

    It’s time for the Holiday Streetwalk in River Heights. That’s when the stores serve cider and cookies, carolers sing on street corners, and there’s face painting, clowns, and costumes for everyone to enjoy. But the best part is when the mayor t...

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Headless Horseman

    James Gelsey

    SCOOBY-DOO is an 'Ameri-canine' icon, the most beloved cartoon pooch of the past three generations. The snack-sniffing sleuth and his pals are in the midst of a huge popularity boom.

    Scooby and his friends are up against one of their spookiest...

  • True Witness

    Jo Bannister

    A peaceful evening of stargazing for math teacher Daniel Hood turns tragic when his telescope focuses on the brutal murder of a young man on the pier in front of his house. Daniel saw the killer's face and he knows it does not belong to the prime sus...

  • Who Left That Body in the Rain?

    Patricia Sprinkle

    Sixty-something Southerner MacLaren Yarbrough keeps busy as a county magistrate, a co-owner of Yarbrough's Feed, Seed and Nursery, and a loving wife and mother. But her penchant for snooping around in other people's business often lands her up to her...

  • All About Obedience

    Frank E. Peretti

    No kid likes to follow all the rules, but Mr. Henry has a funny way of showing that it's totally cool to obey the Lord. Children will come to see that the garden's bananas taste a lot better than the snake's baloney, that it's no fun ...

  • My Reading Buddy

    Manya Weg

  • Thursdays with Moses

    Brad Densmore

    Moses is perceived by people the world over-regardless of age or religion-as one of the greatest prophets of all time. With this in mind, Brad Densmore freshly reinterprets the concept of Tuesdays with Morrie to appeal to an audience that knows no bo...

  • Along Came Trouble

    Sherryl Woods

    Trinity Harbor's sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman -- Mary Elizabeth Chandler -- broke Tucker's heart six years ago by marrying ...

  • The Arabian Love-Child

    Michelle Reid

    Half Arab prince, half French, Rafiq Al-Qadim wears his pride like a suit of armor...as Melanie Portreath had discovered when she fell in love with him years ago. Then Rafiq chose to believe ugly lies about her, and blew her out of his life like a gr...

  • An Arranged Marriage

    Peggy Moreland

    LSCC Member: Jaded Texas Ranger Clay Martin Social Status: Embarking on an arranged marriage with a spoiled socialite Method of Seduction: Introducing his virgin bride to the pleasures of lovemaking while trying to rein in her wild spirit....

  • Assignment: Single Father

    Caroline Anderson

    The right man for Fran? Fran was thrilled with her new assignment. Working as a practice nurse for Dr. Xavier Giraud was blissfully calm after the high emotion and drama of the E.R. At least it was until Fran found herself falling for the intr...

  • Baby & the Beast

    Laura Wright

    Caught in a raging snowstorm, imminent mother-to-be Isabella Spencer had never imagined that Michael Wulf, the sensual hero of her teenage fantasies, would come to her rescue. Now Isabella was ensconced in his high-tech mansion, secretly craving the ...

  • The Baby Plan

    Susan Gable

    What he wants...is a baby. A child of his own. Jake Manning more or less raised his younger siblings; he loves kids and knows he's a natural father. However, he's had zero success as a husband. So he comes up with a baby plan, one that requires a wom...

  • Behind the Mask

    Metsy Hingle

    "I'll pay you one million dollars to find my wife and son." Ex-cop turned bounty hunter Michael Sullivan doesn't think any woman is worth that kind of money, but a job is a job. All he has to do is make the phone call... Just drop in the quarte...

  • The Billionaire Borrows a Bride

    Myrna MacKenzie

    Billionaire Spencer Fairfield hired Kate Ryerson to play the perfect wife-to-be at his grandmother's party. Kate was attractive, caring and -- most important -- temporary. But the confirmed bachelor's growing desire for his borrowed bride soon had hi...

  • Calling All Glass Slippers

    Jacqueline Diamond

    Laura Ellison never thought her comic play about love would win an award. Now her alma mater is performing it...and her ex is directing! Ten years ago Jared Benton broke her heart, and she knows fairy-tale endings don't exist. When she notices that p...

  • Casey

    Lori Foster

    Sawyer, Morgan, Gabe and Jordan -- they're the sexiest men in Buckhorn, Kentucky. But meet Sawyer's son, Casy... Like father, like son! Emma Clark was back in Buckhorn. As a teen she'd been the girl with the bleached-blond hair, too much mak...

  • Cherokee Marriage Dare

    Sheri Whitefeather

    "I dare you to fall in love with me." The press labeled coed Maggie Connelly young, reckless, impulsive. Actually, she was a woman in love. With Lucas Starwind. But the hardened Cherokee P.I. hid his battered heart behind a macho bravado. Maggie h...

  • Child of My Heart

    Alice McDermott

    In Alice McDermott's first work of fiction since her best-selling, National Book Award-winning Charming Billy, a woman recalls her fifteenth summer with the wry and bittersweet wisdom of hindsight.

    The beautiful child of older parents, raise...

  • The Christmas Baby's Gift

    Kate Walker

    The gift of an unexpected baby... They had both longed for a child. That was enough for Peta and Liam to decide to get married. Love would never have to enter the equation. But one year later, Peta is devastated to realize that she's fallen...

  • Christmas Eve Wedding

    Penny Jordan

    Jaz Cavendish had shared an all-consuming passion with suave American business associate Caid Dubois -- but betrayal and disillusionment forced them apart. Back in England with the festive season approaching, Jaz discovers she has a new boss...Cai...

  • The Christmas Groom

    Debra Kastner

    Footloose and fancy free is the motto Colin Brockman yearns to live by. After years spent in the navy, Colin gets his chance to let loose while studying to be a navy chaplain. No haircuts, no ironing, no watches, no rules! Colin is determined to ligh...

  • Christmas in Paris

    Margaret Barker

    When Dr. Alyssa Ferguson returns to work at the Clinique Ste Catherine in her beloved Paris, the last person she expects to see is her ex-lover, Dr. Pierre Dupont -- and now he is her new boss! As they begin to rekindle their passionate romance, P...

