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  • Year Published: 2002

    We were soldiers

    Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major battle of the war. Heroism becomes the order



  • How the west was won- Season 1



  • 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: 2022

    Lux Aeterna

    Actors Beatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg are gradually pushed into the chaos of witchcraft after they decide to make a film about witches, plunging the two into a world of technical problems and psychotic outbreaks.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Miranda's Victim

    In 1963, after Trish Weir was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, her assailant was caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal representation and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation's justice system.



  • Year Published: 2000

    Sexy beast

    About a retired British gangster agonizing over whether or not to come out of his comfortable retirement in the south of Spain. Weighing heavily on his brow are the temptation of a very lucrative job and the persistent lobbying of his underworld associate.



  • Year Published: 2000

    Who's that knocking at my door [Motion picture - 1968]

    When J.R. meets the right girl, he begins questioning his rambunctious lifestyle and wants to settle down.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Fantastic Machine

    What happens when humanity's infatuation with itself and an untethered free market meet 45 billion cameras…Filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck once again turn their cameras directly on society, this time to explore, explain, and expose how our unchecked obsession with image has grown to change our human behavior. From Camera Obscura and the Lumiere Brothers to YouTube and the world of social media, the film chronicles how we went from capturing the image of a backyard to



  • Year Published: 2024

    American Experience- Fly With Me

    Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a "stewardess," as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the wo



  • Year Published: 2024

    I.S.S.

    Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.



  • 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: 1979

    Goldengirl

    An untried female sprinter enters the Olympics, claiming that she will win an unprecedented three gold medals. But when one man falls in love with her, he unravels the bizarre history of her training and the tough money men who stand to make millions…if she survives!



  • Year Published: 2023

    What happens later

    Ex-lovers reunite when they both become stranded in an airport overnight. They find themselves drawn together to revisit their past to discuss what could have been and what may happen in the future.



  • Year Published: 2024

    All Creatures Great & Small Season 4

    It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Next goal wins

    Follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world's worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Dream scenario

    Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.



  • 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: 2024

    The Bricklayer

    When a rogue insurgent blackmails the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and framing the government, the agency must lure its most brilliant yet rebellious operative out of retirement to unravel the international conspiracy.



  • Year Published: 2018

    Grease [Motion Picture - 1978]

    The classic tale of good girl Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and bad boy Danny (John Travolta) gets tuned up with new special features in Grease: Exclusive 40th Anniversary Edition.



  • Year Published: 1993

    Man's Best Friend

    Animal rights protestors unleash a monstrous dog that is actually a genetically engineered killing machine.



  • Year Published: 1941

    Dive Bomber

    A medical flight researcher and a squadron commander put aside differences and risk all to confront the problems of blackout-inducing G-forces and high-altitude sickness.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Rick and Morty Season 7

    Rick and Morty are back and sounding more like themselves than ever! It's season seven, and the possibilities are endless: what's up with Jerry? EVIL Summer?! And will they ever go back to the high school?! