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  • Planeswalker

    Lynn Abbey
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Urza Triumphant. The war between Urza and Mishra is over. Brooding on the death of his brother at the hands of extraplanar forces, Urza drifts among the planes. But the end of the Brother's War has transformed him into something greater. Deep w...

  • Class Act

    Laura Abbot

    Connie Weaver: Teacher, divorced single parent and lone caregiver to an elderly and difficult mother. She doesn't have time for anything else -- like romance. Years ago, she thought she and Jim Campbell could have a life together, but that was befo...

  • Short Shorties

    Kader Abdolah

  • Letters of Abelard and Heloise

    Peter Abelard

    Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard''s pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, t...

  • Giving up America

    Pearl Abraham

    Deena, who defied the wishes of her father, a Hasidic scholar, to marry the non-Hasidic Daniel, must come to terms with betrayals, the nature of commitment, and her own spiritual needs and values. Reprint. Tour. NHT. ...

  • A Perfect Crime

    Peter Abrahams

    “A perfect page-turner . . . Books this well written and involving don’t come along often. . . . Peter Abrahams is my favorite American suspense novelist.” -- Stephen King   An unfaithful wife. A cheating lover. A loyal friend. A jealous h...

  • Nursery Rhymes of Winnie the Pooh: A Classic Disney Treasury

    Gus Alavazos

    Rabbit, Piglet, Tigger, Pooh, and all of their friends from the Hundred Acre Wood act out classic nursery rhymes and popular children's songs in a lavishly illustrated companion book to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. ...

  • Jack, Knave and Fool

    Bruce Alexander

    When the jolly Earl of Laningham drops dead in the middle of a Handel concert, the authorities insist he died of natural causes. But blind magistrate Sir John fielding has a sixth sense for foul play, and instinct tells him that the Earl's sudden dea...

  • Winnie the Pooh and Valentines, Too

    Liza Alexander

  • Childhood

    Andre Alexis

    National BestsellerWinner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunni...

  • Harry McNairy, Tooth Fairy

    Ann Fitzerald Alper

    Dependent on human children for teeth for his own children, who want to eat apples and candy, Harry the Tooth Fairy is alarmed when Michael Madding insists on keeping his tooth, no matter how much money he offers....

  • Sentenced to Sabrina

    Laura Marie Altom

    When architect Alec Sheppard decided to take artist Sabrina Sanborne to court for accidentally splashing neon-green paint all over his townhouse, he never dreamed that he'd be thrown in jail. With her! Their crime? Arguing with each other -- and th...

  • Engaging

    Marty Ambrose

    RETURN ENGAGEMENT Amanda Jackson never returned to her family's ranch in New Mexico after her childhood sweetheart married someone else. But now that her mother desperately needs her help, she must go -- and face her former love. If only she d...

  • Into the Night

    Robyn Amos

    Risking All... Young actress Coco Vanderbilt is sure that her brother is innocent of murder, and that her photographer ex-boyfriend Adrian has the evidence to clear him. The problem is Adrian has secrets of his own, and his life depends on keeping q...

  • The Anatomist

    Federico Andahazi

    A lyrically written, sensual, and extraordinarily enjoyable novel in which a Renaissance anatomist's astonishing discovery forever changes the female erotic universe.

    In sixteenth-centruy Venice, celebrated physician Mateo Colombo finds himse...

  • Loveland

    Jane Anderson

    After her engaged sister runs off with another man, Julia Sommers journeys to Texas to tell rancher Wade Howland he is not going to marry his promised bride, but when he mistakes Julia for his intended wife, she realizes that he is everything she had...

  • The Last Bachelor

    Carolyn Andrews

    The last man Sheriff Mac Delaney couldn't believe it-he'd lost all his poker buddies to matrimony! All over Barclayville, bachelors were dropping like flies. But not Mac. Never Mac. After all, as the only law enforcement in town, he was too busy t...

  • Honey of a Husband

    Laura Anthony

    SWEET TEMPTATIONS With his arrogant, devil-may-care attitude, Kael Carmody was for women what honey was to a bee -- a sweet necessity. But he was after only one woman, the one he hurt years ago. Kael wanted to win Daisy back, but he had to melt he...

  • Eating Memories

    Patricia Anthony

    Eating Memories: Worlds of Terror and Delight from a Master of Science FictionHere is the essential Patricia Anthony. Eating Memories spans a decade of stirring short fiction from the award-winning author of God's Fires, Brother Termite, and Flanders...

  • Stuffin' It!

    Robb Armstrong

    They're Not Playin'...

    Patrick Ewing and his best friend, Ronnie Miller, can't wait for the Thanksgiving play at school--they're the stars of the show! There's only one problem: their parents are coming down hard about schoolwork...

  • Root of Deception

    Dennis Asen

    Root of Deception is the latest in an exciting series packed with gritty realism and unrelenting suspense, featuring a seasoned homicide detective and a brilliant forensic dentist who combine forces to catch the most brutal and brazen kind of killers...

  • Spider-Man and Iron Man: Sabotage

    Pierce Askegren

  • Girls' Night Out

    Elizabeth August

    SMALL-TOWN SCANDAL. Girls' night out was supposed to be a time to have fun, to unwind, to share secrets among friends. But Susan Hallston wasn't prepared for the stories about a secret marriage, a secret affair...a secret child! Or for the...

  • Flint Hills Bride

    Cassandra Austin

    She'd Been the Tomboy Heiress and He, the Hired Hand Now things were a little different. He was Jake Rawlins, dedicated lawman, and she was Emily Prescott, woman on the run. But all Jake wanted was to get her to trust him enough to run straight in...

  • Doomstar Relic

    James Axler

    TIME AFTER The passage of time hasn't healed the ravages of the nukecaust, but where once there was only the Deathlands, new centers of power loom above the domain of the unwanted, the hellzones of the Outlands. Though the Outlanders distrust and ha...

