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  • Just Enough And Not Too Much

    Kaethe Zemach

    A tribute to collectors everywhere and to the most important thing to have in one's home: friends.

    For cheerful Simon the Fiddler, there's no such thing as too much. If he hugs one teddy bear, then he will surely love three bears three times m...

  • No Matter How Much You Promise . . .

    Edgardo Vega Yunque

    An epic novel of jazz, race and the effects of war on an American family

    This sweeping drama of intimately connected families --black, white, and Latino-- boldly conjures up the ever-shifting cultural mosaic that is America. At its heart is Vi...

  • Star Struck Dead

    Sheila York

    In 1946 Hollywood, the stars were always shining, the streets were paved with possibilities, and the most dangerous thing a man could do was to uncover the grime behind the glitz and glamour....But a woman might just get away with it. When talente...

  • Witching Moon

    Rebecca York

    The swamp is their sanctuary. Its nights echo with the beat of their moonlit revels, feeding their dark hunger for power--and for revenge.:. The Nature's Refuge preserve deep in the southern Georgia swamp was a place steeped in superstition and le...

  • Millicent Min, Girl Genius

    Lisa Yee

    Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow eleven-year-olds hate her for going to high school. Her grandmother Maddie is moving away. And in an effort to give Millicent a more "nor...

  • The Last Christmas Gift

    Courtni Wright

  • Capital Crimes

    Stuart Woods

    When a prominent conservative politician is killed inside his lakeside cabin, authorities have no suspect in sight. And two more deaths--seemingly isolated incidents, achieved by very different means--might be linked to the same murderer. With the he...

  • Endgame

    Chris Wooding

    When an environmental disaster sparks off a conflict in the Far East which looks like it could lead to World War III four friends in Sheffield must face up to their worst nightmares. The prospect of a nuclear attack forces Kayleigh, Mayner, Wren and ...

  • A Convenient Wife

    Sara Wood

    Millionaire Blake Bellamie's just discovered he's not the legitimate heir to Cranford, the grand estate that is everything to him. Nicole Vaseux is the rightful owner. The attraction between her and Blake is instant and so begins a passion...

  • Pregnancy Countdown

    Linda Randall Wisdom

    Three... Three years ago, Nora Summers and Mark Walker had been sweethearts, but circumstances had driven them apart. Nora wasn't ready to risk her heart again with a man as footloose and charming as Mark. Two... Yet now Nora had indulged in a n...

  • Born To Be Wild

    Anne Marie Winston

    13 YEARS, 1 MONTH, 4 DAYS... Reese Barone counted the days since he'd last seen Celia. He'd sailed around the world and still couldn't erase the memory of making love to her in the summer sun, planning their future. Then false rumors and a blowou...

  • Seven Days

    Ruth Wind
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    Sunny Kendricks's luck had run out. With no money, no car and no home, she was sure she'd hit rock bottom. But Michael Chasing Horse was prepared for life's storms and ready to offer refuge...in his arms....

  • Blind Eye

    John Morgan Wilson

    At thirty-two, Benjamin Justice was one of Los Angeles best known journalists. He had the respect and envy of his colleagues, the admiration of his employers and the ear of the city's population. Until he won the Pulitzer Prize for one of his feature...

  • The Worry Website

    Jacqueline Wilson

    A wonderful collection of linked short stories from this enormously popular and bestselling author.Is anything bothering you? Problems in school or at home? Don’t know what to do or where to turn? With Mr. Speed at the head of the class, help is on...

  • Passion's Destiny

    Crystal Wilson-Harris

    Spirited Jakarta Raven was never one to back down from scandal-or trouble. Her determination to clear her sister of unjust charges puts her up against brilliant New Orleansdistrict attorney and senatorial candidate Zane Reeves... and a sensual attra...

  • Hooray for Fall!

    Sarah Willson

    Pre-Level 1: Recognizing Words? Word repetition? Familiar words and phrases? Simple sentencesHenry wants to rake the leaves into a neat pile, but they keep falling! What will he do? Find out in this sweet, simple story....

  • Three by Tennessee

    Tennessee Williams

  • Winner of the National Book Award

    Jincy Willett

    Set in Rhode Island, "Winner of the National Book Award" tells the story of twins who could not be more different. Abigail Mather is a woman of passionate sensual and sexual appetites, while her sister, the book loving local librarian Dorcas, lives a...

  • Secrets on the Wind

    Stephanie Grace Whitson

    The Pine Ridge Portraits series opens as two soldiers discover a desperate woman hidden in a cellar, then take her back with them to their U.S. Army post at Fort Robinson. The painful secrets surrounding Laina Gray and her seeming indiffernce toward ...

  • The Colossus of New York

    Colson Whitehead

    In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the two time Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love so...

  • Melting the Ice

    Loreth Anne White

    Hannah McGuire's resort-town life had been quiet, happy and safe. Until her best friend was murdered and the investigation forced her into a partnership with Dr. Rex Logan -- the man she'd loved, lost and been hiding from for six years. Rex had pu...

  • Killing of Worlds

    Scott Westerfeld

    The Risen Empire left readers begging for more. Now Scott Westerfeld comes through with the dazzling payoff in the conclusion of Succession, The Killing of Worlds. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is a walking dead man. Unjustly held...

  • Perfect Alibis

    Jane Wenham-Jones

    Stephanie, a bored housewife and downtrodden mother, wants a job -- and Madeleine's recruitment company, PAs, appears to be the ideal place to go. Except that instead of Personal Assistants, the agency offers Perfect Alibis to unfaithful women. And i...

