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New Books List: 532 titles

  • Toes Have Wiggles, Kids Have Giggles

    Harriet Ziefert

  • Kingdom of Cages

    Sarah Zettel

    A gripping story of two young sisters caught in a galactic apocalypse... FUGITIVES IN A CLOSED SYSTEM Chena and Teal Trust are in mortal danger. Humans on dozens of colony planets are dying from environmental collapses and mutating diseases. Thei...

  • One Hot Second

    Cathy Young

    Sex. It’s on the minds of every teenager, whether they’re having it, not having it, talking about it, or just thinking about it. In this powerful collection, 11 acclaimed writers for young people capture the various expressions of desire"from f...

  • From the Shadows

    Rebecca York

    SHE BROUGHT OUT HIS PRIMAL NEEDS... Much of Alex Shane's teen years were forgotten -- but his one intimate encounter with Sara Delaney was crystal-clear in his memory. Sweet Sara who'd been too good for the bad boy he used to be. But the tables had ...

  • L.A. Woman

    Cathy Yardley

    Ever moved to a city you didn't know, for a guy who wasn't worth it...all because you thought you were in love? Sarah Walker has. She's just moved to L.A. and changed her whole life in anticipation of cohabitation with her fiance, Benjamin. But...

  • I Met a Bear

    Dan Yaccarino

  • Her Partner's Passion

    Carol Wood

    Conflict by day -- passion by night When Dr. Abbie Scott returns home to England from her glamorous career in the United States she discovers a sexy stranger living in her house! And whether she likes it or not, Dr. Caspar Darke -- her new partner! ...

  • Chloe and the Spy

    Justine Wittich

    Lady Chloe Lockwood's fascination with her aunt's groom puts her life and her heart in peril. The groom, a spy in a Victorian witness protection program, is defenseless against her beguiling charm. Adrian, Viscount Harding, must protect them both fro...

  • The Dead Detective: A Sam and Vera Sloan Mystery

    Robert Wise

    Sam Sloan is dead. But when his wife, Vera, receives the report of his plane going down, she flies to the site and finds no evidence of a crash. Unable to put the puzzle together, Vera and her daughter, Cara, struggle to accept the reality of Sam's d...

  • She's My Mom

    Rebecca Winters

    She can't remember her husband -- or her son "You're my mom!" That's what 13-year-old Brett Corbitt blurts out when he sees the woman who calls herself Martha Walters. His mother, Susan Corbitt, is presumed dead, although her body was never found, a...

  • Riccardo's Secret Child

    Cathy Williams

    Millionaire businessman Riccardo Fabbrini was furious that his child had been kept a secret from him! He blamed his daughter's guardian -- the very pretty Julia Nash. And he intended to use seduction as his revenge! After all, no woman had immuni...

  • Falling Home

    Karen White

    You Know That Saying About How Sometimes You're The Windshield And Sometimes You're The Bug? It's true. Take me, for example. I shook the Georgia dust from my feet fifteen years ago, vowing never to leave Manhattan. I traded sweet tea for Chardonn...

  • The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

    Ellen Emerson White

    January 20, 1968 We're going to move out while it's still dark, try to get a jump on them. Everybody's packing as much ammo as they can carry. Most of us even have LAWs -- light anti-tank assault weapons. The terrain's too rough for tanks, but we ...

  • Eclipse

    Richard S. Wheeler

    Lewis and Clark: forever paired for their epochal first crossing of the continent in 1804-1806, darlings of the young republic, and the pride of Thomas Jefferson because they made his dream of a nation between two oceans come true.Lewis and Clark: tw...

  • Morning

    Walter D. Wetherell

    When Alec Brown, a middle-aged biographer, takes as his subject broadcasting pioneer Alec McGowan, host of television's very first wake-up show, "Morning," the project is marked by a sinister obsession. For intertwined with McGowan's life and the bir...

  • Read Me a Story

    Rosemary Wells

    Once Upon a Time, Yoko pretended she coudl neither read nor write. She was afraid that her mama would no longer read her stories is she knew she could read them by herself. Of course, when Yoko's secret is revealed, Mama promises they'll always share...

  • Mummies Unwrapped

    Kimberly Weinberger

    An in-depth beginners history lesson in ancient Egypt and the fascinating process of the making of a mummy.

    Author Kimberly Weinberger presents an insightful look at the life of the ancient Egyptians, with very basic, easy-to-comprehend text. ...