  • Tell Me No Lies

    Judy Baer
    in

    Judy Baer, Jan Duffy, Peggy Stoks, and Jeri Odell

    Four complete novellas, each set in a different region of contemporary America. As couples are reunited, we learn how they've grown in their understanding of God and themselves....

  • Badger in the Basement

    Ben M. Baglio

    All animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When James lea...

  • Eucalyptus

    Murray Bail

    Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearOn a property in New South Wales, a widower named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. Over the years as she grows into a beautiful woman,...

  • Giordanni's Proposal

    Jacqueline Baird

    A marriage proposal -- Italian-style! Beth was left breathless when gorgeous Italian tycoon Dex Giordanni proposed marriage -- within days of meeting her! But then she overheard a conversation that chilled her: Dex wanted to wed her to settle a ...

  • The Shadow Stone

    Richard Baker
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Accosted by bullies on a forest trail, Aeron had no way of knowing that the confrontation would change his life forever. Accused of a crime for which he bears no blame, he is pursued deep into the forests of the Maerchwood. First rescued, and then tu...

  • Millionaire Dad

    Leanne Banks

    MILLIONAIRE BACHELOR EXPECTING! Joe Caruthers had it all: success, piles of money, dangerous good looks. Now, after a night of passion, he was faced with the one thing he'd never expected -- a woman pregnant with his child. As much as Joe longe...

  • Lady Hilary's Halloween

    Anne Barbour

    A Magic Circle The first meeting between Lady Hilary Merton and James Wincanon, the dashing new owner of a neighboring estate, did not go as planned. An avid student of archaeology, the spinster politely asked permission to excavate on his land. B...

  • To Everything

    Bob Barner

    To everything there is a seasonA time to cry, a time to laughA time to mourn, a time to danceThe words of this timeless song, drawn from the wisdom of Ecclesiastes and made famous in the '60s by the Byrds, are beautifully illustrated here by award-wi...

  • The Very Best Christmas Ever!

    Emilie Barnes

  • Old Things

    Jill Barnett
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    Rainshadow Lodge may be on a secluded island with blue skies and crystal waters, but surely that isn't enough to make three mismatched couples jump over their differences and into each other's arms. After all, what could a socialite and a handyman ha...

  • The Voyage of the Narwhal

    Andrea Barrett

    "A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review An intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the fallacy of discovery, and the inevitable costs...

  • The Man of the House at Huffington Row

    Mary Brigid Barrett

    It is Christmas Eve--a night for miracles--but for young Francis O'Shea, there is no magic in the air. Ever since his father passed away, Francis has spent every free moment working and helping his mother. Still, when his little sister, Katherine Mar...

  • The Lost Years of Merlin

    T.A. Barron
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    Lost for now and alone...one day he will become the greatest wizard of all! Orphaned by the raging sea upon the ancient shores of Wales, a boy is forced to confront the riddle of his own mysterious existence. Who is he? What is his name? What is h...

  • Lone Wolf's Lady

    Beverly Barton

    THE BADDEST MAN IN TEXAS? A quarter-breed cowboy like Luke McClendon had no business wooing golden girl Deanna Atchley. So when Luke was sent to prison for the murder of Deanna's father, it came as no surprise. Everyone in Stone Creek, Texas, knew...

  • Alpha Centauri

    William Barton

    As the crew of the starship Mother Nightembarks on a colonizing mission to relieve Earth of the ever-growing population, a terrorist plague is unleashed on the ship, and as their journey ends, an ancient relic awaits them--one that can provid...

  • Christmas in the Forest

    Marion Dane Bauer

  • The Bride of Rosecliffe

    Rexanne Becnel

    A tale of loyalty and love... In the name of the English King Henry, Rand Fitz Hugh has arrived to claim rebellious Wales. A fierce and loyal warrior, he is prepared for war, but boldly seeks peace, never imagining the battle that will rage withi...

  • Mistler's Exit

    Louis Begley

    Thomas Mistler has always thought himself "a happy man, as the world goes." A scion of old money, he made his own fortune in advertising and is now poised to sell the company he founded for a fabulous price. But when a medical examination reveals the...

  • The Dog Who Knew Too Much

    Carol Lea Benjamin

    THE KEY TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN'S TRAGIC DEATH IS LOCKED IN A DOG'S BROKEN HEART. P.I. Rachel Alexander is stepping into a dead woman's life. Hired by the young t'ai chi teacher's grieving parents, Rachel is determined to find out why their apparentl...

  • The West Coast Girls

    Cherie Bennett

    Alexis Lavin, an ugly duckling fashioned into a swan by plastic surgery, may pay the ultimate price for beauty as the last regional pageant draws near and the national competition for Miss Teen Spirit continues. Original....

  • The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Evil Eye

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    In this 100-page illustrated chapter book, Ralph Ripoff is up to his old tricks again, only this time he has teamed up with Weasel McGreed! They plan to hypnotize Bigpaw using the evil eye. Brother, Sister, Lizzy, and Cousin Fred know they must help ...

  • The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Search for Naughty Ned

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

  • The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Missing Merit Badges

    Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

  • Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays

    Gilda Berger

    Lively watercolor illustrations complement a family treasury of retellings of Bible stories, recipes, craft projects, a historical map, and commentary that introduces young readers to the eight major Jewish holidays through engaging activities....

  • Shadow of Doubt

    Terri Blackstock

    A poisoned past. A bitter present. Is Celia a murderer … or a victim? Detective Stan Shepherd lies comatose in the hospital, a victim of arsenic poisoning. The Newpointe police have a suspect: Celia Shepherd, Stan’s wife. Celia is no stranger to ...

  • This Is Figure Skating

    Margaret Blackstone


    In this playful introduction to the world's most rapidly growing sport, very young children learn about figure skating. From boot, lace, and skate to figure eights and serpentines, preschoolers will experience the thrill of the ice as two skaters...

