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  • Zeus

    Blake A. Hoena

  • Zermatt

    Frank Schaeffer

    Calvin Becker is back in a timeless story about the volcanic sexual curiosity of a fourteen-year-old boy born into a fundamentalist family so strict that he has never seen a movie, watched television, or danced (and has to hide his five copies of Mad...

  • Yours Truly, Skye O'Shea

    Megan Shull

  • You Are Special, Little One

    Nancy Tafuri

    This cozy companion to I LOVE YOU, LITTLE ONE celebrates all the ways children are special.

    "Deep in a tree trunk by a woodland grove, a fox kit asks, 'How am I special?' And her Mama and Papa reply, 'Dear little one, with your glossy red coat...

  • Yikes!!!

    Robert Florczak

    Boys love dangerous animals. This NO, DAVID!-inspired adventure features the wild-adventure approach of Crocodile Hunter, as a boy encounters the deadliest and most fascinating animals on Earth.This energetic new book from talented artist Robert Flor...

  • The Yearning

    Hannah Howell
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    Tormented by an ancient curse, the young men of Clan MacCordy reach manhood only to walk forever in darkness, thirsting for blood--and Alpin MacCordy is no different. He must wed for coin and land, despite his betrothed's terror--and his own fascinat...

  • The Year My Life Went Down the Loo

    Katie Maxwell

    Subject: The Grotty and the Fabu (No, its not a song.) From: Mrs.Oded@btelecom.co.uk To: Dru@seattlegrrl.com Things That Really Irk My Pickle About Living in England - The school uniform - Piddlington-on-the-weld (I will forever be known as Emily f...

  • The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough

    Neta Jackson

    The Yada Yads got tight in the past year, but they're about to learn the real meaning of togetherness. We'd done it: we'd taken a mismatched, diverse group of women and cobbled together a prayer group that really worked for all of us. Now that spr...

  • X-Statix, Volume 2: Good Guys and Bad Guys

    Peter Milligan

  • X-Men Evolution, Volume 2 Digest

    Devin Grayson

  • X-Isle

    Peter Lerangis

    Money won't save you. An exclusive, glamorous resort and celebrity hotspot sounds like the perfect holiday destination to five teens all hoping for a summer to die for. But when the murders begin, their fun-filled holiday island starts to seem like l...

  • Wolf Wing

    Tanith Lee

  • The Witching Hour

    Nora Roberts
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    A kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god's spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle......

  • Witch's Wishes

    Vivian Vande Velde

    When a little girl helps out a witch who has an accidental collision with a helicopter while returning from the market on her broom, the witch decides to grant all the girl's wishes for one magical evening that leads to a state of chaos no one could ...

  • The Witch Queen

    Jan Siegel

    Jan Siegel has created one of the most compelling fantasy series in recent memory. What began with Prospero’s Children and continued with The Dragon Charmer now comes to a dazzling conclusion with The Witch Queen. Magnetically gifted Fern ...

  • Winter Woman

    Jenna Kernan

    Her prayer was simple: "Dear God, let me die!" But Cordelia Channing -- preacher's wife, preacher's widow -- lived and was born anew as Winter Woman, a woman of power who'd survived the deadliest season in the mountains alone. She knew she coul...

  • Winter is for Snowflakes

    Michelle Knudsen

    Winter is for snowflakes.
    It’s the season I love best.
    When I wake up to falling snow,
    I hurry to get dressed.

    In simple, lyrical text, a boy expresses his love of winter activities, from bundling up in his winter garb to sledding w...

  • A Window Across the River

    Brian Morton

    A writer is caught between her calling and the man she loves in this “joyous, funny and bittersweet” novel (Newsday).   Isaac and Nora haven’t seen each other in five years, yet when Nora phones Isaac late one night, he knows who it is bef...

  • A Winchester Homecoming

    Pamela Toth

    CHARMING, CONFIDENT, SEXY...AND A HEARTBREAKER That's how rancher David Major remembered his ex-love Kim Winchester. Romance had budded between them in high school, but ended abruptly when Kim moved away without even saying goodbye. Now she was ba...

  • Wild West Witches

    Michael Molloy

    The final chapter in Michael Molloy's fun-filled fantasy trilogy, WILD WEST WITCHES will take readers on a fast-paced, action-filled, magical adventure through the old west.

    Wolfbane, lord of the Night Witches, wants revenge! After his humilia...

  • Wild Horse River

    Wayne D. Overholser

  • Wild Cat And The Marine

    Jade Taylor

    Jackson Gray has finally come home... Jackson had always hated living on a farm and, as soon as he could, he got out of Engerville, North Dakota, leaving Catherine Darnell behind. Now, back temporarily to help his ailing father, Jackson is happy t...

  • Widow in Scarlet

    Nicole Byrd

    Lord of mystery... Nicholas Ramsey, Viscount Richmond, has a well-earned reputation for seduction and scandal. What isn't so widely known is the secret mission entrusted to him by the Prince Regent -- to bring to England a legendary ruby known...

  • Who's That Girl?

    Marisa Montes

    Watch out world! Gabí está aquí! (That means: Gabi is here!) A school and family-based Little Apple series with a funny, spunky Latina main character--a wonderful first for Scholastic!

    With her friends and familia by her side, Gabí is read...

  • Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?

    Lauren Child

    Herb never imagined the dangers when he decided to scribble on and cut up his book of fairy tales. Drawing mustaches on the characters, pasting telephones into the rooms, and cutting out Prince Charming and the royal thrones had seemed like good fun....

  • Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight?

    Laura Rader

    Christmas is just around the corner. The sleigh is polished. The toys are wrapped. The lists are all checked (twice). Everything's right on schedule -- until Santa finds all eight reindeer in bed with the flu. Uh-oh! How can Santa deliver presents...

  • Who Will Take This Man?

    Jacquie D'Alessandro

    The Wedding of the Year... Philip Whitmore, Viscount Greybourne, has survived desert sandstorms, unearthed treasures of ancient cities, and defeated knife-wielding grave robbers. But when it comes to something as ordinary as getting married, Philip...

