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  • His Witness, Her Child

    Ann Voss Peterson

    SHE COULDN'T SAY NO TO HIM She couldn't say no to him. Not when he vowed to protect her child with his life. For Dillon Reese was after a murderer and Jacqueline Schettler's child was his only witness. Now Jacqueline fought to keep from falling ha...

  • Wanted

    Heidi Ayarbe

    Sanctuary. A one-word text message: That's all Michal "Mike" Garcia needs to gather a crowd. Mike is a seventeen-year-old bookie, and Sanctuary is where she takes bets for anyone at Carson City High with enough cash. Her only rule: Never participa...

  • The Cottage at Glass Beach

    Heather Barbieri

    Married to the youngest attorney general in Massachusetts state history, Nora Cunningham is a picture-perfect political wife and a doting mother. But her carefully constructed life falls to pieces when she, along with the rest of the world, learns of...

  • Pirate Princess

    Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

    Princess Bea isn't like other princesses -- she prefers pirate ships above tea parties, the salty sea over silly dolls. But what's a landlocked princess to do? Ahoy, Captain Jack to the rescue! When the captain offers Bea a place aboard his ship, ...

  • The Inquisitor's Key

    Jefferson Bass

    While helping to excavate a newly unearthed chamber beneath the spectacular Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France, Miranda Lovelady -- protegee of Dr. Bill Brockton -- makes a startling discovery: a stone chest bearing an inscription declaring it ho...

  • Fall from Grace

    Charles Benoit

    "I need you to steal something for me." Grace always has a plan. There's her plan to get famous, her plan to get rich, and -- above all -- her plan to have fun. Sawyer has plenty of plans, too. Plans made for him by his mother, his father, his ...

  • Planet Tad

    Tim Carvell

    Tad has an agenda: Survive seventh grade. He also wants to: grow a mustache, get girls to notice him, and do a kickflip on his skateboard. . . . But those are not the main reasons he started a blog. Tad just has a lot of important thoughts he w...

  • The Manhood of Edward Robinson

    Agatha Christie

    Sane and sensible Edward Robinson secretly dreams of fast cars, adventurous women, and danger, but his fiancée, Maud, keeps him grounded in reality. When Edward wins money in a newspaper competition, he immediately buys the sleek red car of his drea...

  • The Shadow on the Glass

    Agatha Christie

    At Mr. and Mrs. Unkerton's party in Greenway's House, Mr. Satterthwaite learns of a haunted window: no matter how many times it is replaced, it always contains the image of a gentleman in a plumed hat. When gunshots are heard, Satterthwaite finds tha...

  • The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

    Agatha Christie

    An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murd...

  • Mr. Eastwood's Adventure // The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl

    Agatha Christie

    Mystery writer Anthony Eastwood is lured to the crime scene of a faked murder, where two individuals masquerading as police officers arrest him and charge him for murder. As the phony police officers escort Mr. Eastwood home, the true goal of the mas...

  • Finessing the King

    Agatha Christie

    A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume. Tuppence's suspicions prove to be correct when...

  • The Idol House of Astarte

    Agatha Christie

    Years ago, a murder was committed on the night of a costume party thrown by Sir Richard Haydon. Sir Richard's estate contained the grove of Astarte, which held a mysterious stone summer house rumored to have been the site of numerous sacred rites in ...

  • Ingots of Gold

    Agatha Christie

    Raymond West approaches the Tuesday Night Club after his visit to John Newman, a friend who is searching for the Spanish ship Otranto which was shipwrecked off the coast of Cornwall. When John Newman disappears for days, upon his return he claims tha...

  • The Coming of Mr. Quin

    Agatha Christie

    It's dark and cold, with snow drifts everywhere, when Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall under the premise that his car has broken down. Once inside, he finds a small party celebrating the new year. Quin remarks that he knew t...

  • The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife

    Agatha Christie

    Maria Packington suspects her husband of having an affair. In an attempt to revitalize her marriage, she responds to an ad from Mr. Parker Pyne--who promises to provide solutions to unhappiness. Maria's life soon undergoes a rapid transformation…...

  • The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

    Agatha Christie

    Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs. Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in...

  • The Blood-Stained Pavement

    Agatha Christie

    Joyce Lempiere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on...

  • Jane in Search of a Job

    Agatha Christie

    Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts hav...

  • The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

    Agatha Christie

    Tommy and Tuppence Beresford wait anxiously for a letter from Russia that may contain information of international importance hidden beneath the stamp. The letter is anticipated by more than just the Beresfords, and they must fight to keep the inform...

  • The Plymouth Express

    Agatha Christie

    When Ebenezer Halliday's daughter's body is found stuffed underneath a train seat, the wealthy American industrialist hires Hercule Poirot to locate the murderer and over one hundred thousand dollars' worth of stolen jewels....

  • The Case of the Discontented Soldier

    Agatha Christie

    When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne to escape his boredom. Pyne's assistant arranges a chance meeting with the beautiful Freda Clegg and the two join forces, but on leaving for Africa they encounter more t...

  • The King of Clubs

    Agatha Christie

    A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superio...

  • The Adventure of the Western Star

    Agatha Christie

    Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn her to return her diamond, the famous "Western Star," to its rightful owner. But who does own the diamond, and is it even the genuine article?...

  • Motive v. Opportunity

    Agatha Christie

    At a meeting of the Tuesday Night Club, attorney Mr. Petherick relates an incident involving the late Simon Clode, a wealthy client. Obsessed by his granddaughter's death, Clode turned to spiritualist Eurydice Spragg to contact her in the afterlife, ...

  • The Tuesday Night Club

    Agatha Christie

    After a supper of canned lobster and a dessert of canned trifle, three people become ill and Mrs Jones is found dead. Although a bout of botulism is suspected, the Tuesday Night Club is keen to investigate further… ...

  • The Kidnapped Prime Minister

    Agatha Christie

    Just as World War I is drawing to an end, the prime minister is kidnapped. It is down to Hercule Poirot to locate him before a crucial conference, to avert an international crisis. ...

