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  • Avery Aames

    When a body is found in a long-abandoned winery, cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette trades in her fondue fork for a flashlight to clear a friend's niece of suspicion. But as Charlotte starts to turn up the truth, the killer starts turning up the he...



  • Jason Aaron

    They say he's the deadliest assassin the world has ever known. Though his methods may seem unorthodox, even insane, they say he's never failed to kill a single target. No one knows where he comes from or why he does it. No one knows his name. They al...



  • Dan Abnett

    Collects Iron Man/Thor #1-4. Thor & Iron Man - the two mightiest of Avengers come together to face a menace that is both magical and technological, and which threatens to wipe away the pantheons of legend and science and replace them with a menac...




  • David A. Adler

    Cam and her friend Eric are having a great time at the circus with Aunt Molly - that is, until their box of popcorn goes missing. Did they lose it, or was it stolen? It's up to Cam and her photographic memory to figure it out!...



  • Mortimer J. Adler

    With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.A CNN Book of the Week: “Explains not just why we shou...



  • Susan Adriani

    In this hot tale, Mr. Darcy confesses the truth about George Wickham right from the start, warning Elizabeth and the rest of Meryton about Wickham's despicable character. Will his honesty change the way Elizabeth feels about him and his previous poor...



  • Catherine Alliott

    'Til death do us part jut might cause you to wring someone's neck... Imogen Cameron can't quite figure out how she and her husband, Alex, have plummeted from living in their beloved London townhouse to scraping by in his exgirlfriend's guest cotta...



  • Will Allison

    In his riveting new novel, Will Allison, critically acclaimed author of What You Have Left, crafts an emotional and psychological drama that explores the moral ambiguities of personal responsibility as it chronicles a father's attempt to explain hims...



  • Aaron Allston

    Chief of State Natasi Daala has been overthrown, and the Jedi Order has taken control of the Galactic Alliance. But while the new governors dismantle Daala's draconian regime, forces still loyal to the deposed official are mobilizing a counterstrike....



  • Tara Altebrando

    Jane has traveled the world with her father and twin brother, but it's not until her fractured family -- still silently suffering from the loss of Jane's mother many years before -- inherits a house and a history in Coney Island that she finally begi...



  • Julia Alvarez

    Miguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family -- a father, his three daughters, and their dog -- live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Mi...



  • Donna Alward

    Tomas Mendoza left the city behind when he retreated to a rustic Argentine ranching guesthouse after losing his fiancee. He has found peace working the land...until socialite Sophia Hollingsworth plants her stilettos in front of him and demands to st...



  • Susan Amerikaner

    All the world's a racetrack as superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe's fastest and finest in Disney/Pixar Cars 2. Boys ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 1 reader based on the new hit...



  • Jessica Andersen

    SHE DIDN'T WANT HIS HELP, BUT SHE NEEDED IT -- AND THE 24/7 PROTECTION HE WAS OFFERING Forensic analyst Gigi Lynd had an agenda. And it didn't include facing off against cop-turned-ranger Matt Blackthorn. But she'd do anything to help investigate a ...



  • Kevin J. Anderson

    With this inaugural volume at Tor, the annual Nebula Award collection is reborn as a fiction-only anthology. This collection of nominees for 2010’s Nebula Awards includes all of the prior year’s most celebrated stories, and will be published in t...



  • Sheri Anderson

    As New Year's fireworks light the London sky... The fallout from Richard Gaines's financial debacle spreads deeply into the lives of the citizens from Salem. With John and Marlena's help, Charley believes Richard's unspeakable wrongs have been rec...



  • Beth Andrews

    The ties that bind...and choke! He always gets what he wants -- and that's made Matt Sheppard an international success as a vintner. So he never saw his mother's blackmail coming. She says she'll sell the family's vineyard if he doesn't stay put for...



  • Tom Angleberger

    There are so many exciting things in this book -- a Stolen Diamond, snooping stable boys, a famous detective, love, pickle eclairs -- that it really does seem a shame to begin with ladies' underwear . . . IT ALL STARTS WHEN M'LADY LUGGERTUCK LOOSENS...



  • Mick Anglo

    By shouting the famous name of his hero, Marvelman, the orphan Dicky Dauntless, assumes the form of the redoubtable Young Marvelman! Watch as the Mightiest Boy in the Universe metes out atomic-powered justice to robot bandits, underwater pirates, for...



  • Antonio Lobo Antunes

    One of the twentieth century's most original literary voices delivers a haunting and heartrending meditation on the absurdities of love and war.

    Considered to be António Lobo Antunes's masterpiece, The Land at the End of the World--now in a n...



  • Alex Archer

    In a remote part of Ireland, two archaeological teams dig for the find of a lifetime -- the legendary Spear of Lugh. Folklore claims the magical weapon was forged in the time of the ancient Tuatha de Danaan. But as the search intensifies, people begi...



  • Barbara Ashford

    When Maggie Graham lost her job and her apartment fell to pieces, she decided to flee New York City for a while and hide in Vermont, at the Crossroads Theatre. She hadn't planned to audition, yet soon found herself part of the summer stock cast. But ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Thomas rolls to the rescue after some mischievous monkeys let the animals loose from a visiting circus. Boys ages 3 to 7 will love this early reader featuring their favorite Thomas & Friends engines. ...



  • Rev. W. Awdry

    Percy has been telling ghost stories about Rolf’s Castle, the old ruin near one of the main lines. Thomas doesn’t want to believe in ghosts, but when odd things keep happening, he gets nervous. But on an important, special run, Thomas starts to f...



