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New Books List: 726 titles


  • Susan Krinard
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    Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis---and weddings An "ordinary" wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that questi...



  • Meredith Efken

    'Tis the season to be jolly? Sitting by the fireside, humming carols and knitting mittens . . . not! For these stay-at-home moms, the weeks before Christmas are anything but mellow. How can you balance housework, home crises and the husband witho...



  • Virginia Frances Schwartz

    As members of Ms. Hill's class, the fifth-graders of PS1 are challenged to talk, learn, and write about one another in ways that teach these city kids a great deal about each other, themselves, and their complicated young lives....



  • Sena Jeter Naslund

    "Like everyone, I am born naked." With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a very human Marie Antoinette invites readers to live her story as she herself experiences it. From the lush gardens of Versailles to the lights and gaiety...



  • Libby Street

    What comes around... Photographer Sadie Price is known for her thick skin and infallible instincts. A lofty education has made her skilled in her craft, and a fear of poverty -- and love for Jimmy Choo -- has made her one of the East Coast's mos...



  • Elizabeth Janet Gray

    Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel throughout thirteenthcentury England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. But when Nick is stolen and his father disappears, Adam suddenly finds himself alone. He searches the same roads he tr...



  • Lisa Harris

    Adam Johnson's brother was killed by a Polish man, and he judges an entire people based on one man's actions. But when he falls sick and is forced to rely upon the kindness of two Polish immigrants, will Adam realize his prejudice is wrong? Lidia Kow...



  • Louis L'Amour

    The fourth volume of Louis L’Amour’s collected short stories features more than forty of the master’s greatest adventure tales in a keepsake edition to cherish for generations. This unique collection gathers stories guaranteed to thrill and del...



  • Jeff Carney

    A poet, a maverick, “the wandering outlaw of his own dark mind” " Michael MacInnes, an orphan attending a prestigious boys’ school in 1924, doesn’t fit into his surroundings. Lucky for him, neither does his new roommate, Roger Legrande. Phy...



  • Mercedes Lackey

    Kiron has secretly gathered an army of dragon riders to seek refuge in the abandoned desert city they have named Sanctuary, where they join with other dragon riders to rid their world of both war and magical domination. But now it is time to build a ...



  • Oh!great

    GIRL TROUBLE!

    When his new Air Treck skates need maintenance, Itsuki Minami takes them to a local sports shop, where he finally meets Simca Noyamano, the mysterious and very sexy girl he’s had his eye on. Ringo and the Sleeping Forest may no...



  • Lori Avocato
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    Be Of Good Fear, Christmas Is Here! And just in time comes this grand gift of seasonal mystery and romance from six of popular fiction's most supremely talented "Santas"-;for 'tis the season for scandals, suspense, and all sorts of unexpected surp...



  • Julia Spencer-Fleming

    One horrible murder. Two people destined for love or tragedy. Emotions explode in the novel Julia Spencer-Fleming's readers have been clamoring for. Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne's first encounter with Clare Fergusson was in the hospital emergenc...



  • P.N. Elrod
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    Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis---and weddings An "ordinary" wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that questi...



  • Paul B. Thompson; Tonya Cook
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    While the Elven Exiles struggle for survival in the distant kingdom of Khur, the elves remaining in Qualinesti face persecution, enslavement, and extermination. Amid great suffering and unrelieved evil, a rebel leader -- masked, anonymous, and with s...



  • J. Michael Straczynski

    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #40-45. Just one chance. . . That's all Peter Parker has to win back Mary Jane Watson, the love of his life. Tired of playing second fiddle, to Peter's heroic responsibilities as Spider-Man, Mary Jane left him for a...



  • J. Michael Straczynski

    After receiving information from Ezeckiel that calls the origin of his spider-powers into question, Peter must face off against the otherworldy hunter Shathra, who has targeted Spider-Man as her prey....




  • Alane Ferguson

    Being a coroner’s assistant means that Cameryn has seen more gore than your average seventeen-year-old. But even Cammie is shocked when Kyle O’Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered i...



