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Radio Freefall

by Matthew Jarpe

In the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress but with a healthy dose of cyberpunk: Radio Freefall is about a plot to take over the Earth by power-mad, sociopathic computer-geek billionaire,...

Swallowing Darkness: A Novel

Meredith Gentry series #7

by Laurell K. Hamilton

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims...

Somebody

by Stefan Kanfer

As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary...

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

by R. H. Tawney

RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM- A HISTORICAL STUDY by R. H. TAWNEY. Originally published in 1922. From The Holland Memorial Lectures. PREFATORY NOTE: THE friends of the late Henry Scott Holland founded...

Any Given Doomsday

by Lori Handeland

Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered—and Liz is discovered...

The Pastor's Wife

by Diane Fanning

When Pastor Matthew Winkler was found dead at his Fourth Street Church of Christ parsonage in Selmer, Tennessee, both police investigators and parishioners were shaken and mystified: How could evil strike this...

The Snow Empress

Sano Ichiro #12

by Laura Joh Rowland

Japan, 1699: On a moonlit night on the northern frontier island of Ezogashima, a woman is running through the forest when an arrow strikes her dead. Meanwhile, in the city of Edo, the young son of Sano Ichiro,...

Cold Plague

by Daniel Kalla

Pristine water—hidden for millions of years, untouched by pollution, and possessing natural healing powers—is found miles under Antarctic ice. The scientists who make this astonishing discovery stand to...

The Haunting of Cambria

by Richard Taylor

A novel of love, redemption, and second chances. "Lily died the day we signed the escrow papers," Theo Parker writes of his bride and of Monroe House, the bed-and-breakfast they'd just bought in the picturesque...

This Life Isn't Perfect Holla

by Sandra Foy

Kimberly Riley's comfortable home life has been destroyed. Her husband, Daniel, has walked out on her, and their children have gone with him. She's been accused of criminal wrongdoing at work. Everything she...

Promises Made

by Bernice Layton

Craig Thompson has a problem: His grandfather has just left him $3 million, but the only way he can get his hands on the money is if he's married. According to the will, Thompson must be married for at least...

In Spite of Myself: A Memoir

by Christopher Plummer

A rollicking, rich portrait of a life. And what a life! By one of today’s greatest living actors, In Spite of Myself is seamlessly written, with stories that make us laugh out loud and that make real the fascinating,...

Santa Clawed: A Novel

Mrs. Murphy #17

by Rita Mae Brown

New York Times bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, are back for the holidays in a new mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy...

A Dog Named Christmas

by Greg Kincaid

In this heartwarming novel, author Greg Kincaid tells the tender story of how one very special dog changed the lives of his adoptive family—and an entire town—forever.

“Todd, they always want you to adopt...

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

by Les Standiford

As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.

Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles...

Jesus is My All in All: Praying with the "Saint of Calcutta"

by Mother Teresa

The postulator for Mother Teresa’s cause for sainthood, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, has culled some of her most stirring words into a powerful book that her admirers will treasure. Jesus is My All in All follows...

Kissing Games of the World: A Novel

by Sandi Kahn Shelton

If there’s one point that Jamie McClintock and Nate Goddard can agree upon, it’s that love is overrated. Jamie doesn’t have time for it. Nate doesn’t need it. And they certainly don’t want it from...

Where Serpents Sleep

Sebastian St. Cyr #4

by C.S. Harris

Hero Jarvis, reform-minded daughter of the Prince Regent's cousin, enlists Sebastian St. Cyr's help in investigating the brutal murders of eight prostitutes.

Following a trail of clues from London's seedy East...

Smoke Rings and Roundelays - Pipes and Tobacco

by Wilfred Partington

Originally published in London 1924. A wonderful collection of prose and verse on the joys of smoking, tobacco, pipes snuff etc, since Raleigh's time. Contents Include: History. Tobacco. Pipe Songs and Fancies....

Japan's Economic Revival: Policy Challenges in a Globalized World

by Daniel Citrin

How should Japan cope with the challenges posed by a shrinking and ageing population and the quickening pace of globalization? Japan has largely overcome the legacies of the post-bubble economy of the 1990s,...