  • Who Says Woof?

    John Butler

  • Whispers in the Night: Protective Instincts

    Debra Webb
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    Elizabeth Young had been FBI agent Collin MacBride's prime suspect in the murder of a prominent psychiatrist. She'd had a brief affair with the doctor...but so had several of his other female patients. Now, one by one, these women were being killed. ...

  • Where the Light Remains

    Hayden Gabriel

    Set at either ends of a century, Where the Light Remains weaves the stories of two remarkable women linked by art, landscape, and the intricacies of marriage. In 1886 Cornwall, an artist from the Newlyn School paints a portrait of a striking ...

  • Where Is Little Reynard?

    Joyce Carol Oates

    Mama cat has seven kittens. Little Reynard is the smallest, and his brothers and sisters tease him about his size and his orange color. Because he is so small and timid, the little girl, Lily, takes special care of Little Reynard. She gives him hi...

  • When Pigs Fly!

    Lisa Wheeler

    Fitch & Chip "I am always the lone wolf," Fitch tells his friend Chip on Hero Day at school. Chip and all the other kids are dressed as Hyper Hog from TV. But it is not what a wolf wears that makes him a hero. It is what he does. Laugh alon...

  • When Lightning Strikes Twice

    Debrah Morris

    Stranded in heaven, a Texas Ranger ached to reunite with his earth-bound soulmate, so the powers-that-be gave him one chance. Suddenly, Joe Mitchum emerged from unconsciousness and stared into Dr. Mallory Peterson's honey-brown eyes. If only he could...

  • What Makes the Seasons?

    Megan Montague Cash

    Why do leaves fall off trees?
    What makes flowers bud? What makes snow?

    In delightful rhyming verse, Megan Montague Cash asks and answers thoughtful questions children have about the weather and the seasons. As they walk outside or look ou...

  • What Madeline Wants

    Linda Style

    What Madeline Wants: A second chance. And she figures she'll get that at the Tripplehorne Ranch in Arizona, where she's been hired to teach English to the Spanish-speaking staff. What Madeline Gets: A big surprise. The owner of the Trip...

  • What Do Angels Wear?

    Eileen Spinelli

    Can angels fly?

    Can angels sing?

    Yes, child. They can.

    If angels can fly and angels can sing, what do they wear when doing these things?

    In this book from Eileen Spinelli and Emily Arnold McCully, a youn...

  • What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology

    Donna Jarrell

    This anthology of thirty works by some of our best contemporary American writers looks at our perennial American obsession: fat. It's everywhere, all around you, and maybe even on you. Now, America's consuming passion at last has its own anthology. F...

  • What A Woman Should Know

    Cara Colter

    J. D. Turner couldn't let Tally select a mate without understanding how things should be between a man and a woman. Especially since the innocent beauty was going to be raising his little boy! So he took it upon himself to show her just how life and ...

  • What a Hat!

    Holly Keller

    Henry and Wizzie's cousin Newton is coming to visit, and they can't wait. But when Newton arrives, he won't take off his hat.

    He wears it at dinnertime;
    he wears it in the bathtub;
    he wears it to bed.
  • Welcome to Kaya's World, 1764

    Dottie Raymer

  • Welcome to Higby

    Mark Dunn

    Following the national success of 'Ella Minnow Pea', this second novel from Mark Dunn brings the same charm and love of good language to a small town in the South. 'Welcome to Higby' follows the hilarious goings-on in a small town in ...

  • Welcome Home or Someplace Like It

    Charlotte Agell

    A refreshingly witty and moving novel that uncovers the true meaning of "home"

    "Mom's left us a lot. She left us in Dayton, Denver, and Detroit. She left us in Tucson and Teaneck. I make it sound like a song, but it's true. Except that we neve...

  • Wedding the Highlander

    Janet Chapman

    A runaway beauty finds love in the brawny arms of a handsome stranger. Talented surgeon Libby Hart is fleeing to Pine Creek, Maine, when her car spins out of control and crashes into a pond. She is rescued by Michael MacBain, a medieval highlande...

  • The Wedding Diaries

    Linda Francis Lee

    She was ready to tie the knot. Now she's fit to be tied. Texas heiress Vivienne Stansfield's dream of being a bride was about to come true. But in a startling change of fortune, her safe, reliable fiance proves himself to be neither -- and her we...

  • The Wedding

    Nicholas Sparks

    After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun (originally recounted in The Note...

  • The Way Things Ought To Be

    Gregory Hinton

    Set in the 1970s, a provocative coming-of-age novel follows King James, a gorgeous gay writer, as he takes care of his dysfunctional family and his pregnant, bohemian best friend, while embarking on his own journey of self-discovery and sexual awaken...

  • The Way the Crow Flies

    Ann-Marie MacDonald

    The optimism of the early sixties, infused with the excitement of the space race and the menace of the Cold War, is filtered through the rich imagination of high-spirited, eight-year-old Madeleine, who welcomes her family's posting to a quiet Air For...

  • Way of the Wolf

    E.E. Knight

    Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the forty-third year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They...

  • The War Angel

    Michael Salazar

    A military adventure that puts you at the scene of some of the most intense covert action--from an Air Force combat crewmember who's experienced what it's like to fall from heaven armed for hell... The War Angel As a member of the Air Force's e...

  • War Against the Animals

    Paul Russell

    From the author of the acclaimed Boys of Life and the award-wining The Coming Storm comes a novel about a small town in upstate New York riven by tensions between the old residents and the newcomers. Cameron Barnes, formerly of New York City, lives i...

  • Walking on Water

    Gemma O'Connor

    Now this acclaimed master of suspense probes the dark secrets of a wealthy American tourist--whose love life may have been the death of her... She appeared to be walking on water--a haunting apparition that emerged out of the morning mist of a sma...

