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  • Come to Me

    Lisa Cach

    Samira is the lowliest creature of the Night World: a mere succubus, a winged spirit bringing dreams of passion to sleeping men. She knows every wicked wish that lurks in their hearts, and yet she has never felt the touch of a man's loving hand. Nor ...

  • Sleep Tight

    Laura Marie Altom

    Being a Tooth Fairy was a low-key, wonderful gig: collect a few teeth; make kids smile. For Belle Moody, life was perfect -- until her aunt Lila lost their every dime! What would go under kids' pillows? Belle had to take a second job playing the ...

  • Ring Around My Heart

    Pat White

    Alexandra Hayes couldn't decide which she hated more: the skintight silver lame shorts encasing the powerful thighs of the hulking wrestler who stood before her, or the pink heart that stretched across his firm buns. Loverboy Luke needed an image mak...

  • Texas Glory

    Elaine Barbieri

    Searching for her biological father, and the man who ruined her mother's life, Honor Cannon, arriving in Lowell, Texas, is distracted by a gorgeous drifter who teaches her how to let go of the past and to love. SINS OF THE FATHER Buck Star was ...

  • The Lone Star Plague

    Kate Birch

    The first victim was hospitalized on Friday. By Monday there is no denying it: The sleepy college town of Duane, Texas, is facing an outbreak of bubonic plague, the infamous Black Death. Is it only a coincidence that the vice president is scheduled t...

  • The Outsider

    Puffin

    The Outsider tells the story of Ryan Atwood, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who, through a twist of fate, finds himself living in luxury in the salubrious Newport Beach. This is the first novelization of the series....

  • Love is Give and Take Notefolio

    Stephen Huneck

  • A Gentleman's Game

    Greg Rucka

    When an unthinkable act of terror devastates London, nothing will stop Tara Chace from hunting down those responsible. Her job is simple: stop the terrorists before they strike a second time. To succeed, she'll do anything and everything it takes. Sh...

  • Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales

    James Ellroy

    Dig. The Demon Dog gets down with a new book of scenes from America’s capital of kink: Los Angeles. Fourteen pieces, some fiction, some nonfiction, all true enough to be admissible as state’s evidence, and half of it in print for the first ti...

  • Code Name: Princess

    Christina Skye

    WHEN A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL INVESTIGATOR TEAMS UP WITH AN IRRESISTIBLE NAVY SEAL, GOING UNDERCOVER COULD TAKE THEM OVER THE TOP.... Two FBI agents are dead. A top-secret government lab animal has been stolen. Now Hawk MacKenzie just walked In on a nake...

  • Sinfully Sexy

    Linda Francis Lee

    After a close encounter of the sexy kind, Chloe discovers her wild side. . . . Plain-Jane Chloe Sinclair has never been bad . . . until she stumbles -- literally -- into the arms of a gorgeous stranger. To make matters worse, the morning after, ...

  • The Cosmic Clues

    Manjiri Prabhu

    Sonia Samarth couldn't have predicted it--after only a day, her first advertisement had drawn dozens of responses. In the bustling city of Pune, India, with its winding alleys and exotic customs, Sonia is launching a brand new business: private inves...

  • A Dose of Murder

    Lori Avocato

    OPEN WIDE AND SAY "AHHRRGGGGHHHHhhhhhhhuuuhhh." After years of chasing around sniffly munchkins with a tongue depressor, nurse Pauline Sokol has had it. She's sick of being an "angel of mercy" -- she'd like to raise some hell for once! But findin...

  • The Beauty and the Spy

    Gayle Callen

    Over Her Head Charlotte Sinclair is seeking a bit of adventure in her life -- but that doesn't mean she relishes being kidnapped by a traitor to England! Straying innocently from a crowded ballroom, she overhears a conversation, and suddenly s...

  • Tagged for Murder

    Elaine Flinn

    COLLECTING CORPSES Molly Doyle crossed a continent to escape trouble, but it's becoming increasingly dangerous to be in the antiques business in her small adopted corner of California. The murder of a friend and fellow antiques dealer has shaken M...

  • His Every Kiss

    Laura Lee Guhrke

    Notorious man... Everyone knows about Dylan Moore -- his brilliant talent and his pleasure-seeking ways -- but no one knows the torment that lies beneath his reckless veneer. Only one woman gets a glimpse of the forces that drive Dylan's soul,...

  • Masquerading the Marquess

    Anne Mallory

    Passion in Disguise Calliope Minton is never far from scandal. And her greatest pleasure is capturing the nobility at their worst. Donning a daring disguise, she poses as a society courtesan to get closer to London's leading bachelor. However, her...

  • Jedi Healer

    Michael Reaves; Steve Perry

    While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . . The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ...

  • Eye Candy

    R.L. Stine

    DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS ... WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DEAD Lindy Sampson is a beautiful twenty-three-year-old New Yorker with a problem: She's too beautiful, and guys are intimidated by her. Her roommate suggests Internet dating and writes a personal ad for Li...

  • The Tale of Hill Top Farm

    Susan Wittig Albert

    In this first of the Cottage Tales, animal lover and all-around Good Samaritan Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit, is ready to help solve local mysteries. And with her entourage of animal friends, she sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawr...

  • Shoulder the Sky

    Anne Perry

    By April of 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down England's youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-man's-land, Joseph finds the body of an arrogant war corr...

  • Going Postal

    Terry Pratchett

    Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into ... a government job? By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postm...

  • A Beggar at the Gate

    Thalassa Ali

    Set in nineteenth-century British India, Thalassa Ali's dazzling debut, A Singular Hostage, introduced us to Mariana Givens, the Englishwoman who risked everything to save a young Indian orphan from certain death. Now Ali returns to that exotic kingd...

  • Sisterchicks in Sombreros!

    Robin Jones Gunn

    Two Canadian sisters inherit beachfront property in Mexico and take off on an adventure to claim their inheritance. They travel opulently by cruise ship to Ensenada and survive a rocky trip through Baja California, only to be shocked when they arrive...

