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  • Prize Stories 1993: The O. Henry Awards

    William Miller Abrahams

  • Fish Fish Fish

    Georgie Adams

    Introduces young children to the concepts of shape, size, and opposites as they meet interesting fish of all different varieties, such as striped or spotted, and all different personalities, including fierce or shy....

  • Thursday's Child

    Kat Adams

    LITTLE BOY LOST Marlie Stynehearst had been raising her orphaned nephew for years when another family's nightmare became her own. She discovered that young Ryan had been kidnapped from his own backyard, then adopted by her unwitting brother. A...

  • War Mountain

    Jerry Ahern

    Rourke and his commandos must fight their way across New York's wastelands and penetrate an ancient mountain complex, where a fascist leader plots to perform a genetic experiment with Hitler's frozen corpse. Original....

  • The Wall at the Edge of the World

    Jim Aikin

  • Challenge of the Seventh Carrier

    Peter Albano

  • Remembrance Day

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Inventive, worldly, moving and important - such words have characterized the work of Brian Aldiss consistently during the past three decades. With this new novel, Aldiss continues to explore new territories and further his reputation for trenchant an...

  • Mother of the Groom

    Trisha Alexander

    Wedding bells were ringing, though not for Diana Sorensen. This time around, it was the divorcee's son who was tying the knot -- but it was the bride-to-be's father, Lee Gabriel, who had Diana feeling like a newlywed. Lee figured he wasn&#...

  • Passion's Bold Fire

    Rosalyn Alsobrook

    SUSPICIOUS DESIRE Private investigator Shawn Madden, alias Shawn Larsen, knew right off that there was something odd about this barmaid. It wasn't only that Catherine couldn't keep drink orders straight. She just didn't seem to belong ...

  • Carny Kill

    Robert Edmond Alter

    A masterpiece of lurid menace from the underbelly of the South.

    On his first day working for Cochrane's carny, Thaxton found that his new boss was married to his ex-wife.  On the second day he found his boss's body--with one of May's throwin...

  • Swamp Sister

    Robert Edmond Alter

    The swamp had no name and no landmarks: just cypress, Spanish moss, and alligators -- and a wrecked plane with eighty thousand dollars inside it. The man who found the Money Plane could have any woman he wanted -- even the deliriously carnal Dorry Me...

  • Snow Angel

    Susan Amarillas

    The Devil's Den After the murder of her sheep rancher father, Katherine Thorn knew Wyoming cattle country would be dangerous, but her neighbor's offer of shelter during a blinding snowstorm proved still more perilous. Logan McCloud was han...

  • Teller of Tales

    Laurel Ames

    A GAME WITHOUT RULES All of London knew Lord Raines as a charming rake and a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars who was no stranger to lush pleasures. Yet the disenchanted nobleman soon discovered that Jenner Page was more blatantly honest in her passio...

  • Thieves Like Us

    Edward Anderson

    Bowie teams up with fellow thieves Chicamaw and T-Dub to rob a bank -- he needs the money to hire a lawyer to prove he’s innocent of murder. On the run, Bowie finds momentary peace when he elopes with a young woman. But Chicamaw and T-Dub want to r...

  • Wheels on the Bus

    Ellen Appleby

  • Between Past and Future

    Hannah Arendt

    Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute a major contribution to political philosophy. In this book she describes the perplexing crises which modern society faces as a result of the ...

  • Green Wilma

    Tedd Arnold

    "Wilma''s parents don''t know quite what to do when their daughter wakes up green and requests bugs for breakfast. At school, Wilma''s teachers are appalled by her unusually colorful antics. Wherever Wilma goes, surprises await herand readers of this...

  • The Third Illusion

    Harrison Arnston

    Hired to find a rich and powerful man's missing daughter, ex-CIA agent David Baxter leaves his self-imposed exile in the California woods and begins an investigation that turns more bizarre by the day. Original....