  • Can you see the red Balloon?

    Stella Blackstone

    An exciting easy-to-read tale introduces preschoolers to shapes and colors through pages of boldly illustrated hunt-and-find games in which youngsters help Florence, a black-and-white cow, take part in a fun-filled treasure hunt....

  • Baby High, Baby Low

    Stella Blackstone

  • The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter

    Lawana Blackwell

    Love is in the air. As the wedding of Julia Hollis and Vicar Andrew Phelps approaches, the quaint English village is caught up in a stir of excitement and the promise of an event to remember. Andrew's daughter Elizabeth is being courted by a handsome...

  • Comanche Dawn

    Mike Blakely

    In Comanche Dawn Mike Blakely does for the Comanche nation what Ruth Bebe Hills did for the Sioux in Hanta Yo. This landmark novel is the first time the story has been told from the point of view of the Comanches themselves. We witness the rise of on...

  • Vanishing Act

    Barbara Block

    Robin Light's client was in his prime: mid-twenties and all-American. But Bryan Hayes was no happy-go-lucky guy. For four months he had been looking for his sister, Melissa, a college sophomore who waved goodbye outside her dorm and disappeared witho...

  • Tale of a Tail

    Judit Z. Bodnar

  • To Die in Provence

    Norman Bogner

    Art historian Jennifer Bowen has been hired to keep an eye on spoiled nineteen-year-old heiress Maddie while Maddie studies in the south of France. Jennifer welcomes the free trip--and she'll be glad to get Maddie away from the influence of Boy, Madd...

  • Destiny at Broken Spoke

    Terrell L. Bowers

    Death seems to follow Tito Pacheco. First, he'd been forced to shoot Saul Puggot when a crooked game of two-bit poker went from bad to worse. Then he found a dead body out on the trail. Now Saul's brother Baxter has sent a pack of bounty hunters afte...

  • Treks Not Taken

    Steven R. Boyett

    Parody: The Final Frontier

    Now you can cruise the most hilarious sector of the space-time continuum, with this collection of twenty Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes not by the leading lights of the Western literary traditi...

  • Getting in

    James Finney Boylan

  • The Longest Wait

    Marie Bradby

  • Heartlight

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Heartlight is the story of Bradley's greatest champion of good, Colin MacLaren, as he carries the banner of Light through the second half of the twentieth century. Ghostbuster, exorcist, student and teacher of the mystic arts, Colin meets Claire Moff...

  • Heiress

    Irene Brand

    After discovering she was the sole heiress to her uncle's vast fortune, Allison Sayre embarked on an amazing journey. She never imagined she would uncover a shocking family secret. Or, be drawn back into the life of Benton Lockart, a man whose powerf...

  • Undercover Lover

    Kylie Brant

    DAYTIME FRIENDS... NIGHTTIME LOVERS? He was the one man she trusted, her best friend -- and now he was her lover. Ellie Bennett shivered as she remembered last night. Sully had looked at her with such need and longing.... She'd seen -- she'd felt ...

  • The Gift

    Aliana Brodmann

    A little German girl with a five-mark piece in her pocket that was a Hanukkah gift from her father visits lots of stores in her town to see what she can buy with it, but makes a selfless choice by giving it to a homeless man playing the accordion. Re...

  • Dooby

    Bruce Brooks

    Dooby hopes he will be elected team captain at the start of the Wings' Peewee season, but when the new girl on the hockey team gets the position, Dooby's anger hinders his performance and he soon realizes that the new captain isn't doing such a good ...

  • Grinch Meets His Max

    Antonia Bryan

  • A Record of Death

    Kate Bryan

    In a sequel to Murder at Bent Elbow, Maggie Maguire, a female detective on the American frontier of 1875, becomes trapped in a resort on Cutthroat Island, where she and the other guests hear their death predicted on a phonograph. Original....

  • Horse Thief

    Bonnie Bryant

    The Saddle Club is taking part in a big Pony Club rally being held at Pine Hollow. Riders from all the local Pony Clubs are there, including Stevie's boyfriend, Phil Marsten. For once Stevie and Phil aren't being too competitive so everyone is having...

  • Trail Home

    Bonnie Bryant

    Callie Forester is out of the hospital after the car accident that nearly claimed her life. Now Carole Hanson and Stevie Lake are determined to help her on the road to recovery. But Stevie is still consumed by guilt. After all, she was driving the ca...

  • Princess Bella and the Red Velvet Hat

    T. Davis Bunn / Davis Bunn

    The king and his subjects are worried that there is something wrong with Princess Bella since she will not go anywhere without hiding behind the red velvet hat that she wears all the way down to her chin....

  • Keeper of the Swans

    Nancy Butler

    On the Wings of Love It was definitely not good form to flee from one's own betrothal ball. Yet Diana Exeley ran pell-mell from the mansion to the riverside lawns because she could not bear to wed Sir Beveril, a man she barely knew. And when s...

  • The Tale of the Terrible Toys

    Richard Lee Byers

    When strange, dangerous things suddenly start happening at school and around his house, Carter wonders whether the living toys he found in the attic are just making mischief or whether they are truly up to no good. Original....

  • War Paint

    Sandra Byrd

    Book Six: War Paint Should she compete in an all-out mural painting contest with her Secret Sister, Erin--or run for "Miss Coronado"?
    Tess must decide!

    Competition is fierce for the sixth grade mural team, and Tess's Secret Sister, Erin, de...

  • Double Dare

    Sandra Byrd

    BOOK FIVE DOUBLE DARE Tess wants to be noticed. But making her mark has a high cost. Is it all worth
    it? Can super achievements change her into someone really special?

    This year’s birthday is the worst. First, Tess is cut from the school...

  • Dragon Tempest

    Don Callander

    The third book in the Dragon series pairs a librarian from Iowa named Tom and a charming dragon in a battle to save a beautiful princess from an evil kidnapper, a mission that requires them to cross a sea of monsters. Original....

