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Out of funds and longing for a sea voyage, young doctor Ralph Leslie jumps at the chance to sign aboard a luxurious millionaire’s yacht as steward of the After House. His job is easy sailing until one summer night, when the dream voyage suddenly becomes a nightmare of blood and terror. One of...

Willa Cather’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells of the making of a young American soldier. Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, aspiring protagonist, resembles the youngest son of a peculiarly American fairy tale. His fortune is ready-made for him, but he refuses to settle for it. Alienated from...

Little Little La Belle isn't redundant. She's a dwarf - a beautiful blond heiress who lives a pampered existence in the New York town named after her family. With her 18th birthday approaching, her parents want to marry Little Little off to the perfect man. Enter Sydney Cinnamon. Orphaned young, he went on to become one of America's most famous dwarfs. The pint-size TV performer could have his pick of any diminutive lady. But with Little Little, it's love at first sight.

She's the one that got away. He's the one she can't forget. Photojournalist Christine Forsythe is ready to tackle her naughty little to-do list, and who better to tap for the job than a hot groomsman? But when she crashes into her best friend's older brother, Christine realizes her list needs updating. And fast. Tyler Dresco took her virginity during the best night of her life, then bolted. Now that they're trapped together at a destination wedding, she's going to get her revenge.

As chief of his clan, Logan is surrounded by friends and family; the only thing missing is his mate. Natasha has always known that she was raised to be the mate of an alpha, but being in her sister’s shadow has enabled her not to worry about it too much. When Logan comes down to help the pack, he knows instantly that Natasha is the one for him. When she is put in harms way, he will stop at nothing to save her.

Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne'sThe Scarlet Letterreaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact of...

Making friends and fitting in don't always go together, especially in middle school. Enjoy this collection of stories about friendship. In "They Made Me Do It and...I'm Sorry", listen to story about how someone gets the silent treatment at CiCi's school every few weeks. But when everyone starts to ignore her friend Eric, what will she do?

Beginning readers will love this collection of stories about kids discovering who they are. In "Someday", Ada dreams of becoming an inventor when she grows up. As she soon discovers, she is already looking for solutions to everyday problems. Also included are eight other stories of self-discovery: "Tall Enough", "Kojo's Shadow", "Sing Softer, Maggie", "If Henry Could Dance", "Wullus", "Shelby the Shy", Not Now, Natalie", and "Paint the Morning".

You'll love this collection of stories featuring quirky, yet lovable family members. In "Translating Aunt Edna", three boys decide to play a trick on their aunt, who insists on teaching them new vocabulary words. The English language can be complicated - there are so many words that describe the same thing! You’ll discover many of them in this silly story about a group of siblings who decide they are sick of learning new words!

Enjoy this collection of origin folktales, also known as pourquoi stories, that explain why things are the way they are. In "Why Alligator Hates Dog", everyone respects M'su Cocodrie, the king of the swamp, except the dogs, who taunt him and make lots of noise.

Two reptile detectives, Sergeant Salamander and Officer Iguana, are on the case! Enjoy this trilogy of humorous mystery stories: "The Case of the Missing Birthday Lasagna", "The Case of the Disappearing Diamond", and "The Case of the Stolen Moped".

Enjoy this collection of funny animal stories. In "Small Mouse, Big Trouble", a trickster mouse causes trouble for a young girl. Can she outsmart the mouse, or will he have her room all to himself? When it seems like the mouse might just get his way, the clever girl uses a game that her father taught her to outwit the mouse. You’ll also find four other stories featuring some entertaining animals: "The Conduit Mouse", "Eudora Entwhistle and the Geese of Macadoodle-by-the-Sea", "The Pirates and the Peacock", and "Dragon Treat".

Enjoy this collection of stories about middle-school children performing. In "World Music", Niccolo’s parents are professional musicians who play with a symphony orchestra. They want Niccolo to spend the summer playing violin with the youth symphony orchestra. Niccolo enjoys classical music and playing his violin, but after meeting his new neighbors, Jeremy and Melly, he wants to try something different.

Kuumuutta hohkava Turku. Mielipuolinen sarjamurhaaja. Kaksi vahvatahtoista naista. Hirvensalon rannasta löydetään julmasti tapetun koiran ruho. Sadistinen tapaus on vasta alkusoittoa: pian löytyy paloitellun naisen jäänteet. Komisario Anna Mäki joutuu elämänsä hirveimpään rikostutkintaan. Kumpaankin ruumiiseen on kirjoitettu tussilla merkintä K18, mutta muita johtolankoja murhaaja ei ole jättänyt.

Keneen voit luottaa? Annika Malm on jäänyt Norjaan rikosylikonstaapeli Stein Storesenin luo toipumaan Ringeriken verilöylystä. Traumatakaumista ja vainoharhoista kärsivä Annika ei luota hoidostaan vastaavaan neurokirurgiin ja epäilee tatuoitujen miesten varjostavan häntä. Mistä voi tietää, onko kyse todellisesta uhkasta vai vaurioituneen mielen harhoista? Samoihin aikoihin Stein saa Turun poliisilta tiedon tyttärensä Ninan kuolemasta.

Kolme vuorokautta suoraan helvetistä. Annika Malm on palannut tositoimiin muuttuneena niin kasvoiltaan kuin koulutukseltaankin. Salainen erikoiskoulutus vaarallisiin tehtäviin tarkoittaa, että korkeimman kansallisen tason suunnitelmia laadittaessa Annika hoitaa kyselemättä likaisen työn. Ongelma on vain siinä, ettei hän ole koskaan piitannut määräyksistä.

Die Jahre, bevor in Europa die Lichter ausgingen, sind merkwürdig unterbelichtet geblieben. Kein deutscher Erzähler, mit Ausnahme von Thomas Mann, hat uns einen großen Gesellschaftsroman hinterlassen, der uns diese reiche, ahnungslose, schwer begreifliche Zeit fühlbar machen könnte. Nicht zufällig ist es eine Emigrantin, gebürtig in Berlin, aufgewachsen zwischen Deutschland, Frankreich und England, die diese Lücke geschlossen hat...

In seinem Roman "Die Bernert-Paula", geschrieben im Winter 1933/34, porträtiert Max Herrmann mit bösem Blick den Kleinstadtsumpf...

"Hallo, ist da jemand?" hat Mika gerufen, ist wie eine Das Leben ist kurz. Zu kurz, um die Vergangenheit einfach so wegzuwerfen. Floria ist entsetzt. Wie konnte sich Augustinus nur so verändern?

A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on the two accounts of her life--the real one and the one she’s always told the world--in this poignant short story by Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild. In 1964, teenage Geraldine Waters was sent away by her parents to an unwed mothers’ home, where she gave up her newborn for adoption. Ever since, she’s lived an alternative narrative. Decades later, it’s time for Geraldine to reconcile the telling of her life, to finally grieve, and to discover what happened to that part of her past that slipped away.