  • Anne Perry

    Anne Perry's intense saga of love, hate, obsession, and murder set during World War I follows the travails of an honorable English family--brothers Joseph and Matthew Reavley and their sisters, Judith and Hannah. In March 1916, Joseph, a chaplain ...



  • Donna VanLiere

    Jane Gable thinks 1947 will be like every other year in Morgan Hill, Tennessee but but it's the year everything changes. Jane first lays eyes on young Milo Turner the day that her abusive, alcoholic father is buried in the Morgan Hill cemetery. The T...



  • Michael Avon Oeming

    Collects Ares #1-5. Ares - who has invaded Olympus, attempted to take over earth, stood at the walls of Troy and fought toe to toe with and against Earth's greatest heroes - has turned his back on Olympus and centuries of brutal warfare to begin lif...



  • Jeanne Martinet

    Opening lines that really work- Tips and tricks for the tongue-tied- The etiquette of escape- Mastering the fine points of eye contact, small talk, introductions, and more- Feel terrific at any party - business or socialDoes the idea of talking to a ...



  • Barry Lyga

    Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems headed for the dark side (sports and popularity), and his pregnan...



  • Terie Garrison

    It is unlawful for anyone but cruel King Erno to have dragons. So when Donavah finds one, newly hatched, in her brother Breyard’s room, she begs him to let it go. The Royal Guard discovers the crime and takes Breyard away to be executed. Heartbroke...



  • Dia Calhoun

    Since the blood of her great-great-grandmother, Dolvoka, had sprung up in Princess Avielle-because she looked Dredonian-would Dolvoka's evil magic spring up in her, too?

    With her silver skin and silver hair, fifteen-year-old Princess Aviel...



  • Shira Nayman

    Bold and deeply affecting, Awake in the Dark is a provocative and haunting work of fiction about who we are and how we are formed by history. These luminous stories portray the contemporary lives of the children of Holocaust victims and perpetrators ...



  • Lisa Cach

    Megan Barrows has retired from a brief career as a ghostbusting psychic and now uses her sixth sense to fill her Seattle antiques store with objects with happy pasts. After once nearly having the soul sucked out of her by a malevolent spirit, she pre...



  • Julie Miller

    WHO'S THE BOSS? Commissioner Shauna Cartwright knew she was stirring up a hornet's nest by reopening the Baby Jane Doe murder case. Now she faced the further wrath of the KCPD by recruiting the much-maligned Eli Masterson to get the job done. Afte...



  • Catherine Palmer

    Best-selling author Catherine Palmer brings readers another stand-alone Regency-period romance in the vein of Jane Austen. When Ruel Chouteau returns home after his supposed death, he shocks everyone. They are even more surprised when he mock-propose...



  • Jay Gilbertson

    Things have been good for Eve and Ruby ever since they moved to Madeline Island in northern Wisconsin. Their apron-making business has taken off, their once-dilapidated cottage is now the envy of the town, they've made great new friends, and there's ...



  • Jon Sharpe

    Fargo must match up against a murdering monster!In his time, Skye Fargo has tracked, trapped, and tussled with every sort of man or beast west of the Mississippi. But now, he’s headed east, where he’s been hired by a group of Illinois citizens to...



  • Sharon M. Draper

    After witnessing a tragic accident in which a doe is killed, the boys in the Clubhouse Mysteries gang are able to rescue her orphaned fawn. But they realize that nearby construction means the destruction of the local animals’ homes, so Ziggy, Rasha...



  • Anne Rockwell

    Bears belong in the woods—they can find everything they need to survive there. But what happens when people start knocking down trees and building houses where the woods used to be? This young black bear is about to find out. He wakes one spring...



  • Linda Warren

    He's proven his father wrong Beau McCain has become a successful lawyer, held the family together, mended fences and watched while others found love.... Now it's his turn. Or it would have been if Beau had managed to show Macy Randall that he wasn't...



  • Gemma Bruce
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    Though the weather outside is frightful, the hunky men are SO delightful. And three ladies are about to get their stockings stuffed with the season's best cheer... The last thing ad exec Allison Newberry wants this year is to spend the holidays wi...