  • A Walking Guide

    Alan S. Cowell

    Joe Shelby -- a brilliant and daring combat reporter for a big magazine he refers to as "the comic" -- is an Englishman who is at home only in the world's trouble spots -- Chechnya, Rwanda, Gaza -- where he is face-to-face with murder, starvation, wa...

  • Waking the Princess

    Susan King

    Only true love can awaken passion and restore a legend...but the one man who has the power must never fall in love.... In Taming the Heiress, Susan King captivated readers with a thrilling tale of love and enchantment in Victorian Scotland. Now sh...

  • Waking Samuel

    Daniel Coyle

    After the loss of her only son, Sara Black finds herself spending more and more time at the Seattle hospital where she is a nurse, tending to "the tall man," the victim of a gunshot wound whose identity has remained a provocative riddle-until...

  • Violence of Action

    Richard Marcinko; Greg Walker

    Bolder, brasher, and badder than ever before -- with an all-new team, the Rogue Warrior faces his ultimate challenge. A suitcase nuke is on its way to a major American city, and there's only one man who can stop it. Back from self-imposed exile, dur...

  • A Very Wiggly Christmas

    Grosset & Dunlap

  • Vernon Grant's Santa Claus

    Vernon Grant

    A collection of Christmas poetry and writings accompanies the witty and colorful paintings of Santa Claus by illustrator Vernon Grant, the creator of Kellogg's famed spokes-elves Snap!, Crackle!, and Pop!...

  • Venus

    Blake A. Hoena

  • The Vampire Prince

    Darren Shan

    Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan -- Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, faces certain death. Can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince, or is this the end of thousands of years of vampire rule? Darre...

  • Valentine's Day

    Brenda Haugen

  • The Unseen

    Richie Tankersley Cusick

    Lucy hates her life. After her mother's tragic death, she's sent to live with relatives she's never even met, in a sleepy little town that couldn't be more different from her home. Her aunt is cold and silent, and Lucy's cousin isn't exactly friendly...

  • The Unprofessionals

    Julie Hecht

    There is no American writer alive who is funnier, more inquisitive, or more surprising than Julie Hecht. The Unprofessionals, her first novel, whose narrator also told the stories in the author's bestselling collection Do the Windows Open?, is a triu...

  • Unexpected

    Lori Foster

    Meet Ray Vereker, a female Rambo with quick reflexes, sharp instincts, a hot body, and a bad case of morning sickness... OH, YES... Eli Conners expected hired mercenary Ray Vereker to be a tank of a guy with forty tattoos--not a gorgeous creature...

  • Underworld

    Greg Cox

    DEADLY RIVALS FOR CENTURIES, DESTINY WILL BRING THEM TOGETHER. Vampires and werewolves. Sworn enemies for over nine hundred years, they have fought a secret war in the darkest shadows of the mortal world, pitting undead strength and cunning again...

  • Under Wraps: When the Bough Breaks

    Susan Kearney
    in

    Lisa Madison arrived at Brody Adams's ranch, claiming he'd fathered the newborn boy she had with her. Brody had no idea who she was, but it was clear Lisa and the child were in danger. They needed his protection...and keeping them safe was the only w...

  • Under the Wishing Star

    Diane Farr

    Malcolm Chase's fortunate chance encounter with a kind young neighbor, Natalie Whittaker, gives the recent widower reason to fire his daughter's cruel governess and hire Natalie instead. With her household duties usurped by her brother's new wife...

  • An Unconditional Surrender

    Candace Irvin
    in

    Captain Jack Gage always found his prey, even when the quarry was his undercover ex, Captain Danielle Stanton. And now, after years of retreat, he was on the offensive, swearing to accept nothing less than her love....

  • Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3: Holy War

    Chuck Austen

    Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #421-427. The return of the Canadian super team Alpha Flight… but do they return as friends or foes? The hunt for the mysterious religious sect known as the Church of Humanity concludes, but what secrets will they have...

  • Two to Go

    Nick Earls


    Med students Phil and Frank have big plans for their future. Part-time jobs at Ron Todd's World of Chickens seemed like the perfect way to earn a few bucks on the way.

    But Phil's stuck out in front in the chicken suit trying to lure in re...

  • The Two Sams

    Glen Hirshberg

    With this unique collection, acclaimed author Glen Hirshberg breathes new life into an age-old literary tradition. In the title story a husband struggles with the grief and confusion of losing two children, and forms an odd bond with the infant spect...

  • A Twist of Fate

    Susannah Carleton

    THE HEART KNOWS Lord David Winterbrook is too much the gentleman to leave a woman with carriage trouble stranded. But when he offers his help, he falls instantly in love with the beguiling stranger. After his ill-fated first marriage, he'd wo...

  • Twice And For Always

    Cathy Gillen Thacker

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

  • Trust No One

    Barbara Phinney

    NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN... There was only one way out for Helen Eastman: Fake her own death and start over, far from harm's way. But her plans were jettisoned one night by a stranger who posed a more intimate peril. He was seductive bad-boy cop Nick ...

  • The True Story of Christmas

    Anne Fine

    Everyone knows the story of Christmas. Decking the halls with boughs of holly. Hanging stockings by the chimney with care. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Then there’s the true story of Christmas. And Ralph Mountfield is smack in the middle of ...

  • Trouble Is My Beeswax

    Bruce Hale

    When it comes to splitting dessert, Chet Gecko may cheat a little, but who’s going to complain if Chet’s half is more like two-thirds? He’s never been good at math. Still, there’s a big difference between sneaking a bigger slice of stinkbug p...

  • Trick-Or-Treat!

    Janelle Cherrington

    When Bear concocts a special Halloween surprise--clam-shaped chocolates--for his otter friends, Pip and Pop, who are quite enamored with their treat, devise a clever scheme to trick Bear into filling their bags with even more candy! Original....

  • Transformers: Time Wars

    Simon Furman

    Things fall apart in a big way, as the saga of future Decepticon Galvatron reaches its staggering conclusion!

    The fabric of space and time itself is in turmoil, disrupted and torn by time anomalies resulting from Galvatron’s dabbling with past a...

