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New Books List: 663 titles

  • Twin Blessings

    Carolyne Aarsen

    Uncle-turned-guardian Logan Napier wanted to provide his orphaned twin nieces, Brittany and Bethany, with a stable and loving home. Hiring a summer tutor was part of that plan. But he never expected the spirited and beautiful Sandra Bachman to turn t...

  • The Elusive Voice

    Mary Jo Adamson

    The survivor of a destructive past, Michael Merrick has found his place in the world as an investigative reporter for a Boston newspaper. At the beck and call of his reclusive employer, Jasper Quincey, Merrick hones his sleuthing skills by exposing t...

  • Memory to Keep

    Ginny Aiken
    in

    HeartQuest brings together three original novellas that will stir readers to treasure their own keepsakes of life, love, and romance. These Victorian-era stories will touch hearts with the beauty of new love at Christmastime.

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  • The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

    Edward Albee

    A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, ...

  • Monsters are Red, Monsters are Blue

    Sarah Albee

    When Elmo makes friends with a blue monster named Angela, the two of them learn a lot through visits to each other’s homes. They learn that they and their families have stereotyped ideasâ€"and prejudicesâ€"about red and blue monsters. Everyone is s...

  • Marine Force One

    David Alexander

    MARINE FORCE ONE A special detachment of the Marine Corps whose prowess in combat and specialized training sets them apart from the average grunt. They charge where others retreat and succeed where others fail. They are the best America's got... ...

  • Sullivan's Last Stand

    Harper Allen

    THEIR FIRST TIME HAD BEEN HARD... Bailey Flowers should have known a man who'd been to hell and back would break her heart. But now ex-mercenary Terrence Sullivan was the only man who could help her locate her missing sibling -- before the police ...

  • Reunited

    Bridget Anderson

  • Fear of Falling

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    The biggest challenge... David is determined to learn to jump on horseback if it kills him. And sometimes he?s afraid it might? like when Comet balks and won?t go over the crossbar. Now that David?s father is back in town, he?s promised to teach D...

  • Trapped

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Someone's been setting animal traps in the nature preserve behind Brenna's house. She and her older brother, Sage, are furious - not only is that illegal, it's hurting and killing defenseless animals where they should be safe. They both want to do so...

  • Mother of Kings

    Poul Anderson

    This epic tale based on Norse sagas by the Science Fiction Grand Master “proves that he is indeed a master!” (Robert Jordan, #1 New York Timesâ€"bestselling author).   In Mother of Kings, Poul Anderson “brings to life the bloodthirsty Nors...

  • Rose

    V.C. Andrews

    When she danced, she could dream... Beautiful and talented, Rose was the apple of her father's eye. But when he is tragically taken from her, his carefully hidden secrets destroy the only life Rose has ever known -- and lead her into a world of luxur...

  • This Perfect Stranger

    Barbara Ankrum

    WAS A HUSBAND A REQUIREMENT IN THIS WILD COUNTRY? For Maggie Cortland, a widow struggling to keep her husband's ranch -- her beloved land -- the answer was crystal clear. She needed a man, preferably one who was big and strong, and not afraid to t...

  • Mona and Other Tales

    Reinaldo Arenas

    Mona and Other Tales covers Reinaldo Arenas's entire career: his recently rediscovered debut (which got him a job at the Biblioteca Nacional in Havana), stories written in a political prison, and some of his last works, written in exile. Many of the ...

  • Wife in the Making

    Lindsay Armstrong

    A wedding waiting to happen! Bryn Wallis chose Fleur as his new assistant because she insisted marriage was definitely not on her agenda! That suited Bryn perfectly. They'd be working very closely together in the tropical Australian resort he ...

  • Lindsey

    Chryssa Atkinson

    Ten-year-old Lindsey is continually getting into trouble despite her well-meaning, impulsive efforts to rescue a classmate from bullies, cheer up her depressed uncle, help with her brother's upcoming bar mitzvah, brighten up her neighborhood, and spa...

  • Demon in My View

    Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Jessica isn't your average teenager. Though nobody at her high school knows it, she's a published author. Her vampire novel Tiger, Tiger has just come out under the pen name Ash Night. Jessica often wishes she felt as comfortable with her classmates ...

  • Shattered Mirror

    Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

    Sarah Vida is a witch and a vampire hunter -- and a loner. Christopher Ravena is a vampire trying to pass as a normal high school student who wants to know Sarah better. Drawn to him despite her better judgment, Sarah’s forced to admit that there...

  • Heresy

    Anselm Audley

    All across the waterworld of Aquasilva, change is being fought and ruthlessly suppressed by the Domain and its ferocious holy warriors, the Sacri. If the people of Aquasilva have any hope of survival, the Domain must be stopped. Amid the perpetually ...

  • Ereth's Birthday

    Avi

    ERETH IS HAVING A DREADFUL BIRTHDAY! No one, not even his best friend, the deer mouse Poppy, remembers Preth's birthday. At least that's what the old porcupine thinks. Determined to celebrate alone, he sets off into the forest to search for his o...

  • Shadow Fortress

    James Axler

    Forged from the Ruins A planet ravaged by the apocalyptic blast of 2001 gave birth to a new world of savagery -- and a new breed of hero. In a land where violence rules with absolute authority, Ryan Cawdor and his wayfarer survivalists roam the st...

  • Bears In the Barn

    Ben M. Baglio

    Mandy and James discover a mother bear and her cubs while they are camping in Arkansas, but as she follows the bears on their cross-country trek back to their own territory, Mandy wonders if she can help the bears overcome the many dangers on the way...

  • Tiger's Fall

    Molly Bang

    A feisty little girl learns that physical disability can't limit her ability to make a difference.Lupe loves nothing better than riding her father's horse, El Diablo. Fearless and agile, she rampages around her rural village in Mexico like a tigrilla...

