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New Books List: 569 titles

  • Against Gravity

    Lucy Ferriss

    Longing to escape her dreary Hudson River home, Gwyn Stickley finds the fabric of her life changing when her best friend becomes pregnant and a local storekeeper is accused of child molestation. 15,000 first printing....

  • The Age of Innocence

    Random House

  • Ahaiyute and the Cloud Eater

    Vladimir Hulpach

  • Alibis

    Robert DiChiara

    A SHATTERING DEATHBeautiful home, beautiful wife, beautiful life. To the casual observer, prosperous real estate executive Carl Rodman lives a perfectly ordered existence in the chic seaside town of Hollowsport. But scratch the surface and the pain 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...

  • All That Glitters

    Jean Ferris

    When sixteen-year-old Brian arrives for yet another awkward summer vacation with his divorced and seemingly indifferent dad, Leo, in the Florida Keys, he discovers that they've been invited to join a scuba-diving expedition to help an eccentric under...

  • Almost Married

    Carol Grace

    WANNA-BE MOM Laurie Clayton wanted a family of her own, so two weeks alone with a baby sounded perfect. But when the tot turned into a holy terror, stranding them in romantic Niagara Falls, Laurie found herself playing house with a sexy stranger in ...

  • Alone in a Crowd

    Georgia Bockoven

    Love's Sweet Harmony Once the legendary Cole Webster reached the top of the country music charts he stayed there, thanks to his talent and his father's expert management. But when a near-fatal motorcycle accident temporarily alters his appearance,...

  • Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

    Paula Danziger

    AMBER BROWN is in deep trouble. No matter what she does, it isn't enough. Her room is a mess, her homework is late, and her mom is dating someone! What can Amber do? She has to get some credit for trying, right?...

  • And One to Die On

    Jane Haddam

    A BIRTHDAY BASH TO DIE FOR! That's what Bennis Hannaford and ex-FBI special agent Gregor Demarkian are in for when they accept an invitation to the one hundredth birthday party of a Hollywood legend. The reclusive Tasheba Kent, femme fatale of the s...

  • 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....

  • Andersonville

    Robert Vaughan

  • 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...

  • Angel Kisses

    Cherie Bennett

    Leaving behind her otherworld boyfriend in order to perform intervention services, teen angel Melody is charged with helping transform spoiled rich girl Scarlett Whitmore into a nicer person. Original....

  • 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....

  • Anthony, the Perfect Monster

    Angelo DeCesare

    Illustrated in full color. Anthony always does everything he's supposed to, from eating his spinach to wearing his raincoat--even when it's not raining! Then one day, Anthony cracks from the strain and, with one hiccup, becomes a horrible monster who...

  • Apache Runaway

    Madeline Baker

    APACHE CAPTIVE Ruthless and cunning, Ryder Fallon could deal cards and death in the same breath. Yet when the Indians took him prisoner, he was in danger of being sent to the devil --- until a green-eyed angel saved his life. APACHE RUNAWAY ...

  • 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...

  • Ashes of the Sun

    Hanovi Braddock
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    NOTHING TO LOSE? Ayesh knows that danger lurks in the Miritiin Mountains, and danger is just what she wants. With her beloved cities of Neah turned to dust and rubble in the goblin wars, with even their memory fading to legend, what reason does sh...

  • Audrey Hepburn's Neck

    Alan Brown

    Offering a unique perspective and unusual insight into modern Japan and its wartime past, Audrey Hepburn's Neck is also a shrewd study of cross-cultural obsessions, and of erotic, romantic and familial love. The American author Alan Brown crosses bo...

  • The Aunt in Our House

    Angela Johnson

  • Auntie Mayhem

    Mary Daheim

    Bad Manors Though lurching through London is ever so jolly, hostess on-holiday Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cantankerous cousin Renie are looking forward to an unharried weekend at a real English country manor. They find the estate taxing, howev...

  • Axe for an Abbot

    Elizabeth Eyre

    Popes, cardinals, whores, and thieves are among the players in this fifth Renaissance mystery featuring the enigmatic knight Sigismondo and his sidekick Benno.Tricked into a murder, Sigismondo finds himself in the middle of a no-holds-barred politica...

