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  • Corey Lane

    Norman Zollinger

    Driven by rage and pride, Sheriff Corey Lane goes to face an Apache war chief, while tenderfoot reporter Jim McPherson tags along, wondering if he is following the sheriff to glory or to self-destruction...

  • Lizard

    Banana Yoshimoto

    I shall refer to her as Lizard here, but not because of the small lizard tattoo that I discovered on her inner thigh. The woman has round, black eyes that gaze at you with utter detachment, like the eyes of a reptile. Every bend and curve of her sma...

  • Welcome to the Sea of Sand

    Jane Yolen

  • Ribbons

    Laurence Yep

    If you asked her, Robin would say that ballet means everything to her.

    But no one's asking Robin. Not her parents, who can no longer afford ballet lessons because all of their money is going toward bringing Robin's Chinese grandmother to Ameri...

  • Short Fiction

    William Butler Yeats / W.B. Yeats

    Yeats's short fiction, rich in metaphor and symbolism, is preoccupied, like his poetry, with 'the war of spiritual with natural order'. Themes and figures recur, notably Hanrahan the Red, the last of Ireland's Celtic singers, and several of Yeats's r...

  • Baba

    Belle Yang

  • Commitments

    Susan Worth

    HE DID EXACTLY AS HE PLEASED, AND HE PLEASED HE...FOR now Charlie "I'll try anything for a year" Whitman. Fleet of mouth, fast of foot and a brilliant copywriter, he was committed to only one thing-no commitments. Cassie "Play by the rules" Arm...

  • The Rancher and His Unexpected Daughter

    Sherryl Woods

    Widower Harlan Adams had plenty of experience with children - male children. So when a rebellious teenaged girl stole his truck and went for a joyride, Harlan was baffled. Then he confronted her intriguing, sassy mother and was totally thrown for a l...

  • Maggie's Pride

    Deborah Wood

    SHE WASN'T READY TO SETTLE DOWN. HE WASN'T WILLING TO LET HER GO. MAGGIE: Captain of her own steamboat, Maggie loved her rugged life on Oregon's Willamette River. She didn't think she had room in her life for a son ... until she f...

  • The Flying Dragon Room

    Audrey Wood

    Unaware that Mrs. Jenkins is polishing up her set of magical tools in the backyard, young Patrick finds himself in a fantastic world of imagination in which he comes face-to-face with such incredible items as a bubble machine and a friendly dragon....

  • Bear and Roly-Poly

    Elizabeth Winthrop

  • The Newlywed Game

    Bonnie K. Winn

    How would they score on the compatibility test? Brad Holbrook and Kara Lawrence made the perfect couple. The moment he saw them Erastus Jones knew they were meant for each other, and meant to be the new owners of his ostrich ranch. There was only ...

  • She Came by the Book

    Mary Wings

    As a lesbian, I never thought that I would mind another woman wearing the same dress to a big event. But the woman was Tracy Port, and the dress looked great on her even while she was being poisoned at my feet... San Francisco P.I. Emma Victor has...

  • Bellwether

    Connie Willis

    Sandra Foster studies fads--from Barbie dolls to the grunge look--how they start and what they mean. Bennett O'Reilly is a chaos theorist studying monkey group behavior. They both work for the HiTek corporation, strangers until a misdelivered package...

  • Murder in Cormyr

    Chet Williamson
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Tired of the political machinations of his egotistical fellow wizards, Benelaius retires from the College of War Wizards to take up residency in Cormyr, where he lives peacefully until he and his legman, Jasper, are forced to investigate the murder o...

  • The King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

    Marcia Williams

    The tales of Camelot, including those of King Arthur, Merlin the Magician, Excalibur, Lady Guinevere, and more, are retold in a clear, concise, and exciting style with the addition of full-color, comic-strip-style art to enhance the legendary adventu...

  • Courting Christina

    Claudette Williams

    THE LADY HAD MUCH TO LEARN... Before her guardian died, Christina had been a happy, high-spirited country beauty with no pretensions. She concealed her fair hair under a cap, wore britches, and rode to hounds like a hunt master. She didn't want...

  • Facing the Music

    Margaret Willey

    Feeling like a new person after joining the music band, Crawl Space, Lisa Franklin hopes to get over the loss of her mother but fears that the other members of the band, who wanted a different sound, may not want her indefinitely....

  • The Royal Raven

    Hans Wilhelm

    Wishing that his ordinary raven's feathers could be colorful and more exotic, Crawford is thrilled when a magical old woman transforms his black feathers into a magnificent golden plumage until he attracts the wrong kind of attention....

  • Private Matters

    Amberlina Wicker

  • Million-Dollar Bride

    Karen Toller Whittenburg

    Here comes the bride... Eliza Richards knew she had no business trying on that million-dollar wedding gown. It didn't look like it should cost a million bucks, so what was all the fuss about? But when she put it on, she knew. It shimmered, it spa...

  • The Reformer

    Diana Whitney

    HEY, KIDDO-- I suppose you know I'm crazy about your mom. What man wouldn't be? Especially since she has such a great kid. But I want to talk to you man-to-man and tell you what my intentions are. Even though your mom is the most beautiful, wonder...

  • Harm's Way

    Stephen White

    When Dr. Alan Gregory's good friend Peter Arvin is found dying on the stage of a Colorado theater, suspicion soars that he is the second victim of a serial killer. Now the police want Alan to create a psychological profile of the murderer. Peter's wi...

  • Beyond the Fire

    Amanda Wheeler

    Ambition would never be enough for her
    Smart and ambitious, Nina Lewis was hurdling obstacles not only as a law student at Berkeley in the early '70s but as a black woman during a time of tremendous change, opportunity, and unrest. Though an inner...

  • Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee

    Colin West

  • I Don't Care! Said the Bear

    Colin West

  • The War Within

    Tom Wells

    The War Within: America’s Battle over Vietnam is a painfully engrossing and popularly written account of how the battle on the home front ended America’s least popular war. This absorbing narrative, hailed by critics of every persuasion, is the f...