  • James Axler

    The poisonous alien race masterminding centuries of calculated chaos and destruction for mankind underestimated the sheer tenacity of the human spirit. Now these technologically superior aggressors must contend with a dedicated group of warriors swor...



  • James Axler

    PRIMAL SALVAGE The blighted aftermath of a global nuclear showdown, Deathlands exacts a blood price. The living pay it; the dead don't care. For one legendary band of warriors, this barbaric new world holds a chance for redemption: the secrets of the...



  • Heidi Ayarbe

    Today has to be perfect. Magic. I look at the clock. 10:14 AM. Ten fourteen. One plus one is two plus four is six plus ten is sixteen minus one is fifteen minus two is thirteen. OK. I turn from the clock and walk into the hallway. "Ready." Satu...



  • David Baldacci

    Frank Becker is a highly sought after, expert assassin. When Becker takes a mysterious job, he has no idea that it will force him to delve deeply into his own past. Undeterred by obstacles he is determined to complete his assignment. But he may reali...



  • Leigh Bale

    Rancher vs. Ranger Managing a Wyoming sheep ranch and a feisty little girl isn't easy for widow Melanie McAllister. The last thing she needs is yet another forest ranger to stir up trouble for the ranchers. But when she meets single dad Scott Enni...




  • Lauren Baratz-Logsted

    A rather large problem has befallen the Huit girls. (Sisters, actually. Octuplets to be exact.) One particular New Years Eve, the girls wait for their mommy to bring them hot chocolate and their daddy to return with more wood for the fire. But they d...



  • Julian Barnes

    After the best-selling Arthur & George and Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes returns with fourteen stories about longing and loss, friendship and love, whose mysterious natures he examines with his trademark wit and observant eye. From an...



  • Shari Barr

    McKenzie and Sydney meet in Branson, Missouri, where McKenzie has been recruited to help at the Dixie Stampede. While the girls take in the sights and sounds of Silver Dollar City, they become involved in a search to find a teen girl's long lost uncl...



  • Nora Raleigh Baskin

    Julia and Eliza are family, but they're also best friends. They share everything, and now that Julia's mom has gone overseas to serve with the National Guard, Julia is going to spend the summer living with Eliza and her parents. If the situatio...



  • Dale E. Basye

    Dale E. Basye returns to Heck for his most over-the-top (the Big Top, that is) adventure yet. When Marlo Fauster claims she has switched souls with her brother, she gets sent straight to Fibble, the circle of Heck reserved for liars. But it's true --...



  • Belinda Bauer

    In bleak midwinter, the people of Shipcott are shocked by the murder of an elderly woman in her bed. As snow cuts off the village, local policeman Jonas Holly is torn between catching a brutal killer and protecting his vulnerable wife, Lucy. When ...



  • Adam Beechen

    Terry McGinnis - the Batman of the future - and an elderly Bruce Wayne - the original Batman - are the sworn protectors of Neo-Gotham. But when someone targets The Dark Knight's old foes, the new Batman must begin a case that reaches back into Bruce ...



  • Michele Ashman Bell

    The Butterfly Girls can't wait to begin their fourteenth annual weekend reunion, a time to renew their bonds of friendship and honor the memory of their high school friend Ava. But a dark cloud of fear soon forms in their shared hotel room when they ...




  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collecting Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2009) #7-14. Spider-Man and his amazing friends, Iceman and the Human Torch, team up to help the newly powered Rick Jones deal with the crazy changes and responsibilities that come with…power. But what side of...



  • Manda Benson

    Beasts, #1 She killed a man who deserved life, and let live a man who deserved death. . . Zeta Verity killed a man who deserved to live, and let a man live who deserved death. Now she has a limited amount of time to stop him and bring justice to Call...



  • Michael Benson

    In The Hands Of A Sadist. . .First, he bound and beat his girlfriend, a 43-year-old librarian. Then he went after her teenaged daughter--warning her, "Scream and I will kill you both"--before knocking her unconscious. When the teenager awoke, he proc...



  • Derek Benz; J.S. Lewis

    In just one semester at Iron Bridge Academy, The Grey Griffins have already had quite an education-clockwork robots, students with super powers, and a hidden land beyond our world where mystical creatures and incredible inventions exist. But as secon...



  • Steve Berry

    Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated -- in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963 -- each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same shocking reason: a clause contained in the United States Con...



  • Maeve Binchy

    After many happy years of marriage and raising a family, Brian and Kathleen suddenly find themselves a bit lost in life. Midwesterners who’ve never traveled, Kathleen decides that what she and Brian need is a vacation, and with the help of an enthu...



  • Jeanne Birdsall

    When summer comes around, it's off to the beach for Rosalind . . . and off to Maine with Aunt Claire for the rest of the Penderwick girls, as well as their old friend, Jeffrey. That leaves Skye as OAP (oldest available Penderwick) -- a terrifying ...



  • Jake Black

    When Green Lantern Abin Sur crash-lands on Earth, it is up to fighter pilot Hal Jordan to take on the responsibility of being Green Lantern. Follow Hal as he travels to the Green Lantern home world of Oa and decides if he has what it takes to become ...



  • Ally Blake

    Hannah couldn't wait to get back home for her sister's wedding. But it's hardly a holiday -- to research a new TV show, her boss has decided to come with her! Hannah doesn't want the roguish Bradley Knight with her as her wedding d...




  • Mike Blakely

    Claude Duval thought he was through with rustlers and killers when he left Texas for Wyoming. But the retired livestock detective soon finds ranch hands turning up dead and cattle missing. It looks like the work of Lone Wolf Wolverton, who murdered D...