  • Christmas Passions

    Catherine Spencer
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  • Cindy and the Fella

    Jacqueline Diamond

    Cindy McChad can't believe it when her fiance breaks up with her...by email, no less! Never willing to accept defeat, she heads to California to win back her man. When she meets bumbling professor Hugh Bemling -- who's in love with her fiance's new g...

  • A Cowboy & A Gentleman

    Ann Major

    "She'll have to run farther than the Big Apple to forget that night." -- Anthony Duke, rugged cowboy with marriage on his mind Anthony Duke knew he was in trouble when he made love to the sexiest woman of his dreams. All sweetness and sass, Zoe talk...

  • The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle

    Anne McAllister

    A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE Deke Malone got an early Christmas present -- an almost-two-year-old son! Parenthood had never been among Deke's priorities, but being a dad was the hardest -- and best -- thing he'd ever done. It took him home to Mont...

  • Dancing in the Dark // Reunited with the Billionaire

    Sandra Marton

    Welcome to Twin Oaks -- the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion -- and one to set things straight... Check-in: When Wendy Monroe had left Cooper's Corner she'd been an Olympic hopeful in skiing......

  • The Doctor's Pregnant Proposal

    Donna Clayton

    Dr. Grey Thunder's man-hunting female patients were on the prowl -- and he was their target! The handsome Native American had had enough. He came up with an unusual proposition for his nurse, Lori Young, who had problems of her own -- an unborn baby ...

  • Dr. Blake's Angel

    Marion Lennox

    A Christmas to remember Dr. Blake Sutherland is the sole G.P. in town. Overworked and exhausted, he needs a miracle. He gets one in the form of seven-months-pregnant Dr. Nell McKenzie, who announces that he is to have a holiday while she takes ove...

  • Emergency: Christmas

    Alison Roberts

    Mark Wallace, the new E.R. doctor, started out as Penelope Baker's "Plan B." Dating him might make her "Plan A" man take notice. But when Penelope and Mark witnessed a terrible car accident, and risked their lives to free the injured occupants, a str...

  • Everlasting Moments

    Dorothy Elizabeth Love

  • Everybody's Hero

    Tracy Kelleher

    Picture-perfect. That's what Claire Marsden thinks when she first photographs professional hockey star Jason Doyle. Little does Claire know that Jason thinks the same of the beautiful magazine photographer. It's not long before she has him masqueradi...

  • Family Practice

    Judy Duarte

    ALL OR NOTHING... After a very bitter -- very public -- divorce, high-society surgeon Michael Harper needed a vacation. But his plans for peace and quiet hadn't included falling in love with a stubborn, self-reliant cocktail waitress from the wrong ...

  • The Farmer's Wife

    Lori Handeland

    Kim Luchetti couldn't get away fast enough from the Illinois farm she grew up on -- and from boyfriend Brian Riley. Now she's back. Her father is ailing, and so is Brian -- after his first sight of Kim causes him to tumble off a barn roof and brea...

  • Fighting for His Wife

    Paula Detmer Riggs
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    This is going to be our year! Love, Your Secret Admirer It's just a simple note, but for the three women who receive it, it has very different consequences.... HEART-POUNDING DANGER! A bouquet of flowers from a secret--and deadly admirer send...

  • First Love, Second Chance

    K.N. Casper

    Michael First seems to have everything a man could want -- a wife he adores; beautiful children he delights in; loving parents and siblings who live close by the west Texas ranch where he works. Then fate turns his world upside down. Clare, his wi...

  • For a Father's Love

    JoAnn A. Grote

    Though eight years have passed, Mandy remembers as if it were yesterday the pain of turning down Jason's marriage proposal. But she knows her decision was right, and she's learned to live without him. But when his grandfather's heart attack brings Ja...

  • Gentleman Caller

    Bobby Hutchinson

    Love Line Giggle, groan--change the baby--pant, moan--flip the grilled cheese. Maxine Bleckner had the drill down. Twenty minutes on the phone, 8-10 times a day and she could pay for rent, groceries and diapers. But then she got a new client who jus...

  • A Groom in Her Stocking

    Barbara Dunlop

    Lindsey Parker's financial career is looking up, up, up. And it's been how long since she's had a date? Forget dating -- during Christmas vacation at a luxury northern resort Santa delivers not one, but two fiances to ol' skinny Linney. But RJ Webste...

  • Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

    Cara Colter

    Yes, Jamie, there is a Santa Claus.... Or at least that's what Beth Cavell desperately needed her orphaned nephew to believe. Because the least Beth could do was fulfill his Christmas wishes. Besides, he only had two -- snow...and a daddy! What was t...

  • Haunted Heart

    Francine Craft

    CAN A REKINDLED PASSION Annice Steele lost the love of her life he day Lucas Jones walked out and never looked back. Determined to move on and carve out a career for herself, the budding psychologist has accepted a job on scenic Paradise Island, hel...

  • A Heavenly Christmas

    Carole Mortimer
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  • Her Royal Pain in the Highness

    Kasey Michaels
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    A new queen is to be crowned. And a mysterious assassin is hell-bent on stopping it. But Captain Devon Montcalm will see Princess Kelly Carradigne ascend to her throne as queen, even if it means throwing himself in front of a bullet....

  • Her Texan Temptation

    Shirley Rogers

    Rodeo star Deke McCall was back in town, and Mary Beth Adams wanted nothing to do with the love-'em-and-leave-'em cowboy who'd vanished two years earlier. She was too busy trying to save her family's ranch, but she needed help. Enter sexy-as-all-get-...

  • Hidden Blessing

    Leona Karr

    The last thing Shannon Hensley expected when she rented a summer cottage was to be confronted with a life-threatening forest fire. Used to being in control in the high-powered corporate world, she'd come to the small Colorado town to find herself. In...

