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New Books List: 548 titles

  • Zero Hour

    Jerome Preisler

    TERRORIST FRONT Competition is heating up between the powerful telecommunications company UpLink International and new technological giant Armbright Industries. To keep UpLink on top, owner Roger Gordian is not above a little "friendly snooping",...

  • The Young Warriors

    Glen A. Larson; Robert Thurston

    THE YOUNG WARRIORS Marooned! Starbuck didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Sure, he was sick of war... but he also didn't want to spend the rest of his life stranded on this hunk of rock where he had crashed. It was too much for an adventure-loving ...

  • The X-President

    Philip E. Baruth

    A masterful blend of political satire and edgy social commentary, here is a wildly entertaining trip through recent American history and into the impending future. An incisive look at how we love and hate our political leaders, and how they love and ...

  • A Wulf's Curse

    Ronda Thompson
    in

    Handsome and sensual, surrounded by an aura of danger, mystery, and the forbidden, a lover steps from the shadows. But is he mortal? Or is he an ancient god, a sorcerer, or a mythical beast who can possess a woman's heart... and her very soul? Fou...

  • The Wrong Stuff

    Sharon Fiffer

    FLEA MARKET TREASURES WORTH DYING FOR Jane Wheel is an antiques picker, cruising garage sales looking for items she can turn around and sell to dealers for a tidy profit. She also has a knack for finding clues and solving crimes... But her vast...

  • Worlds in Collision

    Judith Reeves-Stevens; Garfield Reeves-Stevens

    Of all the experiences shared by Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise during their first five-year mission, two were among the most perilous: a journey to the nonphysical realm of Transition where the massive computer known as Memory ...

  • Women with Big Eyes

    Angeles Mastretta

    Each story in this "remarkable collection"* reveals a different woman, yet all are linked by a single thread: the strength of desire. Vibrant, sly, wise, earthy, and full of life, these are stories that mesmerize....

  • Woman Made of Sand

    Joanna Kobin

    Centered around a marriage-before, during, and after-this remarkable novel takes readers into the lives of Phillip and Harriet Stedman and reveals in sparkling, beautifully rendered prose what they mean to each other, to in-laws and children and frie...

  • Without a Trace

    Lynn Erickson

    "He did it again." Four words and suddenly Jane Russo can no longer hide from her duty. A rapist and killer is preying upon young girls in Western ski towns... The FBI needs sketch artist Jane's help -- and sends Agent Ray Vanover to ...

  • With Private Eyes

    Eileen Wilks

    SASSY VERSUS SEXY! Claudia Barone was the perfect choice to shadow Ethan Mallory and discover what he knew about the sabotage of her family's business. She could steamroll anyone. Anyone but Ethan. The cagey P.I. would never tell her his prime sus...

  • The Winter Seeking

    Vinita Hampton Wright

    Share the Journey to the Heart of the Manger.

    Twenty-two-year-old Mary Georgiana Reese faces a gauntlet of pain and loss: her parents’ divorce and her dad’s remarriage, her mother’s battle with cancer, and her own recent breakup. Amidst ...

  • The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

    Kristiana Gregory

    My name is Abigail. This is my story... Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart's life with her family is upended when Abby and her sisters are awakened by the unfamiliar sound of drums. General George Washington is leading the Continental soldiers int...

  • Winter and the General

    Julian Jay Savarin

  • Winner Takes the Cake

    Diane Muldrow

    Amanda’s running for the seventh-grade class president -- against mean Angie Martinez! Tension has been brewing between Amanda and Angie for a while, but it’s about to reach a boiling point. While Amanda obsesses about the election and Molly take...

  • The Wilde One

    Janelle Denison
    in

    Untamable, sexy, and a complete rogue, Adrian Wilde more than lives up to his name. The sports enthusiast loves any kind of adventure--especially with the opposite sex--and he's determined never to let any woman change his bad boy image. It's a feat ...

  • The Wild Irish

    Robin Maxwell

    TWO FEMALE TITANS--PERFECTLY MATCHED IN GUTS, GUILE, AND POLITICAL GENIUS Elizabeth, queen of England, has taken on the mighty Spanish Armada and, in a stunning sea battle, vanquished it. But her troubles are far from over. Just across the western...

  • Wild in the Field

    Jennifer Greene

    HOW CAN YOU RESIST? Startling events had left Camille Campbell living like a recluse and fearful of loving ever again. She had vowed not to need or want anyone -- but when her sexy neighbor from across the field of lavender came calling, her body ...

  • Wicked Wager

    Julia Justiss

    Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins -- not the least of which was his hare-brained attempt to seduce the well-bred Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was three years past, before the war magnified life's conceit; after Wa...

  • When She's Bad

    Leanne Banks

    Thanks to her mother, who raised hell, and her father, who preached against it, Delilah Montague has a body to die for and a work ethic that won't quit. In a well-manicured snap, she's gone from shampoo girl to director of Houston's most exclusive sp...

  • When Dragons Rage

    Michael A. Stackpole

    At the head of her merciless armies, the tyrant, Chytrine pursues her quest to become empress the world in a brutal campaign of bloodshed an unholy sorcery. While cities and kingdoms topple, her agents search the conquered lands for the shattered Dra...

  • When a Texan Gambles

    Jodi Thomas

    It all started when she got thrown off the wagon train. Now, a crook is dead and Sarah Andrews has been raffled off in a "Wife Lottery." That seems bad enough-- until she discovers her new groom with a knife in his back. He just barely surviv...

  • Wheel of Misfortune

    Kate McMullan

    Wiglaf, Erica, and Angus are representing DSA in the All-Schools-Brain-Power Tournament!  But what on Earth are they going to do about their know-it-all captain Bragwort?  And how can they even stand a chance against the snobbish Knights No...

  • What's the Question?

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • What We Lost

    Dale Peck

    The critically acclaimed author of Now It's Time to Say Goodbye offers a thoughful biography of his father's tumultuous childhood and youth, describing his childhood in a poverty-stricken Long Island home with an abusive mother and alcoholic ...