  • Elf: A Junior Novel

    Ellen Weiss

  • Twins Take a Bath

    Ellen Weiss

  • Nightmare Lands

    Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    A HAUNTED REALMS The dragon minions of Takhisis, Queen of Darkness, have returned. As the land is torn apart by war, the Companions must go their separate ways. Rumors of the legendary dragon orbs send some of the friends to the distant Icewall, whil...

  • To the Gates of Palanthas

    Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The dragonarmies conquer all the land, leaving destruction in their wake. The once-proud nations of Ansalon have been divided for so long that none can stand and oppose the Dark Queen's minions. But now, a desperate band of Companions have one cha...

  • Crocodile Smile

    Sarah Weeks

    10 Songs of the Earth as the Animals See It
    1. Piece of Jungle
      A tufted-eared marmoset tells about the animals, including humans, who call the jungle home.

    2. Pretty Tree
      A young giant panda listens to t...

  • A Dollar and a Dream

    Carl Weber

    Which of us hasn't daydreamed about what we'd do if we won the lottery? A Dollar And A Dream brings those fantasies to hilarious, heartbreaking life in three stories by #1 national bestselling author Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt, Essence bestselling a...

  • Keeping Baby Safe

    Debra Webb

    SHE WAS CARRYING HIS BABY...AND RUNNING FOR HER LIFE Bounty hunter Olivia "Scout" Jackson was no stranger to danger -- but being pregnant changed everything. And wanting, trusting, kissing Pierce Maxwell was risking more than she dared. She couldn...

  • Outback Surrender

    Margaret Way

    Banished from his Outback home, Brock Tyson had left Koomera Crossing without a backward glance. But Shelley Logan was secretly in love with him and has never forgotten their one stolen kiss.... Now Brock has returned to claim his rightful and con...

  • The Runaway Turkey

    Wendy Wax

  • Very Mice Christmas

    Wendy Wax

  • Grand Theft

    Timothy Watts

    His profitable career as a high-end automobile thief abruptly thwarted when he is set up for the murder of a Philadelphia mob boss, Teddy Clyde must outmaneuver a mobster with a grudge, an assistant U.S. attorney, two arms dealers, and a beautiful in...

  • Home at Last

    Kim Watters

    Bounced from one foster home to another, Sarah Churchill learned early that love is conditional and nothing is free. Not even the homeless dog she accidentally runs over.

    Veterinarian Grant Morrison is a sucker for strays, both the four-legged ki...

  • Dragon Venom

    Lawrence Watt-Evans

    After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds . . . and dragons. Dragons with no remorse, no sympathy, no use for humans; dragons who destroyed an entire vi...

  • Oops! I Did It (Again)!

    Robin Wasserman

    This book is full of humiliating moments that other kids have suffered through. And maybe by the time you're done laughing at them, everyone else will be done laughing at you! ...

  • Tying the Knot

    Susan May Warren

    Following the success of Susan's first HeartQuest release, Happily Ever After, her new novel will delight readers with its well-woven plot and heart-stirring romance. Anne Lundstrom yearns for a safe haven from her painful past. Former gang member No...

  • The Nutcracker Sweet

    Nancy Warren
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    Co-workers Daniel and Tara couldn't hate each other more. So when they end up as Secret Santa partners, it's a perfect chance for revenge and a dare that just may ignite the steamiest night of their lives......

  • Judge Anderson: Death's Dark Dimension

    John Wagner

    From the phenomenal British classic sci-fi comic series, 2000 AD, comes terrifying stories of psychic police from John Wagner and Alan Grant (Judge Dredd) and artists Brett Ewins (Skreemer) and Cliff Robinson, and with a cover by comics legend Brian ...

  • O Come, All Ye Faithful

    John Francis Wade

  • Because I'm Worth It

    Cecily von Ziegesar

    Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side where my friends and I live fabulously, go to school occasionally, and play -- constantly. Enter the world of Gossip Girl -- a world of jealousy and betrayal, where everything is hip, beautiful, and far...

  • Rosie Stories

    Cynthia Voigt

  • The Devil She Knew

    Evelyn Vaughn
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    When Marcy Bridges discovered a portal to hell in her closet, she needed help from the last person she wanted to call -- her gorgeous landlord. Could she trust her life -- and her heart -- to the care of a dark, dangerous stranger?...

  • The Christmas Blessing

    Donna VanLiere

    Adapted to a film available on streaming and home video, The Christmas Blessing is the heartwarming sequel to the beloved New York Times bestseller, The Christmas Shoes. From NewSong's smash-hit #1 single, to the blockbuster CBS television movie, to...

  • Swear to Howdy

    Wendelin Van Draanen

    "Rusty, I swear to howdy, if you tell a soul..." Joey shouldn't worry. Rusty Cooper knows that a friend never spills a secret. And Joey Banks is the best friend Rusty has ever had. Heck, the boy's a walkin' adventure. Besides, if their parents knew ...

  • The Songs of the Kings

    Barry Unsworth

    “Troy meant one thing only to the men gathered here, as it did to their commanders. Troy was a dream of wealth; and if the wind continued the dream would crumble.”As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustratio...

  • Code Word Kim

    Irene Trimble

    Kim Possible, cheerleader by day, global crime fighter by night, has gotten herself into a real jam. Mad scientist Dr. Drakken is trying to take over the world-again! (Jeez, can't this guy get another hobby already?) Oh, well, no big. Kim's on the ca...

