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  • Ben Aaronovitch

    When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved. It’s purely routine -- Nightingale, Peter’s superior, thinks he...



  • James Abel

    In the frozen waters of the Arctic, Marine bioterror expert Joe Rush races to save a submarine crew from a lethal threat... "The pleas for help stopped coming just after five in the morning, Washington time. The Pentagon staffers cleared for handl...



  • Susan Adrian

    Romance and action come crashing together in Susan Adrian's TUNNEL VISION in which a teenage boy with incredible powers is brought to the attention of the government. Jake Lukin just turned 18. He's decent at tennis and Halo, and waiting to hear o...



  • Keri Aeschliman

    “It scares me to think what Pa will do when he finds out ... but we can’t keep it a secret forever.” David Riley is a typical farm boy of the late 1800s, growing up in a Midwest community where religion was a tradition that none dared to cha...



  • Jo Albee

    Do you think of anyone as a hero? Maybe your hero is a sports figure, a singer, or a community leader. There have been many people, both now and in the past, who have made the United States of America a better place to live. In Our Heroes you will pr...



  • Gabriel Alborozo

    Zot lives in a world without colour -- no green grass, no blue sky, no yellow sun and no red flowers. From his lonely mountaintop, he gazes at Earth, sparkling with brilliant colour, and thinks it must be a very happy place. He sets off to steal some...



  • Hannah Alexander

    An anonymous note demands millions of dollars -- and in return, Lynley Marshal can keep her life. Lynley turns to new police chief John Russell for protection. The handsome widower promises to keep her safe. But time is running out as the clock ticks...



  • Beverly Allen

    Deadly thorns lurk among the roses in this Bridal Bouquet Shop Mystery Florist Audrey Bloom, co-owner of the Rose in Bloom, creates fragrant bouquets for brides. But when a wedding goes fatally wrong, it’s up to Audrey to sniff out a killer . . ...



  • Elise Allen; Halle Stanford

    On the last night of her season, Winter hosts a sleepover party for her sisters―and the youngest Enchanted Sister, Spring, finally feels old enough to go! But Spring is nervous ... she's never slept away from home before. The evening ends in disast...



  • Sarah Addison Allen

    Two magical sisters. One cranky apple tree. It's October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree...



  • Scott Allie

    Collects Star Wars: Jedi -- The Dark Side (2011) #1-5. Following a shocking political assassination, young Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos -- whose father is king....



  • Shiro Amano

    With Xion back in the Organization, she and Roxas can finally work together again. But strangely, Roxas is getting weaker and weaker, while Xion is getting inexplicably stronger. Meanwhile, the leaders of Organization XIII decide that they only need ...



  • Catherine Anderson

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Coulter and Harrigan Family novels comes a brand-new contemporary romance series about first love, second chances, and hope reborn.... After years of living in fear of her husband, Amanda Banning ...



  • Amy Andrews

    A stolen kiss in the ER Five years ago brooding ex-military medic Gareth Stapleton lost his beloved wife to breast cancer. Since then he's kept his distance from everything and everyone. Until Dr. Billie Ashworth-Keyes waltzes into his life and t...



  • Julie Andrews

    Get your glitter pens and favorite markers ready -- it's time to channel your inner artist with the Very Fairy Princess! Create your very own tiara, design gorgeous fairy princess wings, and draw unique costumes and creations in this book brimming wi...



  • Adolphus A. Anekwe

    A searing medical thriller by Adolphus A. Anekwe, a renowned doctor, about the ramifications of isolating a gene that causes violent behavior Dr. Regina Dickerson is a Catholic physician in San Diego who has discovered that there is a certain gen...



  • Kathi Appelt

    Apart from sticker burrs and sand fleas, Cardell’s life is mostly wonderful. He knows he’s loved through and through by his perfectly good mama and his perfectly good daddy. They live in different parts of the desert, but that’s okay -- Cardell...



  • Kathi Appelt

    Red is a dashing, smashing downtown tomcat. Ginger is a jazzy, snazzy uptown kitty. But after they meet at the Alley Cat's Meow--the hottest boogie-woogie juke joint around--the sparks fly as they dazzle the world with their romantic toe-tappin', qui...



  • Alex Archer

    The face of evil. And the face of greed… The video showed a nearly naked man bloodied and beaten. Even as archaeologist and TV presenter Annja Creed watched, the clock on his suicide vest ticked down, and precious seconds were lost. But this ...



  • Tessa Arlen

    Lady Montfort has been planning her annual summer costume ball for months with scrupulous care. Pulling together the food, flowers and a thousand other details for one of the most significant social occasions of the year is her happily accepted respo...



  • Mindee Arnett

    Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission in this breathtaking sequel to Mindee Arnett's Avalon, which SLJ called "an exciting piece of science fiction that keeps up its energy from beginning to end" in a ...



  • Tedd Arnold

    Learn all about insects with Fly Guy and Buzz! Fly Guy and Buzz are ready for their next field trip! And in FLY GUY PRESENTS: INSECTS they go outside to learn all about other insects like Fly Guy! With straightforward text, humorous asides, and ki...



  • Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

    Feathers fly and humor abounds as the literary adventures continue for Henrietta, the talented chicken from THE PLOT CHICKENS. Thrilled to have her picture book published, Henrietta is all aflutter with excitement when she's invited to a local boo...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 can ride the rails with Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends in this paperback storybook featuring stickers, a pullout poster, a train card game, and more! ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas and his friends see a volcano in the new Dinosaur Park! Could it erupt? Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who love trains will thrill to this Step 2 Step into Reading adventure, featuring a shiny foil cover and two sheets of stickers, and based on an...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Here, bound together in one volume, are five Step into Reading Step 1 and 2 early readers based on Thomas & Friends movie adventures. Perfect for train-obsessed boys ages 4 to 6 who are just learning to read....



  • Kate Axelrod

    “THE LAW OF LOVING OTHERS... Hours after Emma returns home from boarding school, she realizes that her mom is suffering from a schizophrenic break. Suddenly, Emma’s entire childhood and identity is called into question. COULD NOT BE DISCOVER...



  • Steven Axelrod

    Henry Kennis, Nantucket island’s poetry-writing police chief who will remind readers of Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone and Spenser, works a second challenging case in Nantucket Five-spot. At the height of the summer tourist season, a threat to bo...



  • James Axler

    DUST DWELLERS Seeking refuge in a post-Armageddon America, Ryan Cawdor and his crew of misfits travel together for survival and sanity. Known as Deathlands, this lawless hellscape is defined by destruction, death and despair. Only those who perse...



  • Hosoi Aya

    Learn to draw the most expressive manga faces ever!Sure, drawing faces is one of the most challenging aspects of manga. But Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters is here to help! This fantastically comprehensive book includes more than 900 sampl...



  • Martine Bailey

    “That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.” Irrepress...



  • Tristan Bancks

    Working in the school library is the perfect undercover job for a superhero. Unless your first customer is archenemy, Liam Lawson. Can wannabe superhero Noob save the day? ...



  • Tristan Bancks

    Noob needs to develop his superpowers. And all superheroes can fly, right? But it's a long way down from the garage. And he doesn't even have a cape......



  • Tristan Bancks

    Noob is convinced Miss Chowder, the school librarian, is a supervillain. Can he stop her evil plot to take over the school? ...



  • Tristan Bancks

    Ruby's wobbly tooth needs help, fast. Sounds like a job for Noob the superhero! The only problem is ... Noob's scared. Is it time he hung up his cape for good?...



  • Christy Barritt

    Savannah Harris vowed to leave behind her old life as an intrepid investigative reporter. But when a friend raises suspicions about two migrant workers who’ve gone missing from the sleepy coastal town Savannah calls home, her curiosity spikes. A...



  • Marion Dane Bauer

    Rap, bap, tap. Late one winter night, a boy wakes to strange noises. There's a bear in his yard! The bear leads him to a forest, where the snow has grown muddy and the trees have sprouted buds. The frost is melting -- crinkle, crackle, CRACK. As they...



  • W.C. Bauers

    The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Al...



  • Ned Beauman

    From one of England's most accomplished young writers: a taut, riveting, compulsively readable novel in which a young man (with a bizarre sleep disorder) uncovers the connections between foxes behaving oddly in London, Burmese people going missing, a...



  • Glenn Beck

    It was once named America, but now it is just “the Republic.” Following the worldwide implementation of a UN-led program called Agenda 21, the once-proud people of America have become obedient residents who live in barren, brutal Compounds and se...



  • Tina Beckett

    When the clock strikes midnight… Dr. Miranda Dupris is fed up with men! Her ban on relationships is a New Year's resolution she is determined to keep. To prove it, she'll go on twenty-five dates in one year -- and that's first dates only. Maybe...



  • William Bee

    William Bee’s clever tale of celebrating every kind of winner -- warts optional -- is brought to vibrant life by Kate Hindley’s hilarious illustrations. It’s time for the Best Monster in the World Competition, and Albert can’t wait to ente...



  • Taylor Bell

    In this shockingly true-to-life novel written by an all-star team of Internet phenoms from the Total Frat Move generation, you’ll get the first true glimpse of “real” sorority life in all its f**ked up glory. Dirty Rush by Taylor Bell is wha...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects All-New X-Men #18-21, X-Men: Gold. The X-Men are shaken to the core by the fallout from BATTLE OF THE ATOM! Kitty Pryde is particularly affected, and her faith in Wolverine’s Jean Grey School is eroded. With her students gone, what is Kitt...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Who are THE SEVEN? An explosive new super team with a secret that could rock the world! Pilgrim and Walker have been through everything together, but this case may be the one that pulls them apart forever. Another blistering chapter of the Eisner Awa...



  • Rachel Benjamin

    Take a trip to learn about life long ago. In the Past will help you learn what life was like before computers, machines, and electricity. You’ll also get to practice the short i sound and other key phonics skills as well....



  • Jules Bennett

    "I'm pregnant." Two words that will rock one man's world forever. On location for a film about a horse-racing dynasty, Lily Beaumont is drawn into a sizzling affair with sexy stablehand Nash James. Now she has to trust him with the truth about th...



  • Mike Benson

    Collects Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1-5 & Deadpool: Games of Death. Deadpool's latest job has gotten him into a world of trouble. Everyone wants a piece of him - and for a crime he didn't commit! That's right: Someone's framed Deadpool, and it just...