  • To Meet Again

    Elaine Barbieri

    "We'll Meet Again..." Those were the last words of Wade Preston as his life's blood stained the pure white of Thea's wedding dress, draining onto the church floor where they were to have been married. Two years later, Thea knew the injured stag...

  • The Book of Fred

    Abby Bardi

    Filled with soulful humor and quiet pathos, Abby Bardi's boldly drawn first novel marks the debut of a joyfully talented chronicler of the quest for connection in contemporary life.Mary Fred Anderson, raised in an isolated fundamentalist sect whose p...

  • Coldheart Canyon

    Clive Barker

    Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after surgery that has gone terribly wrong. His fiercely loyal agent finds him just such a place in a luxurious, forgotten mansion high in the Holly-wood Hills. But the original owner of the mansi...

  • Story of Thanksgiving

    Robert Merrill Bartlett

    Turkey and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie. Family and friends around the table. That's what Thanksgiving means to us today. But has it always been this way?

    Everyone knows that in 1621 the English Pilgrims and the Nat...

  • Every Move She Makes

    Beverly Barton

    SLEEPY SOUTHERN DAYS As the pampered daughter of one of Spring Creek's most prestigious southern families, Ella Porter has lived her entire life on the straight-and-narrow, And being "good" has kept Ella safe and sane--until now. Suggestive yet omino...

  • The Merbaby

    Teresa Bateman

  • If You Had a Nose Like an Elephant's Trunk

    Marion Dane Bauer

    A young girl imagines what it would be like to have a tongue like a snapping turtle, feet like a fly, a tail like a lizard, or cheeks like a chipmunk, but is reassured in the knowledge that being herself has wonderful advantages....

  • The Millionaire Comes Home

    Mary Lynn Baxter

    His sleek BMW looking like a champion black stallion, Denton rode arrogantly into the one-horse Texas town he'd once called home. Ripe with disdain, he planned to make a quick million -- then bolt. But the unexpected sight of Grace Simmons launched h...

  • A Matter of Profit

    Hilari Bell

    Strangers in a bizarre land -- that's what Ahvren's people, the Vivtare, are. They are the conquerors, the rulers now, of the T'Chin confederacy. But Ahvren is no longer sure what that means. After spending two years fighting a brutal war on another ...

  • Biggie and Quincy Ghost

    Nancy Bell

    J.R. accompanies his sleuthing grandmother, Biggie, to a neighboring town where they find themselves embroiled in a murder investigation after J.R. stumbles across the body of a young woman and the ailing sheriff asks for Biggie's aid....

  • The Prince of Shadow

    Curt Benjamin

    This first novel in a magnificent new fantasy series draws upon the rich legends, cultures, and traditions of the East to create an epic tale of kingdoms invaded, nobles enslaved, and a young man's desperate quest to find his family and to face the c...

  • Inseparable

    Janice Bennett
    in

    Wherever these kittens pounce, romance, mayhem, and mischief are sure to make an appearance. Follow their antics as they cross the paths of lords and ladies of the ton in three new stories; by three beloved authors, sparking passion that always seems...

  • Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Vol. I

    Nancy Varian Berberick
    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
    • Buy Buy

    The highways and byways of Ansalon are being ravaged by war. As the War of Souls rages, vast armies and powerful wizards vie for control of Krynn. But despite the deeds of the mighty, it is the common people who must endure the great hardships of ...

  • When Jayne Met Erik

    Elizabeth Bevarly

    I, Jayne Pembroke, must have been out of my mind. Erik Randolph, Youngsville's most eligible playboy, had walked into the store where I worked, chosen a ring for his future bride -- and then proceeded to ask me to marry him. And although I knew our m...

  • Is My Friend at Home?: Pueblo Fireside Tales

    John Bierhorst


    Pueblo Fireside Tales
    Tales to be read in one cozy sitting.

    Here are seven interconnected stories about making and keeping friends, jewel-like tales originally told to the youngest listeners at Native American firesides in the Hopi co...

  • Far Above Rubies

    Kristin Billerbeck
    in

    HeartQuest brings together three original novellas that will stir readers to treasure their own keepsakes of life, love, and romance. These Victorian-era stories will touch hearts with the beauty of new love at Christmastime.

    Story list:

  • Through the Veil

    Isobel Bird

    As the year comes to an ending, in the hour 'tween old and new, part the veil and let pass the spirits who would travel through. As Annie, Kate, and Cooper prepare for Samhain, or Halloween, they are filled with anticipation. It is a time when ...

  • Blue Plate Special

    Ruth Birmingham

    It's crowded at the Blind Pig Diner, but there's none of the usual clatter and chatter. In fact, the place is dead silent. All eyes are glued to the gun-toting teenager holding the place up--and the body of a woman on the floor. Sunny Childs, a ha...

  • Girls, Girls, Girls

    Jonah Black

    "Not since American Pie has there been a more honest portrayal of the American teenage boy and his desires."-- Honor Elspeth "Honey" Black"Fantasy and reality are all the same to Jonah Black. Freud would have had a field day."-- Dr. Leonard Larue, Ph...

  • An Uncommon Enemy

    Michelle Black

    "There is no word in the Cheyenne language for forgiveness." On the day after Thanksgiving, 1868, George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry attack a sleeping Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita.Amidst the slaughter, they discover a ...

  • The Holy Road

    Michael Blake

    An unforgettable American story continues in the gripping sequel to the modern classic Dances With Wolves -- from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Blake.Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became ...

  • The Ash Garden

    Dennis Bock

    Emiko Amai is six years old in August 1945 when the Hiroshima bomb burns away half of her face. To Anton, a young German physicist involved in the Manhattan Project, that same bomb represents the pinnacle of scientific elegance. And for his Austrian ...

