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  • Year Published: 2023

    The Dancing Detective- A Deadly Tango

    Detective Constance Bailey, a no-nonsense detective, must go to Malta and reluctantly team up with Sebastian Moore, a charismatic British dance star, in order to solve a murder.



  • Year Published: 2010

    Sharpe's peril

    In 1818 India, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are traveling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Ange´lique Bonnet to meet her fiance´. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown's troops : an ill disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp comes under attack by the notorious bandit Chitu. When the dust settles, it becomes apparent there have



  • Year Published: 2022

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras's career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses with an intimate journey through Goldin's life, from her rebellious adolesce



  • Year Published: 1992

    Kuffs

    A slacker joins the police force to hunt down his brother's killer.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

    After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction.



  • Year Published: 2018

    Elephant

    Elephant takes us inside an American high school on one single ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. The story unfolds, filled with classwork, football, gossip, and socializing. It's an ordinary high school day. Except that it's not.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Cult Killer

    A PI and his partner are drawn into a web of intrigue when they start tracking a serial killer targeting a wealthy family with a dark secret.



  • Year Published: 2014

    Francis the Talking Mule Complete Collection

    The collection features the escapades of the delightfully funny, old army mule, which happens to talk. Includes all seven movies from one of the most beloved comic series. Donald O'Connor stars as bewildered soldier Peter Stirling, who is helped out of one tricky situation after another by the unlikeliest of heroes, his pal Francis.



  • Year Published: 2024

    When Whales Could Walk

    In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the Valley of the Whales.



  • Year Published: 2003

    Grease 2 [Motion Picture - 1982]

    The saga of the T-Birds, the Pink Ladies, and young love at Rydell High continues, with a clean-cut young man trying to win the affections of a tough girl.



  • Sharpe- Complete Season 1 [1993]



  • Year Published: 2017

    All of My Heart- Inn Love

    Brian and Jenny are engaged and preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast. But when a big storm hits Bucks County, all their plans end up sopping wet. With funds running low and time running out, Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to make quick cash, while Jenny scrambles to keep the opening on track.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Anyone but you

    "Bea and Ben look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold - until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So, they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple" -- Container.



  • Year Published: 2023

    The Marsh King's Daughter

    A woman seeks revenge against the man who abducted her mother.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Grease Double Feature

    GREASE: Grease is the one that you want! Go back to high school with Pink Lady Sandy, leader of the bad-boy T-Birds, Danny, and a-rockin' and a rollin' all-star cast. Available for the first time as a remastered Special Edition and featuring all-new bonus materials, Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition is the word! GREASE 2: Return to rockin' Rydell High for a whole new term! It's 1961, two years after the original Grease™ gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the



  • Year Published: 2010

    Wallander. Episodes 1-3

    Detective Wallander works to solve cases in the city of Ystad along with his daughter and an eager young detective.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Butcher's Crossing

    Based on the seminal novel by John Edward Williams, Gabe Polsky's epic frontier adventure, Butcher's Crossing, is a riveting commentary on human nature, ambition, masculinity, and man's relationship to his natural environment. A gritty story about buffalo hunters in the Old West. Will Andrews has left Harvard to find adventure. He teams up with Miller, a mysterious frontiersman offering an unprecedented number of buffalo pelts in a secluded valley. Their crew must survive an arduous journey wher



  • Year Published: 2015

    Victoria

    Victoria, a young woman from Madrid, meets four local Berliners outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends promise to show her a good time and the real side of the city. But these lads are in trouble and they owe someone a dangerous favor that requires repaying that evening. As Victoria's flirtation with Sonne deepens into something more, he convinces her to come along for the ride. As the night takes goes on, what started out as a good time quickly spirals out of control.



  • Year Published: 2022

    The Independent

    During a crucial political election, a driven investigative journalist stumbles upon a life-altering lead that uncovers a disastrous secret. Eli risks losing everything if she reveals the awful truth that will change the course of history.



  • Year Published: 2022

    Wednesday Season 1

    Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams's years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago, all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Nolly

    Nolly reveals the story of Noele "Nolly" Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. A bold exploration of how the establishment turns on women who refuse to play by the rules, Nolly is an enjoyable and wildly entertaining ride through Gordon's most tumultuous years, and a sharp, affectionate, and heart-breaking portrait of a forgotten icon.



  • Year Published: 2014

    The lady from Shanghai [Motion picture - 1948]

    A seaman becomes involved in the murderous intrigue of a crippled lawyer and his homicidal, frustrated wife. Culminates in a shoot-up in a hall of mirrors.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Far Haven

    In 1887, Hunter Braddock moves back to Far Haven, Arizona, to start over with his two young children, but when his father-in-law is brutally attacked, he must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.



  • Year Published: 2007

    The life of Christ. Volume 1

    Chronicles events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth in a Bethlehem stable to his crucifixion and resurrection.



  • Year Published: 2013

    The way way back [Motion Picture - 2013]

    While fourteen year old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.



  • Year Published: 2017

    My Happy Family

    Literature teacher Manana has been married for 25 years and lives in a three-bedroom flat in Tbilisi with her husband, parents, two adult children, and her son-in-law. But on the evening of her 52nd birthday, she announces to the surprise of her family that she wants to leave. When she packs her suitcase and leaves, the family is shocked and incredulous: Where is she going? What is the reason for the decision? She is past the age of a divorce and has what everyone would call a good husband. But



  • Year Published: 2024

    Easter Island

    How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui - also known as Easter Island - carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has swirled around the iconic ancient statues and the history of the people who created them.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Freelance

    Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!



  • Year Published: 2023

    The Iron Claw



  • Year Published: 2008

    Business of Being Born

    Birth, it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. More than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America.



  • Year Published: 2005

    Entourage. The complete first season

    Eric, Turtle, and Johnny Drama are dedicated to helping their film-star buddy, Vincent Chase, navigate the absurdities and pitfalls of modern-day Hollywood.



  • Year Published: 1998

    Psycho

    Director Gus Van Sant's controversial remake of the 1960 Hitchcock film.



  • Year Published: 2022

    Eternal Spring

    In March 2002, a state TV signal in China was hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government's narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for worsening violent repression. But his views are challenged when he meets the lone surviving participan



  • Year Published: 2024

    The Marvels

    Carol Danvers gets her powers entwined with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.



  • Year Published: 1972

    Bushman

    In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted drama about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of John Cassavetes' Shadows (1959), Bushman observes the foibles of late-1960s African American culture with an outsider's penetrating eye. The film morphs into a documentary when the director's voice abruptly intrudes to narrate its star's fate: Okpokam was ac



  • Year Published: 2004

    The up series.

    In 1964 Michael Apted interviewed a group of seven year old children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to the same subjects.



  • Year Published: 1973

    Terminal Island

    Convicted female and male murderers are dumped on a remote island rather than kept in prison. They are now facing their fate.



  • Year Published: 2020

    Entourage Complete Series

    The Emmy-winning hit comedy series created by Doug Ellin, and based (at least in part) on the experiences of his good friend, Oscar nominated actor Mark Wahlberg (who's among the series' executive producers). The series takes a none-too-serious look at the day-to-day life of Vincent Chase, an incandescent young Hollywood actor, and the three buddies he's brought from their hometown in Queens, NY: manager Eric, half-brother/actor Drama, and pal Turtle. Also starring Golden Globe and three-time Em



  • Year Published: 2023

    The Three Musketeers Part 1- D'Artagnan

    D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.



