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  • Haunted Mansion Mystery

    Linda Williams Aber

    Barbie is one of the top girls' properties - the world's #1 fashion doll. Now Scholastic is on the Barbie bandwagon with stories starring Barbie as a reporter with a nose for a mystery.

    Barbie has a brand-new job at the Willow Daily News. Her ...

  • Jesus Loves Me Devotional

    Ken Abraham

    Jesus Loves Me Devotional is an exciting way for families to celebrate God's love and care for them every day. Bible stories, songs, poems, activities, and prayers show children how to praise God no matter how they feel, where they go, or who they ar...

  • Holiday Stud

    Kylie Adams
    in

    The only way single, successful career woman Audra Jarecki can face a Christmas homecoming--and the pitying eyes of her family--is with a gorgeous boyfriend on her arm. Hiring hunky Colby Douglas may be the worst mistake of Audra's life...or the answ...

  • Dorothy Parker's Elbow

    Kim Addonizio

    In the bestselling tradition of Drinking, Smoking, and Screwing: Great Writers on Great Times comes a hip collection of classic and contemporary stories, essays, and poems about tattoos.Previously considered the domain of bikers and a rite of passage...

  • A Bit More Bert

    Allan Ahlberg

    The bumbling, child-friendly hero of The Adventures of Bert returns to transform mundane moments and everyday tasks into "adventures" that are now even more ridiculous. We meet Bert's mother (and learn Bert's secret regarding her boiled cabbage). We ...

  • Getting Her Man

    Michele Albert

    HOT ON HIS TRAIL Private Investigator Diana Belmaine always gets her man -- and her hunt for a brazen, clever thief leads the cool blonde straight to Dr. Jack Austin. A globetrotting adventurer and shoo-in for "America's Most Eligible Bachelor," J...

  • Experiment in Treason

    Bruce Alexander

    A packet of incendiary letters is stolen from the London residence of a prominent official, and turns up in the colony of Massachusetts. Why are the contents of the letters so controversial? Why has a suspect in the theft turned up dead? And what sho...

  • If I Were Your Woman

    Robin Allen

    LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT... Satin Holiday thought she had everything she ever wanted: a prestigious promotion and a marriage proposal from her long-time boyfriend. But when she loses her job in an economic downturn, she realizes it's time to make big c...

  • Feed

    M.T. Anderson

    "We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck" So says Titus, a teenager whose ability to read, write, and even think for himself has been almost completely obliterated by his "feed," a transmitter implanted directly...

  • Twisted Roots

    V.C. Andrews

    The perfect family...and the perfect nightmare. From the outside, Hannah Eaton seems to live a charmed life in wealthy Palm Beach, Florida, with her mother, Willow, a renowned psychologist, and her stepfather. But deep inside, she is miserable and lo...

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Anonymous

    Dramatic, authentically rendered monochrome illustrations, accented with gold foil, bring a Christmas classic to life.

    Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Chris...

  • Santa Claus Will Come Tonight

    Dawn Apperley

    From the author-illustrator of GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT, LITTLE BUNNIES comes a new rhyming picture book -- SANTA CLAUS WILL COME TONIGHT.

    Snow is falling in the forest,
    Christmas day is almost here,
    Santa Claus will come tonight;
    He b...

  • Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It

    Carey Armstrong-Ellis

    Despite what her family and friends say, Prudy loves collecting anything and everything, but when she attempts to add one too many gum wrappers to her collection, she too realizes that her little hobby has gotten quite out of control....

  • A Captain's Honor

    Elizabeth Ashtree

    f Warrant Officer Rachel Southwell has been an absentee mother for too many years. So she jumps at the chance to work for a general at the Pentagon and live fulltime with her eight-year-old son. But her new assignment has as many perils as a war z...

  • Dark End of the Street

    Ace Atkins

    Former pro football player-turned-college professor Nick Travers came of age in a smoky New Orleans bar -- and he owes a monumental debt to its owners, Jo Jo and Loretta, who took him under their wings. Now Loretta wants Nick to locate her missing...

  • Inquisition

    Anselm Audley

    Book Two of the Acclaimed AQUASILVA Trilogy!

    Only the fire-magic can hold back the encroaching darkness, but those who wield it, the fanatical priests of the Domain, would rule the entire world with an iron hand.

    Cathan of Lepidor ...

  • Here Comes Santa Claus

    Gene Autry

    Complete with lyrics, this colorfully illustrated holiday tale provides the whole story to this classic Christmas song about a curious North Pole puppy and his wonderful journey aboard Santa's sleigh....

  • Chasing the Muse

    Richard Bach

    Presents a tale of a married ferret couple, both aspiring writers, who, in their quest to write the great ferret novel, learn how important it is to be loved by one another, as well as achieving the ultimate success by satisfying one's inner circle....

  • Jeoffry's Christmas

    Mary Bryant Bailey

    Bailey and Sayles deliver a heartwarming tale
    Jeoffry thinks of others, so Santa thinks of him

    A velvet snout pops through the snow,
    not knowing which way to go.
    There must be something I can do
    to help a lost and hungry shrew.
    ...

  • Paradise Alley

    Kevin Baker

    They came by boat from a starving land -- and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains -- seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Para...

  • Reckless Embrace

    Madeline Baker

    JOEY AND BLACKIE Some folks said they were just two kids who should never have met--a girl from the wrong side of town and a half-breed who was determined to make his mark on the world. Their families had fought on opposite sides at the Little Big...

  • Reunion at Mossy Creek

    Donna Ball
    in

    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...

  • For Better, for Worse

    Leslie Esdaile Banks

    Three very different sisters--Teri, a beautiful and practical attorney; Maxine, a loving wife and mother seeking additional fulfillment; and Bird, a successful businesswoman with an ex-con husband--pursue their individual paths to happiness. Original...

  • Miranda and the Warrior

    Elaine Barbieri

    MIRANDA The only child of a U.S. Cavalry major, Miranda Thurston has grown up in a watchful, overprotective household. So even after the major's repeated warnings of Cheyenne raiding parties on the Western frontier, Miranda never believes she is in ...

  • Flower Fairies of the Autumn Celebration

    Cicely Mary Barker

  • Abarat

    Clive Barker

    A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . . It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer co...

  • Odyssey

    Steve Barlow; Steve Skidmore

    World Wide Web? Ha! This is the Outernet. Log on to the electronic highway that takes you out of this world... And into another galaxy.

    We are not alone. We might wish that we were... But we’re definitely not.
    As Jack, Merle, and Loaf hav...

  • Salthill

    Judith Barnes

    Judith Barnes has written a lush and compelling historical novel about family and relationships, love and rage, loyalty and betrayal, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Canadian wilderness and the ranching life.One evening in 1946, a hungr...

  • Don't Tell Mama!: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing

    Regina Barreca

    This important collection reveals as never before the quality, extent, and variety of the Italian American contribution to American literature. Bringing together fiction and poetry as well as academic essays and newspaper articles from the 1800s to t...

  • Tree Girl

    T.A. Barron

    Rowanna’s stern caretaker, Mellwyn, has warned her again and again not to go near the trees that surround their seaside cottage. But Rowanna is drawn to the forest -- especially the HighWillow on its faraway hill. Are the trees really forest ghouls...

  • Tricky Business

    Dave Barry

    The Extravaganza of the Seas is a 5,000-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money. In the middle of a tropical storm o...

  • The Princess's Bodyguard

    Beverly Barton

    THE WRONG KIND OF MAN This arrogant, ill-mannered American was hardly the sort of man Princess Adele of Orlantha was used to encountering in her world of wealth and privilege. And yet Matt O'Brien was all that stood between her and the deadly cons...

  • Wild Cats

    Mary Batten

    They roar. They claw. They stalk. They pounce. The wild cats of the world are beautiful, but also deadly. From ferocious lions, speedy cheetahs, and cagey tigers to unusual sand cats and clouded leopards, Wild Cats takes you into the wild....

  • The Gypsy Man

    Robert Bausch

    Looming large over Crawford, Virginia, knitting together the fears and superstitions of its inhabitants, is the legend of the Gypsy Man. Everyone knows he was kidnapped and returned as an infant, growing into an odd and dangerous adult, only to disap...

  • The Collected Stories of Greg Bear

    Greg Bear

    Greg Bear is one of the greatest science fiction writers of the late twentieth century. He has a powerful voice, combining the intense rationality of science with the intensely passionate characters that can only be created by a writer who loves huma...

  • Teddy's Snowy Day

    Ian Beck

    A heartwarming story about a lost Teddy and the magical person who returns him to his owner on a very special night.

    Teddy is catapulted into a winter adventure when he's accidentally bumped off the window ledge he'd been sitting on guarding t...

  • Board Games

    Adam Beechen

    With his righteous new snowboard, it looks like Otto has the Winterfest Snowboard Slalom in the bag, but Twister has been scoping Otto's board for days and as soon as Otto turns his back, Twister borrows it for a test run and breaks it. Original....

  • Deadlock

    James Scott Bell

    DEADLOCK is a novel about the impact of the Supreme Court today … and about imminent, real-life choices that will shape both its future and that of our nation. She is a Supreme Court Justice. She is an atheist. And she is about to encounter ...

  • See No Evil

    Cherie Bennett; Jeff Gottesfeld

    Before the legend ...before the icon... there was a teenager named Clark Kent. Clark inadvertently lands the lead in the school play, opposite his favorite leading lady, Lana Lang. Aside from stage fright wracking his nerves, there's an unexplaine...

  • Christmas Every Morning

    Lisa Tawn Bergren

    "As I wove through the tense strands, I thought of Mother and what her weaving would be like. I believed that on top it would hold light, promising color, that farther down it would depict the Alzheimer's knots that tied up her mind and memory, the e...

  • Shockwave

    Rick Berman

    Starship Enterprise NX-01's Captain Jonathan Archer must prove his crew innocent in the deaths of thirty-six hundred colonists or Starfleet will agree with the Vulcan High Command that humans are not yet ready for deep-space exploration....

  • Bayou Moon

    C.L. Bevill

    Old secrets are rising up to haunt the inhabitants of Louisiana's small, rustic St. Germaine Parish, where no one is quite who they seem, and restless spirits are rumored to roam the woods and the antebellum mansion of the town's richest family, the ...

  • A Pebble Cast

    Sal Biondello

  • Shadows and Light

    Anne Bishop

    Ever since the slaughter of the witches, the Fae--who should be shielding their long-lost cousins from danger--have ignored the needs of the rest of the world. And shadows are again gathering in the eastern villages--dark, potent shadows that threate...

  • Tithe

    Holly Black

    Welcome to the realm of very scary faeries! Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the in...

  • An Unforgettable Rogue

    Annette Blair

    For Better Or Worse... Young and insecure, Alexandra Huntington had married the man she'd adored since childhood -- and said goodbye to her war-bound groom on the steps of the church. Of course, Bryceson Wakefield, Duke of Hawksworth, was always...

  • The Rogue's Wife

    Catherine Blair
    in

    Lady Charlotte Sinclair tries to ignore her husband John's roguish ways -- until his flagrant philandering humiliates her in front of all the ton. But when she sets out to become the seductress of John's dreams, Charlotte discovers that there...

  • A Crossworder's Holiday

    Nero Blanc

    Crossword editor Belle Graham joins forces with private detective Rosco Polycrates to solve five delightful crossword mysteries, in a holiday anthology of whodunits that comes complete with crossword puzzles and a bonus recipe. Reprint....

  • The Captain's Bride

    Sara Blayne

    A ravishing beauty with an irresistible air of innocence, Lady Violet Rochelle has no end of worthy suitors -- not one of whom interests her in the slightest. For though seemingly demure, she harbors a secret yearning for adventure...and for a lover ...

  • Blame It on Eve

    Philana Marie Boles

    Shawni Baldwin has everything she has ever closed her eyes and wished for. She can wrap her arms around a devoted and very sexy fiancé, Bo Delaney, an entertainment attorney. She is living a glamorous life as a successful, jet-setting fashion mo...

  • Making Music

    Susan Bonners

    Adjusting to the new neighborhood thanks to the sound of music

    It's hard enough moving to a new place, and for Annie there are plenty of extra burdens. Her mother seems sad and worried all the time, having a baby brother makes getting settled ...

  • Blood on the Tongue

    Stephen Booth

    In this “outstanding” thriller with “a complex and absorbing plot,” rival detectives investigate murder by digging into the past of their rural community (Publishers Weekly, starred review).It’s a new year for Peak District detectives Ben C...

  • Cash Out

    Paul Boray

    When thugs steal some $300,000 from San Francisco bookie Billy Rossi, beadly beating Rossi and his showgirl girlfriend, Sherri, in the process, he enlists the assistance of down-and-out ex-cop John "Tomb" Tomei to get the money back. Original....

  • Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood: Beloved Fairy Tales from the Queen to Cinderella

    Joan Borsten

    Based on the PBS animated series, Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood, a collection of eleven fairy tales by a variety of authors includes The Golden Rooster by Alexander Pushkin and The Wild Swans by Hans Christia...

  • Record Time

    Beverly Brandt

    When It Comes to Falling in Love... Kylie Rogers can't stand dull parties and the self-centered men who frequent them. Now that the crashing bore who cornered her has gone to get a drink, there's only one way out--a first-floor window. Too bad her h...

  • Dealt the Devil's Hand

    Peter Brandvold

    Ex-Confederate-turned-bounty-hunter Lou Prophet finds himself the target of a posse out for blood after a confrontation with a young hothead who turns out to be the son of prominent cattleman Gerard Loomis and seeks refuge at the home of female ranch...

  • Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Dear Reader, When Jim Qwilleran retired to Moose County (400 miles north of everywhere) with his old electric typewriter and his box of yellow lead pencils, he intended to write a book--a novel of crime and investigation with a metropolitan settin...

  • Edna Elephant

    Margaret Park Bridges

  • Knight on the Texas Plains

    Linda Broday

    UNDER A STARRY TEXAS SKY Duel McClain was no knight in shining armor -- he was a drifter who prided himself on having no responsibilities. But a poker game thrust him into the role of father to an abandoned baby, and then a condemned woman stumble...

  • Sleigh Bells and Snowflakes: A Celebration of Christmas

    Linda Bronson

  • Christmas at His Command

    Helen Brooks

    Captive at Christmas! Marigold Flower couldn't wait to spend the festive season in her friend's cottage -- without a man in sight! But after injuring her ankle, she was thrown on the mercy of her arrogant neighbor instead -- handsome surgeon Flynn...

  • Crown of Thorns

    Sigmund Brouwer

    Nick Barrett is in Charleston awaiting news of his inheritance when he agrees to investigate the ownership of a famous painting. He finds himself reluctantly drawn into the lives of a spunky, streetwise girl and a woman who is trying to rescue her si...

  • Martians and Madness

    Fredric Brown

    Martians and Madness contains the complete science fiction and fantasy novels of Fredric Brown as well as, Gateway to Darkness, and Gateway to Glory which were rewritten to be parts of Rogue in Space. It is a companion volume to From These Ashes, the...

  • The Crush

    Sandra Brown

    Notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada is on trial and Dr. Rennie Newton is on his jury. Bringing the same dedication she displays as a surgeon to this job, she delivers a verdict of not guilty--and discovers she has a new admirer. Days after Lozada'...

  • Jamaica Blue

    Don Bruns

    Under an intense, blue Jamaica sky, music journalist Mick Sever lands a front row seat to the Next Big Thing - a reggae/rap band known as Derek and The Laments. Derek Lyman, the band's charismatic Rastafarian singer has an unmistakable hold on the au...

  • The Ice Maiden

    Edna Buchanan

    Fourteen years ago, two teenagers on a Christmas Eve first date were abducted, and only one lived through the ordeal. The lone surviving victim, Sunny Hartley, became a wealthy sculptor, but the reclusive "ice maiden" will not talk about what happene...

  • Hank's Story

    Jane Buchanan

    Sent to live on a farm in Nebraska, Hank and his brother leave the orphanage in New York to start life anew, but the harsh treatment by his new family and the sudden departure of his brother leave Hank with feelings of despair until he meets up with ...

  • No Way to Treat a First Lady

    Christopher Buckley

    Elizabeth Tyler MacMann, the ambitious First Lady of the United States (and known in the tabloids as "Lady Bethmac"), is on trial for the death of her philandering husband, and the only man who can save her is the boyfriend she jilted in law school ...

  • The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain

    David Budbill

  • Crush Depth

    Joe Buff

    Reactionary enemy regimes have brutally taken command in South Africa and Germany. U.S. and European shipping lanes are suddenly under attack. World War is at hand -- and for the ruthless Berlin -- Boer Axis, the devastating weapons of choice will be...

  • All Loves Excelling

    Josiah Bunting

    Not since A Separate Peace has the world of prep school and tortured adolescence been portrayed with the sensitivity and authenticity that distinguish this novel by a former headmaster of the prestigious Lawrence-ville School, near Princeton. All lov...

  • Love Me Again

    Wendy Burge

    THE SINS OF THE PAST As the Archduke of a wealthy, Austrian duchy, Varek Von Vischering has but one duty--to provide his family lands with an heir. But despite his overpowering love for his wife Christina, Varek's happy union has produced one heartb...

  • Christmas Gold: Until Christmas

    Mary Burton
    in

    Laura Butler wants to sell her grandfather's silver mine, move back east and forget all about mining! Mine manager Roman Maddox had other plans, but he has only until Christmas to win Laura's hand in marriage....

  • Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

    Tim Burton

    From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance -- witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children -- misu...

  • Noah's Bark

    Christine Bush

    Dedicated veterinarian Hope Highfield is always rescuing creatures in need, whether they be abandoned or sick animals, lost teenagers, or lonely senior citizens who wear hightop sneakers. She will go to any length for a cause.

    But self-made and a...

  • Edna Elephant

    Janie Bynum

  • The Boy Next Door

    Meg Cabot

    Who is... The Boy Next Door? (Melissa Fuller desperately needs to know!) Is he really Max Friedlander, notoriously wild, famously self-centered fashion photographer-nephew of poor old comatose Mrs. Friedlander? (But he seems so nice!) Has he ...

  • Stalker's Creek

    Will Cade

    ONE TOUGH TOWN Matthew Fadden is a young man with a lot to live up to. His grandfather is the legendary Temple Fadden, a frontiersman nearly as famous as Davy Crockett and the subject of countless dime novels. But all Matthew's celebrated grandfat...

  • The Bachelor Doctor

    Judy Campbell

    Are his single days over? Jake Donahue is a fantastic doctor, and incredibly sexy, too. But he's got no time for commitment or marriage -- and certainly no time for kids! Jake's reason for living a single life is a closely guarded secret. Howev...

  • House of Secrets

    Helen Cannam

    Set in the corrupt world of Restoration London, this is a story of Olivia Paris, a woman whose father was a friend of Oliver Cromwell. It seems as if no escape is possible until the Great Fire provides a solution to her predicament....

  • Happy Hanukkah, Biscuit!

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Let's light the candles, Biscuit!

    Biscuit tries to do everything that his friend does, but that silly puppy keeps getting into scrapes. Will he be able to give Sam the perfect Hanukkah present?

    ...

  • The Flamboyant

    Lori Marie Carlson

    Inspired by the life of a glamorous American heroine who divided her time between a lush Caribbean island and a New York lakeside retreat, and set against the vibrant backdrop of the 1920s and '30s, The Flamboyant evokes the romance of early aviation...

  • The Polar Bears Are Hungry

    Paul Carrick

    In the second collaboration of the mother-and-son team that created Mothers Are Like That, two cubs are born to a polar bear. Mother bear teaches her cubs how to swim and hunt seals. But when the ice melts earlier than usual -- the result of a changi...

  • Strangers When We Meet

    Marisa Carroll

    Welcome to Twin Oaks -- the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion -- and one to set things straight... Check-in: Radio talk show host Emma Hart thought Twin Oaks was supposed to be a friendly inn, but fellow gu...

  • Heaven's All-Star Jazz Band

    Don Carter

    In a text that grooves and swings with the rhythms of jazz, Don Carter celebrates some of America’s greatest jazz legends.
    Grandpa Jack loved jazz. He called it “heavenly.” So now that heaven is where Grandpa Jack’s at, his grandson imagin...

  • Blood Junction

    Caroline Carver

    A LAND HAUNTED BY ITS PAST In 1952, in a dusty, remote region of Australia, an Aboriginal family is executed by men wielding machetes. A half-century later reporter India Kane arrives at the troubled place in search of her best friend and the gran...

  • Promised to a Sheik

    Carla Cassidy

    LSCC Member: Powerful, suave Sheik Omar Al Abdar Social Status: Has his eye on a particular woman on this side of the Atlantic Method of Seduction: Sheik Omar has any number of women at his disposal...ones who'd be more than willing to wed -...

  • Summerland

    Michael Chabon

    Summerland is a magical place, where the local Little League gathers to play baseball on a perfectly manicured lawn, and the sun is always shining in a flawless blue sky. However, the small beings known as ferishers, who ensure this perfect weather, ...

  • Reunion at Mossy Creek

    Sandra Chastain
    in

    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...

  • The True Prince

    J.B. Cheaney

    Intrigue abounds both on and off the stage in this rollicking mystery set within Shakespeare’s theater company.Kit Glover is London’s finest boy actor. Audiences flock to see him portray imperious queens and scheming noblewomen. But off the stage...

  • The Sex Life of My Aunt

    Mavis Cheek


    Another delightful romp into life, love, marriage, and infidelity by the author of Mrs. Fytton's Country Life.

    Lovely home, lovely husband, lovely family: apart from the envy of her less contented sister, everything in Dily's rags-to-riche...

  • Utterly Me, Clarice Bean

    Lauren Child

    Mrs. Wilberton says I have the concentration of a fly. "Clarice Bean! Will you please come back down to Earth this instant!" It's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. Clarice Bean is beginning t...

  • The Royal Treatment

    Maureen Child

    High-ranking intelligence officer Jeremy "J.T." Wainwright tried to stop her from gaining entry into Penwyck's royal family's palace, but feisty reporter Jade Erickson wasn't the type to take no for an answer. Especially not when the man trying to st...

  • Tests of Faith

    Freda Chrisman
    in

    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...

  • The Diplomat's Daughter

    Judy Christenberry
    in

    Army major Billy Colton falls for a beautiful -- and uninvited -- guest. But before he can convince her that he's a settle-down kind of guy, he must save her from masked intruders! SWAT team leader Kurt Hoffman is fatefully reunited with his ex-wi...

  • X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee

    Chris Claremont

  • The Visiting Surgeon

    Lucy Clark

    Surgeon Susie Monahan has no intention of acting on the high-voltage, instant attraction between her and gorgeous visiting orthopedic professor Jackson Myers. For one, she's been badly hurt before.Two, he's only in Brisbane for one week. And three, h...

  • The Sheriff's 6-Year-Old Secret

    Donna Clayton

    Nothing could make Native American Nathan Thunder give up being a New York City police officer...except a little girl -- all alone in the world -- who needed a father. Returning to his Kolheek reservation to take on the safer job of sheriff, he didn'...

  • The Infinite

    Douglas Clegg

    Harrow is haunted, they say. The mansion is a place of tragedy and nightmares, evil and insanity. First it was a madman's fortress; then it became a school. Now it lies empty. But an obsessed woman and a ghost hunter want to bring the house back to l...

  • Four Dark Nights

    Douglas Clegg

  • Deadly Game at Stony Creek

    Peter Zachary Cohen

  • The Magical Worlds of Lord of the Rings

    David Colbert

  • Scorpion Rain

    David Cole

    ON THE BORDER BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH Laura Winslow is the name she chose for herself -- a false identity the part-Hopi cyber-investigator can hide behind to escape a reservation past too dangerous and too painful, to acknowledge -- as she plies he...

  • Famous Bears and Friends: One Hundred Years of Stories, Poems, Songs, and Heroics

    Janet Wyman Coleman

    Offers a collection of stories, poems, and songs that celebrate the origin and diverse history of the teddy bear, complete with a chapter from Winnie-the-Pooh, the complete story of Corduroy, and poems from Judith Viorst and others....

  • After the Harvest

    Lynn A. Coleman
    in

    In Prairie Center, Kansas, all of Prairie County gathers After the Harvest for its first organized fair, and Judith Timmons hopes it's the last event she has to attend before moving back East. But a certain Rylan Gaines has taken a fancy to the berry...

  • Tongue-Tied

    Colleen Collins

    WHEN IT'S THIS HOT... Robin Lee is a woman of few words so she lets her actions stand for themselves. And when Johnny Dayton -- her bad-boy crush from childhood -- appears in her life, she shows him how happy she is to see him. But Johnny's hiding s...

  • I Spy

    Max Allan Collins

    Alex Scott is an ace special government agent who loves his job and his country. Kelly Robinson is a boxing superstar who loves the limelight, the ladies ... and himself. No two men could be less alike -- but now they're going to have to work togethe...

  • Before the Dawn

    Max Allan Collins

    The never-before-told story of action and adventure revealing the early days of Dark Angel! Los Angeles, 2019. Large sections of Tinseltown are in Richter-scale ruins in the aftermath of the Pulse and a devastating earthquake. Surviving among a ra...

  • Sin City

    Max Allan Collins

    Meet the little known and even less understood heroes of police work in Las Vegas--the forensic investigators. Led by veteran Gil Grissom, the remarkable team assigned to the Criminalistics Bureau's graveyard shift--including Catherine Willows, Warri...

  • The Resurrectionists

    Michael Collins

    Almost thirty years ago, when Frank Cassidy was five, his parents burned to death in a remote Michigan town. Now Frank's uncle is dead too, shot by a mysterious stranger who lies in a coma in the local hospital. Frank, working menial jobs to support ...

  • Alvie Eats Soup

    Ross Collins

  • Avalanche Trail

    Terry Collins

    Join the Rocket Power gang as they head to Mt. Baldy for some awesome all-terrain mountainboarding. Things get totally wild when Otto convinces Twister to film him riding down the most dangerous trail on the mountain. It's not long before the two fin...

  • If the Shoe Fits

    Samantha Connolly

    Manhattan shoe designer C. J. Mathews thinks she has it all. Great apartment, great career, great friends. Except what she really wants is a baby. No biggie. But her first choice for fatherhood is her best buddy, Jack Harding. Initially he's stunned ...

  • Secrets, Lies...and Passion

    Linda Conrad

    TOO MANY SECRETS... The night before their wedding Reid Sorrels had disappeared without a trace, leaving Jill Bennett with the ultimate keepsake. Now, ten years later, Reid was back in town, and Jill held fast to the deception that was her only de...

  • A Twilight Clear

    Linda Cook

    He Would Sacrifice Her Trust... After three long years fighting for his king, Henry Plantagenet, the time has come for Gideon de Macon to return home to the raven-haired wife whose face has haunted his every dream. But their reunion will not be a jo...

  • The Interrogation

    Thomas H. Cook

    Albert Jay Smalls sits in an interrogation room, accused of murder. The police have no witnesses, no physical evidence, and less than twelve hours to prove him guilty. Now Smalls will be put through one final interrogation. It is a quest that tak...

  • Living With Crazy Buttocks

    Kaz Cooke

  • Ruth

    Lori Copeland

    The continuing story of mail-order brides in the successful Brides of the West series. Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from an 80-year-old suitor. Her only hope of eluding him is to seek help from an unwilling protector, U.S. Marshall Dyla...

  • Who Is Next?

    Grahame Corbett

  • Guess Who

    Grahame Corbett

  • Who Is Inside?

    Grahame Corbett

  • A Blessed Life

    Dana Corbit

    Single mother Serena Jacobs stopped praying for miracles when a year of battling her daughter's illness took its toll on her spirit. But even though Serena's faith was shattered, she turned to the church for solace -- and found a Harley-riding youth ...

  • Trail Boss from Texas

    Barry Cord

    On his first night in the Timberlake Country, Larry Brennan fought in a street brawl with a young tough, discovered a corpse in his hotel room, struggled frantically in the dark for his Colt.45 and found himself accused of murder. Brennan had come to...

  • Cool Cat, School Cat

    Judy Cox

  • The Edge of Doom

    Amanda Cross

    Rich and witty, the literary whodunits by Amanda Cross are a delight for readers who like their mysteries smart and suspenseful. Now comes the highly anticipated sequel to her Kate Fansler novel, Honest Doubt, which the Providence Journal called “o...

  • Seven Houses

    Alev Lytle Croutier

    "An exotic and beautiful story" (Isabel Allende) chronicling the lives of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey's transformation into a republic and the present day backlash."A hig...

  • Leap, Frog

    Jane Cutler

    A new Fraser brothers adventure

    When a karate-chopping kindergartner named Charley moves in next door, Edward Fraser and his older brother, Jason, see mischief in the making. Charley is good at kicking, jumping, noise-making, and running wild....

  • Dirty Beasts

    Roald Dahl

    Roald Dahl's inimitable style and humor shine in this collection of poems about mischievous and mysterious animals. From Stingaling the scorpion to Crocky-Wock the crocodile, Dahl's animals are nothing short of ridiculous. A clever pig with an unment...

  • Scrooge Wore Spurs

    Janet Dailey

    FOUR CHRISTMAS ANGELS As hard as the land he works, rancher Eben MacCallister has devoted his life--and sacrificed his happiness--to making his ranch profitable. Now, with an unscrupulous banker threatening to foreclose on his land, Eben can only ...

  • The Willing Wife

    Claudia Dain

    HUSBAND #5 She was a wife most willing -- Four previous arranged marriages had taught Nicolaa the necessity of allowing a strange man access to her bed, her body. Now King Henry had gifted her with yet another new husband. Would he be overeager, u...

  • Midnight Faith

    Gena Dalton

    Clint McMahan liked life the way it was -- peaceful and woman free. So when Cait McMahan wanted to start a riding school on his ranch, he wasn't keen on the idea. He didn't like Cait interfering -- with a school or the gorgeous smile he couldn't get ...

  • Old Bob's Brown Bear

    Niki Daly

    A tribute to worn-in, fiercely loved bears

    When Emma's grandfather, Old Bob, gets a teddy bear for his birthday, Emma is jealous. Old Bob just puts Teddy on a shelf with dusty books, which isn't loving the bear as Emma thinks he should be love...

  • The Gold of Cuzco

    A.B. Daniel

    The international bestseller continuing the magnificent tale of the epic struggle between the New World and the Old. In 1532, a group of Spaniards led by Captain Don Francisco Pizarro reached Peru after a gruelling ten-year journey, hungry for gold a...

  • For the Taking

    Lilian Darcy

    To: King Loucan of Pacifica From: Your Loyal Subject Carrag We joyously received your message that you have found three of the four lost royal siblings of Pacifica. But I understand the eldest, the beautiful Thalassa, is still missing. We pray yo...

  • The Last Defense

    Christopher Darden; Dick Lochte

    Mercer Early, a hot young litigator at the most prestigious African-American law firm on the West Coast, seems to have everything going for him when he aces his first high-profile trial. But when Mercer's acquitted client, the drug dealer son of a pr...

  • Strapline

    Tiffanie Darke

    What happens when a pornographer takes over a newspaper When celebrity gossip becomes more important than breaking news For journalist Caris Brown, working for porn baron Victor Power becomes unbearable when she discovers his interests stretch deeper...

  • Black Sunshine

    S.V. Date

    When his older, dimmer, blacksheep brother, Bub, falls overboard into the waters of the Gulf Stream, Percy Billings takes over Bub's candidacy for governor, but Percy soon discovers that Bub may not only be alive, but he may also be much cleverer tha...

  • Adventures of Capitol Kitty

    Sharon Davis

    Written by the First Lady of California, this charming story chronicles the adventures of Capitol Kitty, resident cat at the California State House. It's a cat's eye view of life at the Capitol!

    Capitol Kitty has always been the top cat around...

  • Thread of the Spider

    Val Davis

    "That car ...belonged to a pair of bank robbers. Their names were Knute and Nora and they were almost as famous as Bonnie and Clyde during the Depression....They got killed in the Green River Massacre, but the car was never found."

    "There's mo...

  • Puppy Trouble

    Day

    Pop-up fun from the creator of the Carl books

    A Rottweiler puppy's ingenuity enables him to escape from his dog cage and get himself into loads of domestic mischief - with a little help from readers as they pull tabs and lift flaps. Whether he...

  • Waifs and Strays

    Charles de Lint

    From one of the fantasy genre's greatest trailblazers, Waifs and Strays is a must-read. 

    Charles de Lint's remarkable novels and shorter fiction are, in a very real sense, coming of age stories. Here, for the first time, is a collection of hi...

  • The Hero of Third Grade

    Alice DeLaCroix

    It all seems like too much for Randall. His parents have separated, plus he has to move to a new town and start a new school. How will he make friends when the school year is nearly over? Luckily Randall gets a fantastic idea from an old movie. ...

  • The Rogue

    Claire Delacroix

    Dear Reader: Seductive and mysterious, Merlyn was the laird of Ravensmuir--never had a man so stirred my body and soul. I gave myself to him--willingly, trustingly, passionately--and we soon wed. Then a horrible revelation emerged, shattering my i...

  • The Lover

    Genell Dellin

    Susanna Copeland needs help, and the man who is right for the job is in a Texas jail cell. But the future of her ranch is at stake, and notorious Cherokee Eagle Jack Sixkiller is the only one who can help drive her cattle north. The trouble is Jack h...

  • Star by Star

    Troy Denning

    It is a solemn time for the New Republic, as the merciless Yuuzhan Vong continue their campaign of destruction. The brutal enemy has unleashed a savage creature capable of finding--and killing--Jedi Knights. Now Leia Organa Solo faces a terrible ulti...

  • Forever: A Novel of Good and Evil, Love and Hope

    Jude Deveraux

    Darci Monroe overcame a childhood of neglect with an ebullient spirit, a positive attitude ... and extraordinary determination. Now the resourceful young woman, hired as Adam Montgomery's personal assistant, devotes more than just professional attent...

  • Silent Men

    Richard H. Dickinson

    Jackson Monroe is the finest American sniper in Vietnam's treacherous Mekong Delta. The Viet Cong call him "Black Ghost." Dispatched for a classified "illegal" mission on the Cambodia border, Monroe succeeds beyond expectation, only to be abandoned b...

  • Terminal Run

    Michael DiMercurio

    One ship could revolutionize submarine warfare as we know it: the USS Snarc. A robotic combat sub carrying no crew, the Snarc has proven unbeatable in sea trials. And now it has fallen into the hands of an unseen enemy.   The Snarc’s first cas...

  • Disney's Pop-Up: Friendship

    Disney Book Group

  • Disney's Pop-Up: Princesses

    Disney Book Group

  • Reunion at Mossy Creek

    Debra Dixon
    in

    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...

