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  • Ethan Long

    Chamelia is a chameleon who loves to stand out in a crowd. She's always the star of the show, especially at school. But when a new kid in class becomes the center of attention, Chamelia feels left out. Can she figure out how to beat her competition? ...



  • Jason Aaron

    Collects Incredible Hulk #7.1 & #8-15. The Hulk discovers that to remain himself - and prevent the diabolical Dr. Banner from re-emerging - he must STAY ANGRY! The Hulk picks fights against drug cartels, sea monsters, Russian super-soldiers and a...



  • Jason Aaron

    Collects Wolverine & The X-Men #19-24. One of the students is at death's door, and the faculty must try to keep them alive… and find who did it! Plus, it's fresh faces aplenty as a new student enrolls - and Storm joins the faculty! Then: Wolve...



  • Laura Abbot

    Wounded by Love and War He survived a battlefield massacre and, before that, his fiancée's betrayal. Cavalry officer Caleb Montgomery is unable to trust in anything now, especially himself. But then he's stationed in Fort Larned, Kansas, where Li...



  • Jeff Abbott

    She is a good mother. She will do what she must to ensure that her daughter Diana has a perfect life, just as perfect as the one they've led for the past seven years. No matter who has to die. The simplest beginnings can unravel a life. For Sam...



  • Guy Adams

    The Ultimate and Official Guide to Seasons 1 and 2 of the Hit Series Sherlock -- A Must-Have for all Sherlock Fans. Sherlock: The Casebook offers a multidimensional companion to the PBS hit show Sherlock. Covering the first two seasons in vivid de...



  • Riley Adams

    Even Lulu Taylor--proprietress of Aunt Pat's Barbeque Restaurant in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee--needs to get out of the kitchen now and then. But at the Rock and Ribs festival, she finds more than a taste of trouble... Reuben Shaw rubs a lo...



  • Stacy Hawkins Adams

    Shiloh Griffin has no identity outside of her roles as pastor's wife and mom. Some days that is enough. But not always. Particularly when she is partnered with the always confident, always gracious Jade Smith on a church ministry project. Rather than...



  • Elizabeth Adler

    Fen Dexter’s quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police s...



  • David Aikins

    Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer has a new pet puppy!...



  • David Aikins

    Boys and girls ages 3-7 will love this full-color storybook in which Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants turns up the volume and joins Plankton's rock band. ...



  • David Aikins

    Spend a dark and stormy night with Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants in a house haunted by a pirate's ghost. ...



  • Kimberly Ainsworth

    Moustaches of various shapes and sizes illustrate the concept of opposites in this playful, interactive board book "Moustache up and moustache down." "Which moustache covers up a frown?" In this highly interactive board book, young readers c...



  • Constance Allen

    It's all about Elmo--as told by the little red Muppet himself--in this charmingly illustrated Sesame Street Little Golden Book. Boys and girls ages 1-4 will delight in hearing all about Elmo's favorite things--which are the same as every toddler's!...



  • Robin Allen (1)

    Death for Dinner Health inspector Poppy Markham suspects murder when a popular chef buys the organic farm. Feast in the Field is the event of the season for Austin foodies. A fine-dining affair hosted by the Friends of the Farm, it's Poppy Ma...



  • E.J. Altbacker

    As the first Shark Wars series arc draws to a close, hero Gray unexpectedly finds himself the ruler of the ocean. He's got to make wise decisions in a time of upheaval and isn't sure if he's up to the task! Dangerous prehistores are loose in the ...



  • E.C. Ambrose

    England in the fourteenth century: a land of poverty and opulence, prayer and plague...witchcraft and necromancy. As a child, Elisha witnessed the burning of a witch outside of London, and saw her transformed into an angel at the moment of her de...



  • Starr Ambrose

    A lighthearted yet steamy contemporary romance set in the picturesque Colorado town of Barringer’s Pass, where a woman returns home after grad school -- and ends up working for her ex-boyfriend. Sophie Larkin has returned to Barringer’s Pass w...



  • A. American

    No electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an instant, would you be prepared? In A. American’s first novel, Going Home, readers were introduced to Morgan Carter, the resourceful, tough-as-nails...