  • Devil's Food

    Janice Weber

    A sly, witty mystery features two extraordinary sisters--one a master chef and the other a renowned actress--who juggle husbands, lovers, the Hollywood media, and their own identities to catch a thief. By the author of Frost the Fiddler. ...

  • Heirs of Empire

    David Weber

    THE BOSS'S KIDS For really tough jobs, Emperor Colin the First is your man. The only person in the galaxy ever to stop the genocidal Achuutani, he went on from there to resurrect an empire that died forty-five thousand years ago. He's still got a ...

  • A Night to Remember

    Anne Weale

    An innocent proposal? Until now, Cassia Browning had lived rather a sheltered life with her father in Spain. However, she could still recognize a dangerous man when she met one, and Don Simón, Marqués de Mondragón was just that. Apart from bein...

  • Under the Covers

    Linda Warren

    His make-your-own-rules grin should have been a warning ... He'd never been followed bit a woman so downright determined, Simon Faro noted with admiration--and more than a touch of curiosity! Detective Jo O'Neal was outrageously persistent in trac...

  • What Are Roses For?

    Sandol Stoddard Warburg

    Provocative poetry and pictures inspire the reader to ponder new levels of relationships and meaning in this lyrical exploration of things -- from a simple seed in a flowerbed to the whole expansive universe....

  • The Book of God

    Walter Wangerin Jr.

    Experience the Bible as a singular, powerful story and prepare to be swept away by Scripture as never before! Wangerin's "Bible storybook for adults" features brilliant settings, dramatized scenes, and added dialogue -- all gleaned from extensive res...

  • The Crying for a Vision

    Walter Wangerin Jr.

    On a journey of self-discovery, Moves Walking, a Lakota orphan with unusual powers and an outcast of his tribe, finds his life intertwined with that of Fire Thunder, a fierce warrior who is leading his people down a dangerous and destructive path. Re...

  • Ruby & Spear

    Todd Walton

    Fired sports columnist Vic Worsley discovers a renewed vigor for life when he becomes involved in the promising career of Spear, a talented young basketball player, who refuses to trust Vic's encouragement.Sportswriter Vic Worsley is forty-four, divo...

  • Odyssey

    Barbara Walton

    WILL A LEAPER LEARN HIS LESSONS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE? In 1983, in a small town in upstate New York, Sam Beckett has a problem. He's Leaped into a brilliant but troubled boy named Sean O'Connor who's part of a gifted students program called Olympic...

  • Pure Instinct

    Robert W. Walker

    Responding to a call by a New Orleans police commissioner to help in a serial murder investigation, Dr. Jessica Coran faces a second challenge when a murderer she helped put away escapes from prison and comes after her. Original....

  • Rogue Saucer

    John Vornholt

    While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the U.S.S. Enterprise tests a new experimental saucer. In theory, the new saucer can survive a planetary crash landing, but will it come through intact under genuine test conditions? Riker, Data, ...

  • What Matters Most

    Cynthia Victor

    They were childhood friends, so Lainey Wolfe's agreement to be legal guardian of Farrell Cole's children seemed no more than a natural promise--until the unthinkable happens: A terrible accident claims the lives of Farrell and her husband, and Lainey...

  • Escape from Fire Lake

    Robert Vernon

    Four young private eyes are about to become your juvenile reader's newest heroes! In this blockbuster book and video series from Tyndale and Focus on the Family, Mike, Ben, Wynnona, and Spencer unravel mysteries from their headquarters in a restored ...

  • The Faery Bride

    Lisa Ann Verge

    Rhys ap Gruffydd is a man accursed, his scarred face hidden behind a black leather mask. When he hears of a lass who can heal him, he acts without honor: he kidnaps her. But Aileen O'Conaire is no fey child; she is a woman, and she will resist--and a...

  • Murmur of Rain

    Patricia Vaughn

    Attempting to support herself as a musician in 1890s Paris, headstrong Lauren Dufort attracts the attention of cultured Roget de Martier, whose family hides a troubled and evil history that eventually alienates Lauren. He gave her an illustrious n...

  • Andersonville

    Robert Vaughan

  • Rules of the Net

    Gerard Van Der Leun

    Explains how to become a master of the "Twelve Essential Commandments of Good Net Behavior," learn appropriate e-mail etiquette, how to properly converse with fellow net surfers, and become a responsible cybercitizen. Original. (All Users)....

  • When It Is Night and When It Is Day

    Jenny Tyers

    Here are the cycles of darkness and light and the behavior of the animals that skitter, hoot, and prowl through the night and the day. The author imbues the twenty-four-hour cycle with a sense of mystery, encouraging readers to wonder at what is happ...

  • String A long Numbers

    Tricia Tusa

  • The Two Georges

    Harry Turtledove; Richard Dreyfuss

    A precious and historic painting has been stolen by terrorists -- radical separatists who will stop at nothing to shatter the union. Colonel Thomas Bushell, the government's most fearless agent, is the only man who can stop them. But this is not o...

  • Beloved Son

    George Turner

    Forty years after his starship escapes from an apocalyptic Earth, Commander Albert Raft and his crew return to a much younger and violent Earth society that wants to embrace Raft as a god because of his telepathic powers....

  • Woman Who Walked on Water

    Lily Tuck

    The Woman Who Walked on Water is a beautifully crafted, dark fable, the story of a woman's search for meaning, from the author of The Double Life of Liliane.

    Adele leaves her comfortable life in Connecticut for India, to follow a guru she has...

  • The Groom Wore Blue Suede Shoes

    Jessica Travis

    A MARRIAGE MADE IN MEMPHIS Single mom Erin Weller just wanted a normal life. But ever since she'd rescued Travor Steele from a crowd of screaming women, her life was anything but! Travor's good looks did more than set her pulse racing. Everyone--inc...

