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New Books List: 511 titles

  • Blue Water Contract

    Mike McCray

  • Guidelines

    Eric Helm

    The Americans believe that the North Vietnamese are using a new kind of guidance system for their SA-2 missiles. U.S. fighter aircraft are unable to detect surface-to-air launches on their radar equipment. If this discovery is true, then the air w...

  • Maximum Effort

    G.C. Edmondson

  • Pressure Point

    Nick Carter

  • Rage

    Wilbur Smith

    A World Aflame Never have the destinies of a nation and of a family been so dramatically entwined. In the decades after World War II, South Africa struggles against the tribal violence at its heart--between Englishman and Afrikaaner, white and bla...

  • Slave Trade

    Chuck Bainbridge

  • Suicide Mission

    Jack Hawkins

  • War Weapons

    Craig Sargent

    After his encounter with Gen'l Patton III, The last Ranger is out for revenge. As he hunts for the renegade rmy man who is looking to build a fascist empire, Stone finds that he is also being hunted himself....

  • When the Fat Man Sings

    William Murray

    SHIFTY TAKES A BIG GAMBLE ON A FAT MAN Rotund Fulvio Gasparini is the world's greatest operatic tenor and worst gambler. He is losing at the tables and losing big... until magician Shifty Lou Anderson steps in with his hot hand for dice and recoups ...

  • The Basket Case

    Ralph M. McInerny

  • The Ghost Squad and the Prowling Hermits

    E.W. Hildick

  • Never Say Die

    Carolyn Keene

    When Nancy’s friend George takes up bicycle racing, she becomes the target of some vicious attacks and is run off the track....

  • See No Evil

    Franklin W. Dixon

  • River of Joy

    Jack Metzler

  • All That Jazz

    Carole Buck

    Jazz O'Leary's learned life's lessons the hard way. A tender-hearted tomboy with a knockout smile, she's willing to sacrifice practically anything for the troubled teens she's taken under her wing. But Jazz can't handle the grace and good manners of ...

  • The Arrangement

    Sally Bradford

    IT WAS A NO-STRINGS ARRANGEMENT Juliet Cavanaugh was a pragmatic lawyer with a no-nonsense approach to life. She'd seen too many broken hearts and homes in divorce court to ever consider marriage. But she wanted to experience motherhood. So sh...

  • An Awakening Desire

    Helen Bianchin

    Emma Martinero wasn't looking for romance Love was a closed chapter in her life now that the husband she had adored was dead. That didn't mean, however, that she couldn't pick up the pieces and make a new life for herself. Her trip ...

  • Banish the Dragons

    Margie McDonnell

    Angela Newman stormed into the camp office breathing fire, ready to do battle with the heartless counselor who'd made her beloved niece Liz cry. But David Ortega wasn't the dragon she expected to face. Instead, she was swept up by a dashing knight wh...

  • Belonging

    Dixie Browning

    Saxon Evanshaw had buried his past -- until his sickly father and greedy stepmother dragged him back to his North Carolina home. There he was greeted by sinfully beautiful Gale Chandler, his stepbrother's widow, who held the entire estate in he...

  • Carnival Madness

    Erin Ross

    THE BRASS RING Elizabeth couldn't take it anymore. The carnival in Venice was crowded with nothing but foolish partygoers. She'd much rather be completing her historical research in Scotland, but her aunt had insisted on her taking a break. Elizab...

  • A Certain Smile

    Lynda Trent

    Left to their own devices, freedom-seeking Megan Wayne and responsible Reid Spencer had trouble enough with their improbable attraction. But at the mercy of Reid's rebellious daughters, their burgeoning passion seemed destined for destruction. Me...

  • Clouded Paradise

    Rachel Ford

    She was not offering anything but money! Catherine loved Coral Strand, but if a multimillion dollar company wanted to develop her deserted strip of beach, who was she to stand in the way? St. Hilaire would benefit from the potential employment ...