  • Susan Amerikaner

    Planes follows Dusty Crophopper (voiced by Dane Cook), a big-hearted, speed-loving crop duster who dreams of competing in the toughest and most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history. With the support of friends old and new, Dusty reaches ...



  • Heather Anastasiu

    The battle is all but over, and all hope seems to be lost. Zoe and her fellow Resistance fighters are on the run, having lost their home, their protection, and their leader. They are outnumbered and outmatched by the powerful corporation that control...



  • Taylor Anderson

    In Taylor Anderson’s acclaimed Destroyermen series, a parallel universe adds an extraordinary layer to the drama of World War II, as Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew of USS Walker, cast into that alternate earth, continue to fight th...



  • Donna Andrews

    A dastardly murder and the kidnapping of a prize chicken threaten to ruin Caerphilly’s state fair -- fortunately, Meg Langslow is on the case of The Hen of the Baskervilles The newest mystery in Donna Andrews's gut-bustingly funny, award-winni...



  • Julie Andrews

    Gerry has a week off from school for Spring Break, and she's given a very special job - watching over the class pet, Houdini the hamster! Gerry wants to make sure Houdini feels right at home, so she learns his favorite snacks, reads him stories, and ...



  • Barbra Annino

    Stacy Justice may be a witch, but she still wants a nice, normal twenty-ninth birthday. Unfortunately, Stacy rarely gets normal. As her grandmother, Birdie, plans a birthday ritual for Stacy, disastrous news derails the celebration: the magic cauldro...



  • Kathi Appelt

    Meet Bingo and J’miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this tale from Newbery Honoree Kathi Appelt. Raccoon brothers Bingo and J’miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to s...



  • Elizabeth Joy Arnold

    After more than twenty years of marriage, Chloe Sinclair comes home one night to find that her husband, Nate, is gone. All he has left behind is a cryptic note explaining that he’s returned to their childhood town, a place Chloe never wants to see ...



  • Jeffrey Ashford

    On-board the MV Helios, cruising around the Mediterranean, copywriter David Ansell is seeking inspiration to write a glowing account of his voyage for the ship’s owner, Rex Cruising Company. His inspiration comes in the form of the blonde and beaut...



  • Diane Ashley; Aaron McCarver

    Jasmine Anderson runs away from her riverboat home and the faith and love of her past to pursue a life of fame. She flees to a showboat where she gains small roles and attracts the seductive attention of the lead actor and the bitter jealousy of a ve...



  • Jill Atkins

    Mom was fed-up of doing all the housework. No one wanted to help, so Mad Uncle Albert made her a robot. But the robot smashed too many plates and tried to vacuum up the cat. It was out of control! ...



  • Tash Aw

    An expansive, eye-opening novel that captures the vibrancy of China today Phoebe is a factory girl who has come to Shanghai with the promise of a job -- but when she arrives she discovers that the job doesn’t exist. Gary is a country boy turne...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas the Tank Engine must be as brave as a knight when a new friend is lost in a dark mine. Train-obsessed little boys ages 3-7 will love this 48-page coloring book based on the new direct-to-DVD Thomas & Friends adventure, "King of the Railway," f...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas the Tank Engine's friends Bash and Dash are fast, cheeky, and always getting into mischief Thomas chases the twin engines all around the Island of Sodor, trying to keep them out of trouble. Train-obsessed boys ages 4-6 will love this Step 1 le...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    There are knights, castles, and long-lost treasure on the Island of Sodor in this brand-new story featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. Train-obsessed little boys ages 4"6 will thrill to this Step into Reading Step 2 reader adventure ba...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas the Tank Engine discovers mysteries of the past -- and may even find a treasure! -- when a stranger comes to the Island of Sodor. Train-obsessed little boys ages 3-7 will thrill to this retelling of the newest Thomas & Friends direct-to-DVD/Bl...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas the Tank Engine is on the go! Every place he travels to on the Island of Sodor offers things to discover -- and train-obsessed little boys from ages 1"4 can find them by lifting and looking under more than 30 flaps in this Thomas & Friends s...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Knights in armor, ruined castles, long-lost treasure, and friends in danger on the Island of Sodor are all part of a brand-new movie, "King of the Railway," starring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. This Thomas & Friends story, adapted from th...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    There are knights, castles, long-lost treasure--and new friends on the Island of Sodor in this brand-new movie, "King of the Railway," starring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. Train-obsessed little boys ages 3-7 will have a Really Useful time...