  • A Warrior's Vow

    Marilyn Tracy

    A CHILD WAS MISSING Pampered, pretty Leeza Nelson had reluctantly agreed to watch over her friends' orphanage ranch in New Mexico. So when one of the children ran away, it was up to her to find him. But journeying into the wilderness with dark, br...

  • The Girl from the Coast

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer

    Pramoedya's The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become th...

  • The House on Creek Road

    Caron Todd

    When Elizabeth Robb left Three Creeks, she never expected to return Even after all these years she's not ready to face her painful past, and only a request from her elderly grandmother could bring her back to town. She hopes her arrival will escap...

  • Door to Door

    Tobi Tobin

    In this edgy, frenetic fictionalized memoir, a small-town girl turned linchpin of the Los Angeles club scene draws on her intoxicating but conflicted years working the door of Hollywood's hottest clubs to pen a striking story of ambition, loss, and l...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Country Storybook

    Pam Tillis

    Complete with an audio CD of some of today's most popular country songs, this tale tells of a rambunctious Goldilocks who, having had the run of the cabin, gets an important lesson in manners from the owners upon their return....

  • Ah-Choo!

    Kiki Thorpe

  • Coltrane's Journey

    Danny C. Thornsberry

    A seventeen-year-old mountain boy from the hills of eastern Kentucky dreams of becoming a thirty-a-month cowhand in the Lone Star State. To that end, he heads for Texas via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, working for a riverman who is transporting a...

  • The Repentant

    Brian M. Thomsen

  • Secrets and Surprises

    Emma Thompson

  • Pharos

    Alice Thompson

    Set in the early nineteenth century, Pharos is a dazzling ghost story from award-winning author Alice Thompson. A young woman is washed up on the shores of Jacob's Rock, a remote lighthouse island off the coast of Scotland. She does not know who she...

  • Stagestruck

    Cynthia Thomason

    Small-town librarian Gwen Barlow gets more than she expected when she inherits her uncle's lavish Mississippi showboat and discovers that the Jubilee Palace is in serious financial straits, her uncle's death by a falling theater backdrop is under sus...

  • The Haunted Mansion: The Junior Novelization

    James Thomas

    Horror and humor come to life for a fast-talking real estate salesman trying to make some quick cash selling an old haunted house. But his greed quickly turns to terror when he and his family get locked in the long-forgotten mansion for a ghoulish ni...

  • Rising Tide

    Jean Thesman

    Set in San Francisco in 1908, the sequel to A Sea So Far finds Kate Keely and her friend Ellen renting a small shop to sell beautiful handmade Irish linens and dresses, but in order to run a successful business, they must overcome many challe...

  • A Sea So Far

    Jean Thesman

    Set in San Francisco in the early 1900s, orphaned Kate walks her way into the life of sickly Jolie as her maid and nurse, and soon the two become friends and head out on an adventure to Ireland where Kate must remain quiet about the secret she has be...

  • Playing For Keeps

    Karen Templeton

    Single mother Joanna Swan had already married one man with a Peter Pan complex, and one was her limit. So now she is determined that romance is for dreamers -- and she is one woman with her feet firmly planted on the ground. Even if she does design c...

  • House of War

    Judith Tarr

    It is the dawn of the thirteenth century, and Richard the Lionheart has grown in strength and wisdom since he was crowned King of Jerusulem -- and dispatched the scheming sorcerer Sinan, who once endangered his very soul. But now the Old Man of the M...

  • Baggage Claim

    David E. Talbert

    In this national bestseller and basis for the smash hit movie starring Paula Patton, Baggage Claim is the story of one woman who decides that she’s done flying solo.When her baby sister announces she’s getting married in thirty days, sexy but sin...

  • Care Bears: Catch The Christmas Spirit!

    Katie Tait

    This cardstock pairs the Christmas spirit with a highly recognizable property--Care Bears.

    The Care Bears try to help Grumpy Bear find his Christmas spirit.

    Children will love to read about these adorable bears and learn about their spe...

  • Sheep Fairy: When Wishes Have Wings

    Ruth Louise Symes

    A sweet, humorous picture book about how dreams can come true in the most unlikely places---a perfect bedtime story!

    Wendy is a sheep with a dream. She spends her days mostly eating and sleeping...but she secretly wishes she could fly! One day...

  • Lost Boy, Lost Girl

    Peter Straub

    A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son -- beautiful, troubled fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill -- vanishes from the face of the earth. To his uncle, horror novelist Timothy Underhill, Mark’s inexplicable absence feel...

  • Sonata #1 for Riley Red

    Phoebe Stone

    Finding a new friendship with free-spirited, high-energy Desmona, thirteen-year-old Rachel finds life more interesting and enjoys the adventures Desmona puts her in, yet when one of the events leads the girls into trouble, Rachel must decide whether ...

  • Breakthrough

    Jonathan Stone

    Detective Julian Palmer is taking a break from homicide-or so she thinks. Signing on to assist in a simple insurance investigation, she soon finds herself enmeshed in something far more elaborate. It's a bizarre case, one that leads her from a dead i...

  • Kiss and Tell

    Amanda Stevens
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    A covert network of secret agents is Colorado's most lethal weapon -- and its only hope. Bound by love, loyalty and the law, these men and women are trained to handle the most clandestine and dangerous cases. As scandal and ruin threaten the state's ...

  • Changing the Rules

    Niqui Stanhope

    Marcel Templeton is determined never to fall for Mr. Wrong again. And no man is going to sweep her off her feet without meeting a few requirements first...Even if that means changing the rules of the dating game. Then the oh-so-fine Ian Michaels saun...