  • Buchanan's Baby

    Pamela Toth

    OH, BABY! They say you never forget your first love, and Donovan Buchanan was more unforgettable than most. The rough-and-ready cowboy had left a trail of broken hearts along the road to success...and he'd left perky waitress Bobbie McBride with j...

  • Tom

    Daniel Torres

  • Just a little bit

    Ann Tompert

    When an elephant and a mouse try to play on a seesaw, they need help from a vast number of animal friends to balance the scales. Munsinger takes the prize here with comical renditions of the improbable antics and hilarious facial expressions of assor...

  • Sophie's Dance Class: A Pull-the-Tab Book

    Ruth Tilden

  • Dreamer

    Ralph Thorpe

  • The Trail West

    David Thompson

    Accepting a job to guide a rich Easterner across the untamed Rockies, master trapper Nathaniel King is directed to safeguard his charge from hostile Native Americans, renegade settlers, and greedy robbers at the cost of his own life. Original....

  • Elinor and Marianne

    Emma Tennant

    First published in 1996, this sequel to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, written as an exchange of letters, Elinor and Marianne is the correspondence between the married Dashwood sisters " Mrs Brandon and Mrs Edward Ferrars. Passion, in the...

  • Frankie and the Secret

    T.L. Tedrow

  • This and That

    Julie Sykes


    Cat's making the rounds of the farm, borrowing "this and that" from each of her barnyard friends. The animals are curious, so they follow her to the stable, where they discover Cat's secret-newborn twin kittens named This and That!

    ...

  • Me on the Map

    Joan Sweeney

    Illustrated in full color. In this playful introduction to maps and geography, step by simple step, a young girl shows readers herself on a map of her room, her room on the map of her house, her house on the map of her street--all the way to her coun...

  • Cat and Cat-Face

    Chyng-Feng Sun

    Despite their differences, an impulsive cat and a quiet flower become friends. The cat-face flower can't stand the late-night feline concerts that Cat enjoys, while Cat can't understand why Cat-Face goes to bed early. Cat and Cat-Face conveys a very ...

  • Grandpa Was a Cowboy

    Silky Sullivan

    A young boy, raised by his aunt and uncle, shares a special visit with his grandfather during which he learns about his family's past and about the old man's experiences as a cowboy and living in the Ozark Mountains....

  • Iron Bravo

    Carsten Stroud

    A profile of the U.S. Army is seen through the eyes of middle-aged military lifer Dee Crane, a first sergeant in the Big Red One infantry division, in a study of how soldiers live, think, fight, and die. Reprint....

  • They Thought They Saw Him

    Craig Kee Strete

    Little chameleon sits on a brown branch, in the green leaves, in the tan sand, and on a golden rock. A snake, an owl, a fox and a boy all think they've seen him, but the chameleon never seems to be where they think he is. Craig Kee Strete and the pop...

  • The Unromantic Lady

    Penelope Stratton

    SHE BELIEVED LOVE WAS FOOLISH - UNTIL IT TAUGHT HER OTHERWISE! Diantha Halstow liked to declare that love was nothing but a mere illusion to trap fools. Rexford Lytham, Earl of Chartridge, couldn't agree more. He was, Diantha thought, a most sens...

  • Ivy Secrets

    Jean Stone

    THEY LIVED A LIE.... They met within the ivied walls of one of New England's most prestigious colleges: Three girls from vastly different backgrounds who became roommates, soulmates, and best friends. But fifteen years later, it's not the bonds of...

  • Bad Hare Day

    R.L. Stine

    PICK A SCARE. ANY SCARE. Trick cards, floating scarves, disappearing doves. Tim Swanson loves magic tricks. Someday he wants to be a real magician. Just like his all-time favorite hero, Amaz-0. But then Tim goes to Amaz-O's show. And he finds out hi...

  • The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek

    R.L. Stine

    HE'S OUT TO TAKE OVER...YOUR LIFE! Top secret and dangerous. That's what your mom, a famous scientist, calls the research she's been doing at the labs of Dr. Eeek. You're dying to know what it's all about. Then one day you get lost in the labs. Bef...

  • A New Fear

    R.L. Stine

    The Fear name brings fortune...and doom. The dark power of the Fear family consumes all those connected with it. The Fears. Those they love -- and hate. The entire town of Shadyside. All are tainted forever by the evil of the family's curse. No one ...

  • Secret Admirer

    R.L. Stine

    A young actress draws a sinister spotlight in this spooky installment in R.L. Stine’s bestselling Fear Street series -- now with a fresh new look!Selena has it all. She just scored the lead in her high school play, and everyone adores her. So when ...

  • Camp Zombie III: The Lake's Revenge

    Megan Stine

    Returning to Camp Zombie when their grandparent's RV breaks down by an all-too-familiar lake, the Alexander cousins prepare for trouble as the otherworldly campers from the previous year emerge from the murky depths. Original....

  • Love and Lies

    Dawn Stewardson

    If walls could speak, what tales of passion, adventure and intrigue would they tell? Bride's Bay Resort: a luxurious playground with a colorful past and a romantic present! Generations of Jermains have catered to the rich and famous at their exclu...

  • Old Bag of Bones

    Janet Stevens

    Old, crippled, and decrepit, Coyote dreams of becoming young and strong once again and asks Young Buffalo Bull to share some of his youth, not realizing that age also brings wisdom, respect, and valuable experience....

  • Final Remedy

    Daniel Steven

    Dr. Karen Moore confronts a multimillion-dollar malpractice suit and ugly accusations of racism when a patient dies of an apparent drug overdose, and her only ally is prosecuting attorney Elliot Roth. Original....

  • A Father for Always

    Sandra Steffen

    To keep his rich in-laws from taking away his little girl, Fabulous Father Jace McCall decided to: One: Find a woman willing to pose as his fiancee. The hitch? Every gal in town was spoken for--except Garret Fletcher. But who'd believe they were i...