  • Year Published: 2005

    Upstairs, Downstairs. Thomas & Sarah

    Thomas & Sarah reunites fans with the wily chauffeur and the sassy cockney parlor maid from Upstairs, Downstairs. In these thirteen episodes, the scheming pair embarks on adventures of smuggling, swindling, matchmaking, and magic.



  • Year Published: 2008

    Jimmy Carter - man from Plains

    Jimmy Carter, a champion for human rights around the world, was elected the 39th President of the United States in 1976 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. As ex-president, Jimmy Carter ignites a firestorm of controversy when he tours the country to promote "Palestine: peace not apartheid," a new book that questions Israel's policies towards the Occupied Territories



  • Year Published: 2009

    The Ugly Truth

    The search for 'Mr. Right' has left a romantically challenged morning show producer hopelessly single. She receives an eye-opening education when she gets teamed up with a hardcore TV personality who wants to prove his theories on what makes men tick by helping her find true love. The unexpected results may surprise them both. Includes deleted scenes, extended scenes, alternate endings, gag reel, and more.



  • Year Published: 2013

    Life of Crime

    The wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and twists.



  • Year Published: 2009

    Entourage. The complete fifth season

    After a disastrous screening of his latest movie at the Cannes Film Festival, Vince Chase must find a way to rejuvenate his career. His best friend and manager Eric is determined to get Vince back to the top, while struggling with his expanding management company. Ari, meanwhile, is having a few career conflicts of his own, and fights to deliver for Vince. Turtle is forced to reexamine his contribution to it all.



  • Year Published: 2018

    The expanse. Season three

    Hundreds of years in the future, humans have colonized the solar system. The U.N. controls Earth. Mars is an independent military power. The planets rely on the resources of the Asteroid Belt, where air and water are more precious than gold. For decades, tensions have been rising between these three places. Earth, mars and the Belt are now on the brink of war. And all it will take is a single spark.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Hypnotic

    A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a series of strange, reality-bending crimes.



  • Year Published: 2023

    The expanse. Season six

    Holden and the crew of the Rocinante fight alongside the Combined Fleet of Earth and Mars to protect the Inner Planets from Marco Inaros and his Free Navy's campaign of death and destruction. Meanwhile, on a distant planet beyond the Rings, a new power rises. Episodes include: Strange Dogs; Azure Dragon; Force Projection; Redoubt; Why We Fight; Babylon's Ashes.



  • Year Published: 2023

    The Royal Hotel

    Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary job at The Royal Hotel. Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of control.



  • Year Published: 2022

    My Hero Academia Season 6 Part 1

    An infiltration mission goes awry when the pros accidentally awaken Shigaraki's full potential. Dabi deals an emotional gut punch to the nation while All For One's protege levels cities on the path to his ultimate target: the vessel of One For All, Deku.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Driving Madeleine

    A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver and his fare, a 92-year-old woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Enter Madeleine, an immaculately groomed nonagenarian, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one. She is moving into a nursing home and would like to make some stops along the way predicting that this might be her last car ride



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  • The Turtle House

    It's spring 1999, and 25-year-old Lia Cope and her prickly 73-year-old grandmother, Mineko, are sharing a bedroom in Curtain, Texas, the ranching town where Lia grew up and Mineko began her life as a Japanese war bride. Both women are at a turning point: Mineko, long widowed, moved in with her son and daughter-in-law after a suspicious fire destroyed the Cope family ranch house, while Lia, an architect with a promising career in Austin, has unexpectedly returned under circumstances she refuses t



  • Lost man's lane



  • Land of Hope- An Invitation to the Great American Story

    A narrative on American history that seeks to provide a clear and informative account of events that have shaped the country and caused the current state of affairs.



  • Wandering Stars

    Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his fathe



  • Mania

    n an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the



  • The House of Hidden Meanings

    Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego, navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates



  • An Unfinished Murder



  • Insomnia



  • Medgar and Myrlie

    Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family. Medgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to black voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar's secretary and confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against public accommodations



  • The Summer Book Club



  • Listen for the Lie

    After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy's blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It's been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can't remember anything about, and she has s



  • The Missing Witness

    Detective Kara Quinn is back in Los Angeles to testify against a notorious human trafficker, finally moving past the case that upended her life. But when the accused is shot in broad daylight, the chaotic scene of the crime turns up few reliable bystanders. And one witness, a whistleblower who might be the key to everything, has disappeared. After another person close to the case is killed, it's clear that anyone who knows too much is in danger, and tracking down the witness becomes a matter of



  • Expiration Dates

    Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it, the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she'd spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. F



  • Camino Ghosts



  • You Like It Darker

    You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life, both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel "the exhilaration of leaving ordin



  • Close to Death



  • Supercommunicators

    We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand, some by intuition, some by hard-won experience, that there is a science to how human beings connect through words. They unde



  • Extinction

    Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with



  • Reading Genesis

    For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents, by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true. Both of these approaches preclude an



  • Funny Story

    Daphne always loved the way her fiance´ Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian, and proposing to be roommates with the only



  • Daughter of Mine

    When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town, and people, she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge…including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's disappearance.



  • You Never Know

    In his own voice and uniquely unpretentious style, Tom Selleck brings listeners on his uncharted but serendipitous journey to the top in Hollywood, his temptations and distractions, his misfires and mistakes and, over time, his well-earned success. Along the way, he clears up an armload of misconceptions and shares dozens of never-told stories from all corners of his personal and professional life. His rambunctious California childhood. His clueless arrival as a good-looking college jock in Holl



  • It Had to be You

    The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way, handsome, intelligent, popular, until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other brother had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, the twins are long estranged, each of them claiming to be convinced that the other is responsible for the death of their parents. Married now with children



  • Fate breaker



  • Lost Birds

    Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilaga´ana family but believes she is Dine´ based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable, and her adoptive family not what they se



  • Demon of unrest



  • She's Not Sorry

    Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full-time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, having jumped from a bridge and plunging over twenty feet to the train tracks below. But when a witness comes forward with shocking details about the fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was Caitlin pushed and if so, by whom and why? Meghan has alwa



  • Fourteen Days

    One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants, some of whom have barely spoken to each other, become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editor Margaret Atwood, Authors Guild president Douglas Preston, and a star-studded list of contrib



  • City in Ruins



  • Long Island



  • Build the Life You Want

    Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. With insight, compassion, and hope, Brooks and Winfrey reveal how the tools of emotional self-management can change your life, immediately. They recommend practical, re



  • Pay Dirt

    V.I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her sardonic humor, and her unflinching courage. All that changes when a case ends with a father killing the child she'd been hired to find. She's second-guessing herself, forgetting to eat, forgetting her workout. Her worried friends send her down to Kansas for a weekend of college basketball; Angela, one of her prote´ge´es, is a Northwestern star. And that's when V.I.'s troubles really begin. Sabrina, one of Angela's roommates, disappears and



  • Knife

    Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art, and finding the strength to stand up again.



