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  • Jason Aaron

    Collects Wolverine & The X-Men #14-18. AVX tie-in! As the Phoenix rises, Logan leads his own team of classic X-Men into battle - and the Jean Grey School sees its first graduate! Then, how does an anti-mutant organization operate in a mutant-run ...



  • Daniel Abraham

    George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. Now, in addition to overseeing the ongoing publication of new Wild Cards books (like 2011's Fort Freak), Martin is also commissioning an...



  • Amy Ackelsberg

    The ultimate guide to all things Lalaloopsy! Includes glitter on the cover and stickers. This Lalaloopsy collector's guide is a must-have for fans who want to keep track of which dolls they have--and which dolls they need. And it's no easy task si...



  • Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

    Signs of life are returning to Boulder. Power generators are humming, and the lights are coming back on. People are taking to the city's green spaces, smiles on their faces and hope in their hearts. Those who chose to follow Mother Abagail have made ...



  • Sarah Albee

    The Wheels on the Bus, a perennial favorite of the toddler set, gets a uniquely "Sesame Street" spin in this very funny Little Golden Book. Elmo, Grover, and Cookie Monster board a bus and meet some wacky passengers, including a furball with a boombo...



  • Louisa May Alcott

    Two rather young women, Amy and Helen, traveling with an older uncle, are doing the "tour" of Europe, and are supposedly soaking up education but secretly yearning for adventures and romance. At this wish for adventure, a pair of gloves suddenly drop...



  • E.J. Altbacker

    Each new Shark Wars book brings higher stakes--and hungrier sharks! Gray thought he could trust Takiza, the wise yet mysterious betta fish who's been his guide and mentor in the often treacherous depths of the Big Blue. But the news that Takiza wa...



  • Laura Marie Altom

    Is He SEAL Enough For The Job? The moment off-duty navy SEAL Tristan Bartoni meets feisty yet vulnerable Brynn Langtoine, he's a goner. He sure didn't have plans to be attracted to a recently widowed pregnant woman who is already mother to a troub...



  • Martha Ambrose

    Mallie Monroe's life as a reporter on Coral Island has finally settled down. She's adjusted to the Florida lifestyle, received a small raise, and is enjoying a playful romance with island cop Nick Billie. Things start to heat up when Mallie's old...



  • Amy Andrews

    For once reality "is" sexier than fiction Author Stella Mills has writers' block. Her swashbuckling debut romance was a mega-hit-and the world is crying out for a sequel. Problem is, her sexy-as-sin hero was based on childhood friend ...



  • Julie Andrews

    It's Valentine's Day, one of Geraldine's favorite times of year! She gets out her very best glitter to make cards for her family and friends at school, trying extra hard to think of ways to showcase all of their special qualities. But when Gerry gets...



  • Anonymous

    Meet Sasha King, a down-to-earth young writer who finds herself working inside a world that both repels and fascinates her: Project Icon, the once-mighty TV talent show that’s taken a hit in the ratings. In an attempt to get back on top, the show h...



  • Lenore Appelhans

    There has to be more to the afterlife than this. Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthday, Felicia Ward has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world and the next. Along with her fellow drone...



  • Alex Archer

    A holy war. An ancient scroll lost in history…until now. During a dig in Morocco, archaeologist Annja Creed and her companions are nearly buried alive when the khettara ceiling collapses, revealing a 1,300-year-old corpse. But when Bedouin bandi...



  • Lori Armstrong

    Torn between her duties to the FBI and her need to keep her loved ones safe, former black-ops army sniper Mercy Gunderson must unleash the cold, dark, merciless killer inside her and become the predator . . . rather than the prey. Newly minted age...



  • Tedd Arnold

    Gert loves dirt. She rolls in it, digs in it, even tastes it. Then one day while making mud pies in the rain, Gert becomes reorganized: she grows branches, leaves and roots. Gert is delighted....until camera crews televise her, botanists analyze her,...



