Fiction

Except on Sunday

by Regena Bryant

The Rev. Dr. Finus Gideon Gates is the charismatic, intelli- gent, wealthy and decidedly single favorite son of his denomination, the Baptist Methodist Assembly, where it is a "truth universally acknowledged"...

Screwed Pooch

by Jan Millsapps

On November 3, 1957, Laika rode Sputnik 2 into outer space, the first living creature to reach Earth orbit - but unlike all the animals and humans who followed, hers was a one-way ticket only.

The Future Scrolls

by Fern Michaels

For the first time in paperback-New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels presents the compelling tale of two strangers thrown together in a desperate race to save an innocent child...

THE FUTURE SCROLLS...

UnJust Desserts - A Grevillea Murder Mystery - Book 1

by Goldie Alexander

Not Just Desserts, the deli and catering firm owned by Olivia Beauman, is under threat. Though many people hate Harry Oldritch, it is his long suffering wife Queenie, and his mistress Bettina who die after old...

Zeina

by Nawal El Saadawi & Amira Nowaira

Bodour, a distinguished literary critic, carries with her a dark secret. As a young university student, she fell in love with a political activist and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, whom she...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan & Stuart Kelly

Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Richard Hannay is bored with life, but after a chance encounter with an American who informs him of an assassination plot and is then promptly murdered in Hannay’s...

Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders

by Peggy Webb

Callie Valentine's mama Ruby Nell has gone and entered herself-and her hunk-a-geriatric-love dance partner-in a Memphis mambo contest, hoping to shake, rattle and roll her way to stardom. But someone at the...

Scruples Two

by Judith Krantz

Scruples, Judith Krantz's  electrifying, world wide bestseller appeared fifteen  years ago and made book publishing history. Now  that unforgettable story, a story that marks an era,  a story that millions...

Barabbas

by Par Lagerkvist

Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk...

3 Lives

by Gertrude Stein

Consists of three character studies of women; "The Good Anna"--a kind but domineering German servingwoman; "Melanctha"--an uneducated but sensitive black girl; "The Gentle Lena"--a pathetically feebleminded...

Light Action in the Caribbean: Stories

by Barry Lopez

Moving from fable and historical fiction to contemporary realism, this book of stories from Barry Lopez is erotic and wise, full of irresistible characters doing things they shouldn't do for reasons that are...

Shiloh and Other Stories

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award 1983

by Bobbie Ann Mason

"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become...

A Sight for Sore Eyes

by Ruth Rendell

A Sight for Sore Eyes tells three stories, and for the longest time, the reader has no inkling of how they will come together. The first is a story of a little girl who has been scolded and sent to her room...

Road Rage

Inspector Wexford #17

by Ruth Rendell

Winner of multiple Edgar and Gold Dagger awards including the most prestigious Edgar of them all, the Grand Master, Ruth Rendell returns with a novel that pits Chief Inspector Wexford against a quite personal...

Running Mates

by John Feinstein

When the governor of Maryland is assassinated, investigative reporter Bobby Kelleher investigates and uncovers a plot involving Ku Klux Klan grand dragons, feminists, and hit men.

From the Hardcover edition.

Pet Day Surprise: (#4)

Jeffrey and the Third-Grade Ghost #4

by Megan Stine

Jeffrey and the Third-Grade Ghost #4

From the Trade Paperback edition.

City of Orphans

by Avi & Greg Ruth

Plot twists, big accusations, and plenty of shifty, crooked characters fill the pages of this harrowing adventure from Newbery Medalist Avi.

The streets of 1893 New York are crowded and filthy. For thirteen-year-old...

Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something...

Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey's English class, but the teacher has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do...

Such a Lovely Couple

by Linda Yellin

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

The Ogre of Oglefort

by Eva Ibbotson

For excitement-hungry orphan Ivo, a mission to save Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort is a dream come true. Together with a hag, a wizard, and a troll, Ivo sets out, ready for adventure. But...