  • Lucky

    Jodie Rattler's journey from a St. Louis girl to a singing sensation unfolds with a lucky racetrack win at age six. Fueled by family warmth and a mix of hard work and serendipity, she rises to stardom, touring from New York City to St. Thomas. Amidst recording studios and backstage scenes, Jodie navigates the music scene's challenges, competing with iconic figures. As she matures, the search for true love becomes a lingering question in her life's dynamic narrative.



  • The hidden life of trees



  • Three-Inch Teeth

    A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage, killing, among others, the fiance´ of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a list of six names tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates devises a method of violence identical to the bear killings and sets out to methodically check off his list.



  • After Annie

    When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centered their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie's best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie's support. It is Annie's daughter, Ali, forced to try to care for her younger brothers and even her father, who manages to maintain some semblance of their former lives for them all, and who confronts the complicated truths of adul



  • The Princess of Las Vegas

    Crissy Dowling has created a world that suits her perfectly. She passes her days by the pool in a private cabana, she splurges on ice cream but never gains an ounce, and each evening she transforms into a Princess, performing her musical cabaret inspired by the life of the late Diana Spencer. Some might find her strange or even delusional, an American speaking with a British accent, hair feathered into a style thirty years old, living and working in a casino that has become a dated trash heap. O



  • The Twilight Garden

    Between the houses of No.77 and No.79 on Stoke Newington Green in London, there is a shared garden. It was a beautiful thing once, a little oasis in a bustling city for neighbors by day and the local foxes at twilight. Now it's overgrown and neglected, an empty patch of greenery lost to time. But that suits neighbors Winston and Bernice just fine, their houses may share the garden, but they're not exactly neighborly. But one day, a mysterious parcel drops through Winston's door at No.77. It cont



  • Miss Morgan's Book Brigade



  • One of Us Knows

    Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can't refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she's determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home's conservation trust just as a Nor'easter bears down on th



  • Summers at the Saint



  • Only the Brave

    In Nazi-era Berlin, Sophia Alexander shoulders immense responsibility after her mother's death, managing her family and aiding the resistance. Amidst Hitler's tyranny, Sophia assists in her sister's daring escape from Germany, endures personal losses, and joins the Sisters of Mercy. Despite danger, she persists in rescuing Jewish children, defying surveillance and persecution, determined to help those in need, even at the risk of her freedom.



  • A View From the Stars

    Features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu's prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.



  • The Guest

    Iris and Gabriel seem to have it all: a beautiful country home, a daughter taking a gap year in Greece, and their good friends from Paris, Laure and Pierre, always up for a holiday weekend away. But when a young man has a tragic accident in a nearby quarry, Gabriel is the one to find him and hear his final words, leaving Gabriel with a guilty burden. As Iris tries to help ease her husband's trauma, they acquire an unexpected house guest. Their friend Laure has seemingly moved in, her marriage in



  • Table for Two

    The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In Towles's novel, Rules of Civility, the indomita



  • The Interpretation of Dreams

    In his iconic, landmark work, acclaimed psychoanalytic Sigmund Freud introduces his theory on the unconscious mind and how it is related to dreams. Here, Freud reveals how dreams can be interpreted as the mind's wish to settle an unresolved conflict.



  • The Kingdom, The Power, And the Glory

    Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing, and least understood, people living in America today. In his seminal new book, journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical preacher, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. Through the eyes of televangelists and small-town preachers, celebrity revivalists and everyday churchgoers, Alberta tells the story of a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a pr



  • The Familiar

    In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pe´rez, the di



  • The Museum of Lost Quilts

    Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master's degree in history at the University of Chicago. Her unexpected return home to the celebrated quilter's retreat is met with delight but also concern from her mother, Gwen; her best friend, Sarah; master quilter Sylvia; and her other colleagues, and rightly so. Stymied by writer's block, Summer hasn't finished her thesis, and she can't graduate until she does. Elm Creek Manor offers



New Adult Fiction Books

  • Miss Morgan's Book Brigade



  • While we were burning

    "After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of control-so much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeth's life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the same person working with her to uncover the truth



  • Ordinary Soil



  • Final justice



  • King of greed

    "Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything-a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory...but by then, it may be too late. Kin



  • There's going to be trouble - a novel

    "Minnow Hunter has always tried to lead the life her single father, Christopher, modeled - private, quiet, hardworking, apolitical. So she is rocked when a split-second decision makes her the extremely public face of a scandal in the small town where sheteaches. She even loses the support of her father, who stops speaking to her when the media start harassing him too. Overwhelmed, Minnow flees to a teaching position in Paris, hoping distance and time will let her start over. But what if Christop



  • Bunyan and Henry - or, the beautiful destiny - a novel

    "A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization.When we first meet Paul Bunyan-legendary larger-than-life lumberjack and classic figure from American mythology-he is still just a man, and one down on his luck. With a load of family debts on his broad back, Bunyan is eking out a miserable miner



  • Expiration Dates



  • Rivers



  • The Beast



  • Where They Lie



  • The Z word

    "During a Pride celebration, Wendy notices the beginning of an infection that seems to be turning people into zombies. She and others from the local queer community must team up (despite interpersonal tension) to try and stop the outbreak, discover its source, and survive"--



  • Memory Piece



  • Wild Heart - Includes Falling for Rachel & Convincing Alex



  • Mistakes we never made

    "Emma Townsend can sum up her situationship with hot-as-hell romantic red flag Finn Hughes in one word: almost. They almost dated in high school. They almost hooked up after college. They almost took things too far one magical night. Their whole story isone series of "almosts" and "nearlys," and now they just kind of can't stand each other. Like, at all. But this weekend, one of their mutuals is getting married . . . and Emma and Finn will have to pretend they don't remember how disastrous it wa



  • Double Lives



  • The corpse in the closet

    "First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of "the Guild." Then there's the homicide detective who needs her help figuring out who murdered the well-dressed corpse in the walk-in closet. Nick's got his own hands full with a tricky missing person case and his parents who want to know why he didn't tell them about his live-in girlfriend. Then there's the fact that he's still the tiniest bit stressed about Riley almost getting m



  • The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson



  • Sandy Wishes

    Sometimes, wishes do come true...



  • The smoke in our eyes

    In 1959 Montana, when a fatal car accident shatters his world, 10-year-old Lucas finds himself confronting crime and vengeance, humor and heroism, all against the backdrop of growing up during the Space Race, the brutal racism of segregation and the hopeof a new generation to move us forward.



  • Buster - A Dog



  • Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop



  • Long Island - a novel

    "Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family that livesand works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town in Ireland where she grew up remain stronger than



  • Poor things - episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M. D. Scottish public health officer

    "In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul. But Bella has her own passions to pursue. Passions that take



  • Sipsworth - a novel

    "Over the course of a single week in a small English village, a widowed octogenarian who has spent her last years alone, ready to die, discovers an unexpected reason to live. After living abroad for sixty years, Helen Cartwright returns to the English town where she was born. She buys a nondescript suburban house on Westminster Crescent, a nondescript suburban street, and settles into a repetitive, reclusive existence: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle-a



  • The library of borrowed hearts

    "Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find



  • How we named the stars - a novel

    "When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first--but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate, Daniel soon finds himself in love with a man who helps him see himself in a new light. But just as their relationship takes flight, Daniel is pulled a



  • A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

    When Clara's ex-fiance spreads rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all she can do to protect them from society's prejudice. However, that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with a vagabond tinker, Clara sets off on a whimsical adventure and finds a love that defies the odds.