  • Blue's Clues Nursery Rhyme Treasury

    Tricia Boczkowski

  • The Dragon Tamer

    Jane Bonander

    A young sea captain’s widow feuds with a ruthless marine naturalist until their fireworks ignite into passion in this enthralling historical romance.  Boston, 1860. A sea captain’s widow at twenty-one, Eleanor Rayburn is devastated to learn ...

  • That Dolphin Thing

    Ian Bone

  • Transfigured Night and Other Stories

    Richard Bowes

  • After the Plague: and Other Stories

    T.C. Boyle / T. Coraghessan Boyle

    Few authors in America write with such sheer love of story, language, and imagination as T.C. Boyle, and nowhere is that passion more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and widely praised short stories. In After the Plague, Boyle speaks o...

  • The Wolf Hunt

    Gillian Bradshaw

    Betrayal, love, and lycanthropy in the time of the CrusadesWhen Marie Penthièvre of Chalendrey is abducted from her Norman priory and taken to Brittany's court, she vows never to dishonor her family's ties by marrying a Breton brute. There is only o...

  • Marrying McCabe

    Fiona Brand

    TALL, DARK -- AND DEADLY None of Roma Lombard's high-society friends knew anything about the mystery man who was suddenly everywhere the wealthy heiress went. And that was exactly the way she wanted it -- because her new "lover" was really her b...

  • Summer's Promise

    Irene Brand

    Rural North Carolina was the last place military man David Brown ever expected to call home. Brought here by tragedy, he now shared guardianship of his niece and nephew with a woman he'd never dreamed would share his home -- or his attraction.... ...

  • Swim the Moon

    Paul Brandon

    A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland.After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's fune...

  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    Ann Brashares

    Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd lov...

  • The Altar of the Body

    Duff Brenna

    George McLeod's easy life turns to chaos when his bodybuilder cousin Buck Root returns to Minnesota with his sexy girlfriend Joy and her mother Livia, whose sense of reality blurs into the pages of a western novel. For the first time, George understa...

  • Phone Calls From the Dead

    Wendy Brenner

    A bodybuilder is charged with superhuman energy and an ability to make lightbulbs explode. A grieving father tries to communicate with his dead son via a tape recorder. A high school girl claims to have her uncle's nipple in an envelope. A thirtysome...

  • Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

    Jan Brett

    A festive treasury featuring seven of Jan Brett''s classic Christmas titles, a perfect gift that will be the center of family holidays for years to come!

    This deluxe Christmas collection is the perfect holiday gift! It includes seven of Jan B...

  • Clifford's Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween

    Norman Bridwell

  • The Big Leaf Pile

    Norman Bridwell

    Clifford, Cleo, and T-Bone are having fun gathering leaves into piles. When T-Bone has to leave, Clifford and Cleo offer to watch his pile for him until he returns. But the temptation to jump into T-Bone''s pile overtakes their promise, and soon T-Bo...

  • Dog Who Cried "Woof!"

    Norman Bridwell

    Cleo finds out why she shouldn1t lie in this easy-to-read story that is based upon an episode of the Clifford PBS-TV series. After hearing the tale of Stinky the ghost skunk, Clifford and T-Bone are wary of entering the woods where the ghost is suppo...

  • Clifford's Hiccups

    Norman Bridwell

  • Time Remembered

    Louise Brindley

    As Amelia Ashcroft packs up her treasured possessions in preparation for leaving the house in which she has lived for much of her rich and varied life, she relives the memories -- some happy, some tragic -- attached to each of them....

  • Sleeping Partners

    Helen Brooks

    Powerful tycoon Clay Lincoln was the only man who could save Robyn's PR company. The deal was simple: he'd finance her, but remain a silent partner. Robyn wouldn't actually need to work with him.... Robyn was still embarrassed over a p...

  • Antrax

    Terry Brooks

    Brave explorers led by the last Druid, Walker Boh, traveled across unknown seas in search of an elusive magic. But now it seems that Walker and his team were lured there for sinister, unforeseen purposes. As the crew aboard the airship Jerle Shannara...

  • Hoot And Holler

    Alan Brown

    When Hoot is whisked away deep into the forest by a strong gust of wind, Holler is terrified that he will never see his best friend again or be able to tell him how much he loves him, but with the assistance of Wise Owl, Holler finds the courage to s...

  • The MacKintosh Bride

    Debra Lee Brown

    She was brazen, bareback -- and beautiful! But little did Iain Mackintosh, determined laird of a scattered clan, suspect that Alena, the secretive woman who stirred his very blood, was the same gamin girl he'd loved and lost in childhood... and s...

  • Audubon's Watch

    John Gregory Brown

    On his deathbed, renowned ornithologist John James Audubon remains haunted by a thirty-year-old mystery about the sudden and enigmatic death of a beautiful woman, Myra Gautreaux, on the Louisiana plantation where Audubon is employed as a tutor, in an...

  • Arthur's Hiccups

    Marc Brown

    Arthur has the hiccups, and none of the traditional cures suggested by his parents help. Ignoring his pesky sister D.W., who claims she knows how to get rid of them, he calls on his friends for help. The Brain suggests standing on his head; Buster sa...

  • Spittin' Image

    Margaret Brownley

    Two women who look enough alike to be twins-and so different in personality that they might be from different planets--meet by chance in Chicago's O'Hare Airport during the snowstorm of the century. Each is faced with a task she dreads. While on term...

  • Stray Horse

    Bonnie Bryant

    Something’s wrong at home and Lisa feels powerless every time her parents get angry at her or at each other. When CARL, the County Animal Rescue League, puts out an SOS for volunteers, Lisa knows she’s found a place where she’ll be appreciated....