  • Get Well, Gators!

    Stephanie Calmenson

    Best friends Allie and Amy are setting up a special booth for the Swamp Town street fair, as well as singing a duet in the talent show, but when Allie comes down with the swamp flu, the girls must find a solution....

  • Tabloid Baby

    Candace Camp
    in

    He's a famous producer who gets a pregnant stranger to the hospital on time --- but now the tabloids are telling the story of his secret love child!...

  • Dylan's Choice

    Joanna Campbell

    Will Dylan give up riding for good?

    Dylan Becker used to be one of Christina Reese's best friends. They like to do all the same things. He even loved horses as much as she did! But lately, Dylan has been spending more time playing soccer than ridi...

  • Monkeys

    Susan Canizares

  • Rounders

    Kevin Canty

  • Hello, Biscuit!

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Biscuit, star of the best-selling My First I Can Read Books Biscuit and Biscuit Finds a Friend, debuts in his first two picture books! The world of this adorable and mischievous puppy is one preschoolers are eager to enter and quick to recognize as t...

  • Biscuit's Picnic

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    It's picnic time, but Biscuit isn't invited! Do Biscuit and his puppy friend, Puddles, really have to go play in the yard while the kids eat all the picnic food?

    Any child who has ever longed to join in a forbidden party will relish the outc...

  • One Wish

    C.J. Card

    For years, a beautiful bottle lay concealed in a forgotten trunk. Little did anyone know that hidden inside was a powerful spirit, waiting for the right person to make...ONE WISH Free spirit Jenny Blake has just inherited her uncle's curiosity sho...

  • One Hundred Girls' Mother

    Lenore Carroll

    A Scots-Presbyterian missionary in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1895, Thomasina McIntyre takes up the cause of women and children forced to work in the brothels of the city, battling crooked politicians and the legal system to rescue her charges, in ...

  • Missing Man

    Michael Cassutt

    A gripping thriller of murder and betrayal at NASA. When a veteran astronaut dies mysteriously during a routine training flight, Mark Koskinen, the rookie astronaut who survives the crash, finds himself caught in a web of suspicion, intrigue, and dec...

  • Reign of the Favored Women

    Ann Chamberlin

    The great Turkish empire of the seventeenth century, the most powerful of its day, was ruled by women who had been brought to Constantinople as slaves for the Sultan's pleasure-but used their slavery to acquire power on a global scale. This is the st...

  • Rampage

    Susan Taylor Chehak

    Four critically acclaimed novels . . .
    A master of the Midwestern gothic . . .
    If you haven't discovered Susan Taylor Chehak:

    Welcome to Rampage.

    Once again, Chehak has mined her Midwestern roots and produced a highly charged n...

  • The Littlest Marine

    Maureen Child

    FROM SIR GALAHAD TO FUN-LOVING FAMILY MAN? Bachelor Marine Harding Casey was about to face his greatest challenge -- fatherhood. But convincing his expecting -- and reluctant -- bride to marry him was going to be his toughest battle yet! For Elizab...

  • Cowboy Come Home

    Judy Christenberry

    Only marriage could strike fear in a cowboy's heart! In tight jeans and a dusty Stetson, Griffin Randall looked every inch the cowboy. But unlike his new cousins, no way were his boots taking him down the aisle! The Randall men schemed to get G...

  • X-Men: Crossroads

    Chris Claremont

    When X-Men #1 first appeared in the fall of 1991 it shook comicdom to its core. This is a classic collection of the earliest issues of X-Men, introducing many of the characters and themes that continue today. Color illustrations throughout....

  • Hanukkah

    Anne Clark

  • A Love to Cherish

    Beverly Clark

  • Mr. White's Confession

    Robert Clark

    St. Paul, Minnesota, 1939. The body of a beautiful dime-a-dance girl is found on a hillside, and Police Lieutenant Wesley Horner, struggling and alone after his wife's recent death, heads the investigation into her murder. His chief suspect is Herber...

  • Good Night, Lucy

    Gus Clarke

  • New Lots

    John Clarkson


    New Lots, Brooklyn, is the second-to-last stop on the L train, and the absolute last stop in life for the residents of the New Lots projects. If there's a hell on earth, it's here, with a twenty-four-hour drug market, a terrifying warren of dark ...

  • Power

    Jackie Collins

    The first installment in the sexy, thrilling four-part L.A. Connections miniseries, a behind-the-curtains peek into the exclusive mansions of Hollywood where the city's most powerful players willingly risk it all for love, lust, and murder, from New ...

  • The Cowboy, the Baby and the Bride-To-Be

    Cara Colter

    FIRST COMES BABY... Shayla Morrison's mission was to unite a rambunctious baby boy with the rugged cowboy who was his closest kin. But one look at long, tall Turner MacLeod and Shayla decided to stick around. After all, what did a rough and tough ...

  • Train to Durango

    Ralph Compton

    AN OUTLAW CAVALRY THAT CAN’T BE STOPPED. AND ONE MAN WITH THE COURAGE TO TAKE A STAND. In Mexico, Wes Stone picked up his gun, rode his father's horse, and took on his father's enemies. In California, he planted a band of savage criminals in the...

  • Wake of the Wind

    J. California Cooper

    A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South.

    The Wake of the Wind, J. California Cooper's third novel, is her most penetrating look yet at the challenge...

  • A Cane Creek Christmas

    Kay Cornelius
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    Another installment in Barbour's popular four-in-one novella collections, this volume includes four all-new Christmas love stories from years gone by: 'Bittersweet,' by Rebecca Germany; 'A Christmas Gift of Love,' by Darlene Mindrup; 'Honor of the Bi...

  • The Best Defense

    Ellis Cose

    It's a case of office politics turned to murder. Or is it? Acclaimed, award-winning journalist Ellis Cose delivers this provocative and timely courtroom drama in which the passions of ambition, envy, and outrage intertwine, and the best defense isn...

