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  • Relentless Aaron

    Welcome to Fool's Paradise where the women are devious, the men are ruthless, and the raw, undeniable climate of smut dominates. This is Douglass Gilmore's kingdom, a family business that grew to become one of New York City's premier adult clubs. But...



  • Carolyne Aarsen

    The Parent Trap Lily Marstow and Alyssa Cane think they have the perfect plan. After all, helping their single parents fall in love shouldn't be that hard. But Silas Marstow wants nothing to do with the woman who lost track of his child for precious...



  • Tony Abbott

    A HIDDEN DOOR. A MAGICAL STAIRCASE. DISCOVER THE WORLD OF DROON! Keeah, Julie, and Neal are determined to find a cure for the poison that transformed Eric into the evil Prince Ungast. Their quest takes them to a lost empire deep in the desert, where...



  • Dan Abnett

    IT IS THE YEAR 2010. NO, REALLY. Her Divine Majesty Queen Elizabeth XXX sits upon the throne. Great Britain's vast Empire is run by Alchemy and Superstition. Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. Saviour? Pratchett goes swashbuckling i...



  • Chris Achilleos

    One of the most popular fantasy artist in the world, Chris Achilleos’ near photo-realistic paintings of fantasy, science fiction, stunning women and nature in all its forms have illustrated hundreds of books, magazines and posters for almost 40 yea...



  • Rosemary Aitken

    Can two unlikely allies unite to uncover the truth?Edith Trewin, the general maid in the Killivant household, and Miss Alicia Killivant, the young lady of the house, are social worlds apart but share a streak of independence and intelligence. Edith i...



  • Ken Akamatsu

    NODOKA IN PERIL

    The Festival of Ostia is the Magical World’s most amazing event"and includes a major martial arts tournament in which Negi and his friends will be active participants! But a team of professional bounty hunters blocks Nodoka...



  • Mitch Albom

    What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities--that wil...



  • Jami Alden

    Danny Taggart is the biggest badass of all the Gemini Men. And there's only one thing a woman can do with a man this hot, hard, and ready for action.... He's the oldest of the three Taggart brothers. And the boldest. Tall, dark and rippling with m...



  • Victoria Alexander

    Gentleman wanted -- for a scandalous assignation. A wife embarks on infidelity in this charming Victorian romance from the #1 bestselling author. Lady Amelia’s Secret Lover is a historical romance novel with a decidedly modern bent: Lady Ameli...



  • David Almond

    This well-received novel from a cast of acclaimed authors is now available in paperback! A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a...



  • David Ambrose

    "Mr. President, never in the history of the world has one woman meant so much . . . Ladies and gentlemen . . . the late Marilyn Monroe". Seven suavely bewitching stories, all with a Machiavellian twist at the end: Marilyn Monroe as virtual reality's ...



  • Jessica Andersen

    THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM WAS AT HIS FUNERAL... Until he turned up on her living-room floor with injuries he couldn't remember sustaining and no memory of where he'd been for the past few months. But Detective Romo Sampson's biggest problem is that ...



  • Caroline Anderson

    The tycoon who can save Christmas! Finding herself homeless three days before Christmas, proud single mom Amelia Jones is offered an empty picture-perfect country house to stay in. One look at her little children's hopeful faces and Millie accepts. ...



  • Beth Andrews

    Dean Garret is about to break the number one rule of undercover work. And it's all because his new "boss" is as pretty as a professional cheerleader and has a do-gooder's heart. Who can resist that combination? Still, Dean suspects Allison Martin is ...



  • Sara Angelini

    Their attraction is so hot, it should be against the law... Judge Fitzwilliam Darcy is terribly bored -- ready to hang up his black robe and return to the life of a country gentleman -- until he meets Elizabeth Bennet, a fresh-faced attorney with a ...



  • Kate Angell
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    Forced into a scratchy white beard and a red velvet suit two sizes too small, hotshot ballplayer Alex Boxer knows his goose is cooked when the woman supervising his community service turns out to be cute as a Christmas elf but channelling the nutcrac...




  • Anna J.

    Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community.You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles u...



  • Piers Anthony
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    In the thirty-third thrilling escapade in Piers Anthony's rousing Xanth fantasy series, an adventurous arachnid named Jumper must assume human form to save the enchanted realm from a cosmic peril. A cataclysmic battle between two all-powerful Demo...



  • Jennifer Armintrout

    An unimagined destiny -- an undeniable passion. In a time not long from now, the veil between fantasy and reality is ripped asunder creatures of myth and fairytale spill into the mortal world. Enchanted yet horrified, humans force the magical beings...



  • Kelley Armstrong

    For Elena Michaels, being the world's only female werewolf has its advantages, such as having her pick of the Otherworld's most desirable males. And she couldn't have picked a more dangerously sexy and undyingly loyal mate than Clayton Danvers. But n...



  • Tedd Arnold

    When Fly Guy and Buzz play hide-and-seek, Fly Guy hides in his favorite place--the garbage can. But as Buzz finishes counting, the garbageman drives away with the garbage and Fly Guy, too. Buzz follows the truck to the dump, where he sees zillions of...



  • Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod

    Rita and Whatsit have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas, including writing to Santa (he needs a few suggestions, of course), decorating the tree (with sausages), and making a delicious snack for Santa and the reindeer. Together, Rita and Whatsit...



  • Emily Arsenault

    The dusty files of a venerable dictionary publisher . . . a hidden cache of coded clues . . . a story written by a phantom author . . . an unsolved murder in a gritty urban park -- all collide memorably in Emily Arsenault's magnificent debut, at once...



  • Mark Arsenault

    In this next electifying thriller from up-and-coming author Mark Arsenault, former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns to aid Martin Smothers, the Patron Lawyer of Hopeless Causes. Martin's old law partner, the well-respected s...



  • Jeffrey Ashford

    Death in suspicious circumstances - When Fiona Ross reported the disappearance of her close friend, Gillian Harvey, the police were far from satisfied that this was an inciden...



  • Amanda Ashley

    DESIRE IS THE DARKEST MAGIC OF ALL Three centuries ago, vampire Jason Rourke succumbed to temptation with a wizard's lovely daughter -- and that brief taste of pleasure earned him a powerful curse. Trapped within a painting, unable to quench the hel...



  • Jennifer Ashley
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    'TIS THE SEASON FOR SEDUCTION It is the most anticipated event of the ton: the annual holiday ball at Hartwell House. The music is elegant, the food exquisite, and the guest list absolutely exclusive. Some come looking for love. Some will do almost ...



  • Lynn Austin / Lynn N. Austin

    Harriet Sherwood has always adored her grandmother. But when Harriet decides to follow in her footsteps to fight for social justice, she certainly never expected her efforts to land her in jail. Nor did she expect her childhood enemy and notorious sc...



  • N.J. Ayres
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    Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist)....



  • Kourtney Bailey

    It's Christmastime in Wuzzleburg and Wubbzy can't wait! Kids will love coloring in pictures of Wubbzy getting all the residents of Wuzzleburg in a festive mood. Book comes with a sheet of fun, holiday-themed Wubbzy stickers sure to get kids in the ho...



  • R. Scott Bakker

    Tom's life is not what it once was. His marriage to the beautiful Nora is on the rocks and he now sees his two young children only on her say-so. His best friend Neil has moved to California to teach neurology. He has one success - a book on human ps...



  • Donna Ball

    From the award-winning author of A Year on Ladybug Farm comes the continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turn a house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to mak...



  • Nina Bangs

    The Castle of Dark Dreams is just part of an adult theme park, right? The most decadent attraction in a place where people go to play out their wildest erotic fantasies. Holgarth isn't really a wacky wizard, and Sparkle Stardust doesn't actually crea...



  • Iain M. Banks

    There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and...



  • Catherine Banner

    "Asking for the truth can be as painful as telling it. . . ." Anselm Andros has clearly defined roles in his family and they are roles he plays very well--he is confidante to his mother, Maria. He is the confessor to his stepfather, Leo, a man haunt...



  • Mac Barnett

    National treasures, criminal masterminds, and…secret agent librarians? Steve Brixton wants to be a crime-busting detective -- just like his favorite crime-busting detectives, the Bailey Brothers. Turns out, though, that real life is nothing like th...



  • Stephanie Barron

    In March 1941, Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in England's River Ouse. Her body was found three weeks later. What seemed like a tragic ending at the time was, in fact, just the beginning of a mystery. . . . Six d...



  • Annie Barrows

    Ooops. Ivy and Bean have made a terrible mistake. They thought ballet meant leaping, kicking, and cool costumes. Instead, it means they're going to have to be the Two Friendly Squids in a ballet the teacher made up. How embarrassing. Should they brea...



  • Tracey Victoria Bateman / Tracey Bateman

    "Hello, I'm Nina Parker...and I'm an alcoholic." For Nina, even in recovery, the truth of the declaration has demolished her hopes and condemned her to return to the town she ran away from nearly two decades earlier -- Abbey Hills, Missouri. But the ...



  • Barbara Bazaldua

    This chapter book is a complete retelling of the animated feature The Princess and the Frog. ...



  • M.C. Beaton

    For whom the wedding bells toll... Much as it goes against the grain, Agatha Raisin is trying to be a good sport. Even though her ex-husband James Lacey's upcoming marriage to the beautiful Felicity Bross-Tilkington fills her heart with dread, she t...



  • Nina Beck

    Samantha Owens is sick of being a good girl. So she's skipping out on her stuffy boarding school and finishing up her senior year in New York City. There, Sam reunites with her former fat-camp roomie, the irrepressible Riley Swain, and is drawn into ...



  • Frank Beddor

    The Heart Crystal's power has been depleted, and Imagination along with it. The people of Wonderland have all lost their creative drive, and most alarmingly, even Queen Alyss is without her powers. There is some comfort in the fact that the vicious R...



  • Hilari Bell

    The third installment of this beautifully written fantasy trilogy picks up right after the cliff-hanger ending of Book Two, with Prince Edoran determined to rescue his friend Weasel, who has been kidnapped in Edoran's place. Edoran's journey is frau...



  • Richard Belzer

    Comedy legend Johnny Leland has called in his chips. He's organizing a charity telethon and needs TV cop Richard Belzer to cohost. Not one to let down an old friend -- much less the guy who gave him his start in stand-up comedy -- The Belz gets ready...