  • Dawn behind the Dawn

    Geoffrey Ashe

  • Monkey Tricks

    Camilla Ashforth

  • In the Country of the Great King

    Ardythe Ashley

    While the unearthly light of the Agincourt comet illumines the nighttime sky, a Native American woman disappears into the heart of the Arizona desert, longing to reunite with her ancient Zuni heritage . . . a hard-bitten New York City writer contempl...

  • Caliban

    Isaac Asimov

    Before his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov conceived the next step in robot evolution: Caliban. In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. Robots are bound by law to care for and to obey them. But when an experiment with a ne...

  • Greyfriars Bobby

    Eleanor Atkinson

    The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon mar...

  • Haunted Husband

    Elizabeth August

    Next-door daddy Chief of Police Thatcher Brant didn't need Samantha Hogan, his aggravating--albeit attractive-- neighbor, in his life. His affection was reserved for his children, two beautiful reminders of the past. He'd chosen a safe woman to lo...

  • Along Came Toto

    Anni Axworthy

  • Tim and Pete

    James Robert Baker

    Tim and Pete, ex-lovers with decidedly opposing personalities, survive a harrowing, twenty-four-hour reconciliation during an odyssey across the landscape of contemporary L.A. 20,000 first printing....

  • The Spirit Path

    Madeline Baker

    THE MEDICINE MAN Strong and wise beyond his years, Shadow Hawk was the spiritual leader of his people, but he had seen a troubling vision that even he could not understand. THE SPIRIT WOMAN Beautiful and infinitely desirable, she seemed to ...

  • Apache's Desire

    Karen A. Bale

    ONLY IN HIS ARMS Was she never to find peace and contentment? Silverhaired Aissa Gerard had survived capture, loneliness, and the burning of her family's ranch. Now she was home again, with her Indian lover beside her. Still, danger seemed to lurk...

  • Gracie

    Robin Ballard

  • Man With a Mission

    Suzanne Barclay

    ROBBED OF REMEMBERING A label stitched into a fur coat was her only clue to her true identity, but the name "Roseanne" meant nothing to her. She knew that a bullet had grazed her skull, robbing her of her memory and plunging her into a nightmare e...

  • The World of Brambly Hedge

    Jill Barklem

  • River of Fire

    Robert Baron

    Led by the fanatical Fusion priests, the Cathead Nation masses in the East and plans to annihilate Stormrider's Free Bikers of the Plains, in a novel set in the post-nuclear holocaust future. Original....

  • Track of the Cat

    Nevada Barr

    The memory of violence and loss drove Anna Pigeon from the city to seek peace in the Southwestern wilderness. Now a ranger in America's national parks, Anna is at one with nature and its serene, unspoiled majesty. But the brutal death of a fellow ran...

  • Deathics

    Richard Barth

    When her "Smoke Stoppers" buddy is knifed in front of his apartment, seventy-two-year-old sleuth Margaret Binton takes the case and soon discovers that his death was no mere act of random violence. By the author of Furnished for Murder. ...

  • Ransacked Heart

    Jayne Bauling

    The past... Six years ago, Maria had been devastated by the brutal way in which she had been sacked from her first job -- and all because of Luke Scott. The present... Now Luke was back in her life...and this time his demands were far greater --...

  • Halfway Home

    Marie Beaumont

    THEY WANTED THE SAME HOUSE Cameron Scott was going to make the house part of a prestigious development. A quiet haven of comfort and security in the middle of downtown Houston. Social worker Mickey Mulvaney was going to fill the house with teen...

  • Safari in Africa

    Sally Bell

  • Nickel Buys a Rhyme

    Alan Benjamin

    For daytime, all the time, here is a lively introduction to the joys of poetry. These spirited verses will make young children want to laugh, reflect, and dream. Karen Lee Schmidt's whimsical illustrations are the perfect complement to this collectio...