  • His Convenient Wife

    Diana Hamilton

    To have and to hold! Cat is furious when her grandfather insists she consider a marriage of convenience to wealthy Italian businessman Aldo Patrucco. But then it's love at first sight for Cat and lust at first sight for Aldo -- so the wedding ...

  • Hitched for the Holidays

    Jennifer Drew

    Expert organizer Mindy Ryder could use some professional help! Her father has decided he's visiting for Christmas, and he wants to meet Mindy's "boyfriend." Trouble is, she doesn't have one! Now she needs a man, and not just any man -- a doctor. Eric...

  • In Harm's Way

    Lyn Stone

    Maybe it was the whole Southern comfort thing -- the sinfully rich accent, that lazy smile, his heated touch, kindness that nearly disarmed her. But Robin Andrews knew better than to trust a man...especially this one. Did Detective Mitch Winton reall...

  • It Had to Be You

    Peggy Moreland
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    This is going to be our year! Love, Your Secret Admirer It's just a simple note, but for the three women who receive it, it has very different consequences.... HEART-POUNDING DANGER! A bouquet of flowers from a secret--and deadly admirer send...

  • Just for You

    Doreen Rainey

    A Head Made for Business... Event planner Alexis Shaw's booming company, Just For You, plans everything--except weddings. As far as Alexis is concerned, marriage is a waste of time, heart, and money. The policy hasn't hurt her any--she's even named ...

  • Lionhearted

    Diana Palmer

    HIS WINTER BRIDE...? As the holiday season approached, the residents of Jacobsville were whispering about Janie Brewster's hopeless crush on Leo Hart. Up till now, all her efforts to lasso the dynamic cattleman had crumbled quicker than those mout...

  • A Little Help From Above

    Saralee Rosenberg

    Saralee Rosenberg's compelling debut novel, told in a warm, wise and endearing voice, is about sisters, mothers and daughters, and loss, sacrifice and love. When Shelby Lazarus returns home to Long Island in the midst of a family crisis, she is f...

  • The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be

    Valerie Parv

    Back in her lush, beloved Carramer, Carissa Day purchased the perfect B and B for raising her babies-to-be. Trouble was, an aristocratic "intruder" proved she'd been swindled -- her new home was actually his royal lodge. Worse, he proved ...

  • McCloud's Woman // Rebel Charm

    Patricia Rice

    A lot has happened to Mara Simon since she was a teenager. And although on the inside she's still the sweet, sensitive girl she was back then, the face she shows the world is that of a beautiful, high-powered Hollywood producer with a movie to make a...

  • A Montana Christmas

    Kristine Rolofson

    What Child Is This? Melanie Briggs and her baby daughter create quite a stir when they suddenly arrive to stay at the Stone Ranch. She'd make the perfect wife in Jared Stone's opinion. Not that he has any intention to marry or become an instant dad...

  • Montana Miracle

    Mary Anne Wilson

    Marooned In Montana Why had handsome, celebrated Dr. Mackenzie Parish vanished at the height of his career? Jaded writer Katherine Ames sensed a story, and headed into the wilds of Montana to find him. But when a blizzard trapped Katherine, Mac foun...

  • More Naughty Than Nice

    Julie Kistler

    When plain, boring marketing drudge Stephanie Blanton reinvents herself as Stevie Bliss, the world finally takes notice! Her sizzling book, Blissfully Single, is soon rapidly climbing bestseller lists. Meanwhile, Stevie is sending men's libidos out o...

  • More than a Gift

    Josie Metcalfe

    After waiting forever to find love, Laurel was devastated when she had to leave specialist Dmitri Rostropovich behind without even telling him why. Now, eight months pregnant, trapped in a snowbound car, she can only wonder whether she'll ever...

  • My Husband, My Babies

    Debra Salonen

    Jenny, Andrea and Kristin Sullivan are much more than sisters -- they're triplets! Growing up as one of a threesome meant the days were never lonely...or dull. Now they're adults -- with separate lives, loves, dreams and secrets. But undernea...

  • Name & Address Withheld

    Jane Sigaloff

    Dear Lizzie, My marriage is in dire straits. I know you must get hundreds of people writing to you with this problem, but I think my husband may be having an affair.... -- Name & Address Withheld Lizzie Ford is an urban sexpert, and her hip...

  • The Neighborly Thing

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Sinda Shull has secrets from her past which are the reason she feels she can never marry. When Sinda moves next door to widower Glen Olsen and his daughter, Tara, she struggles to leave the past behind. Sinda's home business keeps her hands busy, but...

  • North Country Man

    Carrie Alexander

    SOME CALL HIM HERMIT OTHERS CALL HIM HERO NOAH SAARI IS A NORTH COUNTRY MAN A few years ago, Noah left the woods of Michigan, ready to make a difference in the world. After a tragic accident, he came back -- blamed by some, pitied by others, mis...

  • One Tough Cowboy

    Sara Orwig

    What was a cowboy to do? When Josh Kellogg had rescued a stubborn damsel in distress from her burning car, he figured that was the last he'd see of her. But without any ID or memory of who she was, and with trouble on her tail, it looked like Ms. "La...

  • A Pair Like No Otha'

    Hunter Hayes

    Smart, sexy Shemone Waters didn't let the very mean streets of Harlem drag her down. But Darnell Williams, her best friend from high school, made one critical mistake--and was sent to prison because of it. Now, at twenty-nine, Shemone's on th...

  • The Playboy

    Carly Phillips

    It takes a very special woman to catch a Chandler man... Meet the Chandlers--a trio of sexy brothers and the most eligible men in town ... until their mother falls ill. As her three sons gather at her side, she' makes two desperate demands: "Get marr...

  • The Prince's Wedding

    Justine Davis

    THE COMMONER BRIDE! Will Montebello's crown prince claim his Cinderella bride at last? Jessica Chambers stared into the deep blue eyes of her baby's father and saw a stranger. The ranch hand with amnesia whom she'd called "Joe" was gone forever. For...