  • Lawrence Block

    Grandmaster Lawrence Block brings his greatest character, Matthew Scudder, back into action in his most personal case. Matthew Scudder is finally on the straight and narrow when he runs into "High-Low" Jack Ellery, a childhood friend from the Bron...



  • Jen K. Blom

    Possum Summer is an uplifting novel about a girl and her father whose fractious relationship is healed by the hard lessons they learn about love and letting go. Eleven-year-old P (short for Princess) longs for a pet, but her father insists that all a...



  • Georgina Bloomberg; Catherine Hapka

    The A Circuit is the top of the top when it comes to horse shows. It's a world with its own rules and superprivileged lifestyles. Teens travel the circuit all year, showing horses that cost as much as some homes. Tommi, Kate, and Zara are all elit...



  • Stephanie Bond

    Southern town seeks single women. Lots of them! The hardheaded Armstrong brothers are determined to rebuild their tornado-ravaged hometown in the Georgia mountains. They've got the means, they've got the manpower...what they need are women! So the...



  • Sarah Gardner Borden

    When Kate and Colin meet at a party in Manhattan their connection is electric. They marry quickly, moving to the suburbs, and in the light of day they seem like any young couple, but the games they play after dark are far from routine....



  • Rhys Bowen

    Before Molly Murphy crossed the Atlantic or even had an inkling that she might someday become a much sought after private investigator in New York City, young Molly lived in Ireland in a small cottage with her father, brothers and little else. Wh...



  • Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Falcon Quinn survived the first term at the Academy for Monsters along with his monstrous friends Max, Pearl, Mortia, and the rest. He has finally discovered his monster nature and is working hard to embrace it. But what does it mean to be an Angel, ...



  • Sandra Boynton

    Are you HAPPY AS A HIPPO?
    Or ANGRY AS A DUCK?
    Maybe SAD AS A CHICKEN?
    (Can you sadly say "CLUCK CLUCK"?)
    Bestselling author Sandra Boynton is back in this all-new board book about moods. Boynton's clever animals exemplify a wide range o...



  • Jan Bozarth

    When Lilu Hart wakes to discover herself in Aventurine -- the place where girls train to become fairy godmothers, keepers of the earth and all its inhabitants -- her mission is to travel across a dangerous marshland to the Castle on Stilts, where she...



  • Jennifer Bradbury

    This is Agnes Wilkins' debut season and already she's attracting the attention of one of England's most eligible and desirable men: Lord Showalter. He's been quite forward about his intentions and Agnes finds this at once thrilling and terrifying. He...



  • Celeste Bradley; Susan Donovan

    BESTSELLING AUTHORS CELESTE BRADLEY AND SUSAN DONOVAN will sweep you away -- across continents, centuries, and bedrooms -- combining the best of all worlds in one unforgettable romantic saga. ONE WOMAN'S INTIMATE SECRETS Regency London's most celebr...



  • Gyles Brandreth

    Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders opens in 1890, at a glamorous party hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Albemarle. All of London's high society -- including the Prince of Wales -- are in attendance at what promises to be the event of the season. Ye...



  • Peter Brandvold

    Fighting the good fight is reason enough for former deputy marshal Gideon Hawk to get in on the action. But when the defenseless are involved, it gets personal for the Rogue Lawman... THE TIERNEY OUTLAWS Brazos got off lucky this time. His pa, Blue ...



  • Nathan Bransford

    Jacob Wonderbar is used to detentions, but when a spaceship crashes near his house, he finds himself in a whole new level of trouble. After swapping a corn dog for the ship, he and his two best friends, Sarah Daisy and Dexter, take off on a madcap ad...



  • Libba Bray

    SURVIVAL. OF THE FITTEST. The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their ai...



  • Rogenna Brewer

    This battle has only just begun! It's bad enough that Gunnery Sergeant Bruce Calhoun, USMC, lost his best friend, Freddie, in Iraq. But getting stuck in his hometown recruiting office with Chief Petty Officer Mitzi Zahn? This is torture! Mitzi, his ...



  • Emily Brightwell

    PRETTY DEAD The marriageable daughters of the upper crust howl in outrage when the rich and handsome Lewis Banfield marries an artist's model. But Arlette Montrose Banfield is more than a pretty face; she's an intelligent and free-spirited modern ...



  • Damien Broderick

    Time travel, changing history, forestalling atrocities: it's not a job for the weak. For one thing, the things people in the future wear…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied....



  • Albert Brooks

    Is this what's in store? June 12, 2030 started out like any other day in memory -- and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but conside...



  • Geraldine Brooks

    Once again, Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks ha...



  • Carolyn Brown

    SHE'S A SELF-MADE CITY GIRL... High-powered career woman Austin Lanier suddenly finds herself saddled with an inherited watermelon farm deep in the countryside. She's determined to sell the farm, until her new, drop-dead sexy neighbor Rye O'Donnell s...



  • Dale Brown

    Welcome to Battlefield America When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United States and attacking government agencies, it will take a dedicated group of the nation's finest and toughest civilian airmen to put an end to the home...



  • Jennifer Brown

    When Alex falls for the charming new boy at school, Cole -- a handsome, funny, sports star who adores her -- she can't believe she's finally found her soul mate . . . someone who truly loves and understands her. At first, Alex is blissfully ha...



  • Jessica Burkhart

    Lauren Towers has always had one dream: to be a professional equestrian, competing with the best of the best. Natch, she's applied for a highly coveted spot at Canterwood Crest Academy. But while she waits to see if she gets in, Lauren is left con...