  • Rich Benjamin

    As America becomes more and more racially diverse, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less multicultural. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA -- and moved in. A journalist-adventurer, Benjam...




  • Sue Bentley

    Sadie can't wait to get involved with the local circus youth group, especially when it turns out she's really good at acrobatics! Sadie wonders what to do when her best friend Jenny suddenly starts acting mean and jealous toward her. Luckily she find...



  • Lara Bergen

    For everyone who’s ever wondered how Aurora gets ready for a royal ball, where Jasmine went on her honeymoon, or what Belle likes to bring to a tea party, this book holds all the answers. Packed with nine interactives -- including an invitation, a ...



  • William Bernhardt

    In his thrilling novels of suspense, William Bernhardt takes us into the fault lines of the criminal justice system, where one mistake, a twist of fate, or an explosive secret can mean the difference between justice and its cataclysmic undoing. In Ca...



  • Doug Beyer

    Magic: The Gathering®’s entire planeswalker web comic series in one volume, now with never-before-seen material!

    Written by Magic:The Gathering’s creative team, and brought to life in lavish four-color illustration by some of the industry...



  • Jim Bishop

    "This is a book about the most dramatic day in the history of the world, the day on which Jesus of Nazareth died. It opens at 6 P.M. -- the beginning of the Hebrew day -- with Jesus and ten of the apostles coming through the pass between the Mount of...



  • Tom Bissell
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    Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist)....



  • Adam Blade

    Step into the Dark Realm--home to the most dangerous Beasts yet!The good Beasts of Avantia are in danger. They have been captured by six terrible new Beasts and taken to Gorgonia, kingdom of the evil wizard Malvel. To free the Beasts, Tom and Elenna ...



  • Toni Blake

    The daughter of an over-protective father, Millicent Anderson has never been permitted an ounce of freedom? her father has kept her completely sheltered from boys, and even quashed her dream of being a teacher. But when a family trip leads her to tin...



  • Veronica Blake

    Was there any warrior more handsome, more virile than the powerful young war chief bathing naked in the river? Meadow was certain she'd never forget the sight of his lean hips, his sinewed thighs and bronzed chest. He was all that a Sioux maiden coul...



  • Gwyneth Bolton

    Firefighter Patrick Hightower will take any risk in the line of duty. But risking his heart again? That's something he's vowed never to do. He prefers scorching affairs -- the briefer, the better -- though he might make a temporary exception for smar...



  • Baen Books

    Werewolves and the suburbs are a natural go-together. Okay, so they're not the Obligatory/Iconic Suburban Golden Retriever or Chocolate Labrador, but they've got a much better chance of taking home the Best in Show ribbon than their Undead rivals,...



  • Faye L. Booth

    A darkly erotic tale of prostitution, murder, and medical science in Victorian EnglandLydia Ketch is a young woman whose life some would call immoral and shameful. But with the death of her mother and the prospect of the obscene conditions of the wo...



  • Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Following a terrifying encounter, a beautiful young woman flees her quiet English countryside in search of a new life. She adopts the initial M as her name and embarks on a journey that will lead her onto the catwalks of Paris to New York, where she ...



  • Robin Brande

    You are what you eat. . . . Cat smart, sassy, and funny -- but thin, she's not. Until her class science project. That's when she winds up doing an experiment -- on herself. Before she knows it, Cat is living -- and eating -- like the hominids, our...



  • Kylie Brant

    A KILLER, A PROPHECY - AND THREE DEATHS FORETOLD Buffalo Springs, Tennessee, is a neighborly kind of place where folks leave their doors unlocked and crime is unheard of. But once every generation, a strange red mist settles over the town, and with ...



  • Marilyn Brant

    In Marilyn Brant's smart, wildly inventive debut, one woman in search of herself receives advice from the ultimate expert in matters of the heart... It begins one day in sophomore English class, just as Ellie Barnett's teacher is assigning Jane Au...



  • Sylvia Branzei

    The creators of Grossology continue the icky, sticky history lesson with this reader about mummies from around the world. With hilarious illustrations and disgusting facts about mummies, this Level 4 reader will keep readers wrapped up for hours!...



  • Jean Brashear

    It's been years since Callie Hunter shook the dust of this town from her shoes. Now she belongs in Oak Hollow no more than her stilettos do. Yet here she is -- back to settle her aunt's estate. Nothing has changed...except for David Langley. ...



  • Jackie Braun

    Journalist Mallory Stevens's instructions were clear: expose the secrets of elusive radio talk-show host -- and Chicago's most eligible bachelor -- Logan Bartholomew. Not fall hopelessly in love with him! As their relationship goes off the record,...



  • Bodil Bredsdorff

    Some years have passed since the Crow-Girl set off on a journey, met Eidi and her mother, Foula, along with a few others, and persuaded them to come live near the little cove where a brook runs out to the sea. But when Foula has another baby, Eidi fe...



  • Helen Brenna

    One cop wants her heart. The other wants her dead. Street-smart city girl Erica Corelli spent the three best days of her childhood on Mirabelle Island. Now her sister has disappeared and Erica's on the run with her six-year-old nephew. The boy's fat...



  • Jan Brett

    When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big...