  • Trade Secrets // Dealing with Annie

    Jill Shalvis
    in

    A group of MBA students at Harvard made a pact -- to each become CEO of a Fortune 500 company before they reached forty. Now their friendships, their loves and even their lives were at stake... Annie Hughes had become the Martha Stewart of cosmeti...

  • Trade Secrets

    C.J. Carmichael
    in

    A group of MBA students at Harvard made a pact -- to each become CEO of a Fortune 500 company before they reached forty. Now their friendships, their loves and even their lives were at stake... Annie Hughes had become the Martha Stewart of cosmeti...

  • Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties

    Felicia Luna Lemus

    "A warm tale of 'princess dyke' life in L.A... A welcome contribution to Chicana letters from the new generation." --Ana CastilloLeticia Marisol Estrella Torrez, a university honors graduate, moves north to Los Angeles in an attempt to break from the...

  • A Touch of Charm

    Karen Fox

    Named for the Three Graces of Greek legend, the Sullivan sisters--Belle, Charisma, and Grace--fear they will never live up to their names and find true love. But a heartfelt wish made in the Garden of the Gods summons help from three elegant stranger...

  • Toni's Vow

    Kay Cornelius

    Vowing never to marry, Toni Schmidt returns to Rockdale to help kids who face the same problems she encountered in her youth. But she's unprepared for her growing attraction to her mentor's brother, David Trent. David is doing his best to raise tw...

  • Tomorrow May Never Come

    Linda Hudson-Smith

    A COSTLY SECRET Twenty-one years ago, Asia Morrell loved a man so deeply that she sacrificed her own happiness -- and her dreams -- so he could pursue his. Asia met handsome aspiring lawyer Nicholas Reynolds, her first and only love, in college. When...

  • To Wake the Dead

    Richard Laymon

    Barney is the first to make the shocking discovery that the mummy's coffin has been broken open. But he doesn't have a chance to do anything about it. Amara is once again freed from the cramped confines of her coffin, free to walk the earth, free to ...

  • To the Bone

    Neil McMahon

    Late one hot summer night, a beautiful young actress named Eden Hale -- only hours removed from breast-augmentation surgery, and writhing in pain -- stumbles to the telephone and dials 911. Within minutes, an ambulance rushes her to San Francisco's M...

  • To Kiss A Sheik

    Teresa Southwick

    ALWAYS BE HONEST Desperate for a job, American beauty Crystal Rawlins would have done anything to become nanny to Sheik Fariq Hassan's children. And telling a little white lie about her looks to secure a dream job in an exotic location seemed like a...

  • To Catch a Wolf

    Susan Krinard

    Crippled at a young age, Athena Munroe has devoted herself to charitable work in Denver society. Trapped both body and soul, she won't allow herself to dream of love and freedom--or hear the call of the werewolf blood that flows within her. Convic...

  • Times of Trouble

    Russell Blackford

    As the genocidal war between humankind and intelligent machines reaches its epic climax, John Connor and his mother Sarah become caught in the middle of a battle that rages through time and across dimensions, with the fate of two worlds at stake. Ori...

  • Time Thaw

    Jesse McCann / Jesse Leon McCann

    This early chapter book has forty-eight pages and full color illustrations based on the original Batman art of the 1970's.

    This early chapter book will inspire kids to read while engaging their imagination. The book will include intriguing sto...

  • The Time Capsule

    Lurlene McDaniel

    When they were six, twins Alexis and Adam wrote down what they wanted to be when they grew up, and put it in their teacher's time capsule. Now entering their senior year in high school and invited to a first-grade reunion, they are surprised to read ...

  • The Tiger's Mistress

    Andrea DaRif

    When her beloved father mysteriously disappears, Portia Hadley is determined to discover why...even if it means charging straight into the arms of the Earl of Branford. Known as the "Black Cat" when he was a spy for England, Branford is no stranger ...

  • Threshold

    Sara Douglass

    Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the V shadow of Threshold, the pyramid that the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity. Over the years, thousands of slaves have given their lives to the construction of Threshold. No...

  • Three

    Michael Jan Friedman

    Identical twins Gerda and Idun Asmund lost their human parents early in life and were raised as warriors on the Klingon homeworld. They were taught to face every danger shoulder to shoulder -- regarding each other as the only certainty in a dangerous...

  • Thor Legends, Volume 2: Walt Simonson, Book 2

    Marvel Book Group

    Few people have ever left their mark on one character quite the way Walter Simonson has. His work on the Mighty Thor swept the Norse God of Thunder to heights never before seen and rarely achieved since. Spanning epic tales of heroism and treachery, ...

  • Thomas Jefferson's Feast

    Frank Murphy

    Did you know that every time you munch on a french fry or snack on ice cream, you have Thomas Jefferson to thank? It’s true! This founding father was one of America’s first foodies. After a visit to France, he introduced all sorts of yummy treats...

  • Think Big, Vote Little!

    Laura Driscoll

    The playground is a mess, the lockers keep jamming, and the worst thing imaginable has just happened -- Taco Tuesday has been replaced by Fish Stick Tuesday! Stuart runs for class officer because he wants to make the school a better place. But is he ...

  • Things You Should Know

    A.M. Homes

    “Eleven sharply original portraits of domestic life: the distance between family members, the minor wars between friends and lovers” (Publishers Weekly).In this stunningly original collection, A. M. Homes writes with terrifying compassion about t...

  • There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Boot

    Smith

  • That Summer

    Joan Wolf

    Growing up in the rolling hills of Virginia horse country, Anne Foster helped her father train the prize Thoroughbreds at the Wellington family's racing farm...and longed for the boy beyond her reach, young Liam Wellington. But her teenage dreams wer...

  • That Old Familiar Feeling

    Emilie Richards
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    "To the one I love..." The letter appeared mysteriously on the doorstep, and the Colman sisters' fantasies went straight to work. But what mystery man had sent it -- and to which sister? That Old Familiar Feeling by Emilie Richards Emilie Rich...