  • Emily's Christmas Wish

    Sharon Stancavage

    A NAUGHTY SCHEME... For Nigel Manning, Earl of Stratford, this Christmas promises to be less than merry. His scapegrace brother, Roger, pawned a family heirloom with reputed mysterious powers. And, as had luck would have it, the pendant's new owner ...

  • The Ideal Bride

    Nonnie St. George

    WHY LOOK FOR THE IDEAL WIFE... Marriage is a serious matter according to wealthy businessman Gabriel Carr, not to be influenced by anything so frivolous as emotion--or the usually giddy female reaction to his striking good looks. Drawing up a list o...

  • No More Lies

    Susan Squires

    Dr. Holland Banks is head of the Century Psychiatric Hospital and president of the Schizophrenia Research Foundation...but is she going insane? The rest of the world seems to be. There's a sniper on the loose, she's being stalked, her father is condu...

  • Who Let That Killer in the House?

    Patricia Sprinkle

    MacLaren Yarbrough has her plate full -- in addition to having a lively extended family, she's county magistrate and co-owner of the local plant nursery. But amateur sleuthing may be her true calling.... Years ago, a dark cloud moved over the smal...

  • Outlaw Princess of Sherwood

    Nancy Springer

    Her father is determined to make her pay. It was just over a year ago that Princess Ettarde -- her hand promised in marriage to the power-hungry Lord Basil -- escaped to the mantle of Sherwood Forest. There, Ettarde joined Rowan Hood's band of misfit...

  • Digital Knight

    Ryk E. Spoor

    IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DARKNESS, THE BRIGHTEST WEAPON IS THE LIGHT OF REASON Jason Wood was just an information specialist-finding data for research, enhancing photos for the police, a nice, usually quiet profession whose only dangers came from an ...

  • Fall Is For Friends

    Suzy Spafford

    A beautiful picture book featuring favorite characters from the world of Suzy's Zoo.

    Suzy Ducken and her best friend Emily Marmot are having a hard time waiting for the leaves to fall. They try everything to encourage them to drop, from cheerl...

  • Dead Ringer

    Annie Solomon

    A DARING WOMAN Angelina Mercer is Federal Agent Finn Carver's last, best hope. The hunt for a dangerous weapon has led him to her door with a proposition that could be her salvation or destruction. It's her one shot at turning around a life gone wro...

  • Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs

    Donald J. Sobol

    Can the secret weapon in Idaville’s war on crime really be a ten-year-old boy in sneakers? It can if it’s Encyclopedia Brown! Encyclopedia is back with ten all-new mysteries to solve, along with the help of his partner, Sally Kimball, the prettie...

  • Lost and Found

    Margaret Snyder

    Hide-and-Seek with their dragon friends is fun until Emmy decides that she and Max should hide in the Forest of Darkness. Now they’re lost and can’t wait to be found! This is an exciting story that reassures young readers and at the same time tea...

  • 'Twas the Day After Christmas

    Gordon Snell

  • The Most Eligible Doctor

    Karen Rose Smith

    She was in love with her sexy, much older boss.... He was tall, dark and a hunk -- typical reasons why Jed Sawyer was the talk of the town. And Nurse Brianne Barrington was the latest victim of his lethal charm. But while Brianne had a bad case of "m...

  • Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo

    Greg Leitich Smith

    Best friends Elias, Shohei, and Honoria had a bond that couldn't be broken, but as time went on and the trio grew up, the strains began to show as different personalities and goals made it difficult for three such unique people to find a working bala...

  • The Little White Dove

    Ben Smith

  • Until You

    Bertrice Small

    Rosamund Bolton is determined finally to live her own life. She has claimed her inheritance, rejected her latest suitor-- and decided to travel to the court of her dear friend, Queen Margaret of Scotland. It is against this lavish and unpredictable b...

  • Night Music

    Harrison Gradwell Slater

    Includes CD of Mozart's piano music, performed by the author. Stranded in Milan by a train strike, a down-on-his-luck music scholar finds a mysterious document. Could it be the diary Mozart kept when he was an adolescent, traveling through Europe wit...

  • I Burn For You

    Susan Sizemore

    Embrace the darkness in a sensual new vampire romance novel from acclaimed author Susan Sizemore.... The world holds great danger for Alec Reynard and his kind. As the dark hollows of his soul threaten to overwhelm him, he undergoes secret medica...

  • The Firstborn

    Dani Sinclair

    THE BOLD, FEARLESS TWIN That was Heartskeep heiress Hayley Thomas -- until the blackouts, slamming doors and nighttime whispers began. Was someone at Heartskeep toying with her or was she going crazy? With her sister away and the eerie family esta...

  • Mystery of the Batwoman

    Louise Simonson

    Exhibiting serious disregard for human life, a mysterious Batwoman swoops from the sky and destroys a truck transporting a shipment of illegal, high-tech weapons. But before Batman and Robin can catch her, she escapes into the night.

    Who is th...

  • Hard as Nails

    Dan Simmons

    Ex-PI Joe Kurtz's survival is on the line when an ambush leaves him badly wounded and his parole officer Peg O'Toole barely clinging to life. Their respective professions have ensured that neither suffers from a shortage of enemies so discovering whi...

  • A Christmas to Remember

    Lauryn Silverhardt

    CAN HE DO IT? YES, HE CAN!
    Bob's twin brother, Tom, is visiting for Christmas, and Bob couldn't be happier! Lennie and the Lazers will be performing on Christmas Eve, and Bob has a lot to do around town before his brother arr...