  • Shotgun Nanny

    Nancy Warren

    Annie Parker doesn't believe in taking life too seriously; she is, after all, a clown by profession. Her motto is "Have fun, make 'em laugh, and move on." That applies to her love life, too. So why does superserious ex-Mountie and bachelor "dad" Mark...

  • The Aliens Are Coming!

    Dayton Ward

    1969: Captain John Christopher of the U.S. Air Force has just returned from a most peculiar mission to investigate a UFO sighting. But even though the mission took only a few minutes, the captain has vague memory flashes of futuristic humans, a point...

  • Bertie Was a Watchdog

    Rick Walton

    A very small watchdog proves that size isn’t everything -- even when you’re up against a big bad robber.

    Bertie is a rather unusual watchdog. That’s because Bertie is, well, about the size of a watch. So when a horrible robber breaks in,...

  • Kindergarten Cupids

    Vivienne Wallington

    It was betrayal of the worst kind. Her husband. His wife. A clandestine affair that had torn apart their families and left them to pick up the pieces -- after a tragic accident revealed the scandalous truth. Widow and widower. Neither wanted anyth...

  • August Nights

    Patricia Wallace

  • Harlem Redux

    Persia Walker

    Four years after dropping out of Harlem society, David McKay, a handsome young lawyer from a prominent Strivers' Row family, returns home, devastated by the news of his sister Lilian's suicide. What caused his once stable, gentle sister to take her o...

  • A Playdate With Death

    Ayelet Waldman

    In between planning playdates and playing dress up, Juliet finally gets some much-needed kid-free time, working out at the local health club. It's going well. She's losing weight. She's even happy--until her personal trainer commits suicide. A che...

  • A Rogue's Promise

    Peggy Waide

    A LADY'S QUEST Eighteen years before, deep in the mountains of China, Lady Joanna Fenton's father found a sacred statuette. The two-headed dragon was reputed to beget prosperity, but for Joanna, it had brought nothing but heartache. Her father had b...

  • A Stylish Marriage

    Patricia Waddell

    A thoroughly modern woman A hopelessly old-fashioned man A marriage that will surprise them both...when love becomes part of the bargain Even if the Merriam Falls society matrons don't believe running a boardinghouse is a proper endeavor for a yo...

  • Grasshopper

    Barbara Vine

    "They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon." When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never en...

  • Tricks of the Trade

    Ben Tyler

    In this sharply written debut novel, Ben Tyler spins a wickedly witty, name-dropping yarn of a spurned studio publicist who's determined to leave Being gay in Hollywood is never easy, but thanks to his homophobic female boss, Bart Cain's life is a l...

  • The Center Cannot Hold

    Harry Turtledove

    The year is 1924. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the', Powell House in Philadelphia. The Confederate States, victorious in the War of Secession but at last tasting defeat in th...

  • A Rich Man for Dry Creek

    Janet Tronstad

    MONEY CAN'T BUY EVERYTHING... Tiny Dry Creek, Montana, was the last place on earth personal chef Jenny Black would come to find a husband -- and a wealthy playboy was the last man on earth she'd find appealing. But when her employer's son caught h...

  • The Monk Who Vanished

    Peter Tremayne

    WITHOUT A TRACE On a night in September of A.D. 666, an aged monk and a set of priceless holy relics disappear from the Abbey of Imleach. The missing artifacts belonged to St. Ailbe, who brought Christianity to the Irish kingdom of Muman in the fi...

  • I Do Too

    Pamela Kaye Tracy
    in

    How many times will Shelby Tate, editor of Agape Today magazine, place an ad for a "Write to the Heart" columnist? Not just anyone will do. The magazine's owner requires the person to be single - after all, who better to advise the unmarried? But kee...

  • Precinct Puerto Rico

    Steven Torres

    Best Mystery Novel of the 2003 Latino Book AwardsThe first in a series of police procedural mysteries featuring Luis Gonzalo and the citizens and cops of Angustias, Precinct Puerto Rico: Book One is a brilliant beginning to a continuing story from a ...

  • Cable, Volume 1: Shining Path

    David Tischman

  • Eclipse

    Cate Tiernan

    Everything around me seems strange and dark. I am not who I thought I was. Danger is coming; I know this now. Everything I believed about my family is a lie. I can stop this. But I can't do it alone. How can I live with this knowledge? I need help...