  • Grave Peril

    Jim Butcher

    HARRY DRESDEN--WIZARD Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpio...

  • Reclaiming Lord Rockleigh

    Nancy Butler

    A Lawless Love Lustful Lord Rockleigh is the talk of the ton. He's never denied his amorous appetites, but he's furious that people are gossiping about his intimate intrigues, thanks to a slanderous newspaper editorial... Newspaperwoman...

  • Old Mother Hubbard

    Jane Cabrera

    Light-hearted illustrations accompany this zany version of the familiar nursery rhyme about an old woman and her playful dog as she sets off on a wacky shopping spree to buy him everything but the bone he craves....

  • Good for You!

    Stephanie Calmenson

    There's lots to see and lots to do.
    Can you turn the pages?
    You can?

    Good for you!

    Toddlers can do so many things-say their ABCs and 1-2-3s, wash with soap, drink from a cup, help dress themselve...

  • Tell Me Why

    Stella Cameron

    Why has renowned jazz pianist Carolee Burns given up playing celebrated venues for a tiny bistro in suburban Seattle? Former athlete Max Wolfe wants to know--because more than Carolee's gorgeous music haunts him. The woman herself is a melancholy mys...

  • The Siege

    Glynnis Campbell
    in

    Knights to remember... Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor. Men whose ferocity in battle was tempered by a code of chivalry...whose passions brought them to their knees before the women they desired...whose loyalty and honor never waver...

  • Shred It Up

    Craig Robert Carey

  • Ashling

    Isobelle Carmody

    As head of Obernewtyn’s Farseeker guild, Elspeth Gordie must travel to the lowlands to seal an alliance between Obernewtyn and the rebel forces that oppose the totalitarian Council. Yet her dreams call to her with an altogether different purpose: E...

  • Dappled Apples

    Jan Carr

  • Code Name Cassandra

    Jenny Carroll

    "Help me find my little girl." Jess Mastriani--dubbed "Lightning Girl" by the press when, after a huge storm, she develops a psychic ability to find missing children--has lost her miraculous powers. Or has she? She would like the media and the gov...

  • A Hero to Hold

    Linda Castillo

    SHE NEEDED TO REMEMBER... She had no name, no memory, nothing but the knowledge that she was pregnant and someone wanted her dead. Her only hope was John -- the rescue medic who'd saved her life, the Good Samaritan who'd vowed to keep her safe, th...

  • While Mortals Sleep

    Jack Cavanaugh

    Josef Schumacher is a pastor in Berlin witnessing the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and the increasing influence of the Nazi youth movement on the young people of his church. Fearful of the sway of prevailing rhetoric and misguided patriotism, J...

  • Friday's Child

    Linda Chaikin / Linda Lee Chaikin

    It's World War II, and Vanessa Mortimer has turned the family estate into a temporary shelter for refugees. But in this place of sanctuary, trouble stirs. When Trevor, a wounded doctor, is accused of being a spy, Vanessa rallies to his defense. Ye...

  • Sympathy for the Devil

    Christopher Chambers

    Be careful what you wish for . . .
    FBI Special Agent Angela Bivens has just won a hard-fought racial and sex discrimination lawsuit against the Bureau. She should be euphoric -- all she ever wanted to be was a field agent. But the women she filed ...

  • Homicidal Intent

    Vivian Chern

    They told her to peer into the mind of a killer. They didn't say which one.... It happened in a place of privilege in New York City, when a twelve-year-old boy committed an act of violence that stunned the city and the nation. Now forensic psychi...

  • Shotgun Grooms: Jackson's Mail Order Bride

    Maureen Child
    in

    Brides or bankruptcy -- the MacIntyre brothers had a helluva choice! Now, thanks to their cagey uncle's ironclad will, saloonkeeper Lucas MacIntyre was forced to find himself a bride. So he proposed a chaste businesslike "merger" to Miss Emily Smythe...

  • Soulmate

    Deepak Chopra

    Deepak Chopra, the internationally renowned “poet-prophet of alternative medicine” (Time) and New York Times bestselling author of The Healing Self, offers an absorbing, mystical tale of a love that triumphs over death itself.A gifted you...

  • The Doctor Delivers

    Judy Christenberry

    "I'M NO BLUE-BLOODED PRINCESS...I'M THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILD!" Something critical was missing in Liza Colton's life. Burdened by fame and catastrophic family secrets, she'd sought refuge in Saratoga Springs to heal. Then Dr. Nick Hathaway appeared ...

  • Football Nightmare

    Matt Christopher

    A miserable memory dogs Keith's every move Keith Stedman dropped the pass. The game-winning, undefeated-record-making pass that would have made him a hero instead of a loser. Now, a year later, that missed pass still haunts him, so much so that h...

  • Next Stop, Paradise

    Sue Civil-Brown

    TROUBLE IN PARADISE? Samantha Bartlett has vowed never again to fall for a smooth-talking hunk. So it's hate at first sight when the lovely police officer meets Derek Diche, a TV expose journalist she instantly decides is short on hard facts -- ev...

  • Close to You

    Mary Jane Clark

    SHE THOUGHT SHE'D FOUND SAFETY. In front of the camera, as anchorwoman for KEY Evening Headlines, she's savvy, sexy, and sophisticated. But when she steps out of the spotlight, Eliza Blake is far more vulnerable than her devoted viewers would ever i...

  • The Ordinary White Boy

    Brock Clarke

    Lamar Kerry, Jr., is an unlikely hero. At twenty-seven years old he can't dance unless he's had more than a few drinks. His wardrobe is uninspired, at best. He has returned after college to Little Falls, his miserable, working-class hometown in upsta...

  • I Tell a Lie Every So Often

    Bruce Clements

  • One of the Problems of Everett Anderson

    Lucille Clifton


    A sensitive exploration of a difficult problem by an award winning author/illustrator team.