  • Deception

    Lorayne Ashton

  • Eagle's Prey

    Lucy Gordon

    PRISONER OF LOVE... Sara was a wildlife photographer determined to brave the desolate cliffs of Farraway Island to capture the golden eagles on film. Instead, Sara was captured by Rorke Calvin, a man as fierce and untamed as the eagles Sara was s...

  • Evenings in Paris

    Kathleen Downes

    The mystery lady stood on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower in trench coat and dark glasses, and Bart Callister was fascinated. He wanted her, wanted to know her secrets, to slip inside her enigmatic heart. Arri Smith knew she was no siren who...

  • Far from Over

    Brittany Young

    THIS HEART FOR HIRE Samantha was good . . . very good. Well, maybe pretty good was a better description of Samantha English's detective skills. She certainly couldn't take much pride in having landed in jail after she broke into the wrong hotel ro...

  • Final Verdict

    Pat Warren

    Tony Adams was a brilliant prosecutor who'd stricken the word commitment from the record. It killed romance and never lasted. His summation: keep relationships shallow and avoid divorce court. Attorney Sheila North fell hard for charming, cynical ...

  • Forever Friends

    Patricia Cox

    Cassie Gordon was off her rocker.... Dave Spencer thought he had heard wrong, but Cassie had said she wanted him to help her catch Brad, his close buddy! Maybe she had spent too much time in the hot kitchen with her catering business? But Cassie t...

  • Fortunes

    Vera Cowie

    After Charles Despard's death, his estranged English daughter, Kate, and his French stepdaughter, Dominique, are pitted against each other in a contest for profit and ultimate control of the Despard international auction empire...

  • The Game Is Love

    Jeanne Allan

    Sex was just a game to him, and he knew all the moves If Denver's star quarterback, Tony Hart, was the "stuff of heroes," Erin Cassidy had yet to be convinced. He'd just caused her to lose a major stained glass commission, and now ...

  • Gentle Persuasion

    Rita Rainville

    WANTED WOMAN Nothing ever happened in Saratoga, California, until the day Kaylie West went to the jewelers and found herself in the middle of a robbery. Just one witness could identify the crooks, and she it. Still, Kaylie was sure she didn't need...

  • Give and Take

    Anna Schmidt

    FRINGE BENEFITS The position was only temporary--Joshua Carrington needed someone to design the windows of his Milwaukee department store, and Marlo Fletcher needed a job to help take a load off her bank balance. The situation was perfect for both...

  • Harmonies

    Rowan Kirby

    Had she cut herself off from life--and love? Vanessa Davies considered herself a very responsible person. Hadn't she put aside her own musical ambitions to care for her younger brother after their parents' death? Hadn't she established...

  • Heat Wave

    Barbara Delinsky

    It was simply sultry Caroline Cooper was hot. And after dealing with other people's crises all day, she was frustrated. But throwing open her window to catch the night breeze did little to solve her problems. Directly across the courtyard sat ...

  • Hero in Disguise

    Gina Wilkins / Gina Ferris / Gina Ferris Wilkins

    She was holding out for a hero Settling down was not for Summer Reed. Party by night, work by day and let tomorrow take care of itself--that was her motto. But when Derek Anderson, her roommate's globe-trotting brother, crashed into her life, Summ...

  • It Started With a Kiss

    Kit Windham

    When Henrietta Jones jumps out of a cake into the arms of a stranger at her future brother-in-law's bachelor party, she's the one who gets the surprise--he kisses her in front of all her friends! But Sam Marchand's impulsive act isn't typical. And He...

  • Kaleidoscope

    Danielle Steel

    The World War II love affair between lovely Frenchwoman Solange Bertrand and American GI-turned-actor Sam Walker burned too brightly and ended in tragedy, leaving their three young daughters orphaned. Hilary, the oldest (and the only one who remember...

  • Kaleidoscope

    Candice Ransom

    CHANGING PATTERNS When Cress's uncle died, her mother inherited his old, run-down house in the Shenandoah Valley. Cress was not too happy to learn that she would have to share the job of cleaning it and getting it ready for sale. The place was hopel...

