Lora Spade wants revenge after her lover dies in an arsonist's blaze, so she calls in the FBI's Serial Service Division to track the killer. But when she meets FBI Special Agent Kenton Lake, sparks fly between them, and Kenton must hu...
At the start of this edgy and ambitiously multilayered novel, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reasse...
An ex-con's fury threatens three troubled women in this gripping work of suspense. Ralph Fisher holds his former wife fully responsible for the year he spent in prison, although it was his brutal abuse of her that landed him there. Ne...
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when...
The Silver Chair: The Chronicles Of N...
Focus on the FamilyA few English months and many Narnian years separate this follow-up to THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, the previous installment in the classic children's fantasy series the Chronicles of Narnia. The much-reformed Eustace Scrubb and a ...
No, we're not talking Bonnie Prince Charlie here. The title character of Giles Foden's debut novel, The Last King of Scotland, is none other than Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda. Told from the viewpoint of Nicholas Garrigan, ...
For hundreds of years a secret society of ultra-rich and powerful men have guarded a document written by the ruthless political theorist Machiavelli. This document, the Covenant, provides a chilling plan for world domination by means ...
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the...
Gerd GigerenzerGerd Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed us how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gig...
Married to Distraction: Restoring Int...
Edward M. HallowellModern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments. Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of Driven to ...
Lilah, the sister of Ezra, the high priest destined to lead the Jews back to Jerusalem, gives up her own happiness and plans to marry a Persian warrior for her faith, but when her brother orders all Jewish men to abandon their foreign...
The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne's follow-up to The Scarlet Letter, tells the story of an evil house that is haunted by the ghosts of its past and wrapped in the fear of the living.
What's the first thing you say to yourself when you wake up in the morning? What's the last thing you think before you go to sleep at night? Are they 'power thoughts,' or are they 'poverty thoughts'? On this engaging and spirited CD ...
For more than a century, the small town of Haddan, Massachusetts, has been divided, as if by a line drawn down the center of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the village from those who attend the prestigious Haddan Schoo...
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis HoltZachary Beaver, known as the fattest boy in the world, moves to Antler, Texas, where life is just plain ordinary. He meets Cal, a boy who has a brother fighting in Vietnam, and another kid named Toby, whose mother abandoned him and hi...
Blair Mallory, last seen in To Die For, has already survived one murder attempt. Now, while planning her wedding and dealing with holiday-season madness, Blair once again dodges a bullet. Or, more precisely, a Buick. And though the dr...
In this powerful follow-up to his action-packed thriller The Kill Clause, Gregg Hurwitz ratchets up the excitement with another page-turner featuring Tim Rackley, a lawman motivated by honor, morality, and justice. Called back into...
A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, along with characters who leap from the page to speak directly to the reader -- a moving story about a love that just won't give up, As Husbands Go is the latest from critically acclaime...
A Prairie Home Companion 10th Anniver...
Garrison KeillorThe 10th Anniversary Show (July 6-7, 1984) is one of the best live radio shows ever recorded, considered a must by fans and friends. Recorded live, it features performances by Greg Brown; The Butch Thompson Trio; Garrison Keillor; L...
Crime Stories: Twenty Thriller Tales
J. A. KonrathThe Big Guys - Flash fiction, winner of the Derringer Award. A Fistful of Cozy - A satire of the mystery cozy genre. Cleansing - An ancient crime of biblical proportions. Lying Eyes - Solve it yourself, given the clues. Perfect P...
"A great storyteller."—New York Daily News An ordinary parking lot in southern California. Christine Scavello and her six-year-old son are accosted by a strange old woman. "I know who you are," the woman snaps a...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The twisty new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and A Stranger in the HouseA weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getawa...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena--this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end." --Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in C...
When the Women Come Out to Dance: Sto...
Elmore LeonardThough known primarily as a novelist, Leonard has also written shorter fiction in both the crime and western genres. This volume collects seven short stories together with two longer novellas, several of which are previously unpublish...
Rasputin's Revenge (Auguste Lupa Seri...
John LescroartIn Son of Holmes, John Lescroart introduced Auguste Lupa, reputed son of the greatest detective of all time…and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right. Now, in Rasputin's Revenge, Lupa is summoned to the court of t...
When liars are being accused of something, they'll stay calm because they're working on their rebuttal; this is why detectives were suspicious of O.J. Simpson when he didn't express outrage when accused of murdering his ex-wife and Ro...
The 36-Hour Day, fifth edition, audio...
Nancy L. MaceOriginally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone who has dementia. Now in its 5t...
Winning With People: Discover the Peo...
John C. MaxwellIf you can win with people, you can win!/bdivbbr/bdivMany people focus on other talents and abilities first- such as polishing their communication or leadership skills or taking courses to expand their base of knowledge- but they forg...
The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other...
Alexander McCall SmithFrom the author of 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,' this completely charming collection of 40 tales from the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe and the Setswana people of Botswana demonstrates the wealth and variety of traditional African...
Three Days to Dead (Dreg City)
Kelly MedingIn the debut of Kelly Meding's Dreg City series, Evangeline Stone is young, deadly, and hunted---with only three days to solve her own murder.
Sara Elliott has been forced to give up her own dreams to return home to Chicago and take charge of her young sisters and brother. She finds a job and settles into the house where she grew up, building a life for ten-year-old Doug and...