  • Baba

    Belle Yang

  • Baby Angels

    Jane Cowen-Fletcher

    Full-color, warm pastel illustrations and gentle rhymes present the possibility that guardian angels for babies, known as baby angels, watch, keep and protect the little ones from harm during those odd times when they stray from a watchful eye....

  • Bad Angel

    Helen Benedict

    Told in shifting first-person narratives, this compelling novel vividly evokes the the lives of the women and children in one of New York City's toughest barrios, showcasing a variety of memorable characters. "An authentic account of hardship and fai...

  • 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 Bat in the Boot

    Annie Cannon

  • 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....

  • Bayou Rose

    Linda Madl

    IN A NEW ORLEANS PLANTATION HOUSE . . . Haunted by family scandal, orphaned Neilly Lind seeks refuge at Rosewood, a grand New Orleans plantation presided over by the eccentric Stirling women. Neilly doesn't realize that her position as a lady's comp...

  • Bear and Roly-Poly

    Elizabeth Winthrop

  • The Beauty, the Beast and the Baby

    Dixie Browning

    MR. MARCH The Beast: Gus Wydowski, a brooding bachelor with a weakness for beautiful women--but not for bouncing babies! The Beauty: Mariah Brady didn't need a man who knew nothing about babies--especially when she was juggling a newborn! T...

  • Before She Dies

    Steven F. Havill

    "If what you're hiding is motive, Gastner will ferret it out and do what needs to be done. An outstanding mystery." --Booklist starred reviewPosadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersheriff Bill Gastn...

  • Before the Storm

    Michael P. Kube-McDowell

    It is a time of tranquillity for the New Republic. The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, and the reemergence of the Jedi Knights has brought power and prestige to the fledgling government on Coruscant. Yesterday's Rebels have becom...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • Best, Worst Day

    Bonnie B. Graves

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • Beyond the Misty Shore

    Victoria Barrett

    THE MAGIC OF THEIR LOVE LIVES ON Cecilia and Colin Freeport once lived, loved and died in the rambling clifftop house they named Seascape. Sea Haven Village remembers Cecilia's healing work and how, at death, her soul was carried away in the arms of...

  • Big Island Search

    Mary Carpenter Reid

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • Blood Relations

    Chris Lynch

    Finding acceptance within a circle of white friends, Mick, an African-American street teen, is violently ostracized by his bigoted older brother, Terry, who prefers to "wipe out" everything he does not like. Simultaneous....

  • Blowing My Top

    Kevin Ireland

  • 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 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...

  • 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...

  • Bowker's Bonfire

    Tony Caxton

    Three months after members of a family living over a small shop die in an arson fire, Inspector Bowker is assigned to solve the baffling case and embarks on an investigation that leads to newpaper harassment, anonymous threats, and the murder of a po...

  • Boys are Even Worse than I Thought

    Patricia Hermes

    Staying with her cousin for a couple of months, Amelia devises a foolproof plan to keep her parents from getting divorced and reluctantly enlists the help of Jason, the cutest boy in school. Original....

  • 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,...

  • Bringing Up Baby

    Charlotte Douglas

    Would they form an instant family? Devon Clarke, author of the popular column "Bringing Up Baby," was America's best-loved baby expert. That's why two fans bequeathed her a tiny tyke named Amanda. How were they to know that Devon w...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • The Butterfly Alphabet

    Kjell Bloch Sandved

  • Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee

    Colin West

  • 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....

  • Carnival

    Mary-Claire Helldorfer / M.C. Helldorfer

    A simple, poetic text and bold, full-color artwork combine to bring to life the excitement, fun, and attractions of the local carnival, from riding the ferris wheel to shivering in the spook house to feasting on hot dogs....

  • The Case of the Kidnapped Collie

    John R. Erickson

    Plato, the bird dog, has come to visit the ranch, delighting everyone with his quail-pointing skills and impeccable manners. But Plato's biggest fan happens to be Hank's dream girl, Miss Beulah the Collie. Hank's true test of devotion comes when he m...

  • 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. ...

  • Castle Fantastic

    John DeChancie

    Sixteen short stories that take place within legendary castles include the writings of such popular authors as Roger Zelazny, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, David Bischoff, and Nancy Springer. Original....

  • 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 ...

