Browsing eBooks Store

Second Time Around

by Marcia Willett

In this latest early novel from bestselling author Marcia Willett, Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her home to three unknown relatives: twenty-two-year-old Tessa, who misses her dead parents and brother but has...

Pyres

by Derek Nikitas

Punky Lucia Moberg turns sixteen in a week. She steals CDs from stores, argues with Mom, pines for the rebel boy next door. But adolescence ends fast in a mall parking lot when Luc’s professor father is shot...

The Myth of Alzheimer's

by Peter J. Whitehouse, M.D. & Daniel George, M.Sc.

Dr. Peter Whitehouse will transform the way we think about Alzheimer’s disease.  In this provocative and ground-breaking book he challenges the conventional wisdom about memory loss and cognitive impairment;...

Fathom

by Cherie Priest

“I can’t fathom them, and neither can you.”

The ageless water witch Arahab has been scheming for eons, gathering the means to awaken the great Leviathan. She aims to bring him and the old gods back to their...

The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle

by Russell Miller

As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, “the world’s most famous man who never was,” Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affection—and sometimes obsession—the world...

Peculiar Proverbs

by Stephen Arnott

Peculiar Proverbs is a hilarious and enlightening collection of genuine proverbs from around the world that ignores the sayings we are all familiar with and focuses on the more obscure. Some are deft, witty,...

Winter in Thrush Green

by Miss Read

In the follow-up to Thrush Green, the arrival of a stranger in the village stirs ripples of speculation and interest.

Celebrations at Thrush Green

by Miss Read & John S. Goodall

A statue of Thrush Green’s famous son Nathaniel Patten has graced the village green for years, but little is actually known of him among present-day residents until an unexpected letter arrives.

The Year at Thrush Green

by Miss Read

Circling the seasons at Thrush Green, Miss Read looks in on a host of characters -- whimsical, eccentric, always keenly observed -- and their daily affairs. By year’s end these stories are satisfyingly interlocked,...

The School at Thrush Green

by Miss Read

When two beloved primary school teachers, Miss Dorothy and Miss Agnes, decide to retire, the townspeople are aflutter, musing about the teachers’ replacements and seeking an appropriate farewell gift.

Battles at Thrush Green

by Miss Read

Feelings are running high in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. The rector’s plan for the neglected churchyard doesn’t meet with universal approval; there is a clash of personalities at the local school;...

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers

by James Thomas

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers applies directly to the experience of theatrical production. You will immediately be able to inforporate the concepts and processes you learn into both your...

News From Thrush Green

by Miss Read

Tullivers, the former home of old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy, had stood empty for many months. Then, one bright April day, two newcomers move in -- an attractive young woman and her son -- and the villagers...

Ashling: The Obernewtyn Chronicles 3

by Isobelle Carmody

As head of Obernewtyn’s Farseeker guild, Elspeth Gordie must travel to the lowlands to seal an alliance between Obernewtyn and the rebel forces that oppose the totalitarian Council. Yet her dreams call to...

The Origin of Financial Crises

by George Cooper

In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently...

The Keeping Place: The Obernewtyn Chronicles 4

by Isobelle Carmody

When a Misfit is kidnapped, Elspeth finds she has little choice but to join the growing rebellion against the Council. Her extraordinary mental powers could tip the scales of the struggle, but Elspeth feels...

The Goodbye Time

by Celeste Conway

AS LONG AS she can remember, Anna has lived in the same Upper West Side apartment with her parents and brother, Tom; she’s attended the same private school and had the same best friend, Katie. Katie has always...

The Farseekers: The Obernewtyn Chronicles 2

by Isobelle Carmody

in the two years since its takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished. Protected by their remoteness, Elspeth Gordie and her allies have worked hard to develop their forbidden mental...

Billy Hooten #4: The Flock of Fury

by Tom Sniegoski

IN THE FLOCK OF FURY, Billy Hooten learns the strange—and horrifying—truth behind Monstros City’s woes. It turns out that all the supervillains Billy has encountered are under the hire of a super-SUPERvillain...

Blade of Tyshalle

The Acts of Caine #2

by Matthew Woodring Stover

Twenty-seven years ago, they said Hari Michaelson didn't have a chance. He was just a loser, a street criminal from a disgraced family. He'd never make anything of himself. They were wrong. He made himself into...