  • That Crazy Barb'ra

    Milton Schafer

    Truth be told, Barb'ra is a little crazy-crazy about a boy named Hubert Clumpty! Adapted from an acclaimed children's song first performed on stage by entertainer Danny Kaye, this funny, spunky look at a mad crush is sure to evoke smiles of recogniti...

  • Thanksgiving in the White House

    Gary Hines

    President Abraham Lincoln's youngest son, Tad, is very fond of Jack the turkey. He has tamed him and taught him tricks, and the bird follows him all around the White House yard. But Jack was meant to be the main dish of the first official Thanksgivin...

  • Thanksgiving

    Brenda Haugen

  • Thank You, Logan!

    Valerie Tripp

    Nature-loving Logan comes to school on her day to take care of the class rabbit even though she has a cold, prompting Miss Sparks to teach the students about proper sneezing etiquette. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning....

  • Texas Cooking

    Lisa Wingate

    What seemed like a road to nowhere might be leading her straight home... No one is more surprised than Colleen Collins when she's offered a job writing fluffy magazine articles about rural Texas cooking. The big-city investigative reporter know...

  • Terrible Times

    Philip Ardagh

    In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens saga, Eddie, our steadfast hero, finds himself en route to North America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of th...

  • Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights

    Gustaf Tenggren

    The city is under siege! The King, enraged by his wife’s dishonesty, has vowed to marry every young woman in the city only to have each bride beheaded the following day at sunrise. But Scheherazade, the beautiful and wise daughter of the King’s v...

  • The Tender Heart

    Kristy Dykes

    Sebbie's first loyalty is to her mother and sisters. All of the Hanford women are struggling to keep their Florida ranch running after the death of their husband and father, Jed. In the face of dire poverty, Mama decides that Sebbie must marry a weal...

  • Ten Thousand Lovers

    Edeet Ravel

    Israel, 1970s. Lily, a young emigrant student exploring the wonders and terrors of her new land, finds the man of her dreams -- Ami, a former actor. Handsome, intelligent, and exciting, but like his beautiful, disintegrating country, Ami has a ter...

  • Ten Little Witches

    Paul Ruditis

    An Other Realm Halloween party ...for mortals?
    When Harvey Kinkle gets an invitation, he's told he can bring one witch -- and what better witch to party with than Sabrina? But even Salem, the master of dastardly tricks, can't...

  • Ten Little Mummies

    Philip Yates

  • A Taste of Danger

    Carolyn Keene

    This resort has the recipe for disaster!Nancy’s thrilled that she, Bess, George, and Hannah will be attending the grand opening of the newly renovated Gourmet Getaway. Not only will they be able to eat four-star meals prepared by master chefs, they...

  • Target Acquired

    Joel Narlock

    When the U.S. government's revolutionary new weapon, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an unstoppable killing machine, falls into the wrong hands, the government and the military must race against time to retrieve the UAV and stop a deadly terrorist...

  • Tapping the Dream Tree

    Charles de Lint

    World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Onion GirlA brand-new installment in the Newford saga, the World Fantasy Award-winning series of urban fantasy fiction by a master of the form.Charles de Lint's urban fantasies, including Moonheart, Forests o...

  • The Talisman

    Lynne Ewing

    VANESSA, Serena, Jimena, Catty, and Tianna are five seemingly ordinary girls from Los Angeles. But the truth is that they are all far from ordinary. They each have a secret power that separates them from others--and makes them DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON ...

  • The Tale of Urso Brunov: Little Father of All Bears

    Brian Jacques

  • The Tale of the Swamp Rat

    Carter Crocker

    Guided by an ancient alligator, a silent young rat learns to find his own way in the drought-stricken swamp, despite having been orphaned under circumstances that sometimes cause other animals to reject him....

  • The Tail of Emily Windsnap

    Liz Kessler

    Everybody has a secret. Mine's a little different, though. I didn't even know about it until the first day of swim class in seventh grade. You see, I'd never been allowed to go in the water before. As it turns out, swimming comes naturally to me. Ve...

  • Sweet & Crazy

    Patty Dann

    Poignant and bittersweet, Sweet & Crazy is the story of a single mother coping with the extremes of life.

    At thirty-nine, Hanna Painter has returned to her hometown of Ash Creek, Ohio. Since Hanna's husband, Ed, has died of cancer, Hanna has b...

  • Suspicion

    Janice MacDonald

    Three months ago, Sam and Diana Lynsky boarded their twenty-six-foot yacht and set out for a sail to mark their fortieth anniversary. Diana never returned. Sam told the sheriff that he'd retired to the cabin for a nap, and when he awoke, Diana had va...

  • Supertwins Meet the Dangerous Dino-Robots

    P.J. James

    The Supertwins battle their toughest villains yet in this action-packed, Level 2, easy reader!

    On a class trip to the museum, Timmy and Tabby notice something strange about the dinosaur exhibit. Lurking behind the walls are the evil Professor ...

  • Sunshine

    Robin McKinley

    There are places in the world where darkness rules., where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind. ...

  • Strunk Soup

    Sigmund Brouwer

    When Joel and Ricky go to Mrs. Strunk’s house for supper, she prepares onion soup, stewed beets, and fried liver. She is a very nice lady (though a very bad cook!), and they don’t want to hurt her feelings. Can Joel and Ricky be kind without havi...

  • Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Merry Christmas

    Monique Stephens

    Strawberry Shortcake sets off for an adventure through Holidayland to find the perfect presents for her pals, but when the presents are accidentally destroyed, Strawberry fears that the big day will be ruined....

  • Strawberry Shortcake Plays Soccer

    Ruth Koeppel

  • Strawberry Shortcake and the Friendship Party

    Megan E. Bryant

  • Stranger in the Night

    Sara Blayne
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    Georgiana Thornberry hopes to unearth ancient treasure while exploring the moldering ruins of her ancestral home. Instead she encounters Julius Lathrop. Does the enigmatic--and disturbingly attractive-- stranger hold the key to a family legend? Or so...