  • Charade of Hearts

    Paula Tanner Girard

    TWO WRONGS... Baron Copley had a secret: He was bankrupt. He had Roxwealde Castle, a toothless lion, and an inebriated valet; what he needed was a rich wife. So he invited the most eligible ladies of the beau monde to a house party. But to transform...

  • Chase the Dream

    Constance Colson

    Four young people entered the world of high school rodeo, never foreseeing that their paths would diverge and come together again. In Chasing the Dream, the four friends find their way through complicated lives to discover the rewards of professional...

  • The China Garden

    Liz Berry

    Moving to the historical English estate of Ravensmere with her mother, seventeen-year-old Clare Meredith is unable to shake her feeling that the local residents already know her and begins to experience psychic visions....

  • The Chocolate Wolf

    Barbara Cohen

    Feeling outcast in a world of chocolate bunnies and ducks, a chocolate wolf realizes that his dream of being bought is more dangerous than he knew and runs away into the streets, where he must hide from unfavorable weather and other predators....

  • Choices

    Maria Corley

    Feeling lonely and vulnerable with her husband, a rising young singer, away for months at a time, Chaney faces a tempting choice when she encounters Taurique, her former high-school sweetheart, after many years of separation. Original....

  • City of Diamond

    Jane Emerson

    The newly appointed Protector of an intergalactic city-ship, Adrian Mercati is urged by his predecessor to strengthen his position by locating the Sawyer Crown, an alien artifact that will give him superiority over his enemies. Original....

  • Clanton's Woman

    Patricia Knoll

    Kisses at high noon! Tombstone, Arizona. The smoky Western town had a rich history: it was here that Wyatt Earp had finally faced down the notorious Clanton gang. But now Jack Clanton was back! With his tough features shaded by his cowboy hat ...

  • The Colorado Countess

    Stephanie Howard

    A blue-blooded bachelor! The last thing Carrie Dunn had expected when she arrived in the glamorous dukedom of San Rinaldo was to meet a real-life Prince Charming. A small-town American girl, she had been swept off her feet by the charismatic Coun...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Common Clay

    Brian W. Aldiss

    A collection of stories considers themes of life, death, and transformation and includes such titles as "Making my father read revered writings," "Headless," and "If Hamlet's uncle had been a nicer guy"...

  • A Conard County Reckoning

    Rachel Lee

    Janet Tate was through being the victim, but something about the stranger she's discovered hiding in the mountains tugged at her wounded heart, demanding that she learn his secrets. All his life, Abel Pierce had lived with the memory of his fathe...

  • Copycat

    Laurie Maerov

    A female cop is trying to track down a vicious serial killer, and the only person who can help her is an ex-detective, confined to her home by agoraphobia. The two women have to reluctantly work together to find the killer before he strikes again....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Cowboy Country

    Ann Herbert Scott

  • Cowboys

    Lucille Recht Penner

  • Cranky Sun

    Jerry Kramsky

    Believing that their town clock controls the movements of the sun, the citizens of Underwind are shocked when the cantankerous Sun refuses to set at the end of one day, a dilemma that is solved by a small boy's ingenuity....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Cry of the Benu Bird

    C. Shana Greger

  • 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...

  • Cuckoo's Child

    Suzanne Freeman

    Mia Veery wants her family to behave like the families she reads about. They would never include a mother who flies airplanes and trades one husband for another. Or older sisters who dress all in black and read French novels. Or a father who moves...

  • The Cupid Conspiracy

    Ruth Jean Dale

    CUPID, COLORADO This is ranch country, cowboy country--a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow ...

  • Cyberkiss

    Sally Chapman

    MURDER ON-LINE One look at Bernie Kowolsky told Julie Blake that he was a computer geek. He also looked scared to death. Bernie arrives at Julie's computer investigations office with a tale of kinky cybersex turned lethal--with promises to love......

  • Dance

    Judy Cuevas

    The dance of life is never danced alone... Years after fleeing to America -- from an arranged marriage -- Marie Du Gard returned to Paris a different woman. Slimmer and carefree, Marie vowed to protect her freedom at all costs -- regardless of wha...