    "One day in school, just out of the blue,"
    Everett whispers, "Greg started to cry,
    and I went over to ask him why

    and he looked up and...

  • Heart Full of Love

    Colleen Coble
    in

    love reunites four orphaned siblings in interwoven novellas...

  • The Thunder Keeper

    Margaret Coel

    The Arapahos of the Wind River Reservation are stunned by the apparent suicide of a young Indian while he was on a vision quest. A stranger's chilling confession to Father O'Malley reveals that the man was actually murdered, and more deaths are sure ...

  • Happy to You!

    Caron Lee Cohen

    Wrappings ripping, blocks thump-bumping, a pink cake twinkle-twinkling -- it’s a birthday party! Daniel is there to join in the fun, and when it’s time to sing Â"Happy Birthday!” he sings Â"Happy to you!” Now Daniel has a way to celebrate al...

  • Red Hook

    Gabriel Cohen

    Detective Jack Leightner of Brooklyn's South Homicide Task Force is the honcho brought in to give a hand to the local precinct. It is not only his years of experience scooping out murder scenes that will be called into play. This is the neighborhood ...

  • Patriots and Tyrants

    Loren L. Coleman

    BOUND BY BLOOD Bitter rivalries within the Star League threaten to plunge the entire Inner Sphere into chaos, as Victor Steiner-Davion and his sister, Katrina, maneuver their own forces to the brink of civil war. At the same time, their young brot...

  • Southern Treasures

    Lynn A. Coleman

    Twenty years ago, a secret drove her from Savannah to Key West. Now it keeps her on her guard against men--while it also keeps her from accepting God's forgiveness and grace in her life. Instead, Peg works hard to find contentment in her many friends...

  • Spongebob Naturepants

    Terry Collins

    Sick and tired of feeling shackled to the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is longing for a change. Deciding to throw in the spatula and live among the jellyfish, SpongeBob embarks on a new life of freedom -- but will it be worth it? Join SpongeBob as he sets ...

  • Wed by a Will

    Cara Colter

    " I prayed for you to come." From the moment the little boy next door whispered those words in her ear, Corrie Parsons knew she was hooked -- but good! For she had come to Miracle Harbor to claim the ranch she had inherited, a home to call her ow...

  • Spanish Jack

    Robert J. Conley


    Robert J. Conley is one of the most acclaimed writers of the American West and of his own people, the Cherokee, having won myriad fans with his moving historical novels about the Real People. In Spanish Jack, he brings to vivid life one of the mo...

  • Fatality

    Caroline B. Cooney

    It's been four years since Rose spent the weekend at Angelica's beautiful summer home and things went terribly wrong, but now that the police have reopened the murder case, Rose must relive that weekend all over again. Rose was thrilled when Angel...

  • America

    Stephen Coonts

    OUR FIRST WARNING... Dispatched on a trial run, NASA's SuperAegis satellite has been created as the foundation of an international antimissile defense system. But moments after dispatch, it vanishes. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton fears something worse t...

  • Ride by the Clouds

    Carol Cox
    in

    love reunites four orphaned siblings in interwoven novellas...

  • Season of Hope

    Carol Cox

    When her beloved father dies in a mine accident on the northern Arizona Territory, Rachel is left to maintain the family farm and care for her younger sister. To make matters worse, the deadline for the final mortgage payment is looming, and Rachel h...

  • My Sister's Hair

    Sally Crabtree

    In this adorable picture book, a boy imagines the type of hair his baby sister is going to have. As the reader turns the die-cut pages, wacky hairstyles change around the constant face of the baby sister! The last page reveals a surprise -- his baby ...

  • Forever Love

    Francine Craft

    One Dangerous Chance After divorcing her abusive husband, successful radio show host Francesca Worth is struggling to rebuild her life and her trust in people. But now, after receiving terrifying anonymous threats, she has no choice but to turn to h...

  • My Lady's Prisoner

    Ann Elizabeth Cree

    Since her husband's murder three years ago, Lady Julia Carrington had done her utmost to uncover the culprit, though with little success. But then Nicholas Chandler, Viscount Thayne, appeared -- sinfully handsome and in possession of her husband's ri...

  • The Conspiracy

    Jasmine Cresswell

    THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS TWO QUESTIONABLE EMPLOYEES: ONE IS A TRAITOR, AND THE OTHER HAS LOST HER EDGE. Verity Marlowe's life has spiraled into a haze of alcohol and self-pity following the death of her husband. The State Department consider...

  • His Brother's Fiancee

    Jasmine Cresswell

    Isabella Trueblood made history reuniting people torn apart by war and an epidemic. Now, generations later, Lily and Dylan Garrett carry on her work with their agency, Finders Keepers. Circumstances may have changed, but the goal remains the same. ...

  • Ghost Story

    Nina Crews

    When a mischievous ghost suddenly comes to live in Jonathan's room, he tries to tell his family about his unusual guest, but they don't believe him and soon are blaming Jonathan for his visitors' bad behavior....

  • Akiko in the Castle Of Alia Rellapor

    Mark Crilley

    Akiko, our fourth-grade Earthling hero, and her loyal crew have finally reached Alia Rellapor's castle, where Prince Froptoppit is being held prisoner. But in this final part of their mission, they must face their greatest challenges. Giant robotic T...

  • Lady Gypsy

    Pam Crooks

    Railroad owner Reese Carrison chased no woman. But when the exotic Gypsy with the flowing red tresses stole his prized stallion, he galloped after her -- straight into a tornado. It was not the twister that threatened to ravage him, though but the wo...