  • Stranger in the Chat Room

    Todd Hafer

    A sequel to In the Chat Room With God finds a group of teens contacted by a mysterious and increasingly malevolent character who claims to know about their encounters with the Almighty and challenges their beliefs. Original....

  • Stranger in Paradise

    Geraldine Burrows

    Kate has been coasting through life managing a bed-and-breakfast on Maui. But life gets complicated when she receives a warning from a local kahuna. Then Mark Smith checks into her inn and makes a home for himself in her heart. By the time Kate learn...

  • Straight to the Heart

    Bobby Hutchinson

    An Imperfect Pair Eric Stewart can't believe his three meddling sisters would stoop so low--signing him up with Synchronicity, the city's hottest matchmaking agency. Now, the only way the confirmed bachelor can get them a refund is to be rejected by...

  • Storybook Treasury of Animals

    Grosset & Dunlap

  • Storybook Treasury for Girls

    Claire Masurel

    These wonderful hardcover compilations of favorite stories include a mix of beloved classics as well as recent hits-sure to appeal to girls and boys alike!

    Includes: Countdown to Grandma's House; Jewel Fairies; Flower Princesses; The Best Te...

  • Storybook Treasury for Christmas

    Pamela Jane

    These wonderful hardcover compilations of favorite stories include a mix of beloved classics as well as recent hits-sure to appeal to girls and boys alike!

    Includes: The Night Before the Night Before Christmas; Wee Three Pigs; All About Chr...

  • Storybook Treasury for Boys

    Dina Anastasio

  • The Story of Paper

    Ying Chang Compestine

    PreS-Gr 3-The irrepressible Kang boys are now credited with the invention of paper. The three brothers struggle to concentrate on their math as they write their answers on the ground with sticks, an early Chinese method of doing schoolwork, but pl...

  • The Stone Lamp

    Karen Hesse

    The story of Hanukkah is the story of triumph of light over darkness, of the small miracles that give hope to an entire people. In a series of eight powerful and evocative free-verse poems, award-winning author Karen Hesse captures the resilient spir...

  • Stone Garden

    Molly Moynahan

    A smart young woman making her way through the privileged terrain of northeastern prep-school land, Alice McGuire is certain of her world and her future -- until the summer her best friend and soul mate, Matthew Swan, vanishes on a trip to Mexico. St...

  • Stone Cribs

    Kris Nelscott

    It's Christmas time, 1969, in Chicago. After a night out, Smokey Dalton, Kris Nelscott's enigmatic African-American P.I., and his girlfriend find a young woman bleeding to death in his neighbor's apartment. Upon arriving with her at the hospital, the...

  • Stone Cold

    Robert B. Parker

    Meet Tony and Brianna Lincoln. They've just moved to Paradise. Unfortunately, they're not too keen on making friends with the neighbors. In fact, this urbane pair of thrill killers is knocking locals off one by one--and they've marked Jesse Stone as ...

  • A Stir of Bones

    Nina Kiriki Hoffman

    A Stir of Bones is the stand-alone prequel to acclaimed fantasist Nina Hoffman's award-winning adult novels A Red Heart of Memories and Past the Size of Dreaming. It is every bit as remarkable, warm, and heartwrenching.

    Fourteen-year-old Susa...

  • A Stain Upon the Robe

    Terry Devane

    The Honorable Barbara Quincy Pitt is presiding over an explosive new trial … that of a priest who stands accused of a shocking transgression. But the judge’s own problems are disturbing her as well. The young law clerk assigned to assist her iin ...

  • St. Patrick's Day

    Brenda Haugen

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Fish Happens!

    Tricia Boczkowski

  • SpongeBob Airpants: The Lost Episode

    Kitty Richards

    It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . SpongeBob! SpongeBob dreams of flying with the jellyfish. And this time he sets out to make his dream a reality. From a makeshift flying machine to a hapless bat costume, SpongeBob's airborne attempts are grou...

  • Split Second

    David Baldacci

    THE WORLD CAN CHANGE FOREVER IN A SINGLE... SPLIT SECOND Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose ...

  • Split Decision

    H.B. Gilmour; Randi Reisfeld

    BOY-TRAYAL It's summer. And for the first time since they've met, Cam and Alex are doing their own things. Alex is chilling in Marble Bay with her sweetie, Cade. And Cam is in Coventry with her warlock hottie, Shane. But it's not all fun in the sun....

  • Spenceworth Bride

    Virginia Farmer

    When Nelwina Honeycutt is taken to the block to be sold -- a common enough plight for a "troublesome" wife in eighteenth-century England -- she hardly expects to better her situation. The illegitimate child of a nobleman, she can be sold for ...

  • Spellbound

    Nancy Holder; Debbie Viguie

    After months of battles and betrayals, Holly Cathers's coven of Light, the Tri-Coven, is in disarray -- Eddie, Kialish, Silvana, and Alonzo are dead; Nicole is trapped on the island of Avalon; and Holly -- delirious from being pulled out of the Dream...

  • Special Delivery!

    Steven Banks

    SpongeBob Squarepants sends away for a free toy from the back of a cereal box. He is so excited that he vows to wait by his mailbox, day and night, until his prize arrives. But will his free toy be worth the long wait? Find out in this hilarious orig...

  • Special Agent Nanny

    Linda O. Johnston

    MISSION PROFILE THE AGENT: Shawn Jameson HIS MOTTO: "Where there's smoke, there's fire." VITAL STATS: 5'11''; cool blue eyes; white-hot smile THE ASSIGNMENT: Undercover nanny THE COMPLICATION: Dr. Kelley Stanton Tough-guy agent Shawn Jame...

  • Soon: The Beginning of the End

    Jerry B. Jenkins

    2004 Christy Fiction award winner!

    Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and is go...

  • Sons of Thunder

    Cotton Smith

    Preacher Rule Cordell has been trying very hard to put his days as a pistol-fighter behind him. When his friends and neighbors are threatened with losing their family spreads to a cunning carpetbagger, Rule realizes it's time for his preacher's colla...