  • Kismet

    Helen Mittermeyer

    Thane Stoner was a hunk to be sure. Tru Hubbard admitted, but was he a man to be sure of? Feeling dizzy and happy and just a bit reckless was a wonderful change for her from the months of hurt and struggle as her marriage was ending, but could she fi...

  • A Knight to Remember

    Olivia Harper; Ken

    The T in Tegan Knight's name definitely stood for trouble, but what could Jason Sloan do? The tease of a "fortune hunter" was too delightfully devious to ignore! He wanted to believe the worst of the schemer with the devilish glint in her eyes, that ...

  • Leprechaun

    Joan Elliott Pickart

    Blake Pemberton knew he had to be dreaming, or else he'd lost his mind -- there was an enchanting green-haired alien standing next to his bed! But it was Nichelle Clay who froze at the sight of the sinfully gorgeous man wrapped in one thin, rumpled ...

  • The Lilac Tree

    Nicolette Maleckar

  • Living Dangerously

    Elizabeth Oldfield

    She was sure he'd listen to reason Claudia couldn't let her brother risk his life just to prove something to their macho father. She just had to step in and cancel the contract he'd signed to be a movie stuntman. But Harry Kavanagh,...

  • Lost and Found

    Robin Elliott

    FINDERS, KEEPERS When Kendra Smith noticed that her prize geraniums had been eaten, she should have known it meant trouble. But Homer, her handsome new neighbor's pet rabbit, was the least of her problems. When she went next door to give Josep...

  • Lost Lagoon

    Anne Weale

    Yes, he was perfect... But having a permanent man in her life just didn't appeal to Alexandra Clifford. To Alex, falling in love was "a trap for the unwary" and "never again" was her motto. When fate brought Laurier Tait ont...

  • Love and Lavender

    Muriel Jensen

    Love could have some very strange symptoms Rosie Weaver and her new boarder argued over the insignificant details of day-to-day living and brazenly probed each other's deepest secrets. The McMinnville, Oregon, boarding house became a war zone ...

  • Love And Pizza To Go

    Janice Harrell

    ALL WASHED UP? Katy and Mark were a couple. Even when the gang got together to cruise down Lakeside and grab a pizza, it was still Katy and Mark. But then Mark started acting weird. Really weird! Had he fallen for someone else or what? Katy didn't u...

  • Loving Jenny

    Billie Green

    When Jenny Valiant crashed his wedding reception, Nick Reynolds expected the worst. Even if it wasn't her fault their quickie divorce had been a phony he wouldn't have put it past his impulsive ex-wife to do it on purpose! It wasn't easy escaping the...

  • Man of Iron

    Catherine George

    He thought she was just a gold digger! Until her adoptive mother died suddenly, Antonia Grant hadn't known that her natural mother had kept a distant watch over her. So it was disconcerting to meet her for the first time. Antonia loved Dian...

  • Moonglow

    Judy Baer

    "My worst fears come true. My flight crew has both a civilian and a woman -- all in one package." JUDD McALLISTER had no enthusiasm at all for Dr. Sarah Christie's membership on the crew of the shuttle Discovery. Ever since his appointment as missi...

  • More Than Dreams

    Pamela Bullard

    Katherine Marchand, the ambitious general manager of Boston TV station WLYM relies on anchorwoman Kim Winston to be the linchpin for Katherine's growing media empire, but Kim's involvement with Katherine's ex-husband, Jonathan, complicates matters...

  • Mystery Lover

    Annette Broadrick

    MIND OVER MATTER Some men send flowers, some send cards. But Chad was different. He sent his thoughts -- literally! -- by telepathy. Ever since Jennifer was a child, Chad had comforted her, teased her, and, as she grew into womanhood, loved her. I...

  • A Natural Woman

    Caitlin Cross

    Kansas farm girl Vanessa Linnier never imagined captivating a sophisticated city man like Sky Van Dusen. But once their eyes met across a dusty corral, their souls forged a link that led to a special night of sweet, unbridled desire. Then Vana's...