  • Until August



  • Women! In! Peril!



  • The Great Divide



  • The cypress maze

    "Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice's dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered. Granted shelter at the Villa delle Colombe, she seeks refuge in Francesca and Edoardo's beautiful walled garden, hidden from the outside world, with an elaborate cypress maze at its heart. But Beatrice is not the only one seeking an escape here. Francesca has brought children to the safety of the house, as well as other adults, all of them seeking sanctuary on the estate with its my



  • The daybreakers - a novel

    "Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of the way. Till the day the job was done, Tye Sacke



  • Camino ghosts



  • The Reaper Follows



  • Till there was you - a novel

    ""Witty, warm, and charming...Fans of Emily Henry and Robinne Lee's The Idea of You are going to go crazy for this one!" -Jennifer Close, author of Marrying the Ketchups Culinary student Lexi Berman, 24, has one goal: to make her late mother proud by becoming an executive chef in a Michelin-star restaurant. And she isn't going to let anything-or anyone-get in the way. But when she meets Jake Taylor, a dive bar musician who charms her with show tunes, she makes a rare exception to her no-dating r



  • A governess's guide to passion and peril

    "Jane Halliwell once dreamed of exploring the world as an acclaimed journalist - but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, safe on England's shores. But when her current employer is murdered, adventure seems tofinally be knocking (rather brutely) at her door. Only the danger is more lethal than she expected . . . for standing outside is the same lord who once broke her tender heart. Lord Adrien Fielding considered Jane a dear companion - but no more, a



  • In Universes



  • Miracles at Promise Lodge



  • Knowing Amelia



  • Knives, Seasoning, & a Dash of Love



  • Dear Kate

    Love letters are a powerful thing--the kind of thing that can change a heart. Kate Benson has everything she's ever wanted. She's a dancer-a successful dancer, at Laurent Academy, in Paris of all places. She even has a boyfriend-well, sort of. So, why isn't she happy? If only Kate could see her family more; she's certain this hopeless pain in her gut would cease. When Kate's dance partner suggests they heal that ache by turning their partnership into more, she's briefly elated. But her heart isn



  • The North Line



  • Glorious exploits - a novel

    "Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides, does it? Realizing that if the Athenian



  • The cruel dark

    Millicent Foxboro is haunted. Not by ghosts, but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future. After all, even in the progressive year of 1928, most people would balk at hiring a woman who'd spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia. So when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive professor of mythology falls into her lap with an ungodly salary attached, her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature. To Millie's dismay, the widowed Professor Callum Hu



  • Crow talk - a novel

    "Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest"--



  • What Grows in the Dark



  • Loneliness & Company



  • The Titanic Survivors Book Club - a novel

    "For weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line, his job was to curate the ship's second-class library. But just as he was about to board to tend to his library throughout the passage, a superior takes his place, leaving Yorick stranded at the dock. The Titanic was not Yorick's first brush with death, but as with every near-miss he manages to escape into the world of books. After he lea



  • Savor the moment



New Adult Nonfiction Books

  • Say More - Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World



  • Society of the Snow - The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story



  • CMA study guide, 2024-2025 edition - ace the certified medical assistant exam on your first try with no effort; test questions, answer keys & insider tips to score a 98% pass rate



  • Long for This World- The Strange Science of Immortality

    "[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow."--Timothy FerrisJonathan Weiner--winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America--examines "the strange science of immortality" in Long for This World. "A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from "one of our finest science journalists" (Jonah Lehrer), Weiner's Long for Th



  • Motorhome prophecies - a journey of healing and forgiveness

    "Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the country. They frequently subsisted in sheds, tents, and, most notably, motorhomes. They often lived a dysfunctional drifter existence, camping out in their motorhome in Walmart parking lots. Carrie attended



  • Designing gardens with flora of the American East

    "Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East, by Carolyn Summers, was originally published in 2010. Since then, even more has been learned about the ways gardeners can help to bring back insect, bird, and other wildlife populations. Recent news about insect and bird population crashes have helped to move the public opinion needle towards widespread acceptance of the need to include native plants in our landscape. Finally, there is tremendous "buzz" now around native plant gardens, also kno



  • The Little Blue Book- The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic



  • Familiarity Breeds Content - New and Selected Essays



  • Rick Steves Best of Europe



  • The dreadful history and judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer - the life and times of an early German revolutionary

    "How did Thomas Muntzer, the son of a coin maker from central Germany, rise in just a few short years to become one of the most feared revolutionaries in early modern Europe? Andrew Drummond charts the life and times of the man Martin Luther denounced asa 'Ravening Wolf' and 'False Prophet'. Drummond shows us Muntzer as a human being. Far from the bloodthirsty devil of legend, he was a man of considerable learning and principle, deeply sympathetic to the misery of the peasantry and the poor. In



  • Maine

    Offers a region-by-region description of the state and includes information on lodging, restaurants, sights, outdoor activities, entertainment and events, shopping, and transportation.



  • Hedged - how private investment funds helped destroy American newspapers and undermine democracy

    "The ultrawealthy largely own and guide the newspaper system in the United States. Through entities like hedge funds and private equity firms, this investor class continues to dismantle the one institution meant to give voice to average citizens in a democracy. Margot Susca reveals the little-known history of how private investment took over the newspaper industry. Drawing on a political economy of media, Susca's analysis uses in-depth interviews and documentary evidence to examine issues surrou



  • In a league of her own - celebrating female firsts in the world of sports

    "In A League of Her Own shares the inspiring stories of nineteen groundbreaking women in the world of sports. Using exclusive interviews and her own unique lens, former NBA scout and NFL cheerleader Bonnie-Jill Laflin captures the remarkable life journeysof these iconic women whose bravery and hard work have changed the face of sports and culture"--



  • Marvelous Mopheads - Hydrangeas for Home & Garden



  • A short history of trans misogyny

    "Shows why it matters to understand trans misogyny as a specific form of violence with a documentable history"--



  • The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison



  • Birds Through Indigenous Eyes - Native Perspectives on Birds of the Eastern Woodlands



  • Trash - a poor white journey

    "Every day across the U.S., 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In this sweeping debut, activist and chaplain Cedar Monroe introduces us to the poor and unhoused of a small town in Washington, who grapple with desperation, acollapsing economy, and their own racism. Trash asks us to see anew the peril in which poor white people live. Can those deemed "trash" join the resistance to the system that is killing us all?"--



  • Becoming a millionaire God's way- getting money to you, not from you



  • Life on Earth



  • Ghost Dogs - On Killers and Kin



  • Marc Bolan, Tyrannosaurus Rex and T. Rex - every album, every song

    "This book examines all aspects of Bolan's career, from the genre-defying My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... through the transitional A Beard of Stars and T. Rex albums, the misunderstood Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and theshould-have-been comeback Futuristic Dragon. Along the way, it discusses Unicorn, the defining document of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years, and the essential T. Rex trilogy of Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx, arguing why they should be regarded



  • You're not done yet - parenting young adults in an age of uncertainty

    "A clear-eyed, optimistic guide for parents with adult children who need help navigating the challenges to launching an independent life. Times were already tough for young adults looking for ways to start living independent lives after high school and college: rents were up, wages were down, then the Covid-19 pandemic hit and a generation of young people were forced out of classrooms and routines, and back home living with their parents. Now many of those young adults can't figure out how to re



  • Live Ready- A Guide to Protecting Yourself In An Uncertain World

    Anyone can learn the techniques to recognize danger, avoid trouble, and ward off the people who would commit violence against them. You simply have to control your fear and be willing to protect yourself. This book shows you how.