  • Sunset after Dark

    Cherie Bennett

    Rediscover Sunset Island in Sunset After Dark, the first book in an intriguing new series about Darcy Laken. She's a girl from the wrong side of the tracks with an eye for what others can't see. My new friend Molly just became my new job. Her par...

  • Good-Bye, Best Friend

    Cherie Bennett

    Star is one of a kind... Star does everything with a sense of humor and lots of style. But jokes and creativity can't protect her from one thing: cystic fibrosis, a fatal disease she's had since she was born. Because of her illness, Star has neve...

  • The Hooded Man

    Jay Bennett

    And Cory knew it would be soon. He'd already seen the hooded man from his bedroom window, looking up, ready to strike, a grisly but familiar figure ever since his best friend, Fred, was killed in a tragic accident. There had been four of them once --...

  • Tapestry of Dark Souls

    Elaine Bergstrom
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    A creation of magic as old as Ravenloft itself, the tapestry possesses the power to attract and absorb the evil creatures that roam the Dark Domains. Only a reclusive order of monks, the Guardians, know of the tapestry's might. It is their duty to us...

  • Hannah's New Boots

    Celia Berridge

  • Nightmare Point

    Carole Berry

    Just recovering from depression, Joyce Neuhauser ignores signs that she is being trailed by a outlandish but strangely familiar man, with disastrous results for her entire family. By the author of Island Girl. ...

  • Hired Hand

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    Fortune-teller Miranda True claimed she could see the future -- and more -- in the lines of a man's hand. And while he'd had his doubts at first, Lucas Strathmoor was becoming a believer -- even trusting her mystical powers to guide his corpo...

  • My Lady Notorious

    Jo Beverley

    LOVE'S DANGEROUS ADVENTURE Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. Coming face-to-face with its occupant, the arrog...

  • Distant Star

    Barbara Bickmore

    China in 1923 was a far cry from the exotic land Chloe Cavanaugh envisioned; but Chloe was married to the Chicago Times' most famous correspondent, and this squalid, teeming land was her new home.

    Yet the winds of change were blowing the sleep...

  • Woman Who Fell from the Sky

    John Bierhorst

  • The Last Resort

    Dan Binchy

    Returning to the village of Brulagh introduced in his highly praised debut The Neon Madonna, Dan Binchy's hilarious second novel offers a delightful tale of the eccentricities of rural life in the Republic of Ireland.Luke Diverali, a suave, sophistic...

  • Grounded

    David Bischoff

    While answering a distress call from a scientific station in a remote part of the glaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise" becomes infected with a mysterious alien life form which feeds on and transforms inorganic materials. The Starship begins to gradually ...

  • Outlaw Hearts

    Rosanne Bittner

    From the author of Thunder on the Plains comes the sweeping, heart-stirring saga of a man who lived by the gun--and the daring young woman who taught him how to love .... At twenty, Miranda Hayes had known more than her share of heartache and loss...

  • The Duke's Easter Lady

    Irene Loyd Black

    Outraged that a distant cousin was about to inherit her estate, Lady Emma Winslow began seeking a new place to live. Then her late brother's closest friend, the Duke of Attlebery, invited her to stay with him while she conducted her search. All u...

  • The Way It Should Have Been

    Georgia Bockoven

    WHAT'S IN THE PAST IS OVER AND DONE WITH...OR IS IT? Carly Hargrove knows that her life isn't extraordinarily exciting, but it is just the way she wants it. Three children, a nice house, and a husband who comes home to her every night, even though...

  • Annabel

    Janice Boland

  • One for the Money

    D.B. Borton

    A NEW CAREER ... IN CRIMESOLVING Life changed for Catherine "Cat" Cali ban after thirty-eight years of marriage. She lost a husband, bought an apartment house, got a gun--and decided to become a I? I. And that was before she discovered that her upst...

  • The Ray Bradbury Chronicles

    Ray Bradbury

  • The Gods of Eden

    William Bramley

    They Came To Earth Millions Of YearsAgo To Spread The Poison Of Hatred,War And Catastrophe...