  • Night Into Day

    Sandra Canfield

    SOME CALL THE FEELING "KISMET" When sports celebrity Patrick O'Casey's eyes met Alex Farrell's across a crowded New Orleans dance floor, both of them felt like running. He wanted to run off with her--and she just wanted to run. But Alex couldn'...

  • No Laughing Matter

    Marie Nicole

    LAUGHING ALL THE WAY When Marti McGregor burst into his office, wanting him to produce her film, Stephen Townsend knew his life would never be the same. He liked the surface Marti--confident, funny, beautiful--but he was captivated by the woman be...

  • On the Edge

    Francine Pascal

    Headed for trouble... Regina Morrow and Bruce Patman have been going together for months. But when beautiful, devious Amy Sutton is paired up with Bruce on a school project, she schemes to steal him away from Regina. Little by little Bruce's resist...

  • The Ortiga Marriage

    Patricia Wilson

    He was all she'd longed for, all she feared The same call that delivered the tragic news of her mothers death delivered Meriel back into the force field that was Ramon Ortiga--the man she had left Venezuela seven years ago to escape. Nevert...

  • Outback Nights

    Emilie Richards

    WELCOME TO OZ Russet Ames had escaped! As the plane flew over the Australian countryside, Rusty felt no regret at having left behind the glittering New York world of modeling. She was looking forward to a quieter pace, a tranquil life in the land ...

  • Outcast

    Francine Pascal

    No one to turn to... Ever since Regina Morrow's tragic death at Molly Hecht's party, everyone has been treating Molly as if she has the plague. Nobody at school wants to talk to her, her parents have permanently grounded her, and even her good frie...

  • A Painful Loving

    Margaret Mayo

    He made it clear just what he was after Maybe everyone else on Lakades, including Kara Lincroft's sister who insisted she visit, thought Aleko Tranakas the perfect antidote for a young widow's loneliness and grief. But not Kara. She did...

  • Paloverde

    Jacqueline Briskin

    The love story of Amelie -- the sensitive, ardent, young girl whose uncompromising code of honor leads her to choices that will reverberate for generations. The tale of two brothers whose fierce love for the same woman almost destroys them both. Th...

  • Passions

    Helen Chappell

  • The Playboy Prince

    Nora Roberts

    LADY OF MYSTERY Prince Bennett Bisset of Cordina had been making gossip headlines since his teens--but the prim and proper Lady Hannah Rothchild wasn't his usual choice in women. Something in her eyes intrigued him, and he was determined to discove...

  • Playing the Field

    Eileen Hehl

    Life has always been uncomplicated for Megan Carter. But when Megan starts her sophomore year by falling in love with Troy Fennell, things become a little more complex. When Troy encourages Megan to try out for the field hockey team, her natural a...

  • Reluctant Prisoner

    Stephanie Howard

    What was in it for him, she wondered Why had wealthy Fausto Cabrini been willing to bail her father out of his financial problems? Tanya knew she should be grateful, but she didn't trust the man. Sure enough, when the family's treasured...

  • Riches

    Una-Mary Parker

  • Ride the Eagle

    Vita Vendresha

    He could torment her days with doubts and her nights with desires that fired her soul. He was everything she ever wanted. But they were opponents in a labor dispute, each fighting to win. Would she risk her brilliant career for the promise of lo...

  • Room for One More

    Virginia Nielsen

    WHAT WAS FIVE YEARS' AGE DIFFERENCE? Nothing, as far as Seattle technician Brock Morley was concerned. He loved widow Charlotte Emlyn with all his heart and was determined to marry her. Charlotte was ready to agree--until her teenage son Wade d...

  • Run Away Home

    Marianne Shock

    Burke Julienne had firmly scheduled his future, and it didn't include Savannah Jones. Yet when her ailing eighteen-wheeler stranded her on his lush California estate, he was unwillingly mesmerized by the scruffy, delicate trucker. Savannah napped ...