  • Magical, Mystical, Marvelous Coat

    Catherine Ann Cullen

  • Godiva

    Lynn Cullen

  • Beside the Still Waters

    Barbara Sutton Curtis
    in

    Welcome to a Place Where Love Abides. Experience the splendor of love with four sweet romancesâ€"each one the story of hearts and homes renewedâ€"authored by some of the leading names in Christian romance fiction. The Queen of the World and the Han...

  • The Story of Jane

    Catherine Cusset

    WHAT IF SOMEONE WROTE A STORY ALL ABOUT YOU. . .A STORY THAT DETAILED YOUR LOVE LIFE, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR DAILY COMINGS AND GOINGS? AND WHAT IF YOUR ANONYMOUS AUTHOR GOT IT ALL RIGHT?

    Meet Jane. A professor at an academically outstanding col...

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: A Deluxe Pop-Up Book

    Jill Daniels

  • Cinderella After Midnight

    Lilian Darcy

    She had the dream dress, the shoes... and a secret. For "Lady Catrina" was really plain, poor Catrina Brown -- and she didn't belong at the glamorous ball she'd so boldly crashed. Cat's mission was desperate, yet success seemed within her reach. Unti...

  • One Hand in My Pocket

    Joyce E. Davis

  • BMX Bikes

    Kathleen W. Deady

  • Dragsters

    Kathleen W. Deady

  • A Maiden's Grave

    Jeffery Deaver

    Eight deaf girls and their teachers are pulled off a school bus along a windswept Kansas road. They are held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse by escaped murderer Lou Handy and two fellow inmates, who threaten to kill one hostage an hour unless ...

  • Demons of Air and Darkness

    Keith R.A. Decandido

    Once they moved from world to world in a single step, through innumerable doors that spanned the galaxy. They were masters of space, and to those who feared them, they were demons of air and darkness. But long ago they left their empire and their mir...

  • Rock-a-Bye Christmas

    Marjorie Ainsborough Decker

  • Reef Dance

    John Decure

    Thirteen years ago, J. Shepard's mother walked out of his life forever. Since then, the rolling surf has been his only escape, a refuge from the daily stress of his job defending parents in the overburdened L.A. Juvenile Dependency Court, and from th...

  • The Biological Bond

    Jamie Denton

    Fourteen years ago, Rebecca Martinson heard the sweet cry of her newborn baby, but she never laid eyes on her child -- until now. Rebecca had been forced by her power-hungry father to send her child into adoption. Years later, single father Sam W...

  • The Evidence Against Her

    Robb Forman Dew

    On a bright September day in 1888, in the town of Washburn, Ohio, three children are born within hours of one another -- Robert Butler, Lily Scofield, and Lily's first cousin, Warren -- and they are nearly inseparable from birth. When Robert and Lily...

  • Surprise, Doc! You're a Daddy

    Jacqueline Diamond

    She'd found him -- her missing husband... and the father of her child. Only, Dr. Hugh Menton didn't remember anything about Meg Avery or their marriage. Hugh couldn't recall the man he'd been before his accident. Still, he couldn't deny the fact ...

  • Deathday

    William C. Dietz

    On Black Friday, the aliens attacked. The human race was enslaved. But soon, everything will change... TOMORROW IS NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY....

  • Disney's Christmas Crafts

    Disney Book Group

    Turn holiday timei nto fun, gamily time with this terrific Christmas crafts how-to book! It includes more than 50 easy-to-make Disney-inspired crafts rom holiday ornaments and decorations (like Woody's "Howdy Holidays" Banner) to terrific homemade gi...

  • Disney Treasury of Children's Classics

    Disney Book Group

  • Disney Classic Treasury Slipcase Set

    Disney Book Group

  • Book of Pooh: Picture Poems

    Disney Book Group

    Sometimes chidlren's desire to read precedes their ability. Rebus books, in which pictures substitute for nouns, can ease this potentially frustrating situation. In this charming collection of Pooh verses, while parents decipher the words, children h...

  • Book of Pooh: Pooh's Magic Wishes: Read Along Storybook

    Disney Book Group

    This colorful storybook follows Pooh through a day when he believes he can grant all of his friends' wishes. As parents read the story, children have a highlighted rhyming refrain to repeat throughout. The read-along element provides children with an...

  • Book of Pooh: Upper and Lower Case Letters: Match the Flap

    Disney Book Group

  • Book of Pooh: Rhyme Time

    Disney Book Group

    Simple rhyming riddles give clues and let young children guess the rhyming answer, which is revealed with the turn of a page. From the very first reading, this engaging format gets children involved in the read-aloud process. It's a fun way to get pr...

  • Book of Pooh: Pooh's Perfect Picnic

    Disney Book Group

    This colorful board book contains simple alliterative sentences that repeat the same beginning sound. Children will enjoy tackling the text as tongue twisters, but there is also the added educational value of reinforcing the sounds associated with ce...

  • Book of Pooh: Beginning Sounds: Match the Flaps

    Disney Book Group

  • Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon Book

    Disney Book Group

    This whimsical novelty board book reinforces the concepts of counting and colors through fun, hands-on play. Disney's Winnie the Pooh Balloon Book features chunky board pages and 10 balloon-shaped plastic pieces attached to the book with multicolored...

  • Things to Do

    Disney Book Group

    Squeak! Rattle! Click! This oversized board book features a busy bar packed with elements to push or dial. Baby can exercise fine motehr skills while gaining a friendly familiarity with books -- and with the wonderful world of Winnie the Pooh....

  • Pet Wash

    Dayle Ann Dodds

  • Till Tomorrow

    John Donahue


    Peer pressure among army brats.

    Terrence O'Brien -- O.B. -- son of an army officer, arrives at the American base in Meuse, France, during his twelfth summer, in 1961. Right away, O.B. is told there are two kinds of boys around, aces and de...