    They Are With Us Still...

    Human history is a seemingly endless succession of bloody conflicts and devastating turmoil. Yet, inexplicab...

  • Surprise, Surprise!

    Annette Broadrick
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    THOUGHTS OF LOVE... When spring fancy strikes, no man is immune! The mysterious appearance of babies on Dane Ross's doorstep had him calling his secretary for help--pronto! But with her arrival, love came knocking ... with surprises of its own in...

  • The Beast's Story

    Laura Brooks

  • Moon Jump

    Paula Brown

  • The Picnic

    Ruth Brown

    Narrates the events of a picnic from the point of view of the animals who live above and below the picnic grounds where the humans come to eat. By the author of Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC. ...

  • 18Mm Blues

    Gerald A. Browne

    Finding their fates entwined with the lives and deaths of two Japanese pearl divers, Grady Bowman and Julia Elkins travel to the Far East where they unravel an extraordinary mystery and discover the world's most precious pearls. Reprint....

  • Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

    Renni Browne

    Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.Renni Browne an...

  • The Cook and the King

    Maraia Cristina Brusca

    While trying to cope with her job as the cook for a pompous and unjust king, Florinda finds herself involved in political affairs and condemned to the stake, in a colorful tale set in the mountains of South America....

  • Bridle Path

    Bonnie Bryant

    When Max, the manager at Pine Hollow Stables,  asks for the Saddle Club's help in sorting through some old riding costumes, Lisa, Carole, and Stevie quickly agree. In exchange for their help, Max has promised to get them tickets to the Capitol H...

  • Hard Landing

    Algis Budrys

    A science fiction adventure told from the point of view of aliens who crash-land on Earth and must assimilate in secret -- until their human cover is blown   Budrys’s final novel opens with the report of a man found electrocuted on suburban t...

  • The Son of Laughter

    Frederick Buechner

    Rich in family drama, passion, and human affinity, critically acclaimed author Frederick Buechner's contemporary retelling of this captivating and timeless biblical saga revitalizes the ancient story of Jacob, delighted our senses and modern sensibil...

  • Krauts!

    Bill Buford

  • The Rabbits Are Coming!

    Kathleen Bullock

  • No Beast So Fierce

    Edward Bunker

    After serving an eight-year term in Folsom State Prison, Max Dembo is determined not to return to his former way of life, in a realistic, suspenseful study of the pressures facing ex-convicts as they attempt to negotiate the straight world. Reissue....

  • Goodnight, Irene

    Jan Burke

    I'LL SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES Irene's best friend O'Connor is dead -- murdered at his own front door...and all because of an unsolved, three-decades-old murder the blustery, big-hearted newspaperman wouldn't let rest in peace. Once Irene Kell...

  • My Brown Bear Barney in Trouble

    Dorothy Butler

  • The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony

    Roberto Calasso

    Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Ca...

  • Scandalous

    Pamela Caldwell

    HE VOWED NOT TO MARRY... Were it not for his sister Portia, rumored to have fallen in with a fortune hunter, George Tate, Earl of Sefton, would never have agreed to attend his godmother Eugenia's house party. These affairs were so tiresome -- ho...

  • Once Upon a Princess and a Pea

    Ann Campbell

  • A Pocketful of Karma

    Taffy Cannon

    WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HOLLYWOOD PLAYGIRL DEBRA LAROCHE? No one has heard from her in weeks. Her former boss, L.A. lawyer Nan Robinson, is certain that Debra would not willingly abandon her divorce proceedings or her Hollywood muscle boys for such a l...

  • Monkey Sonatas

    Orson Scott Card

    A collection of science fiction and fantasy tales by the acclaimed author offers readers ten excursions into the realm of the fantastic and the mythic. Orson Scott Card's Monkey Sonatas: Fables and Fantasies is part of the Maps in a Mirrors series of...