  • What I Like About You

    Colleen Ludington; Paula J. Becker

    "You're a custom-made kid, by God's own design. You're not three; you're not two; you are one of a kind!"Written with the whimsy of Dr. Seuss and the love of a parent, this rhyming verse makes kids' toes tap and their faces smile. Kids love listening...

  • West Texas Bride

    Madeline Baker

    She'd come to Texas for a little R and R, but after meeting her sexy riding instructor, sophisticated Carly Kirkwood began experiencing sleepless nights filled with vivid dreams. For Zane Roan Eagle was like no man she'd ever met, and his chiseled La...

  • Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland

    Carolyn Keene

    Things are hairy in River Heights this holiday season. Two wolves have disappeared from WildWolf, the federal wolf preserve just outside of town. Local farmers think the missing wolves are killing their sheep, but there are also rumors of werewolf si...

  • Well of Souls

    Ilsa J. Bick

    THE YEAR IS 2336 For twelve years, she was captain of the Federation's flagship. But while her exploits as commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-C are legend, little has been revealed about Rachel Garrett, her vessel, or the unusual men an...

  • Weapon X: The Underground

    Frank Tieri

    The Weapon X Program continues to use the powers and abilities of mutants as military weapons - forcing them to destroy their own kind - to achieve the Director's dream of making the world a safe place for human beings. Weapon X's newest project, co...

  • Wasteland

    Francesca Lia Block

    When you were a baby I sat very still to hold you. I could see the veins through your skin like a map to inside you. I stopped breathing so you wouldn't ... You were just a boy on a bed in a room, like a kaleidoscope is a tube full of bits of broken ...

  • Warrior's Requiem

    Don Pendleton

    It's a crisis of terror in the making and perhaps the hardest personal fight of Mack Bolan's career. A Mideast powder keg is about to blow as an international conspiracy brokers a deal for destruction. Fellow Stony Man warrior Yakov Katzenelenbogen h...

  • War Torn

    John Marks

    A sequel to The Wall is set in post-Cold War Berlin and the former Yugoslavia and traces the love affair of a local woman and an American journalist who find themselves struggling for survival and changing their views about family and homelan...

  • Walking into the Night

    Olaf Olafsson

    As butler to William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon castle, Christian Benediktsson lives quietly, almost invisibly. He completes his tasks efficiently and with aplomb, catering to the whims of the volatile Chief and overseeing the running of the hecti...

  • The Wager

    Bill Myers

    Includes Bible study on the Sermon on the Mount. God and Satan have made a wager. Now it's up to Michael Steele to determine a winner. Michael T. Steele has been nominated for an Academy Award, but his most compelling performance has just begun. He h...

  • Voice of the Violin

    Andrea Camilleri

    “You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Ag...

  • The Virtuous Knight

    Margo Maguire

    Her innocence was the greatest temptation he had ever faced! One Thought Consumed Her: Escape! Lucy Kendal would do anything to leave the convent she'd called home since girlhood. But never had she dreamed the world contained such danger -- an...

  • A Very Southern Christmas: Stories for the Holiday

    Charlene R. McCord

    A host of luminaries gathers all the elements of the Christmas season -- past and present, joy and sadness, disappointment and surprise, confession and concealment, humor and pathos -- in a stellar holiday collection.

    Here are ten standout s...

  • A Verdict of Love

    Jenna Mills

    Subject: Eric Jones, high-profile investment banker Family History: Tragedy forced him to choose family duty over true love Deepest Secret: Hasn't broken any laws, but he's broken at least one heart Framed for the World Bank robbery, Eric Jo...

  • Up in Smoke

    Charlene Weir

    Governor Jack Garrett is seeking his party's candidacy for the upcoming presidential election and has come to Hampstead, Kansas, to kick off his campaign with a homecoming rally. Trouble follows and quickly strikes his entourage, which includes his a...

  • Until September

    Brenda K. Jernigan

    She Must Live For Today... The finest doctors in Manhattan have told Claire Hollady she'd be lucky to live until September. Determined to savor every moment, the beautiful young journalist hides her illness and heads for the open skies of Denver, e...

  • Unmarked Man

    Darlene Scalera

    NONDESCRIPT...? When Cissy Spagnola returned to the mean city streets of her childhood, she found nothing but trouble. Her mother and sister were missing, and after some not-so-discreet investigating, a potential witness turned up dead in her hotel ...

  • The Unifying Force

    James Luceno

    At long last, the New York Times bestselling series that launched the Star Wars saga into the next generation and into thrilling new territory reaches its spectacular finale. Side by side, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their children, a...

  • Under Her Spell

    Maggie Shayne
    in

    Handsome and sensual, surrounded by an aura of danger, mystery, and the forbidden, a lover steps from the shadows. But is he mortal? Or is he an ancient god, a sorcerer, or a mythical beast who can possess a woman's heart... and her very soul? Fou...

  • Under Fire

    Jamie Denton

    The heat is on! OSHA investigator Jana Linney has never had good sex. So when she approaches hot firefighter Ben Perry in a bar, she's not sure what she's thinking. Having a one-night stand is totally not her, but if anyone can "help" her, he can....

  • Uncovering Sadie's Secrets

    Libby Sternberg

    When the boy she has a crush on sets his sights on Sadie, the mysterious new girl at school, Biana decides to find out what Sadie is hiding and gets more than she bargained for as her life suddenly becomes reminiscent of a detective novel. Reprint....

  • The Twilight Before Christmas

    Christine Feehan

    Seven sisters ...and a legacy of magical secrets. Bestselling novelist Kate Drake is one of seven sisters gifted with amazing powers of witchcraft. Returning home in time for her northern California town's annual Christmas pageant, Kate catches th...

  • Turnabout

    Michael A. Martin; Andy Mangels

    THE FINAL SHOWDOWN According to Liz's most recent visions, a horrible death awaits Isabel in Los Angeles -- the same place where the Evanses, the Parkers, and one of the New York dupes are being held by the FBI's ruthless Special Unit. Determined no...

