The golden age of tennis came crashing down suddenly at the 1981 U.S. Open. Bjorn Borg, the stoical Swede who had become the richest and most famous player in the sport's history, had just lost to his
New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Harper Paperback OriginalThe New York Times bestselling author of Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell returns with a dark and twisty tale in which a couple
Splat does not want to have a playdate with Spike. Spike will break his toys and eat all of his candy fish! And he does not want to learn how to swim?water is horrible, scary, and wet! He's sure that
As a mortal girl dating a vampire, Raven knows that love isn't always easy. And will Alexander ever make their love immortal? Now that Alexander's parents have returned to Romania, Raven and her d
In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry was the child of lower-middle-class white pa
A family is forever. Ever since he was abandoned as a puppy, Waggit's home has been the big, sprawling park in the heart of the city. There he has had snug shelter, food, and a family of other dogs
Who's ever heard of a snowstorm in the summer? Zoomer, that's who! It's a hot summer day and Zoomer is all ready to cool off with a snow cone. But when the snow cone?making goes too far, the hot sum
An astute observer of history, Theodore Roosevelt was a hanging judge who did not hesitate to render harsh verdicts about leaders and events from America's past. His razor-sharp opinions cut to the co
Ronald Reagan?s The Notes is a fascinating window into the mind of our fortieth president and the writers and thinkers to whom he turned for advice, inspiration, humor, and hope. Collected by the Rona
After graduating from college in 1974, Mark Edmundson leaves Vermont to seek his destiny?a quest he knows involves rock and roll and America's high court of mischief and ambition, New York City. Sheph
"You're a monster. All the children here are monsters. This is the Academy for Monsters." Falcon Quinn and his neighbors, Max and Megan, board bus #13 for school on an ordinary day in Maine. Only t
Falcon Quinn survived the first term at the Academy for Monsters along with his monstrous friends Max, Pearl, Mortia, and the rest. He has finally discovered his monster nature and is working hard to
How do I make the absolute most of college? What are the pitfalls and opportunities? How do I walk away with more than just a piece of paper? Adam Shepard pursued the American dream with only t
Welcome to Battlefield America When the stock markets crash and the American economy falls into a crippling recession, the president must make massive cuts in the federal budget, including the public
Playground songs and classroom songs, silly songs and sweet songs, wake-up songs and bedtime songs . . . Every day, children, parents, friends, brothers, and sisters sing songs to one another. Nin
Newbery Honor author of Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine weaves a spellbinding tale about a clever heroine, a dragon detective, and a shape-shifting ogre. Newly arrived in the town of Two Castles, E
Feline friends Bud and Gabby are back! But this time?and much to Bud's dismay?there's a dog in the picture. The dog's name is Cookie, and although fun-loving Gabby enjoys Cookie's company, grouchy Bud
What does it mean to be authentic? The demand for authenticity?the honest or the real?is one of the most powerful movements in contempo-rary life, influencing our moral outlook, political views, and
An instant New York Times bestseller and the follow-up to the mega-hit Kitchen Confidential In the ten years since Anthony Bourdain's classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncras
You're an adult now. Right? Callie Andrews got into the most prestigious university in the world. Awesome! But now she has to actually go there. And Harvard, she quickly realizes, is about far more
Purple Little Bird lives in a very purple world: He has a purple little house and a purple little garden. But somehow, it's just not quite perfect. So Purple Little Bird sets off to find the per
A monumental achievement. Majestic in sweep and beautifully written.Jeffrey Masson, New York Times bestselling author of When Elephants Weep For everyone who cares about anima
A big, blowzy romp through the rainbow eccentricities of three generations of crazy bayou debutantes.Atlanta Journal-Constitution A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply m
What do Tori Spelling, the Church of Scientology, and Donald Rumsfeld all have in common?: They -- and many others -- have answered letters from "Little Billy", a grown man with a cache of stamps and
Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough. Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax What a
When eleven-year-old Jeremy Bender does major damage to his father's prized boat, he figures he has one way to avoid being grounded for life: Fix it before Dad finds out. But even if Jeremy and his be
August 1910. Banned from the Valley of the Kings, Amelia Peabody and husband Emerson are persuaded to follow would-be archaeologist Major George Morley on an expedition to Palestine. Somewhere in this
With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jen, Holly, and Amanda are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones?score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, they make a pact to
"Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we
The gates of hell have opened, and one woman will stand in the crossfire as the Dark Breed?vampyre, demons, shape shifters?and mankind fight their last battle for survival. Kyana is half Vampyre, ha
On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over ?Shangri-La,? a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains
Max Quick is a pickpocket, a vagabond, an orphan, and a thief. Even so, nothing about him seems particularly special . . . until one day when time mysteriously stops. Suddenly, nearly everyone in the
Are you rotten enough to read this book? Ha! And I mean that in a laugh-in-your-face, you?re not- really-rotten-at-all way. Have you ever destroyed the planet? Turned earthworms into your personal ar
?Sandra Hill writes stories that tickle the funnybone and touch the heart.??Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestseller Sandra Hill specializes in sexy and hilarious histo
She hopes her groom is partial to cherries ? For that's what Avelyn fears she will resemble at their wedding feast: too round, too red, in the scarlet gown she barely fits into . . . and perhaps too
Evil is most assuredly afoot?and Britain?s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria?s England. Londoners are vanishing, then rea
Kara DioGuardi is an award-winning hitmaker, a savvy record executive, and a successful music publisher whose songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Chr
In 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and women boarded a plane to see ?Shangri-La,? a beautiful valley deep within Dutch New Guinea. But when the plane crashed, only three pulled through to battle
“Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.”—Carolyn Hart Another deft and daffy Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from the indomitable Mary Daheim—“The reigning Queen of the Cozies” (
Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven's dark angels?all itching to kill someone. Madison Avery's dreams of fitting in at school died when she did. Especially since she'd maintained the illusion o