  • The Sunday Philosophy Club

    Alexander McCall Smith

    Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in p...

  • Undeclared War

    Dennis Chalker; Kevin Dockery

    A combination of Vince Flynn and Richard Marcinko, The Home Team series features a group of former Special Forces operators who have become the most lethal weapon in the war on terror""a war that is now fought on our own soil. The story of one so...

  • Unlubricated

    Arthur Nersesian

    A Fierce and Hysterical TaleOf Self-Destruction OnThe Road to Being Discovered

    Hannah is a struggling actress living in New York's Tribeca, and like any young thesp she is bent on success: finding paying jobs that offer good m...

  • The Apostles

    Y. Blak Moore

    The Apostles run Chicago’s streets. Their leader, “Solemn Shawn” Terson, is the most revered"and feared"man in town. Because of his past exploits, the Apostles have a loyalty among its members that has reached mythic proportions.When Insane...

  • Marque and Reprisal

    Elizabeth Moon

    Though the exciting military career she hoped for never materialized, Ky Vatta still sees plenty of combat. An unknown adversary has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire -- killin...

  • Winter of the Ice Wizard

    Mary Pope Osborne

    Merlin the magician and Morgan le Fay have mysteriously disappeared! To find them, Jack and Annie journey with their friends Teddy and Kathleen to a frozen kingdom of ice and snow. There they must go on a mission for the one-eyed Ice Wizard. Chased b...

  • Calavera Abecedario

    Jeanette Winter

    Every year Don Pedro and his family make papier-mâché skeletons, or calaveras, for Mexico's Day of the Dead fiesta. From the Angel and Doctor to the Mariachi and Unicornio, there's a special calavera for each letter of the alphabet. ...

  • The Road to the Dark Tower

    Bev Vincent

    AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE DARK TOWER SERIESINCLUDING BOOK-BY-BOOK ANALYSIS AND INSIGHT INTO STEPHEN KING'S CREATIVE PROCESS. In 1970, Stephen King embarked on what would become the crowning achievement in his literary career-the Dark Tower. The sev...

  • The Tale of Paradise Lost

    Nancy Willard

  • Hide-and-Seek Turkeys

    Judith Ross Enderle

  • The Camel's Lament

    Charles Santore

    THE POOR CAMEL! While most creatures are prized, pampered, or at least tended to (down to the lowly pig!), the camel is our beast of burden, left to thirst, forage, and sleep in the merciless desert. This beautiful, comical picture book is for anyone...

  • Merry Mermaid Christmas

    RH/Disney

  • Thanks a Lot, Robo-Turkey!

    Steven Banks

  • In a Tizzy over Turkey

    Adam Beechen

  • Brought to You by . . . Sesame Street

    Kara McMahon

    This book has a little bit of everything kids see on Sesame Street: Letter of the Day (with Cookie Monster), Number of the Day, Global Grover, Journey to Ernie, Spanish Word of the Day, the Street Story, and Elmo’s World. Each segment of the show i...

  • Thanksgiving in the Barn

    Nadine Bernard Westcott

  • Never Wear A Cape! And Other Tips for Supers

    Disney Book Group

  • Dan Yaccarino's Mother Goose

    Golden Books

    POPULAR ILLUSTRATOR DAN Yaccarino brings his unique style to the familiar realm of Mother Goose. His witty, bold graphics, set in the city, give the rhymes a fresh perspective. In this lush jacketed hardcover edition, Little Miss Muffet flips her cur...

  • Coldest Day In The Zoo

    Alan Rusbridger

    Slap bang in the middle of the coldest Friday of the coldest week of the year, the central heating breaks down at Melton Mowbray Zoo. The system needs a new flange but flanges can't be obtained on Fridays in Melton Mowbray, so Mr Pickles the head kee...

  • Tales of Magic

    Disney Book Group

    With the wave of a magic wand, all your wishes come true in this magic-themed Friendship Box! Featuring the Genie from Aladdin, the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella, the three good fairies from Sleeping Beauty, and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan, these bo...

  • What If ... Surpirsing Twists to Your Favorite Stories

    Christopher Nicholas

    What if the Disney stories you know and love were changed just a bit? Hidden behind large gatefold flaps on each spread of this funny hardcover picture book are the unexpected changes that we could expect to see if, instead of eating the apple, Snow ...

  • My Dazzling Dream

    Michi Fujimoto

    Cinderella is getting married, but she has so many things to do before the big day! Find out if Cinderella’s dazzling dream wedding comes true in this pretty padded hardcover with five sturdy pop-ups!...

  • The Incredibles: The Movie Storybook

    Louise Moore

    Will Mr. Incredible and his Super family be able to overcome the wicked plot of the sinister Syndrome? Or will evil prevail? Find out in this action-packed, full-color movie storybook that retells Disney/Pixar’s latest blockbuster, The Incredibles....

  • Bones and the Dog Gone Mystery

    David A. Adler

    Detectives are supposed to find things, but one day at the park, Bones loses just about everything: his magnifying glass, his dog, and even his detective bag. Can Detective Jeffrey Bones find the things he lost?...

  • Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery

    David A. Adler

    With his bag of detective tools in hand, Detective Jeffrey Bones can solve any mystery. Good thing, because Mr. Green has lost his school bus! Will Detective Bones be able to solve the case? Find out in this Level 3 reader!...

  • Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet

    Suzy Kline

    After four days in a row of indoor recess, Miss Mackle's students are bored -- until Harry decides to solve the biggest mystery ever in Room 3B! There's a locked closet in the classroom that's been sealed off for years, and he wants to know what's in...

  • Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci

    Jon Scieszka

    Da where? It was Sam’s bright idea to look for the inventor of The Book. But when the guys land in fifteenth-century Italy, they meet up with Leonardo da Vinci. You probably know that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Did you know that he...

  • Toby and the Snowflakes

    Matthew Cordell

    When friends move away, it is hard for them to leave and even harder to watch them go. Toby’s best friend moved yesterday, and now all Toby has is his friend’s baseball glove (which smells like Parmesan cheese). Toby is bored and alone. But then ...