  • The Old Man and the Wasteland

    Nick Cole

    Part Hemingway, part Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a suspenseful odyssey into the dark heart of the post-apocalyptic American Southwest. Forty years after the destruction of civilization, human beings are reduced to salvaging the ruins of a broken w...

  • Gilbert and the Lost Tooth

    Diane deGroat

    Who lost a tooth? Gilbert's tooth is wiggly and loose all through spelling and lunch. Then he scores a run in kickball and -- BAM! -- his tooth is knocked right out of his mouth! Gilbert is so excited that the tooth fairy will be visiting. But Lew...

  • The Emerald Storm

    William Dietrich

    The year is 1803. Swashbuckling, ribald, and irreverent hero Ethan Gage has outsmarted wily enemies and survived dangerous challenges across the globe, from the wilds of the American frontier to the pyramids of Egypt. Now the rakish hero finds himsel...

  • Bound to Me

    Jocelynn Drake

    Mira, the heroine of Jocelynn Drake's New York Times bestselling Dark Days series, has been a nightwalker for centuries, traveling the globe as an enforcer for a secretive, powerful organization. In "Bound to Me," for the first time, we travel back i...

  • The Lost Code

    Kevin Emerson

    What is oldest will be new, what was lost shall be found. The ozone is ravaged, ocean levels have risen, and the sun is a daily enemy. But global climate change is not something new in the Earth's history. No one will know this better than l...

  • Saving Ruth

    Zoe Fishman

    When Ruth returns home to the South for the summer after her freshman year at college, a near tragedy pushes her to uncover family truths and take a good look at the woman she wants to become. Growing up in Alabama, all Ruth Wasserman wanted was t...

  • Canada

    Richard Ford

    "First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later." Then fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons' parents rob a bank, his sense of normal life is forever altered. In an instant, this private cataclysm dr...

  • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

    Ben Fountain

    Aferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents at "the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal" -- three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew -- has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into Amer...

  • Once Upon a List

    Robin Gold

    Never in her wildest dreams did Clara Black imagine she'd fly to Vegas just to eat at America's biggest buffet, or that she'd be digging holes in her mother's backyard to unearth her brother's screechy plastic recorder. But if that's what it takes to...

  • The Dog Who Ate My Homework

    John Grogan

    Marley has been waiting all day to play with Cassie, but when she gets home there's still work to be done! Cassie is making a model of the solar system for school, using fruit to represent each of the planets. When all the work is done, Daddy hangs t...

  • The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

    Christopher Healy

    Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You've never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the ...

  • Sweet Evil

    Wendy Higgins

    Embrace the Forbidden What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences? This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels. Tenderhearted Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and...

  • The Uninvited Guests

    Sadie Jones

    One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altog...

  • The Rock Star in Seat 3A

    Jill Kargman

    It's Hazel's thirtieth birthday and she has everything she's ever wanted: a kickass job, a dream apartment in New York City, and the perfect boyfriend -- who's just days away from proposing. Hazel thinks she's happy but isn't quite ready to settle do...

  • In the Bag

    Kate Klise

    A European vacation. A luggage mix-up. A note from a secret admirer. Meet two single parents who think they're too busy to date. And two teenagers who can't stop writing flirty emails. This is a tale of connections -- missed and made -- in a uni...

  • The Secrets of Mary Bowser

    Lois Leveen

    Based on the remarkable true story of a freed African American slave who returned to Virginia at the onset of the Civil War to spy on the Confederates, The Secrets of Mary Bowser is a masterful debut by an exciting new novelist. Author Lois Leveen co...

  • Beautiful Sacrifice

    Elizabeth Lowell

    Archaeologist Lina Taylor has devoted her life to studying ancient Maya artifacts, splitting her time between digs in the Yucatan and teaching in the college classroom. Burying herself in her work, Lina has had little experience handling men -- espec...

  • What a Good Kitty

    Mercer Mayer

    Little Critter has his very own cat! And what a good kitty she is. Read along with Little Critter in this simple, endearing I Can Read, perfect for critters who are just discovering the joy of reading....

  • Never Fall Down

    Patricia McCormick

    When soldiers arrive at his hometown in Cambodia, Arn is just a kid, dancing to rock 'n' roll, hustling for spare change, and selling ice cream with his brother. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is cha...

  • Arranged

    Catherine McKenzie

    Anne Blythe has a great life: a good job, close friends, and a potential book deal for her first novel. When it comes to finding someone to share her life with, however, she just can't seem to get it right. When her latest relationship implodes, and ...

  • The Taliban Cricket Club

    Timeri N. Murari

    Rukhsana is a spirited young journalist who works for the Kabul Daily in Afghanistan. She takes care of her ill, widowed mother and her younger brother, Jahan. But then Rukhsana is summoned to appear at the infamous Ministry for the Propagation of Vi...

  • The Cannibal's Children

    Tamar Myers

    A decades-old murder, a strange superstition, an enormous snake, and one giant secret are about to rock the beautiful Belle Vue to its core. It is a time of great upheaval for the Belgian Congo and Belle Vue is not safe from the changes. But there...

  • The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots

    Tamar Myers

    Like Alexander McCall Smith's ever-popular No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, "The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots" immerses readers in a breathtaking African landscape they simply will not wish to leave. For the third time, author Tamar Myers ...

  • By the Blood of Heroes

    Joseph Nassise

    At the end of 1917, the increasingly desperate Germans introduce a new gas to the battlefield: T-Leiche-"corpse gas" - that radically alters the face of the war. Unlike other chemical weapons that attack the living, T-Leiche resurrects the bodies of ...

  • The Mask of Destiny

    Richard Newsome

    The final chapter of the Archer Legacy opens in the Central Criminal Court of the Old Bailey in London. Gerald, Sam, and Ruby are attending the murder trial of Sir Mason Green, hoping to see their longtime enemy put away for good. But just as the tri...

  • A Confusion of Princes

    Garth Nix

    You'd think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal. But it isn't as great as it sounds. ...