  • Kate Brian

     Two Exes. One holiday adventure. Merry Ex-Mas? Seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith's parents just left for vacation, and Lila's all set to throw the holiday party of the season. But when her Christmas-obsessed little brother, Cooper, discover...



  • J.E. Bright

    Everything seemed to be going just right for Lem, until the day an "alien" dropped out of the sky and landed in his backyard. With his entire planet in a tizzy over the alien invasion, Lem knows that it's up to him to help Chuck get back to his ship....



  • Meljean Brook

    Acclaimed author Meljean Brook returns to the darkly sensual world of the Guardians with the tale of a prophecy, a devilish bargain, and a doomed love... Four centuries ago, Guardians Irena and Alejandro would have succumbed to the need burning betw...



  • John Brown

    The launch of a towering new fantasy series introduces an elaborate new world, a strange and dark system of magic, and a cast of compelling characters and monsters. Young Talen lives in a world where the days of a person's life can be harvested, boug...



  • Ed Brubaker

    Nearly two years ago, the Kingpin left America to try to build a new life and find a new purpose for himself. Is that new life now coming to the attention of old enemies? And how does this connect to Matt Murdock and his troubles in New York with Lad...



  • Annie Bryant

    Charlotte's thrilled -- Sophie's on her way from Paris to meet the BSG, and Charlotte's writing a special story as a welcome gift. But is the fashionable teen who shows up at the airport the BFF Charlotte once knew? Everyone at Abigail A...



  • Sarah Bryant

    Khalidah faces an arranged marriage at the behest of her father, a Bedouin Clan chief. But when a mysterious stranger named Sulayman reveals the machinations behind her pending union, she suddenly finds herself a pawn in a deadly plot involving her o...



  • Linda Buckley-Archer

    Time itself is splintering. If the catastrophic consequences of time travel are now impossible to ignore, Lord Luxon only has eyes for its awesome possibilities. He has his sights set on no lesser prize than America. Abducted to 1763, Peter and Kate ...




  • Charles Bukowski

    Literary Criticism. Reach for the Sun is the third volume of Bukowski's letters from Black Sparrow Press, selected by Seamus Cooney....



  • Sheramy Bundrick

    "I'd heard about him but had never seen him, the foreigner with the funny name who wandered the countryside painting pictures." F rom a talented new author comes a poignant and haunting novel of creation and desire, passion and madness, art and lo...



  • Gina Buonaguro; Janice Kirk

    Graziella's husband Ugo fought in the Italian resistance since before the start of the war. Yet it has been months since the Germans retreated and there has been no sign of him since. She has begun to think that she has lost Ugo forever when the arri...




  • Carl Burgos

    In September, 1939 a new voice hit the newsstands and changed the comic-book world forever: Marvel Comics #1, with its blazing Human Torch cover, had arrived! And this 64-page pulp package wasn't your typical assortment of super-powered, straight...



  • James Lee Burke
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    Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist)....



  • Jessica Burkhart

    Some Girls Just Have To Be The Best At Everything. If any two girls know about being the best, it's Heather Fox and Jasmine King. Just ask them; they'll be happy to tell you. But every girl knows that there can only be one "best." Can Sasha keep...



  • Shannon K. Butcher

    Delicate, expressive hands...long, graceful legs...One man is looking for his perfect woman--and he'll stop at nothing until he finds her. LOVE YOU TO DEATH It's been days since reporter Elise McBride has heard from her sister, Ashley. She's co...



  • Philip Caputo

    From the acclaimed author of Acts of Faith ("A miracle . . . You can hardly conceive of a more affecting reading experience" -- Houston Chronicle), a blistering new novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border and about t...



  • Anna Carey

    Sibling rivalry never looked so good. Now that they're officially family, the Sloane sisters are stuck living together in an Upper East Side town house and sharing everything--from cute clothes to even cuter crushes. Is New York City big enough fo...



  • Joanna Carl

    When Lee McKinney Woodyard finds that her on liqueur bottle was used as a murder weapon, there's no sugarcoating it: Someone in Varner Pier is not as cordial as Lee would like... TenHuis Chocolade is wall-to-wall hearts -- mostly chocolate -- for Va...



  • Melody Carlson

    "I used to be a beauty...too good for our dusty little town...destined for greatness." Claudette Fiore used to turn heads and break hearts. She relished the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle because she had what it takes: money, youth, fame, and above a...



  • Ron Carlson
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    Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist)....



  • Isobelle Carmody

    The conclusion of the Little Fur quartet!When Little Fur loses touch with the flow of earth magic, she knows that she must regain it, whatever it takes. A visit to the prophetic Sett Owl makes it clear that Little Fur has to embark on the most danger...



  • Susanna Carr

    A red-hot romance of a good girl gone bad-from a winning voice in wickedly fun erotica. Every year, Katie makes the same New Year's resolution: have an affair with her brother's kinky and wild best friend, Ryder. Every year, she faces the same dis...



  • Gail Carriger

    ALEXIA TARABOTTI IS LABORING UNDER A GREAT MANY SOCIAL TRIBULATIONS. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Wh...