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    Disney Book Group

  • Momma, Will You?

    Dori Chaconas

  • Jag's New Friend

    Leann Rimes

  • Robert's Snow

    Grace Lin

  • Rock Star, Superstar

    Blake Nelson

    Music is Pete's life. From playing in a jazz band to jamming at 2 AM with his guitar-playing dad, Pete is almost never without his bass. He's sure his treasured Fender Precision bass, along with his vow never to be a sell-out, will lead him to a reco...

  • My Busy Day

    Jill Davis

  • Niccolini's Song

    Chuck Wilcoxen

  • Disney/Pixar: The Incredibles Amazing 3-D Adventure!

    Disney Book Group

    Meet Bob Parr. He's your ordinary middle-aged suburban dad. He's got three kids and a loving wife. He hates his job and detests his boss. The only thing that sets Bob apart from the millions of other guys like him is that he used to be the celebrated...

  • Close Call

    Carla Neggers
    in

    Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community...and changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated women have been chosen from nominees across North America to become Harlequin's More ...

  • The Greatest Gift

    Diana Palmer
    in

    Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community...and changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated women have been chosen from nominees across North America to become Harlequin's More ...

  • Small Packages

    Brenda Novak
    in

    Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community...and changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated women have been chosen from nominees across North America to become Harlequin's More ...

  • Hanging by a Thread

    Emilie Richards
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    Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community...and changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated women have been chosen from nominees across North America to become Harlequin's More ...

  • Built to Last

    Susan Mallery
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    Somewhere, at this very moment, a woman's caring and commitment is changing a life in her community...and changing the world. Five of these compassionate, dedicated women have been chosen from nominees across North America to become Harlequin's More ...

  • Stella, Get Your Gun

    Nancy Bartholomew

    She's just been shot at, arrested and thrown in jail, but trust former police officer Stella Valocchi -- compared to last week, things are looking up. Last week she: a) caught her cop boyfriend in bed with her best friend, b) kidnapped the boyfrie...

  • One Starry Christmas: Stormwalker's Woman

    Carolyn Davidson
    in

    Half-breed Jesse Stormwalker knew associating with Molly Thompson could ruin the young widow's reputation. But he sensed that only he could mend Molly's broken spirit, and Jesse hoped that the miracle of Christmas would make all things possible....

  • Found and Lost

    Holly Jacobs

    Markie's Monday list: Smash a couple of alarm clocks Get out of bed Drink lots of coffee Dress and search for keys Avoid dead body... What??? A double shot of espresso couldn't jolt Markie Walkowicz more than discovering a stiff on he...

  • Nanny In Hiding

    Patricia Kay

    Welcome to Morgan Creek...population 5445, where Amy Jordan hoped to make a new life for herself and her young daughter, far from her vengeful ex-husband. So when the town's most eligible single father offered her a job as a live-in nanny to his two ...

  • Cowboy Trouble

    Pamela Britton

    Chasing After Love... She doesn't believe in love at first sight, so why does she feel like this? Breathless. Excited. It's just infatuation -- right? At least, that's what big-city PR wizard Lani Williams tells herself when she meets client Ch...

  • Caught in the Crossfire

    Annette Broadrick

    COMPROMISING POSITIONS Busted! And in only boxer briefs in the bed of a senator's daughter! Despite no memory of their night together, Jared Crenshaw knew that nothing had happened. Heck, Lindsey Russell was still wearing a neck-to-toe nightgown. ...

  • Wrong Twin, Right Man

    Laurie Campbell

    Rafe Montoya had known his wife, Beth, was unhappy. She wanted him home earlier, wanted a baby, wanted more of himself than he could give. He thought that being her knight in shining armor would be enough. But then a tragic accident claimed Beth's li...

  • Next of Kin

    C.J. Carmichael

    A tractor trailer jackknifes. E.R. nurse Jackie Kellison's car is slammed into the ensuing pileup. She climbs free and rushes amid the flames and wreckage to help others. And then Jackie hears a baby cry.... Jackie Kellison pulls the injured baby fr...

  • Navarro or Not

    Tina Leonard

    That Man's Only Interests Were Boots, Babes and Beds! A love-'em-and-leave-'em cowboy was not what Nina Cakes wanted when she asked for a muscular man to help move her heirloom bed. After all, it was a cowboy who had gotten her sister into trouble...

  • Daring the Dynamic Sheikh

    Kristi Gold

    THE SHEIKH'S TEMPTATION Fiery beauty Raina Kahlil was content until her long-absent fiance, Sheikh Dharr Halim, came to whisk her back to his kingdom -- to visit her family, not to marry her. Deep down she ached for the playboy prince, but tried t...

  • Undercover With the Mob

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    It's true what they say -- all the good guys are married...or have Mob connections! And Natalie Dorset should know. The guy who moved in downstairs may be gorgeous, but the things he says -- who uses "whacked" anymore? -- and the way he dresses......

  • In Sight of the Enemy

    Kylie Brant

    Subject: Mother-to-be Cassie Donovan. Family History: Her true heritage won't be found on her Texas ranch. Deepest Secret: She can see into the future. And the future she sees is her own -- filled with murder! For Cassie, her power was frighteni...

  • Lost in Sensation

    Maureen Child

    It was the last place Dr. Sam Holden wanted to be. After his wife's death, weddings and crowds were unbearable. But his self-imposed isolation was shaken to its core by Tricia Wright, the sexy whirlwind that was the groom's sister. And when the propo...

  • The Laws of Passion

    Linda Conrad

    INTIMATE PROTECTOR If he didn't do something quick, Marc Danforth would end up doing hard time for a crime he didn't commit. But getting around his sexy bodyguard was going to be a challenge. Not only was FBI agent Dana Aldrich supposed to save hi...