  • Tumbling Down

    Lynn Emery
    in

    The hilariously sexy chronicle of Five women at work, at play, and in love... Together, they make up Allheart.com, the online greeting card company where love often Falls apart, lives occasionally go awry--but friends are always there to put every...

  • Truth and Consequences

    Cameron Dokey

    Earth, water, fire, air, Aid me in this task I dare. Where Cole wanders let me see. As I will, So mote it be. Cole is working late, and her sisters are having a girls' night in, so on the spur of the moment, Phoebe accepts what seems like an ...

  • Trust Me

    Melanie Craft

    Veterinarian Carly Martin is a soft touch when it comes to animals. And no animals need her more than the thirty-five pets left in her care after eccentric millionaire Henry Tremayne falls and slips into a coma. If only she weren't as susceptible to ...

  • True-Life Treasure Hunts

    Judy Donnelly

    In 1692, an earthquake buried an entire city full of pirate treasure! 300 years later the lost city and its wealth were found. But not all treasures have been found, many mysteries still remain. Learn about these fantastic true stories in this non-fi...

  • True Pretenses

    Karen Lingefelt

    FALSE ASSUMPTIONS Serena Langley would do anything to avoid an arranged marriage to the Duke of Fairborough. Nine years ago, the rogue had ruined her family and left for India in disgrace. Now he'd returned to claim her as if nothing had ever happen...

  • Trickster

    Steven Harper

    The Dream has been shattered, and the majority of Silent who telepathically communicated through it have been cast out by the event known as the Despair, unable to reenter. Now the remaining Silent still capable of linking to the Dream have become a ...

  • Trapped in Ice

    Eric Walters

    Based on true events surrounding Captain Robert Bartlett's ill-fated Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913, tells the story of thirteen-year-old Helen and her nine-year-old brother Michael and their struggle to safety after their ship becomes trapped in...

  • Totem Story

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • Tooth and Claw

    Jo Walton

    A tale of contention over love and money -- among dragonsJo Walton burst onto the fantasy scene with The King's Peace, acclaimed by writers as diverse as Poul Anderson, Robin Hobb, and Ken MacLeod. In 2002, she was voted the John W. Campbell Award fo...

  • Toasting Tina

    Evan Marshall

    When a romance authors' convention turns deadly, literary agent Jane Stuart finds herself cast as suspect and sleuth... Tina Vale, the new vice president and publisher of Corsair Books, made more than a few enemies as she slept and schemed her way t...

  • To Wed a Sheik

    Teresa Southwick

    BEWARE TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME SHEIKS IN MOONLIT GARDENS... Too late! Once Kamal Hassan drew her into his arms for a breathless kiss, Ali Matlock was already halfway to losing her heart. Though the sensual sheik was definitely the world's most irr...

  • To Tempt a Bride

    Edith Layton

    From the moment she first saw tall, dashing Eric Ford, Camille's heart was lost. In her most cherished fantasy she is standing by his side, exchanging sacred wedding vows with her beloved. But Eric seems content to be no more than her unofficial ...

  • Tiny Snowflake Picture Book

    Art Ginolfi

    In this endearing new book by Art Ginolfi, Lacy, the tiny snowflake, searches for her special purpose in life. Carried through a quiet, wintry night with gentle nudges from the wind, Lacy discovers that God will make us all sparkle, if we only tru...

  • Tinker

    Wen Spencer

    WE'RE NOT IN PITTSBURGH ANYMORE Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down...

  • Time on the Farm

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • A Time for Angels

    Carolyn Davidson
    in

    Though Honey Bell Morris claimed she was simply caring for the old man she'd found lost in a snowstorm, Zachary Bennett was sure she was after his grandfather's money. But Honey Bell had a nurturing warmth that could melt even the most hardened of he...

  • The Tie That Binds

    Laura Gale

    HE WAS HER LAST HOPE When she walked out, Rachel thought she was through with Lucas Neuman and his high-society family forever. But that was before her little girl became deathly ill...before the man who'd so cruelly betrayed her became her on...

  • Tidal Rip

    Joe Buff

    Jeffrey Fuller is going back to war. Commander Fuller has distinguished himself in battle, becoming one of America's most inspirational heroes in its war with the Berlin-Boer Axis. Time and time again, Fuller has taken his crew of elite submariners...

  • Thunderbolts: How to Lose

    John Arcudi

    Looks at the "fight club" world of second and third-class former villains which is filled with bloody fights in abandoned warehouses, the lure of easy money, and the desperation of sweaty losers with nothing to lose but their lives. Original....

  • Three Nasty Gnarlies

    Keith Graves

    "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is the theme of this hilarious self-help satire that doubles as a fun-to-sing operetta.

    Based on an obscure operetta by the composer Funguso Smellagrossi, this is a story of three nasty gnarlies who love ...

  • Those Christmas Angels

    Debbie Macomber

    Three delightful angels come down to earth -- just in time for Christmas! Shirley, Goodness and Mercy: three well-intentioned angels who are occasionally allowed to intervene (or -- perhaps more accurately -- interfere!) in human affairs. Despite ...

  • A Thoroughly Modern Princess

    Wendy Corsi Staub

    Love Can Be A Royal Pain! A most impetuous princess, Her Highness, Emmaline of Verdunia, would have wed her suitable prince and been done with it -- if she hadn't been swept off her feet by Granger Lockwood IV, "America's Sexiest Single Man." Thei...

  • Things with Wings, Science: Leveled Reader

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • Thicker Than Water

    Maggie Shayne

    It was called a haven for runaway teens. In truth, it was a nightmare, one that ended in fiery violence sixteen years ago. Or so its survivors believed... Syracuse news anchor Julie Jones is afraid. Her long-dead past was resurrected when a blackm...