  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams: The Official Movie Storybook - Junior Novel

    Kiki Thorpe

    When the new head of the OSS gives his children, Gary and Gerti Giggles, a special assignment, Spy Kids Carmen and Juni Cortez take the job for themselves and travel to a mysterious island to recover the missing Transmooker device....

  • Double Exposure

    Vicki Lewis Thompson

    HE WAS THE BEST MAN... It should have been simple. But when Kate Cooper offered to pick up Harry Armstrong, the best man at her sister's upcoming wedding, at the airport, she never dreamed what she was getting into. How could she have guessed that Ha...

  • Polly's Really Secret Diary

    Frances Thomas

    Polly’s had enough: her hamster‘s gone missing, her best friend isn’t her best friend anymore, and the entire world is baby crazy! She’s going to run away once she’s saved up enough money and food. In the meantime, she’s got to cope with ...

  • Simple Recipes

    Madeleine Thien

    A poignant and insightful anthology of short fiction explores the lives and feelings of families torn apart by conflict between generations, cultures, and values in which characters desperately struggle to reconcile family loyalty with individual dre...

  • All That Glisters

    Janet Tanner

    Tara Murphy left Ireland with high hopes of a better future in the new country. But the harsh reality of the Australian goldfields destroyed her dreams and scarred her forever.

    James Hannay thought that in Tara he had at last found the woman who co...

  • Home-Grown Husband

    Sharon Swan

    "It's time you took a lover." Take a lover? Seduce her mysterious new neighbor? Tess Cameron laughed aloud at her best friend's suggestion. Then she met Jordan Trask, aforementioned neighbor. Suddenly Tess began to wonder how a homebody, single-mo...

  • Funny Money

    James Swain

    Tony Valentine has a gift for grift: He can walk into a casino and spot a cheater across a crowded floor. A man who still uses pay phones and won't spend more than a buck for coffee, Tony has protected Atlantic City gambling palaces for twenty years ...

  • Willie's Birthday

    Anastasia Suen

    A "Bring Your Pet" birthday party gets out of hand when the pets show more interest in chasing each other than in celebrating, in an easy-to-read story based on the characters created by Ezra Jack Keats. Reprint....

  • Slow Dance With a Cowboy

    Linda Style

    Nicole Weston is shocked to encounter the man she loved -- and left -- 10 years ago. Ex-cowboy Cameron Colter appears at her classroom door because his son, Michael, is one of her students. Michael's only recently become part of his life, and being a...

  • Mermaids on the Moon

    Elizabeth Stuckey-French

    When thirty-five-year-old France’s father calls to say that her mother, Grendy, has run off, France suspects foul play and heads south to investigate. Recently reunited with fellow former “mermaids” from Mermaid Springs, FL -- one of the Sunshi...

  • The Real McCoy

    Darin Strauss

    An intriguing second novel based on the life of turn-of-the-century icon and charlatan "Kid" McCoy follows the audacious, irrepressible championship boxer, jewel thief, scam artist, and womanizer from city to city in pursuit of his next con, living l...

  • Artemis

    Julian Stockwin

    With Kydd, Julian Stockwin introduced us to a young wig-maker from Guildford who was kidnapped and pressed into duty with the tempestuous crew of the Duke William battle ship. Now, Thomas Paine Kydd is back -- with a vengeance -- in the latest instal...

  • The Power of the Rat

    Megan Stine

  • Making Plum Jam

    John Warren Stewig

    It's August in Minnesota. The cornstalks have grown taller than the cars, and the plums are ripe for the picking. For Jackie, a city kid on a visit to his three aunts' farm, the simple task of making plum jam becomes an adventure when they meet up wi...

  • Love's Journey Home

    Jackie Stephens

    Deception Texas Ranger Kane Fairchild was in hot pursuit of the gorgeous desperado who'd shot his father and made off with $30,000 in stolen gold. She'd deceived him twice before -- and even managed to grab his gun and steal his horse. Vowing he woul...

  • Which Would You Rather Be?

    William Steig

    Both simple and profound, Which Would You Rather Be? was celebrated author/artist William Steig′s recent triumph of humor and creativity-a charming, game-like picture book illustrated by the renowned illustrator Harry Bliss. The duo could not ha...

  • Sunset in St. Tropez

    Danielle Steel

    As Diana Morrison laid the table for six at her elegant Central Park apartment, there was no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year's Eve together was a sacred tradition for Diana, her husband of thirty-two years, Eric, and their best friends...