  • A New Life

    Dana Corbit

    Joshua wasn't willing to take risks when it came to love. But he was a man of faith. Could it be mere coincidence that he'd pulled this remarkable woman from a burning barn...and into his life?Widowed with three young children, Tricia Williams vowed ...

  • Cowboy Accomplice

    B.J. Daniels

    HOW HARD COULD IT BE TO FIND A COWBOY IN MONTANA...? All J.T. McCall cared about were cattle. He'd always been the responsible brother and had taken over the day-to-day management of the family-owned Sundown Ranch years ago. He was as authentic as...

  • Very Private Duty // The Only Man

    Rochelle Alers

    At one time, nothing had been able to quench Jeremy Blackstone's insatiable hunger for luscious Tricia Parker. He'd lived for their passion-filled encounters even though they were from such different worlds. Then ugly accusations of her betrayal ripp...

  • Holiday Homecoming

    Jillian Hart

    KNIGHT IN A SHINING SUV She was supposed to be home in Montana for Thanksgiving, but Kristin McKaslin was stranded at the Boise airport -- in a snowstorm. There was no hope. Then, out of nowhere, a car pulled up. It was Ryan Sanders, the charming fo...

  • Rules of Engagement

    Gayle Wilson

    LONE WOLF AGENT His father's death may have looked like a suicide, but Phoenix Brotherhood agent Nick Morelli suspected foul play. Nick's investigation led him to other mysterious deaths...and to Cara Simonson, a beautiful woman grieving for her f...

  • One Starry Christmas: Home for Christmas

    Carol Finch
    in

    When Seth Gresham brought his friend's estranged daughter home for Christmas, the former bounty hunter never suspected they'd both been had. But once Olivia discovered that her father wasn't dying -- just matchmaking -- would Seth's love make her sta...

  • One Starry Christmas: Hark the Harried Angels

    Lynna Banning
    in

    Adam Garnett thought he had nothing to offer Irina Likov. Until meddlesome, matchmaking strangers intervened. Now his decision to give Irina a Christmas she'll remember gives Adam the greatest gift of all....

  • The Legacy of Croft Castle

    Jean Barrett

    RELUCTANT PARTNERS Ghost hunter Meredith Allen couldn't resist the summons to Croft Castle. A centuries-old ghost had suddenly become more than a nuisance -- it had become deadly. But the castle with its eerie glowing lights, secret passages and ghos...

  • Gold in the Fire

    Margaret Daley

    As a firefighter, Joshua Markham was used to taking risks. So when unexplained fires started disrupting the quiet town of Sweetwater, he was prepared to stop them -- whatever it took. What he wasn't prepared for was Darcy O'Brien, the beautiful wo...

  • The Bachelor

    Marie Ferrarella

    Event planner Jenny Hall didn't have time for men. Between organizing a bachelor auction and caring for her son, she barely had time for herself! So she was stunned when her friends pooled together the money at the auction to buy her a date with Eric...

  • Mistress To Her Husband

    Penny Jordan

    Kate Howard arrives for a regular day at the office -- only to get a major shock! The new managing director is none other than her ex-husband! Billionaire businessman Sean Howard is still smarting because his marriage to Kate ended. But when he se...

  • Unaccustomed to Waiting

    Linda Hudson-Smith

  • Scandal Takes a Holiday

    Lindsey Davis

    THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL MAY PROVE DEADLY... As an "informer"--a private detective--Marcus Didius Falco has an insider's knowledge of the Empire's less than glorious side. He's also been in the middle of its most dangerous secrets more than onc...

  • Melancholy Baby

    Robert B. Parker

    There's only one way for Boston P.I. Sunny Randall--as conflicted as she is beautiful--to get her mind off her personal problems, and that's by helping someone else get over theirs. But as she assists a troubled young woman in locating her birth pare...

  • Off the Cuff

    Carson Kressley

    Carson Kressley is the most recognizable name in men’s fashion today. With a legion of fans who hang on his every tip and quip, Kressley has single-handedly made it cool for the average guy to care about clothes. In Off the Cuff, Carson makes over ...

  • Snowman in Paradise

    Michael Roberts

    We all know what happens the night before Christmas, but have you heard the story of the day after Christmas? In this imaginative book, author/artist Michael Roberts takes the traditional poem and turns it on its head...with hilarious results. Featur...

  • Angry Dragon

    Thierry Robberecht

    When a little boy hears “no” from his mother one time too many, he feels his anger rising. It burns and builds, finally turning him into a giant dragon that destroys everything in its path. Nothing is safe: not toys or stuffed animals -- not even...

  • Kinki Lullaby

    Isaac Adamson

    Wisecracking reporter and reluctant detective Billy Chaka is back. His latest misadventure finds him in Osaka to accept an award for an article he'd written years before about a teenage Bunraku puppet prodigy named Tetsuo. Billy quickly learns he may...

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Regina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could not be greater, their worlds could not be richer. ...

  • The Princess Present

    Meg Cabot

    Mia would give all the jewels in Genovia for the perfect present Every year, Princess Mia spends the holidays in Genovia with Grandmere. This year, she's looking forward to the most perfect Christmas ever: her boyfriend, Michael, and her best friend...

  • The Grim Grotto

    Lemony Snicket

    Dear Reader, Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp. You might also prefer not to read this book, in which the Baudelaire siblings encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depth...

  • The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide across multilayered worlds of wheres and whens. The destinies of Roland, Susannah, Jake, Father Callahan, Oy, and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself, which...

  • A Form of Godliness

    Shane Johnson

    Experience the Nightmare of a Perfect WorldWelcome to America: where every school child is completely healthy; where an all-embracing church speaks only of unconditional love and acceptance; where diseases once thought beyond reach have been conquere...

  • The Last Storyteller

    Diane Noble

    One Woman’s Choice, One Family’s Legacy

    Taite Abbot has always been a free spirit, and she has the tattoos and piercings to prove it. So when her boyfriend, medical student Sam Wellington, leaves for a fellowship thousands of miles away be...