  • There Will Be Dragons

    John Ringo

    BLOOD TO OUR BLOOD. STEEL TO OUR STEEL. In the future there is no want, no war, no disease nor ill-timed death. Bodies are shaped like clay into whimsical fantasies of mer-people, dwarves, and dragons. To wish is to have. The world is a paradise a...

  • That's Amazing!

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • That Makes Ten!

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • The Tenderfoot Bride

    Cheryl St. John

    Secrets and lies made poor references, Linnea McConaughy knew. But her survival depended upon keeping her past hidden, especially from her employer, rancher Will Tucker. True, he'd shown her kindness, even tenderness, but could he ever accept her sha...

  • Ten Mice for Tet!

    Pegi Deitz Shea

    It's time for Tet! This vibrant, unique counting book introduces children to the rich traditions of the Vietnamese New Year. A playful village of mice lead young readers through the joyful celebration, as exquisitely embroidered illustrations recreat...

  • Temporary Husband

    DiAnn Mills

    When Nettie Franklin shares her temperance views with the local saloon customers, she lands herself in one of Mesquite, Nebraska's two jail cells. And there's no help from the town's only judge - who happens to own the saloon. Nettie's only escape...

  • Tango Midnight

    Michael Cassutt

    It's 2005, and the world has changed. International terrorists have released a genetically modified disease, called X-Pox, on the world. There is no greater challenge to medicine than finding a cure. Biochem billionaire Tad Mikleszewski (called T...

  • Tango

    Kimberley White

    Unable to get back into a car after a tragic accident, twenty-five-year-old preservation architect Kendall Masterson finds unexpected love with a forty-year-old airline pilot who helps her get over her fear, but her father is determined to put an end...

  • Tales of the Slayer Volume 3

    Yvonne Navarro

    The Slayers' lives are short, and not very sweet. The Watchers' Journals are full of their tales -- their battles, their triumphs, and ultimately, their successors. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is but the latest in a long line of women warriors stretc...

  • Tales of the Slayer

    Joss Whedon

  • Table for Two

    Dara Girard

    After a disastrous weight-loss program and devastating divorce, self-help author and teacher Cassie Graham calls it quits--on diets and on men. So, when she meets reclusive restaurant owner Drake Henson--a man with gorgeous eyes, a sexy grin and a...

  • T. Rex: Hunter or Scavenger?

    Thomas R. Holtz

    Was Tyrannosaurus rex a speedy and savage hunter, or was it a slow-moving scavenger, surviving on scraps left from other dinosaurs? World-renowned tyrannosaur expert Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. shares the evidence on both sides of the argument in this e...

  • Syndrome

    Thomas Hoover

    Fatal Cure They were promised a miracle cure for the deadly diseases destroying their lives. It seemed too good to be true, but to the desperate and dying, it was the only chance for survival. Now they're part of a bizarre secret experiment ...

  • Sword and Drum

    Karl Lassiter

    From Memphis to the Staked Plains, a man found his calling in war. Now, a company of soldiers has found their leader... By 1879, the U.S. Tenth Calvary--a company of Buffalo soldiers--has marched 34,420 miles across the frontier, built 300 miles of...

  • A Surprise Christmas Proposal

    Liz Fielding

    "Isn't it strange how things turn out? A week ago I was virtually jobless, almost homeless, and had totally sworn off men -- a sad way to be before Christmas, don't you think? Now I'm not only working for the most gorgeous man alive, but I'm living i...

  • Super Sizes!

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • Strategic Engagement

    Catherine Mann

    ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYONE? Flying a dangerous rescue into a war-torn country to save his two little orphaned brothers was all in a day's work for air force hero Daniel Baker. But finding Mary Elise McRae stowed away on board -- scared, a...

  • Stormy Weather

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • The Stories of Richard Bausch

    Richard Bausch

    A 2004 PEN/Malamud Award winner, this collection celebrates the work of American artist Richard Bausch -- a writer the New York Times calls "a master of the short story." By turns tender, raw, heartbreaking, and riotously funny, the many voices of th...

  • Still Holding

    Bruce Wagner

    If there's an even darker side to Hollywood than the one America is familiar with, Bruce Wagner has found it. A twenty-first-century Nathanael West, he has been hailed for his powerful prose, his Swiftian satire, and the scalpel-sharp wit that has, i...

  • Stalking Tiger

    James V. Smith Jr.

    When Team Midnight arrives Vietnam to defuse an enemy missile, their seemingly simple mission becomes extremely difficult when they are forced to take a prisoner, which hinders their departure from this unstable country. Original....

  • The St. James Affair

    Susan Wiggs
    in

    'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the city Not a single woman was stirring except... Manhattan blue blood Eve St. James. Could she forgo the air-kissing society scene for real love...with a Brooklyn cop? Up-and-coming caterer...

  • A Spy's Ransom

    Clive Egleton

    Major John Tarrant works for the British Military Intelligence handling information filtered in from Russia and the Warsaw Pact countries. His life is peaceful until a Russian agent known as Drabble kidnaps his son and demands a ransom of 500,000 in ...

  • Spy TV

    Elizabeth Lenhard

    The OSS has discovered that an evil family plans to take over the world, using a new hit reality show. With the world to save and a competition to win, the Spy Kids take on this evil family, both on the screen and off....

  • Speed Trap

    Brian Augustyn

  • Spartan

    Valerio Massimo Manfredi

    Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city . . .Valerio Massimo Manfredi's ...

  • A Spanish Vengeance

    Diana Hamilton

    Will she become the Latin lover's bride? Lisa Pennington will do anything to help her family -- even if that means accepting an indecent proposal from the man who broke her heart! For five years Diego Raffacani has thought of nothing but Li...

  • Spaced Out!

    Bobbi J.G. Weiss

  • sMothering

    Wendy French

    What are you doing here? Claire McLeod's peaceful, if dull, existence is shattered by her mother's unexpected--and unwelcome--visit. Armed with a sharp tongue, a critical eye, and enough Weekender Wear to make anyone nervous, Mom has invited herse...