  • Yukito Ayatsuji

    Summary of the first book: In the spring of 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School. In class, he develops a sense of unease as he notices that the people around him act like they're walking on eggshells, and students and ...



  • Shelby Bach

    In this second book in a series that Kirkus Reviews calls a “fast-paced combination of middle school realism and fairy-tale fantasy,” it’s up to Rory to save the Ever After School -- and deal with her father’s fiancée. After taking part i...



  • Gillian Bagwell

    The author of The September Queen explores Tudor England with the tale of Bess of Hardwick -- the formidable four-time widowed Tudor dynast who became one of the most powerful women in the history of England. On her twelfth birthday, Bess of Ha...



  • Bob Balaban

    There's a thief in town, and all signs point to twelve-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie's teachers decide t...



  • Mary Balogh

    Mary Balogh’s charming and warm-hearted eBook original short story is a testament to the steadfast devotion of true love, as a young miss on the marriage mart cleverly plots to claim her one and only. If circumstances were different, Philippa D...



  • Art Baltazar

    Hal Jordan and Kilowog find adventure on a new planet! Razer is almost kidnapped by a Spider Guild bounty hunter! Aya, the ships computer, takes her new robot body for a spin! ...



  • Art Baltazar

    Hal Jordan faces his greatest challenge onboard the Interceptor when he faces off against a captured Red Lantern and his own mentor, Kilowog! Has their trip to the outer reaches of Guardian space driven Kilowog mad? Has their rage-filled prisoner inf...



  • Art Baltazar

    Superman's closest allies take the stage like you have never seen before! Don't miss the action-packed, history-making, super adventure awesomeness!! Classic Superman elements reinterpreted for all ages with the humor that only the creative team of T...



  • Art Baltazar

    Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy and Miss Martian are ready for their first mission as a team. To get to know each other better, they decide to trade stories around the campfire, revealing how they all started as crimefighters. Will this bring the...



  • Art Baltazar

    Campfire bonding continues as the members of the team share their background stories as well as their hopes and fears. But when do these team-building exchanges cross over into TMI territory? How about when Superboy tells everyone how he's thinking o...



  • Art Baltazar

    Superman trains his young sidekicks to become Super Heroes! Bizarro comes to Earth and makes a mess of Metropolis! Jimmy Olsen finds out that being Superman's pal means help is only a shout away! ...



  • Art Baltazar

    The City of Metropolis runs into Monkey Mayhem when Beppo's friend goes crazy! Meet the gigantically giant, ginormously angry ape TITANO! Can the Super Family make things right? What's Kryptonite have to do with this? And where the heck is the Chief'...



  • Art Baltazar

    Hal Jordan and Kilowog patrol the limits of the galaxy in their "borrowed" Green Lantern ship! Has Hal learned the lessons Kilowog's been teaching him? We'll find out as they run into an old foe: the Invisible Destroyer! ...



  • Art Baltazar

    What is Jimmy Olsen's Supergirl Theory? The sky is filled with Super-Pets! What's up with Jimmy's wristwatch? How does that thing work? Oh yeah, there's also an appearance by Superman! ...



  • Art Baltazar

    Who is the mysterious Purple Superman? Is he trouble? Is he a hero? Does Lois have a crush on him? Why does Superman feel sick when he gets near him? And who's that new intern at the Daily Planet? ...



  • Art Baltazar

    Green is the color of will power, and one of the most powerful lights in the universe. The Guardians have harnessed this power to create an intergalactic police force wielding green power rings. What happens when Hal Jordan and Kilowog find one of th...



  • Art Baltazar

    Can it be true? Has Superman met his match in Metallo? Who is Metallo? And what's up with his heart? Where does Lex Luthor fit into all of this? Watch out! There's a new Super Hero in town! ...



  • Miklos Banffy

    The celebrated TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY by Count Miklós Bánffy is a stunning historical epic set in the lost world of the Hungarian aristocracy just before World War I. Written in the 1930s and first discovered by the English-speaking world after the ...