  • Louise Aronson

    A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and illness in American today. An elderly Chinese immig...



  • Brodi Ashton

    Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity -- a debt that should've been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn't know what to d...



  • Rilla Askew

    With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers...



  • Author Unknown

    Rediscover the Arthurian legend as artist and writer Anna-Marie Ferguson blends medieval myth with the wisdom of the Tarot. Speaking to us in a deep, intuitive way, the Legend Tarot expands the traditional interpretations of the cards and enriches yo...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Count along with Thomas the Tank Engine as he chugs around the Island of Sodor. This companion to the perennial classic Thomas' ABC Book teaches numbers to train-obsessed little boys ages 3-7 as only Thomas & Friends can. ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Salty is bringing a new friend to the Sodor aquarium -- A SHARK! And he needs Thomas the Tank Engine's help to get him there. Little boys ages 3-7 who love trains will dive in to this Step into Reading adventure featuring all their favorite Thomas & ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    With two exciting Thomas & Friends stories, loads of full-color photographs, and more than 50 train stickers, this deluxe storybook offers boys ages 3 to 7 hours of fun and adventure. In "Express Coming Through!," Thomas the Tank Engine is asked to p...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    It's up, up, and away for Thomas & Friends Train-obsessed little boys ages 3-7 can use the four big chunky crayons included with this book to color Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends as they buffer giant balloons all around the Island of Sodor. ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Preparations for the annual Easter egg hunt on the Island of Sodor are behind schedule! Not to worry! Thomas the Tank Engine saves the day by hurrying around with a trainload of colorful eggs, helping to get them hidden just in time....



  • James Axler

    CRUEL DISPENSATION Burying the past in a nuclear cull, Deathlands spares no one from its punishing assault. In this grim new reality, there's little to live-or die-for, except the possibility of unlocking the mysteries of the past. Ryan Cawdor and...



  • Jim Aylesworth

    Rooster crows, Cock-a-doodle-doo. Wake up, girls, And little boys, too. Breakfast ham pop-pops, cow moo as they're being milked, girls feed clucking hens, and boys split wood--wack! When chores are done, rockers squeak, and kids play games wh...



  • Jeff Backhaus

    Thomas Tessler has cloistered himself in his bedroom and shut out the world for the past three years. His wife, Silke, lives right in the next room, but Thomas no longer shares his life with her, leaving his hideout only occasionally, in the wee hour...



  • Jeff Backhaus

    Your Lovely Small Face is the story of an American who's just immigrated to Korea in a risky scheme to resurrect his shattered career, prepare a home for his wife and daughter (who have promised to follow as soon as he lays a suitable foundation), an...



  • Roy Bainton

    New mysteries, as well as variations on recurring ones, continue to surface on a weekly basis around the globe, from showers of frogs over Hungary to birds falling to earth in Arkansas. This compendious round-up of unexplained phenomena examines eve...



  • Mignon F. Ballard

    With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search p...



  • Art Baltazar

    Get ready for a Tiny Titans trip to space! Join the gang as they journey through the galaxy to help Starfire clean her room. And find out what happens at your local Bird Scouts meeting. Plus, Supergirl stops by to save the day! ...



  • Art Baltazar

    School is in session at Sidekick City Elementary and it's time for report cards and parent teacher conferences. Plus, Beast Boy gets more than he bargained for with a trip to the local library and hilarity ensues at Blue Beetle's birthday party with ...



  • Art Baltazar

    The Tiny Titans East invade the playground! See if Robin keeps his new identity as Nightwing! Find out the hilarity that only comes with knock knock jokes! And the penguins are back, as the boys play Batman for a day! ...



  • Callie Barkley

    The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for -- but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends? The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls -- especially Ellie! She’s wanted to perform her entire life, ...