  • The Tranquillity Alternative

    Allen Steele

    On the dark side of the moon, six missile silos stand in silence, poised for a war that never happened. Today, they will be taken over by corporate interests. Tomorrow, they will be activated......

  • Dearly Beloved

    Wendy Corsi Staub

    TO HAVE... On a windswept New England island, he waits, fingering the satin-and-lace wedding gowns he's had made for each of them...the dresses they will wear when he kills them. TO HOLD... Three women have come to the Bramble Rose Inn. For ...

  • Malicious Intent

    Michael A. Stackpole

    THEY KILLED HIS LEADER. THEY STOLE HIS CLAN. THEY WANT HIM DEAD. In the wake civil war that nearly devastated the Jade Falcons and pushed his own Wolf Clan into nonexistence, Vlad of the Wards emerges harboring a powerful secret. He intends to use...

  • Dog and Cat Shake a Leg

    Kate Spohn

    Best friends Dog and Cat will do anything to help each other out, from enjoying a peaceful evening at home to learning how to use their new rollerblades, in a collection of simple stories for beginning readers....

  • Crash

    Jerry Spinelli

    Everybody knows Crash Coogan, seventh-grade football sensation. He's been mowing down everything in his path since the time he could walk -- and Penn Webb, his dweeby, vegetable-eating neighbor, is his favorite target. After all, Webb's not just a ne...

  • Honor

    Mary Spencer

    DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Her marriage to a cruel baron had left Amica of Lancaster frightened. And when the king sent Sir Thomas of Reed to her defense, his rough ways chilled her heart. Yet, as she grew to know the knight, she discovered that beneath his...

  • Roping Colors

    John Speirs

  • Old MacDonald

    Jessica Sosuhami

  • Night of the Five Aunties

    Mesa Somer

    Annie and Alfie are excited that all of their five aunts are coming to visit, especially their most beautiful aunt, Ruby Dee, but as the aunts begin to arrive, the day takes a wild turn in events, especially when Ruby Dee shows up....

  • Setting the Pace

    Lauraine Snelling

    When Lindy Randall announces her engagement to Robert Crowder, DJ is floored. How can her mother even consider taking on a husband and twin boys when she is only now beginning to get along with the family she has? DJ turns to her training at Briones...

  • The Night the Heads Came

    William Sleator

    Leo and Tim are abducted by aliens -- and find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic feud Leo is driving his best friend, Tim, to the station to catch the midnight train to New York City, where Tim hopes to sell his science fiction drawings to...

  • The Love Potion

    Linda Joy Singleton

    Losing her boyfriend to another girl, unhappy Lacey Sinclair concocts a magic perfume that attracts boys and launches her own popularity, but when she runs out of an important ingredient, Lacey wonders if she can make it on her own. Original....

  • For Love of Her Child

    Tracy Sinclair

    A MOTHER'S LOVE... Erica Barclay's goal was to keep her son, Nicky, safe from the people who threatened their small family. Nicky was her entire world, the very air she breathed. She certainly didn't have time for sexy strangers she stumbled over ...

  • Perfect Strangers

    Rebecca Sinclair

    Gabrielle Carelton is one of Queen Elizabeth's most devoted ladies-in-waiting. But her loyalty is put to the test when Her Majesty commands her to marry Scotsman Collin Douglas. Then, on the eve of her wedding, Gabrielle is kidnapped by Collin's twin...

  • Dark Horse

    Bill Shoemaker

    World-famous jockey-turned-mystery-writer Bill Shoemaker is back in the winner's circle with his newest racing mystery that begins and ends with the Triple Crown, the most famous and lucrative trio of races in the Thoroughbred business... . At the...

  • Unwanted: Dead or Alive

    Gene Shelton

    Framed for rustling and cattle theft by the corrupt banker who foreclosed on their employer's ranch, Buck Hawkins and Dobie Garret decide to live up to their reputations as wanted men by teaming up with spitfire Marylou Kowalski to plan the ultimate ...

  • The Someday House

    Anne Shelby

  • Dead Man's River

    Jon Sharpe

    Torn in opposing directions when two beautiful women, who hate each other, seek his help at the same time, Skye Fargo is caught up in a struggle that quickly turns bloody and must discover which lady is telling him the truth. Original....

  • Tropical Depression

    Laurence Shames

    Murray Zemelman, a.k.a. "the bra king," wakes up one morning contemplating suicide. Instead, he leaves his trophy wife and his thriving lingerie business, gets in his car, and drives to Key West to start a new life. Was it brilliant insight or a glit...

  • The Gulls of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    Tres Seymour

  • Francis, the Earthquake Dog

    Brooke Scudder

    Edward, a young boy, finds a little dog and is disappointed to be told by his father that he cannot keep him, but when it gets lost during an earthquake, things begin to become hectic and the little dog's adventures really begin....

  • Virtually Eliminated

    Jefferson Scott

    As the deadly, self-proclaimed "Patriot" stalks the virtual reality computer Net, only one man-virtual reality programmer and committed Christian Ethan Hamilton-has the professional expertise, conviction, and supernatural guidance to pursue the high-...

  • Cowboy Country

    Ann Herbert Scott

  • The Quiet One

    Alicia Scott

    WANTED... Sheriff Cagney Guiness came back to Maddensfield for peace and quiet--and found himself right in the middle of a murder investigation. He also found his prime suspect, a woman who could help him escape his past--if only her past were free ...

  • What Engagement Ring?!

    Martha Schroeder

    "The second my brother's four-carat diamond engagement ring was on your finger, you jilted him." - Jake Singleton, attorney. April Kennan had refused to even date Jake's sniveling brother -- let alone marry him! And now Jake insisted she return a rin...

  • Dreamland

    Roni Schotter

  • Whose Song Is Sung

    Frank Schaefer

    After being sold into slavery, Musculus Herodes Formosus--a former jester and counselor to kings--embarks on a journey during which he crosses paths with Beowulf, Slayer of Monsters, and becomes part of a legend. Reprint....