  • Crystal Green

    FROM INSTANT HEIRESS... Her billionaire mentor's invitation to go sailing with his family seemed a timely break for diver Katsu "Kat" Espinoza. Until she saw the yacht's captain--Will Ashton, her treacherous, still-too-appealing ex--and her mentor m...



  • Robert Ludlum

    TWO AMERICANS FIND THEMSELVES FACING A SHADOWY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO TWIST GLOBAL POLITICS TOWARD AN UNSAVORY END... Todd Belknap, a field agent for Consular Operations, is cut loose from the agency after a job gone wrong. But when his best frie...



  • JoDee H. McConnaughhay

    Explore the world of Happy Day Books -- filled with fun-to-read stories that teach Christian values. Level 2 books are specifically designed for beginning readers and use harder words, longer sentences, simple stories, and dialogue....



  • Kylie Adams

    Senior year is cooling down, student scandals are heating up, and in sexy South Beach, one teen's wicked dirty trouble is another teen's good clean fun. Until the last killer party becomes exactly that -- a party that kills. Everyone wants to be ju...



  • Susan Stephens

    She yearns for the sheikh's touch... Zara Kingston has gone to the desert city of Zaddara to confront the man she blames for her troubled past. But when, during a sandstorm, she's protected by a dark stranger, she finds that the desert hol...



  • James Patrick Hunt

    As a respected attorney, Paul Kessler should've known better than to get involved with a married woman. Particularly a woman married to a cop. But when the lady is murdered, all the evidence points to Kessler. Now, only a handful of people know that ...



  • Lois McMaster Bujold

    Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier-sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of hum...



  • Multiple Authors

    From Dave Eggers: For this year’s edition of The Best American Nonrequired Reading, we wanted to expand the scope of the book to include shorter pieces, and fragments of stories, and transcripts, screenplays, television scripts -- lots of things th...



  • John Kulka

    Bestselling novelist and acclaimed teacher Sue Miller continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers in this year’s volume of Best New American Voices. Here are stories culled from hundreds of writing pro...



  • Nancy Crocker

    Betty Lou, constantly teased because of her big feet, gets a chance to be a hero when the kids in the park become trapped in a snow drift, in this amusing picture book that celebrates generosity, friendship, and being different....



  • Laura Pedersen

    "We're approaching Cat in the Hat level chaos and no one's even had breakfast yet." When the death of her father leaves her mother bereft and incapacitated, card shark Hallie Palmer returns home from college to raise Hallie's eight younger sibling...



  • Helen Brooks

    Billionaires always get what they want! Travis Black might be darkly, broodingly handsome, but as far as Beth is concerned he's also very infuriating! What would a rich, successful and charming man like him want with a quiet, vulnerable and oh...



  • Suzanne Enoch

    It's not easy dating a billionaire... Samantha Jellicoe has never met a security camera she couldn't disarm. And even though she's promised her billionaire lover, the irresistible Richard Addison, to walk the straight and narrow, she c...



  • Charlie James

    Ned Finn is a boy who knows what he wants. He wants an entertainment system for his room. He wants a break from his boy-crazy sister, Stacey, and for his little brother Billy to leave him alone. Heck, he just wants a normal set of parents.

    ...



  • Richard A. Knaak

    Since the beginning of time, the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in an eternal conflict for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now spilled over into Sanctuary -- the world of me...



  • Joyce Carol Oates

    In 1975 Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent death partway through their freshman year. Minette Swift had been assertive, fiercely individualistic, and one of the few black girls at their exclusive, "enlightened" college--...



  • Reginald Hudlin

    Collects Black Panther #14-18. Every King needs a Queen - and that's exactly what the Black Panther is searching for! Hop on board here, True Believer, as the King of Wakanda embarks on an epic quest to find a wife - the outcome of which will send re...



  • Sam Enthoven

    In the context of what Jack had seen of Hell's inhabitants, the Chinj was surprisingly pretty. Its daintily folded leathery black wings were batlike, but it was bigger than any bat Jack had ever seen. Its big dark eyes were wide and trusting, and --...