  • King's Ransom

    Jan Beazely

    The Faith to Face TyrannyFaith to Face the Third ReichTwo Stories of Undaunted CourageSet during the darkest days of World War II, King’s Ransom tells the heroic story of Tsar Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and his extraordinary efforts to save his c...

  • How to Make a Night

    Linda Ashman

    Have you had a bad day?

    Have things been zooming out of control from the moment you set your feet on the floor this morning?

    Are you ready for the day to be over?

    No problem! Just follow these instructions on how to make a night:...

  • Ballerina Bear

    Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

    It's time for the big recital, but what is Ballerina Bear going to wear? She wants to make sure she really sparkles on her special day. Luckily her friends Princess Bear and Jewel Bear are there to help. Friends fur-ever!

    ...

  • Buried Treasure!: Tales from Bikini Bottom

    Simon Spotlight

    Buried Treasure!

    Dive down deep and discover the hilarious world of SpongeBob. Now SpongeBob fans can enjoy many of their favorite Bikini Bottom tales all in one book!

    The following best-sellers are included:

    The Amazing Spon...

  • Talent Show

    Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

    The bears are busy preparing acts for the talent show. But what will Princess Bear do? As she spends the day encouraging her friends and getting the other bears excited for the show, everyone realizes that Princess Bear has a special talent of her...

  • Firefly in a Fir Tree

    Hilary Knight

    When Hilary Knight discovered mice in his studio, he set about designing them a special outdoor home.

    The mice had unique talents of their own. Maude, an expert needle-mouse, complemented Max's way with a hammer. Both shared a keen eye for f...

  • The Spongebob Squarepants Movie: Junior Novelization

    Marc Cerasini

    Something's fishy in Bikini Bottom… When King Neptune's crown is stolen, Mr. Krabs is held accountable for the crime! So it's up to SpongeBob and his trusty sidekick, Patrick, to make the dangerous trip to Shell City to retrieve the crown and save...

  • Sarah's Song

    Karen Kingsbury

    A New York Times bestselling author weaves a heartwarming tale of redemptive grace and the spirit of Christmas. Every year Sarah Lindeman celebrates Christmas the same way, placing one special ornament on her tiny tree on each of the twelve days of C...

  • Buried Fire

    Jonathan Stroud

    Deep in the English countryside, the unearthing of an ancient Celtic cross awakens an imprisoned dragon and unleashes a smoldering evil. Less than a mile away, 13-year-old Michael McIntyre falls asleep on a lush green hill, and wakes up with frighten...

  • The Leap

    Jonathan Stroud

    After her best friend, Max, drowns, Charlie Fletcher is overwhelmed with shock and grief. When she attempts to explain what happened that day at the Mill Pond, no one believes her. The doctors and her mother think she may be hallucinating, or worse-c...

  • Mary Middling and Other Silly Folk: Nursery Rhymes and Nonsense Poems

    Rose Fyleman

    Here’s a treat for young Mother Goose fans who are ready for something new. With the lively lilt of nursery rhymes and an abundance of silliness, these poems introduce the naughty girl who threw a bun at the teacher, the fellow who eats all his mea...

  • Wind Flowers: Contemporary Malayalam Short Fiction

    V. Abdulla

  • Stain of Guilt

    Brandilyn Collins

    As I drew, the house felt eerie in its silence. . . . A strange sense stole over me, as though Bland and I were two actors on stage, our movements spotlighted, black emptiness between us. But that darkness grew smaller as the space between us shrank....

  • The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant

    Douglass Wallop

    "A bad bargain for the devil, a wonderful one for readers."―New York Post

    Decades before Field of Dreams there was The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the classic baseball fable that became the hit movie and musical Damn Yankees. Now a ne...

  • The Tree House

    Kathleen Jamie

    For several years now, Kathleen Jamie's work has addressed two principal concerns: how we negotiate with the natural world, and how we should define our conduct within family and society. In The Tree House Jamie argues - as Burns did before her - fo...

  • The Attic Christmas

    B.G. Hennessy

  • Guess Who's Coming to Santa's for Dinner?

    Tomie DePaola

    This year, Santa and Mrs. Claus are having their entire family over for Christmas dinner. There's Uncle Alfred the inventor from Bermuda; Sister Olga the opera singer; eight young children, including Baby Willie; even a polar bear named Oscar. With a...

  • Santa vs. the Snowman

    Steve Oedekerk

    When an innocent, lovable Snowman accidentally stumbles on Santa's Village and tries to take a present before Christmas, Santa's loyal elves chase him away, in a story based on the 3-D animated IMAX film....

  • Frosty's New Friends

    Richard Cowdrey

  • Christmas Angels

    M.I. Hummel

  • A Christmas Story

    Grosset & Dunlap

  • Enna Burning

    Shannon Hale

    Enna's life was not meant to be simple. When her brother, Leifer, brings home a mysterious piece of vellum that teaches him how to set fires -- without a spark, without flint -- Enna cannot decide if this power is one she wants for herself, or someth...

  • Axel's Castle

    Edmund Wilson

    Published in 1931, Axel's Castle was Edmund Wilson's first book of literary criticism--a landmark book that explores the evolution of the French Symbolist movement and considers its influence on six major twentieth-century writers: William Butler Yea...

  • Rachel and the Riot: The Labor Movement Divides a Family

    Susan Martins Miller

    Time Period:  1889  In Minneapolis in 1889, ten-year-old Rachel Borland finds her family torn apart by the new labor movement. Two of her uncles quarrel over the necessity of a streetcar workers' union-and before long, it becomes even more p...

  • New Baby Train

    Woody Guthrie

    Wondering where babies come from, a young child is told that they arrive on the New Baby Train that travels its long tracks from destination to destination, picking up and delivering its precious bundles along the way....

  • Find a Face

    Francois Robert

    If you look hard enough, you can find a face in the most unexpected places: on a light switch, a shoe, a cardboard box, or a map. Look around. They're everyplace! With its funny illustrations, colorful design and playful die-cut cover, this is a book...

  • The First Cut

    Peter Robinson

    On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, is strolling home through a silent moonlit park when she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in the hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then slowly, painfully, ...