  • Callie Barkley

    Introducing The Critter Club! Amy and her friends solve a canine caper in this start to a pet-friendly illustrated chapter book series. It’s Spring Break in Santa Vista, and everyone has big plans...everyone except for Amy, that is! As her best ...



  • Bob Barner

    "I have a garden," a frisky dog announces. In simple sentences the dog guides new readers through a bright and lush garden, which is home to a chipmunk, a bird, a bug, and all sorts of other creatures. "This garden is for me," the dog continues. ...



  • Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That's why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when ...



  • Randi Barrow

    Randi Barrow is back with another gripping heroic World War II story about a boy and his best friend, a German shepherd! In 1941, the Germans began the long, bloody siege on Leningrad. During the chaos, twelve-year-old Ivan is sent to live with re...



  • Craig Bartlett

    Buddy and his family check out the new nursery car on the Dinosaur Train -- and watch dinosaur babies hatch! Boys and girls ages 3-7 of the PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train will roar with excitement as they color pages of awesome dinosaur babies. Plus, t...



  • Janet Lee Barton

    ESTHER MELROSE SEES A DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD. Even though she is thrilled to begin her career as a pharmacist, Esther is well aware that not everyone is willing to accept a woman in a man's field. But she is no stranger to adversity. As an orphan, s...



  • Erica Bauermeister

    National bestselling author Erica Bauermeister returns to the enchanting world of The School of Essential Ingredients in this luminous sequel. Lillian and her restaurant have a way of drawing people together. There’s Al, the accountant who finds...



  • Onk Beakman

    Spyro versus the Mega Monsters is the first in an ongoing Mask of Power series of original novels set in the Skylanders universe. These all new stories feature favorite characters from Spyro’s Adventure, Giants and beyond....



  • Jonathan Bean

    In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house themselves, fro...



  • Adam Beechen

    The League bands together, only to witness its most powerful members calling it quits! What enigmatic foe is responsible for Superman, Wonder Woman and Captain Atom throwing in the towel? Can Zatanna, Batman and The Flash pull it together before it's...



  • Adam Beechen

    When a young boy on the planet Rann wonders why his world doesn't have its own heroes, Adam Strange must show him what it means to be a hero! ...



  • Adam Beechen

    The Atom learns of an alien invasion whose entrance to our dimension is in the League’s Watchtower! Can the mighty mite get a "little" help from his super friends Wonder Woman, Ice and Firestorm? ...



  • Adam Beechen

    Guest-starring Booster Gold and Steel! The League battles the Royal Flush Gang in Las Vegas, and Booster learns why the team pays Superman so much respect. ...



  • Mike Befeler

    Sink, Swim or Die Paul Jacobsen may be old, ornery and forgetful, but right now he feels like the luckiest guy on the planet. With a hot seventy-something bride, Marion, by his side on a honeymoon cruise through Alaska, what's to complain about be...



  • R.S. Belcher

    Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His hal...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #11-18. Miles Morales, the newly minted Spider-Man, teams up with the Prowler! But wait, isn't the Prowler a bad guy?! Caught in a moral crisis, Miles must choose between battling his uncle-turned-crimelord, or jo...



  • Melanie Benjamin

    In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. For much of her life, Anne...



  • Melanie Benjamin

    When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meets Colonel Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his celebrated 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic. Enthralled by Char...



  • Paul Vos Benkowski

    It's hard to wait for mama to come home. But this fun book, with its humorous illustrations and a lively text are sure to make the time fly by....



  • Tom Benn

    It's Manchester, 1998, and the funeral party for Henry Bane's father is interrupted by a woman from Bane's past. Róisín is back in his life after an eight-year absence, inconvenient for Jan, his latest flame. Róisín has brought a wounded boyfrien...



  • Sue Bentley

    Eleanor is worried that her summer vacation is going to be lonely and boring. But when she meets magical pony Comet, things start looking up. Eleanor and Comet go on lots of adventures together and make many new friends!...