  • Dance of Death

    P.N. Elrod

    In the sequel to Death and the Maiden, vampire Jonathan Barrett encounters an engaging four-year-old boy, the mortal son he never knew he had, but his enemies plot to use the child to destroy him. Original....

  • Dangerous

    Lee Magner

    A TOWN WITHOUT PITY Seemed as if Clare Brown was the only person in Crawfordsville who'd ever seen any good in Case Malloy. She'd wanted that wrong-side-of-the-tracks rebel more than any good girl should ever want anything. And yet she'd never had...

  • Dangerous Ground

    Alison Kelly

    Give a girl a bad name! Know as the Risque cosmetics girl, Jacqui Raynor is now finding offers of modeling work hard to come by. So when Patric Flanagan offers her a lucrative contract, she's forced to accept... Suddenly she's on a dangerous ...

  • Daniel's Gift

    Barbara Freethy

    RECKLESS YOUTH . In her impetuous summer of love, Jenny St. Claire found Luke Sheridan--her dashing knight in intern's scrubs. But a fast-track future and rigid, ambitious parents drove passion out of Luke's life. And the summer ended, leaving Jenny...

  • Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    Sam McBratney

    Three young mice, determined to find out if there truly is a monster living at the top of the cellar stairs, recruit one of their elders for guidance and go on an adventure to discover who, or what, really lives up there....

  • 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...

  • Dark Road Home

    Karen Harper

    PASSION AND ADVENTURE IN AMISH COUNTRY Attorney Brooke Benton comes to the Maplecreek Amish community to escape the stalker who terrorized her after her last murder case. She feels safe running a friend's quilt shop, but the homespun Amish frown o...

  • Dateline: Troy

    Paul Fleischman

  • The Daughters of Cain

    Colin Dexter

    It was only the second time Inspector Morse had ever taken over a murder enquiry after the preliminary--invariably dramatic--discovery and sweep of the crime scene. Secretly pleased to have missed the blood and gore, Morse and the faithful Lewis go a...

  • David and Goliath

    Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

  • A Day at Damp Camp

    George Ella Lyon

  • Dead Boys

    Richard Calder

    A sequel to Dead Girls finds the human race beleaguered by a war between the Lilim, a sensual and destructive female species, and the Elohim, a male nanotech-created fanged-angel super-humanoid race....

  • 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....

  • Deadly Care

    Leonard S. Goldberg

    Dr. Joanna Blalock's specialty is death - but now the fiercely dedicated forensic pathologist has more of it than even she can handle. She has a murder victim without a face to identify, a lengthening list of sudden and suspicious patient mortalities...

  • 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...

  • Dear Annie

    Judith Caseley

    "My grandpa is my pen pal." Annie tells her class at show-and-tell one day. It's true. Annie and Grandpa have written each other letters since the day Annie was born. When Annie was a baby, her mother answered Grandpa's letters. When she got a lit...

  • 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 ...

  • Death at Buckingham Palace

    C.C. Benison

    MURDER MOST ROYAL... Jane Bee came to Europe for adventure, only to end up with the job of a lifetime: housemaid at Buckingham Palace. Now her greatest challenge is removing gum from State Room carpets--until she comes across a nasty accident righ...

  • Death of a Critic

    Dean Fuller

    Paris's most widely read -- and universally detested -- theatre critic falls dead just as the curtain rises on a new production. What first appears to be a heart attack is soon revealed to be something more sinister, yet there are no clues, no murder...

  • The Death of Blue Mountain Cat

    Michael Allen Dymmoch

    In this “exciting” sequel to The Man Who Understood Cats, psychiatrist Jack Caleb and cop John Thinnes must solve the murder of a Native American artist (Library Journal).   Native American artist Blue Mountain Cat seems determined to provok...

  • 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...

  • Deputy Daddy

    Carla Cassidy

    WHO SHOULD RAISE THE TWINS "Me, their godfather Just because I'm a mars doesn't mean 1 can't warm up formula or read bedtime stories. Besides, I love those two little rascals--and love doesn't come so easily to me." --Beau Randolf "Me, their g...

  • Derek's Dog Days

    Nancy Lee Charlton

    Derek likes chasing the cat and gnawing on slippers. He likes burying his brother’s toys and shaking himself dry after his bath. Derek wants to be a dog forever. But when school starts, Derek discovers that little boy activities can be fun, too. ...