  • Margaret Carroll

    Christina achieved unparalleled wealth and prestige when she married Jason Cardiff, Wall Street wizard and Mayflower descendant. But once the cracks in the union began to show, even the towering privet hedges surrounding their East Hampton estate cou...



  • Michael Cart

    A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a...



  • Dean Vincent Carter

    They're all dead now. I am the last one.Dr Morrow can't identify the 'thing' he found living in the lake but he knows it's dangerous . . . then it goes missing . . . Caught in the flood that is devastating the town, brothers Sean and James stumble ac...



  • Maureen Carter

    When family loyalties are at stake, can a woman can be as hard as a man? Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss is in a very dark place. Personal tragedy has pushed her close to self-destruct mode; both colleagues and friends have started to give her a wide ...



  • Kristin Cashore

    She is the last of her kind... It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest ar...



  • Kathryn Caskie

    They are the "Seven Deadly Sins"--the seven Sinclair brothers and sisters who live for scandal and delight in disgrace . . . until their father decrees that they must marry in haste . . . or regret in poverty! Lady Ivy Sinclair can't l...



  • Ken Casper

    When an accident lands Trey Sanford in the care of Dr. Nicole Foster, everything he's worked for is suddenly at risk. The injured racing star will do whatever it takes to protect his family legacy -- and his own carefully guarded secret -- even if it...



  • Carla Cassidy

    Passion and murder have never been so intimately acquainted. With an ex-husband trying her last nerve and a daughter growing increasingly estranged, homicide detective Jordan Sampson needs a break. She hopes attending her fifteen-year high school ...



  • P.C. Cast

    For Alexandra Patton, the Time Raiders project sends the reluctant psychic back to 60 AD Briton -- a world where she can barely understand the accents, let alone its culture of brutality and superstition. Armed only with her "freakish" ability to tal...



  • P.C. Cast

    Go back in time, fifty years before the events of New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast's Partholon books... Something isn't right at Guardian Castle, and Aine can't figure out what. As Healer, she's supposed to be making things better, but ...



  • Deanna Caswell

    The lights, the velvet curtain, the spotlight, the graceful dancers -- nothing beats going to the ballet for the very first time.  In this beautiful picture book,  Deanna Caswell and Elizabeth Matthews conspire to recreate all the joy and wonder of...



  • Michelle Celmer

    Texas Cattleman's Club member Wyatt Brody has to marry. The only hitch? His bride-to-be despises him! He'd seduced Alexis Cavanaugh once...on his brother's behalf. So when the powerful Texan's sibling shockingly married someone else, it was up to Mi...



  • Holly Chamberlin

    In this compelling novel from bestselling author Holly Chamberlin, a family reunited for the holidays explores the price of secrets the power of regret, and the choices that can change everything. The Rowans' rambling Maine farmhouse is just big eno...



  • Maureen Child

    The King Claims His Heir It was supposed to be a last meeting to sign divorce papers. Then passion overtook them and Maggie King walked away with more than just a legal decree -- she was pregnant with the child Justice King had always refused to giv...



  • Laura Childs

    With a cunning killer in a haunted house, one crafty sleuth doesn't stand a ghost of a chance... Carmela Bertrand, owner of Memory Mine scrap-booking shop, and her best friend Ava Gruiex, owner of Juju Voodoo, have a big project ahead of them. Mel...



  • Cinda Williams Chima

    Times are hard in the mountain city of Fellsmarch. Reformed thief Han Alister will do almost anything to eke out a living for himself, his mother, and his sister Mari. Ironically, the only thing of value he has is something he can't sell. For as long...



  • Svetlana Chmakova

    When Alex's sister, Sarah, vanishes and all memory and evidence of her existence is erased, Alex is determined to get to the bottom of her sister's disappearance. What better place to start her investigations than the Nightschool itself? But when she...



  • Francis Pharcellus Church

    A beautifully illustrated gift edition based on the legendary letter and essay that appeared in 1897 in The New York Sun. That letter and its editorial response have become a Christmastime legend. Little did F.P. Church know back in 1897 that his res...



  • CLAMP

    WAKE-UP CALL! In the world of dreams, the two Syaorans fight over Princess Sakura's feather and the princess herself! But while one Syaoran has always been a powerful mage for good, the other has become a killing machine using Fai's magic. Their brut...



  • CLAMP

    Kimihiro is a mystery even to himself. He has no memory of his past, or even of his beloved parents’ names. Neither does he have any idea why he is being followed by malicious spirits. But his boss, the witch Yûko Ichihara, knows, and in this volu...



  • CLAMP

    xxxHOLIC: DELVE INTO MYSTERY

    Join Yûko, Kimihiro, Dômeki, and all your favorite characters on a journey deep inside the thrilling world of xxxHOLiC! Learn more about the folklore behind the story and the various connections to the other work...



  • CLAMP

    THE SECRETS OF TSUBASA!

    Are you completely obsessed with Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, the bestselling epic manga by CLAMP? Now explore the magic behind the masterpiece in this official companion to CLAMP’s thrilling fantasy saga. In the sec...



  • CLAMP

    TIME OUT!

    Syaoran, Fai, Kurogane, and Mokona are returning to the Kingdom of Clow"and toward an ultimate showdown with the ruthless Fei-Wang Reed. But entering a world that is cut off from time endangers the very existence of the once-happy ...