  • Marcella Burnard

    Kidnapped while combating a devastating plague, Jayleia Durante fights to resist the attractive Major Damen Sindrivik, an officer from a rival government’s spy corps. But with her spymaster father missing, and mercenaries hot on her trail, Jayleia ...



  • Rachel Caine

    After discovering that vampires populate her town, college student Claire Danvers knows that the undead just want to live their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble. There's a new extreme sport getting picked up on the Interne...



  • Sasha Campbell

    Three women are about to learn more than they ever wanted to know about secrets--and the men who keep them. . . As the owner of Situations, the hottest beauty salon on the south side of Chicago, Noelle Gordon has a direct line to the private lives...



  • Trudi Canavan

    Discover the magic of Trudi Canavan with her brand new novel in the Traitor Spy Trilogy... Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their secrets for the Heal...



  • Chamein Canton

    As the senior editor for Stillwater Publishing, Abigail Cole was the editor from hell. She could bring the mightiest scribes and the biggest egos to heel with the stroke of her famed red pen. However when the days of the well-crafted book at Stillwat...



  • Mike Carey

    Collects Thor: Wolves of the North, Thor: The Truth of History & Thor Annual #1. Hela lays siege to Asgard, and demon hordes are loose on Earth. Thor must make a dangerous bargain with a mortal woman in order to launch a last assault on the forc...



  • Kate Carlisle

    With her latest project, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright expects some exciting developments under the cover. When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates...



  • Julie Carobini

    How do you restore a soul? One brush stroke at a time ... Suz Mitchell is a determined dreamer, and won't allow her ex-husband's jail sentence to ruin their young son Jeremiah's life. An accomplished artist, Suz moves with her child across the cou...



  • Teresa Carpenter

    If it isn't bad enough that Savannah Jones has succumbed to the old cliche of falling for her boss, now she's expecting his baby! Everyone knows that gorgeous, dynamic Rick Sullivan is a confirmed bachelor, wedded firmly to his work. So, c...



  • Michael Carroll

    And God said, "Let there be a huge space between the waters…" And that's exactly what happened…God called the huge space "sky." -Genesis 1:6-8 (NIrV) In Sky & Sea, kids explore the water cycle of our very wet planet-the vast seas below and th...



  • Michael Carroll

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth didn't have any shape. And it was empty. -Genesis 1:1-2 (NIrV) In Space & Time, kids get a taste of these two concepts and how they are related. From spinning planets, glowing come...



  • Charlotte Carter

    Back in Potter Creek, Montana, to help her ailing aunt, Melinda Spencer reopens Aunt Martha's knitting shop. She's hoping for purpose and much-needed work. But she never expects to encounter stubborn cowboy Daniel O'Brien. He is nothing like Melinda ...



  • Will Carver

    Detective Inspector January David has always put his professional before his private life, but the two worlds are about to clash horrifically as he visits his latest crime scene. He is confronted by a lifeless figure suspended ten feet above a theatr...



  • Isabella Cass

    Now halfway through their first year at the world-famous Garrick School of Performing Arts, things are hotting up for Cat, Belle and Holly - life as a superstar just gets busier!Hot on the heels of her success in the dance department show, Holly is t...



  • Michelle Celmer

    Appearances Could Be Deceiving Exposing his enemy's foundation as a fraud meant Brandon Dilson must pose as a charity case. In reality, the laid-back ranching magnate knew all about living large. It was exquisite irony that the foundation sent him t...



  • Dori Chaconas

    Cork is a short muskrat who can swim. Fuzz is a tall possum who can't. They are best friends. Cork wants to teach Fuzz how to swim, but Fuzz isn't so sure he wants to learn . . . . The funny story and adorable illustrations in this seventh Cork and F...



  • Veronica Chambers

    After countless quinceaneras, tons of near melt-downs, and fun new romances, Amigas Incorporated is finally settling into a routine. Alicia, Carmen, and Jamie have the company running like clockwork and while Gaz is no longer a member of the group (h...



  • Darcie Chan

    The sensational New York Times bestseller The Mill River Recluse reminds us that friendship, family, and love can come from the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy.From the outside, Mill River looks like any sleepy little Vermont...



  • Victoria Chancellor

    Long Lost Family -- Newfound Love? Texas is a long way from Oregon, but Amanda Allen isn't planning to make her stay in Brody's Crossing permanent. All she wants is to meet the brothers she only recently discovered she had and head back out -- missi...



  • Lara Chapman

    Sarah Burke is just about perfect. She's got killer blue eyes, gorgeous blond hair, and impeccable grades. There's just one tiny-all right, enormous-flaw: her nose. But even that's not so bad. Sarah's got the best best friend and big goals for print ...



  • Simon Cheshire

    In this third volume of the Saxby Smart: Private Detective series, Saxby solves three more daunting cases: The Pirate’s Blood, The Mystery of Mary Rogers, and The Lunchbox of Notre Dame. With the help of his Thinking Chair (located in his headquart...



  • Maureen Child

    Millionaire in Disguise As penance for losing a bet, Rafe King had promised to work one job as an everyday carpenter. And that's when he hit the jackpot -- an introduction to Katie Charles. With every word, every touch, the sweet, sexy lady made Raf...



  • Matt Christopher

    Tim Daniels is back at Camp Wikasaukee with rest of the gang from Nothin' But Net, serving as a mentor to three young rookies, and he's got his hands full! He's still working on keeping his height from getting in the way of his game -- he's shorter t...