  • Randall Wedding

    Judy Christenberry

    Randal Rescue Gruff as a bear with a thorn in his paw, cantankerous loner Russ Randall simply didn't need the aggravation of playing hero to a stranded lady and her adorable toddler. Yet the code of honor held by all Randall men wouldn't allow him...

  • Reality Check

    Leslie Carroll

    IF LIZ CAN'T FIND "THE ONE" SHE'LL TAKE THE MILLION. Liz Pemberley is a smart girl with a weakness for bad boys, but for the first time in her life, her bad luck with men might just pay off. A hot new reality TV show called Bad Date is offering a...

  • Risky Business

    Suzanne Macpherson

    Thirty Days ... That's how long Tom Riley is supposed to keep beautiful Marla Meyers from falling on her heavily insured face. But how on earth is he supposed to look after -- but not touch -- a drop-dead gorgeous dame like this one? She may be easy...

  • Royally Pregnant

    Barbara McCauley

    His dangerous edge hidden behind a playboy persona, Prince Dylan of Penwyck unexpectedly rescued a lovely damsel. But in saving sweet Emily, he had brought an unforeseen danger into the royal palace. Emily claimed to have amnesia, yet she was actuall...

  • Sassy Cinderella

    Kara Lennox

    Prince Un-charming Jonathan Hardison didn't know whether to fire Sherry McCormick or take her to bed. Falling in love was not an option. Sure, she'd come to his ranch to help out with his kids while he recovered from a broken leg. But Sherry was a c...

  • Scrooge and the Single Girl

    Christine Rimmer

    All I want for Christmas: 1) A good bottle of champagne 2) A free-range turkey 3) A cozy snow-covered cabin With that list, lifestyle columnist Jillian Diamond was making a statement about what she didn't want for Christmas -- a man. Of cours...

  • A Season to Believe

    Elane Osborn

    Who am I? She asked. But no one knew. A near-fatal accident had stolen Jane's past, and now she struggled daily with her new life. Only the knowledge that policeman Matt Sullivan was rooting for her kept her going. But when flashes of her memory retu...

  • A Seasonal Secret

    Diana Hamilton
    in

    Carl Forsythe's return home is bittersweet -- newly divorced and without any family to call his own, there's not much to celebrate. When he suddenly finds himself at Beth Hayley's front door, Carl is stunned to discover that the passion they once sh...

  • Secrets and Lies

    Maggie Shayne

    Former Secret Service agent Alex Stone was the best of the best, so impersonating missing foreign dignitary Thomas Barde seemed easy. Convincing the world that rough-and-rowdy Melusine Brand was actually Katerina, Thomas's ultrafeminine bride and the...

  • Serving Up Trouble

    Jill Shalvis

    A PRECIOUS SECOND CHANCE Hardened cop Sam O'Neill knew a meddlesome woman when he saw one. He'd saved cocktail waitress Angie Rivers during a bank holdup, but he couldn't get her pretty face or the feel of her silky skin out of his head. She made ...

  • She Went All the Way

    Meggin Cabot

    How far should a lady go for love? All the way! Success hasn't spoiled screenwriter Lou Calabrese -- it's just given her a taste for luxury. And it's put her in some bizarre situations -- like in a helicopter en route to the wilds of Alaska, sharing...

  • Simply Sexy

    Carly Phillips

    What do men want? That's what newly hired advice columnist Rina Lowell intends to find out. And, on a personal level, she really needs to know...because she definitely wants her new boss, sexy Colin Lyons. After years of living for others, she's tak...

  • Sisters Found // Breathless Seduction

    Joan Johnston

    Charity Beautiful, bold and uncertain of love after being abandoned as an infant, Charity is bewildered by Kane Longstreet's marriage proposal. Despite her misgivings, she agrees to go home with Kane for the holidays. But at his cousin's engagement ...

  • Sudden Danger

    Sharon Sala
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    This is going to be our year! Love, Your Secret Admirer It's just a simple note, but for the three women who receive it, it has very different consequences.... HEART-POUNDING DANGER! A bouquet of flowers from a secret--and deadly admirer send...

  • The Summer House: Courtin' Cassandra

    Teresa Southwick

    Marrying Mandy by Susan Mallery Eight years ago, Mandy Carter and Rick Benson shared a whirlwind romance -- and a painfully short-lived marriage. Now that Rick was back in her life...back in her arms...would history repeat itself, or would their fut...

  • The Summer House: Marrying Mandy

    Susan Mallery

    Eight years ago, Mandy Carter and Rick Benson shared a whirlwind romance -- and a painfully short-lived marriage. Now that Rick was back in her life...back in her arms...would history repeat itself, or would their future hold a passion powerful enoug...

  • A Summer Place

    Laura Abbot

    Have you ever ended up in strange town and felt as if you were home? The first time Laurel Eden sees Belleporte she realizes it's the perfect place to live. The dreams she's always had can finally come true. Little does she know that this simple d...

  • Tall, Dark and Irresistible

    Joan Elliott Pickart

    COURTING CAROLYN... Adoption specialist Carolyn St. John had given up on ever holding her own baby. For Carolyn knew the handicap that distanced her from others barred a future for her and any man. And then she met Ryan Sharpe.... The architect was...

  • Their Instant Baby

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

    Just Add Baby Amy Deveraux's biological clock was tick...tick...ticking! To make matters even worse, she had agreed to look after her three-month-old godson while his mother was out of the country. Except, sharing the baby-sitting responsibilities...

  • This Time Love

    Elizabeth Lowell

    Joy Anderson was innocent, young, and trusting when she met Gabe Venture. An aspiring journalist with worlds to conquer, Gabe came to New Mexico to explore the natural wonders of Lost River Cave, with Joy acting as his guide. Surrounded by staggering...

  • Through the Storm

    Leslie Esdaile

    Freelance journalist Lynette Graves has always had a way with words, but the sight of Foster Scott Hamilton, Jr. leaves her speechless. After the recent breakup of her marriage--and seeing everything she owned washed away by a hurricane--romance is t...