  • Chris Claremont

    Collects X-Men Forever #1-5. Comics icon Chris Claremont returns to his legendary run with X-MEN: FOREVER! Professor Xavier volunteers his X-Men to go on a mission to capture Magneto's sole remaining Acolyte, Fabien Cortez! But with Nick Fury watchin...



  • Leila Cobo

    Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the s...



  • Tish Cohen

    Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.

    As the new eleventh grader at Anton High"the most elite public school in the country"she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs. But being the new kid also bri...



  • Kresley Cole
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    KRESLEY COLE delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time ... and a Valkyrie aching for his touch. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela -- the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart bea...



  • Eoin Colfer

    An Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea . . . Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has not been entirely without incident. Arthur h...



  • Jan Colley

    An Impostor Groom The engagement was a fake, a desperate plan by Jasmine Cooper to pacify her dying father and prevent family turmoil. Shameless flirt and financial whiz Adam Thorne knew an opportunity when he saw one. The only thing greater than hi...



  • Cara Colter

    Doorstep delivery: daddy and baby A heart-stoppingly handsome man with a baby in tow isn't on hotel owner Emma White's Christmas list. She's too busy making Christmas perfect for others. Emma's hotel is Ryder Richardson's only port in a storm. Othe...



  • Michael Connelly

    For many years Detective Harry Bosch has known Fortune Liquors, a small store in tough south L.A. A matchbook he once picked up there had a motto -- Happy is the man who finds refuge in himself -- that guided him through some of his darkest days. Now...



  • Glen Cook

    OH, THE HUMANITY... Since the end of the war, there had always been bigotry against non-humans in TunFaire. Even though many species had sacrificed in battle, some groups of humans thought the "Golden Rule" translated to "Humans rule. Now give us ...



  • Michelle Cooper

    "There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings." Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal...



  • David Corbett
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    Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist)....



  • Patricia Cornwell

    It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta -- despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN -- to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Med...




  • Deborah Crombie

    Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, a place where elegant Georgian town houses exist side by side with colorful street markets and the hippest clubs. But here races and cultures still ...



  • Cheryl Crouch

    Chosen Girls is a dynamic new series that communicates a message of empowerment and hope to Christian youth who want to live out their faith. In Book 8, Harmony is beyond excited to be heading out on a road trip with the Chosen Girls. But her “ulti...



  • R. Crumb

    Nominated for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: From Creation to the death of Joseph, here are all 50 chapters of the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before.

    Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one bef...



  • Kathryn Cushman

    Alisa Stewart feels like she's lost two sons: her youngest to a terrible tragedy and her eldest, Kurt, to a life ruined by addiction. But now Kurt has checked himself into rehab and found a healing faith that seems real. It's like he's been raised fr...



  • Clive Cussler; Justin Scott

    In "The Chase," Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying new hero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who, driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-century America pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimes crimina...



  • B.J. Daniels

    APB: LOOKING FOR THE LAST CORBETT BACHELOR A woman in trouble was like the call of a siren for any of the Corbett boys. And while Dede Chamberlain was in big trouble, she was off-limits to Lantry Corbett. But Dede was desperate and didn't have time t...



  • Casey Daniels

    Move over American Idol. Reality TV has come to Cleveland and Pepper Martin is a part of it. Of course, the heiress-turned-cemetery-tour-guide brings a whole new dimension to the show. That's because she sees and talks to dead people... When Pepper ...



  • James Dashner

    EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE... When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. He has no recollection of his parents, his home, or how he got where he is. His memory is empty. But he's not alone. When the l...



  • Annalisa Daughety

    War Rages Again at Shiloh National Military Park -- A Battle of the Heart Left at the altar, Kristy returns from her solo-honeymoon to ask for her old job back as a park ranger at Shiloh National Military Park. But the position's already been fill...



  • Susan Page Davis

    She came for her inaugural address -- and found herself dodging bullets, instead. Newly elected Maine governor Jillian Goff doesn't know why someone wants to kill her. But she knows they came close. Too close. Enter Dave Hutchins. A member of the sta...



  • Anne Dayton; May Vanderbilt

    Zoe is used to being overlooked. As the youngest and shyest Miracle Girl, she was happy to fade into the background last year. But when she sheds her baby fat and shoots up four inches the summer before her junior year, everything changes. Now she's ...



  • Melissa de la Cruz

    With the stunning revelation surrounding Bliss's true identity comes the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods. Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods now find themselves in an epic battle for survival. Not to w...



  • Matt De La Pena

    The story of one boy and his journey to find himself. When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home -- said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had ...



  • Marianne de Pierres

    While drifting in space, lost due to navigational failure, a mineral scout discovers God. When word gets out, academics from the studiums across Orion scramble to gain the Entity’s favor. However, not all the sentients of Orion hold this "god" in a...




  • Ann DeFee

    The Rules of Engagement Have Changed! Lieutenant Colonel Chad Cassavetes has just been promoted...to the rank of single father. With his two daughters in tow, the daredevil fighter pilot is trading the open skies for the dusty plains of Oklahoma. ...



  • Joseph Delaney

    The heavily illustrated stand-alone companion book to the internationally best-selling Last Apprentice series, the series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. The Spook's Bestiary is your guidebook to the supernatural, terr...