  • Barbara McCauley

    A FAMILY'S SECRET, A LOVER'S LIES... All Kiera Blackhawk wanted was to learn the truth about her heritage. She hadn't counted on falling, and falling hard, for her compelling new boss, Sam Prescott. His touch ignited her body and his ever-watchful g...



  • Raye Morgan

    Caught red-handed in the boss's office after hours, Chynna has no choice but to agree to Trent's terms -- pretend to be in love with him, or face arrest for burglary!...



  • Guy N. Smith

    A terrifying journey through time, from a master horror writerIn a hunting lodge in the remote American Midwest, a family prepares to sit out a devastating storm. In the morning the hut is still standing, but has deteriorated, and is filled with a dr...



  • Juliet Marillier

    Five years have passed since young king Bridei ascended the throne of Fortriu, and he is determined to finally drive the Gaelic invaders from his lands. One of Bridei's plans involves the beautiful and well-loved princess of the Light Isles. Ana has...



  • Laura Florand

    Can an insecure American woman find happiness with a sexy Parisian waiter--even if she doesn't like the French?Laura has spent most of her adult life avoiding serious relationships, flitting around the world, and keeping her romantic expectations com...



  • Peter Watts

    Two months since the stars fell....Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveil...



  • O.Z. Livaneli

    Meryem, a fifteen-year-old girl, lives in a rural village on the shores of Lake Van in Eastern Turkey. Her simple life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her. She is considered an outcast for shaming her family. ...



  • Cotton Smith

    Former Texas Ranger John Checker is ready to go home to Dodge City. He and his friends have survived--barely--a bloody battle with Checker's half-brother, Star McCallister, and his gang. But heading home and getting there alive are two different thin...



  • Don Pendleton

    COLLATERAL DAMAGE Using the Intel emerging after the execution-style slaying of several Washington judges. Mack Bolan launches a hard probe into a Salvadoran street gang. Organized. brutal and fearless, the group is almost impossible to infiltra...



  • N.S. Koenings

    Against the backdrop of an East African city, an impossible romance between an Indian widower and a married Belgian woman unfolds under the most unlikely circumstances....



  • Diane Whiteside

    Once a medieval Spanish knight, Don Rafael Perez has been a vampire for seven centuries, clinging to his code of honor despite years of torture. He has risen to become the leader of the largest vampire territory in North America, spanning Texas and O...



  • Candice Ransom

    When Alex, Mattie, and Sophie touch the spyglass, they find themselves hurtled back to 1898, where real-life dinosaur cowboy Walter Granger has a job for them. Granger has discovered a secret cache of dinosaur skeletons. But someone’s trying to ste...



  • M.A. Foster

    Out of print since 1985, these three classic novels form a trilogy that chronicles the history of an alternate human race, the Ler, from their origins as a bioengineered "superhuman" race on Earth to their complex civilizations in space. Together, t...



  • Yvonne Lindsay

    IT HAPPENED AT THE COMPANY HOLIDAY PARTY... From inside her cubicle walls, Holly Christmas had secretly pined for Connor Knight, craving just one evening of incendiary passion with the elusive millionaire. So when Connor sought a few hours of sola...



  • Maureen Child

    Java and Jazz: the perfect New Orleans blend When coffee executive Parker James storms into the hotel bar after a frustrating business meeting, he spots the beautiful woman who sang at his wedding ten years ago. Holly Carlyle has never forgotte...



  • Catherine Bateson

    While trying to cope with a new town, new school, and new friends, Millie's emotional state is further compromised when she discovers the remnants of her mother's date the night before and begins to worry that this new distraction may be just the thi...



  • Laurie Gwen Shapiro

    Landing an internship at an ad agency isn't what her principal or her mother wanted for Jordie Popkin, aspiring journalist. At sixteen, Jordie is glad of the chance to collect "real world" experience and finds working with the "creatives" at the agen...



  • Beverly Lewis

    Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two worlds. Living with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see hi...



  • Lurlene McDaniel

    Thirteen-year-old Casey's mother always said that Casey's sixteen-year-old sister marched to the beat of a different drummer. But it isn't until Briana runs away with an older boy that Casey begins to understand what her mother meant. When Briana ret...



  • William P Wood Jr.

    He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead--shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have ju...