  • Cat's Cradle

    Shannon Donnelly
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    Wherever these kittens pounce, romance, mayhem, and mischief are sure to make an appearance. Follow their antics as they cross the paths of lords and ladies of the ton in three new stories; by three beloved authors, sparking passion that always seems...

  • The Wayfarer Redemption // BattleAxe

    Sara Douglass

    For a thousand years the Acharites have lived prosperous lives, protected by vast and insurmountable mountains and the powerful Seneschal, guardians of the mysterious Way of the Plow and intermediaries with the great god Artor. But now Achar's sec...

  • Love Is a Family

    Roma Downey

    Roma Downey, star of the heartwarming television series Touched by an Angel, has a beautiful message for all families."Sometimes I wish I had sisters, or a dad who lived with me, or at least a brother or something! "said Lily.

    "I know, " sai...

  • Forces of Love

    Susan K. Downs
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  • Issac Asimov's Halloween

    Gardner Dozois

    A collection of entertaining Halloween stories from the pages of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine includes Nancy Kress's "Renaissance," "The Shunned Trailer" by Esther M. Friesner, "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, and other wo...

  • Mistress of the Catacombs

    David Drake

    For the first time in a thousand years, the Kingdom of the Isles has a government and a real ruler: Garric of Haft. But the enemies joining against him intend to destroy not only the kingdom but humankind as well. Reptilian and insect monsters from o...

  • Deep Midnight

    Shannon Drake

    The Hour When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares... An opulent Carnivale ball in Venice takes a terrifying turn for book critic Jordan Riley. As festivity turns into frenzy, she is rescued by a powerful man disguised as a wolf. But was what she witnessed...

  • One Groom To Go

    Jennifer Drew

    Zack Bailey is determined to avoid the marriage trap. It's bad enough that he has to guest-star on a women's home-improvement show. Gorgeous host Megan Danbury is so picky, he's ready to swear off females for good! But when sparks start flying on the...

  • One Bride Too Many

    Jennifer Drew

    Marriage was never in the cards for Cole Bailey. But his grandfather is demanding he marry a "nice" girl -- and soon! When he asks his old chum Tess Morgan to hook him up with her single friends, she's less than thrilled. How can she prove she's the ...

  • Pandora's Curse

    Jack Du Brul

    During World War II, at a secret Nazi submarine base, containers crafted entirely from looted wartime gold were hidden away. The treasure was not the solid-gold chests, but the cargo they carried--an artifact so lethal that whoever possessed "Pandora...

  • Runaways

    Diane Duane

    Net Force Explorer Megan O'Malley discovers her old teammate Burt at a runaway shelter, and learns that he is earning money by working for a mysterious courier service that sends out a lot of runaways, but does not bring many back....

  • Snowmobiles

    Muriel L. DuBois

  • Pro Stock Cars

    Muriel L. DuBois

  • Sabrina 2 in 1

    Cathy East Dubowski

  • Mortal Wounds

    Susan Duffy

    After the mysterious deaths of their parents, Jake Gaddy and his sister, Joanna, are hostile to the notion of a good and loving God. But their journey leads them to the one true God, to forgiveness and peace, and to the healing of mortal wounds...

  • The Musteteer

    Alexandre Dumas

  • The Miner's Daughter

    Alice Duncan

    Step behind the scenes into the exciting early days of motion pictures. Meet intrepid producer Martin Tafft, driven to make Lovejoy Studios the biggest name in the new frontier of silent movies. Experience the action, thrills, and passion that create...

  • Forever Jake

    Barbara Dunlop

    WILL IT BE TWICE IN A LIFETIME? Jake Bronson refuses to forget! His one night with sexy Robin Medford meant everything to him. The brazen, bare-chested horse wrangler is certain she's the one. And now that she's finally back in town, he knows he has...

  • Dark Side of the Sun

    Andrew Dymond

    Lost and alone in an uncharted region of space, American astronaut John Crichton has found refuge of a sort aboard Moya, a living starship sheltering a fractious band of bizarre alien beings. But now Moya is dying of a pernicious infection, and the o...

  • Perfect Skin

    Nick Earls


    Jon Marshall, a thirtysomething plastic surgeon, has come a long way. He's a partner in his own medical practice, owns a house in the suburbs, and cruises town in a BMW. He also has a six-month-old daughter, Lily, affectionately known as the Bean...

  • War Story

    Gwen Edelman

    During a train ride from Paris to her former lover's funeral in Amsterdam, Kitty describes how, as an aspiring writer, she met a once-famous playwright in a secondhand New York City bookstore and embarked on a morally complex love affair with him....

  • A Blizzard Year

    Gretel Ehrlich

    "Ehrlich ventures confidently into new terrain in her eloquent and affecting debut children's novel. [Her] prose, as pristine and spare as her snow-covered landscape, portrays the quiet drama of the changing seasons -- in both their consistency and u...

  • Cosmic Camp Caper

    Robert Elmer

  • Addiction

    G.H. Ephron

    HE FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR THE ULTIMATE CURE? It seems a simple request for forensic psychologist Peter Zak of the Pearce Psychiatric Institute. A close colleague, Channing Temple, needs help in finding the root of her daughter's self-destructive behav...

  • Love Lessons

    Leslie Esdaile

    LIFE'S MOST PRECIOUS LESSONS... Having spent years caring for her sick mother, Corey Hamilton is afraid her own dreams of love, travel, and excitement have been permanently deterred. The brightest spot in her lonely life is her classroom full of boi...

  • Swift as Desire

    Laura Esquivel

    As the millions of fans of Xike Water for Chocolate know, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of the human heart. She returns to those themes in Swift as Desire, the story of a loving and passionate m...