  • Pamela Clare

    While investigating border violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Denver journalist Natalie Benoit is caught in a bloody ambush and taken captive. Alone in the hands of ruthless killers, she will need every ounce of courage she possesses to survive. Bet...



  • Tiffany Clare

    YEARNING FOR HIS TOUCH From the moment Abby meets her new employer -- the mysterious, brooding Earl of Brendall -- she is appalled by his brutish manner…and even moreso by her own attraction to him. Has she lost her senses? As a governess, Abby ha...



  • Chris Claremont

    The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides in the name of God....



  • A.C. Clarke

    'Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction' New Scientist 'Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time' Ray Bradbury 'Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age' The Times 'A one-man literary Big Bang, ...



  • Pearl Cleage

    Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage. Atlanta's West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters -- artists and thinkers, dreamers a...



  • Anita Clenney

    A MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME... Faelan is from an ancient clan of Scottish Highland warriors, charged with shielding humanity from demonic forces. Betrayed and locked in a time vault, he has been sleeping for nearly two centuries when spunky historian B...



  • Judith Ortiz Cofer

    Fifteen-year-old Doris is used to taking care of herself. Her musician parents have always spent more time singing in nightclubs than watching after her. But when her ailing mother goes home to Puerto Rico to get well and pursue a singing career the...



  • D.M. Coffman

    Before beginning his first undercover assignment, American attorney Yi Jichun travels to Hainan Island on the South China Sea for some much-needed respite -- but finds trouble instead. Already uneasy about his charge to expose corruption in Chinaâ...



  • Susane Colasanti

    When Brooke's crush, Scott, moves from their suburban town to New York City, she decides to follow him there. Living with her formerly estranged dad and adapting to a new school are challenging, and things go from bad to worse when Brooke learns that...



  • Julian Cole

    When Jane's body is found, the chief suspect is her friend and lover, Moses Mundy. Chief Inspector Sam Rounder soon discovers that there is more to this murder than meets the eye. To make matters worse, his own brother, Rick, a private eye, has been ...



  • Brandilyn Collins

    Torn from the front lines of medical debate and the author's own experience with Lyme Disease, "Over the Edge" is riveting fiction, full of twists and turns--and powerful truths about today's medical field. Janessa McNeil's husband, Dr. Brock McN...



  • Max Allan Collins; Mickey Spillane

    A classic Mike Hammer story from the New York Times bestselling authors Max Allan Collins and the master of noir Mickey Spillane, featuring a brand-new, never before seen, alternative ending. Recuperating in Florida after the mob shoot-out that ...



  • Penny Colman

    In the Spring of 1851 two women met on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a thirty-five year old mother of four boys, and Susan B. Anthony, a thirty-one year old, unmarried, former school teacher. Immediately drawn ...



  • Mary Connealy

    Gabe Lasley has left his ranch in Wyoming because of his strong feelings for a married woman. He finds Shannon Dysart stranded in a mountaintop cave and saves her. She is on a quest to prove her father’s research isn’t the work of a madman, that ...



  • Gerry Conway

    Thor, God of Thunder, wields Mjoinir across the nine worlds to save lives and thwart evil men who imperil the Earth: the Absorbing Man, Demon Druid and Mercurio the 4th Dimensional Man and the greatest threats the universe has ever known: Mephisto, X...



  • Trish Cook; Brendan Halpin

    Declan loves death metal -- particularly from Finland. And video games -- violent ones. And internet porn -- any kind, really. He goes to school with Neilly Foster and spends most of his classroom time wondering what it might be like to know her, ...



  • Deborah Cooke

    For millennia, the shape-shifting dragon warriors known as the Pyr have hidden themselves from mankind, defending the earth's treasures in secrecy. But as the final reckoning with the Slayere -- who are determined to eradicate both humans and the Pyr...



  • Larry Correia

    A HARD-BOILED PRIVATE EYE -- CAUGHT IN A SECRET WAR OF MAGIC. Jake Sullivan is a war hero, a private eye -- and an ex-con. He's free because he has a magical talent, being able to alter the force of gravity in himself and objects in his vicinity, ...



  • Ralph Cotton

    Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of the Ganston Gang, who have rampaged across the state and murdered a fellow ranger. But young Billy Odle is riding with the outlaws-and Burrack has to keep him out of the crossfire......



  • A.C. Crispin

    Twenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the cons...



  • Kady Cross

    In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one...except the "thing" inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of kno...



  • Kady Cross

    Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'. Normal girls don't lose time, or have something inside them that makes them capable of remarkably violent things. Her behavior has already cost her one job, so when she's offered the lofty position of companion ...



  • Katie Crouch

    When her free-spirited mother dies in a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Alexandria Lee is forced to leave her West Coast home and move in with a wealthy grandmother she's never known in Savannah, Georgia. By birth, Alex is a rightful if unwilling m...



  • Kim Culbertson / Kim A. Culbertson

    Top 20 Reasons He's a Slimy Jerk Bastard Jessa: To help you get over your train wreck EX, I've enclosed 20 envelopes. Each one has a reason why Sean is a jerk and not worth the dirt on your shoes. And each one has an instruction for you to do one un...



  • Jacquie D'Alessandro

    Sisters are known to share many things -- but not the same boyfriend. The most basic "girl code" states that you never date a friend's ex. So wouldn't it be obvious that a current boyfriend is really off limits -- especially to your own sister? Appa...