  • David Bannerman

    Donald Briggs O'Meara is more than a fabulously successful con man: he is the CIA's ace in the hole. He blends into his surroundings like a shadow, speaks Russian like a Muscovite, and fights--when he has to--like a flock of furies. And when the gove...



  • David Bannerman

    Donald Briggs O’Meara, the Magic Man, is sent to a remote island in the Pacific where a top-secret radar station has been attacked by unknown forces. Who is behind it -- the Russians? The Chinese? Caught in a maze of deceit and espionage that reach...



  • Callie Barkley

    When an injury slows her down, Marion counts on The Critter Club to help her realize what’s most important. From violin lessons to training for an upcoming horse competition, Marion is scheduled to the max. Even though she always makes time for ...



  • Lauren Barnholdt

    Can a road trip repair a romance gone wrong? Find out in this standalone companion to Lauren Barnholdt’s Two-way Street. Here are Peyton and Jace, meeting on vacation. Click! It’s awesome, it’s easy, it’s romantic. This is the real deal. ...



  • Lorna Barrett

    New York Times bestselling author of Murder on the Half Shelf Lorna Barrett delivers another compulsively page-turning Booktown Mystery in which amateur sleuth and bookstore owner Tricia Miles gets caught up in a local election that turns lethal... ...



  • Christy Barritt

    "I did it for you." The chilling words in the text message have Julianne Grace fearing for her life. She's sure that her abusive ex-fiancé has killed two people -- and that she's the next target. But will anyone believe that her presumed dead ex ...



  • John Barrowman; Carole E. Barrowman

    In this thrilling sequel to Hollow Earth, Matt and Emily must stop someone from unleashing an army of mankind’s worst nightmares. In the Middle Ages, an old monk used his powers and a bone quill to ink a magical manuscript, The Book of Beasts. O...



  • Kelly Barson

    Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi's life: She is 16. And a size 17. Her perfect mother is a size 6. Her Aunt Jackie is getting married in 2 months, and wants Ann to be a bridesmaid. So Ann makes up her mind: Time to lose 45 pounds (more...



  • Nora Raleigh Baskin

    An insightful exploration of middle school bullying from multiple perspectives, by the award-winning author of Anything But Typical. Elizabeth Moon grew up around dogs. Her mom runs a boarding kennel out of their home, so she’s seen how dogs beh...



  • Adrienne Basso

    She's his in every way. . . When newly widowed Lady Fiona Libourg flees to Scotland in need of protection, Lord Gavin McLendon is powerless to refuse the British beauty. Especially when she offers herself in exchange. Now the brooding Scottish w...



  • Samit Basu

    Aman Sen is smart, young, ambitious and going nowhere. He thinks this is because he doesn't have the right connections--but then he gets off a plane from London to Delhi and discovers that he has turned into a communications demigod. Indeed, everyone...



  • Rolf Bauerdick

    An award-winning journalist transforms his lifelong fascination with the world of the Gypsies into fiction with this exuberant, deeply enchanting debut novel -- both whimsical and suspenseful -- winner of the European Book Prize, and translated into ...



  • Lily Baxter

    June 1944. Eighteen-year-old Ginnie Travis works in her father's furniture shop in the suburbs of East London when the continued bombing raids and her sister Shirley's untimely pregnancy force the two girls to go and stay with their aunt in Shropshir...



  • Ros Bayley

    Developing children as independent learners starts in the early years. Scientific evidence as well as the experience of experts confirms that children between three and six learn most effectively by doing. This work looks at the theory of independent...



  • Adam Beechen

    The Justice League is assembled to help Orion and the New Gods stop Darkseid from unleashing his new weapon: the X-Cannon, which is powerful enough to destroy the Source Wall and give Darkseid access to the one thing he wants above all else: the Anti...



  • Adam Beechen

    John Stewart and Green Arrow encounter an old member of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight a trio of alien invaders. Will this elderly Lantern be able to help them defeat their foes, or is he too out of touch with reality? ...



  • Adam Beechen

    Blue Beetle is all ready to enjoy a relaxing night of monitor duty at the Watchtower, but when chaos erupts across the globe, he realizes he's the only team member on call. Yikes! ...