  • Allie Benton

    Factories are busy places where things such as toys, cars, clothing, and food are made. Your favorite toy was probably made in a factory. Without factories we wouldn’t have many of the items that belong to us. In At a Factory you will practice some...



  • Celia Benton

    Did you know that frogs begin their lives with tails? Instead of hopping on land, they swim in water. As they grow older, their looks and actions begin to change, just like humans. In Frogs you will practice some key phonics skills while you learn ho...



  • Samantha Berger

    Bedtime story meets Coachella in this adorable book about a sloth who packs up his pajamas to attends an arena festival for nappers, dozers, and the very best sleepyheads. Snuggleford Cuddlebun is a champion sleeper. In fact, she's such a good sle...



  • Megan Mayhew Bergman

    From the acclaimed author of Birds of a Lesser Paradise, a dazzling new collection that explores the lives of unforgettable women in history. The fascinating characters in Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new stories are defined by their creative impulses...



  • Amalie Berlin

    Snowed in with a hot ER doc! Pretty massage therapist Ellory Star needs a fresh start! After yet another failed relationship she's decided to focus on finding herself -- not a man. So her only resolution this New Year: no dating until she's ready...



  • Frank Berrios

    Boys ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color storybook with more than 50 stickers based on the popular Disney/Pixar "Cars" animated short featuring Lightning McQueen, Mater, and all their friends. ...



  • Frank Berrios

    From the world of "Cars" soars "Planes: Fire & Rescue," a comedy-adventure featuring a quirky crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfires. Boys ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 S...



  • Frank Berrios

    Boys ages 4 to 6 will love this fun-filled Step 2 Step into Reading reader based on the popular Disney/Pixar "Cars" animated short featuring Lightning McQueen, Mater, and all their friends from Disney/Pixar "Cars."...



  • G.M. Berrow

    Fluttershy is shocked to discover that her pet bunny, Angel, wants to enter the annual Fine Furry Friends Fair herding contest! Who's ever heard of a bunny herding cows and sheep? Fluttershy agrees to train him, but their first practice is a disaster...



  • David Riley Bertsch

    High season is coming to an end when Jake Trent, “a fishing guide with a shadowy past, is lured into an explosive situation” (Kirkus Reviews). As the ex-lawyer ponders rekindling his romance with park ranger Noelle Kimpton, a surprise call from a...



  • Cari Best

    Zulay and her three best friends are all in the same first grade class and study the same things, even though Zulay is blind. When their teacher asks her students what activity they want to do on Field Day, Zulay surprises everyone when she says she ...



  • Rob Biddulph

    Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in Rob Biddulph's debut picture book, Blown Away. In this brilliantly captivating and gloriously illustrated story, a brave young penguin takes a kite flight to a tropical paradise. But in th...



  • Betty G. Birney

    Humphrey's eleventh adventure celebrates stories, writing, and the power of the imagination! Imaginations are running wild in Mrs. Brisbane’s class, but Humphrey is stumped. His friends are writing about where they would go if they could fly, b...



  • Nic Bishop

    Join photographer and biologist Nic Bishop as he takes a closer look at frogs.



    Now even the youngest readers can join Sibert Medal-winning photographer and biologist Nic Bishop as he takes a closer look at the world's most amazing an...



  • Steve Bjorkman

    It is dinnertime on Farmer Fred's farm as Mouse nibbles and nibbles. Mouse's meal is suddenly disturbed by a series of predators: Cat, Snake, Owl, Weasel, and Fox. Look out, Mouse! Mouse successfully avoids the predators, and the farm animals begin t...



  • Steve Bjorkman

    Farmer Fred forgot to feed the horse! Mouse nibbles holes in the horse's feed bag and all is well for the horse, but not for Mouse. Look out, Mouse! A cat, a snake, an owl, and a fox pursue him. But the horse neighs, the dog barks, chickens cluck,...



  • Holly Black

    In the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives.... Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. Tourists drive in t...



  • Scott Blackwood

    One autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls behind the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. SEE HOW SMALL tells the stories of the survivors-...



  • Adam Blade

    A precious Merryn treasure map has been stolen, and it becomes clear that the dreaded pirate Red Eye is involved. But who is Red Eye, and what will happen if he finds all four treasures? Max and Lia must stop him! ...



  • Adam Blade

    Max and Lia's battle to defeat the wicked pirate, Red Eye, continues. Deep beneath the waves, Red Eye's crew of robotic monsters is joined by a new threat - a giant sea scorpion! Our heroes face a deadly battle......



  • Adam Blade

    Max and Lia are on the trail of a fiendish pirate, Red Eye, who plans to steal four ancient Merryn treasures, when they meet a monstrous walrus Robobeast. Can they defeat Brux and claim the treasure before Red Eye?...