  • Pamela Griffin

    Peter Caldwell can't remember the night he lose his mother but he's sure someone else will. When the Titanic went down, many were affected, and Peter is counting on some of the survivors to help him figure out who he really is. But when he meets a yo...



  • Al Lacy; Joanna Lacy

    Heavens Shine Above New Beginnings 1839. The North Carolina Cherokees are settling into their new home in Indian Territory and Britt Claiborne and Cherokee Rose are settling into married life. Britt, a quarter Cherokee Indian, is released from the Un...



  • Katie MacAlister
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    Battling a demon lord is all in a day's work for the Dark One named Sebastian. But now he must take on a horde of unhappy zombies and an obnoxious teen vampire if he wants to win the hand of the one woman who can make him whole....



  • V.C. Andrews

    SHE WAS TOO GROWN-UP FOR CHILDISH GAMES. BUT TOO YOUNG TO BECOME A WOMAN. . . . Living with her parents and brother, Ian, in her Grandmother Emma's enormous mansion, Jordan March tries to be a good girl and follow her grandmother's strict r...




  • Nigel Hinton

    Buddy has a hopeless father who is an aging rocker, interested only in Elvis and bikes, and living on the fringes of the under-world. When Buddy's mum walks out, the two manage to strike up some kind of relationship - until Buddy realizes that his da...



  • Robin Merrow MacCready

    Winner of the Edgar Award!Careful planning and constant control is Claudine's protection. Order is her weapon. She's long buried her own needs and dreams to cover for her alcoholic mom. But when Mom suddenly disappeares-another alcoholic binge-sevent...




  • Jessica Hart

    Tyler Watts is rich, gorgeous and at the top of his game--except someone just moved the goalposts! Now Tyler realizes he is sorely lacking the one status symbol that everybody seems to have...the perfect wife and family. Tyler needs help, so he hi...



  • Janice Maynard
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    Though the weather outside is frightful, the hunky men are SO delightful. And three ladies are about to get their stockings stuffed with the season's best cheer... Madison Tierney is feeling anything but merry this Christmas. But when she gets str...



  • Giles Blunt

    Detective John Cardinal is on the hunt for an ingenious killer even as he mourns his own wife's tragic death in this thriller of heart-stopping suspense Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking...



  • Kristin Billerbeck

    Best friends since Johnny Depp wore scissors for hands, "The Spa Girls" live very separate lives, but stay in touch with routine visits to California's Spa Del Mar. The third novel in the Spa Girls Series focuses on Silicon Valley chiropractor Poppy ...



  • David A. Adler

    Can Cam use her photographic memory to crack the case? Will Cam help the Secret Service? It is a big day at Cam's school. The governor, who is running for president, is visiting for the dedication of a new library. There are police officers, Secret...



  • Ed Brubaker

    The questions plaguing Captain America's dreams and memories have been answered in the most brutal way possible. And in the wake of this brutality, General Lukin makes his first all-out assault - tearing open old wounds and threatening to make new sc...



  • Judith Leon

    Nova Blair--code name, Dove--is known as the ultimate, tough-as-nails agent who always gets her man. So when ten prominent American tourists are kidnapped in Brazil, Nova launches into a race against time to rescue the innocents and uncover the ident...



  • Sarah McKerrigan

    She can fight like a man. Now she'll learn to love like a woman. A warrior born and raised, Helena of Rivenloch is desperate to save her youngest sister from a fate worse than death: marriage. After trying-and failing-to murder the groom, she doe...



  • Kylie Brant



  • Robin Lee Hatcher

    What would one give up for love? For Carol, it was her passion to sing, but was her sacrifice worth it now that her marriage is crumbling? In this heartwarming novella, two people discover the true essence of Christmas and its power to rekindle the f...



  • James Preller

    Ho, ho, ho! Jigsaw and Mila are pros at cracking tough cases. But this time, Sally Ann Simms wants to meet Santa Claus, and she won't take no for an answer. Now Jigsaw has to pull even more detective skills from his bag of goodies. Can he and Mila se...