  • Adam Beechen

    The Question's convinced there's a mind-controlled traitor in the Justice League and sets out to investigate. Of course, no one on the team takes him seriously. Can he get to the bottom of the mystery before the Leagues secrets are compromised? ...



  • Mike Befeler

    DANGER IN PARADISE Despite a run-in with the island's meanest drug lord, cranky octogenarian Paul Jacobson can't help but have fun on a family Christmas vacation in Hawaii. His smokin' seventy-something bride, Marion, is making up for his nonexist...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Avengers #25-30. AVX tie-in! The New Avengers have received the call from Captain America to go to war against the X-Men … and Wolverine will be forced to choose a side. Then, Iron Fist discovers the shocking secret history of the Phoenix ...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects Daredevil: End of Days #1-8. Revealed at last… how it all ends for the Man Without Fear! In the near future, the Kingpin and Daredevil have been murdered - but that's just the beginning of the story. Investigative reporter Ben Urich has o...



  • Matthew Bennardo

    If a machine could predict how you would die, would you want to know? This is the tantalizing premise of This Is How You Die, the brilliant follow-up anthology to the self-published bestseller, Machine of Death. THIS IS HOW YOU DIE Stories of the...



  • Kelly Bennett

    When Tootie gets her first teeth, it’s clear to her big brother that she’s no ordinary baby. But how to convince Mom and Dad? It happens overnight: little sister Tootie goes from cuddly, ga-ga-googoo, I-want-my-ba-ba baby...vampire baby. Now s...



  • Phyllis Bentley

    It is a strange partnership which the two women, Lydia and Annice, share. “Some people are born to live,” reflects Lydia bitterly, “and others to make it possible for them to do so.” Lydia the conscientious, inhibited do-gooder, daughter o...



  • Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Join Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Too-Tall, Queenie, and the rest of the Bear Country cubs in these page-turning, action-packed books, from mysteries to comic adventures to sports stories -- all with pictures, pictures, pictures! ...



  • Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Trouble in Bear Country? It's the Berenstain Bear Scouts to the rescue! Giant Bat Cave has been a home to Bear Country's bats for millions of years. But now crooked Ralph Ripoff wants to turn the cave into an underground theme park! Can the Bear S...



  • Frank Berrios

    Join Mater and Lightning McQueen as they travel back in time to save the town of Radiator Springs! Boys ages 3-7 will love this hilarious storybook based on the Disney/Pixar Cars Toon animated short Time Travel Mater! Plus it features over 30 sticker...



  • Frank Berrios

    When hot rods race into town, it's up to Deputy Mater to slow them down and teach them the rules of the road! Boys ages 2"5 will love this action-packed Little Golden Book featuring Mater and Lightning McQueen from Disney/Pixar's Cars. ...



  • G.M. Berrow

    Pinkie Pie has always been a bit different from her very serious family. When she plans a Ponyville "rock" concert to support the family business, Pinkie's family doesn't like the idea. They just want her to be serious, for once. This is a real probl...



  • Lynne Berry

    A goat and a hen turn a playful exploration of physics into scientific fun that rises to the top! Archie the Goat has a delivery to make. He has several barrels of buttermilk that the queen needs, but in order to get them to her, he needs to cros...



  • Rosanne Bittner

    "Stop Or I'll shoot your hat off." Maggie Tucker has just gone through hell. Outlaws murdered her husband, looted their camp, and terrorized Maggie before leaving her lost and alone in the wilds of Wyoming. She isn't about to let another strange ...



  • Aaron Blabey

    One day, Noah Dreary complained so much that his head fell off. It's an expression we've all heard many times, but talented author/illustrator, Aaron Blabey, takes it to another extreme in this hilarious story about a boy who discovers the very rea...



  • Jenna Black

    Sixteen-year-old Nadia Lake’s marriage has been arranged with the most powerful family in the Corporate States. She lives a life of privilege even if she has to put up with paparazzi tracking her every move, every detail of her private life tabloid...



  • Andy Blackford

    One night, a hungry bear comes to Jacks garden. She has missed the last bus home to the zoo! The bear eats all the leftover food from the garbage can and makes a real mess. Mom and Dad are a bit scared, but, luckily Jack knows just what to do! ...