  • Adam Blade

    Evil never sleeps, and Max and Lia know that their greatest battle is still to come. Can they stop the dreaded pirate Red Eye in his tracks before he finds the last of the precious Merryn treasures and seizes power for ever?...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Did you know that every time you write with a pencil you are using a tool? There are many different tools you probably use every day, such as keys, a hairbrush, and a fork. Scientists use tools too. They need their tools to do their work. In Science ...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Just like many animals, some plants eat meat. In 'Amazing Meat-Eating Plants' you will learn about these fascinating plants and how they catch and eat their prey. You’ll never look at plants the same way again! While you read and learn about meat-e...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Looking at a map is a great way to learn about Earth. You can find many things on a map, from rivers and oceans to cities and continents. With a map you can see the whole world at once. A map can also show you a smaller area, such as one of our count...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Magnets can be fun to play with, but they are very useful too. A small magnet can pick up a handful of paperclips at once. A very large magnet can pick up a car! In Amazing Magnets you will practice some key phonetics skills while learning about magn...



  • Wiley Blevins

    The ability to use a map is an important skill to have. Today, people can look at a map just about anywhere―on phones, computers, and even in cars. In Using Maps you will practice your phonics skills while learning about the importance of maps....



  • Wiley Blevins

    You may not always notice, but you are surrounded by plants everywhere you go. Even the trees you see every day are plants! Some plants have flowers and some just have leaves. In Plant Parts you will learn about the different parts that make up plant...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Have you ever pushed something away from yourself? Have you ever pulled something toward yourself? Whenever you push or pull something, you create force. You can use a lot of force to move something fast, or a little force to move it just a bit. In P...



  • Wiley Blevins

    There are many different types of jobs you can choose when you get older. You could be a teacher, a doctor, a writer, or many other things. In On the Job you will practice your phonics skills while learning about different types of jobs....



  • Wiley Blevins

    Getting sick is terrible. When you’re sick, you can’t go to school, you can’t have fun with your friends, and you feel awful. No one likes that! But there are some things you can do to make getting sick less likely, such as washing your hands a...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Have you ever wondered what life was like before there were computers, or cars, or even telephones? In Life Now and Long Ago, you will learn how life now compares to what it was like long ago. You’ll also get to practice some key phonics skills at ...



  • Wiley Blevins

    Opposites are things that could not be more different. Learn more about opposites, such as hot and cold, wet and dry, soft and hard. In Hot or Not?, you will also practice the short o sound and other phonics skills....



  • Wiley Blevins

    Nature is full of many different types of animals, both on the land and in the sea. Many animals need to blend into their backgrounds in order to hide from their enemies. In Finding Animals you will practice your phonics skills while seeing how well ...



  • Win Blevins; Meredith Blevins

    A rock star finds adventure, love, music, healing, and life in Win Blevins and Meredith Blevins' MOONLIGHT WATER. Robbie, a San Francisco area musician, half burned out on his career, is blind-sided by his wife's miscarriage and a painful divorce....



  • Lauralee Bliss

    JAKE HARRIS SAVES PEOPLE FROM THE SEA But Englishwoman Olivia Madison's no damsel in distress. A woman on a mission, she intrigues Jake with her feistiness and determination -- even as her stubbornness causes rifts between his tight-knit brotherh...



  • Pamela Bobowicz

    Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 can follow dozens and dozens of puppies as they battle the evil dognapper Cruella de Vil in this Step into Reading adaptation of the beloved Disney animated film 101 Dalmatians! ...



  • Wallace Boten

    The delicious peanut butter you eat in sandwiches doesn’t start out as a smooth, creamy spread. In order to have peanut butter, you first need peanuts. In Peanuts to Peanut Butter you will practice your phonics skills while learning how peanut butt...



  • Melissa Bourbon

    With a needle and thread, Harlow Jane Cassidy is capable of magic. Her neighbors in Bliss, Texas, on the other hand, are capable of murder.... Any garment Harlow stitches together has the power to grant the deepest desire of whomever wears it. So ...



  • Paula Bowles

    When Little Lou finds a wriggly, squiggly piece of wool amongst a pile of toys, she curiously gives it a tug. But - what's this? The wool tugs back - there's something at the other end! And as Little Lou follows the wool, she realizes that it's attac...



  • Damien Boyd

    The discovery of a severed head in a golf course bunker triggers a frantic race to find a serial killer that brings the town of Burnham-on-Sea to a standstill. A connection is made with a series of unsolved murders harking back to the 1970s, and D...



  • Damien Boyd

    A trainee jockey has been kicked to death by an aggressive stallion at the local stables. Deemed an accidental death, the case is closed. But when the jockey’s brother returns from active service, he sparks an armed siege, demanding the investigati...



  • Damien Boyd

    Rock climbers can’t afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon’s former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of somethi...



  • Bibi Boynton

    Many people are afraid of bats. Some people think they are just rats with wings. But they aren’t rodents. Bats are actually mammals! In 'All About Bats' you will practice your phonics skills while learning about the interesting world of bats....



  • Alan Bradley

    Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun...



  • Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

    An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of "Jefferson’s Sons" and for fans of "Number the Stars." Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too h...



  • Sandra Bradley

    A lively hockey and ice dancing picture book in the tradition of "Billy Elliot" and "The Sissy Duckling" Henry Holton’s whole family is hockey mad. Everyone, that is, except Henry. When he holds a hockey stick, Henry becomes a menace to the ga...



  • Susan Braudy

    From the author of Who Killed Sal Mineo?: a wonderful and spirited novel -- funny and candid and on the mark -- that takes us inside the frenetic and glamorous world of big-time Hollywood movie-making. Susan Braudy, who was a production vice-presiden...