  • Life and Death of Captain Marvel

    Jim Starlin

  • A Fine and Bitter Snow

    Dana Stabenow

    Change never comes easy, but it comes just the same, and it's on its way to the Park, to Niniltna, in southeast Alaska. This time it concerns the possibility of drilling for oil in a wildlife preserve near there, near Aleutian P.I. Kate Shugak's home...

  • Nick All Night

    Cheryl St. John

    Boy-next-door Nick Sinclair had grown up into a hunk extraordinaire -- that was Ryanne Whitaker's first shock on reencountering her sexy, single-dad neighbor. The second was that she was facing this broad-shouldered Mr. Gorgeous across the barrel of ...

  • Tainted Trail

    Wen Spencer

    Meet Ukiah Oregon, a unique young man with accelerated senses who was raised by wolves, domesticated by two women, and trained as a tracker by a private investigator. And that's the normal part of his life.... Ukiah is hired to locate a missing hi...

  • The Red Herring

    Sally Spencer

    The discovery of the body of a young, red-haired school mistress, lying in a pig-pen with her face half-eaten away, is the beginning of a new investigation for Charlie Woodend. But it is to be an investigation he is soon ordered to abandon when Helen...

  • For Love or Country

    Kerrelyn Sparks

    The Scarlet Pimpernel meets The Patriot in Kerrelyn Sparks' debut novel, For Love or Country. With an army of wigs and a wardrobe that favors lavender, Quincy Stanton poses as a Loyalist fop by day. By night, he wages a secret war against the British...

  • The Athenian Murders

    Jose Carlos Somoza


    The English debut of one of Spain's most dazzling younger writers -- a postmodern murder mystery set in ancient Greece.

    In this brilliant, highly entertaining, and intriguing novel, Jose Carlos Somoza intertwines two darkly compelling ridd...

  • Steal My Heart

    Hayley Ann Solomon
    in

    When Lady Fern Reynolds confided in a sympathetic houseguest that she was considering running away to London to escape betrothal to an unknown suitor, she didn't expect him to offer her shelter. And she certainly didn't imagine tumbling for him, the ...

  • Picture a Letter

    Brad Sneed

    People, places, animals, and more come together to demonstrate the different words that can begin with a single letter, in a boldly illustrated, wordless alphabet book by the illustrator of Sorry. ...

  • Baptists at Our Barbeque

    Robert Farrell Smith

    At age 29, Tartan Jones has seen little of the world outside of Utah " and nothing by way of an eternal mate. Frustrated, and still single, Tartan makes a desperate bid to change his life and luck by accepting the first transfer that comes along at...

  • Heirs of Prophecy

    Lisa Smedman
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    LARAJIN In a household where everyone has a secret, why should the maid be any different? The unacknowledged daughter of Thamalon Uskevren, Larajin is a half-elf who finds herself embroiled in a bitter war between elves and humans. In an effort to ...

  • The Awakening

    Bertrice Small
    in

    Marguerite Abbott, the most enchanting courtesan at the most elegant brothel in Paris, has lost her heart to no man...until an irresistible visitor from New Orleans teaches her the true meaning of Eros' delights....

  • His Insignificant Other

    Karen V. Siplin

    Twenty-nine-year-old New York City film professor Casey Beck is at a crossroads. Employed but unfulfilled, she sees her professional aspirations slipping away. And the personal life she thought was finally coming together almost fell apart when she d...

  • A Country Courtship

    Donna Simpson

    duplicity and desire prove a captivating mix... THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN... Lord Gerry Haven prefers the quiet beauty of his Yorkshire farm to the artifice of London and the marriage mart. Thus, his matchmaking family takes it upon themselves to fin...

  • Love Lessons

    Donna Simpson
    in

    With nowhere else to go, penniless Linnet Pelham took refuge with her sister in London only to find that her sister's betrothal to Lord Cairngrove was the scandal of the ton. Linnet was determined to see the wedding take place, which meant convincing...

  • Amazing Aircraft

    Seymour Simon

  • Fighting Fires

    Seymour Simon

  • Shattered Sky

    Neal Shusterman

    In this conclusion to The Star Shards Chronicles, powerful and terrifying invaders have arrived from a parallel dimension, and only the Star Shards can prevent the destruction of the human race.Six children were conceived at the exact moment that the...

  • The Russian Debutante's Handbook

    Gary Shteyngart

    NAMED ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS A visionary novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Little Failure.The Russian Debutante's Handbook introduces Vladimir Girshkin,...