  • The Hazards of Sleeping Alone

    Elise Juska

    With her free-spirited daughter away at college and her "hip" ex-husband living across the country, Charlotte has grown used to being alone. For the most part, she prefers it. She relies on familiar routines: manicures, grocery shopping, game shows. ...

  • Paladins

    Joel Rosenberg

    JUST ONE RED SWORD COULD DEFEAT AN ARMY -- AND THE ENEMY HAD A WHOLE ARSENAL! Every schoolboy knows that Mordred the Great defeated King Arthur the Tyrant in the twelfth century, and Mordred's heirs had preserved the British crown through the Age...

  • To Rule in Amber

    John Gregory Betancourt

    In this volume, a new universe, with its infinite shadow reflections, is brought into being by Dworkin via the Pattern he has created with his own blood. But his creation has caused a great upheaval in the faraway Courts of Chaos. While Oberon use...

  • Blind Alley

    Iris Johansen

    ONE OBSESSED KILLER... ONE DEADLY TRAP... ONE WOMAN'S DARKEST NIGHTMARE... Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, she's about to get the shock o...

  • Florence of Arabia

    Christopher Buckley

    The bestselling author who made mincemeat of political correctness in Thank You for Smoking, conspiracy theories in Little Green Men, and Presidential indiscretions No Way to Treat a First Lady now takes on the hottest topic in the entire world"Ara...

  • Paradise City

    Lorenzo Carcaterra

    As a fifteen-year-old, Giancarlo Lo Manto learned about injustice the hard way. His father was gunned down by the Camorra, the murderous clan run by Don Nicola Rossi. When his mother moved him from New York back to his family's ancestral home in Napl...

  • The Making of Henry

    Howard Jacobson

    Man Booker Prize"Winning Author of THE FINKLER QUESTIONSwathed in his kimono, drinking tea from his samovar, Henry Nagle is temperamentally opposed to life in the 21st century. Preferring not to contemplate the great intellectual and worldly s...

  • Runt

    Marion Dane Bauer

    Deep in the Minnesota forest, where only the strong survive, four regular-sized pups Leader, Sniffer, Runner, and Thinker are pushed into the world. Then one last, very small pup is born into the wolf pack. He is called Runt. From the very start, R...

  • Rowan and the Ice Creepers

    Emily Rodda

    Rowan's village of Rin is under attack by vicious ice creepers, creatures that flow down from the Mountain bringing endless winter to the land.

    Rowan and his friends set out to stop the deadly creepers. But first, Sheba the witch gives Rowa...

  • Midnight Over Sanctaphrax

    Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell

    'Sanctaphrax will be destroyed by the energy of the Mother Storm!' Far out in the open sky, a ferocious storm is brewing. In its path is Sanctaphrax -- a magnificent city built on a floating ck and tethered to the land by a massive chain. Only Twig...

  • Girls Rule!

    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Summer is around the corner, and the rivalry between the Malloy sisters and the Hatford brothers is heating up! The kids have two weeks to earn money for a fundraising contest sponsored by the local hospital. All those who collect twenty dollars or m...

  • Richard Scarry's The Best Collection Ever!

    Richard Scarry

    Five of your favorite Scarry stories in one book! Follow Huckle, Lowly Worm, and their friends through many adventures around Busytown. They search for treasure, camp out, survive a snowstorm, and more!...

  • The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit

    Chris Wormell

    ONCE IN A cave, lived a horrible ugly monster. Perhaps the most horrible and ugly monster in the world. . . .

    So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond just by dipping his toe in it. No living thing can st...

  • Federico and the Magi's Gift

    Beatriz Vidal

    IT'S THE EVE of the Epiphany, or the Feast of the Three Kings, and that means the Three Wise Men, or Magi, will ride through the night sky to deliver gifts to children. Four-year-old Federico has misbehaved, and now he is afraid the Magi won’t leav...

  • The Littlest Magi

    Chris Auer

    Jacob, a young boy who is a servant in King Herod's household, overhears three strangers tell Herod about a new king. Jacob is so excited and wants to see the new king too, so he stows away in the strangers' caravan. What follows is an exciting adven...

  • Little Bit of Trouble

    Sally Grindley

    In this delightful sequel to No Trouble at All, Sally Grindley and Eleanor Taylor have once again created a picture book that is irresistible to parents and grandparents. One day, Grandfather Bear and his two mischevious cubs go on a picnic. Grand...

  • Yoss

    Odo Hirsch

    “TOWNS SWALLOW MEN up, Yoss. They’re hungry. People disappear into them and are never heard from again.”

    From an idyllic village high in the mountains, a boy of 14 sets out to encounter the world. On the plain below, a town sweats with s...

  • Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper: A Storybook

    Golden Books

    Barbie stars in a double role as Princess Anneliese and the poor seamstress Erika in Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper. The girls come from different worlds, but they have one thing in common -- they look exactly the same. When the two friends sw...

  • Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper

    Golden Books

    What would you do if you could switch places with a princess? Girls will love to find out in this wonderful retelling of The Princess and the Pauper DVD premiere starring Barbie. This hardcover storybook with a cloth spine is the perfect gift and col...

  • Silent Night, Holy Night

    Myrna Strasser

    This charming story begins when Grandpa Strasser tells his grandchildren the story of how the Strasser family helped make 'Silent Night' one of the most famous Christmas songs in history. Originally written as a poem inspired by a tender scene of a m...

  • Bad Boys

    Michael Cart

    BOLD, INNOVATIVE, AND eclectic -- that’s Rush Hour, the place for thought-provoking stories, essays, art, and poems from today’s most distinguished voices, both established and new. “Bad Boys” is the hard-hitting theme of Volume Two. Here are...

  • Stories to Share

    Golden Books

  • Santa Claus is Coming to Town

    Diane Wright Landolf

    HO! HO! HO! Santa Claus is making a list and checking it twice. Have you been naughty or nice? Find out how Santa spreads joy to children everywhere in this wonderful retelling of the beloved TV special....