  • Small Avalanches and Other Stories

    Joyce Carol Oates

    When The Sky Blue Ball comes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of childhood. A jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous Capricorn, aware of the terrifying possibilities. A vulnerabl...

  • Slocum and the Tequila Rose

    Jake Logan

    Slocum wrangles with a rose that’s red -- with blood!Isabel is out to avenge her husband’s murder. Riding a stolen horse, she will no longer place her trust in God, but in the .44 Colt she now carries. Under the guise of Tequila Rosa -- a woman o...

  • A Slight Change of Plans

    Glenda Garland

    A Promise With A Price When her sister died in childbirth, Penelope Lindon promised to care for the twin niece and nephew she adores as if they were her own. But to prove herself a reliable guardian, she also promised never to marry. How could she...

  • The Sleeper Wakes

    David Hill

    Cory loves the mountain. He and his dad call it 'the sleeper'. Corey's dad works as a conservationist and spends a lot of time on the mountain. Together they feel its first trembles. Down in the town no one even wants to think about the eruption - un...

  • Sky Woman Falling

    Kirk Mitchell

    She's an FBI Special Agent and Modoc Indian. He's a Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator and Comanche. Together, Anna Turnipseed and Emmett Parker have proven to be "a memorable literary pair" (Publishers Weekly). Now, they're called upon to tackle ...

  • The Silver Lion

    Lynn Kerstan

    The daughter of scandal, Helena Pryce, lives life on the fringes of society, where she tirelessly fights for social reform. Derek Leighton, Earl of Varden, is perfectly ensconced the world of privilege--until his quest for adventure nearly destroys h...

  • The Silver Lining

    Tessa Barclay

  • The Silent Woman

    Peter Tonkin

  • Silence

    Nancy Holder

  • Siegfried

    Harry Mulisch

    A bracing meditation on the nature of evil and a moving evocation of the human heart, Siegfried is one of Harry Mulisch's most powerful novels. After a reading of his work, renowned Dutch author Rudolf Herter, who had recently commented in a televisi...

  • Shotgun Bride

    Linda Lael Miller

    One special lady will help this cowboy lawman win his father's ranch -- and steal his heart in the bargain.... Kade McKettrick's got five mail-order brides-to-be camped out at the local hotel, all more than eager to provide him with the heir that...

  • Shepherds Abiding

    Jan Karon

    Father Tim has always lived what he calls "the life of the mind" and has never learned to savor the work of his hands. But that changes when he finds a derelict nativity scene that has suffered the indignities of time and neglect. Does he have what i...

  • Shadow of Death

    William G. Tapply

    Boston attorney Brady Coyne has just received a call from Jimmy D'Ambrosio, a Democratic party kingmaker and acting campaign manager for prosecutor Ellen Stoddard, who's running for a Senate seat. She's got a real shot at becoming the state's first w...

  • The Shadow King

    Jane Stevenson

    In The Shadow King, Jane Stevenson illuminates the world of the intriguing Balthasar Stuart, the secret biracial child born of the illicit love between a queen of Bohemia and an exiled African prince. A gifted young doctor in the late seventeenth cen...

  • Shades of Brown

    Denise Becker

    Meg is a schoolteacher whose husband, Bill, was intent on killing her... but in a violent fight for her won life, she ended his. The murder is a secret, and Meg has moved back to her hometown to reunited with her adopted family. Meg's new life is won...

  • Service for the Dead

    Martin Delrio

    In this gripping conclusion, Tara Campbell, the leader of the Northwind Highlanders, must save the planet of Terra from Anastasia Kerensky, the brutal leader of the Steel Wolves who will stop at nothing to gain control of Terra. Original....

  • Serious Girls

    Maxine Swann

    Sixteen year olds Maya and Roe form an intense friendship when they find themselves cast as outsiders at an all girls boarding school. Sharing their life stories, and curiosity about the adult world, they wonder how they might become "people" with...

  • September Love

    Virginia Myers

    Bliss. That's what Beth Colby thought of her new life and second throw at love. A widow, at fifty she'd met strong, handsome Doug Colby, and he'd swept her into his arms...and right into the chapel. Now she counted her blessings every day. So when...

  • Secret Santa

    Beth Polson

    It's Christmas, and Indianapolis Sentinel reporter Rebecca Chandler has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Tired of covering the usual seasonal fluff -- and in no mood for warmth and sincerity -- she reluctantly accepts her editor's assignment to tra...

  • The Secret Gift

    Jaclyn Reding

    Leaving behind her high-speed New York life, bookseller Libby Hutchinson has set off to Scotland in search of her late mother's ancestry--and is about to find greatest surprise of her life. She's taken along the few things her mother left her--includ...

  • The Second Sister

    Dani Sinclair

    THE QUIET TWIN Heartskeep heiress Leigh Thomas hated the label. But the one night she'd dared to rebel had ended in disaster. When sexy and forbidden bad boy Gavin Jarret had rescued her from a dangerous situation, she'd seduced him with all the s...

  • The Scout

    Lynna Banning

    Expecting the unexpected was an army scout's job. Still, Major John Montgomery never anticipated finding love along the Oregon Trail. But Constance Weldon, outspoken, courageous and possessed of a quiet beauty completely at home under the wide Wester...

  • The Scientist, The Madman, The Thief and Their Lightbulb

    Keith Tutt

    Imagine a world freed from the damaging demands of the oil economy; a world powered by 'fuel-less' energy; a world where all countries - rich and poor - have freely available electricity. Too good to be true? Or simply too good to be allowed? For ove...

  • Science: Hello, Hello!

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  • The Scarlet Letters

    Louis Auchincloss

    A New York Times"bestselling author puts a modern twist on the Nathaniel Hawthorne classic with this novel of wealthy 1950s society.   The year is 1953, and the coastal village of Glenville, on the opulent north shore of Long Island, is shaken...

  • Scabbard's Song

    Kim Hunter

    A WARRIOR WITHOUT A NAME The city of Zamerkand is in the hands of the usurper Humbold, and the witchboy who is successor to the throne has been forced into hiding. Soldier, now commander of the mercenary army known as the Red Pavilions, meets with hi...