  • The Amazing Dr. Darwin

    Charles Sheffield

    NOT THAT DARWIN--HIS GRANDFATHER! 18th Century Europe: It is an age when superstition is beginning to give way to the force of human reason, and no man so fully embodies the spirit of the times as Dr. Erasmus Darwin. Thinker, healer, and explorer...

  • Pooh's Chalkboard Book!

    Dennis Shealy

  • Break Point

    Michael Shea

    Britain is on the brink of collapse: law and order has broken down; extremist vigilante gangs loyal to the Commander and the Brother roam the streets; food is scarce; the Government is helpless; no one is safe. Into this bleak and violent world comes...

  • Endgame

    Michael Shea

    After the explosion of a radio transmitter in Scotland, the Bondi, a giant American telecommunications corporation, attempt a political coup. Ministers are seized and a puppet government installed as a front for Bondi. However, not everyone accepts t...

  • Practice Makes Perfect

    Kathryn Shay

    They'd grown up at Serenity House -- a group home for girls. Now they're coming together for the first time as adults. Childhood friends who'd shared difficult times, who'd shared hopes and fears, laughter and tears -- and perhaps most important of a...

  • The Impossible Bride

    Allie Shaw

    He made a promise she couldn't refuse. She became a bride he couldn't resist. To start a new life, Deborah Edgerton takes a job far from the wagging tongues of Austin, Texas, where everyone is aware of her scandalous past. But soon after stepping...

  • Sixgun Justice

    Jon Sharpe

    The Gold Rush boomtown of Ophis, California, is plagued by series of vicious robberies, extortion schemes, and murders, and with no sheriff in town to keep the peace, things can only get worse, until the Trailsman arrives to face down the outlaws. Or...

  • Misconception

    Robert Shapiro; Walt Becker

    A small-town Louisiana physician is poised to win confirmation as the next Surgeon General of the United States. But on the eve of his greatest professional achievement, Daniel Wyatt finds himself accused of gross infidelity...and the murder of his u...

  • The Jazzy Alphabet

    Sherry Shahan

  • The Fantastic Journey of Pieter Bruegel

    Anders C. Shafer

    When Peter Bruegel, a young painter from Antwerp, went on a journey to Rome in 1550 to study and see the art and ruins of Rome, he found himself facing unexpected dangers along the way that were later reflected in his work when he became known as the...

  • Take a Hike, Snoopy!

    Charles M. Schulz

    As the PEANUTS gang go on nature hikes and camping trips, they have many hilarious adventures along the way, in an entertaining story based on the comic strips and characters created by Charles M. Schulz. Simultaneous....

  • Punitive Strike

    Charles W. Sasser

    The enemy has struck with no warning, destroying a U.S. fighting ship and taking Americans hostage. There are lives to be saved and a terrorist threat that must be diffused -- permanently -- so the men of Delta Force are on the move. America's first ...

  • The Heart Doesn't Lie

    Marcella Sanders

    Jay Lee's dream job has finally come true--she's on her way to Africa to do cultural research on African marriages. The pay is excellent, the landscape is breathtaking --and so is her supervisor, Trent Prescott. But when she discovers that he's fro...

  • Operation: Katie

    Roxanne Rustand

    It takes a special kind of person When Special Agent Zach Forrester's terrified sister drops her three-year-old daughter into his life, Zach swears he'll do whatever it takes to protect the little girl. So the moment someone threatens to harm the ch...

  • Spaceland

    Rudy Rucker

    Joe Cube is a Silicon Valley hotshot--well, a would-be hotshot anyway--hoping that the 3-D TV project he's managing will lead to the big money IPO he's always dreamed of. On New Year's Eve, hoping to impress his wife, he sneaks home the prototype. It...

  • In Open Spaces

    Russell Rowland

    Set in the vast and unforgiving prairie of eastern Montana from 1916 to 1946, In Open Spaces is the compelling story of the Arbuckle brothers:GeorgeA rising baseball star who mysteriously drowns in the riverJackA World War I veteran who abandons his ...

  • Mission of Honor

    Jeff Rovin

    On the surface it seems a simple case: A group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates - and finds th...

  • The Seduction

    Julia Ross

    It was the worst day of his life. Alden Granville, Viscount Gracechurch, bet everything he owned in a card game--and lost. Miserably. His investments...gone. His beautiful ancestral estate...gone. His jewels, his weapons...all gone. His only hope is ...