  • Time After Time

    Sue Haasler

    Cass Thompson is living in London with a decent job and a nice stable boyfriend. When an invitation to her 15th high school reunion arrives in the mail, her thoughts turn to the old days, with visions of big hair, Big Country, and an even bigger crus...

  • A Time to Forgive

    Marta Perry

    Some men were just unforgettable. And Adam Caldwell was never far from Tory Marlowe's thoughts. Now that she was back in town, Tory hoped that their one magical night might help Adam remember her...and help her fulfill a promise made. Adam wasn't ...

  • True Devotion

    Kim Louise

    THE ART OF LOVE The pain of broken love affairs and lost loved ones has shaped Marti Allgood into a gifted artist who paints for healing, not for profit. But fabulously wealthy art collector Kenyon Williams believes Marti may be the next great Afr...

  • Undercover M.D.

    Marie Ferrarella

    When he began his mission at Blair Memorial, undercover agent Terrance McCall collided with the only woman capable of rattling his equilibrium. Dr. Alix DuCane had grown haughty over the years, and he'd been the one to put the ice in her soul. Their ...

  • A Winter Marriage

    Kerry Hardie

    - A Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection.- The combination of pitch-perfect storytelling and pageturning suspense make this an ideal choice for book group discussions.- Hardcover ISBN: 0-316-07622-8...

  • The Wolf's Surrender

    Sandra Steffen

    When a powerful storm blew through town, attorney Kelly Madison found herself stranded at the courthouse -- and going into labor in Judge Grey Colton's chambers! The handsome, no-nonsense bachelor revealed a surprisingly tender side as he delivered h...

  • A Younger Man

    Rochelle Alers

    THE PERFECT RECIPE...FOR PASSION Kumi Walker never suspected that love was on the menu when he offered to fix Veronica's flat tire in exchange for a home-cooked meal. It was not long before the sexy-as-sin ex-marine realized that the wealthy widow...

  • Kings of Many Castles

    Brian Freemantle

    Television audiences around the world witness in horror the Moscow assassination attempt upon the American and Russian presidents. The captured gunman is revealed to be the son of one of Britain's most infamous nuclear defectors, which brings the shu...

  • House of Chains

    Steven Erikson

    In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of...

  • Beauty Sleep

    Cameron Dokey

    "LITTLE PRINCESS, LOVELY AS THE DAWN, WELL-NAMED AURORE..." With these seemingly innocent words, the fate of a newborn princess is sealed. For years the king and queen despaired of ever having a child. When Aurore arrives, though the entire kingd...

  • Black Unicorn

    Tanith Lee

    It was big and beautiful and so black that it was like a hole in space, and it was completely impossible. Unicorns didn't belong in this world except in legends. But there it stood, radiating magical power, in the shattered wreck of the par...

  • Blood War

    Russell Moon

    There are enemies within and without... The coven took my mother, because of me. They killed my dog, because of me. You'd think there could be nothing worse than this -- but you'd be wrong. My family and me being torn to shreds by a horde of witc...

  • Doom's Break

    Christopher Rowley

    This is the fifth summer of the war. The fifth summer in which the sounds of battle ring out beneath the trees and on the beaches. The fifth summer of burials of the fallen, both mots and men. By now, the watermots no longer wonder why an army of men...

  • Dragon Blood

    Patricia Briggs

    CALL TO REBELLION Ward, ruler of Hurog, is striving to restore his lands and people to prosperity, wanting nothing more than a quiet life. But when an old friend, escaping from High Hing Jakouen's torturers, seeks refuge in his keep, Ward can no l...

  • Flight

    Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    Before the legend...before the icon... there was a teenager named Clark Kent. Clark meets 15-year-old Tia Haines and knows she is different. He understands that Tia's father isn't kind to her, that her mother left years ago, and that she is painfu...

  • Flying High: Mission: Prepare to Party!

    Annie Dalton

    Even time-traveling angels need to relax! That's why Mel's been looking forward to her pal Lola's surprise party for weeks. And she's not pleased when she and her friends get sent off to medieval times at the last minute. Then she stumbles on a sca...

  • The Gryphon's Skull

    H.N. Turteltaub

    Menedemos, the dashing young sea captain, and his helper (and cousin),  the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure.Soon after their successful return to Rhodes, the two cousins find that  Greece is a dangerous place after the deat...

  • Have You Seen Me?

    Laura Denham

    Laura Denham’s first novel about a young woman’s willful descent from part-time stripper, to self-employed prostitute, to low-rent S and M film star adroitly sidesteps the expectations inherent in sex-industry tell-alls, opting instead for an aes...

  • Ithanalin's Restoration

    Lawrence Watt-Evans

    Despite several years of study, Kilisha, an aspiring young apprentice wizard, has much to learn. After gathering ingredients for a lesson, she returns home to find her master, Ithanalin the Wise, transformed into a statue. A tax collector interrupted...

  • The Last Guardian

    Jeff Grubb

    In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, long before the beginning of recorded time, there stood the world of Azeroth. Every kind of magical being strode the countryside among the tribes of man, and all was at peace -- until the arrival of the demons a...

  • Off to See the Wizard

    Nancy Krulik

    Sabrina's in for the shock of her life! When Sabrina is given a perplexing science assignment, her aunt Zelda suggests that she consult an old colleague of hers -- the Wizard of Menlo Park. Sabrina heads for the Other Realm Menlo Park, and discovers ...

  • The Paths of the Dead

    Steven Brust

    Two hundred years ago, Adron's Disaster destroyed Dragaera City, killed the reigning Emperor, and deprived the entire Dragaeran Empire of the ability to use the simplest low-level sorcery. Its been a rough Interregnum. The children of those great ...

  • Pharoah Fantastic

    Multiple Authors

    A collection of original short tales explores the magic and mystery of ancient Egypt in a series of fantasy tales by Tanya Huff, Jody Lynn Nye, Rosemary Edghill, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Bill McCay, Alan Dean Foster, Fiona Patton, Jane Lindskold, and ...