  • A Christmas Story

    Jean Shepherd

    A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana -- the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christ...

  • Perfect Evil

    E.C. Sheedy

    WHEN NO ONE CAN BE TRUSTED... For five years, Hannah Stuart has taken refuge from the horrors of her past inside Kenninghall, the hundred-year-old Washington estate of her dear friend, Milo Biehle. But now, Milo has died, and in his will he has lef...

  • Snake River Ruins

    Jon Sharpe

    Fargo gives hot lead to a pack of hybrid hellhounds!The town of Carn was a paradise on Earth -- until the plagues hit. Then it was all but overrun by a relentless drought, a vicious pack of hybrid hounds, rabid animals…and rabid humans.   Unfr...

  • The Street Where She Lives

    Jill Shalvis

    The secure world that Rachel Wellers has carefully constructed is crumbling around her. Her sweet twelve-year-old daughter is turning into a sullen teenager before her eyes. The injuries she's just sustained in a hit-and-run accident are jeopardizing...

  • Perfection

    Regina Scott

    A Perfect Mess When Celia Rider's inheritance is stolen, she immediately suspects her irresponsible pea-goose of a stepmother, Patrice. Determined to uncover the truth, Celia poses as a governess to Patrice's neglected son, hoping to glean some clue...

  • Puppy Days

    Charles M. Schulz

    Offers beginning readers a colorfully illustrated, easy-to-read tale about Snoopy's days as a young pup and resident of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm with the rest of his siblings, Belle, Spike, Olaf, Marbles, and Andy. Simultaneous....

  • The Bride of Catastrophe

    Heidi Jon Schmidt

    The much anticipated and darkly comic first novel from a prize-winning storyteller"I grew up on a farm." The year is l974, the place Sweetwater College, and Beatrice Wolfe is telling the story of her life to the glamorous young professor Philippa Say...

  • Richard Scarry's The First Thanksgiving of Low Leaf Worm

    Richard Scarry

    Lowly Worm travels back to 1620 to tell of the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving at Plymouth with their Native American friends through a historical overview of how this special celebration first came to be, enhanced with fun lift-the-flap illustrations. ...

  • Two for Joy

    Patricia Scanlan

    Oliver Flynn's wedding is the social event of the year, and the creme de la creme of Kilronan are happy to boast of being invited.Noreen, his new wife, has finally outclassed her two sisters, who think they are better than her in every way. Not any ...

  • The Reluctant Rake

    Jeanne Savery

    Love has a way of taming even the wickedest of men... SHE WAS EVERYTHING THAT WAS PROPER... Miss Althea Bronson has a sterling reputation, and she intends to do keep it that way...even if it means concealing her long-held feelings for the ton'...

  • Counting on a Cowboy

    Karen Sandler

    COMING HOME TO A COWBOY? Rugged rancher Tom Jarret would move mountains for his precious daughter. But sometimes a father's love just wasn't enough. Miraculously, wandering soul Andrea Larson found a way to reach his troubled little girl, ...

  • The Living End

    Lisa Samson

    One Last Goodbye. One Last Adventure.Pearly Laurel is devastated by the death of her beloved husband of thirty-five years. The two had always said they couldn’t live without one another, and Pearly has no desire to even try. Then, in the midst of h...

  • Out of the Dark

    Sharon Sala

    In the darkness of her memory terror lurks Street artist Jade remembers little of her childhood except for the time she spent under the ruthless control of a cult leader, a time marked by terrible abuse and suffering. For the fifteen years since s...

  • A Coldness in the Blood

    Fred Saberhagen

    When the vampire Dickon and his human partner appear in the middle of the night frightened for their lives, the powerful vampire Matthew Maule offers them protection. They carry with them a small Egyptian statue of great value and many secrets. In...

  • The Girl Who Played Go

    Shan Sa

    As the Japanese military invades 1930s Manchuria, a young girl approaches her own sexual coming of age. Drawn into a complex triangle with two boys, she distracts herself from the onslaught of adulthood by playing the game of go with strangers in a p...

  • Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase

    Cynthia Rylant

    In Henry and Mudge's twenty-third adventure, they're off for a day in the country. While Henry's parents are buying farm-fresh food, he and Mudge enjoy meeting some friendly farm animals -- but look out when they cross paths with an angry goose!...

  • Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup

    Cynthia Rylant

    “The chapters are short and satisfying…The antics of Tabby and Zeke will entertain young animal enthusiasts.” -- School Library Journal    Mr. Putter and Tabby love homemade soup. But when at last they have all the right ingredients t...

  • Lightning Strike

    Charles Ryan

    During World War II, the Mohawkers, an elite band of Army warriors, are sent on their first mission to the African coast where they must fight against French Foreign Legionnaires and a deadly Luftwaffe captain to destroy a battery of railroad-mounted...

  • The Harvest: Loving Grace

    Cynthia Rutledge
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    THE HARVEST -- BRINGING A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND FAITH Nurse Grace Comstock needed a date for Thanksgiving -- fast! When she prayed for a handsome prince, suddenly Mr. Charming himself, Dr. Nick Tucci, appeared to escort her! At the feast, Nick con...

  • The Protector

    Jenifer Ruth

    Alana Devlin is a stage magician performing in Las Vegas. What no one knows is that she doesn't do magic tricks, but has the ability to create true, glamorous, faerie illusions that can fool all the senses. She's spent her entire life training to tak...