  • Nourish - Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul- a Healthy Lifestyle Cookbook



  • Revolutions in American Music - Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds



  • Epidemics and Pandemics - Your Questions Answered



  • Birding to change the world - a memoir

    "In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment"--



  • The Cycle Syncing Handbook - Identify Hormonal Patterns, Build Holistic Habits, and Embrace the Power of Your Menstrual Cycle



  • The Contributions of Islamic Civilization to Medicine - The Past and the Present



  • The wildsea



  • Project Orion - the true story of the atomic spaceship

    Shortly after the first Sputnik launch in 1957, an American scientific team proposed Project Orion, an enormous interplanetary spaceship propelled by exploding hundreds of nuclear bombs. The project commenced during the golden age of support for U.S. scientific research, but the team struggled to find ongoing funding. Civilian NASA found Orion unpalatable because of its inextricable link with nuclear weapons, while the military regarded the team's ultimate goal exploration of the solar system as



  • Missing persons - or, my grandmother's secrets

    "Blending memoir with social history, Clair Wills movingly explores the gaping holes in the fabric of modern Ireland, and in her own family story"--



  • Shakespeare - the man who pays the rent

    "Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by pre-ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the playsand tales of our beloved Shakespeare. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the t



  • The Alexander Technique for Musicians



  • Tough Broad - From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking- How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives As We Age



  • HBR guide to your job search.

    "Finding a new job can be stressful. Assessing positions and employers, meeting the requirements in a job description, competing with other job searchers, and submitting an application that will get noticed-each element comes with its own set of obstacles. And that's all before the nerve-wracking interview. The HBR Guide to Your Job Search is here to help. Whether you're fresh out of school, have been working for decades, or somewhere in between, this book offers you tips and advice for navigati



  • Sociopath



  • Gaza unsilenced



  • This Part Is Silent - A Life Between Cultures



  • Rethink your position - reshape your exercise, yoga, and everyday movement, one part at a time

    "Rethink Your Position is your guide to everyday anatomy and alignment--part by part. Daily aches and pains can feel unavoidable, but we can start feeling better by moving better. And moving better starts with our individual body parts, and the relationship between and among those parts and the forces or loads they experience. Professionals, experienced exercisers, and new-to-movement newbies alike will discover the big and little ways our body parts move. Rethink Your Position explains how to c



  • John Lewis - In Search of the Beloved Community



  • Ballyhoo! - the roughhousers, con artists, and wildmen who invented professional wrestling

    "Ballyhoo! is a history of professional wrestling's formative period in the U.S., from roughly 1874 to 1941, and the contested interplay of wrestlers and promoters who built the "sport" as we know it. During this period, the major conventions that would define wrestling to the present day were perfected and codified, as wrestling morphed from a rough sport practiced on farms and at town gatherings to melodramatic mass entertainment that reliably drew large crowds in cities across the nation"--



  • Normal Women - Nine Hundred Years of Making History



  • Black Ghosts - A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China



  • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship- Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation

    Many pastors and leaders are stuck in a culture of "shallow discipleship" that severely undermines the impact of their ministry. Pete Scazzero takes three decades of wisdom and hard lessons learned to reverse this crisis and create a church culture that multiplies deeply changed disciples.



  • New cold wars - China's rise, Russia's invasion, and America's struggle to defend the West

    "A fast-paced account of America's plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adversaries-Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia-based on deep reporting from inside the White House, U.S. intelligence agencies, technology firms,and foreign governments"--



  • A Midnight Moon



  • Life - My Story Through History



  • Palestine - peace not apartheid

    The former president draws on his understanding of Middle East history and his personal relationships with regional leaders to share an assessment of what he believes is necessary to bring lasting peace to Israel while preserving Palestinian dignity.



New Young Adult Books, Graphic Novels, Manga & Zines

  • Spider-Gwen- Ghost-Spider - edge of Spider-verse. Vol. 1, 2014-2016

    "On Earth-65, the radioactive spider didn't bite Peter Parker--it bit Gwen Stacy! Now, Gwen fights crime as Spider-Woman--just don't tell her father, the police chief! In the wake of Spider-Verse, Gwen splits her time between school, heroism and playing in her band, the Mary Janes, while dodging NYPD lieutenant Frank Castle! But what really happened the night her world's Peter Parker died, and how does it connect to a new reptilian rampage? Gwen's troubles pile up as her world's Osborns debut an



  • Zodiac - a graphic memoir

    "As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist Gianluca Costantini present Zodiac, Ai Weiwei's first graphic memoir. Inspired by the twelve signs of th



  • Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar. Attack of the Snack Attack of the snack

    "Lisa Cheese moved to Earth City hoping to make a name for herself as a folk singer--but her very first open mic was a disaster, leaving her with a bionic arm and an identity crisis. Now she's starting a crummy office job, her parents back in their home dimension are laying on the guilt trip, her sister's acting smug, and the cool girl at the record store leaves her tongue-tied. But none of that will mater if the city's demonic new fast food chain achieves its evil ambitions: Lisa's very life is



  • Through fences

    "Collection of short comics about life near the US-Mexico border. Touches on issues of immigration, detainment, policing, sexuality, racism, and violence"--



  • A Firehose of Falsehood - The Story of Disinformation



  • Firebugs



  • The Lonesome Hunters  2 - The Wolf Child



  • Nothing special. Volume one, Through the Elder Woods

    "Two not-so-human teenagers and a friendly ghost radish face the fantasy adventure of a lifetime."--



  • Five nights at Freddy's. Fazbear frights - graphic novel collection. Vol. 4

    From a boy determined to teach the school bully a lesson to a novelty toy that brings good luck with monstrous consequences, this terrifying trio of tales will have FNAF fans on the edge of their seats.



  • The closet

    "Thom is moving cross-country with his family and dragging the past along with them. When his child, Jamie, is seeing monsters in the bedroom closet, Thom reassures him that they will stay in the apartment after the move. But Thom is very wrong about manythings and the monsters do continue to find young Jamie"--



  • The marble queen

    "A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister"--



  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- Usagi Yojimbo - Wherewhen



  • Time Under Tension



  • Punk rock karaoke

    "Ariel has dreams of leaving her southside Chicago neighborhood and making it big as a punk rocker with her best friends and bandmates, now that they've graduated from high school, but the realities of young adulthood make that challenging and strain their friendships with each other."--



  • Feeding ghosts - a graphic memoir

    "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--



  • Catwoman - lonely city

    "Ten years ago, the massacre known as Fools' Night claimed the lives of Batman, the Joker, Nightwing, and Commissioner Gordon...and sent Selina Kyle, the Catwoman, to prison. A decade later, Gotham has grown up-it's put away costumed heroism and villainyas childish things. The new Gotham is cleaner, safer...and a lot less free, under the watchful eye of Mayor Harvey Dent and his Batcops. It's into this new city that Selina Kyle returns, a changed woman...with her mind on that one last big score:



  • The sea in you

    When fifteen-year-old Corinth encounters Skylla, a young mermaid, at the beach, a dangerous bond grows between the two, and a magical bargain may be the only thing that can save them, at a tremendous cost.