  • Q-Strike

    Greg Cox

    The mischievous creature who calls himself Q has subjected Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise" to many of their strangest experiences. But little had been known of Q's curious existence or that of the advanced dimension...

  • The Martini Shot

    Peter Craig

    A hilarious and compelling send-up of a Hollywood celebrity and his family, written by the son of one of Hollywood's biggest families.

    "The martini shot" is film slang for the wrap shot in a movie, the signal to strike the set and celebrate ...

  • A Bargain with Fate

    Ann Elizabeth Cree

    It was the ideal way of stopping his family's attempts to marry him off to the first available female. All Michael, Lord Stamford, needed was a respectable female desperate enough to agree to his plan. And then Rosalyn, Lady Jeffreys, called on h...

  • The Republic of Dreams

    G. Garfield Crimmins

    An illustrated tour de force and surreal dream-come-to-life for all those who love art, passion, fine wine, and Griffin and Sabine.

    An island republic located in the Mid-Atlantic, somewhat south of Bermuda, between the Sea of Clouds and the Se...

  • Roped

    Laura Crum

    Taking part in a competition that becomes plagued by a series of horse accidents, veterinarian, horse lover, and amateur sleuth Gail McCarthy investigates, only to encounter old resentments, a friend's vengeful ex-husband, and a ruthless animal right...

  • The Crazy Crawler Crane and Other Very Short Truck Stories

    Mittie Cuetara

  • Aunt Eater's Mystery Halloween

    Doug Cushman

    On Halloween night, Aunt Eater dresses up as her favorite detective to go to a costume party, finding plenty of mysteries along the way, but she cannot explain all of the mysteries Halloween stirs up....

  • Glasgow Dreamer

    Ivor Cutler

    First published 16 years after Life In A Scotch Sitting Room, this volume continues Mr. Cutler's offbeat childhood anecdotes from the years of the great depression. Anyone who has forgotten how to see the world through a child's eyes, or use their i...

  • How Long

    Elizabeth Dale

    After a day spent exploring the notion of time and finding concrete ways to measure its passage, Caroline asks her mother how long she will love her, and receives an answer even the youngest child will understand....

  • The Omega Missile

    Joe Dalton

    The Secret...The ultimate weapon, a sleek silver missile that carries no warhead, just a doomsday system that will launch every nuclear device in the U.S. arsenal. No overrides. No countercommands. No stopping it.The Terrorists...Desperate men, drive...

  • Bravo, Zan Angelo!: A Commedia Dell'Arte Tale

    Niki Daly

    A Commedia dell'Arte Tale set in the sun-drenched streets of Renaissance Venice.

    Angelo longs to be a clown as famous as his grandfather Zan Polo. But times have changed and Venetians no longer flock to see Zan Polo's commedia dell'arte troup...

  • Superman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Man of Steel

    Les Daniels

    Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! The first, the strongest, and the most enduringly popular super hero has been captivating audiences around the world for 60 years. Since...

  • ABC Cats

    Kathy Darling

  • Prime Cut

    Diane Mott Davidson

    A CATERER'S NIGHTMARE Caterer Goldy Schulz is convinced things couldn't get worse. An unscrupulous rival is driving her out of business. An incompetent contractor has left her precious kitchen in shambles. And she has just agreed to cater ...

  • First Christmas

    Anne De Graaf

  • Horror Monsters and Ghosts

    Terry Deary

    Read these spine-chilling monster, horror and ghost stories,if you dare. Consider the facts and decide for yourself whether or not to believe them. But don't read this book after dark , or your dreams might turn into nightmares....

  • The Very Real Ghost Book Of Christina Rose

    James M. Deem

    Ten-year-old Christina Rose is convinced she has "Ghost Radar," meaning she can sense when ghosts are nearby. Not fake, creepy movie ghosts, but REAL ghosts. Like the ghost of her mother, who died in a plane crash when Christina was only 3. Christina...

  • Time's Arrow: The Future

    Tom Defalco; Eluki Bes Shahar

    MARVELS GREATEST HEROES MUST GO TO THE FUTURE TO SAVE TIME ITSELF! Kang s machinations have led to timelines collapsing at a great rate--the X-Men and Spider-Man must take the battle to the Conqueror if they are to keep him from becoming the maste...

  • Darkness Falls

    John M. Del Vecchio

    John Panuzio's world begins to disintegrate when a freak accident disrupts the peaceful Connecticut suburb where he lives. As a successful 50 year old ad executive, he loathes his job and finds himself increasingly estranged from his family and co...

  • Computer Clues

    Judy Delton

    The Pee Wees are entering cyberspace! The scouts are earning their computer badges, and that means lots of fun--and lots of surprises--are in store. From surfing the Web to sending e-mail to going on a cyber treasure hunt, the online adventures keep ...

  • The Greatest Treasure

    Demi

  • The Journal of William Thomas Emerson

    Barry Denenberg

    My Conversation with Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson said that it was most important not to tell anyone about our talk or anything that has to do with the activities of the Committee. . . . He said that he has observed me carefully since I came to work at th...

  • Zero Option

    P.T. Deutermann

    AN EYE They call it "Wet Eye": a biological weapon that literally eats out the eyes of its victims. Now, deep within the belly of the U.S. military establishment, one small silver canister of Wet Eye is missing--lost because a career pencil-pusher h...

  • By Desire Bound

    Thea Devine

    A PASSION FOR ADVENTURE The world thought Connack Pengellis, oldest son of the powerful Pengellis-Becarre family, was dead. But he was alive and well, on a secret mission to find the Eye of God, a legendary white diamond many would kill to possess. ...

  • A Long Finish

    Michael Dibdin

    From the award-winning author of Ratking and Dead Lagoon comes a delicious new Aurelio Zen mystery in which wine and truffles figure as prominently as greed and vengence.When the son of a Piedmontese wine-making family is jailed for killing his fathe...