  • Destiny Awaits

    Suzanne Elizabeth

    STRANDED IN THE PAST Tess Harper was sure the little woman who appeared at her bedside wanted ransom from her wealthy parents. The last thing she expected was to be carted off to Kansas in the year 1885, where she found herself face-to-face with t...

  • 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. ...

  • The Devil's Hatband

    Robert O. Greer

    When the daughter of a black federal judge gets carried away with her militant environmentalism, Denver bail bondsman and sometime bounty hunter CJ Floyd is hired to retrieve her and the important documents she possesses. But when CJ finds her, she's...

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

    Sandra De Coteau Orie

  • Doctor Kit

    Margo Lundell

  • 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....

  • Dominion

    Bentley Little

    His attempts at fitting in at a new school complicated by disturbing dreams, Dion Semele befriends Penelope Daneam, an orphan who has been raised by nuns, and the two become catalysts for a reign of incredible terror. Reissue....

  • Don't Go to the Principal's Office

    M.T. Coffin

    The students at Crosswell Elementary School are terrified by their new principal when thunder and lightning shake the building every time he enters it, and rumors credit him with inflicting creepy punishments on disobedient kids. Original....

  • Don't Leave an Elephant to Go and Chase a Bird

    James Berry

    A rhythmically told, brilliantly illustrated tale from the award-winning author of Ajeemah and His Son. When Anancy Spiderman calls a morning greeting to the Skygod, a corncob appears in his hand. Can Anancy turn the corncob into something even bette...

  • Dragon Naps

    Lynne Bertrand

    Ordered to take a nap, two young dragons have difficulty obeying when they discover how many wonderful things there are to do, see, and count, in a tongue-in-cheek counting storybook that appeals to energetic children....

  • Dragon Tooth

    Cathryn Falwell

  • Dragon's Dream

    Mary Gillgannon

    It is the sixth century A.D. Maelgwn, the Dragon of the Island is celebrated for his feats of heroism. But now he has been defeated: The tragic loss of his beloved Aurora has left him grieving and alone. But Maelgwn has a duty to his people -- an...

  • Dream Jar

    Bonnie Pryor

  • Dreamer

    Ralph Thorpe

  • Dreamhouse

    Alison Habens

    Celia Small has spent years planning her engagement party, from the food she'll serve to the dress she'll wear. When she finally met her fiance, it was less a romantic event than a satisfying check mark next to the last item on a long list of tasks. ...

  • Dreamland

    Roni Schotter

  • Dress Her in Indigo

    John D. MacDonald

    From a beloved master of crime fiction, Dress Her in Indigo is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee could never deny his old friend anything. So before Meyer even s...

  • The Duke's Desire

    June Calvin

    Duty and Desire The beautiful Viscountess Deborah Silverton never wished to wed again. The death of her hateful husband had ended an unspeakable nightmare. On the other hand, she desperately wanted to see her sixteen-year-old daughter Jennifer saf...

  • 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....

  • Dust Devil

    Rebecca Brandewyne

    Years ago, their friendship had been private -- known only to themselves. Intense, passionate, dangerously good-looking Renzo Cassavettes wouldn't have fit in Sarah Kincaid's world. But one sultry summer afternoon, while the honeysuckle bloom...

  • The Easter Bunny That Ate My Sister

    Dean Marney

    Here comes Peter Cottontail...yeah, right! Yup. It's happened again, and by now you should know that holidays are always a weird scene at Lizzie and Booker's house. But no one expected anything to happen at Easter. Or maybe it was just that they ...

  • Easy Does It: The Tale of Excitable Sam

    Margaret Hopkins

  • Eclipse

    Richard Hubert Francis Cox

    When a ruthless gang of Somali poachers begins a killing spree in Kenya, the Cawston settler family enlists the help of a beautiful American diplomat to preserve the endangered animals that roam freely on their farm....

  • Eggs Mark the Spot

    Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

    In a companion volume to The Easter Egg Farm, Pauline, a hen that can lay an egg with an image of whatever she is looking at, becomes a heroine when her special talent provides the vital clues to a burglary....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • End of Alice

    A.M. Homes

    From the 2013 Orange Prize"winning author of May We Be Forgiven.Only a work of such searing, meticulously controlled brilliance could provoke such a wide range of visceral responses. Here is the incredible story of an imprisoned pedophile who is dr...