  • The glass scientists. Volume 1

    Dr. Henry Jekyll believes mad scientists would do well to fix their public image, so he starts the Society for Arcane Sciences, but when a mysterious stranger aims to take the Society in a radical new direction, Jekyll's life starts to spiral out of control, threatening to expose his darkest secret.



  • Torso - a true crime graphic novel

    "Cleveland. 1935. Eliot Ness, fresh from his legendary Chicago triumph over Al Capone and associates, set his sights on Cleveland. He went on a crusade that matched, and sometimes even surpassed, his past accomplishments. But dismembered body parts started washing up in a concentrated area of Lake Erie Sound. Headless torsos that left no clues to their identity or reason for death. Elliot Ness and his colorful gang of The Unknowns chased this killer through the underbelly of Cleveland for years.



  • The keeper

    "A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family's dark history in this horror graphic novel"--



  • Knee deep. Book one

    "In the year 2223, a teenage girl must venture through underground tunnels and canals in search of her parents who disappeared while on a mining expedition"--



  • Invincible - ultimate collection



  • Homebody



  • Sea serpent's heir. Black Wave Book two, Black wave

    "For fans of Nimona and Teen Titans: Raven! The high-fantasy, high-seas adventure continues! Aella sets sail with her mother's pirate crew on a quest for revenge. As more secrets about her origin are revealed, Aella begins to embrace her dangerous and powerful dark side, leading her down a path from which there may be no return"--



  • The comic book story of basketball - a fast-break history of hoops

    "A fast-break history of basketball--from its humble beginnings to its all-time great players--featuring engaging true tales from the court and vivid, dynamic illustrations"--



  • Us

    "What happens when the life you thought you had does a 180 turn? Everything, and yet...nothing. Us is Sara and Diana's love story, as well as the story of Diana's gender transition. Full of humor, heartache, and the everyday triumphs and struggles of identity, this graphic memoir speaks to changing conceptions of the world as well as the self, at the same time revealing that some things don't really have to change. Written, drawn, and colored by Sara Soler, with English translation by Silvia Per



  • Nightmare country - the glass house

    "The Corinthian has been turned loose on our realm once more, and this time he sets his sights on the very root of rapacious American capitalism-Silicon Valley. His relentless pursuit of the Smiling Man will carve a bloody path from the C-suite of ProphetCapital to the bowels of a demonic nightclub, and no one will be safe from his reach. Not Ken, living large in the Bay Area since parting ways with Barbie all those years ago. Not Max, a nervous hedge fund manager on the rise who's never quite f



  • Sea serpent's heir. Pirate's Daughter Book one, Pirate's daughter

    "For Aella, life on Kinamen Isle is one of boredom. Spending her days fishing and minding her aunts, she dreams of life beyond the horizon. Everything changes, however, when she awakens an ancient evil within herself as it's revealed that she's the reincarnation of Xir, the serpent that almost destroyed the world. Worse yet, a fanatical religious organization has arrived on Kinamen Isle in search of Xir. As Aella is forced to fight for her life, she'll discover that her entire world is not what



  • Cursed Princess Club

    "Gwendolyn, the youngest of the king's three daughters, is living proof that princesses don't always have it all. She isn't like a typical fairy-tale princess, or other princesses in the Pastel Kingdom. Gwendolyn, with her big heart and love of baking, isn't particularly attractive... When her father proposes marriage for her and her sisters to make an alliance with the Plaid Kingdom, it breaks Gwendolyn's heart to hear that Prince Frederick thinks she's 'really ugly.' Overwhelmed and ashamed, s



  • Unaccompanied - stories of brave teenagers seeking asylum

    "This book tells the true stories of five brave teens fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guinea, on their own, traveling through unknown and unfriendly places, and ultimately crossing into the US to find refuge and seekasylum. Based on extensive interviews with teen refugees, lawyers, caseworkers, and activists, Tracy White shines a light on five individual kids from among the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who enter the US each year. In stark black



  • DC vs. vampires

    "The Justice League has long protected Earth from all manner of foreign and alien invaders over the years, always keeping a vigilant eye to the skies for the next threat. But what if the threat was already walking the Earth...hiding in plain sight...watching...waiting for their moment to strike... A mysterious new vampire lord has already put a plan in motion to conquer the Earth, and his horde are hunting on the streets of Gotham."--



  • The monkey king and I / The Monkey King and I

    "After Monkey Prince finds the jingu bang staff, he realizes controlling it is a whole different problem! It has now stretched so large and long that it has become a nuisance to Atlantis, and so Aquaman goes to find who is responsible for this ginormous golden staff that destroyed so much of his city. The good news is, the Jingu bang can shrink back to normal size, but only the Monkey King is worthy enough to wield its magical properties-will the staff recognize Monkey Prince as good enough to d



  • Monstress. Inferno Volume eight, Inferno

    "The truth about the death of Maika's mother has been revealed, and Maika has come undone. As her allies scramble to save her soul, they find themselves in the unlikeliest of places--the beautiful and brutal prison planet where the Monstra have long beenlocked away. This visit to the site of Zinn's worst nightmares might just hold the key to Maika's survival--and to the long-buried origins of the Known World"--



  • Lunar New Year love story

    "Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love"--



  • Sheets

    When Marjorie, a practical teen in charge of her family's laundry business, encounters Wendell, a ghost seeking purpose in the forbidden human world, the pair must find a solution to Wendell's hauntings that are causing chaos in Marjorie's life.



  • Strange Academy Year One



  • Henchgirl expanded

    "Mary Posa hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and worst of all, no respect. Her co-workers are jerks and her boss doesn't appreciate her. He's also a supervillain. Cursed with a conscience, Mary would give anything to be something other than a Henchgirl. This Second Edition printing offers the humor and henching you love, along with an extra, new Henchgirl story!"--



  • The comic book story of basketball - a fast-break history of hoops

    "A fast-break history of basketball--from its humble beginnings to its all-time great players--featuring engaging true tales from the court and vivid, dynamic illustrations"--



  • The witch's throne. Volume 2

    "Agni and her throne-seeker friends finally make it to the Citadel, and prepare to start battling their way through the tournament. Agni has grand visions for how she, Grom, Reksha, and Valdis will become heroes and save the world, but somehow she missedan important detail--these fights are to the death"--



  • Night and Dana

    "When special-effects obsessives Dana and Lily begin work on an eco-horror movie, they realize they've been growing apart. But as everything starts going up in flames, Dana begins to forge her voice as a climate activist"--



  • Us

    "What happens when the life you thought you had does a 180 turn? Everything, and yet...nothing. Us is Sara and Diana's love story, as well as the story of Diana's gender transition. Full of humor, heartache, and the everyday triumphs and struggles of identity, this graphic memoir speaks to changing conceptions of the world as well as the self, at the same time revealing that some things don't really have to change. Written, drawn, and colored by Sara Soler, with English translation by Silvia Per



  • Just another story - a graphic migration account

    "When Carlos was nineteen, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador. Refusing to let her go without him, Carlos joined the journey north. Together they experienced the risks countless people faces as they migrate"--



  • Huda F cares

    This summer's exercise in Fahmy family sisterly bonding involves a trip to Disney World--which seems like it is headed for disaster when Huda gets into a fight with a boy making fun of her hijab.