  • The Marriage Bed

    Diana Saville

    It is high summer in Paradise. Laura Fenton takes toast, post, and the new Country Life out to the garden. Her spaniels stalk the white doves as the smell of newly mown grass mingles with the scent of old blush roses on the brick wall. She feeds the ...

  • The Butterfly Alphabet

    Kjell Bloch Sandved

  • Dust and Ashes

    Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov

    The epic sequel to the best-selling Children of the Arbat follows the experiences of a Soviet tank commander in World War II as he fights his way from Siberia to Stalingrad and onward to Berlin....

  • One Hundred Is a Family

    Pam Munoz Ryan

    Illustrating different kinds of families that help children to count to one hundred by ones and tens, an active picture book depicts colorful characters who share bonds of family, friendship, and community. Reprint...

  • Belladonna

    Jenna Ryan

    Bella Conlan was a woman with a past... One she couldn't remember. The first nine years of her life were shrouded in a mist as thick as the fog of her native San Francisco--and now those lost years were coming back to haunt her. Then out of the da...

  • Betrayed

    Patricia H. Rushford

    Jennie McGrady is anxious to fly to Montana after her uncle, a full-blooded Indian and the owner of Dancing Waters Ranch, is injured by a bomb explosion meant to kill. Jennie is determined to solve the crime, but her instincts tell her she’s not in...

  • Whatever Happened to Jennifer Steele?

    Jean Ruryk

    Recognizing a sickly bag lady as her daughter's childhood friend and a once-promising soap opera actress, sixtyish Cat Wilde takes in the bedraggled Jennifer and tries to help the young woman recover her lost memories...

  • Go the Way Your Blood Beats

    Shawn Stewart Ruff

  • The Samaritan

    Nancy Rue

    Josiah's world seems to be falling apart. A family friend lies dying, something terrible has happened to Hope that she won't talk about, and a widow and her baby are in trouble. When Josiah reaches out to help, it seems no one wants or needs him. But...

  • The Secret

    Nancy Rue

    With everything they've been through in the past year, Josiah thought he could trust his sister Hope -- until he sees her with one of their worst enemies. Though she tries to persuade him otherwise, Josiah does all he can to keep her from danger, and...

  • I Want My Dinner!

    Tony Ross

    An enthusiastic Little Princess learns how the ups and downs of everyday life can be smoothed over with common courtesy before she embarks on a mission to teach manners to everyone else, including a nearby cave-dwelling Beastie....

  • It Happened One Week

    JoAnn Ross

    AMANDA'S ROMANCE RESUME First Love: Ten years ago, Amanda fell madly in love with Dane, the most handsome man she'd ever seen. They kissed till dawn, whispered sweet nothings about forever. Then suddenly it was over.... Present Love: In the mid...

  • Elijah Visible

    Thane Rosenbaum

    With the publication of Elijah Visible, Thane Rosenbaum emerged as a fresh and important new voice on the American literary scene, a young writer in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. In this haunting de...

  • Lucky Devil

    Patricia Rosemoor

    He was a cowboy to be reckoned with... JoJo Weston tried not to be impressed by the obviously dangerous man standing before her...oozing sensuality. Lucky was a Donatelli - not to be trusted, not to be messed with. Could he possibly even be the on...

  • Tell Me about When I Was a Baby

    Lisa Rojany

    Entertaining pop-up artwork, pull-tabs, a wheel with see-through windows, and more bring to life the developmental milestones in a small child's life, in an interactive picture book that contains space to record a youngster's "firsts."...

  • Wicked

    Evelyn Rogers

    REDEEMING LOVE Gunned down after a bank robbery, Cad Rankin met a heavenly being who made him an offer he couldn't refuse. To save his soul, he had to bring peace to the most lawless town in the West. With a mission like that, the outlaw almost re...

  • A Hidden Cause of Murder

    C.F. Roe

    Horrified when her partner is murdered, Dr. Jean Montrose believes that one of the victim's addict clients is responsible, but police inspector Douglas Niven believes that Jean herself is the killer. Original....

  • The Heart of Devin MacKade

    Nora Roberts

    HE WAS THE ONLY MacKADE WHO MOVED SLOW Sheriff Devin MacKade had always had his eye on Cassie Connor Dolin. Twelve years of trying to watch over her and her children. Twelve years of being the dependable friend, of seeing his beauty married to a...

  • Montana Sky

    Nora Roberts

    When Jack Mercy died, he left behind a ranch worth nearly twenty million dollars. Now his three daughters--each born of a different marriage, and each unknown by the others--are gathered to hear the reading of the will. But the women are shocked to l...

  • Murder Mile High

    Lora Roberts

    SPECIAL DELIVERY For the first time in years, struggling freelance writer Liz Sullivan is headed home to Denver to visit her estranged family. No sooner does she arrive than her former husband's dead body is delivered to her father's front porch w...

  • The Serpent Garden

    Judith Merkle Riley

    In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets -- and some people will kill to keep them hidden. Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is mur...

  • Sisters

    Penny Richards

    A SECRET BABY... Nineteen years ago, farmgirl Skye Herder was all chaste, forbidden temptation while her older sister was a ripe, willing female. A boy on the brink of manhood, Cash Benedict had to choose... Now, tormented by memories, compell...

  • Paper Moon

    Patricia Rice

    SHINING DREAMS, BLAZING PASSIONS Janice Harrison looked like a dowdy schoolmarm to the citizens if Mineral Springs, Texas, as long as no one saw her with her golden hair loose around her white shoulders and her perfect body free from its corset s...

  • The Listeners

    Bebe Faas Rice

    Moving to a huge mansion in a Washington, D.C., suburb, sixteen-year-old Kathy learns that the house has a disturbing past involving a murdered family and an escaped killer, and begins to fear that the killer has returned. Original....