  • Run Wild, Run Free

    Nancy Morse

    HE WAS NO ORDINARY COWBOY Hank Reardon could outrope and outride any man in Wyoming but guilt over his wife's death while he was out on the rodeo circuit forced him to retreat to his ranch to breed horses and break mustangs, vowing never to compet...

  • Shock Effect

    Glen Ebisch

  • The Slipper

    Jennifer Wilde

    They started out with nothing but their dreams, determined to meet destinies filled with fame and fortune. ONCE UPON A TIME.... There were three young women who dreamed of glittering, magical lives, of living with Prince Charming happily ever aft...

  • Smoke in the Wind

    Robyn Donald

    Her response to him was frightening... Venetia had felt desire before. The result? Such a disastrous marriage that she felt she wanted never to experience desire again. And she hadn't -- until now. Ryan Fraine, famous documentary filmmaker,...

  • A Southern Family

    Gail Godwin

    The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics -- evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her among the ranks of Eudora Welty, Pat Conr...

  • Storm Cloud Marriage

    Roberta Leigh

    He'd never ask a second time Sandra had known Randall Pearson forever. Her father's totally dependable deputy, he never stepped out of character. Until the night when he'd surprised her by asking her to marry him. Sandra had rejecte...

  • Strictly Business

    Leigh Michaels

    They had always been "just friends" Gianna West and Blake Whittaker were senior partners of the successful family-owned Westway Cosmetics in Chicago. It was a perfectly satisfactory relationship -- friends since childhood, they were imperv...

  • Surrender to a Stranger

    Sibylle Garrett

    A WOMAN IN NEED Investment banker Laura Foster's son had been kidnapped by her vengeful ex-husband. Laura had come to sultry Mexico to find the child, but she couldn't challenge the wealth and power of Julio Vasquez on her own. Gabe Bor...

  • Tempted

    Robyn Carr

    SHE WAS BELLIGERENT AND IRREVERENT, AND HE WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ... Widowed at thirty-three, with two small kids to bring up alone, Beverly Simpson wanted to blame someone. Until now, fate had been on her side, she admitted that, but in a cruel...

  • Thunderstruck

    Pamela Toth

    Honey Collingsworth adored her twin brother and loved working on his hydroplane crew. The racing "thunderboats" took her breath away. Unfortunately, so did tall, muscular driver Alex Checkhov--the hated competition. Though Honey cherished stolen m...

  • Tomorrow's Lover

    Samantha Harvey

    She wasn't certain of his motives Danni Paige was shocked when her family received Jay North's eviction notice. After years of struggle they'd finally built up a successful business. Danni couldn't just stand by and let Jay ruin ev...

  • Unfair Advantage

    Jessica Summers

  • Unlikely Partners

    Jacqueline Diamond

    Sarah felt as if she were Cinderella High-society dances at the yacht club, flights in a private plane to the California wine country, a designer wardrobe--life had never been this wonderful for shy librarian Sarah Farentino. Suddenly she was lead...

  • A Wanted Man

    Regan Forest

    He was as guilty as sin What with all the cattle rustling going on, brand inspector Beth Connor was suspicious of everyone. Especially a certain skinny-dipping drifter she caught red-handed with two of her neighbor's horses. Though she soon...

  • Washington Wives

    Maureen Dean

    After the President's closest adviser dies, the President announces that he will name a successor within five days and four of Washington's most powerful women launch their own powerplay, each determined that her man will be appointed...

  • When Hearts Dream

    Laurel Pace

    No dream was impossible for Anne and Wes Major and minor setbacks hadn't stopped Anne Torrence from opening a boutique in Charlotte, North Carolina. Long, pressure-filled days never prevented successful engineer Wes Jordan from moonlighting as a j...

  • When the Spotlight Fades

    Susan Marie

  • Where Memories Begin

    Elizabeth Glenn

    She wasn't nineteen anymore Gorgeous Chandler Scott had been Lanni Preston's first experience with passion. She alone had glimpsed the vulnerable side of the aloof, arrogant youth. When he'd left her suddenly that summer, without expla...