  • The Hardy Boys' Guide to Life

    Franklin W. Dixon

  • The Halloween Activity Book

    Mymi Doinet

  • Six White Horses

    Gaylord Dold

    almer, a Marine based in California, has been railroaded to jail by his crooked sergeant. He manages to escape and, leaving his pregnant girlfriend, reluctantly flees to Mexico. Now, seven years later, ex-Sergeant Wilde is a rich drug dealer, selling...

  • Died to Match

    Deborah Donnelly

    Luke Skywalker was juggling martini glasses. Albert Einstein was dirty-dancing with Monica Lewinsky. And Zorro was arguing with Death himself. For wedding planner Carnegie Kincaid, it was just another night on the job: a coed bachelor party thrown by...

  • The Tea Rose

    Jennifer Donnelly

    East London, 1888-a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whisperin...

  • Castle Rouge

    Carole Nelson Douglas

    Irene Adler is the only woman ever to have outwitted Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia; she is as much at home with a spyglass and revolver than with haute couture and gala balls. Her adventures are the stuff of legend, for she has faced down s...

  • A Country Christmas

    Elizabeth Doyle

    Every True Heart... Charlotte Bass may be a simple country girl, but she doesn't plan to have her heart broken twice by the same man. A Christmas ago, she'd fallen for the sophisticated city ways of Shaun Matheson, hoping to become his wife....

  • Seas of Venus

    David Drake

    On Venus, where survivors of the human race struggle to live in domed undersea Keeps, two determined soldiers--Ensign Brainard and Johnnie Gordon brave the treacherous web of intrigue in the Keeps and the perilous surface jungles to ensure the surviv...

  • Realm of Shadows

    Shannon Drake

    EVERY NIGHTMARE HAS ITS BEGINNING In an ancient churchyard just outside Paris. archeologists uncover an ancient tomb certain they have stumbled onto the find of the century. But something goes very wrong as the tomb is opened. Something too frighten...

  • A Wizard Alone

    Diane Duane

    Becoming a wizard isn't easy. In fact, it can kill you. All first-time wizards must go through an initiation in magic called an Ordeal. Most last only a few days. So why has Darryl McAllister been on Ordeal for three months? Or has he? Darryl hasn'...

  • Blue Moon

    Peter Duchin

    Bandleader Philip Damon still hasn't recovered from the death of his wife-victim of a still-unsolved murder-when he arrives at a charity ball at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. So, understandably, he's quite shaken to meet Lenore Ashley there, as she...

  • Blue Moon

    Peter Duchin; John Morgan Wilson

    San Francisco, 1963...Philip Damon hasn't set foot in the City by the Bay since his wife's unsolved murder. So when his orchestra's invited to do a charity gig at San Francisco's elegant Fairmont Hotel, Damon heads there with a heavy heart. But as th...

  • Homeland Heroes and Heroines

    Deann Dudley-Austin

  • A Bicycle Built for Two

    Alice Duncan

    All I Do Is Dream Of You Born and bred on the mean streets of Chicago, Kate Finney has few illusions about love. A handsome city swell like Alex English sure isn't looking to marry a girl who spends her nights telling fortunes and dancing the hootch...

  • Baudolino

    Umberto Eco

    A self-confessed liar spins a fascinating tale of his life in this “comic and brilliantly baffling” historical novel by the author of The Name of the Rose (The Guardian, UK).  Constantinople, 1204. The Byzantine capital is under siege by the...

  • Santa Paws, Our Hero

    Nicholas Edwards

    LOST IN BOSTON... It's Christmastime, and Santa Paws and his family are leaving Oceanport to spend the holidays in Boston. The Callahans are hoping that their heroic dog will get to spend a nice, relaxing Christmas for once -- without any dramatic r...

  • Warthogs in a Box

    Pamela Duncan Edwards

    An adorable and educational kit that includes a sheet of warthog stickers and three full-color mini books--Warthogs in the Kitchen, Warthogs Paint, and Slop Goes the Soup--is a fun way for children to learn early-learning concepts suc...

  • Look at Me

    Jennifer Egan

    A National Book Award Finalist
    In this ambitiously multilayered novel from the acclaimed and award-winning writer Jennifer Egan, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly sh...

  • At Risk

    Kit Ehrman

    Dick Francis could well have written this adrenaline-charged novel set in Maryland's rich horse country where Steve Cline seems, at 21, much too young to be in charge of a major stable. His skills and stamina are sorely tested when he's hijacked earl...

  • Then Came Christmas

    Randy Lee Eickhoff

    On Thanksgiving Day, 1953 Samantha "Sam" McCaslin was content with life on her family's ranch in South Dakota. It was her birthday, and her life was just beginning. She had turned twelve and was certain that the year ahead would be special. But he...

  • Reunion at Mossy Creek

    Virginia Ellis
    in

    Welcome back to Mossy Creek! The warm-hearted but stub-born residents of the small town whose motto is "Ain't Going No Where--And Don't Want To" are once again sorting out the joys, sorrows, and everyday mysteries of life. This time around they'v...

  • Delusion

    G.H. Ephron

    Forensic neuropsychologist at Boston's prestigious Pearce Psychiatric Center and expert defense witness Peter Zak regularly testifies at murder trials on issues like a defendant's conception of right and wrong or the reliability of a witness's memory...

  • Tomorrow is Never Promised

    Leslie Esdaile

    Tina Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel of the J. A. B. Corps, meet the man of her dreams in the form of her brother's longtime friend and business partner, Mark Hicks, while on holiday in China. Mark is a newly retired Military Intelligence Officer and ha...

  • Christmas on Conrad Street

    Marcia Evanick

    Welcome to Misty Harbor, Maine! Life is a little different here--slower, calmer, a bit less hectic than you may be used to. But don't worry, you'll fit right in. Just pour yourself some eggnog, curl up by the fire, and settle in for a long winter's n...

  • The Light of Christmas

    Richard Paul Evans

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Mistletoe Promise comes a picture book about a boy who learns a lesson about the true meaning of Christmas. This holiday classic is perfect for gift-giving. High in the mounta...