  • The Enemy Within

    Larry Bond

    What it a foreign nation launched a war against the United States within its own borders? America's largest cities are in flames. Its majestic landmarks are in ruins. Electronic sabotage cripples its communications systems. Race battles against r...

  • 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 Escape From Home

    Avi

    Maura O'Connell, 15, and her brother, Patrick, 12, escape Ireland's brutal poverty with only the belongings in their bundles and tickets for ocean passage. Sir Laurence Kirkle, 11, flees a life of privilege to seek justice. When fate brings them toge...

  • Eye of the Fortuneteller

    A.G. Cascone

    Shaken by the prophecies of Madame Valda, who tells her that her fearless ways are foolish, life-long Fear Street resident Kelsey Moore finds her worst nightmares coming true when spooky incidents begin to plague her. Original....

  • F2F

    Phillip Finch

  • Fabulous Four Skunks

    David Fair

  • 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 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...

  • Fair Game

    Janice Kaiser

    WHEN IT COMES TO POWER, MONEY AND PASSION EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS... FAIR GAME. Dana Kirk is afraid. At first it seemed like simple harassment -- a few crank calls, some anonymous gifts. Then the threats become more specific and more direct. Be...

  • 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...

  • Falling for Him

    Debbie Macomber

    Hard Luck, Alaska -- a town that needs women! Location: 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 -- mostly men -- but growing! Because the O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are headin...

  • 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....

  • False Friends

    Carolyn Keene

    Hoping to secure her qualification for the track and field team, George trains for an upcoming race, while Dawn joins the peace-promoting REACH group and Nancy wonders if REACH has an entirely different agenda...

  • Family First

    Marcia Evanick

    Sexy as sin, and twice as hot... James Stonewall Carson didn't look like a grade-school teacher, Emmy Lou McNally decided, with his muscled body and shoulders broad enough to carry the world. But when he teased her in his deep, seductive voice, sh...

  • Family for Sale

    Eth Clifford

    The youngest of five siblings, Sherm is tired of always being picked on and bossed around. With Mother away for two weeks, things get worse than ever. But enough is enough, and Sherm finally makes a declaration of independence that the whole family t...

  • Far Star

    Anne Avery

    THE DREAMER... Dayra Smith didn't know a flitter engine from a solar generator, but she was determined to turn a run-down piece of land into a working farmhold. And even though she had to slave day and night, the stubborn beauty refused to ask any...

  • 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...

  • Farewell the Heart

    Meg Alexander

    LORD ASHBY WAS NO GENTLEMAN! While staying at her brother-in-law's estate, Harriet Woodthorpe had no idea what was in store for her or her sister. It soon became clear that the family thought the Woodthorpe women beneath them. Harriet bristled...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • Fellrunner

    Bob Langley

  • 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 ...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • The Fires of Freedom

    Sally Laity; Dianna Crawford

    Ben Haynes, postrider for the Patriots, is in love with Abigail Preston, a young widow under the control of her domineering mother-in-law. Ma Preston, however, is not about to allow the two to marry. The last thing the old woman wants is for Abigail ...

  • Firestorm

    Nevada Barr

    An insatiable, unstoppable beast, the wildfire called Jackknife has already devoured 17,000 acres of California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. A devastating force of nature, it has brought out the very best--and worst--in those sworn to defeat it. ...

  • First King of Shannara

    Terry Brooks

    The incomparable Terry Brooks takes us back to the beginning, in this spectacular prelude to the world's most beloved fantasy novels... THE SECOND WAR OF THE RACES Horrified by the misuse of Magic they had witnessed during the First War of the ...

  • Fisherman's Hope

    David Feintuch

    THE SEAFORT SAGA There is nowhere to hide from the deadly night. Even our human ark, our Earth, is only a fragile raft adrift in the infinite darkness. But with the strength of the blessed, and the courage of the damned, can one hero set humanity's ...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • Footprints

    Shelby Hearon

    Shelby Hearon's 14th novel opens at a reception for the loved ones of deceased heart donors where, for the first time, Nan and Douglas Mayhall come face to face with the aging preacher who is the recipient of their twenty-two year old daughter's hear...