  • Fancy Day in Room 1-A

    Jane O'Connor

    After a gloomy, gray week stuck inside at school, Nancy comes up with a great idea to cheer up her friends. Ms. Glass's classroom will celebrate a new holiday -- Fancy Day! Everyone gets into the swing of things, practicing their manners and preparin...

  • The Body in the Boudoir

    Katherine Hall Page

    It's 1990, and Faith Sibley is a single young woman leading a glamorous life in New York City. She has good friends, a cozy apartment, and her own flourishing catering business, Have Faith. Then, at a catering event, she meets the handsome, charming ...

  • Hemlock

    Kathleen Peacock

    Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered. Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock t...

  • An Uncommon Education

    Elizabeth Percer

    A young woman tries to save three people she loves in this elegant and remarkably insightful coming-of-age debut. Afraid of losing her parents at a young age -- her father with his weak heart, her deeply depressed mother -- Naomi Feinstein prepare...

  • Destined

    Aprilynne Pike

    Tamani looked at her gravely, and reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear. He hesitated for an instant, then his hands found the sides of her face, pulling her to him. He didn't kiss her, just held her face close to his, their foreheads resting...

  • Until I Die

    Amy Plum

    I wish there was only today, just right now, and no forever. It seems fitting that I fell in love in Paris. Peel back a thin layer of reality and under the city's glamorous surface is a battleground for immortal enemies. Because with Vincent, r...

  • Huff and Puff

    Tish Rabe

    Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. Day in and day out, the train clicks and clacks down the tracks. But one day, Huff and Puff decide to trade places. Will the train come to a halt? With colorful illustrations from Gill Guile and fun, si...

  • Huff and Puff and the New Train

    Tish Rabe

    Huff and Puff are a team who stay on track: Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. But when a new speedy train challenges the pair to a race, the caboose and engine must find out if slow and steady can win the race. Ready, set, go With colo...

  • The Testament of Jessie Lamb

    Jane Rogers

    A rogue virus that kills pregnant women has been let loose in the world, and nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake. Some blame the scientists, others see the hand of God, and still others claim that human arrogance and destr...

  • Insurgent

    Veronica Roth

    One choice can transform you -- or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting que...

  • Immortal Hearts

    Ellen Schreiber

    Athena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything sh...

  • Picture This

    Jacqueline Sheehan

    The poignant and unforgettable sequel to the beloved bestseller Lost & Found; a marvelous tale of life-altering surprises and unanticipated guests Peaks Island, Maine, vibrates with its own special magic, a unique flow to life that knits together ...

  • Jake and Lily

    Jerry Spinelli

    This is a story about me, Lily. And me, Jake. We're twins and we're exactly alike. Not exactly! Whatever. This is a book we wrote about the summer we turned eleven and Jake ditched me. Please. I just started hanging out with some guys in the nei...

  • Applewhites at Wit's End

    Stephanie S. Tolan

    Jake Semple and E.D. Applewhite are back, this time facing a financial meltdown E.D.'s father has called "the end of the world!" Famously creative Randolph Applewhite hatches a plan to save the family from poverty and starvation: They will turn the s...

  • The Whispering House

    Rebecca Wade

    Maisie Holt. This is her book. It's an old house, one her family plans to stay in for only a short while; but for Hannah Price, secrets soon come creeping out of every corner of Cowleigh Lodge. First there's the old and dusty book of childre...

  • The Unseen

    Katherine Webb

    FROM KATHERINE WEBB, THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE LEGACY, COMES A COMPELLING TALE OF LOVE, DECEPTION, AND ILLUSION A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife...

  • Dreamless

    Josephine Angelini

    Can true love be forgotten? As the only scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. ...

  • The Janus Affair

    Pip Ballantine; Tee Morris

    Evildoers beware! Retribution is at hand, thanks to Britain's best-kept secret agents!! Certainly no strangers to peculiar occurrences, agents Wellington Books and Eliza Braun are nonetheless stunned to observe a fellow passenger aboard Britain's ...

  • Hot for Fireman

    Jennifer Bernard

    If love is a battlefield, it's time to fight fire with fire. Enter: THE BACHELOR FIREMEN OF SAN GABRIEL Katie Dane knows better than to mix business and pleasure, but her new bartender, Ryan Blake, is simply irresistible . . . and besides, she doesn...

  • Along Came a Duke

    Elizabeth Boyle

    "A young lady with a fortune is subject to all sorts of untoward attentions by the worst sort of vagrants." --Aunt Allegra A lesson Tabitha Timmons, a penniless spinster, has never needed to heed. That is, until she is left a vast fortune...

  • Manny's Big Adventure

    J.E. Bright

    Manny feels like his world is falling apart . . . and then, it does! When the continents drift and Manny finds himself separated from Ellie and Peaches, he has to fight to reunite his family....

  • Best Friends

    J.E. Bright

    Everyone needs a best buddy! Learn all about the Ice Age crew and their closest pals in this easy-to-read book based on the new feature film Continental Drift!...

  • Homer

    Elisha Cooper

    Home isn't just where the heart is. Home is often where the dog is. And for this loyal dog -- who you will recognize if you have ever loved a dog -- home is where you are. ...

  • The Crossing of Ingo

    Helen Dunmore

    The crossing of Ingo is an ancient and dangerous coming-of-age ritual: a journey to the bottom of the world. Sapphy and Conor have been called to take part, the first of human blood ever to make an attempt. But Ervys and his followers are determined ...

  • Mia and the Big Sister Ballet

    Robin Farley

    When Mia grows up, she wants to be just like her big sister, Ava! Ava is a ballerina in a real show, and Mia's class is taking a trip to visit her. Mia and her friends watch Ava dance in the ballet, and then Ava shows them how to do some new moves...

  • Rescue Me

    Rachel Gibson

    She's 33, unmarried, and stuffed into a Bubble Yum pink bridesmaid dress. And the whole town wants to fix her up with anyone with a dental plan . . . Who's going to rescue Sadie Hollowell now? Everyone in Lovett, Texas, knows Sadie has always been a...