  • Fair Rose

    Corinne Everett

    From the parlors of Colonial Williamsburg to the ballrooms of Georgian England, three vibrant young women set out to shape their own destinies. Each bears the name of an exquisite flower...and each must confront a formidable challenge to win the man ...

  • The Sacrifice

    Lynne Ewing

    VANESSA, Serena, Jimena, Catty, and Tianna are five seemingly ordinary girls from Los Angeles. But the truth is that they are all far from ordinary. They each have a secret power that separates them from others--and makes them DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON ...

  • The Deadhouse

    Linda Fairstein

    Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper is back--in this page-turning New York Times bestseller from legendary Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein. Roosevelt Island, a strip of land in New York City's East River, stands an abandoned 19th centu...

  • An Ostrich a Day

    Nancy J. Farrier

    When she learns that her uncle Ike left her a ranch in his will, Blaire Mackenzie travels to Arizona, only to find, to her horror, that the ranch is populated by ostriches, not cows. And, despite her determination to make a good impression on the sta...

  • Deck the Halls

    Keith Faulkner

    It's Christmas Eve, and the carolers think they see Santa Claus. But it isn't Santa at all. It's Mom holding a baby! Christmas warmth abounds in this festive book as the young carolers seem to see Santa, a reindeer, and a snowman when they peek into ...

  • Dark Dream

    Christine Feehan
    in

    Three of romance's hottest bestselling authors -- Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson -- invite you to explore the dark side, to taste the forbidden, to dive into danger with heroes who fire the blood and lay claim to the soul in thes...

  • His Lady Midnight

    Jo Ann Ferguson

    A Scandalous Secret Her heart moved by the plight of a desperate young man convicted of thievery and sentenced to the penal colony in Australia, Phoebe Brackenton has embarked on a dangerous career -- aiding such unfortunates with her family's w...

  • An Abundance of Babies

    Marie Ferrarella

    IT'S A GIRL...AND A BOY! Giving birth in a parking lot was not what Stephanie Yarbourough had in mind when she agreed to be a surrogate mother. Then she discovered old flame Sebastian Caine was now a doctor -- and willing to lend a hand! Trust the...

  • Of Sound Mind

    Jean Ferris

    Change with a capital C comes crashing down on a high-school senior, the only hearing member of his family. Forced since childhood into the twin roles of interpreter and, sometimes, caretaker, Theo finds himself doing a bit of wing stretching after m...

  • Killer Stuff

    Sharon Fiffer

    Antique Murder In Modern Times Jane Wheel, former tough-as-nails career woman, is a "picker" for an antique dealer, sniffing out "killer stuff" at estate sales, auctions, and flea markets in suburban Chicago. Jane happily spends her weekends scrou...

  • Another Man's Children

    Christine Flynn

    ONCE BURNED... When polished Seattle professional Lauren Edwards landed at a wilderness cabin to temporarily caretake her widowed brother's children, she was flying blind, relying on untried instincts to guide her. Until help arrived in the unlike...

  • The Veteran

    Frederick Forsyth

    From the #1 New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, five suspenseful tales of murder, justice, intrigue, and revenge.A miracle in war-torn Siena that begins with the persecution of a young nun in the turbulent days of the sixtee...

  • Caught in the Act

    Lori Foster

    Coincidence? Not! Mick Dawson, undercover cop. He's got his hands full with a pushy broad who claims she's just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Except all the perps seem to know everything there is to know about her. Who're you going to...

  • Don't Look Back

    Terry Fowler
    in

    love reunites four orphaned siblings in interwoven novellas...

  • Bathtime PiggyWiggy

    Diane Fox; Christyan Fox

    Whenever he is in the tub, PiggyWiggy, that inveterate planner of careers, likes to think about what he could do if only he were able to spend more time in the water. Could he become a long-distance swimmer? The pilot of a lifeboat? The captain of a ...

  • This Way Up

    Holly Fox

  • The Western Coast

    Paula Fox

    America and the catastrophic world of twentieth-century war, mass murder, and horror are the backdrop of this story of Annie Gianfala, a young woman who finds herself cast adrift in Hollywood with World War II looming. Defending herself with despairi...

  • Lost but Not Forgotten

    Roz Denny Fox

    Our Beloved Katie 11-18-00 Finding a silver urn by the side of a country road -- you'd call that unusual, wouldn't you? Ex-cop Mitch Valetti certainly does. He knows this has to be a precious object, the memory of a life, and Mitch is determined ...

  • The Corrections

    Jonathan Franzen

    After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of th...

  • Hell's Paradise

    Brian Freemantle

  • Some Kind of Wonderful

    Barbara Freethy

    "ABANDONED BABY FOUND!" It's the kind of story investigative reporter Matt Winters writes about -- not the kind he wants to be living. When he discovers a newborn baby girl on his doorstep, he panics ... then he desperately turns to his temptingly...

  • Dance, Annie

    Dawn Friedman

  • Steppin' on a Rainbow

    Kinky Friedman

    Sly, devious, inventive, and more than a little irritating, the Bard of Vandam Street returns in Steppin' on a Rainbow, a new adventure full of sound, fury, and a hula girl or two. Alone in the world - meaning: anyone who will speak to him is out ...

  • Closing Time

    Jim Fusilli

    In one brutal moment, Terry Orr's life changed forever. His wife and son were murdered, leaving Terry alone to raise his twelve-year-old daughter Bella. The killer is still out there, roaming the streets of New York. Now, the only way Terry can cope ...

  • Nursery Classics

    Paul Galdone

    Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, Th...

  • When Poppy and Max Grow Up

    Lindsey Gardiner

    For now, taking care of her dog Max is the best job in the world, but Poppy imagines being grown up and spinning like a ballet dancer, painting like an artist, and more. By the author of Here Come Poppy and Max. ...

  • Family Affairs

    Tracee Lydia Garner
    in