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In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana?an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods?a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it?s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the

A man climbs to the summit of the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain called the Citadel, a Vatican-like state that towers above the city of Ruin in Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It

Since the publication of his classic Outside Over There in 1981, Maurice Sendak?s book illustrations have focused on interpreting the texts of such authors as James Marshall, Tony Kushner, Wilhelm Gri

How scared can you get in just thirty seconds? Dive into the shortest, scariest stories ever created, with more than seventy instant thrills from the likes of Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil G

Planting trees is quite an art. He plants the apples with his heart. Johnny, Johnny Appleseed. Everyone knows the legend of Johnny Appleseed, the man from Massachusetts who planted apple trees all t

Awesome Man can shoot positronic rays out of his eyeballs, fly as straight as an arrow, and hug mutant Jell-O! Even villains like Professor Von Evil and the Flaming Eyeball are no match for this caped

With its rich golden hue, art deco?inspired bottle, and timeless, musky scent, Chanel No. 5 is the world?s bestselling perfume and arguably the most coveted luxury product of the twentieth century. In

Renowned biblical scholar at Vanderbilt Divinity School, author of The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament, Amy

The president?s son, luke, and his friends Theo and Callie are constantly being watched by Secret Service agents at Camp David. But when things spiral out of control, Luke and his friends are suddenly

A beautiful thief has stolen the heart of the one man in London whose secrets are as dangerous as her own . . . Shrewd and wily, pickpocket Temperance Smith needs no man?s favor to survive on London

The Great War has ended at last. No longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his

From the lost journals of archaeologist Amelia Peabody comes a chronicle from the ?missing years??a tale of adventure, bravery, and terror. Readers have long wondered what befell the Emerson clan du

The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacqueline Kirby, a Nebraska librarian who desperately desires some excitement. But all is not love and kis

Once an idealistic lawyer, Tom Byrne will work for anyone now, if the money?s right. An official at the United Nations needs him to placate the family of a harmless old man mistaken for a suicide bomb

A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloa

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so m

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so m

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so m

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so m

It?s never wise to blackmail a highwayman. Lady Corinne, rebellious daughter of the duke of Banfield, refuses to marry Lord Freddie Sherwin. Yes, he?s the catch of the Season and the man her father

Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Hepburn?dainty, immaculate?is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the li

Los Angeles is no longer the City of Angels? Dark, restless things prowl the L.A. streets. A series of unexplained murders threatens to shatter an uneasy peace among humans, vampires, and werewolves

Prue McKeel?s life is ordinary. At least until her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows. And then things get really weird. You see, on every map of Portland, Oregon, there is a big splotch

A bargain that was all business . . . and pure passion. Neither wealth nor beauty will help Lady Francesca Gordon win custody of her young niece Georgina, saving the girl from a cruel stepmother; sh

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Miss Heather Cynster . . . but not before she encounters kidnappers, danger, and a daring rescue at the hands of Viscount Breckenridge Determined to hunt

The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay facedown on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing?she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena?s arrival the air had b

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so m

When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. The woman has nowher

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Miss Heather Cynster ?but not before she encounters kidnappers, danger, and a daring rescue at the hands of Viscount Breckenridge Determined to hunt down h

All things in their time. . . . Candy Quackenbush?s adventures in the Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak wo

Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseer?s trackers. Wanted for a crime she didn?t mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can

Clickity clack, clickity clack . . . Splat's bicycle bumps and jumps over the bumpy track on his way to school, until . . . crack! Splat takes a tumble off of his bike and finds himself nose to beak w

Welcome to Spindle Cove, where the ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men in their prime are . . . nowhere to be found. Or are they? Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men; it is a haven for those who live there. Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn?t belong here. So far as he can tell, there?s nothing in this place but spinsters . . . and sheep. But he has no choice, he has orders to gather a militia. It?s a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch?a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram?s makeshift army. Susanna has no use for aggravating men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an epic battle?but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose?

This is going to be the best Thanksgiving ever! There is a gigantic turkey, Grandma's secret stuffing, green beans, and authentic cranberry sauce, the kind that doesn't come out of a can. And desser

It?s not easy being king. . . . King Freddy has been blasted?billions of miles?into?space, the evil Wizbad is holding Freddy?s family hostage in the boiling Flurbian desert, and Freddy?s sister, Bab

Bestselling author and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh transforms an ancient folktale into a timeless parable of a young woman who dares to risk her life for her faith. Born to an aristocratic family in

Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her over-protective mom, by Matt Quinn, the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably

Inmore than forty essays and articles that range from Paris to Ceylon, Thailand to Kenya, and, of course, Morocco, the great twen-tieth-century American writer encapsulates his long and full life, and

As Jessie Patrick Reed?s attorney, I?m writing to you on behalf of your father, Jessie Patrick Reed. I regret to inform you that Mr. Reed is dying. He has expressed a desire to see you . . . Elizabe