  • The Prize in the Game

    Jo Walton

    Set in the world of Jo Walton's previous novels, The King's Peace and The King's Name, The Prize in the Game takes us to a shining era of dark powers, legendary heroes and passionate loves-all of them ruled by the hand of Fate. When a friendly compe...

  • The Queen's Gambit

    Deborah Chester

    The throne was her destiny--until Princess Pheresa lost her groom, Mandria's heir, to the dark magic that consumed him. Now Pheresa's fate is uncertain, even when the great King Verence names her Princess Royal--because the title comes with one condi...

  • The Sea Lark's Song

    Diana Marcellas

    Young Brierley was a healer, until she was betrayed by one she trusted, and her secret heritage as a Sh'ari healer was exposed. On the run from those who would destroy her as they did the rest of her race, Brierley discovered the shocking truth about...

  • The Truest Power

    Rebecca Neason

    THE TRUEST POWER THE HEART OF THE SCEPTER Rulerless Aghamore totters on the brink of catastrophic civil war, even though the blind seer Lysandra, her wolf companion (loud Dancer, and the priest Renan have found Sella, the young girl who possesses...

  • The Valdemar Companion

    John Helfers

    Fifteen years ago, Mercedes Lackey put pen to paper to write Arrows Of The Queen, her first novel about Valdemar, a fantasy kingdom replete with magical races and magical creatures, enemies and allies both sorcerous and mundane. This ancient land of ...

  • The Warrior's Bond

    Juliet E. McKenna

    Einarinn's greatest warrior, the swordsman Ryshad, has sworn to protect his lord, Messire D'Olbriot, even if it means watching his love, the beautiful thief Livak, embark on a dangerous quest to find the lost aetheric magic on her own. But shadow and...

  • Wind of War

    Jess Lebow

    The Steel Throne Sits Empty... Rokugan stands on the brink of chaos. As his brothers and sister seek the favor of the clans, the illegitimate son Akodo Kaneka forsakes grasping for power and takes up a new quest--defending the helpless and destroy...

  • Lord of the Dark Sun

    Stobie Piel

    HER DARKEST HOUR Ariana awoke in chains, a captive. Her ship had been disabled and her friends hurt, and she was to blame. She had cajoled them into braving the outskirts of space, the uncontrolled areas beyond her father's rule. And now they were t...

  • 100th Day

    Alayne Pick

    Building on the sucess of Hello Reader!, the Hello Writer! books have been created especially for new readers, with stories and hands-on activities to provide practice with reading and writing skills.

    It's the 100th day of school in Miss Hill'...

  • 101 Dalmatians

    Disney Book Group

    Disney’s animated classic 101 Dalmatians is retold in this 24-page, full-color storybook. The action-packed adventure tells the tale of the adorable Dalmatian puppies and Cruella De Vil, the evil woman who tries to capture them....

  • ABC Valentine

    Pamela Jane

    With rhymes from A to Z, it's hard not to fall in love with this charming Valentine's Day poem about a young girl making an extra-special Valentine for her new friend. 25 stickers make this a perfect Valentine's Day treat....

  • The Angel with One Hundred Wings

    Daniel Horch

    The story opens in the City of Peace, as Baghdad was once called. It is a fabulously wealthy city, receiving tribute from an empire that stretches from modern day Afghanistan to Spain. Abulhassan Ibn Thaher is an old pharmacist and alchemist who is a...

  • April Fools!

    Else Holmelund Minarik

  • Are There Bears in Starvation Lake?

    Gloria Whelan

    The kids from Starvation Lake are all excited about their trip to the ecology center . . . all of them, that is, except Baylor. Just the thought of being outdoors makes Baylor sick. The cold and the germs are bad enough, but no one said anything abou...

  • Artists on Comic Art

    Mark Salisbury

    In-depth interviews with comics art legends reveal the secrets of translating comics script to graphic storytelling for the first time. Technique, style, layouts, approach, pencilling, inking... no facet of the artist's craft is left unexplored, and ...

  • Baby Love

    Hope Vestergaard

    Delightful short poems and charmingly detailed watercolor illustrations celebrate the unique attributes of babies--as told by parents, grandparents, and siblings--such as the way they sleep, play, move, and grow....

  • Back in Time With Thomas Edison

    Dan Gutman

    Robert Edwards Stevens, nicknamed "Qwerty," likes digging in his backyard when he's in a bad mood. He doesn't dig for anything special -- he just digs to get his mind off things. One day, when he's really angry and has a lot on his mind, he starts di...

  • Ben-Hur

    Blake Allmendinger

    One of the most popular American novels of all time, General Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur vividly reimagines the mighty Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity. The saga of Judah Ben-Hur’s spiritual journey from slavery to vengeance to redemption is b...

  • Betsy Zane

    Lynda Durrant

    In 1782, 13-year-old Betsy Zane’s bored with trying to act like a lady and being cooped up with her great-aunt. Her heart and soul yearn for the freedom of living with her brothers at the family homestead along the Ohio River.

    When her grea...

  • Big Science Fair

    Dan Yaccarino

    Both Blast Off Boy and Blorp have science fair projects to complete, but while Blast Off Boy struggles to even come up with a project, Blorp is confident his groundbreaking contraption will be a hit. Simultaneous....

  • The Big Tour

    Robert Upton

    The Big Tour is an authentic, behind-the-ropes tale of a young golfer’s arduous quest to become, and succeed, as a professional golfer....

  • BigPig Saves Valentine's Day

    Cecile Schoberle

    You silly, willy, BigPig!

    Pauline knows just how to get ready for the big Valentine's Day party at school -- make Valentine's Day cards, bake cookies, and most importantly -- watch out for BigPig!

    Lift up the flaps t...

  • The Bluebird House

    Rae Ellen Lee

    The place: Montana. The time: the present. After a nearly fatal encounter with a moose and a terrifyingly close brush with middle age, Molly reassesses her life. The result: she ends her stale marriage and moves to a small mining town where she purch...