  • Swan Lake

    Sue Kassirer

  • The Copycat Effect

    Loren L. Coleman

  • Apocalypse Burning

    Mel Odom

    Danger and personal crisis on land, sea, and in the air combine with a level of spiritual warfare that is unparalleled in a Christian book. Apocalypse Burning is a page-turning thriller that runs side by side with the phenomenal Left Behind series, w...

  • Brother Hood

    Janet McDonald

    From the winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, this provocative story about a young man straddling two very different worlds unfolds against a backdrop of brotherhood and betrayal, friendship and loyalty, and captures the di...

  • September Roses

    Jeanette Winter

    A tribute to the memory of September 11On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa are flying to New York City with 2,400 roses to be displayed at a flower show. As their plane approaches the airport, a cloud of black smoke billows ov...

  • Fault Lines

    Nancy Rue

    Things are finally getting better for Laura Duffy. Kind of. Despite nursing a broken jaw, Laura is finding a good balance between God, friends, school, and family. But something is happening at Panama Beach High School that is going to rattle ever...

  • Alt Ed

    Catherine Atkins

    FAT. Susan Callaway, bullied and overweight, faces daily humiliation at the hands of her classmates--and she's had enough. With her anger about to reach the boiling point, Susan lands in an alternative education class, a sort of group therapy for th...

  • On Your Mark, Get Set, Laugh

    Nancy Krulik

    On Your Mark, Get Set, Laugh! Katie is an ordinary fourth-grader -- except for one very extraordinary problem! She accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself. But what Katie soon learns is that wishes really do come true -- an...

  • The Impossible Butterfly

    Ken Petti; John Amodeo

    I used to think I could be perfect at everything I tried. But ever since I broke my gazing ball, it seems like I'm making one mistake after another. My gift with plants isn't going to be much use with our new class project: caring for a rare caterpil...

  • The Coconut Oil Miracle

    Bruce Fife

    The complete, accessible guide to reaping all the health and beauty benefits of coconut oil Natural coconut oil is nature's perfect food. Unlike the hydrogenated versions found in processed food, this uniquely curative elixir has been show to have co...

  • Up Country

    Alden R. Carter

    A 100 "Best of the Best" ALA Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 Years, Up Country is a heart-wrenching, powerful story from an exceptionally talented writer. Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car ster...

  • Why Do Snakes Hiss?

    Joan Holub

    Many people like snakes, lizards, and turtles, and there?s so much to find out about all of these scaly-skinned animals. Are all snakes poisonous? Why do snakes shed their skin? What unusual things can lizards do? Do lizards ever lose their tails? Wh...

  • Operation Itchy

    Jeanne Willis

    Itchy fleas have taken over the world, and readers are called on to help solve the mystery in this tongue-in-cheek caper starring a slightly bumbling canine spy and featuring several pullout clues.

    It all starts with a headline in the Daily Di...

  • North of Everything

    Craig Crist-Evans

    In this gentle, poignant novel-in-verse, the acclaimed author of AMARYLLIS tells a family tale that is infused with joy, heartbreak, and hope.

    Mom says
    Dad's spirit lives
    in every blade of grass,
    in every tree, in all the ways
    we l...

  • Into the Forest

    Anthony Browne

    A shortcut through the forest to Grandma's house produces some eerie moments -- and some oddly familiar characters -- in a strikingly illustrated tale about facing fears.

    One morning a young boy wakes up to find that Dad is gone. And in th...

  • Eddie: Harold's Little Brother

    Pat Koch Thaler

    Young Eddie can't play baseball like his big brother Harold, but Eddie is a fine talker, so Harold helps him realize his speaking talents, in a book based on the relationship between former New York City mayor Ed Koch and his older brother....

  • The Nutcracker Ballet Theatre

    Jean Mahoney

    This charming miniature theater invites children to create their own Nutcracker ballet -- with the help of toy dancers to twirl, backdrops to change, a CD of musical selections, and a guide to staging scenes.

    For every child who has ever ima...

  • The World of Dick and Jane and Friends

    William S. Gray

    Our second Dick and Jane treasury is here! The World of Dick and Jane and Friends is a compilation of some of the best-loved Dick and Jane titles. The treasury includes stories parents and grandparents will remember from Guess Who, The New We Come an...

  • The Biggest Soap

    Carole Lexa Schaefer

    It's laundry day on a South Pacific island, and Kessy is proud that Mama has chosen him to go to Minda's Store to buy the biggest soap. But he'll have to hurry if he wants to get back in time for the storytelling that accompanies the washing, so off ...

  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Book and CD

    Susan Wojciechowski

    The spirit of Christmas heals a sorrowing woodcarver's heart in this
    splendid edition of a holiday classic, complete with a CD recording
    masterfully narrated by James Earl Jones.

    The spirit of Christmas heals a sorrowing woodcarver's hea...

  • Snow Magic

    June Eding

    What happens when a lonely snowman makes a wish on a special winter night? Kids will watch the magic unfold as they decorate the wintry scenes in this book with tons of sparkly pom-pom stickers. There are twenty stickers and a page of fun winter craf...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 7

    Stan Lee

    The First Family of Super Heroes ushers in a new era of Marvel Masterworks with the addition of Fantastic Four Vol. 7 to the Masterworks Library! Showcasing the unmatched team-up of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this edition is a must-have! Hold on to you...

  • Invitation to Provence

    Elizabeth Adler

    Franny Marten's life is unraveling--after arranging to meet her boyfriend, Marcus Marks, for dinner, she finds his wife waiting for her instead. After the initial shock wears off, Franny finds she has more in common with Clare Marks than she could ev...

  • Don't Die, Dragonfly

    Linda Joy Singleton

    "And, to the girl with a dragonfly tattoo, don’t do it..." After getting kicked out of school and sent to live with her grandmother, Sabine Rose is determined to become a normal teenage girl. That's why she hides her psychic gift from everyone a...