  • Say Yes

    Audrey Couloumbis

    When twelve-year-old Casey came home to an empty apartment, she didn't think much of it. But when she wakes up the next morning, and her stepmother, Sylvia, still hasn't come home, she knows that something is wrong. Casey doesn't have any other famil...

  • The Savvy Sistahs

    Brenda Jackson

    Amber, Carla and Brandy---known as the "ABCs"---are intelligent businesswomen who met in their business support group "The Savvy Sistahs Who Mean Business" and became the best of friends. They've bonded over lost loves, past hurts, and too many lone...

  • Saving Louisa

    Clyde Linsley

    An urgent mission has brought Josiah Beetle, the "Boy Hero of New Orleans," back to the city where he fought side by side with Andrew Jackson. His friend Randolph, a former slave, is desperate to find his wife, Louisa -- a slave whom he married in ...

  • The Sapphire Sea

    John B. Robinson

    Plagued by a bitter divorce and an over-bearing father, Lonny Cushman has fled his old life trading high-quality gems and attending society balls in New York City to scout the lawless sapphire fields of northern Madagascar. Homesick and lonely, he d...

  • The Sapphire Crescent

    Thomas M. Reid
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    A mercenary order sworn to defend a god, but bent to the will of mortals. When family turns on family, it's buisness as usual in Arrabar, but when a family turns on itself, an entire nation may be torn asunder....

  • Salt Roads

    Nalo Hopkinson

    From the SFWA Grand Master, a“sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic . . . tour de force” that blends fantasy, women’s history, and slavery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).   In 1804, shortly before the Caribbean island o...

  • The Rottweiler

    Ruth Rendell

    The first victim had bite marks on her neck so the London papers nicknamed her killer, “the Rottweiler.” He has been stalking the small and diverse London community of Lisson Grove, where Inez Ferry runs an antique shop frequented by a motley co...

  • Rosie in Chicago: Play Ball!

    Carol Matas

    When the best player on the Chavarim baseball team gets injured, Rosie's brother Abe suggests that she disguise herself as a boy and take his place on the team, but playing with an all-male team is way out of Rosie's league, even if she does have a s...

  • Rogue Trooper: Future War

    Gerry Finley-Day

    From the phenomenal British classic sci-fi comic series, 2000 AD, comes this all-action tale of a future warrior from writer Gerry Finley-Day, legendary artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), and fan-favourites Colin Wilson and Cam Kennedy.

    On Nu-Earth, ...

  • Rockin' Around That Christmas Tree

    Donna Hill; Francis Ray

    Denise has always been the faithful wife and dutiful mother. As a matter of fact, it seems that is all she has been in the twenty-plus years she and her husband, Edward, have been married. But the kids are grown and out of the house, and she's ready ...

  • Rock-And-Roll Bob

    Kim Ostrow

    Level 1: Starting to Read? Simple stories? Increased vocabulary? Longer sentencesBob and the team are going to the park to hear Farmer Pickles and his band! But when Farmer Pickles loses the music, can the machines step in to help?...

  • Rise of Sin Tzu

    Devin Grayson

    This novelization of the hot new video game from Ubi Soft Entertainment features a milestone in Dark Knight lore: the introduction of a new major villain, a criminal mastermind who vows to destroy Gotham City and its protector. Original....

  • Ring of Deception

    Sandra Marton

    July 19, 1983... The Kinards, the Richardses and the Webbers--Seattle's Kennedys. Their "compound"--elegant Forrester Square...until the fateful night that tore these families apart. Twenty years later... Their children were reunited...

  • The Return of the Black Widowers

    Isaac Asimov

    Six clever, wonderfully writen "Black Widower" mysteries penned by the award-winning science fiction writer reveal the inner workings of a mind that was capable of crossing genres easily to produce some of the best mystery writing on the market. Repr...

  • Retaliation

    Don Pendleton

    PAYBACK Mack Bolan has a score to settle, a mission written in the blood of friend and fellow warrior Yakov Katzenelenbogen. But there's more at stake than just revenge. A consortium of powerful men is unleashing a global wave of terror and pushin...

  • Rendezvous Eighteenth

    Jake Lamar

    Rendezvous Eighteenth marks the emergence of an exciting voice in crime fiction. Ricky Jenks gave up life in the U.S. years ago and is content, if not happy, with his life as a piano player in a small cafe in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. He ...

  • Rendezvous at Midnight

    Patricia Matthews

  • The Redwyck Charm

    Elena Greene

    Simply Irresistible Marcus Redwyck, seventh Earl of Amberly, doesn't fancy arranged marriages. But his family's fortunes depend on a quick wedding...to Juliana Hutton, an heiress known for rejecting all her suitors. But after their first meeting i...

  • Red Zone

    Mike Lupica

    Jack Molloy, part owner of football's legendary New York Hawks, is taking a break abroad when his siblings sell their half of the team to businessman Big Dick Miles. When Molloy refuses to sell, too, Miles sweetens the pot: He'll buy half of Jack's h...

  • Red Wind Crossing

    John D. Nesbitt

    Clevis always says that when he sees a pretty girl walking down the street and looking over her shoulder, he pays attention, especially if she is walking fast. From the time he sees Helen hurrying down the street, Clevis knows she is in some sort of ...

  • The Red Star

    Arthur Byron Cover

    Over the course of generations, the once mighty empire known as The United Republics of The Red Star (U.R.R.S.) slaughtered millions of its own people by the order of a single man. This man was their leader, Imbohl: a mighty sorcerer whose insanit...

  • Red Skull

    Steven A. Roman; Stan Timmons

    First, it was Doctor Doom. Then, Magneto. Two men with a common dream: to become absolute master of the Earth. Through the use of the Cosmic Cube-a device whose reality-bending powers allow its possessor to create their own perfect world-they were ea...