  • Jana DeLeon

    Everyone in Mudbug, Louisiana, knows that when Helena Henry shows up, no good will come of it. Especially now that Helena is dead. And more meddlesome than ever. Sabine LeVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast -- her life depends on it. Her o...



  • Cheryl Dellasega

    Meg, a.k.a. sistrsic92, can’t help having a serious inferiority complex -- you would, too, if you had a sister like T2P2 (The Totally Perfect Person), who can usually be found surrounded by a circle of her adoring friends and her ultra-popular boyf...



  • Kathie DeNosky

    Secret Baby, Surprise Inheritance Becoming the new owner of Hickory Hills Thoroughbred farm was not in billionaire Jake Garnier's plans. Becoming a father was even more unimaginable. For his new business came with one Heather McGwire, ranch manager....



  • Lester Dent

    If you were small-time grifter Walter Harsh, recovering in a hospital with a broken arm, you'd listen to a proposition that could net you a cool $50,000 for impersonating the South American strongman you resemble. You'd pay attention when the dictato...



  • Pete Dexter

    Warren Spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctor's office in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the first Saturday of December, 1956. His father died shortly afterward, long before Spooner had even a memory of his f...



  • William C. Dietz

    From the national bestselling author of When Duty Calls, the first book in an exciting new science fiction duology. In a far-distant future, the Uman Empire has spread to the stars and beyond, conquering and colonizing worlds, ruling with a benevo...



  • Helenkay Dimon

    Too Close For Comfort... Deana Armstrong needs a hero -- not for herself, but for the nephew all her money and time can't seem to get out of jail. Unfortunately, the best hero in all the Hawaiian Islands is set on turning in his badge and getting ...



  • Helenkay Dimon
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    Hawaii's no paradise for Marissa, who, thanks to a series of unfortunate events, can't seem to get away from the sand to enjoy her Christmas East Coast style -- with plenty of snow and slush. But tall, dark, and serious police officer Ted's about to ...



  • Roman Dirge

    Take a trip into the dark, surreal world of a little dead girl with a knack for (often) unintentional mayhem in this remastered, gothic classic, newly-coloured and presented in glorious hardcover!

    Lenore might only be small, but her talent for...



  • Disney Book Group


    An all-new Pre Level 1 Reader featuring a hilarious clubhouse tale plus 12 flash cards for extra learning fun!

    The ice skating festival at Star Lake is coming up, and the Sensational Six are looking forward to it. Donald wants to ...



  • L. Divine

    It's almost Valentine's Day at South Bay High, but romance is the last thing on Jayd Jackson's mind... If Cupid had his way, love would be in the air at South Bay High. But even though Valentine's Day is around the corner, no one's having an easy ...



  • Lynley Dodd

    Babies and toddlers will also love being out and about when they take Hairy Maclary's bright new buggy book with them! Its tough board pages and detachable strap and clip make this little board book just right for little ones on the go....



  • Tom Dolby

    Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. . . . An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New York's wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren...



  • Joaquin Dorfman

    Freaky Friday for the 21st century . . Joaquin Dorfman is back with another smart novel that pushes the envelope of literary fiction, examining identity, high school roles, and even the high-blown concept of destiny through a cool science-fiction ...



  • Mark Doty

    "A beautifully written, hallucinatorily evocative memoir of growing up gay in baby-boom America."  --  NewsweekIn his powerful autobiography, Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiff...



  • Mark Doty

    The poignant, accomplished new collection of poetry from the author of My Alexandria--1993 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1993 National Book Award Finalist....



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  • Anne Douglas

    The new novel from the well-loved Scottish storyteller  - When kilt maker Kirsty Muir meets a charming Scottish fiddler, Jake MacIver, she discovers a glamorous and exciting new world. But Jake breaks her heart, which seems mended by Fraser Gi...



  • Apostolos Doxiadis

    This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a...



  • Marissa Doyle

    Penelope (Pen) Leland has come to Ireland to study magic and prove to herself that she is as good a witch as her twin sister, Persy. But when the dashing Niall Keating begins to pay her court, she can't help being distracted from her studies. Lit...




  • Tina Duncan

    Hired for revenge -- as his mistress! Merciless Luca da Silva makes it his business to keep his friends close -- and his enemies closer. And the next item on the tycoon's agenda is revenge! Believing the da Silva family name is under threat, the pow...



  • Kaitlyn Dunnett

    `Tis the season to be jolly, but in Moosetookalook, Maine, Christmas cheer is in short supply due to a snowless winter that's keeping skiers and shoppers at a distance. Fortunately, Liss MacCrimmon of the Scottish Emporium has a plan... Liss's brain...



  • Sarah Beth Durst

    When Cassie was a little girl, her grandmother told her a fairy tale about her mother, who made a deal with the Polar Bear King and was swept away to the ends of the earth. Now that Cassie is older, she knows the story was a nice way of saying her mo...



  • Joan Early

    When she begins receiving threatening messages, criminal prosecutor Whitney Underwood must defend her lover when everyone around her believes him to be responsible, especially when things take an even more dangerous turn. Original....