  • Qiu Xiaolong

    Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is summoned by an official of the party to take the lead in a corruption investigation - one where the principle figure and his family have long since fled to the United States and beyond the reach of ...



  • Jack Oliver

    In Catch Me If You Can, all the incredible, magical powers that the hat possesses -- including bringing Frosty the Snowman to life -- are illuminated in 32 pages of coloring & activity excitement. Also includes glitter crayons blistered onto the fron...



  • Grosset & Dunlap

    When Rinnie’s pet shelter is in danger of closing, the girls raise money by organizing a pet show fund-raiser. But when a puppy gets sick, Rinnie nurses him back to health and can’t get her pet’s outfit ready in time for the show. It’s fashio...



  • Rebecca York

    HE WANTED BACK HIS LIFE...AND HIS WIFE After security expert Gage Darnell was rocked by a lab explosion, he regained consciousness a marked man. Wanted for murder, Gage went on the run for his life, with little time to uncover the conspiracy at Cr...



  • Cassandra Darden Bell

    When Andrea Shaw appears before the cameras, she seems to have it all. Beautiful, bright and confident, Andrea's the award-winning star anchor for Baltimore's highly rated evening newscast--a position she's fought hard to attain. Andrea's proud of he...



  • Pat Mills

    As the winter of 1916 approaches, Charley is caught in a desperate fight for survival against the 'Judgment Troopers'. Injured in battle, he returns home to convalesce - only to discover that the Germans have brought the war to the streets of London....




  • Leona Karr

    After her sister was attacked and left for dead, Ashley Davis traveled to the remote Greystone Island in search of answers. But identifying her sister's assailant while on the imposing and mysterious Langdon estate seemed impossible--especially when ...



  • Lori Handeland
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    Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis---and weddings An "ordinary" wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that questi...



  • Lois Faye Dyer

    THE McCLOUDS AND THE HARPERS: ENEMIES FOREVER? After three years in jail for a crime he didn't commit, bounty hunter Chase McCloud made one vow: to steer clear of the Harpers, who'd tried and convicted him long before a jury ever did. Then beautif...



  • Gabrielle Pina

    “Poignant and gripping . . . a heartfelt portrayal of a family’s shameful secrets and the power of unconditional love.”"Tracy Price-Thompson, author of A Woman’s WorthPeople don’t usually name tornadoes, but that year, Daddy insisted. “...



  • Joe Schreiber

    "You have a very lovely little girl," breathed the voice on the phone. And just like that, Susan Young is drawn into a living nightmare. A stranger has kidnapped Sue's daughter, Veda. But he doesn't want her money, only her suffering -- and he wil...



  • Simon Beckett

    Three years ago, David Hunter moved to rural Norfolk to escape his life in London, his gritty work in forensics, and a tragedy that nearly destroyed him. Working as a simple country doctor, seeing his lost wife and daughter only in his dreams, David ...



  • Susan Wittig Albert

    A treasury of recipes, crafts, gardening tips, and more from the national bestselling author of the China Bayles series -- a great gift for both mystery fans and herb & craft enthusiasts!Readers of the China Bayles mystery novels are familiar wit...



  • Gloria Skurzynski

    Having fled aboard their spaceship to the Isles of Hiva after winning the virtual war, Corgan realizes that leaving Brigand roaming the universe was a bad decision and so, with Sharla and Cyborg, begins to plot an attack against his nemesis to finali...



  • Norman Bridwell

    It's Christmastime! Clifford loves the presents, the parties, and the yummy food. Decorating the big tree is especially fun! But what do those things really have to do with the holiday spirit? Ages 4-8 8 x 8 x 0.1...



  • Adrienne Basso

    A SEASON TO REMEMBER... For Charlotte Aldridge, Christmas's arrival means anything but warmth and cheer. Only a few holidays ago, she fell in love with handsome Edward Barringer, the peer both their families were hoping she would marry. But Edwa...



  • Debbie Macomber

    Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle--where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More dramatic. But for Dr. ...



  • Terry Fowler

    That's Julie Dennis's role for the next two weeks to her nephews and niece, while her brother and his wife enjoy a much-needed getaway. Her only support is the assistant pastor -- her former boyfriend who left her behind as he chased after God. She...