  • Beneath the Silk

    Wendy Rosnau

    He could go head to head with the devil. But fortunately that wasn't going to be necessary. Because detective Jackson Ward, the New Orleans P.D.'s loose cannon -- otherwise known as the chief's biggest pain in the butt this side of the Cabildo -- was...

  • What About the Love Part?

    Stephanie Rosenfeld

    Infused with gleaming insight and exceptional grace, here is an affecting debut of ten loosely linked stories that speak volumes of truth about mothers and daughters, girlfriends, and the weird propensity of smart women to choose lousy boyfriends. Wh...

  • Cowboy Protector

    Patricia Rosemoor

    Cowboy rancher Neil McKenna Farrell had never felt the power of his grandmother's legacy. He had no special gifts, unless calf-roping was included. But when he met sassy Annabeth Caldwell, a cowgirl at the Chicago rodeo where he was competing, he had...

  • Flesh Tones

    M.J. Rose

    In such erotic thrillers as In Fidelity and Lip Service, acclaimed author M. J. Rose took readers to the darkest edges of desire. Now, in her most riveting novel yet, she leads us across the fine line separating passion and obsession, mercy and murde...

  • The Dutiful Rake

    Elizabeth Rolls

    The Rake's Redemption... The Earl of Rutherford was used to flirting with scandal. But when an act of charity placed his charge's spotless reputation in jeopardy, Marcus knew he must do the honorable thing. There was no point in pretending he was in...

  • Sun Dog

    Monique Roffey

    Sun Dog introduces a writer of tremendous originality and maturity, with a warm and startling gift for revealing the magic in the everyday. August is a large, awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, hiding his unnatural body away b...

  • Witch's Dog And The Icecream

    Frank Rodgers

    Wilf's school ski trip has been cancelled because there's no snow. Wilf and his friends help the Ice Cream Wizard to find his stolen wand, and their reward is a covering of ice-cream over the whole hill. Wilf uses his magic to freeze the ice cream an...

  • Cavern of the Fear

    Emily Rodda

    Welcome to the Shadowlands -- the terrifying and mysterious domain of the evil Shadow Lord. He has gone there to refuel his dark sorcery, taking thousands of Deltoran hostages with him. They will become slaves to darkness . . . unless they are save...

  • Fair Exchange

    Michele Roberts

    In the early 1800s in a small village in rural France, a peasant woman named Louise summons her priest. Fearing she is about to die, Louise begins her final confession to the bored cleric and reveals a lifelong secret involving a famous woman writer,...

  • Random Gunfire

    J.R. Roberts

    Forced to seek refuge from a vicious storm in the remote town of Random, Oklahoma, Clint Adams runs afoul of Bittermeyer, the local mayor, bank owner, and overlord, who controls everything--and everyone--in the town. Original....

  • Stroke of Fortune

    Christine Rimmer

    LSCC MEMBER: Millionaire rancher Flynt Carson Brooding, sexy, tough outer shell-hard nut to crack SOCIAL STATUS: Handsome young widower METHOD OF SEDUCTION: This elite member's guarded demeanor draws women like honey! Eligible bachelor Fl...

  • A Conversation with the Mann

    John Ridley

    What do you want? "I want the Ed Sullivan Show." At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achieve that: to make it big. Make it, no ma...

  • A Soldier's Duty

    Thomas E. Ricks

    Majors Cindy Sherman and Bud Lewis are the best young combat officers the army has, and they’ve both been tapped for plum positions as aides-de-camp for two of the Pentagon’s most senior generals. The Pentagon is a cauldron of careerist jockeyin...

  • Stuart Little 2: Stuart Little's Big Adventures

    Julia Richardson

    These fantastic storybooks are illustrated with colour photo stills from the film!

    Stuart Little's Big Adventure

    Stuart Little is having a big adventure! Whether he is rescuing a new friend, trying out for the soccer team, or flying ...

  • Inter-Office Male

    John Richards

    She struck like an earthquake. Walter lifted his eyes from his desk and experienced a tremor that snapped his pencil in two. The cause is no ordinary force of nature. It's Luna, a fascinating enigma. Just one look transforms mild-mannered Walter into...

  • The Natural

    Dusty Richards

    Trouble takes on a whole new meaning for professional rodeo announcer Brad Turner, a man plagued by a failing bull-breeding business, romantic turmoil, and an ailing back, when he takes how talented young rider Shoat Krammer, a young man with a troub...