  • New Russian Writing, The Penguin Book of

    Andrew Reynolds

  • The Boys from St. Petri

    Bjarne B. Reuter

    German soldiers have invaded St. Petri -- but Lars and his friends are fighting back.

    Lars is finally a member of the St. Petri group. Sworn to oppose the German occupation of Denmark, the boys steal German license plates, deface Nazi posters,...

  • The Reason Why

    Ruth Rendell

    One of the world's most acclaimed mystery writers presents an anthology of literary depictions of murder that delves into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite the act and linger in its wake. Includes such writers as Sophocles, Shakesp...

  • Big Island Search

    Mary Carpenter Reid

  • Plainsong for Caitlin

    Elizabeth M. Rees

    Caitlin With the terrible news of a disaster at sea, fifteen-year-old Caitlin's world crumbles, as does that of her older sister Rebecca. Orphaned and with meager funds, the sisters leave New Bedford to begin a new life on the western frontier. Swee...

  • The Outlaw and the City Slicker

    Debbi Rawlins

    THE LADY... With her designer luggage and pink cowboy boots, Sunny Daye was hardly who Jesse would have picked to assist with his cattle drive. She had the body of a centerfold and the face of an angel but did she know anything about cattle and t...

  • Cross Creek

    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    Cross Creek is the warm and delightful memoir about the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- author of The Yearling -- in the Florida backcountry.Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature. For the mil...

  • Let's Get Criminal

    Lev Raphael

    A tale of intrigue in academia involving homosexuals. It begins when a new man arrives at a university and obtains tenure despite lack of qualifications. When he is murdered, suspicion falls on a writer-in-residence on whom the man once did the dirty...

  • Texas Renegade

    Dana Ransom

    Kenitay -- the handsome, mixed-breed Texan who felt he didn't belong in the world of either the white man or the Indian. Leisha -- the headstrong, caring woman who loved him enough to show him the way to a place of his own. Leisha and Kenit...

  • The Age of Innocence

    Random House

  • The Last Client of Luis Montez

    Manuel Ramos

    Celebrating the successful acquittal of his latest client, Chicano lawyer and former activist Luis Montez is stunned when the client is killed the following day, an event that results in Luis's own arrest for murder....

  • Apollo's Fault

    Miriam Raftery

    APOLLO: 1: The Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry 2: A man of graceful beauty 3: The wrinkled Shar-Pei puppy belonging to beautiful young Taylor James Stubborn and tenacious, Apollo would lead Taylor on the romantic adven...

  • Sands of Deception

    Jean Rabe
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  • Boquitas pintadas

    Manuel Puig

    Learning that he is dying of tuberculosis, self-styles ladies' man Juan Carlos is doted upon by the women in his life including his mother, sister, and two girlfriends, who fail to see that their own lives are crumbling in their adoration for Juan. R...

  • Dream Jar

    Bonnie Pryor

  • Faraway

    J.B. Priestley

    When William Dursley finds his long-lost and ailing Uncle Baldwin on his doorstep one wintry night, his life is changed for ever. His uncle relates a story of an island in the South Pacific, filled with a precious uranium ore worth millions of pounds...

  • The Warrior

    Fayrene Preston

    The danger that glowed in his eyes called her name .... Jonah Damaron exuded power like a force of nature, untamable and sensual in a way that awakened every nerve ending in Jolie Lanier's body! But she was playing a dangerous game, taking risks f...

  • Just Dessert

    Polly Powell

    Ever since dinner, all Patsy Apple can think about is that last piece of Super Yellow Cake with Fudge Frosting. So she sneaks out of bed for the long trek to the kitchen--and encounters a dark house full of scary creatures! Eye-catching illustrations...

  • Mummy's Tomb

    Roy Pond

    Traveling to Egypt where they anticipate the fun of exploring real tombs, Harry, Josh, and Amy discover a strange gift shop where they purchase a weird game, which turns out to be more scary than fun. Original....

  • Jokers Are Wild

    Caleb Pirtle

  • The Paperboy

    Dav Pilkey

    From #1 bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey, a Caldecott Honor picture book about a boy, his dog, and the solitude they share before the world wakes up.In the still before dawn, while the rest of the world is sleeping, a boy and his dog leave t...

  • The Witch's Revenge

    Christopher Pike

    Encounter witchly wonders in this sixth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series -- now on TV!The time has come for Adam and his friends to again face Spooksville’s most powerful citizen, Ms. Ann Templeton. ...

  • Fool's Paradise

    Tori Phillips

    'TWAS NO LAUGHING MATTER When fleeing an odious arranged match, the Lady Elizabeth Hayward found herself under the protection of famed court jester Richard Tarleton. But even disguised as the fool's boy apprentice, there was no hiding the fact tha...

  • Would My Fortune Cookie Lie?

    Stella Pevsner

    Alexis worries a great deal--about her mother's threat to move the family from their Chicago condominium to a house in the suburbs and about the strange man who has been shadowing her and her friend Suzy--but after Alexis confronts the man, she learn...

  • A Bitter Peace

    Michael Peterson

    Presidential envoy Bradley Marshall tackles a doomed mission to achieve peace with honor in Vietnam despite the odds that are against him, in a suspenseful story about a man's conscience and personal redemption. Reprint....

  • Labyrinth

    S.D. Perry

    Eager to work with the famous Doctor Paul Church, who is conducting experiments on a fascinating alien species, Colonel Doctor Tony Crespi and Lieutenant Sharon McGuinnes uncover a shocking truth at the space station Innominata. Original....

  • Pentecost Alley

    Anne Perry

    The ritual murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley would ordinarily occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis. But, under the victim's body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the nam...

  • Traitor's Gate

    Anne Perry

    Someone in the Colonial Office is passing secrets to Germany about England's African strategy. While Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt investigates this matter of treason, he is quietly looking into the tragic "accidental" death of his childhood ment...