  • The Whole Truth

    Jenny Loring

    THE YEARS HAD CHANGED EVERYTHING BUT THEIR LOVE Besides integrity, Susannah Ross brought a certain poise to the judgeship--and nothing could have threatened that more than seeing Dan Sullivan in her court. Dan. The lawyer she'd lived with and lov...

  • Wicked Invader

    Sara Wood

    "Please, kiss me. I want you to kiss me." Cool, reserved Olivia Kent hardly recognized herself when she begged a complete stranger in the Royal Academy Gallery to kiss her--twice. She couldn't even explain herself to the bearded rep...

  • The Winter Heart

    Victoria Glenn

    WARMTH IN WINTER Being a Hollywood actress was far from glamorous for Amanda Ryan. But whether she was playing a Martian in a music video, or recording voice-overs for cartoon characters, she was determined to succeed not only for herself but for ...

  • Wish for the Moon

    Carole Mortimer

    She despised him now - hadn't he killed her cousin? Elizabeth Farnham had met Quinn Taylor before she became the mistress of Farnham Hall, and she had loved him during his brief visit. But when she discovered he was responsible for Fergus...

  • Witchchild

    Carole Mortimer

    'I AM NOT PREPARED TO LET A LITTLE GOLD-DIGGER LIKE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR MY SON!' It was a case of mistaken identity, but Leonie Spencer wasn't about to clear the air immediately and make things easy for Henry Hawker Sinclair. After all, he had accu...

  • Woman Hater // Mountain Man

    Diana Palmer

    MOUNTAIN MAN Everyone in the office described the boss's mysterious older brother as a real woman hater -- an absolute bear of a man. So, when Nicole White had to travel with her ailing employer to his brother's home in Montana, she was prepared ...

  • Firebrand

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    VIVIDLY BLENDING THE MYTHS OF GODS WITH THE PASSIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN, MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY BRINGS US A SWEEPING, FASCINATING STORY . . . KASSANDRA: Trojan priestess of Apollo, torn between her beloved Sun Lord and the ancient worship of the Eart...

  • Angels in Hell

    Janet Morris

    Altos, Hell's only Unfallen Angel, tours the nether regions and observes as Genghis Khan teaches a military historian a lesson, Marilyn Monroe kisses the Devil, Stalin rewrites the Bible, and Napoleon's lover ponders an offer to enter Heaven...

  • Being a Green Mother

    Piers Anthony

    THE GIFT AND THE CURSE Orb had a rare gift--the magic which manifested whenever she sang or played her harp. No one could resist her music. But greater magic than Orb's lay in the Llano, the mystic music that controlled all things. The quest for t...

  • The Dark Lady: A Romance of the Far Future

    Mike Resnick

    In the 7th millennium, humans have spread throughout the galaxy and govern most of the inhabited planets. Leonardo, Our Humble Hero and purple-blooded Bjornn of the planet Benitarus II, is sent as an expert appraiser to the Claiborne Art Gallery o...

  • The Gate of the Cat

    Andre Norton

    Come. Step through an ancient arch in the Scottish highlands--and into a world beyond all earthly possibilities ... Where fearsome creatures abound and witches rule supreme. Where a sparkling jewel carries a strange and awesome power. Where ...

  • The Goldcamp Vampire, or the Sanguinary Sourdough

    Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    Pelagia Harper, aka Valentine Lovelace, published her memoirs of her time in Draco, Texas and became an established writer -- at least in her own mind. But when her father dies and her stepmother steals her royalties, she finds herself destitute. Als...

  • The Incorporated Knight

    L. Sprague de Camp

    Preferring trade to chivalry, practical-minded Eudoric Dambertson reluctantly sets out to kill a dragon to appease his would-be father-in-law and learns some discomfiting truths about dragon aying.

    ...