  • Frontera

    "Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with the help of a new friend, a ghost named Guillermo"--



  • Clock striker. I'm Gonna Be a Smith! Volume 1, "I'm gonna be a SMITH!"

    "A young Black girl apprentices to the SMITHS, legendary warrior engineers who once traveled the world making it safer for everyone"--



  • The Amazing Spider-Man 23 Epic Collection - The Hero Killers



  • The complete Eightball. Issues 1-18

    Collecting issues 1-18 of the iconic Daniel Clowes comics anthology Eightball; it contains the original installments of Ghost World, the short that the film Art School Confidential was based on, and much more, newly designed for paperback by the author. The beloved comic book series Eightball made Daniel Clowes' name even before he gained fame as a bestselling graphic novelist (Ghost World, Patience, David Boring, Ice Haven) and screenwriter. From 1989 to 1997, he produced 18 issues of what is s



  • The girl who sang - a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival

    "A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable." -- Publisher annotation.



  • My Favorite Thing Is Monsters 2



  • Superman - the harvests of youth

    "Despite being a superpowered teenager, high school has been pretty normal for Clark Kent; but his idyllic life is wrenched away when the death of a classmate rocks all of Smallville. As he and his friends grieve, the challenges they face become darker, more complex, and deeply insidious. Clark feels completely out of his depth when Smallville's latest threat proves that it takes more than fists and laser beams to save the day. For the first time in his life, Clark must grapple with life's bigge



New Large Print Books, Foreign Language & VITAL Materials

  • Missing persons

    When a desperate businessman asks him to find his daughter and grandchildren who have disappeared without a trace, Jack Morgan, the head of Private, finds this simple missing persons case turning into something much more deadly, forcing him to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.



  • The year of the locust



  • Murder uncorked

    "As the manager of Vino y Vida Wine Bar in Colinas, Cecelia "Cece" Barton's first Alexander Valley harvest is a whirlwind of activity. Her twin sister, Allie Halstead, who owns a nearby Victorian bed & breakfast, is accustomed to the hustle and bustle of peak tourist season. But Cece barely has a moment to enjoy her new home in between worrying about her estranged college-age daughter, juggling her responsibilities at the bar, and navigating the sticky politics of the local wine association. Jus



  • Elevate and dominate



  • Cursed bunny



  • The antique hunter's guide to murder



  • The unmaking of June Farrow



  • A cold Highland wind



  • The seamstress of Acadie



  • Wellness



  • Paws to remember



  • Things we left behind

    "Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his abusive father's mark on the family name, he spends every waking minute pulling strings and building his empire. The more money and power he gains, the safer he feels. Exceptwhen it comes to one feisty small-town librarian... Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and their current mutual disdain, Sloane Walton trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body. When bickering accidentally tur



  • The Princess of Las Vegas



  • The familiar



  • The midwife's Christmas wish

    "To give this baby a refuge, she must reopen her heart... When Amish midwife Lovina Albrecht finds an abandoned baby, she's determined to give the child a home for the holidays--even if doing so brings up difficult memories. But she's not prepared for her bishop to assign standoffish Jonah Lapp to help care for the little girl. As their temporary arrangement begins to feel like family, can they overcome old hurts to build a future? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and



  • Easy money cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud

    "At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he--despite a degree in economics--didn't entirely understand. Lured in by grandiose, utopian promises, and sure, a little bit of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are trad



  • Double life



  • It had to be you



  • Front sight



  • The Juliet Code

    "Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn into a world of boat races, mysterious houses, and parties of the rich and unusual in Venice, Frederick and Grace learn of the existence of the Juliet paintings, (Renaissance



  • The purest bond



  • The busy body



  • The memory of lavender and sage



  • A twisted skein



  • One blood



  • Last seen in Havana



  • Hopefully every after



  • Poaching is puzzling



  • Swim home to the vanished



  • Brooklyn



  • Two dead wives



  • Diva



  • Daughter of mine



  • Space opera



  • The Ghost Orchid



  • You only call when you're in trouble



  • Love on the ninth floor

    "Trending on TikTok takes on an entirely new meaning when the 'for you' becomes a viral love story in the making. Aries Skye makes a sizzling debut in this flirty feel-good romance, perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Farrah Rochon. Zany and vivacious Nissi Richards always had her sights set on one goal-her career. As the youngest doctor at Optimal Dentistry, Nissi is the epitome of Black Girl Magic and a #GoalCrusher. Dating, however, was a different topic, or rather more of a non-existent



  • On the plus side



  • City of betrayal

    "A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . . but it's their only hope, so the suffragists descend on Tennessee for the final battle. Elizabeth's ability to interact with difficult



  • Their holiday secret



  • The elusive truth of Lily Temple



  • Fatal first edition



  • Extinction



  • Crosshairs



  • Better hate than never



  • Murder on tour

    "Michigan bookshop owner Samantha Washington's tour for the launch of her new mystery novel is a whirlwind success... until life - or rather murder - begins to imitate fiction on the last stop at Michigan's most prestigious literary festival! While Sam wraps up her first whirlwind book tour, Nana Jo has kept Market Street Mysteries running smoothly. The last stop is a prestigious book festival in Sam's hometown of North Harbor, Michigan. But not everyone thinks the guest of honour, bestselling a



  • Betrayal



  • A calamity of souls

    "When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call and the only one on the property at the time of death. As far as the state is concerned, it's an open and shut case. Jack Lee, born and raised in Freeman County, knows that every man deserves a solid defense and agrees to be Jerome's lawyer, against everyone's better ju



  • Shadow Spell

    Originally published: New York: Berkley Books, 2014.



  • The truth about the Devlins



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Featured: New Children's Picture Books

  • What do brothas do all day?

    "A picture book with illustrated portraits of real Black men celebrating the daily lives and activities of African Americans, from visiting the barber shop to exploring outer space"--



  • Just a worm

    Upset at being called "just a worm," worm sets out around the garden to find out what the other insects do, and discover his own role in keeping the garden healthy.



  • Nothing's wrong! - a hare, a bear, and some pie to share

    When Anders the hare insists that nothing is wrong, Jeff the bear gets his friend to share what is bothering him by giving him space while still being supportive.



  • Weather together

    Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.



  • The Wrong Book



  • Noodle conquers Comfy Mountain

    As he prepares for a no bones day, Noodle the pug decides to rest on the top of Comfy Mountain, but finds his ascent harder than he anticipated.



  • Peg gets crackin'

    Peg the Egg is safe within her shell, and does not want to hatch--but sooner or later all little chicks must face the world.



  • I love it when you smile

    A grumpy little kangaroo is having a bad day until his mother finds a way to make him smile.



  • Stella and the mystery of the missing tooth

    When Stella's friend Owen loses a tooth at the museum, Stella and Roger believe that someone stole it and search high and low to find it.



  • Bear's big dreaming

    Worried that they will not have enough dreams for their upocming winter hibernation, Little Bear journeys into the woods and collects dreams of happiness, homecoming, and hope from the different animals in the forest.



  • Pearl

    When Pearl, a little gosling who loves to sing all day long, loses her voice, she discovers that, with the support of her friends, she can handle anything that comes her way!