  • Milk in My Coffee

    Eric Jerome Dickey

    From Eric Jerome Dickey comes the New York Times bestselling book that stirred up controversy with its bold portrayal of racial identity and subtle understanding of sexual intimacy. Jordan Greene is in culture shock when he arrives in Manha...

  • The Property of a Gentleman

    Helen Dickson

    To the dismay of his daughter Eve, Lord Somerville bequeathed his property to his business partner, Marcus Fitzalan. However, Marcus will only inherit it on one condition -- he must marry Eve. Eve can hardly believe her father has sold her into th...

  • Primal Fear

    William Diehl

    In Chicago, a sainted archbishop is murdered, mutilated, and dismembered in his rectory. Aaron Stampler, an angelic-looking young man, is found crouched in a confessional, covered with blood, clutching a butcher's knife, swearing his innocence. ...

  • In the Presence of Horses

    Barbara Dimmick

    A moving, powerful novel of a woman coming to terms with her past -- for readers of Jane Hamilton and Barbara Kingsolver.

    Throughout her life Natalie Baxter has lost everyone she has ever cared for, and after losing her faith in people she ...

  • Trick-or-Treat!

    Ann Dixon

  • Menachem's Seed

    Carl Djerassi

    In Menachem's Seed, Carl Djerassi, world-renowned scientist and inventor of the birth-control pill, brings us a new novel that explores the human--and passionate--side of science.

    Melanie Laidlaw and Menachem Dvir meet at a series of international ...

  • That Scandalous Evening

    Christina Dodd

    A DISASTROUS SEASON A simple statue began the scandal. A LADY CONCEALED An innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipp...

  • The Girl in the Photograph

    Gabrielle Donnelly

    Stand-up comic and semi-lapsed Catholic Allegra O'Riordan now has another identity: orphan Motherless since age three, she has just buried her father as well -- fearing that with this loss, she's also forfeited any hope of knowing the history of her ...

  • The Shaman's Game

    James D. Doss

    For tribes of the American Southwest, the annual Sun Dance is among the most solemn and sacred of rituals. But lately Death has been an uninvited guest at the hallowed rite. Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon is puzzled. The deceased Sun Dancers s...

  • Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives

    Carole Nelson Douglas

    Midnight Louie is the savvy black tomcat who stars in his very own series by Carole Nelson Douglas. One tough hombre, he knows the score and always gets his man . . . or rat. Louie's hot on a new case-a whole bunch in fact, in Midnight Louie's Pet De...

  • First-Class Father

    Charlotte Douglas

    RETURN TO SENDER: Could a single, twenty-year-old letter affect the lives and loves of two very different women? She'd lived without him--till now Dylan Wade had always claimed a good cop would never make a good husband--let alone a good fathe...

  • Nuke Zone

    Keith Douglass

    NUCLEAR WAR GAMES To the Ukraine, it was the perfect set-up...to make the U.S. think Turkey--their own ally--had launched the nuclear missile attack against the U.S. Sixth Fleet. After all, the U.S. needed to be reminded who owned the waters they ...

  • Precious Moments: Little Sparrow

    Ann Downey

  • The Big Brag

    Dr. Seuss

    It starts out harmlessly enough, with a rabbit feeling rather pleased with himself and his talent for hearing. A neighboring bear overhears the rabbit's boasting and takes offense. The challenge is on, and the bickering begins as the bear proclaims t...

  • The Piggest Show on Earth

    Arlene Dubanevich

  • Mountain Memories

    Jan Duffy
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    Judy Baer, Jan Duffy, Peggy Stoks, and Jeri Odell

    Four complete novellas, each set in a different region of contemporary America. As couples are reunited, we learn how they've grown in their understanding of God and themselves....

  • Look-Alike Fiancee

    Elizabeth Duke

    His choice of wife... Taryn had no doubts that when Mike O'Malley looked at her, he was seeing another woman: the mysterious, beautiful Crystal -- his former fiancee, who'd broken his heart. Everyone said Taryn was the spitting image of he...

  • Rumpelstiltskin

    Carola Dunn
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    Seamstress Martha Miller, a golden-haired country lass with the nimblest needle in the kingdom, thought herself undone. A disdainful duke required four-and-twenty modish gowns for his sister -- all in one night, or he'd drive Martha's family ...

  • The Ghosts in the Cellar

    Jacques Duquennoy

    A friendly game of cards among four benevolent ghosts is interrupted by something going bump in the cellar, scaring them into a tremulous trip downstairs, where they find a pink treasure chest with a strange inhabitant....

  • Wolf Justice

    Doranna Durgin

    Reandn is charged with shepherding the noblewoman Kalena--the center of the storm building around the return of magic to the land--to safety in King's Keep, in the sequel to Touched by Magic. Original....

  • The Cowboy Takes a Wife

    Lois Faye Dyer

    HIS BROTHER's PREGNANT BRIDE She was the last woman Zach Colby should want. Not only was CeCe Hawkins his estranged half-brother's widow, but she was pregnant with the heir to the Montana ranch that should have been his. Now their lives were bou...

  • Half Back Tough

    Thomas J. Dygard

    When he moves to a new city and becomes the star of his new high-school football team, Joe Atkins tries to live down the bad reputation as a poor student and troublemaker that he acquired at his former school...

  • You Were on My Mind

    Margot Early

    The Midwives No memory of her husband -- or her child... Ivy Walcott is a midwife. She understands the mysteries of birth, the wonder of babies -- yet she doesn't know if she's ever had a baby. Because Ivy only remembers the last ten years of...

  • A Species of Revenge

    Marjorie Eccles

    Superintendent Gil Mayo and his team encounter a group of townspeople with something to hide as they investigate two seemingly unrelated deaths and uncover the dark underside of the quiet, rural English town of Lavenstock....