  • Buttermilk Hill

    Ruth White

    Piper Berry is ten years old and living a carefree life in Buttermilk Hill, North Carolina -- until Mama realizes she's sick of being a housewife, and Daddy decides he wants to raise a family of sons. Now that the ugly word DIVORCE is suddenly a real...

  • The Peace Book

    Todd Parr

    Peace is making new friends.Peace is helping your neighbor.Peace is a growing a garden.Peace is being who you are.The Peace Book delivers positive and hopeful messages of peace in an accessible, child-friendly format featuring Todd Parr's trademark b...

  • Sacrifice

    Jim Kilroy

  • One Grave Too Many

    Beverly Connor

    With fascinating forensics, compelling characters, and ingenious plot twists, Beverly Connor's novels have been compared to those of the hottest crime writers on the scene. Now, she ratchets up the suspense to introduce one of today's most insightful...

  • Under Apache Skies

    Madeline Baker

    When a rugged stranger darkens the door of her family ranch, Martha Jean Flynn can tell right away that Ridge Longtree is nothing like the other cowboys who usually show up in search of work. For in the eyes of this raven- haired, half-Indian loner, ...

  • You Slay Me

    Katie MacAlister

    I'm Aisling Grey, and I have the job from Hell.... Literally. My prior career as a courier began and ended when I traveled to Paris to deliver a six-hundred-year-old golden drag-on statue and learned I was a Guardian. That's a Keeper of the Gates ...

  • Metal Sky

    Jay Caselberg

    Psychic investigator Jack Stein is back on the case.... The time: Two years after the Wyrmhole incident. Jack and Billie, his ever-enigmatic fourteen-year-old ward, have set up a new shop in a new town. The place: Yorkstone, with its clean stre...

  • Memories Are Made of This

    John Pelan
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    A gruesome collection of stories delves into the mysterious creatures and dark forces that lurk in the shadows, featuring contributions from such noted horror authors as Don Tumasonis, Lee Thomas, Mark Samuels, and Joseph A. Ezzo. Original....

  • Chances Are

    Barbara Bretton

    USA Today bestselling author Barbara Bretton returns to the scenic Jersey Shore for what should be the happiest day of Maddy Bainbridge's life... There's a wedding in the works at Paradise Point, and Maddy Bainbridge is finding the role of soon-to...

  • Pure Fusion

    Bill Buchanan

    As radiation poisoning creates a swath of death and destruction throughout Hama, Syria, the operatives of the United States' Counterterrorist Center must find--and destroy--the manufacturers of a pure-fusion neutron bomb before another one is detonat...

  • Guardians of the Keep

    Carol Berg

    For ten long years, the noblewoman Seriana has lived in exile, believing her husband, Karon, is dead, executed for the crime of practicing sorcery. Then she learns his soul has been anchored to their world through magic. And though he has been restor...

  • Snap Shot

    Meg Chittenden

    Diana Gordon doesn't want to play P.I. anymore--especially after being shot by a man she was nailing for insurance fraud. Enough is enough. It's time to get out of San Francisco for good. She couldn't ask for more peace and quiet than she finds in...

  • Dead Guilty

    Beverly Connor

    In Beverly Connor's absorbing series, the bones of the dead reveal the secrets of the living. Now Connor takes her ingenious heroine--forensic anthropologist Diane Fallon--on a chilling excavation of a crime with harrowing implications... In the ...

  • Wishful Sinful

    Tracy Dunham

    Big-time secrets seethe beneath the surface of small-town life in this absorbing new series featuring Tal Jefferson, a former attorney struggling to hold her o against the ghosts of the past, and a brutal crime that could seal her fate... It's been ...

  • France

    David E. Meadows

    “When Meadows’s men set sail, it’s sure to be a mission like no other.” -- W.E.B. Griffin   Over the waters off the Ivory Coast, a routine exercise turns into a mysterious disaster, when a flight of F-22 fighters simply vanishes. Someone...

  • Lone Star Cafe

    Lisa Wingate

    Everything seemed to be going wrong that morning.... Laura Draper is having the worst day of her life. By noon, her career as a magazine editor, her relationship with a well-known photojournalist, and her very sanity are all in doubt. She finds he...

  • Let There Be Blood

    Jane Jakeman

    In the Kingdom of Mists showcased the talent of Jane Jakeman. In its wake comes the first of the Lord Ambrose historical mystery series, a "cleverly executed" (Yorkshire Post) tale of turn-of-the-last-century murder-and, perhaps worse, wrongful blame...

  • The Resort

    Bentley Little

    “Master of the macabre”* Bentley Little is back with an irresistible invitation...Welcome to The Resort.   The Reata is an exclusive spa isolated in the Arizona desert -- a perfect getaway from the city for people like Lowell Thurman an...

  • The Jasmine Moon Murder

    Laura Childs

    Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning and her staff are catering an unusual Charleston society benefit -- a "Ghost Crawl" through the spooky grounds of the historic Jasmine Cemetery. Sadly, the doctor who thought up the event doesn't l...

  • Wife of Moon

    Margaret Coel

    In 1907, photographer Edward S. Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation, hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished altogether. To preserve the legacy of warriors in battle, Curtis staged an attack on a village, planning to ca...

  • The Stolen Relic

    Carolyn Keene

    My friends and I knew before we got to Arches National Park that it's full of red cliffs arches, and rock formations -- plenty of places for hiking, biking, and getting lost. It's a good thing there are park rangers and guides to help tourist like us...

  • The John Varley Reader

    John Varley

    A landmark collection from the master of science fiction whose short stories “are quite literally unforgettable” (William Gibson).   These eighteen stories from the acclaimed author of the Gaea Trilogy, The Ophiuchi Hotline, and many other i...

  • The Effect of Living Backwards

    Heidi Julavits

    Following her acclaimed debut, The Mineral Palace, Heidi Julavits presents a quirky, compelling novel about two sisters, a bizarre event, and the elusive nature of truth -- a New York Times Notable Book.Does Alice really hate her sister, or is t...