  • Old to joy

    "When young Joy goes to spend the day with Grandmama, she struggles to find beauty in all the old things at Grandmama's house. None of it looks or smells quite the same as it does at home. But as the day passes, Grandmama patiently helps Joy discover howthe old ways can bring joy to any heart. Whether it's the swaying of stately trees, bubbles dancing in a sink filled with dishes, the sweet scents of a lovingly tended garden, or the memories found in a room packed with hats--if Joy opens her hea



  • The blue umbrella

    "A magical umbrella seems to grow and grow during a rainstorm so everyone in town is able to stay safe and dry"--



  • Mama's library summers

    Mama takes her two daughters to the library every summer to pick out books about Black people so they can see the struggles, strength, and hope of people who look like them.



  • Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid makes it big

    "French bulldog Billy the Kid was born with an ear for music. And not just any music. He loves barking to the beat of country music! So Billy sets out to Nashville to sing his heart out. But when he meets some big bullies at the Battle of the Bow-wows, Billy worries he's barking up the wrong tree. He'll need his favorite songs ('Jowlene' and 'I Will Pawlways Love You,' of course), a group of scrappy new friends, and his favorite country music star to regain self-confidence and be the star he alw



  • Squash, the cat

    Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie is a wishes-she-had-her-toy kind of girl. But the thing about best friends is, one way or another, the



  • Rocket says speak up!

    When Rocket finds out her town's library is closing, she rallies support from her peers, and together they lead a peaceful protest that spreads awareness and raises enough money to save their beloved library.



  • Small places close to home - a children's declaration of rights

    "The rights of children--and of all living things--begin in small places, close to home. This is a poetic and moving adaptation of U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights in honor of its seventy-fifth anniversary. In backyards and city parks, in schooland at home--wherever and however we move through this world, we have certain inalienable rights--and it's up to each one of us to ensure those rights for others, too. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt and s



  • There's always room for one more

    Clare struggles to say goodbye to the family table, until she discovers that a new, bigger table means more room for creating memories and welcoming loved ones.



  • Storyteller Skye - teachings from my Ojibway grandfather

    Encouraging children to embrace the art of storytelling, gifted storyteller Skye shares unique and funny short stories passed down to her from her Ojibway Grandfather that contain a number of Indigenous teachings.



  • Moomin and the ice festival

    "The Moomins enjoy an ice festival as winter hits Moominvalley. Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the long winter sleep. But before their slumber, they are invited to the Moominvalley Ice Festival. Will they be able to travel through the winter snow to spend time with their friends? The Moomins are celebrating a major revival. These contemporary editions of the classic tales, in which Moomintroll goes on adventures with his friends and family in the winter, are a joy for all Moomi



  • Two homes, one heart

    "Living in two homes can be a big adjustment, but it can also present opportunities for growth. Jessica Young's poignant story and Chelsea O'Byrne's tender illustrations offer gentle reassurance to kids navigating separation or divorce and remind us thatwhile families change, love is constant"--



  • Gravity is bringing me down

    Gravity becomes a very personal problem for Leda as she stumbles and tumbles through a long day.



  • My block looks like

    "A picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--



  • Isabel and the invisible world

    "There's only one gift Isabel wants for her sixth birthday: a way to see invisible things. She can hardly think of anything else! Finally, the day of her party arrives. Unwrapping a big box, Isabel finds a surprise inside--a glass prism--and a dazzling world of previously invisible color emerges, lighting up the room around her. What else could be out there, waiting for her eyes to discover? In simple, engaging language, complemented by luminous artwork from best-selling illustrator Ramona Kauli



  • The fairest in the land

    When Annabelle and Benjamin play dress-up they both want to be the bride, the ballerina, and the princess which causes a problem until the two friends realize they can both be whoever they want to be.



  • Daisy the daydreamer

    "Daisy's daydream clouds sometimes get in the way, but she and her teacher find a creative way to make things work for her"--



  • Rain

    "Children, animals, and natural life react to a coming rainstorm that will nourish them all"--



  • Is this love? - a family story based on the song by Bob Marley

    This joyful and uplifting adaptation of one of Bob Marley's best-loved songs follows a young girl who, the moment she sees her baby sister, is overcome by love and vows to treat her right, every day and every night.



  • Dinosaur rescue!

    When Ryder's friend Rex tells him that a volcano in Dino Land is about to erupt, putting nearby dinosaurs in danger, the PAW Patrol goes to the rescue.



  • All of those babies

    Simple, rhyming text introduces readers to the names of babies across the animal kingdom.



  • No cats in the library

    Clarisse, a street cat who loves books, finds a new home in the library as a read-aloud cat.



  • Superbaby

    Illustrates the adventures babies enjoy between naptimes.



  • Pretty ugly - a Toon book / Toon Level 2

    "In this hilarious illustrated fable, Anna Van Ogre loses her lovely monstrous looks and is turned into a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl. It starts her on a journey to learn an unforgettable lesson about true beauty"--



  • Buster gets back on track

    Rescued race car Buster tends to let his emotions get the best of him, but with the help of his teammates, he learns how to breathe through his feelings.



  • Moomin and the Golden Leaf



  • When fall comes - connecting with nature as the days grow shorter

    "This next book in the Seasons series is a poetic children's book about life in fall, following a family who explores the outdoors and enjoys outdoor activities, such as mushroom hunting, collecting driftwood, picking apples, and getting their home and yard ready for winter months. This story focuses on wildlife in Fall and the joy of being outdoors during the Fall months"--



  • Ramadan Kareem



  • The dragon in the sock drawer

    Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" that Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.



  • Ganesha goes green

    Concerned about the pollution the Ganesha statues cause when her town celebrates her favorite festival, Ganesha Chaturthi, young Prema comes up with an innovative plan to keep the river clean.



  • You're Going to Love This Book!



  • Bompa's insect expedition

    "It's time for the twins to go on a nature expedition with Bompa. What marvelous place will they explore this time? Tidepools at the sea? The pond full of frogs' eggs? Maybe deep in the forest? But to their disappointment, they are just exploring outsidethe door. Yet, as they begin to search for insects, they find world-champion flyers, eaters, and weightlifters. And more tiny surprises at every turn! With their Bompa at their side, they find a way to recognize the amazing feats and important r



  • Hippos remain calm

    Follows two hippos as they calmly and mindfully go about an ordinary day.



  • Alligators, alligators

    Ten-year-old Jim and his father, who work together on a boat, use the power of love, nature, music, and the help of some dancing alligators, to outsmart a greedy stranger who tries to steal Jim's flute.



  • Busy Betty & the circus surprise

    Secretly preparing to throw her Mom a circus surprise party, Busy Betty enlists the help of her best friend, Mae, but when she realizes her Mom's birthday is next month, she wonders what to do with her circus surprise now.



  • Don't trust cats - life lessons from Chip the dog

    "Chip the dog warns other pups that cats are not their friends, among other nuggets of wisdom"--



  • The perfect sushi

    A little girl is determined to make perfect nigiri sushi for her grandmother, but her efforts only lead to frustration, until a surprising discovery helps her understand that cooking with love is more important than cooking perfect food.



  • Helping

    While Mama Bear is away, Papa thinks he can handle everything. The cubs offer to help out when Papa learns that he bit of more than he can chew.



  • The king penguin

    King penguin Percival is off to find subjects who will listen to him, as long as they do not eat him first.



  • Tex / A Book for Little Dreamers