  • Linda Broday

    "So beautiful. You make it impossible to think." He pulled her against him and found her mouth. "You don't know how long I've wanted to do this." When he let her up for air, she whispered as though she couldn't trust he...



  • Jessica Brody

    Seraphina has escaped the compound. The president of Diotech has fallen gravely ill. Now, Dr. Alixter rests his last hope on a genetically enhanced soldier. A boy designed to apprehend her. A boy incapable of failure…Set in the thrilling sci-fi wor...



  • Tracy Brogan

    Delaney Masterson isn’t looking for fame. Yes, she has famous parents and a reality TV show, but she’s not the wild-child celebrity the paparazzi have painted her to be. Until…The Scandal. When an old boyfriend releases a private video, Dela...



  • Carolyn Brown

    Can a girl ever have too many cowboys? No sooner does pint-sized spitfire Jill Cleary set foot on Fiddle Creek Ranch than she finds herself in the middle of a hundred-year-old feud. Quaid Brennan and Tyrell Gallagher are both tall, handsome, and r...



  • Lorelie Brown

    Sean Westin finds himself on the beaches of San Sebastian as he recovers from a bad break. But he’ll need more than sand and swells to heal his heart.... The surfing World Championship Tour is under way, and Sean Westin is desperate to make his ...



  • Margaret Wise Brown

    This wonderful collection of bunny stories and poems, by the author of Goodnight Moon, has been reissued for a new generation in a beautiful hardcover edition. Margaret Wise Brown’s witty stories and poems, featuring bunnies in all seasons, are bro...



  • Pierce Brown

    Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming ...



  • Sherri Browning

    The attraction of the forbidden cannot be suppressed... Lady Alice Emerson is entirely unsatisfied with the endless stream of boring suitors her family finds appropriate. She wants something more. Something daring. Something real. Each tiresome ne...



  • Alyssa Brugman

    Alex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she's a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn't as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her p...




  • Matt Burgess

    Twenty-four-year-old Janice Itwaru is an “uncle” -- NYPD lingo for an undercover narcotics officer -- and the heroine of the most exuberant and original cop novel in years. A New York City cop who can last eighteen months in Narcotics, without...



  • Grace Burrowes

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes brings her gorgeous writing and incredible storytelling abilities to a brand new series of contemporary romance. A single kiss can change everything... In the first novel of the Swe...



  • Peter Buwalda

    Siem Sigerius is a beloved, brilliant professor of mathematics with a promising future in politics. His family -- including a loving wife, two gorgeous, intelligent stepdaughters and a successful future son-in-law -- and carefully appointed home in t...



  • Rhyannon Byrd

    If this was what falling for someone did to a person -- what craving them felt like -- then Sayre Murphy wanted no part of it… Ever. She might be young and inexperienced, but she was a woman. And she had finally had enough! Cian Hennessey might...



  • Elizabeth Camden

    Anna O'Brien leads a predictable and quiet life as a map librarian at the illustrious Library of Congress until she stumbles across the baffling mystery of a ship disappeared at sea. Thwarted in her attempts to uncover information, her determination ...



  • John L. Campbell

    The survivors of the Omega Virus make a desperate effort to find the living. But the walking dead aren’t done with them yet... Helicopter pilot Vladimir Yurish is a man of his word. The last thing he wants is to abandon the safety of the U.S.S. ...



  • Shannon Cannon

    Which season is your favorite? Do you like the cold weather in winter or the warm weather in summer? No matter which one is your favorite, in Seasons, you will learn what the differences are between winter, spring, summer, and fall. You’ll also lea...



  • Amy Rose Capetta

    Cadence is in a race against time and space to save her family and friends from the Unmakers, who are tracking the last vestiges of humanity across the cosmos. As the epic battle begins, Cade learns that letting people in also means letting them go. ...



  • Courtney Carbone

    Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants comes to the big screen in an all-new, super-silly 3-D movie releasing in February 2015. Boys and girls 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring a foiled cover and two sheets of shi...



  • Peter Carey

    In this dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny novel, two-time Booker winner Peter Carey takes us to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international politics. When Gaby Baillieux, Australia’s most formidable hacker, releases th...



  • Melody Carlson

    Rita Jansen is living her dream as a hairstylist in Hollywood when her father calls with news that her mother has suffered a stroke. When she gets home to Chicago, Rita finds her mother is healing but facing a long recovery. Worse, without being able...



  • Ally Carter

    Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: 1. She is not crazy. 2. Her mother was murdered. 3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her -- so there...



  • Lucy Carver

    You can't get into St Jude's Academy unless you're gifted, talented and supremely rich. New girl Alyssa is on a scholarship and feels like an outsider - she's not even that smart, apart from her photographic memory (and that's cheating, right?). Then...



  • David Catrow

    A hapless dog frolics in the sun and sand on a perfect beach day. It's fun in the sand, but now there's sand in his lunch and sand in his suit. Time for a dip in the water! The dog splishes, splashes, and rides the waves; it's fun in the water too. A...



  • Cindy Chapman

    There are many ways you and your friends can have fun. You may like to go swimming, skating, and biking. But it isn’t fun when someone gets hurt while playing. You are less likely to get hurt if you follow rules. In Safe at Play you will practice s...