  • Juliet Blackwell

    As the owner of a popular vintage clothing store, Lily Ivory can enjoy a day of antique jewelry shopping and still call it work. But as one of San Francisco's resident witches, searching for hidden treasures can sometimes lead to dangerous discoverie...



  • Paul E. Blackwell

    In Undercurrent, Paul Blackwell’s fast-paced YA thriller, sixteen-year-old Callum Harris survives a plummet over a waterfall, but wakes to find himself in a life that’s totally different from the one he knew. His parents were separated. Now t...



  • Annette Blair

    National bestselling author Annette Blair’s Vintage Magic series continues as clothing boutique owner Madeira Cutler takes on a murder from the past that won’t stay dead... Maddie’s love of classic fashion has made her Vintage Magic boutiq...



  • Andrew Bleiman

    Bedtime doesn’t get any cuter than these photos of baby animals getting ready to go to sleep, paired with text that’s right for emerging readers. What do baby animals do at bedtime? Find out in this cuddly Level 1 Ready-to-Read book that shows...



  • Chris Bohjalian

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge -- set in war-ravaged Tuscany. 1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Ital...



  • Baen Books

    Fierce, fiery, fascinating???ten tales of fantasy???s most powerful creatures.A collection of dragon stories from some of the masters of the fantasy genre includes contributions from James P. Blaylock, Avram Davidson, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, and ...



  • Baen Books

    Proud and powerful, fast and free???twelve tales starring fantasy???s most majestic animals???With the potent combination of power, speed, and grace, the horse is fantasy's most majestic creature. They are mysterious warriors, racers, magnificent fri...



  • Baen Books

    Fascinating tales of the small beings in our midstElves, pixies, sprites, fairies, gremlins, leprechauns... they are the creatures who inhabit a world just beyond the edges of our dreams. When they enter our conscious lives, they can be delightful an...



  • Baen Books

    Eighteen exotic tales of the sea???s most seductive mystery.???The Prevalence of Mermaids??? by Avram Davidson???Nothing in the Rules??? by L. Sprague de Camp???She Sells Sea Shells??? by Paul Darcy Boles???The Soul Cages??? by Thomas Crofton Croker?...



  • Baen Books

    Thirteen spellbinding tales of magical masters of wizardryTales of magic, illusion, mages, and dark wizards by such talents as Ursula K. LeGuin, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Joe Haldeman, and others highlight a collection of fourteen stories about ...



  • Baen Books

    Nine visions of the future of war???In this explosive anthology, ten of science fiction's best new and classic writers imagine the soldiers who will one day fight and die on distant worlds.???The Gardens of Saturn??? by Paul J. McAuley???Soldiers Hom...



  • Baen Books

    In the tradition of Mirrorshades???stories from the virtual frontier???A collection of short stories from the virtual frontier follows the exploits of the world's most notorious hackers and includes contributions from Greg Bear, William Gibson, Rober...



  • Baen Books

    Eleven fictional experiments in genetic engineering...In this thought-provoking anthology, eleven cutting-edge science fiction writers explore both the promise and peril of genetic engineering.The Invisible Country by Paul J. McAuleyThe Kindly Isle b...



  • Baen Books

    Twelve Dimension-shattering tales of travel across time...Twelve dimension-shattering tales of time travel, featuring John Varley, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, Avram Davidson, Damon Knight, Nancy Kress, R.A. Lafferty, Jack McDevitt, Bridget McKenn...



  • Baen Books

    Their future depends on ours???Here, some of the most advanced carbon-based minds in science fiction offer their own unique perspectives on the complex and conflicted future relationships between mankind and his most brilliant creations--some funny, ...



  • Melissa Bourbon

    After a year of hard work in her Texas hometown, Harlow Jane Cassidy's dreams are finally within reach--if she can just get it all done in time... Harlow's designs will be featured in a big magazine spread, but she only has a few days to finalize ...



  • Ben Bova

    The entire world is thrilled by the discovery of a new Earthlike planet. Advance imaging shows that the planet has oceans of liquid water and a breathable oxygen-rich atmosphere. Eager to gain more information, a human exploration team is soon dispat...



  • Carl Bowen

    Lieutenant Commander Cross has served his country with excellence for many years. When his time in the armed forces comes to an end, he is given a job offer he can't refuse: command an elite squad of soldiers tasked with tackling military ops that ar...