  • Song for Athena

    Linda Sole

    Julia is bored with her lifestyle as a secretary in London; the only excitement is meeting attractive Nick Ryan. When she gets a phone call from the older sister she barely knows, and an invitation to go to Spain for a while, she agrees wholeheartedl...

  • Something Might Happen

    Helen Lester

    Twitchly Fidget won’t shampoo, eat his cereal, or put on his sneakers. He won’t even go to a parade (what if he got sucked up into a trombone?) or a marshmallow roast (might he get stuck?) or a Fourth of February party (would he be buried in conf...

  • Something Funny

    Penguin Young Readers Group

    Dick and Jane see something funny. Come and see Spot! Have fun with Dick and Jane as you read along with this sweet and simple story....

  • Someone Says

    Carole Lexa Schaefer

    An energetic combination of onomatopoeic language and vivid illustrations follows a group of Asian children as they use their imagination throughout the day, transforming themselves into prancing ponies, swooping birds, and slurping tigers....

  • Someone Like Him

    Karen Kendall

    She's Not in Kansas Anymore Ordinarily, small-town girl Lavender "Vinnie" Hart would never have come to New York, but her younger brother, a boarding school student, needs her support. So she finds a job as live-in "nanny" for a high maintenance p...

  • Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do

    Pearl Cleage

    Depending on the time of day, Regina Burns is a woman on the edge of either a nervous breakdown or an overdue breakthrough. One shattered heart and six months of rehab have left her wary and shell-shocked. To rescue the family home that she borrowed ...

  • Some Kind Of Hero

    Brenda Harlen

    SHE HADN'T KNOWN SHE'D BEEN MISSING... He had cop written over every inch of his tempting body, and beautiful senator's daughter Riane Rutherford-Quinlan knew from the moment he asked her to dance that he wasn't the type to attend charity balls. He ...

  • So Wild a Dream

    Win Blevins

    Pennsylvania farmboy Sam Morgan learns the mountain man's perilous trade when, in 1822, he joins a fur brigade headed by keelboat to the trackless country of the Upper Missouri River. Sam is youthful and inexperienced but also strong, daring, and a q...

  • Snowbird's Walk

    Joe L. Hensley

    Cannert is searching throughout Florida for his missing wife, Martha. While he was in the hospital, coping with the latest round of treatment for his terminal cancer, Martha was in Flordia looking for an appropriate place for the two of them to r...

  • The Snow Bride

    Debbie Macomber

    Practical Jenna Campbell has done something impractical. She's met a man on the Internet and now, a month before Christmas, she's going to Alaska to marry him. Dalton Gray seems to be everything she wants in a husband -- sensitive, gallant, romantic....

  • Smoke Screen

    Kyle Mills

    Through a series of unwanted promotions, Trevor Barnett has become the lead spokesman for the tobacco industry just as a $200 billion lawsuit is about to bankrupt it. But when Big Tobacco goes on the offensive--bringing the economy and the government...

  • The Small World of Binky Braverman

    Rosemary Wells

    Binky Braverman's stay with his aunt and uncle in Memphis unexpectedly proves to be full of adventure when characters on the boxes and jars in their kitchen come to life and become his friends. 15,000 first printing....

  • The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

    Dan Fesperman

    The widely acclaimed author of Winter Work brings together chilling crimes, the lies people live and the cold facts of international politics into a “deft and gripping [thriller]. Impeccably written and ably plotted.… The action is more or less n...

  • Slow Burn

    Jamie Denton

    IS IT GETTING HOT IN HERE? Maggie LaRue doesn't know who she is. All she remembers is passing out in the arms of a gorgeous man. When she awakens, she's in a hospital, apparently lucky to be alive. Injured in a fire, Maggie doesn't know her real n...

  • Sleepless in Savannah

    Rita Herron

    As one last play for the man of her dreams, Sophie Lane put her heart on the line and convinced Lance Summers to appear on the matchmaking episode of her talk show--as a contestant. With a little behind-the-scenes maneuvering, she and the sexy develo...

  • Sleeping With The Boss

    Maureen Child

    MIXING BUSINESS WITH BABY Though Rick Hawkins had been the bane of Eileen Ryan's existence, she soon found his charm irresistible when she had to share close quarters with the handsome financial adviser as his fill-in secretary. She vowed to stay ...

  • Sleeping Beauty

    Sue Kassirer

  • Skye's the Limit

    Megan Shull

    Eleven-year-old Skye O'Shea is homesick and afraid as she sets out for a three-week bicycle adventure camp on British Columbia's Cat Island, but despite a bully, mountains, and other challenges, she has the time of her life. Original. 20,000 first pr...

  • Skip to My Lou

    Mary Ann Hoberman

  • Sixty-Six

    Barry Levinson

    Welcome to Baltimore, 1966, a quiet Eastern city of rowhouses, blue-collar neighborhoods, and burgeoning suburbs, where the future is about to arrive with shattering speed. Our narrator, Bobby Shine, has dropped out of his last year of law school to ...

  • Sir Lancelot, Where Are You?

    Kate McMullan

    The evil witch Morgana le Fay has put a terrible curse on Sir Lancelot, and it's up to Wiglaf and his DSA buddies to find and save him. But they're just dragon-slayers-in-training. Can they really outsmart the trolls, witches, and other villains that...

  • Single White Vampire

    Lynsay Sands

    The Family Argenau SWM--"Lucern." Successful biographer of family, books recently categorized as "paranormal romances." Something of a recluse. Hates crowds, aggressive women. Doesn't like sunbathing, garlicky dinners or religious symbols. Likes o...

  • Simply Wonderful

    Joan Hohl

    They Were Fated To Meet... Like the predator he's named for, Wolf Renninger is a loner, used to taking what he wants in both business and pleasure. With his silver-gray eyes and lethal charm, the hotel mogul usually gets his way--except where Micki ...

