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A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that's going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home, in this story that illustrates how coming-of-age can happen at any age.

When a down-on-her-luck divorc'e meets a determined-to-dominate detective, they find out that falling in love can be murder...

Features over 120 cookie, cake, pie, tart, muffin, and scone recipes, over-the-top and lavishly loaded with chocolate of all kinds.

Xena and Xander have been looking forward to their vacation in the peaceful country village of Blackslope. But when a huge monster begins to terrorize the town, the young detectives are faced with a mystery that seems impossible to solve.

In the third book about ghost magnet Allie Nichols, she is contacted by the restless spirit of a god.

Gripping . . . This painstaking portrayal of the human costs of financial racism is the most important book yet written on the black freedom struggle in the urban North."--David Garrow, "The Washington Post"The "promised land" for thousands of Southern blacks, postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North, the site of the nation's worst ghettos. In this powerful book, Beryl Satter identifies the true cause of the city's ...

Still recovering from injuries received in foiling the plots of the Ferran envoy, Rhenn is preparing to take up his new duties as imager liaison to the Civic Patrol of L'Excelsis. No sooner has he assumed his new position than he discovers two things.

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The book that started it all"--P. (1) of cover.

In the city of Agora, where everything can be bought and sold, two children stumble upon the mysterious--and dangerous--Midnight Charter. What is the Charter, what part are they to play in it, and who among the City's powerful elite can they trust?

It's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass. Thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their hometown of Chicago with their ragtag vaudeville troupe. Hope sees an opportunity: she invents "anti-comet" pills to sell to the working-class customers desperate for protection.

From the winner of the IMPAC Award and the Nobel Prize comes a fierce novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life.

Ketchvar III travels to Earth to inhabit the body of an average teenager and assess the damage humans have done to their planet. But even his highly advanced alien intelligence can't prepare him for life as an American teen.

When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, her heart stops--the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son. Scottoline breaks new ground in this thriller that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking.

The elder son of Ronald Reagan shares the plan his father outlined in his famous 1976 speech at the Republican National Convention--a plan Reagan had developed over years of study, observation, and reflection, and one that he put into action during his eight years as president.

Alexander the Great is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time and was known to be undefeated in battle. He is mentioned in the Bible as well as the Qur'an, and is on the shortest of short lists whenever the world's best military leaders are cataloged. When asked to name other great military leaders, Caesar reportedly said Alexander was the only great one. Born in 356 BC, the son of Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was ed...

The difference being that this middle school novel is written entirely in Haiku. Loeb, its zombie protagonist has a problem: the object of his affection, Siobhan, is a lifer (i.e. human). What to do? In scenes set around a lunch table (the menu: brains) and around the school, eyes roll and jaws drop (literally). Also featured in the cast of characters is Carl, a chupacabra (bloodsucking critter) and Mrs. Fincher, a sympathetic and seductive li...

Quick and Dirty Tips's resident time-management expert explains the nine simple--yet often surprising--steps everyone can take to stop wasting time and start getting things done faster.

A compelling tale of battle rooted in one man's search for his grandfather's legacy, this work follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division, focusing on three major battles during World War I.

An American icon and hero faces a nation--and a world--in transition, as seen in this retrospective of the popular president's career.