  • Sue Bentley

    Dawn is worried about moving to a new school this year, but when she meets magical bunny Arrow she realizes this year might not be so lonely after all. ...



  • Sue Bentley

    Becky’s vacation isn’t at all what she expected, and she is feeling lonely. But when she meets magical bunny Arrow, her summer starts looking up....



  • Sue Bentley

    Charlotte isn’t looking forward to her trip to the seaside, but when she meets magical bunny Arrow, it turns into a trip she’ll never forget....



  • Jim Benton

    Whatever you do, DON'T read Jamie Kelly's bestselling diaries! The bestselling Dear Dumb Diary series is a hilarious hit! Now Jamie Kelly's diaries have a fresh look and a fun twist. Dear Dumb Diary Year Two is still laugh-out-loud funny -- but ev...



  • Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    The Bears are dealing with a typical family issue ... the idea that they need 'things.' And even more things! Brother Bear wants a Space Grizzlies play set. Sister Bear begs for a Bearbie dream house. Even Papa Bear thinks he needs a new fishing rod!...



  • Lisa Tawn Bergren

    "God loved us so much he wanted us to always be with him too. That’s why God knew he’d need to give us Easter.” As Little Cub celebrates Easter with Papa, Mama, and her brother and sister, she begins to ask her papa questions about this v...



  • Maryka Biaggio

    A sweeping historical novel about a beautiful con artist whose turn-of-the-century escapades take her around the world as she's doggedly pursued by a Pinkerton Agency detective The novel opens in 1917 with our cunning protagonist, May Dugas, stan...



  • Kristin Billerbeck
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    Summer, fall, winter, spring -- Smitten, Vermont, is the place for love . . . and mystery! There’s a secret in Grandma Rose’s attic -- a forgotten set of dog tags belonging to her first love. But David Hutchins was killed in action and never r...



  • Elizabeth Black

    A gripping suspense story about a woman who returns to Galveston, Texas after a personal tragedy and is irresistibly drawn into the insular world she’s struggled to leave. Photographer Clare Porterfield's once-happy marriage is coming apart, unr...



  • Sage Blackwood

    In the Urwald, you don't step off the path. Trolls, werewolves, and butter churn-riding witches lurk amid the clawing branches, eager to swoop up the unwary. Jinx has always feared leaving the path -- then he meets the wizard Simon Magnus. Jinx kn...



  • Adam Blade

    The war for Avantia has reached its terrifying conclusion! Tanner, Gwen, Castor, and Rufus have collected three pieces of the ancient mask that bestows the power to control all of Avantia's Beasts to the wearer. Only one final portion remains and ...



  • Eric Blair

    While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers. ...



  • Eric Blair

    A retelling of a classic tale of a kindly but poor shoemaker who gets unexpected help with his work. ...



  • Eric Blair

    In this retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, the country mouse is embarrassed by his simple life. Then he visits the city mouse and finds out his life may not be so bad after all! ...



  • Eric Blair

    A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home. ...



  • Eric Blair

    A retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal. ...



  • Eric Blair

    A retelling of the classic tale of a beautiful princess who makes a promise to a frog which she does not intend to keep. ...



  • Eric Blair

    In this simple retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, the poor mice live in constant fear of the sneaky cat. The cat is so quiet, the mice can never hear her approach. How will the mice solve their cat problem? ...



  • Eric Blair

    In a retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, a foolish donkey pretends to be a lion and finds he can scare other animals and people. The donkey is having lots of fun, until he meets the clever fox. ...



  • Eric Blair

    No one can clear a trail or track a deer as well as Daniel Boone. The Wild Frontier won't be wild for long with Daniel Boone leading the pioneers. ...



  • Eric Blair

    Pecos Bill is a cowboy who was raised by wild animals, once roped a whole heard of cattle at one time, and invented Texas chili. Learn more about this wild cowboy. ...