  • Linda Lael Miller
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    LINDA LAEL MILLER delivers a holiday miracle in the bittersweet tale of a young woman who can't hide her broken heart -- or her past -- when she returns to her hometown. But a sexy widower may just help her discover the true meaning of home in "Chris...



  • Thomas Kinkade; Katherine Spencer

    New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer take a nostalgic journey into the Cape Light of Christmas past... As Cape Light dwellers get ready to deck the halls for a Christmas to remember, curmudgeonly Lillian Warwick is ...



  • Geronimo Stilton

    Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! My stories are full of fun -- tastier than Swiss cheese and t...



  • Mary D. Lankford

    From the snow and mistletoe of New England to the festival lights of the Southwest, Christmas across the USA is celebrated with many rich and meaningful traditions. Whether it's foresting Christmas trees in Wisconsin, taking an elk sleigh ride in...




  • HarperCollins

    Lucy's Adventure, Edmund's Struggle, Susan's Journey and Peter's Destiny are now available in a beautiful gift box. Each book leads reader through the wardrobe and into the magical and wondrous land of Narnia telling the story of The Lion, the Witch ...



  • David DeBatto; Pete Nelson

    In this astounding new novel, ex-Army Counterintelligence Agent David DeBatto takes us into the harrowing world of an international soldier and cop who must confront the latest test in America's war on terror. MISSION LIBERTY...OR MISSION IMPOSSIB...



  • Phillida Gili

    Featuring pull tabs, pop-ups and flaps throughout, the classic fairytale of Cinderella will comes to life for the youngest of readers. Adapted and beautifully illustrated in watercolor and ink by Phillida Gilli, this is a sumptuous, interactive treat...



  • Carolyn Keene

    Nancy and her friends try to track down Cinderella's slippers in the fourth book of Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.Can Nancy follow the trail of this fairy tale?Nancy and her friends are going to be in a ballet! After months of taking dance classes, Na...



  • Jana Kolpen

    The team that made international best-sellers of The Secrets of Pistoulet and Dancing with the Moon returns with a powerful new tale of transformation and the healing power of love, this one set in Ireland, that most magical and warm-hearted of count...



  • Sean Doolittle

    Matthew Worth is a mess. Somewhere between a good cop and a bad screwup, he botched a marriage and a career. His fellow officers think he's a joke. His commanders are tired of cutting him breaks. Even his wife has left him for a flashy homicide detec...



  • John Grisham

    In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull pull up to the curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowi...



  • Yugi Yamada

    What would you do if your crush of umpteen years suddenly got married? After attending his beloved Saitoh's wedding, broken-hearted Nagai gets a little too drunk, landing himself in a hotel room with the bride's...



  • Rosie Harris

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  • T.J. MacGregor

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  • Zelda Lockhart

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  • David Baldacci

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  • James Church

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  • Becky Cochrane

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  • Delores Fossen

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  • Tara Janzen

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  • Roy Glenn

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  • R.A. Salvatore

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  • Deborah Grabien

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  • Wendy Wax



  • Elizabeth Rudnick

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  • Bonnie Hearn Hill

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  • Geraldine McCaughrean

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  • Nora Roberts

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  • Bertrice Small

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  • J.M. Jeffries

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  • Theresa Alan

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  • Brian Michael Bendis

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  • Brian Michael Bendis

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  • Dark Eye

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  • Norman Partridge

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  • Sharon Shinn

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  • Beverly Brandt

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  • Pamela Walker

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  • Lena Nelson Dooley

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  • Justin Gray

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  • Rachel Caine
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  • M.J. Zellnik

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  • Alina Adams

    Bex Levy explores what happens when a newborn baby is abandoned in the early morning of a Nationals practice, the mother turns up dead (was it suicide... or murder?), and the Daddy candidates include the reigning men's champion and his married coach....



  • Donna Anders

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  • Paul Batista

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  • Katherine D. Jones

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  • Justin Somper

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  • Anita Doreen Diggs

    Welcome to Hercsville, Long Island, where everyone is young, rich, and beautiful . . . where four women are in search of love, sex, and sanity . . . Asha Mitchell Seabrook should have it all. She's hot, under thirty, and married to Nick Seabrook, t...