  • Kaye Dacus

    English professor Caylor Evans moved in with her grandmother five years ago when Sassy’s eyesight became too poor to get her driver’s license renewed. Though she is now writing sweet/inspirational romance novels, Caylor still draws inspiration f...



  • Barbara White Daille

    His Whole World Is In Her Hands Sam Robertson's life just changed. In one short day, he found out that he's a daddy; that his beautiful little girl, Becky, is deaf; and that her aunt, sign language teacher Kayla Ward, intends to fight him for custod...



  • Michelle Dalton

    Anna is dreading another tourist-filled summer on Dune Island that follows the same routine: beach, ice cream, friends, repeat. That is, until she locks eyes with Will, the gorgeous and sweet guy visiting from New York. Soon, her summer is filled wit...



  • B.J. Daniels

    HANDSOME AND WILD, THE CHISOLM BROTHERS WERE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH -- BUT SO WERE THE WOMEN DESTINED TO STEAL THEIR HEARTS... Responding to a 911 call, Whitehorse Deputy Halley Robinson is stunned to find herself face-to-face with her teenage ...



  • Mary Margret Daughtridge

    HE'S GOT A LIVING, BREATHING DILEMMA... In the midst of running an undercover CIA mission, Navy SEAL Lt. Garth Vale finds an abandoned baby, and his superiors sure don't want to know about it. The only person who can help him is the beautiful new do...



  • Laura Dave

    A savvy, page-turning novel about a woman torn between her husband and the man she thought she'd marry. Annie Adams is days away from her thirty-second birthday and thinks she has finally found some happiness. She visits the world's most interesti...



  • Peter David

    ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN . . . All humankind was watching that fateful day in 1969. But only a handful knew the real mission behind America's triumph in space. Now the treacherous Decepticons have set their sights on unearthing government secrets. ...



  • Peter David

    In anticipation of Walt Disney Pictures'' high-tech adventure, TRON: LEGACY, which hits U.S. theaters in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D on December 17, 2010 - Marvel Comics is proud to bring you a stunning new visualization of the first TRON film. Ada...



  • Jacqueline Davies

    Following the laws of our legal system, Evan and Jessie's fourth grade class concocts a courtroom on the playground, putting Scott Spencer, alleged thief, on trial. They create a legitimate courtroom -- with a judge, witnesses, a jury of their peers ...



  • Katie Davies

    Anna and her brother, Tom, have always wanted a pet. And after their latest pestering campaign, their mother finally gives in and lets them choose a pair of hamsters from the local pet shop. But their happiness soon turns to horror when the hamsters ...



  • Tracy Deebs

    Tempest Maguire wants nothing more than to surf the killer waves near her California home; continue her steady relationship with her boyfriend, Mark; and take care of her brothers and surfer dad. But Tempest is half mermaid, and as her seventeenth bi...



  • Samuel R. Delany

    A collection of classic fiction, a short novel, and a fascinating essay, with over sixty pages of illustrations. Includes: "Omegahelm"-On a lonely planet, the dictator of half a universe reveals her dark secret. Set in the universe of Delany's novel ...



  • Vicki Delany

    Fifteen years ago a young girl by the name of Moonlight Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak’s house for a sleepover. Moonlight joined the family for breakfast the following morning and was then picked up by her mother. Shortly after, Mr. Nowa...



  • Genell Dellin

    KNOWN FOR CREATING POWERFUL FAMILY DRAMAS, Genell Dellin introduces a heartwarming new series with the Southern serenity that only a small Texas town can offer. When grandmother and granddaughter reunite, they learn that -- like it or not -- they sha...



  • Virna DePaul

    Five years after the Second Civil War ends, humans and Otherborn -- humanlike creatures with superhuman DNA -- still struggle for peace. To ensure the continued rights of both, the FBI forms a Para-Ops team with a unique set of skills Leader of an O...



  • Sarah Dessen

    Who is the real McLean? Since her parents' bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, McLean has followed her dad in leaving th...



  • Rachel DeWoskin

    Judy Lohden is your above-average sixteen-year-old -- sarcastic and vulnerable, talented and uncertain, full of big dreams for a big future. With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, she should be the star of Darcy Academy, the local perform...




  • Disney Book Group

    Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission, it's up to Mater to venture into space and tow him back to Earth (with a little help from his friend Lightning McQueen, of course). ...



  • Disney Book Group

    Based on the feature film, this junior novelization retells the whole wonderful story of CARS 2. ...



  • Disney Book Group

    On the way to a race, Lightning mistakenly ends up in the quiet town of Radiator Springs....



  • Disney Book Group

    It's a beautiful day, and Red the fire engine can't wait to work in his garden! But as soon as he leaves the fire station, he hears a pop, pop, pop -- he needs a tune-up! But Red has never been to Doc's before and doesn't like the idea of being poked...



  • Disney Book Group

    After Mater tows a stranded Japanese car all the way home to Tokyo, he gets pulled in to the face-paced world of drift racing. Not everyone is thrilled with Mater's new skills and before long, the tow truck is face to face with ninjas!...



  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! If there is a fire in Radiator Springs, Rescue Squad Mater is on the job! One day his best friend Lightning McQueen gets trapped in a burning building, and itís up to Mater to save him....



  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! Detective Mater is hot on the trail of a dastardly car-napping! When Tiaís sister goes missing, Mater is the only car she can turn to. With this tow truck on the case, anything can happen....



  • Disney Book Group

    Read along with Disney! As a daredevil, Mater the Greater performs terrifying stunts in front of huge audiences. He leaps over long lines of cars, shoots through a ring of flames, even rides on the wings of an airplane! Will he be able to perform his...