  • Megan Frazer Blakemore

    Ephraim Appledore-Smith is an ordinary boy, and up until his father's stroke he lived an ordinary life. But all that changes when his family moves to the Water Castle-their ancestral home in the small town of Crystal Springs. Mallory Green's family h...



  • James P. Blaylock

    It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives - brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer - is at home in Aylesford with his family. However, a few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken by pirates above Egypt Bay; the crew m...



  • Daniel Blythe

    Can she escape the shadows and face the truth before the darkness destroys her? "If the enemy is a fire, the evil is its shadow, flickering upon the wall." "That's very poetic, Miss Bellini. I just wish I knew what it meant." Miranda's new h...



  • Daniel Blythe

    Can she escape the shadows and face the truth before the darkness destroys her? "If the enemy is a fire, the evil is its shadow, flickering upon the wall." "That's very poetic, Miss Bellini. I just wish I knew what it meant." Miranda's new ...



  • Pamela Bobowicz

    Girls ages 4-6 can join Alice as she chases the White Rabbit into a topsy-turvy world in this Step into Reading adaptation of the beloved animated film Disney's "Alice in Wonderland." ...



  • Larry Bond; Jim DeFelice

    As depression and drought wrack China, the country’s new premier has launched a deadly war with Vietnam. The assault has left the world on the precipice of disaster…. U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy disobeys his commander and plunges headlong into...



  • William Boniface

    Build your own Easter basket with this interactive board book that comes with thirty play pieces! It’s time to build your Easter basket. You can watch us do it! When jelly beans are fully ripe, they’re picked and added to it. Childre...



  • Ann Bonwill

    Every member of the Frazzle family is disastrously forgetful. Mr. Frazzle forgets his trousers, Wags the dog can't find bone, and Annie and Ben bring fishing poles and towels to school instead of their homework. Not even Aunt Rosemary with her organi...



  • Ann Bonwill

    Every member of the Frazzle family is disastrously forgetful. Mr. Frazzle forgets his trousers. Wags the dog can't find his bone, and Annie and Ben bring fishing poles and towels to school instead of their homework. Not even Aunt Rosemary with her or...



  • Crystal Bowman

    This Easter, Lily's mom and dad plan an egg hunt that goes beyond chocolate bunnies, and you can, too! Based on the bestselling teaching tool from FamilyLife, this special neighborhood egg hunt leads Lily, her friends, and young readers on a search f...



  • Valerie Bowman

    After reading a scandalous pamphlet entitled SECRETS OF A WEDDING NIGHT, Miss Amelia Templeton cried off from her engagement. But her mother is set on seeing her daughter land a peer before the end of the Season. Amelia will do her duty. This time sh...



  • John Boyne

    Barnaby Brocket is an ordinary 8-year-old boy in most ways, but he was born different in one important way: he floats. Unlike everyone else, Barnaby does not obey the law of gravity. His parents, who have a horror of being noticed, want desperately f...



  • Jan Bozarth

    Trinity has always been fearless -- she loves climbing and finding the highest possible points to look out over New York City. In Aventurine, she arrives just as the fairy queens are meeting to determine the location of the baby that will one day suc...



  • Beth Bracken; Kay Fraser

    With danger surrounding them, Soli and Lucy must try to find out what's causing Lucy's mysterious illness. But will the Ladybirds help or hurt them? ...



  • Carin Bramsen

    An adorable little duckling is trying to befriend another "duck." However, he is oblivious to the fact that his potential pal is, in fact, a cat. Though resistant and stubborn at first, the cat soon realizes labels don't matter in the least -- and be...



  • Kirsten Bramsen

    It’s just tutu much fun!What do you do with a beautiful yellow tutu? Why, put it on your head and pretend you’re a ray of sunshine! Little girls will love the story of Margo, a girl with a tutu and a brilliantly imaginative mind. Lively...