  • Secrets, Lies & Alibis

    Patricia Rushford; Harrison James

    A headline murder. A rookie investigator. A race against the clock -- and against the past. With his newly minted detective badge, “Mac” McAllister reports for his first assignment with the Oregon State Police: a particularly gruesome homici...

  • Cyberchase

    Adam Rudman

    An awesome math mystery, based on the hit PBS animated series!

    The evil Hacker is trying to take over Cyberspace, and it's up to Jackie, Matt, and Inez to stop him!

    Jackie, Matt, and Inez are just normal, everyday kids -- they have no a...

  • The Sergeants' Tale

    Bernice Rubens

  • Rose // The Gentleman's Scandalous Bride // A Gentleman's Plot to Tie the Knot

    Lauren Royal

    The last of the lovely Ashcroft sisters to find a husband, Rose is fast approaching spinsterhood at the age of twenty- one. But the intellectual beauty is determined to make her way down the aisle--with no less than a nobleman--even if it means hidin...

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    Renee Roszel

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  • The Adventures of Pinocchio

    Helen Rossendale

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  • Collective Hindsight, Book 1

    Aaron Rosenberg

    STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The da Vinci comes across a strange runaway vessel that is giving off tremendous amounts of dangerous energy. However, the ship is not as strange as they think, as they've encountered it once before... During the Domini...

  • Cowboy's Million-Dollar Secret

    Emilie Rose

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    Anne Roiphe

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  • The World According to Mister Rogers

    Fred Rogers

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  • The Devil's Spark

    J.R. Roberts

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  • Empty Hand

    J.R. Roberts

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  • The Ghost of Billy the Kid

    J.R. Roberts

    When the folks of White Oaks begin seeing Billy the Kid, who died several years earlier, around town, Clint Adams, a hired gun for a local storekeeper, doesn't believe in ghosts until he comes face-to-face with Billy who has a deadly message for him....

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine

    Barrie Roberts

    From a manuscript believed to be the work of John H. Watson, MD When a series of bizarre accidents befall small shopkeepers who have recently taken precautions to protect their premises, Sherlock Holmes is the first to discern a pattern, to the befud...

  • Consultant in Crisis

    Alison Roberts

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  • Double Duty

    Alison Roberts

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  • I Do

    Mimi Riser

    "Florrie or Dorie--I'tis such a wee dif'rence. Dinna ye fear, lassie, Alan'll still wed ye," declares Angus MacAllister, chief of the Texas branch of the Clan MacAllister. And with these words, the mixed-up mayhem begins. When Dorcas Jeffries offers ...

  • Death at the Spring Plant Sale

    Ann Ripley

    When Louise Eldridge covers the spring plant sale of the venerable Bethesda Garden Club for her television show, she finds blue-blooded traditions, deeply rooted resentments--and fertile ground for murder... Louise comes to the Bethesda Garden Clu...

  • The Marriage Medallion

    Christine Rimmer

    "When next I see this medallion, it will be around the neck of my betrothed." With those words, originally uttered by his father, Prince Eric Greyfell dismissed Brit Thorson's theory about the mysterious medallion she thought she was given for luc...

  • When the Finch Rises

    Jack Riggs

    “[A] deeply satisfying portrait of a troubled family [that] conjures up the mysteries of a mill town summer, vividly depicting the lights and shadows of ordinary events and horrors.” -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   It is the late 1960s...

  • Captain America, Volume 1: The New Deal

    John Ney Rieber

    In the aftermath of 9/11, Captain America must come to grips with a changing global landscape--from the ruins of the World Trade Center to the horrors of a small town shaken by terrorism--and is forced to make some hard decisions about his role in th...

  • Blessings

    Lois Richer

    A thriving medical practice and three rambunctious daughters have Joshua Darling looking heavenward for help. The harried widower's prayers are answered when a young surgeon accepts a temporary position in his small-town practice. Soon the lady docto...

  • Waiting for Gertrude

    Bill Richardson

    In Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetery lie the bones of many renowned departed. It is also home to a large number of stray cats. Now, what if by some strange twist of fate, the souls of the famous were reborn in the cats with their personalities intact? T...

  • The Abilene Trail

    Dusty Richards

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  • Blood Canticle

    Anne Rice

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    ...

  • The Babes in the Wood

    Ruth Rendell

    With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with their sitter, Joanna Troy....

  • The Salvatore Marriage

    Michelle Reid

    When a tragic family accident reunites Shannon Gilbraith with Luca Salvatore, she isn't prepared for the searing attraction that still flames between them. Luca urges Shannon to marry him, but she knows he isn't motivated by love. For the ...

  • Mortal Engines

    Philip Reeve

    LONDON IS HUNTING The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another to survi...

  • Sister Alice

    Robert Reed

    Millions of years from now, humanity will be on the brink of self-destruction. The world's great leaders have created an elite group who, by their superior wisdom and abilities, keep the peace, maintain progress, and otherwise safeguard humanity's fu...

  • Apple of My Eye

    Patrick Redmond

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  • The Puppet Show

    Patrick Redmond

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  • The Wishing Game

    Patrick Redmond

    Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak. Standing stark against the Norfolk sky, its aim is conformity and control; its rules harsh, its discipline savage. To 14-year-old Jonathan Palmer, it is a prison; a world in which he feels threatened and power...

  • Losing It

    Lindsay Faith Rech

    Everyone thinks Diana Christopher is losing it. Considering she's just driven her car into the front window of Davey's Cafe, they might be on to something. All Diana wants is to be normal -- but life for this thirty-two-year-old waitress is anythi...