  • Jazper

    Richard Egielski

    After reading the evil moths' book of spells, Jazper learns to morph into an array of household objects and becomes the Amazing Jazper, but when the moths decide to challenge the competition, a battle of wits ensues....

  • Big Government

    Ev Ehrlich

    Satire of the American political process by a former Clinton Administration official....

  • An Uncommon Governess

    Monique Ellis

    A TALENT FOR DISGUISE Lady Amelia Peasebottom absolutely refuses to marry the bombastic Sir Reginald Whiffer. Disguising herself as a bespectacled Abigail Sparrow, she runs away and accepts a position as governess. But when Amelia meets her emplo...

  • Race to Wallaby Bay

    Robert Elmer

    The McWaids Plunge Ahead To Save the LADY E!

    A desperate letter from his grandfather prompts Patrick McWaid and his family to return to Boomerang Bend, where the Lady Elisabeth still rests on the bottom of the river. But they arrive to find the...

  • Three

    Ed Emberley

    A father and his two children--all of which are popular illustrators--create a picture book that focuses on the concept of "three" while demonstrating each family member's own unique, artistic ability....

  • The Xena Scrolls

    Ru Emerson

    The Xena Scrolls, ancient documents of enchantment and power, hold the key to the power of the warrior princess as she and her companion Gabrielle wage war against sinister forces of evil--such as Draco, Celesta, the Harpies, and Lizard Man--accompan...

  • Night Ride Home

    Barbara Esstman

    A man and a woman wage the fight of their lives for a second chance at love

    Nora Mahler leads a perfect life. With her two teenage children, Simon and Clea, and her husband, she thrives on running the family horse ranch on the banks of the Missou...

  • Home to Stay

    Ann Evans

    Home. Sometimes it's where you find your heart. Ten years ago, Abby MacAllister left Fort Myers, Florida, for reasons she couldn't tell anyone. She left her home, her parents and Riley Kincaid -- the man she was going to marry. But now she's b...

  • The Loop

    Nicholas Evans

    A pack of wolves makes a sudden savage return to the Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana, where a century earlier they were slaughtered by the thousands. Biologist Helen Ross has come to Hope from the East, fleeing a life in shambles, deter...

  • Longarm and the Hatchet Woman

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm has his hands full when he is forced to play bodyguard to the most zealous teetotaler in the West, Big Hatchet Belcher, who comes to Denver to chop open its beer barrels in the name of God and temperance...

  • Takeover

    Forrest Evers

    In the corporate jungle, only the most ruthless survive.

    In New York, the chief executive officer of an entertainment conglomerate dives into the corporate swimming pool and never resurfaces. In Indiana, a tank deliberately crashe...

  • Illusion

    Jean Ross Ewing

    She arrived from India shrouded in silk and mystery -- an English woman trained in the erotic secrets of the harem. A darkly handsome spy with secrets of his own, he swore to resist her charms but could he resist his own overwhelming desire? Wa...

  • Promise

    Steven Farley

    Thirteen-year-old Danielle Connor feels nothing but rage toward Alec Ramsay, the famous young jockey who has turned her family's farm into a training facility for his Thoroughbred racehorses, including the legendary Black. Now Danielle's family has t...

  • Once More

    Colleen Faulkner

    Julia Thomas faces her wedding day with dread. Twice her age, Simeon, the Earl of St. Martin, has an appetite for cruelty, yet Julia is bound by duty to marry him. Now, alone among the disturbing occupants of Simeon's home and terrified of his vi...

  • Lei for Tutu

    Rebecca Nevers Fellows

    When her grandmother, Tutu, falls ill just before they can make a lei for Lei Day in Hawaii, Nahoa comes up with a way to restore Tutu to health, as well as win the grand prize for the most beautiful lei....

  • Cowboys Are for Loving

    Marie Ferrarella

    Kent Cutler was stranded - on his own ranch, of all places -with one very alluring little lady who had him thinking of things that didn't involve ropin' or wranglin'. Things that were - dare he say it? - romantic. Kent has a notion that she just migh...

  • Organ Grinders

    Bill Fitzhugh

    Bill Fitzhugh's widely acclaimed novel Pest Control (among a torrent of nationwide praise, People called it "stingingly funny") signaled the arrival of a unique young conjuror of comic suspense. Now Fitzhugh trains his satirical eye on the merging...

  • Dying to Get Published

    Judy Fitzwater

    INTRODUCING JENNIFER MARSH What does it take to get a book contract? That's the lament of every unpublished author--including aspiring murder-mystery novelist Jennifer Marsh. After submitting eight diligently crafted manuscripts to every promin...

  • The Wages of Fame

    Thomas Fleming

    The saga of the Stapleton family continues as George, Hugh Stapleton's grandson, a New Jersey senator, is reunited in pre-Civil War Washington with John Sladen, an old friend and the secret ex-lover of George's headstrong wife, Caroline...

  • Day of Confession

    Allan Folsom

    In Italy, the Cardinal Vicar of Rome is assassinated during a papal celebration. In Los Angeles, entertainment lawyer Harry Addison receives a desperate message from his long-estranged brother, Father Daniel Addison, a Vatican priest. Hours later a t...

  • Coppelia

    Margot Fonteyn

    Prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn gives one last gift to the world of dance with this enchanting retelling of a classic ballet. With the vivacity and effortless grace that marked her performances, Dame Margot Fonteyn retells the story of Coppélia, a do...

  • Article 23

    William R. Forstchen

    THREE-CORNERED WAR As a plebe at the Academy, Justin Bell was on the path to making his dreams come true: traveling in space. But, even in the 22nd century, cold hard reality has a way of frustrating dreams. There was tension between Earth and the...

  • Taken!

    Lori Foster

    IT WAS FOR HER OWN GOOD... If he'd thought she would come quietly, security expert Dillon Jones wouldn't have used his "special" skills to kidnap her. But the notorious Virginia Johnson was a fighter, and Dillon had the black eye to prove it. H...