  • Lessons of October

    Leon Trotsky

  • A Lion on Tharthee

    Grant Callin

  • The Little Red Riding Hood Rebus Book

    Ann Morris

  • Matters of Form

    Scott Wheeler

    The Shan, immortal alien shape changers, who could offer mankind both the freedom of the starways and an eternal lifetime to explore the universe. The Phoenix Group, shipwrecked Shan, separated from the last remnants of their race, working secretly o...

  • Plasm

    Charles Platt

  • Ratha's Creature

    Clare Bell

    Conquering the Red Tongue, Ratha claims the flickering creature as her own, for no wild cat before could tame mysterious fire. But now the bold she-cat must suffer for her triumph: the jealous leader of her clan orders her into exile. Banished, Ratha...

  • Raven's Gathering

    Keith Taylor

    A POET AND A PIRATE, THEY WERE THE DEADLIEST TEAM ON THE NORTHERN SEASHE IS FELIMID MAC FAL, once a bard of Ireland. Now he uses his wits and his magic in the service of his lover, the most notorious pirate on the seas of ancient Britain.SHE IS GUDRU...

  • Republic and Empire

    Jerry Pournelle

  • The Riddle and the Rune

    Grace Chetwin

  • Search the Seven Hills

    Barbara Hambly

    In ancient Rome, a poor philosopher races to rescue his kidnapped lover before she is abused by the sinister Christian cultThe son of a wealthy Roman family, Marcus gave up the prestige and riches that were his birthright to devote himself to philoso...

  • The Seventh Gate

    Geraldine Harris

    Having acquired six of the seven keys necessary to free the imprisoned Savior of Galkis, Kerish-lo-Taan faces danger and death alone in the Desolation of Zarn with only his memories and determination to sustain him...

  • Split Infinity

    Piers Anthony

    THROUGH THE CURTAIN On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious "curtain" revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze -- a wor...

  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff

    Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

    Janet Stevens gives us a new look at the confrontation between three billy goats and an ugly troll. “The pictures are exceptionally well reproduced, and Stevens makes clever use of her layout, propelling the actions out of the borders at times, giv...

  • The Wizard of 4th Street

    Simon Hawke

    WIZ KIDS NAB GEMS Wyrdrune was a student wizard with a penchant for botching spells. Kira was a cutie whose snatch-andgrab act was big on New York's seamier streets. In spite of themselves, they managed to pull off the heist of the 23rd century. T...

  • Absurd Courage

    Nobuko Albery

  • Adam's Smile

    David McPhail

  • An adultery

    Alexander Theroux

    The third novel from acclaimed, award-winning Alexander Theroux is a darkly realistic tale of adultery set in contemporary New England. Christian Ford is a man who is betrayed in an adulterous affair, only to discover that he himself betrayed a woman...

  • African Calliope

    Edward Hoagland

  • African Journey

    John Chiasson

  • Among Friends

    Caroline B. Cooney

    THE AWESOME THREESOME Together-forever friends -- that's how everyone had always thought of them, and how they'd thought of themselves. Until now. Jennie: The powerful center of the trio, Jennie strives for perfection. But her quest to be the bes...

  • Anastasia's Chosen Career

    Lois Lowry

    Anastasia Krupnik has exactly one week to work on her school assignment called "My Chosen Career." Determined to be a bookstore owner, she must first develop poise and self-confidence. So Anastasia takes the plunge and spends her life savings on a mo...

  • Anna Delaney's Child

    John Thorndike

    Meet Anna Delaney, a smart, loving woman whose life is shattered when her car skids on some unexpected ice-the last remnants of winter-and her nine-year-old son Kevin is killed. Reeling from this loss and bruised by the effects of a now-defunct marri...

  • Another Mouse to Feed

    Robert Kraus

  • Arnie and the Stolen Markers

    Nancy Carlson

  • The Baby Sitters Club Notebook

    Sonia W. Black

  • Bah Koo

    Robert Rhodes

    Bah Koo leaves his forest home, where the other animals laughed at him for being different, and goes to live with a human family where he discovers he possesses a magical gift that can help all humans...