  • Tsugele's Broom

    Valerie Scho Carey

  • The Mixed-Up Chameleon Sticker Book

    Eric Carle

    Thirty-two reusable vinyl stickers and a giant foldout chameleon allow children to participate in this delightful tale of a bored chameleon who wishes he could be like other animals in the zoo. By the author of The Secret Birthday Message. ...

  • Whaling Days

    Carol Carrick

  • After Silence

    Jonathan Carroll

    Scarred by recent love affairs, L.A. cartoonist Max Fischer meets and moves in with Lily Aaron and her nine-year-old son, Lincoln, but soon discovers that Lily is running from a heinous crime she has committed....

  • Jackdaw

    Ann Cartwright

  • Sophie and Sammy's Library Sleepover

    Judith Caseley

    Sophie loved to read books, and Sammy loved to throw them. And so the night of the library sleepover, Sophie went and Sammy stayed home.

    And what a night it was! Everyone -- even Mrs. Terry the librarian -- was wearing pajamas or nightgowns....

  • Golden Girl

    Carla Cassidy

    The girl most likely ... Cassie Hoffman was the last person Cameron Walker expected to find at a wilderness camp for underprivileged boys! Twelve years before, she'd been the golden girl of Glenville High -- and he'd been a kid from the wr...

  • Swamp Secrets

    Carla Cassidy

    There are none so blind . . ...as those who will not see. And Lindsey Witherspoon, used to capturing the world with her camera, to controlling the images that met her eyes, refused to see that the swamp was beyond her control. The swamp that spre...

  • Thousand Yards of Sea

    Laura Cecil

    "Seven poems and six stories that present fanciful aspects of life on or beneath the waves are gathered together here. Edward Lear, Eleanor Farjeon, Jack Prelutsky, and Margaret Mahy are among those included....The friendly, lighthearted qualities of...

  • Hostage to Fortune

    Elizabeth Chaplin

  • The Magic Fish Rap

    Bernice Chardiet

  • The Rough Gruff Goat Brothers

    Bernice Chardiet

  • The Desirable Duchess

    Marion Chesney

    ALTHOUGH SHE MARRIED WITHOUT LOVE, ALICE MAY YET DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT ROMANCE... Lovely Alice Lacey was a true Incomparable, and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrant was the event of the Season. Few realized, however, that she was secretly in l...

  • Susannah's Secret

    Judy Christenberry

    SHE CAME INTO HIS HOME -- AND INTO HIS HEART... Nicholas Danvers wanted an experienced governess -- not a timid slip of a girl like Susannah Brown. To complicate matters further, the auburn-haired beauty arrived on his doorstep with an infant in t...

  • The Magic Wars

    Jo Clayton

    In the epic conclusion of the Wild Magic trilogy, Faan journeys to the land of her birth, only to discover that her mother and her homeland are held captive by the Bee Goddess under a spell of timeless sleep. Original....

  • Billy and the Bad Teacher

    Andrew Clements

  • Empire's End

    Allan Cole; Chris Bunch

    THE EMPEROR'S NEW WOES AT LAST! THE EXPLOSIVE FINALE OF STEN'S ADVENTURES AS THE ETERNAL EMPEROR'S MOST TRUSTED FRIEND, BODYGUARD, TROUBLESHOOTER...AND ASSASSIN! SEE Sten undertake the ultimate treasure hunt, as he and his comrades seek out the...

  • Supermoo

    Babette Cole

  • Vision Quest

    Judd Cole

    Raised by white men, Indian Touch the Sky does not fit into either community, but he is determined to try to fit in with the Cheyenne and sets out into the wilderness to prove himself worthy. Original....

  • The Hen That Crowed

    Sheila Cole

  • The Man Who Dreamt of Lobsters

    Michael Collins

  • Desire

    Phoebe Conn

    HOT SPANISH NIGHTS In Madrid to attend the marriage of the Spanish Infanta to the Duke of Montpesier, sheltered Michelle Minoux was thrilled by the city's air of romance and celebration. Then she met a dark and mysterious gypsy guitar player--a ha...