  • Big Monsters, Little Monsters

    RH/Disney

  • The Big Storm Clip Strip

    Robin Reid

  • Ethan's Temptress Bride

    Michelle Reid

    Tempted to make her his bride? Millionaire Ethan Hayes considered Eve Herakleides to be a spoilt little rich girl hell-bent on bringing men to their knees. But when she was senselessly attacked, Ethan offered to pose as her fiance to calm her elde...

  • Fatal Voyage

    Kathy Reichs

    A commercial jetliner disaster has brought Tempe Brennan to the North Carolina mountains as a member of the investigative agency DMORT. As bomb theories abound, Tempe soon discovers a jarring piece of evidence that raises dangerous questions - and ge...

  • To Love an Older Man

    Debbi Rawlins

    She Needed a Place to Call Home Beth Anderson was pregnant and had nowhere to turn -- until handsome, and much older, lawyer David Matthews offered her a warm place to stay for the night, no strings attached. But a well-meaning matchmaker saw the ...

  • My Red Rooster

    Dana Meachen Rau

  • 1, 2, 3 by Elmo

    Random House

    Elmo loves numbers! In fact, he has so much fun with 1, 2, 3 and many other numbers that he decided to write this cute little book about them (with just a little bit of help). He counts all kinds of things"1 sun, 2 shoes, 3 candles on
    his birth...

  • Food! By Cookie Monster

    Random House

    Cookie Monster may eat just about anything, but he knows what’s good for you. To share his great love of food, Cookie has written his own little book (with just a little bit of help). In it, he shows us all his favorite healthy meals and snacks: fr...

  • One Night with Lucifer

    Debbie Raleigh
    in

    Three independent women, three high-stakes wagers--and three losses. Now these daring ladies set out to lose their maidenhood to the ton's most dangerous rogues--but might find love where they least expect it . . . Determined to prove that women a...

  • Strand of a Thousand Pearls

    Dorit Rabinyan

    Redolent with the scent of lilac and oleander blossoms, and bursting with the flavors of quinces and overripe plums, Strand of a Thousand Pearls is the story of the imagined and actual marriages of the Azizyan girls, their years of yearning, restless...

  • The Rancher's Bride

    Tara Taylor Quinn

    LostHis bride. She’d turned tail and run minutes before her father was about to pronounce them man and wife. What demons were pursuing the girl Max Santana had waited eleven years to marry?FoundHer flesh and blood. Rachel Blair thought she’d fina...

  • The Fall

    William T. Quick

    The starship Oberon is searching for its AWOL pilot when it crash-lands on an unknown planet, leaving all but a handful of its crewmembers dead. And those who remain are not alone in this strange, inhospitable world. A savage insectil...

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    Carol Pugliano-Martin

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    Carol Pugliano-Martin

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    Bill Pronzini

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  • Angel of Mercy

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    Kayla Perrin

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    Kathleen Paul
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    James Patterson; Peter De Jonge

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    Francine Pascal

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    Francine Pascal

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    Valerie Parv

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    Daniel Parker

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    Daniel Parker

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    Daniel Parker

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    Blaine Lee Pardoe

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    Betty Paraskevas

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    Frances Paige

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    Ignacio Padilla

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    Mel Odom

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    John O'Farrell

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    Rebecca O'Connor

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    Joseph O'Connor

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    Charles O'Brien

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    Hannah Nyala

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    Karen Novak

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    Andre Norton; Lyn McConchie

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    Hailey North

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    Douglas Niles

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    Scott Nicholson

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    Peggy Nicholson

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    Mike Nichols

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    John D. Nesbitt

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    Mindy Neff

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    Tim Myers

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    Carol Muske-Dukes

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    Pat Murphy

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    Ferdinand Mount

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    Carole Mortimer

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    Bradford Morrow

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    Debrah Morris

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    Raye Morgan

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    Mary Morgan

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    Phyllis Moore

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    Brent Monahan

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    Rick Mofina

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    Mary Ann Mitchell

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    Julie Miller

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    Mark Millar

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    Leigh Michaels

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    Kasey Michaels

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    Julie Michaels

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    Steve Metzger

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    Jackie Merritt

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    Joan Medlicott

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    Mardi Oakley Medawar

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    David McPhail

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    Karen McKinnon

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    Robin McKinley; Peter Dickinson

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