  • Simply Science

    Grosset & Dunlap

  • Simon Says

    Collen Dixon

    LIFE’S A GAME. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?

    The blood rushed from Alex’s head, and his body went limp. As he passed into an abyss of darkness, the chilling final words of The Deliverer rang in his ears, words that would haunt him for the rest of...

  • Silver Lies

    Ann Parker

    They all came to Leadville with the same purpose: Get in. Get rich. Get out.As 1879 draws to a close, this Rocky Mountain boomtown has infected the world with silver fever. It's not much different than the dot.com mania or the corporate scams that he...

  • Silent Wishes

    Fiona Hood-Stewart

    Sylvia Hansen, newly appointed CEO of Harcourts International, N.Y., is at the top of her game when crisis strikes: a traitor has leaked the decor company's new product line to the competition. Determined to hold on to her hard-won position, Sylvia h...

  • Silent Proof

    Michael A. Hawley

    Twenty-five years ago, a woman was murdered in a Seattle park. The crime went unsolved. To homicide detective Leah Harris and her partner Frank Milkovich, the only possible suspect is Clifford Bakerman-a career criminal about to be released from pris...

  • The Silent Partner

    Lee Goldberg

    Dr. Mark Sloan, Community General Hospital's Chief of Internal Medicine, has been appointed by the LAPD to a special task force assigned to the cold case files--unsolved homicides long since abandoned by the police. One case concerns the murder of a ...

  • Silent Night

    Susan Jeffers

    Full-color illustrations of the Nativity--the journey to Bethlehem, the birth of the Christ child, and the homage of the shepherds and the Magi--bring to life the wonder and joy of the traditional Christmas carol, in this holiday gift edition....

  • Sidekicks

    Dan Danko

    Thirteen-year-old Guy Martin, also known as superhero Pumpkin Pete's sidekick Speedy, helps the League of Big Justice save the human race from being turned into puppets by Pinoh Keyoh and the Brotherhood of Rottenness. Simultaneous....

  • The Shotgunner

    Ray Hogan

    There was no celebrating in Saddlerock when Dan Ruick returned home again. Many stories had been told about his six killings. Maybe he had only killed with cause, but the townfolk didn’t press their luck and steered clear of Dan’s gun. This time ...

  • Shooting Stars

    Holly Kowitt

    In this thrilling 48-page junior chapterbook, the menacing COBRA forces have caused a giant asteroid to hurtle toward Earth--and it's up to the G.I. JOE team to stop it!

    Heavy Duty, G.I. JOE's weapons expert, has never had a challenge like thi...

  • Sherman Crunchley

    Laura Numeroff

    Following the tradition of the Crunchley dog family, Sherman is expected to succeed his father as Biscuit City's Chief of Police, but the only thing he likes about being a police officer is the hat he wears. 40,000 first printing....

  • Shell Games

    Kirk Russell

    Masters of crime fiction immediately hailed Shell Games, which introduced a dynamic new hero and an exciting new author. Michael Connelly: "You know when you read this one that you are on to something good. Kirk Russell comes out of the gate with a s...

  • She is Me

    Cathleen Schine

    The Love Letter was a beloved and bestselling novel, and She Is Me is a return to that winning form -- a novel about women's friendships, love, and family....

  • The Shape Game

    Anthony Browne

    Art makes a difference!

    The same family that had such an enlightening experience in Anthony Browne's Zoo is now going to an art museum, Mom's choice for her birthday treat. But wisecracking Dad and their two sons are skeptical about how much f...

  • Shameless

    Leslie Esdaile
    in

    Single mother Della Mitchell is going to Victoria's Secret for the first time after a year of abstinence from shopping. . .and men. But now it's time to get her groove back on. Then she meets Byron Fulton, buying a "breakup" gift for his girlfriend. ...

  • Shadows

    Diana G. Gallagher

    Twelve years ago, a child from a distant planet fell to Earth in a lethal hail of meteors that changed Smallville, Kansas forever. Now a teen, Clark Kent must master his alien abilities-even while radiation from the green glowing meteor fragments mut...

  • The Shade of My Own Tree

    Sheila Williams

    Beloved author Sheila Williams beautifully captures the bittersweet humor and vivid adventures of women who survive the worst life can toss at them -- and fight back to claim their right to be free, to be themselves, and to live in . . . The cou...

  • Serpents Among the Ruins

    David R. George III

    THE YEAR IS 2311 It is a year of infamy, a year that later generations will remember as one that altered the course of history at the cost of thousands of lives. It is the year of the Tomed Incident, and its tale can at last be told. In the midst o...

  • Seeking Shade

    Paige Winship Dooly
    in

    Christmas - Military Style Life... i is never still in the military. Even Christmas is a season of challenge. . .a season of change. This year, several servicemen and women will face a range of life-altering experiences. Captain Tim Falkirk, a ...

  • Seeing Pink

    Erin O'Rourke

  • Seducing Sybilla

    Madeleine Conway

    HE AWAKENED HER DARKEST SUSPICIONS... Sybilla Smethwick cannot help but feel protective of her older sister, Honoria, who upon the tragic death of her husband Henry was left alone to raise their son. So when Sybilla hears that Henry's brother August...

  • The Seducer

    Madeline Hunter

    From the moment he arrived to rescue her, Diane Albret saw more in the darkly handsome, charismatic gentleman than just a guardian. Over the years that had passed since she first saw Daniel St. John, he had become, quite simply, the most dangerously ...

  • The Secret Father

    Anna Adams

    How is it possible to forget the love of your life? Zach Calvert has no memory of his last three years as a Navy pilot. And for the most part, he's resigned himself to that. He's content with his new life as the sheriff of his hometown, happy that...

  • The Second Glass of Absinthe

    Michelle Black

    In the American West of 1880, Leadville, Colorado, is the wealthiest mining district on earth and by far its richest mine is the Eye Dazzler. When Lucinda Ridenour, the notorious widow-heiress to the Dazzler, chooses young Kit Randall to be her lover...