  • Vengeance Moon

    Jocelin Foxe

    An immortal corps of 13 men from various stations of life, the Wild Hunt are bound together in eternal sleep by their past murderous deeds...except when called upon for vengeance. They have until the next full moon to fulfill their mission; failure m...

  • Field of Thirteen

    Dick Francis

    New York Times bestselling author and four-time Edgar Award -- winner Dick Francis presents a "fast-paced" (People) collection of thirteen tightly-plotted tales featuring murder, mystery, and mayhem in the horseracing world..."Whether it's an elegy f...

  • Oliver's Fruit Salad

    Vivian French

    Remembering his experiences helping Grandpa pick fruit in the country, Oliver insists that only fresh fruit grace his dinner table, although he refuses to eat it until a funny thing happens. By the author of Oliver's Vegetables. ...

  • This Alien Shore

    C.S. Friedman

    IT IS THE SECOND AGE OF SPACE COLONIZATION.... The first age, humanity's initial attempt to people the stars, ended in disaster when it was discovered that Earth's original superluminal drive did permanent genetic damage to all who used it--mutati...

  • Blast from the Past

    Kinky Friedman

    Kinky Friedman has searched his failing memory and has come up with a novel about his early days in New York City and how Kinky Friedman, the down-and-out star-crossed country music performer, became Kinky Friedman, the down-and-out star-crossed ace ...

  • This Old Heart

    Holly Fuhrmann

    RAISE THE ROOF The charming old cottage Tom Lewis just bought is on the verge of collapsing -- but he's a cop, not a handyman. Then his best friend fixes him up with Bobbi Jo Henley, General Contractor, and Tom's in homeowner heaven. There...

  • I See You, Can You See Me?

    Michi Fujimoto

  • Missing Person

    Samuel Wilson Fussell

  • Without Consent

    Frances Fyfield

    No-nonsense attorney Helen West possesses a rare combination of jaded pragmatism and well-guarded vulnerability that makes her perhaps the perfect prosecutor for a rape case. Here, the evidence all points to a police officer, D. S. Ryan; and in a see...

  • Blind Date

    Frances Fyfield

    Elisabeth Kennedy is a complicated, prickly ex-police detective, haunted by the memory of her younger sister's murder, and recovering from a senseless, brutal attack that leaves her with physical scars and a fractured spirit. Deter-mined to fight bac...

  • Hello? Is Anybody There?

    Jostein Gaarder

    Eight-year-old Joe is waiting alone at home for the birth of his sibling when he sees something fall from the sky. It's Mika, from the planet Eljo, hanging by the seat of his pants in Joe's apple tree. During the first meeting, the two explore the th...

  • Just One Night

    Eve Gaddy

    He'd invited her to walk in the moonlight -- but would it lead to more than just one night? His tender smile invited her to confess her deepest secrets, but Luke Morgan never expected Alex Sheridan to reveal the memories that tormented her dreams....

  • Against All Odds

    Elizabeth Gage

    Three complete novels detail the remarkable resilience of three strong and determined women and include "Intimate," in which Anna, pregnant and alone, must turn the tables on a blackmailer, "Number One," and "A Stranger to Love." Reissue....

  • Bounce, Tigger, Bounce!

    Isabel Gaines

  • The Coronado Conspiracy

    George Galdorisi

    An active duty naval officer draws on his thirty years of personal experience to create a pulsating military thriller, filled with spectacular action sequences that could have only been written by a man who had been intimately involved in the Navy's ...

  • Grave Misgivings

    Kate Gallison

    In a small-town cemetery, some secrets just won't stay buried....

    Mother Lavinia Grey shouldn't talk to strangers. Especially ones she meets in a graveyard. But teenager Shannon Smith and her father, Mark, were the sort of lost sheep a kindhea...

  • Miranda's Outlaw

    Katherine Garbera

    WHAT WAS A VIRGIN TO DO? Miranda Colby's plans for peace and quiet in a remote mountain cabin backfired the moment she stumbled upon her sexy new neighbor -- in the buff! Although the thought of spending time with Luke had the innocent Miranda...

  • With Hope

    Dorothy Garlock

    Oklahoma, 1932: Trouble seemed to be rolling up like the dust on the dry yellow horizon beyond Henry Ann's farm. Her father was dead and her two rebellious half-siblings were now her responsibility. Then Tom Dolan, a new neighbor, came into her life ...

  • The Moon of Gomrath

    Alan Garner

    From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl ServiceThe much-loved classic, finally in ebook.Enthralling sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen...

  • After You

    Annie Garrett

    The words that will turn Clare's life upside down arrive on a postcard... New York journalist Clare McClendon has just survived a terrible illness--only to find that her marriage is falling apart. Then the postcard arrives, asking her to come to M...

  • Cartesian Sonata: And Other Novellas

    William H. Gass

    From the award-winning author of The Tunnel and Finding a Form--four interrelated novellas that explore Mind, Matter, and God. In the first novella, Gass redefines Descartes' philosophy. God is a writer in a constant state of fumble. Mind is represen...

  • The Temptation Trap

    Catherine George

    The Charmer... Ewen Fraser's rakish reputation went before him -- Rosanna had read the newspapers, and could see with her own eyes his collection of girlfriends, past and present... The Charmed... But that didn't stop her falling for him...

  • Dear Katie, the Volcano Is a Girl

    Jean Craighead George

  • Family Files

    Adele Geras

    Daily observations recorded by the family cat Ozymandias--the keeper of the Fantora family files--details the strange yet delightful family members, including Grandmother Filomena who sees the future in her knitting, mother Rosamund who makes potions...

  • Bittersweet

    Rebecca Germany
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    Many of us have a secret picture of Christmases past -- a time when windows shimmered with lacy frost and candlelight, fireplaces kept a home warm and snug, ladies’ skirts swirled and gracefully skimmed the floor, and gentlemen were gallant and tru...