  • Freshman Heat

    Linda A. Cooney

    It's no secret that Lauren's ex, Dash Ramirez, hates fraternity and sorority snobs--but does he hate them enough to send the Tri Beta house up in flames'? KC's hot new romance with campus DJ Cody Wainwright looks boyfriend like it's going gold--un...

  • The Boggart

    Susan Cooper

    Centuries old and thousands of miles from home When Emily and Jess Volnik's family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart -- an invisible, mischievous spirit who's been playing tricks on residents of Castle Kee...

  • The Awakening

    Patricia Coughlin

    IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL MAN TO WIN THAT SPECIAL WOMAN... Use-em-and-lose-em bounty hunter Flynn quickly sized up handy bystander Sara Marie McAllister: a sweet, shy, small-town woman who buried her bountiful curves and slumbering sexuality beneath...

  • I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me

    Helen Craig

    The well-known illustrator of the Angelina Ballerina series now lends her signature style to a collection of 54 traditional and familiar nursery rhymes (all neatly listed in a clever table of contents that is part rebus). Most of the rhymes sit side ...

  • River Temptress

    Elaine Crawford

    THE SCOUNDREL Women adored Pierce Kingston -- his beautiful face, his Southern charm, his manly arrogance. But one woman hated him... THE TOMBOY Men ignored Georgie Pacquing -- until she traded her britches for petticoats and transformed herself...

  • How the Sea Began

    George Crespo

  • Three Wishes

    Jaymi Cristol

    Lauren couldn't believe her luck when her aunt's million-dollar estate turned out to include a magic lamp...complete with genie! If she played her three wishes right, she'd get all the money and security she'd ever wanted. But from the security she'd...

  • Cut Up

    William Cross

    A disturbing attack on a young nurse leaves the woman with both arms surgically amputated and yet still alive, and Detective Chalky Fuchs's only lead is a strong hunch that the attacker has had medical training. Original....

  • The Alpine Betrayal

    Mary Daheim

    BAD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE ALPINE ADVOCATE Five years after her hasty departure from Alpine, Dani Marsh, now a Hollywood star, returns home for location shooting in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains... .At the annual Alpine Loggerama, Cody...

  • The Same but Different

    Tessa Dahl

  • Sing a Song of Death

    Catherine Dain

    THE SONG IS OVER Vince Marina was the hottest lounge act in Lake Tahoe. But backstage, things weren't so smooth. Now Vince has gone to the big casino in the sky ... and his ex-wife Connie swears she didn't do it--no matter how guilty she looks. Sh...

  • All about Alice

    Penny Dale

  • Tainted Evidence

    Robert Daley

    Nobody knows the big-city criminal system from the inside like Robert Daley, Now, the former deputy NYPD commissioner, New York Times correspondent, and acclaimed author of Prince of the City and A Faint Cold Fear presents his boldest novel ever. TAI...

  • Lightning Strikes Twice

    Lacey Dancer

    Untamed Tempest For the past six years, the most difficult part of Stryker McGuire's job was rescuing the boss's daughter. Tempest Whitney-King's life was fraught with danger and derring-do as she raced across foreign lands, chasing wild adventure...

  • Always a Fiancee

    Sheryl Danson

    ....NEVER A BRIDE-- Hilary Campbell had sworn off the male species--for their own protection! Her wild and whimsical ways had plunged too many men off the deep end. To be precise, Hilary had been engaged seven times. So when stalwart, sexy Grady T...

  • An Impossible Dream

    Emma Darcy

    He was the answer to Dani's dreams Cameron McFarlane was handsome, rich and fairly famous -- he was the bestselling author of The Psychology of Sex. More importantly, he needed Dani! Cameron needed her to cater a dinner party. And Dani agre...

