In a moment of self-pity, April, a graphic designer and all-around dreamer, creates a fake wedding album. She accidentally leaves it behind at a restaurant after a girls night out. Weeks later, Michae
When Paige Kelley's grandmother, Mary, calls for her to come to her aid after breaking her foot, Paige rushes to the Oregon Coast. She is relieved her grandmother is all right, but soon learns the rea
When Julie Winlock travels to the heart of the Peruvian rain forest, she discovers that her mission to save Manu River Research Station will be harder than she thought. First, she must convince the st
Secrets told in the church ladies' room are supposed to stay in the ladies' room. But that doesn't mean that what Trudy overhears there during her great-aunt Gertrude's funeral won't change the rest o
When U.S. Marshal Piedmont Kelly is asked by Cochise Sheriff John Henry Stevens to look into the suspicious activity of three unsavory bounty hunters, he rides into what looks like a battle's aftermat
Allie McGregor is thrilled when she inherits a Victorian Mansion from her estranged aunt, Eliza Ramsdale. The mansion is one of Stony Point, Missouri's famous Painted Ladies, but the inheritance comes
Every Hungarian grandma knows that words have power. Nana Salo never meant the words she said in anger to become a family curse, but that's just what happened. She thought she had a good chance of und
Unceremoniously dumped by her latest boyfriend, violinist Grace Richmond is told she is too easygoing, a pushover. So she swaps her eclectic clothing for power suits, pins up her wayward curls and act
When Alex's sister dies in a tragic car accident, she is left as the legal guardian to her sister's two young daughters. A budding freelance journalist, Alexis barely makes enough money for herself, l
Karen Larsen calls herself a modern gypsy because she has split her life into two perfect halves. In winter, she's a skiing instructor in the Teton Mountain Range; in summer, she works at the bookstor
Journalist Leon Abramowitz never intended to immigrate to Palestine. Yet in 1922, four years after he was sent there from Europe to report on the lives of the pioneers, he discovers that the editor wh
This groundbreaking novel, set in New York City during the 1990s, is guaranteed to be unlike any literary experience you have ever had. Acclaimed Puerto Rican author Giannini Braschi has crafted this
In the second installment of Blair S. Walker’s Darryl Billups series, the intrepid reporter has left his blue-collar Baltimore roots for a new gig in New York. But life in the big city isn’t all it’s
Clifford Stone—quixotic curator of arcane Americana at a Boston antiques foundation and cataloguer of our “Vanished American Past”—forsakes Boston and his icy wife to return to his hometown of Little
The Thesaurus of English Idioms is the first serious attempt in the English language to construct a dictionary of synonymous phrases. The current collection contains: 21,500 entries, including 12,500
From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century.Modern Man is a riveting biography of Le Corbus
Why doesn’t my favorite shirt fit anymore? With very few books that teach children what it means to grow, this fun, playful and yet profound book teaches children that everything grows—trees grow, pup
Looming large in the popular imagination as a serious poet and lively drunk who died in penury, Edgar Allan Poe was also the most celebrated and notorious writer of his day. He died broke and alone at
From the author of The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about coming apart, getting it together—and moving on. It’s just a two-hour drive…Pon
Thirteen hilarious, moving, and beautifully brutal stories by David Gordon, the award-winning author of Mystery Girl and The Serialist.In these funny, surprising, and touching stories, Gordon gets at
This book is a full TOEFL® ITP course. Each page contains different authentic TOEFL® ITP questions (free audio and script for the listening questions), new vocabulary words, explanations for the corre
It’s never wise to talk to strangers…and that goes double when they’re dead. Unfortunately, seventeen-year-old Anna Morgan has no choice. Resting on a park bench, touching the turnstile at the Metro s
Local folklore tells the story of an ancient people wandering through the desert, discovering an oasis-like paradise. But they stayed for too long, and when they returned home all their loved ones wer
Young Matthew O’Malley returns from a day of hunting to find his mother killed and his family farm in flames. He leaves for the plains of Kansas, determined to seek blood and revenge. Blood he finds,
Oksana Zabuzhko, celebrated author of the novels “Field Work in Ukrainian Sex” and “Museum of Abandoned Secrets,” gathers here her short fiction for the uninitiated. These stories have been widely tra
THREE OF BRAND'S BESTMax Brand was one of the ?rst, best and most popular chroniclers of the Old West, and this exciting volume collects three of his ?nest short novels. The title story features Reata
Halaris (psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience, Loyola U.) and Leonard (pharmacology, National U. of Ireland) bring together 14 articles in the area of psychoimmunology examining the role of inflamma
Meet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer.DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the p
We’re not supposed to trust others. Look at the headlines. Read the blogs. Study the survey data. It seems that everyone is wary, that everyone is just looking out for themselves. But a sense of
Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.Violet did. After her husband died, she swore off lackluster men and a dull life. She wished for someone to put a sparkle in her eyes and excitement
In Cuttle's Hired Man Bill Warner and Chick Newton are two cowboys who formed a friendship. Seven years later, Chick Newton encounters Bill Warner again in a small desert town in Arizona Territory. Ti
When you live the sort of life I do--the life of a hired gun--you start to figure you can handle any tough hand who comes along. But the tough hand I had to drill right between the eyes just happened
Investigating attorney Dan Gordon is working for a unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that combats money launderers outside the United States. A routine mission develops into a complex internation
Blackmail, a secret organization hiding within the elite society of New Orleans, a white supremacist running for governor of Louisiana; these are the key ingredients in this fine Southern crawfish boi