  • Bow's Boy

    Richard Babcock

    Every now and then, a small American town produces someone with such out-of-place talent that he seems to have come from a different world. In the 1960s hardscrabble town of Laroque, Wisconsin, seventeen-year-old Ginger Piper, a high school sports he...

  • Cold Water

    Gwendoline Riley

    Carmel McKisco is wry, volatile and full of longing: a 20-year-old working nights in a dive bar in Manchester, England. Cut off from her family, she forges odd alliances with her customers, daydreams about escaping to Cornwall, her own Elysian Fields...

  • Colt in the Cave

    Ben M. Baglio

    The Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic takes care of animals of all kinds. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist aiding any animal in need -- and sometimes even g...

  • Cosmo And The Pirates

    Daniel Postgate

    Amateur ghostbuster Cosmo Jones is called in to Mario's Pizza Restaurent to investigate claims of spooky goings on. He hears strange noises coming from the jukebox and soon faces a ghost ship complete with pirates! This is the second book in THE SPOO...

  • Countdown to Valentine's Day

    Jodi Huelin

  • Crocodile and Hen

    Joan Lexau

    Crocodile is determined to eat fat and juicy-looking Hen!

    But when he opens his mouth wide to swallow her, Hen calmly says, "My brother, don′t eat me," and Crocodile just can′t do it. What does Hen mean? How can Crocodile be her brothe...

  • Deep Doo-Doo and the Mysterious E-Mail

    Michael Delaney / M.C. Delaney

    Instead of scooping a classmate who works on the school newspaper, Bennet and his friend Pete end up working with Elizabeth to find out who is responsible for putting a pumpkin on top of the town hall flagpole. Reprint....

  • Dr. Dee Dee and Dexter Hyde

    Pam Pollack

    Since its debut in 1996, DEXTER'S LAB has been one of Cartoon Network's top-rated shows. Now Scholastic teams up with the boy genius and his pesky sister Dee Dee for original chapter and picture books

    Dexter is determined to continue his quest...

  • Everybody Pays

    Maurice Possley

  • Feathered Serpent

    Colin Falconer

    The triumphant, controversial life of the Aztec woman Malinali is one of the great and enduring legends of Mexico. A high-born Mexica heiress, she was sold into slavery as a child, and it was as a slave of the Maya that she met the Spanish conquistad...

  • Frogs

    Scholastic Inc.

    Come face to face with the wonders of the natural world with this entertaining new series, packed with fantastic facts, jokes, puzzles, and cartoons.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the world of frogs with this entertaining and informative book. You'l...

  • God's Mountain

    Erri De Luca

    This is a story told by a boy in his thirteenth year, recorded in his secret diary. His life is about to change; his world, about to open.He lives in Montedidio -- God’s Mountain -- a cluster of alleys in the heart of Naples. He brings a paycheck h...

  • Homemade Love

    Bell Hooks

    Her Mama calls her Girlpie-a sweet treat, homemade with love. And when Girlpie makes a mistake, the love of her mother and father lets her pick up the pieces and make everything right again. Shane W. Evan's resplendent artwork teems with "homemade lo...

  • Honeymoon: and Other Stories

    Kevin Canty

    Kevin Canty is a master of the short story, a writer whose work has been compared to that of Flannery O'Connor and Raymond Carver, but always with the understanding that Canty's is strikingly new, cool, and real. Now in Honeymoon, after two novels, K...

  • Hoofprints in the Snow

    Joanna Campbell

    Hoofprints in the Snow features a heartâ€"stopping mystery in Wyoming. Fans will be on the edge of their saddles!

    Lyssa Hynde knows the Wyoming winters are cold, lonely, and dangerous. But she wouldn't give them up for anything. There's n...

  • I Love You, Mama

    Isabel Gaines

  • I Miss You Father Bear

    Else Holmelund Minarik

    Little Bear decides to stay up all night and watch the sunrise--just like Father Bear does when he is fishing--but Mother Bear doesn't think that's such a hot idea, because little bears need their sleep! Original....

  • The Indian Lover

    Garth Murphy

    With a sweeping sense of history and landscape that contributed to making Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove a classic, and the precise sense of character and passion that made Cold Mountain so successful, Garth Murphy has written a brilliant saga about ...

  • Insects

    Scholastic Inc.

    Come to FACE TO FACE with the wonders of the natural world with this entertaining new series, packed with fantastic facts, jokes, puzzles, and cartoons.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the world of insects with this entertaining and informative book. Y...

  • Keeper of the Light

    Patricia Curtis Pfitsch

    After the 1872 death of her father while trying to rescue drowning sailors from a sinking schooner, Faith takes over his job as a lighthouse keeper on Lake Michigan, until her mother decides to move into town, where Faith soon finds herself stifled b...

  • Last Stop Vienna

    Andrew Nagorski

    Germany in the 1920s, in the early days of Hitler and the Nazi party, was a country plunging into darkness and violence. Andrew Nagorski has written the story of a doomed generation, of evil, hopelessness, sexual perversion and murder that set the st...

  • Lime's Photograph

    Leif Davidsen

    Peter Lime is trained to hunt down his prey and catch them on film. But now he is the one being hunted. Whose prey has he become? And what is it that he has that these people will kill to get? Lime is a Danish paparazzo, living in Madrid. For more th...

  • Meet the Rescue Heroes

    J.E. Bright

    Rescue Heroes are cool guys who are good guys - emergency workers who combat natural disasters. The property includes action figures and a hit TV show on Kids WB! Target audience: kids 3 and up.

    Rescue Heroes Reader #1 introduces the heroic em...

  • Mister Posterior and the Genius Child

    Emily Jenkins

    A Barnes & Noble's Winter Discover New Writers pick!   Woodstock was over. The Beatles had just broken up. Sesame Street was new. And people in Cambridge, Massachusetts were getting in touch with their feelings. It was 1970, the year Vanessa Brick w...

  • My Dress-up Party

    Sarah Willson

    Blue from Blue's Clues can't wait for her dress-up party. All her friends are coming, but what are Blue and Joe going to be? You'll see!...