  • The Red Passport

    Katherine Shonk

  • Real Middle Earth

    Brian Bates

    J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that he based the land of Middle Earth on a real place. The Real Middle Earth brings alive, for the first time, the very real civilization in which those who lived had a vision of life animated by beings beyond the material ...

  • The Real Deal: Unscripted

    Amy Kaye

    Thanks to the reality-TV show that records her junior year in excruciating detail, Claire Marangello gets her big break: her own version of the TV show and a starring role in a Broadway musical. Plus Jeb, a way-hot co-star who seems to like her that ...

  • Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore

    Dan Gutman

    Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight...

  • Quiller Balalaika

    Adam Hall

    Facing his nineteenth and final assignment for his top-secret British intelligence agency, Quiller endeavors to infiltrate the mafiya of post-Cold War Russia in order to take out a brilliant crime lord and British national, a mission for whic...

  • Quiet on the Set!

    Nancy Krulik

    Katie and her friends are so excited when they find out that a movie is being filmed in their town. And what makes it even better is that the star of the movie is Rosie Moran-the world's most popular child actress. Katie not only gets to meet Rosie, ...

  • A Question of Intent

    Merline Lovelace

    A COMMANDING PRESENCE U.S. Army Major Jill Bradshaw was used to giving orders, not taking them -- so when she met brusque Commander Cody Richardson, the medical officer in charge of her top secret mission, she was a little taken aback. Of course she...

  • Queer as Folk

    Paul Ruditis

    An illustrated companion to the Showtime series about a group of gay men and women in Pittsburgh features season-by-season episode synopses, interviews with members of the cast and crew, profiles of the main characters, and behind-the-scenes trivia a...

  • A Puzzle in a Pear Tree

    Parnell Hall

    'Tis the season to be jolly, but Cora Felton, shanghaied into "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as a most reluctant maid-a-milking, has every right to feel like a grinch. When someone steals the partridge from the pear tree and replaces it with a crypti...

  • Purple Hibiscus

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and ...

  • Punisher, Volume 5: Streets of Laredo

    Garth Ennis

    The Punisher discovers a strange society that lives in the subway tunnels of New York and their tie to the rampant disappearance of homeless people, takes an unforgettable trip the dentist and meets the one person maybe even deadlier than himself - E...

  • Promises to Keep

    Jacquelyn Ross

    Who Can Turn Down A Second Chance? For federal prosecutor Nick Rafter, an appointment as a judge is a dream come true, until he learns that his new clerk is none other than Samantha Parker, a beautiful young woman he has every reason to distrust. W...

  • The Princess-in-Training Manual/Divas Don't Fake It

    Jacqueline DeSoignee

    A savvy, irresistible guide to being a princess in today's society follows Princess Jacqueline de Soignee as she adheres to the rules of royalty, while another bold, no-holds-barred guide introduces the world of "divadom" where self-confidence and sa...

  • The Princess & The Masked Man

    Valerie Parv

    SHE WAS A PRINCESS... She was a princess...and should get whatever she wanted, right? But Giselle de Marginy wanted to be Keeper of Merrisand Castle, and due to Carramer's laws, only marriage could earn her the title. Yet for the independent pri...

  • Prince of the City

    Nikki Benjamin

    HE WAS SEXY, POWERFUL...AND ABOUT TO PUT HER OUT OF BUSINESS! Bill Harper had to be stopped. Eloise Vale didn't care if he was the mayor of New York -- he was about to cut funding to her precious birth center! He was also her once-upon-a- time lov...

  • A Prince for Christmas

    Rebecca Winters
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    This Christmas grab a steamy mug of hot chocolate, wrap yourself in a cozy blanket and join some of Harlequin's bestselling authors in three delicious tales of home and holidays. Curl up with Helen Bianchin's tale of a woman who returns home to fi...

  • Press Relations

    Elisabeth McNeill

  • A Poultice for a Healer

    Caroline Roe

    When the Bishop of Girona falls ill, Isaac must attend to him, causing the postponement of his daughter's wedding ceremony. While waiting, Daniel, her betrothed, journeys to the seaport of Sant Feliu de Guixols to negotiate for rare materials on beha...

  • Pompeii

    Robert Harris

    All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in t...

  • The Poems of Marianne Moore

    Marianne Moore

    This complete collection of Moore’s poetry, lovingly edited by prize-winning poet Grace Schulman, for the first time gathers together all of Moore’s poems, including more than a hundred that were previously uncollected and unpublished. This long-...

  • The Pleasure Seekers

    Melanie George

    Lovely Lady Bliss Ashton has her pick of the attractive, sophisticated men in Regency society...and she's rejected them all. But when Caine Ballinger, the Earl of Hartland -- famous the length and breadth of England for his sexual prowess -- lays sie...

  • The Pleasure of His Company

    Mary Blayney

    A Shy Beauty, A Charming Rogue... Mariel Braedon Whitlow has spent most of her life caring for others, so when her ailing grandmother summons her to London, she immediately complies. But the Dowager Duchess of Hale has matchmaking in mind, and befor...

  • The Pleasure of Her Kiss

    Linda Needham

    The dashing rogue is finally coming home to claim the exquisite stranger who is living there, a willful beauty he barely knows...his bride. A MOST IMPETUOUS UNION Jared, earl of Hawkesly, needed to wed immediately, and the fact that he barely k...

  • Playing House

    Patricia Pearson

    Even in a tiny apartment, there were enough rooms for Frannie to get into trouble... First, there was the bedroom...where it all began in such a casually romantic way. Next, the bathroom...where things took a suspicious turn. Finally, the...

  • Plant Them Deep

    Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo

    Medicine men and members of the Plant Watchers society report that sacred healing plants are disappearing from the Rez. In an effort to locate and protect the rare plants, the tribal council asks Rose for help. She faces strong opposition both from h...

  • Place Value Mysteries, Math: Leveled Reader

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • Pigeon Hero!

    Shirley Raye Redmond

    In a town in Italy during World War II the people have surrendered without firing a shot. But American warplanes are due to arrive, and the radio's broken, so no one can tell them to call off the attack! G. I. Joe, a carrier pigeon, is the only one w...