  • Chris Eboch

    When Jon and Tania attend a costume party at a museum full of ancient arms and armor -- relics that have been through bloody battles, or worse -- it doesn't surprise either of them to discover a ghost lurking in the shadows. But this particular ghost...



  • Dave Eggers

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this visionary adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic work, the bestselling author of The Circle “is brilliant at portraying the exuberance and chaos of a young boy’s mind and heart” (San Francisco Chronicle).&#x...



  • Dan Elconin

    There is no place like a dysfunctional home. Leaving everything behind for the Island was Ricky's dream come true. When his happily ever after is not quite what it seems, he discovers that running away means running toward bigger problems. Trap...



  • Gwen Ellis

    The Story of Christmas from the Read and Share" Bible is a colorful retelling of the birth of Christ and the events surrounding it.Based on the International Children’s Bible, this book begins with the birth of John the Baptist. Next comes the an...



  • James Ellroy

    The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.A rip-roaring, devilishly wild ride through the bloody end of the 1960's. It...




  • Wendy Etherington

    LET'S GET PHYSICAL When a highway accident destroyed his dreams of defending his championship title, NASCAR driver Bryan "Steel" Garrison had to give up racing. Now he is president of Garrison Racing, and winning is still everything. He doesn't have...



  • Janet Evanovich

    She's been called "side-splittingly funny" (Publishers Weekly), "a blast of fresh air" (Washington Post), and "a winner" (Glamour). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mys...



  • Christy Evans

    Clues can be found in the most unlikely places... When Georgiana Neverall's fast-paced, corporate lifestyle goes down the drain, she moves back home to Pine Ridge, Oregon, and makes an unconventional choice -- to apprentice herself to Barry the Plum...



  • Richard Paul Evans

    A heartwarming and inspirational Christmas novel in the tradition of The Christmas Box, Grace, The Gift, and Finding Noel. The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk series returns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and ...



  • Tabor Evans

    After a pistol-whipping from Sierra Sue, Longarm can barely remember who he is. But as the cobwebs start to clear, he's determined to bring the feisty female to justice....



  • Tabor Evans

    Amidst a rushing flood, an armed French dandy has kidnapped Longarm's lady- friend, an heiress, for ransom. Now Longarm will have to keep his head above water if he wants to save their lives....



  • Monica Fairview

    When Caroline Bingley collapses to the floor and sobs at Mr. Darcy's wedding, imagine her humiliation to discover that a stranger has witnessed her emotional display. Miss Bingley, understandably, resents this unknown gentleman very much, even if he ...



  • Katherine Fang

    Gotta read 'em all! Scholastic's publishing program is geared to appeal to Pokémon fans of all ages.

    Get the inside scoop on the latest Pokémon in the Sinnoh Region! The need-to-know facts, stats, and more are all in this book....



  • David Farland

    The world of the Runelords has been combined by magic with another parallel world to form a new one, the beginning of a process that may unify all worlds into the one true world. This story picks up after the events of The Wyrmling Horde and follo...



  • Nancy Farmer

    In this much-anticipated conclusion to the Sea of Trolls trilogy, Notland is no place to seek one's true calling. Or is it?...



  • Alane Ferguson

    Cameryn's ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her -- even kill. Kyle O'Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of...



  • Marie Ferrarella

    Eve is pregnant with your baby. The anonymous tip leads undercover DEA agent Adam Serrano back to his lost love, Eve Walters. The gorgeous veterinarian had stormed out of his life upon discovering the "truth" about his identity. Though it nearly k...



  • Monica Ferris

    As full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire has unraveled more than a few lies in the USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries. But this Halloween Betsy gets tied up with mayhem -- and murder... T...



  • Timothy Ferris

    The acclaimed science writer presents “an exceedingly vivid history of modern astronomy and cosmology, told in entertainingly biographical terms” (The New York Times).Hailed as “the best science writer of his generation,” Timothy Ferriss is r...



  • Liz Fielding

    Lydia Young has landed her dream assignment! Used to stacking shelves, she's now jetting off to a desert kingdom for a holiday as a media darling's look-alike. All Lydia has to do is enjoy a week of pampered bliss in a luxury oasis -- and not blow...



  • Sharon Fiffer

    After finding counterfeit baseball cards in her brother Michael's house, antiques picker Jane Wheel is worried he may be involved in a shady eBay scheme. He looks just like the photo of web merchant Honest Joe on an internet store site and he's been ...



  • David Finch

    The end is here! Or, is it a new beginning? Massive, climatic disturbances are wreaking havoc with the planet - underwater volcanic eruptions, tidal waves crashing over whole cities, and snowstorms burying entire countries - and even the assemblage o...



  • Anne Fine

    A hilarious tale of a vacation on a remote British island where the week's highlight is the annual fair with its Eating Things on Sticks competition! Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer...



  • Anne Fine

    Ally really doesn’t want to go with his mum on her weekly visit to his fragile aunt at the hospital -- until he discovers a hidden garden in the grounds where a young homeless couple have made themselves a home. Suddenly Ally discovers a new way ...



  • Jon Stephen Fink

    Based on a true story--a brilliant, compelling, and provocative novel of the roots of terrorism and the perils of the immigration experience set in turn-of-the-century London On December 16, 1910, three unarmed London policemen were killed by a ga...