  • The Misfortunes of Others

    Gloria Dark

  • A Bitter Legacy

    Jean Davidson

    SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS Summoned to England after her hated grandfather's death, Victoria Hunter was eager to claim her inheritance. Her hopes were dashed, however, when she learned the legacy consisted of her family's ancestral mansion, bu...

  • My Summer Vacation

    Sumiko Davies

  • Crime Zone

    Jake Davis

  • Found Father

    Justine Davis

    PLAYING FOR KEEPS... Five years ago, sweet Meggie Spencer had saved Devlin Cross from a personal torment too large to bear alone. She'd been his only beacon of hope -- until the truth about him had destroyed their fragile love, and she'd disappear...

  • Crazy Knife

    Clay Dawson

  • Deception and Desire

    Saranne Dawson

    Lucas Andrews seemed as mysterious as he was rich, as secretive as he was dangerous and as cunning as he was attractive. Hot on his trail, unwilling P.I., Susan Trent suddenly warmed to her new moonlighting job. Checking out prospective mates for oth...

  • Where Blue Begins

    Janice Deaner

    Piecing together tantalizing passages from her mother's secret journal, ten-year-old Maddie makes startling discoveries about her ill mother's dark and mysterious past and about the web of lies haunting her family. Reprint....

  • Romance of the Rose

    Claire Delacroix

    His Most Precious Flower... Armand d'Avigny would always associate Alexandria de Fontaine with the smell of roses. Indeed, the knight had carried the memory of the beautiful healer with him to the Crusades. Now, as he looked upon that same sweet fac...

  • The Substitute Bride

    Diana Delmore

    A FRIEND IN NEED Davina's brother, Thomas had warned her about the dashing Major Lord Ashbourne. The only trait that surpassed his legendary shooting skills was his wicked way with the ladies! But fate had the last laugh -- the handsome cha...

  • Pika Don

    Al Dempsey

  • Grandma

    Alison Dexter

  • Fool's Gold

    Albert Dibartolomeo

    When his girlfriend, Claire Lawrence, is kidnapped by a vengeful thief, Paul Fante is faced with the decision to become involved once again with the Philadelphia mobsters who had once destroyed his life...

  • Waltz in Marathon

    Charles Dickinson

    Shy and compassionate moneylender Harry Waltz is the richest man in Marathon, Michigan, and at sixty-one, has dedicated his life to bringing “honor and gentlemanliness” to loan-sharking. His wife died twenty years ago, he lost one son in Vietnam,...

  • With or Without

    Charles Dickinson

    Set in family homes, factories, shops, small-town streets, backyards-the familiar landscapes of our everyday lives-these stories take us by surprise as they plumb the complex and often tenuous connections that exist between child and parent, husband ...

  • Mindspan

    Gordon R. Dickson

    What do you do when you're being misunderstood by an alien race whose weapons are meaner than yours? There's a time for diplomacy... and a time when good old human cunning is the only alternative....

  • Surrender the Dream

    Debra Dier

    A proper Victorian lady is taught a lesson in love by a roguish Texan. THE ICE PRINCESS Jilted long ago by her fiance, Victoria Granger dedicated her life to helping San Francisco's less fortunate -- until her father threatened to disinherit her ...

  • Baby Mickey's Play Day

    Walt Disney

  • Bad Rap

    Franklin W. Dixon

    A killer sound! Somebody's ripping off rap artist Randy Rand by counterfeiting copies of his hottest tunes and cutting in on his profits. For Frank and Joe, the case is a piece of cake. The trail leads right to a hustler named Jack Martinelli, and...

  • Pagan Surrender

    Robyn Donald

    Reckless Tegan hadn't seen Kieran Sinclair in ten years, but the memory of his ruthless words still branded her -- his savage contempt for the way he believed she'd so heartlessly jilted his wheelchair-bound friend marked her soul. Now ...

  • I Can't Tell You Anything: And Other Stories

    Michael Dougan

  • Dragonflight

    Lela Dowling

    On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only pro...