  • Phobos

    Ty Drago

    THE PHOBOS BEAST Lt. Mike Brogue is one of a kind: the only native Martian to be a commissioned officer, he's the military's poster boy for relieving political tensions between Mars Colony and Earth. But wants nothing more than to do his job as a ...

  • A Philadelphia Affair

    Jule McBride
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    'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the city Not a single woman was stirring except... Manhattan blue blood Eve St. James. Could she forgo the air-kissing society scene for real love...with a Brooklyn cop? Up-and-coming caterer...

  • Phantom Lover

    Sherrilyn Kenyon
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    Handsome and sensual, surrounded by an aura of danger, mystery, and the forbidden, a lover steps from the shadows. But is he mortal? Or is he an ancient god, a sorcerer, or a mythical beast who can possess a woman's heart... and her very soul? Fou...

  • Peter Pan: Welcome to Neverland

    Kate Egan

    From the moment Peter Pan flies into their home, life for the three Darling children is never the same. Follow along as they set off on a journey to a magical land. Only Peter Pan knows the way -- second to the right and straight on till morning!<...

  • Peter Pan: The Movie Storybook

    Kate Egan

    Drawn from the live-action movie that will be released in December 2003, this exciting novel, featuring photos from the film, follows the Neverland adventures of Peter Pan, Wendy, and the Lost Boys. Original. 150,000 first printing....

  • Peter Pan: The Adventure Begins

    Namrata Tripathi

    Fly away with Peter Pan to Neverland, a world of magic and adventure. You'll meet the Lost Boys, fairies, mermaids, and a mean, old crocodile. But beware of Captain Hook and his henchmen -- they are always on Peter's trail!

    ...

  • Peter Pan: Adventures in Neverland

    Scout Driggs

    Neverland is a magical place. With Peter Pan to lead the way, Wendy, her brothers, and the Lost Boys are in for one adventure after another. Whether they are making friends with an Indian princess or escaping the clutches of the evil Captain Hook,...

  • Pet Cents, Math: Leveled Reader

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • The Penniless Bride

    Nicola Cornick

    Lord Robert Selborne intended to kiss the chimney sweep's daughter for luck at his cousin's wedding...not marry her! But of all the ladies assembled, she was the only one who captured his interest. And unless she became his wife in name only,...

  • Patrick and the Get-Well Day

    Geoffrey Hayes

  • Paths of Destiny

    E.V. Thompson

    Cornwall, 1854 - Alice Rowe owes everything to Reverend Alfred Markham who rescued her from a workhouse, employing her in his parsonage as a housemaid. So when he dies suddenly of a heart attack, Alice faces a fearful and uncertain future. But as on...

  • Path of Fate

    Diana Pharaoh Francis

    In the land of Kodu Riih, becoming ahalad-kaaslane is the highest honor one can achieve. It means that the Lady has chosen you to bond and be united forever with one of Her specially blessed animals--soul to soul.... Abandoned by her parents as an...

  • The Passing of the Day

    Elizabeth Ann Hill

  • The Outstretched Shadow

    Mercedes Lackey; James Mallory

    FORBIDDEN MAGIC There were three of them, very slender volumes bound in some fine-grained dark leather, with just a touch of gilt on the spine. Kellen found himself turning them over in his hands with some puzzlement. There was nothing on the spin...

  • Outsiders

    Melanie Jackson

    Cyra Delphin never felt quite right in her skin. As a child, her parents made her hide her gifts . . . but certain things don't stay buried. What others are afraid to acknowledge--the modern world's seedy underbelly, its Wildside ruled by dark magic ...

  • One Naughty Night

    Joanne Rock

    One naughty woman... The sweet, innocent blonde on the dance floor is way out of her league in this hot singles club. And the minute Renzo Cesare recognizes that, his protective instincts step up to the plate while he tries to rescue her. If that me...

  • One Hell of a Candidate

    William F. Gavin

    One Hell of a Candidate traces the fate of Republican Congressman T. Claude "Buzzer" LeBrand who hails from the Sixth--an imaginary Southern district that has fallen on hard economic times. Poor Buzzer has barely survived his last election when video...

  • One Flesh

    Clarence Major

    John Canoe, a gifted, yet reclusive, young painter, finds his life forever changed when he encounters a stunning Chinese American woman who chases away the loneliness that has plagued his existence. Original. 20,000 first printing....

  • Once Upon a Chocolate Kiss

    Cheryl Wolverton

    When candy shop owner Samantha Hampton nursed an injured stranger and invited him into her home, she thought she was being a Good Samaritan -- after all, it was the least she could do after breaking his foot. Richard Moore's charm put her at ease and...

  • On the Ranch

    Steck-Vaughn Company

  • Omega

    Jack McDevitt

    A civilization-destroying omega cloud has switched direction, heading straight for a previously unexplored planetary system--and its alien society. And suddenly, a handful of brave humans must try to save an entire world--without revealing their exis...

  • Old School

    Tobias Wolff

    The protagonist of Tobias Wolff’s shrewdly -- and at times devastatingly -- observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many ...

  • Obsession

    Wendy Morgan

    WHERE DARKNESS LIVES For Megan McKenna, things have always come easy. Her privileged life in Crawford Corners, Connecticut has left her wanting for nothing...until now. Lately, things have been happening. Strange things. Dark things. Evil things. ...

  • O'Reilly and the Real Bears

    Dorothy Butler

    O'Reilly is a much-loved teddy bear who lives with a little boy, a rabbit, a monkey and a furry brown mouse. But by night he dreams of real bears in caves among the rocks. One day he runs away and goes to live with the real bears who live in the fore...

  • Nothin' but Net

    Matt Christopher

    Will Tim stick by his friend? Thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels can't wait to go to four weeks of summer basketball camp. A scrappy point guard, he's sure he'll shine on the court. But then he learns that his friend Billy will be going to camp with hi...