  • My Funny Valentine

    Harriet Ziefert

    It's almost Valentine's Day, and James puts a very special Valentine in the mail. The little card has to travel a long way. It rides in a truck, in a van, and even in an airplane. When it finally arrives at 4 Crestwood Drive, a little girl runs outsi...

  • My Man Blue

    Nikki Grimes

    Blue lost one boy to the streets and is determined that this time will be different. And Damon knows that even though he's the "man of the house," there's room for a friend like Blue in his life. At the end of the day, Damon has someone standing stea...

  • Mystery of The Jeweled Mask

    Linda Williams Aber

    Barbie is one of the top girls' properties - the world's #1 fashion doll. Now Scholastic is on the Barbie bandwagon with stories starring Barbie as a reporter with a nose for a mystery.


    Barbie's friend Kira has gotten her front-row seats t...

  • Night Creatures

    Scholastic Inc.

    Come to FACE TO FACE with the wonders of the natural world with this entertaining new series, packed with fantastic facts, jokes, puzzles, and cartoons.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the creatures of the night with this entertaining and informative b...

  • Parts Unknown

    Kevin Brennan

    As a young man, Bill Argus abandoned his wife, their young son, and his family's dairy farm in the Sonoma County hamlet of Pianto. Now sixty-three, the once-famous photographer is overcome with the need to find forgiveness from those he left behin...

  • Patch's London Adventure

    Disney Book Group

    In this exciting sequel to the classic animated 101 Dalmatians, nasty Cruella De Vil tries once again to capture the spotted puppies. But little Patch and his hero, Thunderbolt the Wonder Dog, come to the rescue!...

  • Patron of the Arts

    William Rotsler

    Brian Thorne was a billionaire. There were only two things he really cared about: women and art. And because he could afford it, he had paid the world's finest artist to combine the two-to make a work of art of the unforgettable, incomparable woman M...

  • Penguins

    Stuart Lafford

    Come FACE TO FACE with the wonders of the natural world with this entertaining new series, packed with fantastic facts, jokes, puzzles, and cartoons.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the world of penguins with this entertaining and informative book. You...

  • Pincher Martin

    William Golding

    Experience a shipwrecked sailor's psychic disintegration into 'a naked madman on a rock' by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.An hour on this rock is a lifetime.Glistening limpets. The claws of a lobster. Wild tangles of seaw...

  • Princess Party Book: Favorite Happy Ever After Stories...and More

    Janet Hoggarth

    Six sparkling fairy tales are given a modern-day twist. Includes fun activities to help readers party like a princess!

    This royal treat of a book puts a funky new spin on such fairy tale favorites as "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "...

  • Puppy Love

    Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

    The local vet is hanging around Barkley School, and the dogs aren't too thrilled. Blondie thinks that the doc is there to see Fred -- it's more than puppy love for those two humans! But when Tazz gets hurt, having a doctor nearby is the best thing fo...

  • The Rag and Bone Shop

    Jeff Rackham

    An intriguing debut historical novel presents a fictionaled account of the secret thirteen-year love affair between author Charles Dickens and actress Ellen Ternan, as told in the alternating voices of Dickens's sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, myster...

  • Rexerella

    Keith Faulkner

    Meet Rexerella, a T. rex with two mean prehistoric stepsisters, in this dinosaur version of Cinderella. Will she ever make it to Prince Charmosaurus's ball? Turn the pages to see each dino-sized pop-up in this Jurassic twist on the classic fairy tale...

  • Riding Lessons

    Julia Hanna

  • The Scheme for Full Employment

    Magnus Mills

    From Magnus Mills, the acknowledged master of the working-class dystopic parable -- a genre he practically invented -- a new work of comic geniusThe whole idea is simple yet so perfect: men drive to and from strategically placed warehouses in Univans...

  • Sharks

    Scholastic Inc.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the wonders of the natural world with this entertaining new series, packed with fantastic facts, jokes, puzzles, and cartoons.

    Come FACE TO FACE with the world of sharks with this entertaining and informative book. You'...

  • Shockproof Sydney Skate

    Marijane Meaker

    Sydney Skate has dubbed himself "Shockproof": He decoded his mother's gossip with her glamorous lesbian girlfriends at age eight (but has never let on to her that he knows she's gay). He easily shrugs off his father's demands to skip college and join...

  • Silly Sweetheart Celebrations

    Quinlan B. Lee

    Try tricking your tongue with these terrific tongue twisters!

    Join in the classroom chaos with these very vexing, valentine verses. Unfold the flaps and laugh along with some silly students and their hapless hamster, Harry.

    ...

  • Snow

    Manya Stojic

    Moose, bear, fox, and hare frolic in a snowy, glowy winter wonderland from the creator of Rain. Winter is coming to the north woods and the animals are all getting ready for the first big snow. The owl hears the wind whistle, but the moose sees the f...

  • Spadework

    Timothy Findley

    Lust. Infidelity. Betrayal. Murder.

    On a summer evening in Stratford, Ontario, the errant thrust of agardener’s spade slices a telephone cable into instant silence. The resulting disconnection is devastating. With the ...

  • Sugar

    Bernice McFadden

  • Swamp Monster in Third Grade

    Marcia T. Jones; Debbie Dadey

    SLIME TIME! The new kid in third grade is weird! He can’t remember where he lives, he gobbles up cheeseburgers like he’s never seen them before, and oh, yeah, he has gills! Jake’s not sure why he changed from a swamp monster to a kid. Was it s...

  • The Sweetest of Hearts

    RH/Disney

  • Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow

    Dan Greenburg

    Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow Everyone at school knows that Andrew Clancy is a huge liar. But suddenly, everyone knows! Every time he tells another whopper, his butt grows bigger -- Will it ever stop?...

  • Tentmaker

    Clay Reynolds

    With the end of the Civil War, Gil Hooley heads West, hoping to build a new life for himself on the open frontier with the aid of his hand-crafted tents, but when his wagon breaks down in the middle of nowhere, a community begins to grow around him, ...