  • The Winter Journey

    Georges Perec

    One of a series of small-format books devoted to short texts. This tells of the discovery, by an academic, of widespread plagiarism in the literary world. Returning from National Service, the academic finds the book missing and embarks on a torturous...

  • Where a Nickel Costs a Dime

    Willie Perdomo

    A first book of poems by one of the best new voices to emerge from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Where a Nickel Costs a Dime captures the hip-hop rhythms and in-your-face intensity of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a downtown Manhattan club where the hottest ...

  • Cowboys

    Lucille Recht Penner

  • Satan's Thrust

    Don Pendleton

    The nation's elite extralegal arm remains ready for action in the covert gray area between diplomatic pressure and military intervention. Only word from the President sanctions Stony Man's deployment in a crisis. But when the Commander-In-Chief is ou...

  • The Lord of the Horses

    Diana L. Paxson

    THE WOLF HAS BEEN DEVOURED BY THE DRAGON. THE RAVEN FLIES NO MORE. AND IN THE LAND OF THE HUN, A CONQUEROR WAITS TO REAP THE SPOILS OF VENGEANCE. A wronged lover's pain, the will of a god, and the faithlessness of royal friends destroyed the le...

  • And The Winner is ... Jessica Wakefield!

    Francine Pascal

    Winning a free trip to an amusement park by calling in to a radio station, seven-year-old Jessica brags to all of her friends but is stumped on how to claim the prize, which is restricted to kids aged thirteen and older. Original....

  • The Battle of the Cheerleaders

    Francine Pascal

    Joining the girls' basketball team, the Boosters ask the boys' team to come cheer for them the way they cheer for the boys, and when the boys scoff at female athletics, the Boosters boycott the boys' games. Original....

  • Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams

    Francine Pascal

    Where do we go from here? Billie Winkler and Steven Wakefield are having a baby! But Steven's joy quickly turns to misery when Billie tells him that marriage is not the only option. Will this mean the end of Billie and Steven? Now that she owns her...

  • Falling for Lucas

    Francine Pascal

    Enjoying a skiing vacation, Jessica and Lila fight for the attentions of the same cute ski instructor, while Elizabeth fears for the life of her boyfriend Todd, who has been caught in an avalanche. Original....

  • Sister of the Bride

    Valerie Parv

    Deception...or desire? Terise O'Neill has a goal--revenge for her stepsister Clair's unhappy marriage. She needs to get close to Ryan Westmore, and a job in his home--as nanny to his and Clair's twin girls--provides her with the ideal ...

  • Tears of Blood

    Daniel Parker

    Desperate to protect her boyfriend, Jean-Paul, from his evil twin brother, Alison James joins the brother's mysterious Red Sect and learns about his dark magic, which threatens to overcome her unless Jean-Paul can save her. Original....

  • The Body in the Bog

    Katherine Hall Page

    A DEADLY ENVIRONMENT When Faith Fairchild finds her husband Tom embracing nursery school teacher Lora Deane, she's alarmed, if only for an instant. The Reverend Thomas Fairchild has never been known for philandering, so Faith waits for the explana...

  • The Language of Love

    Alexis Page

    If he only knew...Leanna Van Haver is living two different lives. To gorgeous Miguel Sarmiento, she’s a traditional Filipino girl. But in reality, dark, exotic Leanna has grown up with her mom and step-dad in, a household that's as American as appl...

  • Answers to Lucky

    Howard Owen

    Driven by their father to become successful, twin brothers Tom Ed and Jack are torn apart when Jack contracts polio and is cruelly dismissed as useless by the family, and years later he vows to reestablish himself. Reprint....

  • Fat Lightning

    Howard Owen

    A visionary who dreams about eating kindling wood called “fat lightning” and sees Christ on the Cross in his barn forms an unlikely league with his nephew’s frustrated wife in a small Southern town....

  • Between Earth and Sky

    Karen Osborn

    Years ago, Abby Reynolds was given the letters written by her great-great-grandmother who traveled from Virginia to New Mexico in a covered wagon just after the Civil War. Now, at a crossroads in her life, Abby reads Abigail's letters and follows her...

  • Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name? : An Oneida Song of Spring

    Sandra De Coteau Orie

  • The Princess and the God

    Doris Orgel

    A modern retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, narrated by Psyche herself, describes how the jealousy of her older sisters and of the goddess Venus drive her to marry a mysterious "dragon-bridegroom" and how true love conquers pain and separatio...

  • The Last Pumpkin Paper

    Bob Oeste

    The long-forgotten Alger Hiss case provides the key to a 50-year-old conspiracy of blackmail, espionage and assassination on both sides of the crumbling Iron Curtain. Joe Pope, a congressional investigator back in '48, is trying to enjoy his retireme...

  • The Poison Tree

    F.M. O'Rourke

    Growing up to become a member of the IRA after his father is killed by British soldiers, Billy Quinn becomes an unsuspecting pawn in a terrorist plot that targets an innocent girl and her doting grandfather...

  • The Angel and the Prince

    Laurel O'Donnell

    LADY KNIGHT... The daughter of a French nobleman, Ryen De Bouries wields a sword and rides a destrier as magnificently as the knights of King Charles VI. In place of glittering ballgowns, she wears shining armor; instead of practicing gentle arts, s...

  • Once Upon a Time

    Constance O'Banyon

    DANGEROUS LIAISON Since childhood, her true identity has been a kept secret. Now, Jilliana, queen of the idyllic country Talshamar, must produce an heir in order to save her subjects from the evil stranglehold of King Henry II of England. Princ...

  • Masterminds of Falkenstein

    Debbie Notkin

    In the alternate Victorian world of New Europa, educated dragons, dwarf engineers, and evil steam lords scheme to enslave humanity. Tom Olam, ex-game designer turned ace secret agent after being spellnapped to this steampunk reality, finds his skills...

  • Mirror of Destiny

    Andre Norton

    The Industrial Monster has descended upon Varslaad, devouring all the arable land in its path. By royal decree, the displaced must venture into the treacherous woodland domain of a strange and secret race.