  • William W. Johnstone

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  • Mitchell Bartoy

    It is the fall of 1943, and the city of Detroit is doing its best to recover from the explosive race riots that marked the recent summer. The police are working overtime to protect the auto plants and ensure that their massive machinery continues to ...



  • Jeannie Watt

    Making over the creaky Victorian into a bed-and-breakfast is probably a crazy plan, but the ramshackle house is all Tara has. And even though she can barely scrape together her brother's college fees, she won't give up. Until the townsfolk decide to ...



  • Alex Flinn

    Sometimes the only one a girl can confide in is her blog! SUBJECT: Fresh Start LISTENING TO: Medea (the opera named for the mythological woman who killed her kids just to bug her ex-husband ... Reminds me of my mother.) FEELING: Anticipation WE...



  • Marv Wolfman

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  • Joseph A. West

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  • Jane May

    Meet Miles He's street smart. Well-groomed. Adorable. And completely irresistible to women, men, and the occasional Yorkshire Terrier. That's because Miles is eleven pounds of very cool, very loved dog. Or at least he was when he was living happily ...



  • Deb Baker

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  • Rick Barba

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  • Quinlan B. Lee

    Dora the Explorer is back for more adventures in her third phonics box!

    Based on the best research on how children develop reading skills, these twelve books introduce a carefully selected progression of letter sounds-starting starting with th...



  • Saskia Walker

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  • Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

    WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER? PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ON THE PLANET! Few scientists actually believed the strange-looking animal touted to be a real-live dinosaur was a bona fide apatosaurus. Frankly, Punkin's species looked too damn cute to have survi...



  • Keith Moseley

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  • Alexander McCall Smith

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  • Shana Abe

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  • Harper Allen

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  • Dale Peck

    A Book Sense Children's Pick

    "[A] thrilling debut novel for young people . . . Readers will flip madly through the many pages . . . to see how the siblings navigate the hazards on the Sea of Time." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

    "B...



  • Ted Dekker

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  • Lorraine Heath

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  • Tyne O'Connell

    Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents' visit to London proves to be more than Calyp...



  • Julie Andrews Edwards

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  • Anne Mallory

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  • Alberto Manguel

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  • Richard Powers

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  • Michael Connelly

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  • Michael Flynn

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  • Nancy Bush

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  • Lemony Snicket

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  • Scarlett Thomas

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  • Stan Lee

    Re-live more of the FF's classic exploits as they stand united against Dr. Doom, Annihilus and Galactus! Featuring the first appearances of the Kree and the microversal Psycho-Man! Guest starring Spider-Man, Daredevil, Thor and the Warlock formerly k...



  • Gary Friedrich

    What's it like to be the son and the daughter of the Father of Lies? Find out as Daimon Hellstrom and his sister, Satana, face the worst of two worlds! Can they save their souls along with the world? Featuring Exorcists, Cyclists, Nihilists and Ice D...



  • Roy Thomas

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  • Jill Esbaum

    A heartwarming tale of unlikely friendship Estelle is nice and cozy in her bath, but the poor shivering mouse outside in the blizzard is anything but cozy. All he wants is a chance to warm up, so he squeeeeezes himself into the toasty little house. ...



  • Maureen Child

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  • Elaine Isaak

    THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM DUTY . . . AND DESTINY The courage of Kattanan duRhys saved a kingdom and created a legend perhaps impossible to equal. Now his son, Wolfram duRhys, wild prince of the realm, spends his days wenching, carousing, and shunnin...



  • Chuck Austen

    They are the Exiles, reality-hopping nomads forced to repari the broken chains of time. Failure means a fate worse than death; success, a new reality and a new mission. The Exiles' latest assignment brings them face-to-face with the Fantastic Four an...



  • Richard A. Knaak
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    In the realm of Aquilonia, in the time when Conan was King, an idealistic nobleman seeks his destiny within the ranks of the greatest warriors in the land...Nermesa Klandes abandoned a life of opulence to join the Aquilonian army and serve the great ...