  • Valerie Bowman

    Miss Frances Birmingham has set her cap for the charming, dashing Mr. Charles Holloway. She and her best friend, Annie, have the most clever idea. They've arranged a bachelor auction for charity. The proceeds will go to the Royale Society for the Hum...



  • Alexandra Bracken

    Don't miss this exciting short story that connects THE DARKEST MINDS to its much-anticipated sequel, NEVER FADE! Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is...



  • Irene Brand

    MARIE BOLDEN MIGHT BE LEARNING MORE THAN SHE'S TEACHING Wealthy, privileged Marie Bolden lives a life of comfort. So her father can't understand why she'd leave her family in North Carolina to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. After all, there coul...



  • Simon Brett

    After a long period of ‘resting’, life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet’s Father and First Gravedigger in a new production of Hamlet. But rehearsals are fraught. Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who...



  • Steven Brezenoff

    Three friends cheat on a math test and get away with it -- until a strange substitute teacher starts asking questions. ...



  • Steven Brezenoff

    Cat Duran and her friends are suspicious when their classmate, a champion bowler, only bowls gutterballs during a bowling field trip. ...



  • Ann Bridge

    Ann Bridge, besides being a famous author, was also, in her own words, “a person who frequently has, when awake, inexplicable ‘knowings’ of events taking place at a distance: and, in dreams, am informed, sometimes uncomfortably, of facts of whi...



  • J.E. Bright

    It's Bloom's greatest adventure yet as she and her Winx Club companions battle a dark lord and welcome a new member to the club! This junior novelization retells the second season of Nickelodeon's Winx Club and is sure to be a hit with girls ages 8...



  • J.E. Bright

    When a priceless, jewel encrusted bird statue is installed atop a skyscraper in Gotham, Catwoman has her eyes--and her claws--on the prize. But when she puts her paws on the curious statue, this feline gets caught up in the Penguin's foul power play....



  • Jessica Brockmole

    A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. Ma...



  • Christine Brodien-Jones

    Eleven-year-old Zoe Badger, imaginative, carefree and adventurous, lives a transient life, moving with her mother from one town to the next--except for summers, when she stays with her granddad in Tenby, Wales. But when she and her cousin Ian discove...



  • Meljean Brook
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    Meljean Brook delivers a new story in her steampunk world of the Iron Seas...as a man who's lost everything returns home to find that not only is his marriage in jeopardy, but he must now fight air pirates who intend to steal his one remaining treasu...



  • Christina Brooke

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  • James Lee Burke

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  • Grace Burrowes

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  • Sarah Butler

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  • Meg Cabot

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  • Lynn Cahoon

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  • Dia Calhoun

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  • Anna Campbell

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  • Shannon Cannon

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  • Shannon Cannon

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  • Jeff Carlson

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  • Ron Carlson

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  • C.J. Carmichael

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  • Patrick W. Carr

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  • Marisa Carroll

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  • Rachel Carter

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  • Rachel Carter

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  • Anne Cassidy

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  • Anne Cassidy

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  • Richard Castle

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  • Joy Castro

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  • Ellen Caughey

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  • Ellen Caughey

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  • Catherine Chambers

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  • Jessie Chandler

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  • Colin Channer

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  • Maureen Child

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  • Susan Choi

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  • Agatha Christie

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  • Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie has written a mystery that turns the world of crime upside down, proving there is no honor among thieves, and once again praising the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot. Here's how she proceeds... A beautiful young lady veiled in Spa...



  • Agatha Christie

    Sitting in front of a fire, Hastings listens as Poirot recounts his greatest failure. When a wealthy French deputy dies, everyone believes it is from natural causes. Poirot is on vacation from the Belgian police when a young lady comes to him convinc...



  • Agatha Christie

    When little Johnnie Waverly is kidnapped, there is only one man his parents trust with the case -- the inimitable Hercule Poirot!...



  • Agatha Christie

    Hercule Poirot always kept a healthy symmetrical balance in the bank of four hundred forty-four pounds, four and four pence. But what about investments? Hastings proposes he buy shares worth three hundred pounds in oil fields promising a yield of 100...