  • Cindy Chapman

    The sky can be beautiful during the day and the night. There are many different things you can see in the sky from Earth. In Up in the Sky you will practice your phonics skills while learning about things that are visible in the sky....



  • Cindy Chapman

    Farms are fun places to visit―especially if you like animals. In At the Farm you will practice your phonics skills while learning about the different kinds of animals that can be seen on a farm....



  • Cindy Chapman

    Where is your home? Do you live in a city, a small town, or out in the country? In Homes, you will learn about some of the many different types of places where people live. You’ll also get to practice your phonics skills at the same time....



  • Cindy Chapman

    Animals grow and change, just like you do. In 'Animal Babies', you will learn more about your favorite animals and their young. Engaging text will help you practice key phonics skills at the same time....



  • Kristi Charish

    Fans of Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, and Linda Hamilton will flock to the kick-ass world of Owl, a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world. Ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities th...



  • Janelle Cherrington

    People and animals need to eat food to stay healthy and alive. In order to eat, we need our teeth. In Terrific Teeth you will practice your phonics skills while learning about different kinds of teeth and why they are so important to people and anima...



  • Janelle Cherrington

    Native American baskets aren’t just useful for carrying and storing items. Many of these baskets are also considered works of art. Native American basket makers use their skills to turn local materials, such as cornhusks and grass, into beautiful b...




  • Michael Christie

    A heartfelt and wondrous debut about family, fear, and skateboarding Will has never been outside, at least not since he can remember. And he has certainly never gotten to know anyone other than his mother, a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric ag...



  • Paul Christopher

    The adventures of retired Army Ranger John “Doc” Holliday and his quest to uncover the secrets of the Templars continue to thrill in the new novel from New York Times bestselling author Paul Christopher.... After his niece and her fiancé are...



  • Alys Clare

    Apprentice healer Lassair encounters a mysterious veiled noblewoman who brings unexpected peril When Lassair encounters a veiled noblewoman on the quay at Cambridge one morning, set on by an angry mob, she assumes involvement with her will be bri...



  • Jessica Clare; Jen Frederick

    With their explosively sexy novels, the bestselling authors of Last Breath, Last Kiss, and Last Hit have proven themselves “a force to be reckoned with.”* Now comes an all-new to-die-for novella in their acclaimed Hitman series…There was a time...



  • Lucy Clark

    The ties that bind… Dr. Cora Wilton loves working in her remote tropical paradise…who needs a man anyway? But when a storm hits the Pacific island of Tarparnii, Cora finds herself swept out of danger and into the arms of her very own superher...



  • Sherryl Clark

    Kim's town is full of weird pets: fat cats, crooked snakes, and hairless dogs. When a prized pet goes missing, can super-reporter Kim solve the mystery?...



  • Sherryl Clark

    Someone is meddling with the Blarton Show entries -- for the 10th year in a row! Can ace reporter Kim track down the secret saboteur in time? ...



  • Sherryl Clark

    Kim is desperate to win the science project competition. The prize -- a high tech video camera -- is perfect for a top-notch reporter like Kim! But will it end in disaster ... again? ...



  • Sherryl Clark

    The town of Blarton is in trouble. Tourists don't visit anymore. Can Kim dream up an idea to bring people flocking back? ...



  • Stephanie Clarkson

    Princesses Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel swap fairy tales with one another in this hilariously clever new classic! Once upon a time, four fairy tale misses, tired of dwarves, witches, princes, and kisses, so bored and fed...



  • Alice Clayton

    From NYT Times & USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton, known for her "deliciously addictive" (The Book Vixen) novels, this Cocktail series novella reunites readers with Caroline and Simon from the wildly successful Wallbanger. Simon and Caro...



  • Lesa Cline-Ransome

    "My father and I live for the sea. He is the captain of the Cuffee Whale Boat and today I am his First Mate." Whale-watching is a hugely popular pastime: at least 13 million people take whale-watching trips each year. But in the past, whaling ship...



  • Lesa Cline-Ransome

    When Lizzie's parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Paul to go to a real school--a new one, built just for them. Lizzie can't wait. The scraps of learning she has picked up here and there have j...



  • Lucy Coats

    Beasts of Olympus is a series of 144-page illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. In this second book, young Demon is summoned by the great god Hades to the Underworld. His most-hated hero,...



  • Lucy Coats

    Beasts of Olympus is a series of 144-page illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. BEAST KEEPER tells the story of Pandemonius (a.k.a. "Demon," the half-god son of Pan) who, on his tenth bir...



  • David B. Coe

    A hardboiled, magic-using private detective hunts a serial killer in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis Fearsson is a private investigator on the trail of a serial killer in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis is also a weremyste -- a person with a wizard’s gifts an...



  • Kresley Cole

    Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole's Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked. H...



  • G'Raldine Collet

    In this simple, brightly illustrated tale, some of the littlest words have the biggest meanings! "Ah!" A rabbit, delighting in the beautiful day, sets out for a walk. But "ah" takes on an entirely different connotation as the rabbit finds himself...



  • Chris Collett

    When a young woman disappears on her way home from work, Detective Inspector Tom Mariner tackles his most challenging investigation yet 18-year-old Grace Clifton vanishes on her way home from work in the center of Birmingham late at night, the cas...