  • By Love Possessed

    Lorna Goodison

    With this highly praised collection of short fiction, Lorna Goodison demonstrates why she may be one of literature's best-kept secrets. In the Pushcart Prize-winning title story, humble Dottie thinks her luck has turned when she meets Frenchie, the b...

  • A Gust of Ghosts

    Suzanne Harper

    Evidence 1. The mournful, eerie sound 2. A cool, silvery glow 3. Unexplained voices Possibilities 1. Vampires 2. Ghosts 3. Mermaids 4. Werewolves 5. Fairies To do 1. Visit the graveyard 2. Record evidence in logbook 3. Save Mom and ...

  • Year's Best SF 17

    David G. Hartwell

    Once again, the finest short-form sf offerings of the year have been collected in a single volume. With Year's Best SF 17, acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer demonstrate the amazing depth and power ...

  • Soccer Star

    Victoria Kann

    Pinkalicious and her soccer team, the Pinksters, are ready for their first soccer match! When their opponents, the Ravens, show up, they make fun of the Pinksters' pink soccer ball. The ball gets kicked off the field, forcing Pinkalicious to chase af...

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift: The Junior Novel

    Susan Korman

    It's just a normal day in pre-history, when suddenly Manny finds himself separated from his family by a huge, gaping hole in the earth! As the continent splits in two, Manny sets off to find the land bridge that will reunite him with his loved ones -...

  • Darkness Before Dawn

    J.A. London

    ONLY SUNLIGHT CAN SAVE US. We built the wall to keep them out, to keep us safe. But it also makes us prisoners, trapped in what's left of our ravaged city, fearing nightfall. After the death of my parents, it's up to me -- as the newest delegat...

  • The Pack Is Back!

    Kirsten Mayer

    Manny, Sid, Diego, and the crew are back for a whole new adventure, making new friends -- and enemies -- along the way. Join the Ice Age gang as they take on the Arctic all over again! ...

  • Did Splat Do That?

    Kirsten Mayer

    Scrat has found himself a shiny, new golden acorn -- but he needs a place to hide it! He searches high and low, gets frustrated, and slams the nut into the hard ice. Just then, the earth opens up, creating a huge gap! Uh-oh! How will Scrat and hi...

  • Did Scrat Do That?

    Kirsten Mayer

    Scrat has found himself a shiny, new golden acorn -- but he needs a place to hide it! He searches high and low, gets frustrated, and slams the nut into the hard ice. Just then, the earth opens up, creating a huge gap! Uh-oh! How will Scrat and hi...

  • A Blood Seduction

    Pamela Palmer

    TAKE ME DOWN TO VAMPIRE CITY.... Vampires live only for lust and pleasure in the eternal twilight of Vamp City. But the city's magic is dying. The only person who can restore it? A beautiful woman from the mortal world . . . one who knows nothing ...

  • A Night Like This

    Julia Quinn

    ANNE WYNTER MIGHT NOT BE WHO SHE SAYS SHE IS... But she's managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge -- in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen i...

  • Darkness Becomes Her

    Jaime Rush

    THEY LIVE ORDINARY LIVES, BUT THEY ARE EXTRAORDINARY. THEY ARE THE OFFSPRING, CHILDREN OF A MYSTERIOUS EXPERIMENT GONE AWRY-- AND THEY ARE IN TERRIBLE DANGER. Power Junkie: Lachlan McLeod spent wild years astrally projecting himself into other times...

  • The Dragons of Ordinary Farm

    Tad Williams

    Tyler and Lucinda have to spend summer vacation with their ancient uncle Gideon, a farmer. They think they're in for six weeks of cows, sheep, horses, and pigs. But when they arrive in deserted Standard Valley, California, they discover that Ordinary...

  • Wolverine's Revenge

    Jason Aaron

    Collects Wolverine (2010) #10-16. James Howlett, Logan, Weapon X, Patch. In his many lives, Wolverine has known great pain -- but never did he suffer more than at the hands of the devil himself in the depths of hell. Now, he takes on the cult that ...

  • Sam Capra's Last Chance

    Jeff Abbott

    Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam at every turn. But now Sam, an ex-CIA agent, has a potential lead: a picture of the woman who took his child from the clinic ...

  • The King's Blood

    Daniel Abraham

    WAR AND MADNESS CAST SHADOWS OVER THE LANDS DRAGONS ONCE RULED. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will...

  • Vortex

    Cherry Adair

    Cherry Adair plunges into a world of high-sea adventure and romance, where a long-lost treasure is a deadly lure -- and love is the most dangerous current of all… SWEPT AWAY Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Log...

  • Secrets of the Henna Girl

    Sufiya Ahmed

    Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . . and dreaming of the day she'll meet her one true love.Except her parents have other plans.In Pakista...

  • Prairie Evers

    Ellen Airgood

    A sweet, spirited ten-year-old embarks upon the adventure of first friendship in this sparkling debut Prairie Evers is finding that socialization isn't all it's cracked up to be. She's been homeschooled by her granny and has learned the most from ...

  • All of It

    Bev Aisbett

  • Running on Empty

    Don Aker

    Ethan Palmer just wants the car, and he's finally saved enough money to buy it. That is, until he accidentally rams his dad's Volvo into their garage. It's not like his lawyer/politician father can't afford to pay for the damages--after all, they do ...

  • Crossing the Line

    Malin Alegria

    In Dos Rios, Texas, life is all about borders -- and what happens when you cross the line. Nothing is simple in a border town like Dos Rios, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Even for high school students Fabiola Garza and her younger sister Alex...

  • As Dead as it Gets

    Katie Alender

    It's been three months since Alexis helplessly witnessed Lydia Small's violent death, and all she wants is for her life to return to normal. But normal people don't see decaying bodies haunting photographs. Normal people don't have to deal with re...

  • Nightshifted

    Cassie Alexander

    From debut author Cassie Alexander comes a spectacular new urban fantasy series where working the nightshift can be a real nightmare. Nothing compares to being Nightshifted. Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No...