  • 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 ...

  • 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....

  • Frankie and the Secret

    T.L. Tedrow

  • 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 ...

  • Fright Knight

    Connie Laux

    HE IS A LIVING KNIGHTMARE. Mike loves hanging out in his father's weird little museum on Fear Street®. It is full of cool stuff -- a guillotine, a mummy, a bunch of spooky wax figures. Mike's favorite is a suit of armor. At least it was his f...

  • The Frog Who Wanted to Be a Singer

    Linda Goss

  • Future

    Bill Gates

  • Gambler's Daughter

    Laura DeVries

    Forfeiting half of her Montana ranch when her brother loses a gambling bet, Kathleen McBride becomes the reluctant partner of Chance Ballinger, who falls in love with Kathleen and invites her to take the ultimate challenge. It wasn't enough that h...

  • Game's End

    Sharon Green

    Their land devastated by enslaving enemies, noble King Bariden and Queen Chalaine begin the difficult task of restoring the kingdom, a task that is complicated when an evil spell causes them to distrust one another. Original....

  • The Gathering Storm

    Wally E. Davis

  • Genie in the Jar

    Nikki Giovanni

    In verse influenced by jazz, folktales, and nursery rhymes, a small African-American girl celebrates the freedom of a long afternoon, the joy of being with her friends, and the love of her mother's open arms....

  • Geraldine First

    Holly Keller

  • Ginkgo and Moon

    Lisa Mertins

    Ginkgo is in love with Moon, but Moon is too busy chasing dazzling Sun to notice quiet Ginkgo. Despite powerful Sun's attempts to overshadow the beauty of the little tree, Ginkgo finally captures Moon's attention....

  • The Girl Who Ran Off With Daddy

    David Handler

    The dandified ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag appears in his seventh mystery when his mentor and friend, a septuagenarian, becomes involved in a sensational affair with his stepdaughter that leads to murder. Reprint....

  • The Girl Who Remembered Snow

    Charles Mathes

    DISAPPEARING ACT A professional magician, Emma Passant knows the hand is quicker than the eye. But how much of her own life has been an illusion? Her grandfather is murdered, and soon afterward a friend is killed by the same gun. So when her brawn...

  • The Girls in the Back of the Class

    LouAnne Johnson

    Her classroom was the last stop for a group of troubled kids. Teacher LouAnne Johnson, the petite ex-Marine of Dangerous Minds, was their last chance. The boys, like handsome Latino Julio Escovar, expected to end up in jail. The girls, like regal, go...

  • Glory's War

    Alfred Coppel

    The second installment of the Goldenwing Cycle and the sequel to Glory continues the epic saga of the Wired Starmen aboard their orbiting space station, their refuge from an uninhabitable, hostile planet that once was Earth. Reprint....

  • Go the Way Your Blood Beats

    Shawn Stewart Ruff

  • Go West, Young Women!

    Kathleen Karr

  • Golden Books Alphabet

    E.K. Davis

  • Good Dog, Bonita

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Attending an art show with artist Sen+a1ora Sanchez, where she is featured in one of the artist's paintings, Sarah is dismayed when Sen+a1ora Sanchez's dog runs away in the middle of everything, setting off a search through New York City. Original....

  • The Goodnight Loving Trail

    Faye Adams

    Range boss Tish Walker and the arrogant cowboy Luke Bonner are thrown together when a stampede mixes her prize longhorns with his herd. On the drive together, their biggest obstacle is a passion that could break -- or forever bind-these two wranglers...

  • 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....

  • Grandma Went to Market

    Stella Blackstone

    A grandmother goes shopping around the world, in such exotic places as Instanbul, Thailand, and Mexico, taking readers on an educational adventure that teaches basic counting skills and offers a first look at geography and cultural diversity....

  • Grandma's Cat

    Helen Ketteman

  • Grandpa Putter And Granny Hoe

    Kimberly Olsen Fakih

    Twins Jazz and Koo are frustrated when their beloved grandparents fight over the twins every time they visit, and when their parents leave the twins with their grandparents for the weekend, fireworks erupt. Reprint....

  • 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....