  • Max Brand

    Three great stories of the American West available for the first time in hardcover book format. In "The Gunless Gunman" Tom Dallas has changed his way of living. All the shootings in which he was involved were justified, but there are many who wa...



  • Steve Breen

    Step aside, Bert and Ernie, the new odd couple is here! Pug and Doug are best friends. They both love doughnuts, bird watching, and polka music. They are also very different. Doug has a big imagination. Pug…not so much. When a misunderstanding ...



  • Steve Breen

    Step aside, Bert and Ernie, the new odd couple is here! Pug and Doug are best friends. They both love doughnuts, bird watching, and polka music. They are also very different. Doug has a big imagination. Pug…not so much. When a misundersta...



  • Simon Brett

    The genteel game of Real Tennis takes a murderous twist in Simon Brett’s witty and entertaining new Fethering mystery. Jude’s life has been turned upside-down thanks her new mant, Piers Targett, who’s keen to get her involved in his hobby o...



  • Steven Brezenoff

    The Mills family wants to leave Ravens Pass, but their house has other plans. ...



  • Kate Brian

    Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived … and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, ...



  • Margaret Park Bridges

    Molly hates rainy days. The gray sky, the soggy wait for the school bus, they seem to make everyone grumpy. Everyone except her friend Sophie, who shows Molly the magic she has been missing. The simple, poetic language in this lovely book takes reade...



  • Norman Bridwell

    This sweet padded board book with foil on the cover will be a must have for bedtime! Getting Clifford the Big Red Dog ready for bed is one BIG job. First Emily Elizabeth gives Clifford a bath in the pool, then she combs his hair with a rake, and c...



  • J.E. Bright

    Winx Club is an exciting animated show on Nickelodeon that follows Bloom, an ordinary girl who discovers she's really a fairy with extraordinary powers. When a trio of evil witches called the Trix threaten to take over the magical universe, it's up t...



  • J.E. Bright

    CATWOMAN has stolen an ancient flute that calls all of GOTHAM CITY'S cats to her command. When BATMAN swoops in to stop the kitty kidnapper, he's overwhelmed by hundreds of cross cats under CATWOMAN'S command! ...



  • Carolyn Brown

    Welcome to Sinful Delights -- the bake shop where the cupcakes are almost as delicious as the four women who run the place. Like Muff -- she's forty and not a bit interested in settling down with one man...what a waste of good cowboys that would be...



  • Carolyn Brown

    All’s fair in love and war, and Sophie is determined to win the battle for her aunt Maud’s cattle ranch -- even if it means fighting Elijah, a rude ex-military man. But it seems that even from the grave Aunt Maud is still matchmaking; her will st...



  • Peggy Brown

    Here's the first joke book every little kid should have Chock-full of riddles, limericks, jokes, and funny, colorful pictures....



  • T.J. Brown

    1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society and the distant rumblings of war. . . . Rowena Buxton Sir Philip Buxton raised three girls...



  • Margaret Brownley

    Molly Hatfield comes to Arizona Territory seeking stability and security. But living in Cactus Patch provides her with more than she ever dreamed. There is nothing Molly wouldn’t do for her teenaged brother, Donny. Blaming herself for the accide...



  • Nick Bruel

    Bad Kitty faces her toughest challenge yet . . . Kitty and Puppy are out of control! They're screaming, fighting, hissing, and drooling all over the house, and all of the commotion is upsetting Baby. Time for school -- obedience school, that is. ...



  • Samuel Brunt

    • Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” Representative of the type of moon-voyages being published prior to the 19th century: full of sharp satire, high...



  • Cathy Marie Buchanan

    A heartrending, gripping novel about two sisters in Belle Époque Paris. 1878 Paris. Following their father’s sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother ear...



  • John Burnside

    In these remarkable stories, John Burnside takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty roads at night....



  • James M. Cain

    An academic looking for money finds a woman and trouble instead Professor Lloyd Palmer loves a good biography. His fantasy is to start an institute to teach young scholars the biographical arts, and it will take old money to make his dreams come t...