  • Nirvana's Children

    Ranulfo

    Unable to handle any more disappointment in his life, fifteen-year-old Napoleon takes to the streets where he meets an unforgettable cast of characters, including a ruthless gang leader and the mysterious Mr. Bones, and learns that, in order to survi...

  • Marlie's Mystery Man

    Doris Rangel

    To: Grammie From: Marlie Re: I'm falling for two men -- sort of! Gram, Something strange has happened on my summer vacation -- there are two Caid Matthews in my life! One Caid -- the one only I can see and hear -- is romantic and sexy, with ...

  • Ice Palace

    Ted Rand

    Every year a glittering palace made from blocks of ice rises several stories above the wintry landscape of Saranac Lake, New York. The workers who build the palace, which is the centerpiece of the annual winter carnival, come from the village and fro...

  • All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

    Janette Rallison

    When your chance for getting into college and your date for the prom are all on the line… Sixteen-year-old Samantha Taylor is used to having things go her way. She's head cheerleader and has all the right friends and a steady stream of boyfriends....

  • My Lord Eternity

    Debbie Raleigh

    While the ton dances and gossips, another kind of society altogether claims the London night as its own. By the light of the moon, three noble vampires entrusted with the protection of their kind will discover that human desire is far from lost to th...

  • One

    Vladimir Radunsky

    Saddled with nine green siblings, a little armadillo, the only one in his family who is pink, revels in being different as he sets out to be the best he can be, in a wacky picture book that features eye-catching illustrations....

  • The Fish's Tale

    Tish Rabe

    The fussy, rule-obeying Fish is the classic comic foil to the unrestrained Cat. In this shaped, illustrated Pictureback, the Fish relates his harrowing and hilarious account of a day spent with the one and only Cat in the Hat....

  • A Hip-Hop Story

    Heru Ptah

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  • In Search of Lost Time

    Marcel Proust

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  • In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

    Marcel Proust

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  • A Lawman for Christmas

    Pat Pritchard

    'Tis The Season... After learning to read and cipher (with the help of her dear friends at the Luminary Society) and saving up some money, Josie Turner is ready to start a new life. But when she ends up on the wrong side of the law through no fault...

  • The Boat of Dreams

    Richard Preston

    In 1969, William Foster, Sr., a thirty-three-year-old army reserve soldier, is lost in action in Vietnam. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Sarah Ann; a six-year-old daughter, Lila; and a thirteen-year-old son, Will, Jr. They live in a trailer on th...

  • Case of the Best Pet Ever

    James Preller

    Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early illustrated chapter books from James Preller have it all.Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. When Bobby Solofsky is accused of stealing the grand prize for a ...

  • A Yuletide Treasure

    Cynthia Pratt

    A SHELTERED LADY Camilla Twainsbury has always followed the rules of polite society as set forth by her exceedingly proper mother. But nothing in her upbringing has prepared her for what Fate holds in store. For no sooner does Camilla arrive for a q...

  • Blue Aliens!: An Adventure in Color

    Tony Porto

    When everything that is blue, from blueberries to blue jeans, begins to go colorless, a young boy is determined to find out who is behind such a dirty deed that is greatly altering the colorful world in which he lives....

  • The Spaniard's Passion

    Jane Porter

    Sophie knew she could never give in to her overwhelming attraction to South American millionaire Alonso Galvan. So she agreed to a loveless marriage to a man who left her with a pile of gambling debts. But Alonso has never renounced his vow that, one...

  • In the Cherry Tree

    Dan Pope

    With a wholly original voice, this stunning debut novel captures the overwhelming transformation from childhood to adolescenceAn ordinary suburban Connecticut summer in the seventies is the stage for the miraculous world of Timmy. Twelve years old an...

  • Dexter's Big Switch

    Pam Pollack

    Since its debut in 1996, DEXTER'S LAB has been one of Cartoon Network's top-rated shows. Now Scholastic teams up with the boy genius and his pesky sister Dee Dee for original chapter and picture books

    When Dee Dee interferes with Dexter's Virt...

  • Never Mind the Pollacks

    Neal Pollack

    The most important document in the history of rock 'n' roll since the liner notes to Killroy Was Here.(This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more.)Never Mind the Pollacks, the f...

  • Alphabet Room

    Sara Pinto

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  • Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy: Part 2

    Dav Pilkey

    Just when they thought they were out, it pulls them back in! Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, Melvin Sneedly, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster on an adventure that wi...

  • Dragon's Merry Christmas

    Dav Pilkey

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  • Trickster's Choice

    Tamora Pierce

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  • A Stroke of Luck

    Andrea Pickens

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  • Bangers

    Gary Phillips

    On the streets of L.A., the most dangerous person can be a cop. Us against them. That's the law of the cop world. Out on the mean streets of L.A., the only defense is to be more ruthless than your opponent. You gotta bang with the best of the roug...

  • These Tangled Threads

    Tracie Peterson; Judith Miller

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  • Silent Star

    Tracie Peterson

    People in pain often do not understand the wounds they give others.... SO GO THE WORDS OF ESTELLA, whose years have given her a wisdom she longs to share. But her insights give little reassurance to Andy, whose torment seems to obliterate any cha...

  • The Littles Have a Merry Christmas

    John Peterson

    This new addition to the series for beginning readers was adapted from THE LITTLES AND THE TRASH TINIES (Scholastic 1977).

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  • Windowpane

    Steve Perry

    A New York Times Bestselling Author

    At first glance, Flint McClelland looks just like any other scruffy street performer. But the clear notes coming from his gleaming flute evoke emotions and memories in his audience like nothing else can. If his ...