  • Disney Book Group

    Lightning McQueen gears up to compete for the Piston Cup championship....




  • Disney Book Group

    Mater is a famous matador fighting bulldozers in Spain. During a fight, Mater gets surrounded by angry bulldozers, and Lightning McQueen jumps into the ring to help. But will Lightning's bright paint job make the bulldozers see red?...



  • Franklin W. Dixon

    Frank and Joe Hardy are assigned to pose as extras on the set of the an upcoming teen movie, Deathstalker. The star, an ingenue named Anya, believes that someone is out to get her--and she's got proof. Someone tried to burn down her trailer! The Unde...



  • Amy Fellner Dominy

    Ellie Taylor loves nothing better than a good argument. So when she gets accepted to the Christian Society Speech and Performing Arts summer camp, she's sure that if she wins the final tournament, it'll be her ticket to a scholarship to the best spee...



  • Tim Downs

    Tying the knot may be the toughest thing Nick Polchak has ever tried to do. Nick Polchak is comfortable with bugs. Their world is orderly. He knows where he stands and exactly how to interpret the signs they give him. But a fiancee and an upcoming...



  • Margaret Drabble

    Margaret Drabble’s novels have illuminated the past fifty years, especially the changing lives of women, like no others. Yet her short fiction has its own unique brilliance. Her penetrating evocations of character and place, her wide-ranging curios...



  • Diane Duane

    Young wizards Kit and Nita are faced with strange events when a life form from another era emerges on Mars. Though the Martians seem friendly, they have a plan that could change the shape of more than one world. As the shadow of interplanetary war st...



  • Brian Eames

    A stirring tale of rousing old-fashioned adventure, THE DAGGER QUICK is the story of twelve-year-old Christopher, a boy with a clubfoot seemingly doomed to follow in the boring footsteps of his father as a cooper in 17th century England. That is, unt...



  • Steve Earle

    Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after he may have given Hank the morphine shot that killed him, Doc has lost his license. Living in the red-light district of San Antonio, he performs abortions and ...



  • Joan Early

    Fame beckons and Shannon Travers answers, leaving the ones she loves for the bright lights of Paris. Her mother’s sudden death forces Shannon to experience the devastation personal loss can bring. She hopes to make amends with her husband, Edison, ...



  • Lynette Eason

    CLUES TO UNLOCK Pages full of indecipherable codes are all that stand between DEA agent Brock Martin and drugs crossing the border. But if he wants to crack the case, he'll have to work with Texas Ranger Gisella Hernandez. Brock feels the case is wa...



  • Kevin J. Eastman

    F.A.K.K. is an acronym for "Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone." It is a universal warning of extreme biohazard to all carbon-based lifeforms. F.A.K.K 2 indicates a hazard exponentially more dangerous. F.A.K.K 2 is also the name of a world so sub...



  • Peter Eastman

    In their latest adventure, Fred and Ted pack a picnic basket, jump in their cars, and hit the open road -- but as usual, things don't go as the doggy duo plan. They encounter muddy roads, thunder and lightning, tire-piercing cacti, and overenthusiast...



  • Aaron Elkins

    For Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job -- as long as he doesn’t deal directly with kidnappers or their victims. Intense nightmares of his own abduction and imprisonment as a small boy still plague him thirty-so...



  • Rosslyn Elliott

    Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eli-until Will Hanby shows her that nobility is more than fine words. On a small farm in 19th-century Ohio, young Ann Miller is pursued by the gallant Eli Bowen, son of a prominent family. ...



  • Scott Emerson

    "And if I'm not mistaken," said Blackthorne, peering into the microscope, "we can narrow down our list of Mr. Kirkpatrick's visitors to a dalmatian, a Sussex spaniel, a poodle, a weimaraner..." -- Blackthorne looked up from the microscope -- "and an ...





  • Ian C. Esslemont

    Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamoured with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems ...



  • Justin Evans

    Set in a four-hundred-year-old boys' boarding school in London, a chilling gothic thriller by the author of the critically acclaimed A Good and Happy Child . . . A fierce and jealous ghost . . . A young man's fight for his life . . . The Harrow Sc...



  • Evan Fallenberg

    At eighty-five, Teo is ready to retire from the bombast and romance of life as one of the world's most influential choreographers. But when he meets Vivi, a fortyish waitress at a Tel Aviv café, the fires of his youth flare back to life -- his passio...



  • Jennifer Fallon

    The magical Tide has turned and the Immortal Lords once again have their full power. The Immortal Lord Cayal welcomes this power as a means to an end--his end, preferably. Cayal has wanted to cease his existence for longer than human history and it ...



  • Brian Farrey

    Eighteen-year-old Evan is ready to graduate high school and spend more time with Erik, the sweet, sexy guy he's been secretly dating for a year. But he doesn't want to abandon Davis, his lifelong best friend and fellow social pariah. So when a charis...



  • Thea Feldman

    Tucker Mouse spotted a lost penny in the shoeshine store, so he ran in to get it for his collection. Now the store is closed up tight, and Tucker is trapped. Can Harry Cat find a way to get him out? These favorite characters from The Cricket ...



  • Jack D. Ferraiolo

    Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary schoolkid by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero. But after an embarrassing...



  • Sue Finnie

    Meet Ryan. He is in France on a special mission. He is going to find out what it is like to go to school in France. Follow Ryan's blog to find out what French pupils wear at school, what they do at lunch times, what after school lunch clubs there are...