  • Isaac Asimov's Sf-Lite

    Gardner Dozois

    Taken from the pages of Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, a collection of humorous science fiction stories and essays includes contributions by Neal Barrett, Sharon N. Farber, Howard Waldrop, and Isaac Asimov. Original....

  • Vanguard

    David Drake

  • The Door into Shadow

    Diane Duane

  • Outback Legacy

    Elizabeth Duke

    At first, Kate Ramsay didn't know the identity of her handsome dark-haired rescuer. But when she found out who he was, she wasn't happy. Because Nick Ramsay was her dead husband's half brother -- the black sheep of the family. Kate's ...

  • Final Diagnosis

    Roger C. Dunham

    Two young medical school graduates enter the world of medicine for their first month of internship, assigned to the 13th floor of the Los Angeles County Medical Center--the notorious Jail Ward where injured and wounded prisoners were incarcerated.  ...

  • Rescued by Love

    Anne Marie Duquette

    The bride wanted a new future. The groom was haunted by his past. But their wedding was a grand affair! Flight attendant Andrea Claybourne survived a devastating plane crash and emerged a heroine -- then quit her job. She made a decision to s...

  • Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh

    Allan W. Eckert

    A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames....

  • Australian Literature

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    Gene Edwards

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    Hank Edwards (1)

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    Michelle Edwards

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    Suzanne Elizabeth

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    Stanley Elkin

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    Kate Elliott

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    Wesley Ellis

    Jessie must rescue Ki from a death-row frame-up!Jessie and Ki head for the rough and tumble town of Haley to exact revenge for the murder of Jessie's father, but when Ki is thrown into jail for murder, Jessie must take on the entire town in order to ...

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    John R. Erickson

    Pete warns Hank that a stray dog has invaded the ranch and is lurking inside the machine shed. Naturally, Hank goes to investigate, and sure enough, he finds the Phantom Dog--in an old mirror stored in the machine shed. But then Drover looks into the...

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    Jennifer A. Ericsson

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    Elena Yates Eulo

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    Geraldine Evans

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    Tabor Evans

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    Barbara Bustetter Falk

  • Lady Barbara's Dilemma

    Marjorie Farrell

    What Did the Lady Want? Lady Barbara Stanley had the perfect husband-to-be in Lord Peter Rushcliffe, the handsome, charming, wealthy, considerate, and loving Marquess of Wardour. She had the perfect platonic friend in Sir David Treves, whose go...

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    Ron Faust

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    Jane Feather

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  • Hope for the Morrow

    Susan C. Feldhake

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    Susan C. Feldhake

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    Eugene Fern

  • Answer Came There None

    E.X. Ferrars / Elizabeth Ferrars

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    Liz Fielding

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  • David and Goliath

    Leonard Everett Fisher

  • Oklahoma Angel

    Phoebe Fitzjames

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    Rebecca Flanders

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    Richard Fliegel

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    Suzanne Forster

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    Norman A. Fox

  • The Jewel of Equilibrant

    Steven Frankos

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    Judith E. French

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    Gary Friedman

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    Steve Friedman

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    Frances Fyfield

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  • Claude Has a Picnic

    Dick Gackenbach

  • Twelfth Night

    Leon Garfield

  • The Tempest

    Leon Garfield

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    Kathleen O'Neal Gear; W. Michael Gear

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    Roberta Gellis

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    Mordicai Gerstein

  • Puff - Flash - Bang!

    Gail Gibbons

  • Tempest Waters

    Nancy Gideon

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    Thomas Gifford

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    Louise Gikow

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    Ellen Gilchrist

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    Judy Gill / Judy Griffith Gill

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    Mirra Ginsburg

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    Theresa Gladden

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    Douglas J. Glover

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    Mac Gober

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    Ann Goethe

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  • Best Color of All

    Golden Books

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  • Tortoise and the Hare

    Golden Books

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    Golden Books

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    Golden Books

  • Strange Attractors

    Rebecca Goldstein

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