  • James M. Cain

    Out of jail and back at work, a boxing trainer finds a woman worth fighting for It took some doing, but Duke Webster is out of prison. Val Valenty arranged the parole, and now the onetime boxing coach is his puppet, breaking his back on Valenty’...



  • James M. Cain

    A Confederate spy risks his life to win the heart of a fallen woman Early in the Civil War, the Confederacy sends Roger Duval to Sacramento, to keep an eye on the situation in California in hopes of turning the Western territory towards the Southe...



  • James M. Cain

    A Union army invalid meets a comely Louisiana rebel and never looks back The Union has captured New Orleans, and Bill Cresap has come to reap the profits. A school friend has a line on some easy money, and Cresap is eager to turn carpetbagger. But...



  • James M. Cain

    A hijacker and his hostage escape to a very strange, very dangerous farm Since his father died, every Saturday night has been the same for Dave and his mother. She starts by talking -- aimless, weird fantasies about get-rich-quick schemes that nev...



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  • Miles Cameron

    Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild. Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to...



  • Anne Canadeo

    The Black Sheep Knitters attend a thread and fiber festival and end up investigating an attack against the local llamas in this fifth charming mystery series, with bonus recipes and knitting ideas. Maggie Mesina and her Black Sheep Knitting group ...



  • Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Katy Duck meets a new friend AND learns a new dance in this encouraging tale for beginning readers. "Tra la la Quack Quack " When Mr. Tutu announces that his dance class will be trying out a new type of dance, dancing diva Katy Duck has her dou...



  • Courtney Carbone

    Based on an episode of Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer, this full-color Little Golden Book is sure to thrill little girls ages 2-5. ...



  • Courtney Carbone

    Children ages 3-7 will love this 48-page activity book based on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, complete with 4 chunky crayons! ...



  • Jose Cardona

    Boys and girls ages 3-7 will love this Little Golden Book retelling of Disney's "Mulan!" In order to save her father's life, Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place in the army. Will Mulan bring shame to her family for what she has d...



  • Susan Carlisle

    When big-city trauma doc Taylor Stiles swaps speeding tickets for community medicine, it brings back memories he's spent years running from. The only silver lining? Delectable local doctor Shelby Wayne! But Shelby deserves white picket fences and a f...



  • C.J. Carmichael

    How Can He Not Remember Her? Corb Lambert is ready to marry Laurel Sheridan. She's pregnant with his baby-- and Corb is the type of guy who will do the right thing. He just wishes that he could remember the passion they shared before a terrible ac...



  • Nachie Castro

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  • Ramona Cecil

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  • Mary Jane Clark

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  • Ray Connolly

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  • Tracey Corderoy

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  • Zoraida Cordova

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  • Bernard Cornwell

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  • Amy Corwin

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  • Cynthia Cotten

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  • Robert Crais

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  • Dale Cramer

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  • Dean Crawford

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  • Andrea Cremer

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  • Gareth Crocker

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  • Julie Cross

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  • Sarah Crossan

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  • Carmela D'Amico

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  • Michael Dahl

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  • Michael Dahl

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  • Cheryl B. Dale

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  • Tessa Dare

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  • Erica David

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  • Jacqueline Davies

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  • Kyra Davis

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  • Melissa de la Cruz

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  • Shobhaa De

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  • Jeffery Deaver

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  • Jesslyn DeBoer

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  • Jesslyn DeBoer

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  • Kelly Sue Deconnick

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  • Tracy Deebs

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  • Clari Dees

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  • Joseph Delaney

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  • Rachelle Delaney

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  • Rachelle Delaney

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  • Corinne Demas

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  • Lester Dent

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  • Lester Dent

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  • Lester Dent

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  • Lester Dent

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  • Kristen L. Depken

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  • Kristen L. Depken

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  • Kristen L. Depken

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