  • Much Ado About Murder

    Anne Perry

    A collection of original tales of mystery, intrigue, and murder inspired by the life, times, and work of William Shakespeare features contributions by Jeffery Deaver, Carole Nelson Douglas, Robert Barnard, P.C. Doherty, and other notable writers. Rep...

  • Dragon's Lair

    Sharon Kay Penman

    July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor, languishes in a German dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. In England, his brother John, desperate for the crown, plots with the King of France to mak...

  • Dangerous Encounter

    Don Pendleton

    Dead End A shoot-out at London's Heathrow Airport finds Mack Bolan on a trail of blood that leads him to the hart of Soho and a turf war brewing among the city's most dangerous elements. With the Triads, Mafia, local mobs and vice racketeers all r...

  • Echoes Of War

    Don Pendleton

    America's most powerful and covert counterterrorist group, Stony Man, rises to the challenge that comes with defending world peace and freedom. But now this elitecorps of brilliant cyber warrior and crack field commandoes is facing a crisis that th...

  • Two Cooks A-Killing

    Joanne Pence

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  • Toward the Sunrise

    Judith Pella

    Book 3 of Daughter's of Fortune. In the summer of 1942, on three different continents, the daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes are caught in chaos within and without. Though all have come to a personal faith, they are thrown into physical and ...

  • True Cross

    T.R. Pearson

    Removed from the outside world, small-town accountant Paul Tatum forges a largely non-verbal friendship with fellow recluse and fix-it man Stoney, with whom he shares a fixation on a local damsel in distress before Paul goads Stoney into an inexorabl...

  • Half a Mind to Murder

    Paula Paul

    When the old country doctor of Newton-Upon-Sea passed away, he left only his daughter, Alexandra, with the secrets of his trade. Now, the village depends on its lady-doctor Gladstone for its births, deaths, and all the inconveniences in-between... ...

  • Dying for Dana

    Jim Patton

    Max Travis is one of the country's best prosecutors. In court, few can match his determination to bring criminals to justice, even if it's at the expense of his own personal life. When two of Max's close friends are the victims of a violent robber...

  • Balance of Power

    Richard North Patterson

    An epic story that moves with force, passion, and authority, Balance of Power begins when President Kerry Kilcannon and television journalist Lara Costello at last decide to marry. But the momentous occasion is followed by an unspeakable tragedy--a m...

  • Guns of Vengeance

    Lewis B. Patten

    When rancher Nick Kenyon, during a devastating drought, diverts the remaining water to his ranch, Walt Rand, the owner of the Double R ranch who is tired of Nick's troublemaking and greed, decides to take him down in a hail of bullets. Reprint....

  • The Viscount & the Virgin

    Valerie Parv

    SHE WAS A VIRGIN Kirsten Bond was a mother by virtue of adopting her late sister's child. No one knew Jeffrey wasn't really hers and she vowed never to reveal that his father was actually Rowe Sevrin, Viscount Aragon. But then she was assign...

  • Kogi's Mysterious Journey

    Elizabeth Partridge

    Unable to capture the true spirit of nature in his paintings, Kogi finds his life forever changed when he is transformed into a golden fish and discovers the powerful secret of all life, helping him to become the artist he is meant to be....

  • Loving Lana

    Nancy J. Parra

    Lana Tate dreams of the day she can leave Wyoming and live in a more civilized place like San Francisco or New York. Since her mother died her father has been paralyzed with grief, and Lana must sing in the saloon just to earn enough money to make it...

  • The Family Book

    Todd Parr

    There are so many different types of families, and THE FAMILY BOOK celebrates them all in a funny, silly, and reassuring way. Todd Parr includes adopted families, step-families, one-parent families, and families with two parents of the same sex, as w...

  • The Day Nobody Shared

    Nancy Parent

    The fifth in the Care Bears 8x8 storybook series re-introducing the popular Care Bears and their caring and sharing world of Care-a-lot!

    In The Day Nobody Shared, Share Bear makes Good Luck Bear realize the importance of sharing.

    Childr...

  • Man in Control

    Diana Palmer

    SECRET AGENT LAWMAN Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan coul...

  • Adrenaline

    John B. Olson

    Set in the not-so-distant future, Adrenaline introduces James Parker, a biochemistry grad student who discovers a cure for muscular dystrophy, the disease confining him to a wheelchair. However, the cure that began as his salvation appears to have bi...

  • The Lady and the Lion

    Jacqueline K. Ogburn

    An epic novel of love, courage, and honor follows a young woman, who, after facing a ferocious lion to save her father, discovers that the lion is actually a kind prince under the spell of an evil enchantress, and as love blossoms between them, she m...

  • Ultimate Doom

    Dorothy P. O'Neill

    FAMILY SECRETS When a Manhattan real-estate mogul is found bludgeoned to death in his study, evidence points to those near and dear. His wife loathed and feared him, his daughter hated him and his perfect son is anything but. Coroner's assistant L...

  • The Night Country

    Stewart O'Nan

    A ghost story that begins in everyday tragedy, from a distinctly American master of both forms: a "scary, sad, funny . . . mesmerizing read" (Stephen King)

    At Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five tee...

  • The Rancher's Daughter

    Jodi O'Donnell

    THEY CAME FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS To the residents of Rumor, Montana, Ash McDonough was nothing but trouble. It didn't matter that ten years had passed since he'd last set foot in town. Nothing could redeem him -- not even the fact that he'd rescued...