  • Beauty to Die For

    Kim Alexis; Mindy Starns Clark

    Juliette Taylor walked away from her career as a supermodel twenty-five years ago. Now approaching fifty -- an emotionally complex milestone -- she co-owns a beauty supply company that makes skincare products for salons and spas. Her niche is pamperi...

  • Antiques Disposal

    Barbara Allan

    Autumn has descended on Serenity, that quiet, cozy town nestled in the crook of the mighty Mississippi River -- or, one might say, with crooks. For the rain and fog have also brought an undercurrent of chaos -- and it's not just because the fall colo...

  • The Last Real Cowboy

    Donna Alward

    From the moment he turned up late to her charity's meeting, placating everyone with a tip of his Stetson and a lazy smile, Angela Beck knew that Sam Diamond was going to be Trouble with a capital T. Angela is the prickliest woman Sam's ever met --...

  • Second-Chance Mother

    Donna Alward
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    No one holds a special place in the heart quite like a mother -- but moms need romance, too! This Mother's Day, enjoy four heartwarming contemporary romance novellas from Harlequin about the greatest gift of all: love!

    The Greatest Gift: A M...

  • Valtieri's Bride

    Caroline Anderson

    Swapping chef's whites for ivory silk, Lydia Fletcher's competing in a contest to see how far she can travel in a wedding dress! She's determined to win her beloved sister her dream wedding -- but a chance meeting with the gorgeous but guarded widowe...

  • First Time Lucky?

    Natalie Anderson

    She needed...sexperience! Forced to grow up too quickly, Roxie skipped too many all-important "firsts." Now, armed with a six-point checklist, she's ready to get going -- starting with the big one -- losing her "V" plates! A hu...

  • Swipe

    Evan Angler

    Everyone gets the Mark. It gives all the benefits of citizenship. Yet if getting the Mark is such a good thing, then why does it feel so wrong? Set in a future North America that is struggling to recover after famine and global war, Swipe follows...

  • Lucy in the Sky

    Anonymous

    A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, ...

  • Keeper

    Kathi Appelt

    Blue moon, magic moon...good for wishing. To ten-year-old Keeper, this moon is her chance to fix all that has gone wrong . . . and so much has gone wrong. But she knows who can make things right again: Meggie Marie, her mermaid mother who swam ...

  • Magic Lantern

    Alex Archer

    In late 1700s Paris, a young but promising illusionist dabbles in the arcane art of phantasmagoria. But at his moment of greatest triumph -- unveiling a magical lantern said to open a door to the Chinese spirit world -- he is violently struck down by...

  • The Sins of the Father

    Jeffrey Archer

    Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. Bu...

  • Demon's Bride

    Zoe Archer

    Hell To Pay Leo Bailey may have been born to poverty, but ruthless business sense and sparkling intelligence have made money worries a thing of his past. It doesn't hurt that the Devil himself has granted Leo the ability to read the future. But...

  • The First Adventures of Spider

    Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

    In West Africa, children love to listen to stories about Spider. He is a clever and crafty character. He loves to eat and he hates to work, and he plays tricks that get him into trouble. But he tries to be good as much as he can, and he is always lot...

  • Batman and Friends

    Jade Ashe

    This 32-page Level 2 reader follows Batman as he teams up with superheroes from across the DC Comics universe to battle classic DC Comics villains. Based on "Batman: The Brave and the Bold," the popular Cartoon Network series targeting boys ages 6-11...

  • Precious Bones

    Mika Ashley-Hollinger

    Meet ten-year-old Bones, whose playground is the Florida swamps, brimming with mystical witches, black bears, alligators and bobcats. Bones' father, Nolay, a Miccosukee Indian, is smart and mischievous. Her Mama, practical as corn bread, can see stra...

  • Robert B. Parker's Lullaby

    Ace Atkins

    When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother's murder, he's not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left ...

  • Becoming Bayley

    Susan Auten

    Bayley Albrecht’s dream is to play soccer on BYU’s South Field. When she is invited to soccer camp the summer before her senior year in high school, she just knows she’s one step closer to her dream. Things get even better when she meets Matt M...

  • Hope from Persia

    Ben Avery

    Against the historical backdrop of the rise and fall of maneuvering kings and warring empires in 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles, the fictional series Kingdoms traces the saga of the dedicated advisor Iddo and his descendants. As he remains loya...

  • Battle Between

    Ben Avery

    Laurel’s ordinary life changes to extraordinary when cyborg flies shrink her down and take her on the adventure of saving the world. Racing through and against time to famous places of the past, learning about history and faith, Laurel discovers th...

  • A Nation Restored

    Ben Avery

    ENEMIES GATHER AS TIME RUNS SHORT With the support of a foreign king and divine favor, Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem to rebuild its wall. While citizens join the effort to fortify the defenses, local governors who despise the idea of a reborn Jewis...

  • Final Face Off

    Ben Avery

    TIME EXPLODES ... AND THE BATTLE OF GOOD AND EVIL WILL BE DECIDED! Laurel must escape from prison to stop her enemy’s destructive master plan. In the process, she learns how Kairos came to be, and that decisions can have long-term consequences. W...

  • Into the Storm

    Avi

    Avi's suspenseful seafaring adventure ESCAPE FROM HOME continues in INTO THE STORM. Fifteen-year-old Maura and twelve-year-old Patrick O'Connell are finally free from the impoverished conditions of their small Irish village. Though they've made it...

  • The Battle of Blood and Ink

    Jared Axelrod; Steve Walker

    If you're visiting the flying city of Amperstam without the latest printing of The Lurker's Guide, you might as well be lost. This one-sheet is written, edited, and printed by Ashe, a girl raised on the streets of the flying city, and is dedicated to...

  • Dragon City

    James Axler

    AFTER THE END Humanity has been held in subjugation for thousands of years, manipulated by a cruel alien race. But what began as a game among self-styled gods evolved into an internecine power play. Divided by ego and greed, the enemy faced resist...