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot receives a visit from a Mrs Pengelley, a middle-aged woman who is afraid that she is being poisoned by her husband, a dentist. She has been ill after eating but her doctor states that she is suffering from acute gastritis. She and her husband ...



  • Agatha Christie

    From the Original Daily Sketch Magazine short story on the 14 November 1923 - Issue 1607. Poirot is not interested in investigating some of the cases which appear in the newspapers and which Hastings tries to bring to his attention. These include a b...



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot is summoned urgently by special messenger late at night to 'Sharples', the home of Lord Alloway, head of the Ministry of Defence and a potential future Prime Minister. Travelling there with Hastings, he is introduced by their host to Admiral S...



  • Agatha Christie

    The Lemesuriers are supposed to be under a medieval curse derived from a medieval ancestor of the family - he suspected his wife of being unfaithful and that their son was not his own. As punishment he murdered them both and dying she cursed his fami...



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot is consulted by Lady Willard, the widow of the famous Egyptologist, Sir John Willard. He was the archaeologist on the excavation of the tomb of the Pharaoh Men-her-Ra together with the American financier Mr Bleibner. Both men died within a for...



  • Agatha Christie

    At Japp's suggestion Poirot and Hastings joined him for the weekend in the small countryside town of Market Basing. Enjoying Sunday breakfast, the three are interrupted when the local constable requested Japp's help. Walter Protheroe, the reclusive o...



  • Agatha Christie

    Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot tasks his friend Arthur Hastings with solving a murder that is more like a riddle. Originally published in Sketch, May 26, 1923....



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot receives an unusual request from Miss Violet Marsh. She was orphaned at fourteen years of age, when she went to live with her Uncle Andrew in Devon. He was recently returned from making his fortune in Australia. He was opposed to his niece bet...



  • Agatha Christie

    Hastings is at a friend's house with several other people when the talk turns to flats and houses. Mrs Robinson tells the party how she and her husband have managed to obtain a flat in Knightsbridge for a very attractive price. Poirot is interested i...



  • Agatha Christie

    A priceless ruby is stolen from a Far Eastern prince while he is in England. The ruby is intended for the prince's bride-to-be, and Hercule Poirot must find it before a scandal erupts....



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot and Hastings are in their rooms with a near neighbour, Dr Hawker, when the medical man's housekeeper arrives with the message that a client, Count Foscatini, has phoned for the doctor, crying out for help. Poirot, Hastings and Hawker rush to F...



  • Agatha Christie

    Chief Inspector Japp asks Poirot to assist Scotland Yard in the strange events which took place at a recent costumed Victory Ball. A group of six people, headed by the young Viscount Cronshaw, attended dressed in the costume of the Commedia dell'arte...



  • Agatha Christie

    Poirot is called in by Marcus Hardman, a collector of various antique precious objects, to investigate a jewel robbery. The theft occurred from his safe when he was holding a small tea party at his house. He showed his guests his collection of mediev...



  • Matt Christopher

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  • Chunichi

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  • Cassandra Clare; Sarah Rees Brennan

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  • Jessica Clare
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    In Jessica Clare's Legend of Jane, an intrepid Bloggess catches the eye of local law enforcement when she gets caught trespassing. Luckily, Luanne wouldn't mind getting handcuffed by Officer Hotness... ...



  • Henry Clark

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  • Meg Waite Clayton

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  • Blaize Clement

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  • Rod Clement

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  • Peter Clines

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  • Colleen Coble

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  • Colleen Coble

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  • Margaret Coel

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  • Ben Coes

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  • Jenny Colgan

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  • Ivy Compton-Burnett

    With his wife’s death, Ninian Middleton turned to his eldest daughter, Lavinia, as a companion. When, some years later, he decides to marry again, a chasm opens in the life of the young girl whose time he has so jealously possessed. Convoluted atte...



  • Tina Connolly

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  • Glen Cook

    Garrett is a human detective in the fantastical city of TunFaire. And now he’s getting tangled up in the worst sort of laws... In-laws. Garrett is set to stow his wandering heart with his fiancée, Strafa Algarda. But for Garrett, even tr...



  • Trish Cook; Brendan Halpin

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  • Elizabeth Cooke

    Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean... For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It i...