  • Marina Fiorato

    Amid the intrigue and danger of 18th-century Italy, a young woman becomes embroiled in romance and treachery with a rider in the Palio, the breathtaking horse race set in Siena.... It's 1729, and the Palio, a white-knuckle horse race, is soon to b...



  • Catherine Fisher

    Welcome to Anara, a world mysteriously crumbling to devastation, where nothing is what it seems: Ancient relics emit technologically advanced powers, members of the old Order are hunted by the governing Watch yet revered by the people, and the great ...



  • Linda Ford

    Dr. Jacob Calloway was the answer to her prayers -- whether he liked it or not. Teena Crow is desperate to learn his scientific healing methods to help her people. But Jacob is too suspicious of Teena's native remedies to allow her near Treasure Cree...



  • Emma Forrest

    Emma Forrest, a British journalist, was just twenty-two and living the fast life in New York City when she realized that her quirks had gone beyond eccentricity. In a cycle of loneliness, damaging relationships, and destructive behavior, she found he...



  • Earlene Fowler

    The Memory Festival is a celebration of recollections and loved ones through crafts. But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharpshooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for her loved ones, especially her police c...



  • Therese Fowler

    In Exposure, Therese Fowler has written her most gripping novel to date -- a ripped-from-the-headlines story of ardent young love and a nightmarish legal maelstrom that threatens to destroy two families. Amelia Wilkes's strict father does not allo...



  • Addison Fox

    As Montana Grant struggles to lead her late father's company, her estranged mother suddenly reappears, spouting nonsense about Mount Olympus, immortal warriors, and curses. But after an event that puts the company's future-and Montana's life-at risk,...



  • Rebecca Frayn

    HOW WELL CAN A MOTHER EVER REALLY KNOW HER CHILD? Julian and Annie have only just announced their forthcoming marriage when Annie's twelve-year-old son, Dan, fails to come home from school. Despite an extensive police investigation, the days turn ...



  • Helen Frost

    When Wren Abbott and Darra Monson are eight years old, Darra's father steals a minivan. He doesn't know that Wren is hiding in the back. The hours and days that follow change the lives of both girls. Darra is left with a question that only Wren can a...



  • John Fuller

    Part of the pleasure of poetry is unravelling the mysteries and difficulties it contains and solving the puzzles that lie within. Who, for instance, is Ozymandias? What is the Snark? Who is the Emperor of Ice-Cream? Or indeed, who is 'you' in a poem?...



  • Susan Gable

    He's seen what loving Ronni gets you Ronni might be back in his life, but Hayden's going to watch her like a hawk! He thought he'd seen the last of her when she broke his brother's heart years ago. Ronni's betrayal hurt that mu...



  • Liz Gallagher

    Vanessa is wise beyond her years. She's never really fit in at school, where all the kids act and dress the same. She's an artist who expresses her talent in the wacky colors she dyes her hair, her makeup and clothes. She's working on her biggest art...



  • Red Garnier

    After losing her beloved fiancé, Ben, in a car accident, Emma never thought she would feel passion again. Then Ben's best friend Carter reignites her hunger for life and love-and awakens a jealousy from Ben, whose spirit is still alive and longing fo...



  • David Gibbins

    What if an ancient artifact held the clue to a secret Nazi experiment whose deadly legacy could spark a new global catastrophe? Join marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team of adventurers as they race against time to stop a terrifying threat. ...



  • Marley Gibson

    After some time off, Kendall's ready to begin ghost hunting again. But her life is still in flux. She misses Patrick, her new love. She needs to find a photographer to replace Taylor. Plus, she may have discovered who her real father is, but to be su...



  • Kerstin Gier

    Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth must now unearth...



  • Debby Giusti

    SECRETS ON AND OFF BASE In the middle of the night, Maggie Bennett finds her army officer sister dead in her military housing. She's devastated by the loss of the estranged sibling with whom she was trying to reconnect. But as U.S. Army criminal inv...



  • Colleen Gleason

    Previously published under the titles Lucifer’s Warrior and The Vampire Narcise. Skilled in the seduction of men, both mortal and immortal, Narcise Moldavi is the greatest weapon in her twisted brother's war among the Dracule. Until she falls fo...



  • Morris Gleitzman

    Felix and Zelda have escaped the train to the death camp, but where do they go now? They're two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland. Danger lies at every turn of the road. With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix...



  • Whoopi Goldberg

    It's a purr-fect disaster! Jessica is worse than worried when she learns that the Nutcracker School of Ballet might lose its lease! Life just wouldn't be the same without the ballet classes she shares with her Sugar Plum sisters. Her problems mou...



  • Sally Goldenbaum

    Summertime, with its salty breezes and the sun's golden threads, brings inspiration to the Seaside Knitters of Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But when an old mystery washes ashore, they must cast their needles aside and bring some heat back to a cold cas...



  • Amanda Grace

    Sometimes at night, I wake up and stare at the heart for hours. I think of how I collected each piece from the beach, how I glued it all together into one big sculpture. I wonder if Connor realizes what it means, that he'll always have a piece of me ...



  • Tessa Gratton

    This page-turning debut novel will entice fans who like their paranormal romances dark and disturbing. It's a natural next-read for fans of Stephanie Meyer, Carrie Jones, and Becca Fitzpatrick. But instead of mythical creatures, blood magic has every...



  • Paula Graves

    A COLD CASE SPARKS TOO MUCH HEAT To criminology professor Alicia Solano, serial killers aren't just academic. A very real one is stalking her now, possibly the same madman who brought Gabe Cooper to town. The sexy Southern lawman still blames himsel...