  • Longarm and the Blackmailers

    Tabor Evans

    The desert sun, two smoldering sisters, and a criminal packing heat sure can burn a fella!For years, a certain sleazy customs officer by the name Braddock has been turning a pretty penny on the Mexican border. Not by doing right by Uncle Sam, but by ...

  • Erasure

    Percival Everett

    Hailed by the New York Times as "both a treatise and a romp," a bold and brilliant novel of a man coming to terms with himself.

    Now in paperback, this provocative tale within a tale details the life of avant-garde novelist and college professor The...

  • Islands of the Black Moon

    Erica Farber

    Now that you have reached the magical age of 11, it is time for your inheritance. . . .

    So begins the note Lila da Gama receives from a distant aunt, and so begins an adventure that will take Lila much farther than Tiger Lily, her aunt’s cr...

  • Dark Sunshine

    Terri Farley

    For the Phantom, there is only one girl. For Sam, there is only one horse. When Sam rescues an abused mare from a group of outlaw horse rustlers, she knows she's done the right thing. But the ranch already has a full corral, and a long droug...

  • Duel of Hearts

    Diane Farr

    Lilah Chadwick thinks she's the apple of her father's eye -- until he announces his plans to marry. Hoping to counter his decision, she rushes to London. Adam Harleston, the ninth Earl of Drakesley, is a man possessed. His young cousin has...

  • A Rather Necessary End

    Jo Ann Ferguson

    MURDER AMONG THE MARIGOLDS Lady Priscilla Flanders, widow of the local vicar, is at last ready to pack away her mourning clothes, gather up her children, and depart the peaceful -- yet perhaps too quiet -- village of Hempten-on-Heath for the bustl...

  • The SEAL's Surprise Baby

    Amy J. Fetzer

    One perfect night, the passion Navy SEAL Jack Singer had felt for Melanie Patterson had burst the seams of his restraint. But then he'd been called away on a top-secret assignment. Returning home fifteen months later, he was shocked to discover that ...

  • Baby on Loan

    Liz Fielding

    Jessie is temporarily caring for her adorable baby nephew when she gets evicted from her apartment! She has no choice but to let Patrick Dalton think she's a single mother, so that he'll let her stay with him. The last thing Patrick wants is Jessi...

  • City Girl in Training

    Liz Fielding

    "By the time I'd arrived at my new flat in London, I'd met a tall, dark stranger, discovered he was my new next-door neighbor -- and I'd shown him my knickers! Not bad for a city girl in training! Just between you and me, it was completely unintentio...

  • The Adventures of David Simple

    Sarah Fielding

    The Adventures of David Simple is the story of one man's search for truth, honesty, and friendship in a corrupt world. Following the literary model of Don Quixote, the novel is both a witty and engaging satire of eighteenth-century London life and a ...

  • Dead Guy's Stuff

    Sharon Fiffer

    VINTAGE TREASURES...AND DEADLY SECRETS From Bakelite jewelry to jadeite dishes, antiques "picker" Jane Wheel has a knack for hunting down vintage collectibles. And when a Chicago estate sale yields a room full of dusty tavern memorabilia, she hits...

  • You Bet Your Life

    Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

    A SETUP IN SIN CITY When her old friend Martha decided to get married in Las Vegas, Jessica Fletcher made the trip to watch her walk down the aisle. But what were the odds that she'd be back two years later--to watch Martha stand accused of her hu...

  • Pig Tale

    Verlyn Flieger

    Near the village of Little Wicken, a baby girl is found abandoned in a field. Unwanted and unloved, the foundling grows up, existing on the grudging charity of the villagers. It is only when they notice her way with animals that the girl is given a p...

  • Fallen Angels

    Michael Flynn

    IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST One minute the two space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota Glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government. That govern...

  • Battle in the Arena

    Justine Fontes

    Using full-color photos from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Battle in the Arena allows young fans to re-live the most exciting sequence in the movie. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Amidala cleverly escape the clutches of three brand-new Star Wars creaturesâ€...

  • The Ten Thousand

    Michael Curtis Ford

    THE WORLD FEARED THE TEN-THOUSAND, AND ONLY THE GODS COULD SAVE THEM IN THEIR IMPOSSIBLE MISSION... In 401 B.C., a thundering army of mercenaries, camp followers, dreamers, and glory seekers set off to help a rebellious foreign general named Cyrus...

  • The Annoyance Bureau

    Lucy Frank

    "Is it my imagination," grumbles the odd old man in the bookstore, "or is the world getting more and more ANNOYING?" In the fifteen hours since Lucas Graham arrived in New York City, his own annoyance level has skyrocketed. For starters, he'd rather...

  • A Well-Known Secret

    Jim Fusilli

    Terry Orr is a haunted man. Haunted by the murder of his wife and son. Haunted by the tragedy that darkened the streets of his home in lower Manhattan. Now, he has to raise his fourteen-year-old daughter alone and find the killer who shattered his wo...

  • A Marriage Made in Texas

    Eve Gaddy

    Dr. Jay Kincaid moved from L.A. to a small town on the Texas coast because he wanted a new start. No more emergency medicine in a big-city hospital. No more working days, nights and weekends. No more sophisticated and shallow women. Just peace and qu...

  • The Ambassador's Vow

    Barbara Gale

    DUTY... Dynamic lawyer Daniel Boylan was rich, powerful...and poised to become the next ambassador to France. His ambitions -- and responsibilities -- determined that he put others' wishes before his own...even love. HONOR... Katherine Harriman was ...

  • The Courtesan's Daughter

    Priscilla Galloway

    Phano is almost 15, the traditional age for a woman to marry in ancient Athens. She is in love with Theo, who is 30â€"the traditional age for a man to marry. But marriage may not be an option for her. Her stepmother’s enemy, Phrynion, claims that P...

  • Acts of Vengeance

    Robert Gandt

    Now former Navy pilot Robert Gandt brings back his fighter pilot hero, Brick Maxwell, and the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan--for the biggest challenge of their careers.... A motor launch carrying the USS Ronald Reagan;' top brass ...