  • Palaces of Light

    James Axler

    LOST VISTAS Remnants of America's past are littered across the postapocalyptic landscape, but little remains of the predark ideals of law and order. Survival is a blood quest, and lethal force the means to power. Still, a handful retains their hum...

  • The Drowned Cities

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Soldier boys emerged from the darkness. Guns gleamed dully. Bullet bandoliers and scars draped their bare chests. Ugly brands scored their faces. She knew why these soldier boys had come. She knew what they sought, and she knew, too, that if they fou...

  • The Princesses of Iowa

    M. Molly Backes

    What does it mean to do wrong, when no one punishes you? A smart and unflinching look at friendship, the nature of entitlement, and growing up in the heartland. Paige Sheridan has the perfect life. She's pretty, rich, and popular, and her spot on ...

  • Shift

    Em Bailey

    Olive Corbett is not crazy. Not anymore. She obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at school. After “the incident,” Olive just wants to avoid any more trouble, so she knows the smartest thing is to stay clear of the new girl wh...

  • The Undertow

    Jo Baker

    The American debut of an enthralling new voice: a vivid, indelibly told work of fiction that follows four generations of a family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century -- a novel about inheritance, about fate and passion, and about what it mea...

  • The Proposal

    Mary Balogh

    Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy, especially since a freak accident took her husband much too soon. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoop...

  • Patchwork

    Ellen Banda-Aaku

    Destined from birth to inhabit two very different worlds--that of her father, the wealthy Joseph Savakungo, and that of her mother, his mistress--this emotive tale takes us to the heart of a young girl's attempts to come to terms with her own identit...

  • Of Poseidon

    Anna Banks

    Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen's not fully convinced that Emma's th...

  • Legacy Lost

    Anna Banks

    He is a mer-prince, she is the mermaid princess that his family orders him to marry so that their kingdoms unite. Grom dreads this arrangement, until he meets Nalia--both beautiful and smart, she’s everything he ever wanted. But just when their con...

  • Undone by Her Tender Touch

    Maya Banks

    Just one night? Yeah, right. Pippa Laingley should have known better. When an unplanned evening of passion with Cameron Hollingsworth results in unplanned pregnancy, she's at a crossroads. She knew going in that the enigmatic entrepreneur had built a...

  • Taken by Storm

    Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    In the eye of a storm stands Bryn, the alpha of the Cedar Ridge werewolf pack. She is young. Female. Human. Physically weaker than any werewolf, she could never survive a battle with another alpha, the strongest, fiercest, and canniest of his pack. ...

  • Ride with Buddy

    Craig Bartlett

  • Embrace of the Damned

    Anya Bast

    A damned Viking warrior. Centuries ago Broder Calderson committed murder. As punishment, he was given over to the dominion of Loki, the Trickster God, made part of the Brotherhood of the Damned and condemned to an immortal life of battle against t...

  • Snivel

    Dale E. Basye

    Dale E. Basye sends Milton and Marlo to Snivel, the circle reserved for crybabies, for their latest hilarious escapade in Heck. Snivel is a camp -- a bummer camp -- a dismal place where it's always raining, and Unhappy Campers are besieged by swarms ...

  • The Widow of Saunders Creek

    Tracey Victoria Bateman / Tracey Bateman

    A grief that knows no boundary. A love without any limit. A need that doesn't end at death. Corrie Saunders grew up in a life of privilege. But she gave it all up for Jarrod, her Army husband, a man she knew was a hero when she vowed to spend ...

  • Petal's Story

    Battersea Dogs Home

    Gemma is the youngest of a big family - what with her parents plus SIX older brothers and sisters, there isn't room for anyone else. But then they meet Petal, the adorable dachshund puppy from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, who quickly makes herself ...

  • Jessie's Story

    Battersea Dogs Home

    Izzy isn't looking forward to spending her school holidays on her aunt and uncle's farm. But when she finds out that Jessie - a fluffy Old English sheepdog puppy from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home - will be joining them too, her summer suddenly starts l...

  • Little Dog, Lost

    Marion Dane Bauer

    From Newbery Honoree Marion Dane Bauer comes the tale of a boy who needs a dog, and a dog who needs a boy -- a match made in heaven, if only the two can meet. Mark is a boy who needs a dog. But he can't get his mom on board with his plan. Buddy...

  • Dinosaur Thunder

    Marion Dane Bauer

    An imaginative story of a little boy who conquers his fear of thunder! When lightning flares in the faraway sky, and clouds growl like lions waking, big brother Chad is thrilled by the coming storm. But not little Brannon. He looks for a place to ...

  • Jersey Angel

    Beth Ann Bauman

    It's the summer before senior year and the alluring Angel is ready to have fun. She's not like her best friend, Inggy, who has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plans. Angel isn't sure what she wants to do yet, but she has confidence and e...

  • Are You My Mother?

    Alison Bechdel

    From the best-selling author of "Fun Home," Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel’s "Fun Home" was a pop culture and literary phe...

  • Kepler's Dream

    Juliet Bell

    A young girl makes her fractured family whole again with the help of a very special book When eleven-year-old Ella's mother has to be hospitalized to undergo a dangerous cancer treatment, Ella spends the summer at "Broken Family Camp" with her ecc...

  • Madeline's Tea Party

    Ludwig Bemelmans

    In this story Madeline hosts a fabulously dainty tea party. Her naughty friend Pepito makes an appearance as well, and havoc ensues! ...

  • The Prince Who Fell from the Sky

    John Claude Bemis

    In Casseomae's world, the wolves rule the Forest, and the Forest is everywhere. The animals tell stories of the Skinless Ones, whose cities and roads once covered the earth, but the Skinless disappeared long ago. Casseomae is content to live alon...

  • Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis - Volume 3

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Avengers #18-24 & #24.1. Tony Stark's fortune is gone. Captain America's leadership has been questioned. Thor is dead. And Norman Osborn is back and united with A.I.M., Superia and Madame Hydra. Now, the Avengers who deposed him are the ...

  • Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Volume 4: Death of Spider-Man

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #156-160. Can Peter summon the necessary power, and bear the weight of responsibility for one more battle? His Aunt May is there. So is his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. As Spider-Man fights on with a seemingly mor...

  • Magic Kitten Double Trouble

    Sue Bentley

    Kim can't wait for her cousin Mia and her cousin's Siamese cat, Bibi to visit. But when they turn up neither cousin nor cat are half as nice as Kim remembers and proceed to make Kim's summer really horrible. But when Kim discovers a tiny silver tabby...

  • The Paragon Prison

    Derek Benz; J.S. Lewis

    A new world means a world of trouble... The Paragon Engine, a machine that can unlock portals to any dimension throughout the universe, is the most powerful and dangerous invention in Templar history-and the Grey Griffins have just been pulled t...

  • The Puzzler's Mansion

    Eric Berlin

    Winston Breen is back with more puzzle fun! Puzzle fanatic Winston Breen and his best friends receive a once-in-a-lifetime invitation--to a weekend of riddles, games and puzzles at a fabulous mansion! Famous musician Richard Overton is giving away...

  • The Water Children

    Anne Berry

    WHAT WILL DESTROY ONE CHILD WILL BE THE MAKING OF ANOTHER. From the icy banks of a secluded country pond to the fevered core of a historic London heat wave and immersion in an abandoned underwater village in the Tuscan mountains, four young people...

  • The Columbus Affair

    Steve Berry

    He was called by many names -- Columb, Colom, Colon -- but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and educated? Where did he die? How did he discover the New World? None have ever been prop...

  • Within the Dark Hills

    Sian Ann Bessey

    Desperate to escape the unwanted advances of a cruel master, chambermaid Annie Morgan runs miles through stormy weather to find sanctuary at the home of Reverend and Mrs. Davies. Without family and tainted by scandal, she’s in dire need of a new id...

  • Mammoth Books presents The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society

    John Betancourt

    Mr Pendleton-Smythe, an excluded schoolboy turned military man, visits Holmes surreptitiously having been hiding out of fear for his life. Holmes quickly discovers the unfortunate outcomes of this man's adolescent decisions when he discovers Pendleto...

  • What She Left Behind

    Tracy Bilen

    In this suspenseful thriller, Sara and her mother are going to secretly escape her abusive father -- when her mother mysteriously disappears. Sara and her mom have a plan to finally escape Sara's abusive father. But when her mom doesn't show up as...

  • A Dark Anatomy

    Robin Blake

    In 1740s England, the roots of evil run deep... The year is 1740. George II is on the throne, but England’s remoter provinces remain largely a law unto themselves. In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a squire’s wife, Dolores Brockle...

  • Welcome to the World, Zooborns!

    Andrew Bleiman

    Give a warm welcome to the awww-some ZooBorns animal babies!Get to know the adorable ZooBorns in this Ready-to-Read storybook that’s chock-full of cute and cuddly baby zoo animals. With a familiar refrain of “Welcome to the world!” on every pag...

  • Happy Like Soccer

    Maribeth Boelts

    A warmhearted story about a young girl who finds a way to bring together the two things that make her most happy- soccer and her family. Nothing makes Sierra happy like soccer. Her shoes have flames as she spins the ball down the spread-out sea of...

  • The Sumerton Women

    D.L. Bogdan

    Orphaned at age eight, Lady Cecily Burkhart becomes the ward of Harold Pierce, Earl of Sumerton. The charming Lord Hal and his wife, Lady Grace, immediately welcome sweet-natured Cecily as one of their own. With Brey, their young son, Cecily develops...

  • Summer of No Regrets

    Katherine Grace Bond

    This was the summer that would change my life. No more being what everyone expected. No more doing what everyone else wanted. So when Luke came into my life, I decided to keep him a secret. Maybe he as a dead -- ringer for notorious Hollywood b...

  • Exit Plan

    Larry Bond

    Jerry Mitchell is on exercises off the coast of Pakistan when his submarine, the USS Michigan, is ordered to a rendezvous off the Iranian coast. Once there, disembarked SEALs---experts in seaborne commando operations---are to extract two Iranian nati...

  • Madhattan Mystery

    John J. Bonk

    All set to spend their summer in New York City with their aunt while their father is honeymooning with his new wife, Lexi and her younger brother Kevin’s snoozy summer plans turn into high-stakes adventure when Lexi overhears a plot to steal Cleopa...

  • Struck

    Jennifer Bosworth

    Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia f...

  • Real Mermaids Don't Hold Their Breath

    Helene Boudreau

    Normal is Never Coming Back Jade is totally confused. As in, "will this be a leg-day or a tail-day?" kind of confused. Even worse, it's been forever since her first kiss with Luke and now -- nothing. Not even a text message. Sigh. But Jade d...

  • Are You a Cow?

    Sandra Boynton

    Embrace identity with this brand-new board book from the beloved and bestselling Sandra Boynton! Are you a COW? Are you a DOG? Are you a DUCK? Are you a FROG? A clever chicken narrates a playful inquiry in this charming and hilarious s...

  • Getaway

    Lisa Brackmann

    Michelle Mason tells herself she's on vacation. A brief stay in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta. It's a chance to figure out her next move after the unexpected death of her banker husband, who's left behind a scandal and a pile of debt. Th...

  • A Bride's Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee

    Diana Lesire Brandmeyer

    Journey to Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Heaven Wharton has been left in charge of her father's farm, but weeks of facing marauders has finally taken its toll. Meaning to fire into the air, she accidently shoots a man charging the house. Sho...

  • Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders

    Gyles Brandreth

    Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders opens in 1892, as an exhausted Arthur Conan Doyle retires to a spa in Germany with a suitcase full of fan mail. But his rest cure does not go as planned. The first person he encounters is Oscar Wilde, and the two f...

  • The Devil's Laughter

    Peter Brandvold

    Lou Prophet loves to keep beautiful women company. But when the invitation comes from Miss Louisa Bonaventure, the Vengeance Queen, he finds himself intimate with hot lead instead of her warm female form. Louisa’s got him riding the brutal Mexican ...

