Another Thing to Fall

New York Times BestsellerAward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues—must protect an up-and-coming Hollywood actre

When Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she never expects to be hired on to serve as bodyguard/babysitter to the young female lead, Sel

The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy . . . When Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of

When private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of a fledgling TV series while sculling, she expects sharp words and evil looks, not an assignment. But the company has been plag

Combining illicitly recorded audition tapes with Mark Twain's spooky parable, The Mysterious Stranger, Another Telepathic Thing exemplifies Big Dance Theater's ability to find the resonances between f

Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has not been entirely without incident. Arthur has, though, finally made it home to Earth. Bu

A poetic response to the tumult of a move across country.One Thing — Then Another is a collection of poetry divided into three unique sections: "East" explores the constraints of living under the pove

The first book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea.History is just one damned thing after another.” Arnold Toynbe

Bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special, the unique and the sheer bloody brilliant.

After a three-year stretch in the slammer, Petie—a father, hustler, and gang member—is released back to his hood on the streets of Harlem, determined to seek revenge on his ex-lover, Shar

Are there “natural laws” that govern the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves, just as there are physical laws that govern the motions of atoms and planets? Unlikely as it may seem, suc

A fully-authorized, comprehensive collection that guides the reader through Miller’s revue writing in the 1950s and 1960s to his emergence as a public intellectual and enfant terrible of the internati

Henry Ward Beecher said "the common sense of one century is the common sense of the next." That said, these pocket-sized humor books pack quite a bit of punch-lines that is. With more than 1.5 million

With sprightly humor and a lifetime spent observing Southern culture, beloved storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham shares memories of her childhood in Thomasville, Alabama. She affectionately recounts s

Cowgirl and cowboy join forces to set people straight on lovin', romancin', and puttin' up with each other year after year. Gladiola and Texas speak nuggets of humorous wisdoms like these: "Love is a

十二歲的 Daphne 原本只想遠離奧克蘭、趕往布拉格與拍戲的媽媽會合，卻被迫與失聯多年的父親共處一室。帶著對酒癮父親的防備與母親的交代，她冷漠以對。意外的是，週末的滑板練習成為兩人重新連結的開始。當她學會 ollie 技巧，對父親的信任也悄悄復甦。但曾經的傷害能否真正釋懷？就像滑板一樣，生活也是不斷跌倒與站起的過程。Twelve-year-old Daphne reconciles with her father, who left her stranded three years ago, and learns forgiveness one fall at a time in this heartwarming debut by Sally Engelfried. For fans of The ​First Rule of Punk.Daphne doesn't want to be stuck in Oakland with her dad. She wants to get on the first plane to Prague, where her mom is shooting a movie. Armed with her grandparents’ phone number and strict instructions from her mom to call them if her dad starts drinking again, Daphne has no problem being cold to him. But there's one thing Daphne can't keep herself from doing: joining her dad and her new friend Arlo at a weekly skate session. When her dad promises to teach her how to ollie and she lands the trick, Daphne starts to believe in him again. He starts to show up for her, and Daphne learns things are not as black and whi

Poetry. "POCKET GUIDE TO ANOTHER EARTH offers a way out when the route planned veers off the map, when lives dissolve, when worlds fall apart. An experiment in breakdowns and discontinuations, this co

Knowing that two friends are lying and keeping secrets about the night another friend killed herself, seventeen-year-old Ella searches for the truth.

In this sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Arthur Dent has finally made it home to Earth, only to discover that it is about to be blown up ... again. What could a panthe

Working with the blessing of Douglas Adams's widow, the author of the Artemis Fowl series offers a sixth installment of the popular series that has gained legions of fans through its blend of science

The Grace Awakening calls all Christians to wake up and reject living in such legalistic, performance-oriented bondage. The God of the universe has given us an amazing, revolutionary gift of grace an

Hope knows there's only one thing coming between her and her longtime crush: his girlfriend, Parker. She has to sit on the sidelines and watch as the perfect girl gets the perfect boy . . . because th

In this best-selling classic, Charles Swindoll urges you not to miss living a grace-filled life. Freedom and joy-not lists and demands and duties-await all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.The Gr

War is hell. No one knows that better than Lt. Eric Jackson. The one thing Eric wants is to return home to his wife and start the family they'd planned. Only memories won't allow him to accept his ha

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers comes a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.The Delaney family love one another dearly―it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?The four Delaney children―Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke―were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it t

A brilliant story of adventure, wit and philosophy from the origins of the SPELLSLINGER series to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers alike. New to the ways of the Argosi, the tribe of wandering philosophers who seek to defeat evil by wit and guile, Ferius Parfax encounters a hideous plague - the Red Scream. Highly contagious, caught by the hearing of a deadly verse, it turns its victims into mindless monsters that destroy all human life they come into contact with.With the help of a deaf boy whom she has saved from two horrifying victims of the plague, Ferius sets out to find the source of the Red Scream and overcome its terrifying power. Along the way she is joined by another Argosi, Rosie, who purports to be so much wiser and more adept than Ferius, but who turns out to have her own dark secrets. Peopled with extraordinary characters and gut-wrenching drama, Ferius's story teaches her hard lessons about the limits of the Argosi's ways.Readers will delight not just in this amazin

'Understanding how the areas of your child's brain interact and impact on one another and, therefore, your child's behaviour and experience of the world, is absolutely crucial to your ability to paren

A fiercely told survivorship novel about one girl's determination to push her body to win gold at the Olympics, and the power of uniting as women to speak out.The only thing seventeen-year-old Audrey

The Fourth Release in an Epic Bible Adventure Series for Kids The last thing fifth-grader Wren Evans remembers (before the world as she knew it disappeared) is getting off the school bus to disco

You find strength when you're at your weakest . . . When Sydney's husband dies, she is dealt another devastating blow. He never changed his will and she is forced to leave the beautiful home they shar

As a child, I set and rearranged the world as I saw it through writing and creating. I watched people on how they responded to one another in different types of relationships. None amazed me more than

As a child, I set and rearranged the world as I saw it through writing and creating. I watched people on how they responded to one another in different types of relationships. None amazed me more than