  • Ballad of the False Messiah

    Moacyr Scliar

  • Baltasar and Blimunda

    Jose Saramago

    “A romance and an adventure, a rumination on royalty and religion in 18th-century Portugal and a bitterly ironic comment on the uses of power.” -- The New York Times Portugal, 1711. The Portuguese king promises the greedy prelates of the Church ...

  • Battlefields Beyond Tommorow

    Charles G. Waugh

  • Bedtime Stories

    Dina Anastasio

  • Beetles, Lightly Toasted

    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Fifth-grader Andy Moller will do anything to win the Roger B. Sudermann essay contest so that he can win fifty dollars and get his picture in the local newspaper. His cousin and rival, Jack, feels exactly the same way. But how can Andy be inventive a...

  • The Berenstain Bears and the Day of the Dinosaur

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

  • The Berenstain Bears on the Job

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

  • Big Bird's Bedtime Story

    Rick Wetzel

    Illus. in full color. Big Bird wants a bedtime story about himself, and he gets one: all about what happens one day when an enormous egg appears on Sesame Street. Big Bird doesn't see what the egg has to do with him and soon falls asleep--but young l...

  • The Big Room: Portraits from the Golden Age

    Michael Herr

  • Billy Ray and Good News

    Frank Roderus

  • Birthday Presents

    Cynthia Rylant

  • Black Swan

    Christopher Hope

  • Blood and Dust

    Robert Steelman

  • Blood Russian

    R.D. Zimmerman

    Hoping to earn the money necessary to break free of his wife, and start a new life with his beloved Lara, Boris devises a profitable smuggling scheme, not realizing that his wife and her brutal lover are plotting his demise...

  • Blue Bug Goes to Paris

    Virginia Poulet

  • Blues in the Night

    Elizabeth Jordan

    Lovely Dessie Heavener, a small-town girl and a talented singer, rises to the heights of the jazz age musical world only to be seduced, betrayed, and driven to the depths of despair by three different men...

  • Bobbin Up

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    Catherine M. Rae

  • Buck-Buck the Chicken

    Amy Ehrlich

  • A Bundle of Sticks

    Pat Rhoads Mauser

  • Cameron's Closet

    Gary Brandner

  • Cannonball Chris

    Jean Marzollo

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  • Christmas Toy

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  • The Cut-Ups Cut Loose

    James Marshall

  • Danger Adrift

    Folco Quilici

  • Danny and the Real me

    Vicki Tyler

  • Dark and Full of Secrets

    Carol Carrick

  • The Dark Descent

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  • Denny's Tapes

    Carolyn Meyer

  • Dinosaurs

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  • The Discovery of Slowness

    Sten Nadolny

    In The Discovery of Slowness, German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager t...

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    Suzy Kline

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    Thomas Hoobler

    For much of her life, Allie has been confined to a mental hospital. One day, she is taken to the house of Dr. Chill, who wants her to develop the powers that have always made people fear her. There she finds others with special talents. When one of t...

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    Kate Grenville

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    Richard Elliott

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    Penelope Farmer

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    Daphne Merkin

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    John Lansing

  • Enormous Turnip

    Kathy Parkinson

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    Richard Severy

  • Fantastic Voyage II

    Isaac Asimov

  • Fat Chance, Claude

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    Steve Sohmer

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    Maida Silverman

  • Firemouse

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  • Florence and Eric Take the Cake

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  • Fran Ellen's House

    Marilyn Sachs

  • Frederique

    Yvonne du Fresne

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  • From Camelot to Kent State

    Joan Morrison

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    James Cross Giblin

  • The Glass Menagerie

    Tennessee Williams

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    Mary Blount Christian

  • Golden Days

    Carolyn See

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    Jonathan Fast

    Here, brought splendidly to life, is the golden age of India. And here an epic story of love and vengeance unfolds, sweeping from battlefields thundering with majestic fighting elephants to the erotic hidden world of the harem... A blood rivalry ...

  • Golden Pastures

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  • Great Boyfriend Trap

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