    The King's lottery...

  • Beware the Claw!

    R.A. Noonan

    All the children in Monsterville are thrilled by the snowstorm in Whiterock, except for Mamma Yeti, whose husband is traveling from Oregon and seems to be missing, with some Montana hunters in hot pursuit. Original....

  • The House Has Eyes

    Joan Lowery Nixon

    Moving to the old Everhart mansion, which is believed to be haunted, newcomer Charles fears the strange incidents that are taking place in his new home and asks the Casebusters to find out if ghosts or pranksters are responsible. Simultaneous....

  • Finding You

    Carla Neggers

    Vermont newspaper editor Cozie Hawthorne was shocked at the money she made when her book of Yankee cracker-barrel wisdom hit the bestseller lists. That didn't mean she was ready to buy a dress that cost more than her rusted Jeep. She prided herself o...

  • Alice in Lace

    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Alice and Patrick are getting married! Well, sort of. It’s all part for her eighth grade health class. But, this is a piece of wedding cake compared to some of her friends’ assignments where they have to role play being pregnant or being caught s...

  • Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories

    Walter Dean Myers

    SMIFFY BLUE IS ON THE CASE! Meet Sniffy Blue, ace crime detective of Doober City. With his sidekick, Jeremy Joe, and his faithful dog, Dog, Smiffy Blue sniffs out clues that lead him all around town in search of crooks. ...

  • Just a Memory Away

    Helen R. Myers

    HE'D LOST HIS MEMORY He appeared in the darkness like a dream--except that in Francesca Jones's dreams sexy strangers weren't naked and suffering from amnesia! Frankie couldn't resist a man in need, and this man needed her more than she knew. "...

  • Blood Relations

    Doug Murray

    Meeting at a New York club where vampire imitators become the victims of actual vampires, thrill-seeking vampire Val and fading vampire artist Mariana are aware of their instant mutual attraction but do not suspect that their meeting was arranged. Or...

  • Final Arrangements

    Donna Huston Murray

    When a Main Line horticulturist is strangled at the Philadelphia Flower Show, it's clear there's a bad seed in the cultivated crowd... Ginger Struve Barnes never expected to become a detective. The happily married mother of two, known for her red ...

  • The Pearl Stallion

    Rae Muir

    SAVAGE! Innocent Dina Wilmount hid aboard The Pearl Stallion, desperate to return to England. But the vessel provided no safe harbor, for she soon learned that the price of her passage would be her soul. Cast out on London's streets, Anson Sau...

  • Belle Saint Marie

    Kay Moser

    Kay Moser is a native of historic Nacogdoches, Texas, deep in the piney woods of east Texas. Her childhood days were spent "playing make believe" under the magnolia trees or "putting on plays" utilizing the wide front verandah as a stage. Story telli...

  • Rumpole and the Angel of Death

    John Clifford Mortimer

    The irascible but always entertaining Rumpole is back, this time in a series of short stories that have him facing the usual assortment of human detritus at the Old Bailey. Rumpole's delightful compatriots--the determined and politically correct Miz ...

  • Falconer and the Face of God

    Ian Morson

    A MEDIEVAL MORALITY PLAY SETS THE STAGE FOR A DEADLY PERFORMANCE... Almost everyone in his actors' troupe has reason to kill the vile and tyrannical Stefano de Askeles, and when lie crew lands in Oxford to put on a local production, someone does j...

  • Come Sunday

    Bradford Morrow

    A densely layered journey into the dark heart of the American Dream that spans continents and centuries
    In Bradford Morrow’s debut novel, lightning-tongued mercenary Peter Krieger travels to Nicaragua to kidnap a man who may be a 480-year-old...

  • Song in a Strange Land

    Gilbert Morris

    Two young men united by blood but divided by loyalties court the affections of Jeanne Corbeau in a conflict that allows no neutrals.

    A Long, Dangerous Journey into the Crucible of the American Revolution!

    Dake Bradford was a blaz...

  • Violent Sunday

    Lee Morgan

    Hired by the Cattleman's Protective Association, McMasters takes on a ruthless, deadly gang called the Hell Killers, outlaws who have been terrorizing and slaughtering the inhabitants of Montana's Blue Pine Hills...

  • Trust Me

    Charlotte Moore

    Take at Walk on the Dark Side of Love... Man of Secrets 'There was something wrong, terribly wrong, in the long-abandoned building that was Margo Stafford's new home. And now a stranger swore that the evil she sensed threatened her very life. B...

  • Grand Slam

    Susan Moody

    While taking part in a high-stakes bridge game, Cassie Swann stumbles upon the body of Lady Portia Wickham and sets out to investigate the killing, but drawing clues like cards, she is soon holding a murderous hand. Reprint....

  • Deep Valley Malice

    Kirk Mitchell

    THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WILL DIE OF THIRST -- BECAUSE A MADMAN WANTS IT THAT WAY Since the time of the early pioneers, water has been California's most precious commodity. Now someone is blowing up the pipelines that carry the essential liquid d...

  • Fredericksburg

    Kirk Mitchell

    A fictional account of one of the most harrowing days in the American Civil War follows the brutal conflict along Marye's Heights, where six Irish-Americans, remembering the challenges of both the old and new worlds, experience the painful realities ...

  • Ladylord

    Sasha Miller

    Lady Javere, nicknamed Javerri, is the favored child of Qai, Lord of Third Province. Though women are not allowed to rule, Javerri has been trained in all the skills of a Lord: she fights like a seasoned veteran, rides a horse like a man, and underst...

  • Now I'm Big

    Margaret Miller

  • The Impostor

    Cassie Miles

    Who was he? The man's name was Dashiell and he was an angel -- or at least that's what he told Liz Carradine. But he dressed in a down to earth trench coat and a fedora, and he sweet-talked Liz as if he were a wisecracking detective from t...