  • Heartstealer

    Grace Brannigan

    Jacie Turner, a professional stunt woman, is afraid she's lost her edge. Following an aerial stunt gone wrong and then her fiancé running out on her, she's determined to restore her pride and her life. Needing time away from well-meaning family, she...

  • Doc Holliday

    Matt Braun

    He came from the American South, a gentleman by breeding, a dentist by training, a gambler by vocation. But as Dr. John H. Holliday, a man fleeing his tragic past, drifted across the West, living among some of the roughest men on the frontier, word s...

  • Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own

    Emily Brightwell

    BAD BUSINESS When the general office manager of Sutcliffe Manufacturing is murdered, no one is really surprised. Ronald Dearman was anything but a dear man. The tyrannical bully had more than enough enemies to go around. But who hated him enough t...

  • Until the Darkness Comes

    Kevin Brooks

    PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go. But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexpl...

  • Solace

    Andrew Brown

    The body of a Muslim boy is found in a synagogue, mutilated in what looks like a ritual sacrifice, and Inspector Eberard Februarie is called in to solve the case. As news of the murder quickly becomes public, a storm of religious violence threatens t...

  • Coldsleep Lullaby

    Andrew Brown

    "A finely crafted novel with an unstoppable plot." -- Top Billing In the sleepy Cape Winelands of South Africa the body of a young woman is found drifting in a river, and Detective Eberard Februarie is called in to investigate the case. It doesn'...

  • How Do You Feel?

    Anthony Browne

    What better feeling than opening a new book from Anthony Browne? A simple look at familiar emotions for the very young. How do you feel? Sometimes you feel happy, sometimes sad. At times you feel curious, but that may be followed by feeling . . . ...

  • Secret Avengers, Volume 1: Mission to Mars

    Ed Brubaker

    Collects Secret Avengers #1-5. Who are the Secret Avengers? Are they a covert team of heroes working the darkest corners of the globe to stop disaster? Are they part-spy, part-super hero? Are they Steve Rogers' newest idea to save the world…or all...

  • Little White Dogs Can't Jump

    Whatley Bruce

    Smudge and his family have got a problem to solve - Smudge's legs are so short that he can't jump into the car! One of the children in the family devises a series of ingenious ways of getting Smudge into the car, but none of them work. Finally, it is...

  • Sisters of Holmes County Omnibus

    Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Enjoy the pleasure of owning the complete Sisters of Holmes County series all under one cover. Be able to follow the Hostettler family’s mysterious struggle against an unseen enemy from start to finish. Along the way, watch as love triumphs out of ...

  • They Eat Puppies, Don't They?

    Christopher Buckley

    In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authe...

  • The Greedy Python

    Richard Buckley

    A classic tale of a greedy snake, with illustrations from Eric Carle, is now available as a Ready-to-Read. In this humorous story about manners, respect, and friendship, a greedy python eats every creature he comes across in the jungle. From a tin...

  • Spider-Man: Season One

    Cullen Bunn

    The greatest origin story of all time, retold for a new generation. Read the earliest adventures of the Amazing Spider-Man....

  • Popular

    Jessica Burkhart

    Pressure threatens Lauren's popularity as she shines in the spotlight of the Canterwood Crest series. Popular is Lauren's status, at last. She's fitting in at Canterwood Crest Academy, dating a trs cute boy, and working hard as she prepares for h...

  • Transformation

    Rogers Ninaltowski Burner

    HIS WIFE HELD PRISONER, THE WORLD HELD HOSTAGE A baby's birth should be a time of joy for a young couple. But as Elena’s due date approaches, she is taken captive by the Hand of the Morningstar and goes into labor while Michael fights for her res...

  • This Is How

    Augusten Burroughs

  • Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal

    Grace Burrowes

    LADY MAGGIE WINDHAM HAS SECRETS And she's been perfectly capable of keeping them...until now. When she's threatened with exposure, she turns to investigator Benjamin Hazlit to keep catastrophe at bay. But Maggie herself intrigues Benjamin more tha...

  • Avengers Assemble - Volume 3

    Kurt Busiek

    Collects Avengers (1998) 24-34, Annual 2000, Thunderbolts #42-44. Earth's Mightiest Heroes vs. Marvel's Most Wanted, and more! The crisis of the Eighth Day pits the Avengers against the unstoppable force that is the Juggernaut, while Triathlon's fir...

  • Emma

    Nancy Butler

    Marvel continues its bestselling graphic novel adaptations of Jane Austen's classics! Award-winning author Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's bestselling adaptations Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, brings you another Jane Austen classic...

  • Bridge of Time

    Lewis Buzbee

    Best friends Lee Jones and Joan Lee have a lot more in common besides their names. On the eve of their class trip, they each learn their parents are getting divorced. Ugh. The class trip is a dud, so Lee and Joan steal away to talk. What follows is a...

  • X-Men: The Hidden Years - Volume 1

    John Byrne

    The first twelve issues of John Byrne's fan-favorite X-project are collected in one titanic tome for the first time! This fan favorite series chronicles the adventures of Marvel's original team of merry mutants after their Silver Age saga had run its...

  • Underworld

    Meg Cabot

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, the dark reimagining of the Persephone myth begun in ABANDON continues ... into the Underworld. Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn't dead. Not this time. But she is being held against ...

  • Black Dawn

    Rachel Caine

    When a tide of ferocious draug, the vampire's deadliest enemy, floods Morganville, its eclectic mix of residents must fight to save their town from devastation. Chaos has taken over the quiet college town of Morganville as the threat of the draug rap...

  • Act of Terror

    Marc Cameron

    From coast to coast, our nation is witnessing a new wave of terror. Suicide bombers incite blind panic and paralyzing fear. A flight attendant tries to crash an airliner. A police officer opens fire on fans in a stadium. And at CIA headquarters, a De...

  • A Dog's Journey

    W. Bruce Cameron

    Buddy is a good dog. After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very...