  • Max Allan Collins

    Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the man he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent South to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city -- with sin everywhere, and betrayal around every corner -- Quarry must make...



  • Paul Collins

    Lucy Lee, Queen of Kung-fu, is sure she'll win the Show Time talent quest with her spinning, high-kicking martial arts It's just too bad no one else agrees......



  • Paul Collins

    Lucy's been hired as a kung-fu bodyguard to protect her friends from bullies. But is it Lucy's high kicks that scare off the bullies? Or something else? ...



  • Paul Collins

    Lucy's in trouble. Thanks to her big mouth, she's been put in charge of her school. No one likes her new rules especially Miss Brussels, the meanest teacher on the planet!...



  • Paul Collins

    Lucy Lee is the Kung-fu queen of the whole school. Maybe even the whole world. So why is she coming second in the kung-fu fest? Someone must be cheating......



  • Joey Comeau

    Cinderella's stepmother and two stepsisters treat her like dirt. Each and every day, they force her to clean their clothes, cook their meals, and only give her rags to wear and crumbs to eat. But each night, in secret and in shadows, Cinderella train...



  • Bill Condon

    Riley's on the lookout for treasure -- pirate treasure! He even has a pirate map with an X marked on it! So why is the booty so tricky to find?...



  • Bill Condon

    Everyone loves clowns they're funny, friendly, and make people happy. So why is everyone running away from new clowns Riley and Matilda?...



  • Bill Condon

    Riley's going to win the Champion's Cup he has a fantastic plan But first he needs to test it on some guinea pigs. If he can keep them awake, that is......



  • Bill Condon

    Every night, Riley dreams that he's being chased by a giant banana. It's the worst thing that has ever happened to him. Until he meets a giant banana for real!...



  • Hy Conrad

    Monk and Natalie have finally settled into a new office routine -- but the detectives soon have another problem to deal with: Captain Stottlemeyer’s new lieutenant, A. J. Thurman -- a man of limited skills whom Monk finds insufferable. Despite ...



  • Ava Conway

    In this thrilling and sexy new novel following Hollow, a psychiatric intern starts to question her values and training when she falls in forbidden love with one of her patients.For the first time in her life, Mia Horton isn’t afraid of the future. ...



  • J.J. Cook

    Sweet Pepper, Tennessee, has the world’s hottest and sweetest peppers -- as well as a ghost that cooks and a fire chief who fights crime... SPARK OF INTEREST Stella Griffin should be bubbling over with joy now that she’s the full-time fir...



  • J.J. Cook

    From the national bestselling author of the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mysteries comes a tasty prequel novella to J.J. Cook’s new series featuring Zoe Chase, a Southern food truck chef who serves justice on the side.After quitting her job, the first...



  • Bernard Cornwell

    This eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series brings to life the harrowing and turbulent tale of a nation torn apart by sectarian and religious strife, a political struggle dominated by dynastic riv...



  • Meredith Costain

    A movie crew is filming at Stella's local park. Stella is a brilliant actor, so she's sure to get a part in the movie ... or will someone steal her role? ...



  • Meredith Costain

    The circus is in town! When Stella sees Zelda and her wonder horse, Moonlight, she longs to be a circus star. But first she needs a horse. And riding lessons. Can her horseback dreams come true? ...



  • Meredith Costain

    Stella's excited about the Northside Talent Quest. But she needs an act that will make people go "wow!" Can her dog Astro help her steal the show? ...



  • Meredith Costain

    Stella's friends are entering the school pet parade. Stella's convinced she can win if only she had a pet Will one of her brilliant ideas help her get the prize?...



  • Ralph Cotton

    A TOWN ON THE EDGE When Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack arrives in Mesa Grande with a few outlaws in tow, he finds the town in chaos. The sheriff’s just been shot, and the new deputy -- supposedly out in search of the gunman -- is acting suspicious....



  • Lucy Courtenay

    Alert! Alert! When the penguins splash-land on a watery planet, they find themselves in the tentacles of a monstrous sea creature. Can they escape with their ship in one piece or are they truly sunk? ...



  • Dave Cousins

    Things could be going better for Oz. He’s just moved miles from all his friends. A prank at his new school puts him in the crosshairs of “Psycho” Isobel Skinner, a bully who also happens to be his mum’s new best friend. And he’s driven off ...



  • Wanda Coven

    Heidi Heckelbeck is a witch, but she is NOT a thief! Can she clear her name and help find her best friend’s missing pen? Maybe…with some magic! Heidi Heckelbeck’s best friend, Lucy, has a brand-new pen. It’s glittery, looks like a lollipop...



  • Katie Coyle

    Sixteen-year-old Vivian Apple has never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed Rapture, all that's left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Su...



  • Melanie Crowder

    The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, AUDACITY is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemli...



  • Lynn Cullen

    Based on the true story behind Gilbert Stuart's famous portraits of Washington, this funny historical read will leave rascals, ruffians, and troublemakers of all ages laughing. Charlotte, James, and baby John have promised to be on their very best...



  • Rachel Cusk

    A luminous, powerful novel that establishes Rachel Cusk as one of the finest writers in the English language A man and a woman are seated next to each other on a plane. They get to talking―about their destination, their careers, their families....



  • Nick Cutter

    A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget -- small things at first, like where they left their keys…then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then ...



  • Christine D'Abo

    Reality Romance Reunion

    Business-minded Tamara Foles hopes acting as a judge on a new reality TV show, Domestic Goddess, will give her struggling interior design firm the boost it needs. But she doesn't count on her professional demeanor bei...



  • Gina Damico

    A devil is a bad influence... There was a time when geeky, squeaky-clean Max Kilgore would never lie or steal or even think about murder. Then he accidentally unearths a devil, and Max’s choices are no longer his own. The big red guy has a penc...



  • Erica David

    Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and all the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series perfect for girls ages 6 to 9. After years apart, Anna and Elsa are finally getting to know each other as sisters. Bu...



  • Erica David

    Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and the rest of the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series that is perfect for girls ages 6 to 9. Now that the castle gates are open, Anna and Elsa are thrilled to be f...



  • Erica David

    Join Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the gang from DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk on a thrilling adventure in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read! Based on a popular episode of the TV show DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk, this exciting Level 2 Re...



  • Brooke Davis

    An irresistible debut novel about the wisdom of the very young, the mischief of the very old, and the magic that happens when no one else is looking Millie Bird, seven years old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her curly hair. ...



  • Hank Davis

    “Love’s not time’s fool,” Shakespeare wrote, though he might have added that men and women can be both love and time’s fools. For time and love are universally experienced, yet mysterious and only dimly understood. Here’s a collection of ...



  • Jim Davis

    Like a boss! Head honcho Garfield takes charge in this riotous collection of comics. The fat cat is up to his usual funny business -- pestering Jon, punting Odie, and pounding down pasta -- and it’s a true labor of love!...



  • Matt De La Pena

    Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty pa...



  • Giada de Laurentiis

    Alfie and Emilia’s adventures continue in the deliciously fun chapter-book series from Emmy Award-winning celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis! When Zia Donatella comes to live with the Bertolizzi family, little do Alfie and his older sister Emil...



  • Elisabeth de Mariaffi

    In the vein of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects and A.S.A. Harrison’s The Silent Wife, The Devil You Know is a thrilling debut about a rookie reporter, whose memories of the murder of her childhood best friend bring danger -- and a stalker -- right ...



  • James Dean

    Meet Cavecat Pete in New York Times bestselling artist James Dean's latest Pete the Cat adventure! Pete lives happily among the dinosaurs. He's friends with everyone. But when Pete organizes a picnic with all his friends and some herbivores and carni...



  • Cindy Dees

    Red-hot attraction is dangerous in this new Prescott Bachelors romance by New York Times bestselling author Cindy Dees! To help his brothers, marine pilot Archer Prescott goes undercover to find out who's sabotaging their movie set. But the die-h...



  • Joseph Delaney

    A blood-curdling original novella from the world of the internationally bestselling fantasy adventure series that inspired the major motion picture Seventh Son! This short novella stars the Spook's seventh apprentice, a boy named Will Johnson.Will is...



  • Kathie DeNosky

    When a cowboy rescues a single mom, he promises to do things the right way -- his way! -- in this story from USA TODAY bestselling author Kathie DeNosky Rancher T. J. Malloy doesn't think twice before saving a woman and her baby from raging flood...



  • Kristen L. Depken

    The puppies from Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol are all revved up for the Adventure Bay car race. Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader that features foil on the cover and two sheets of shiny stickers. ...



  • Kristen L. Depken

    Put on your dancing shoes and join Nickelodeon's Dora and Friends with this Step 2 Step Into Reading leveled reader! ...



  • Kristen L. Depken

    Lift the flaps to explore with Julius Jr. and his friends! Based on the creative spirit and lovable characters of Paul Frank, this storybook features a flap to lift on every spread. It’s perfect for curious boys and girls ages 3 to 7. ...



  • Kristen L. Depken

    The Poky Little Puppy stars in his first Step into Reading book! This Step 1 Step into Reading title has been adapted from the original Little Golden Book story The Poky Little Puppy for children just learning to read. Freshly illustrated in th...



  • Daniel Depp

    Private investigator David Spandau discovers there’s a dark side to the Hollywood dream in this absorbing thriller Someone seems to be orchestrating a major smear campaign against maverick film director Jerry Margashack, rehashing old rumours an...



  • Summer Devon

    THE GENTLEMAN AND THE LAMPLIGHTER is a historical romance NOVELLA about two men from different worlds who find acceptance--and red-hot passion--in each other's arms. From Summer Devon, who writes "gay Victorian romance with emotional tension" (Publ...



  • Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

    Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century, left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, h...



  • Helen Dickson

    A shameful past Alice Frobisher fled Paris to escape a scandalous secret. But when she's trapped with dark and dangerous Ewen Tremain on his snowbound estate, Alice finds herself the subject of rumors once again… Ewen is immediately drawn t...



  • Disney Book Group

    Pongo, Perdita, and their puppies are one happy family, until the evil Cruella De Vil dognaps the entire litter! Cruella plots to use the dogs' spotted fur for a new coat. Now, Pongo and Perdita must search everywhere to find the puppies and bring th...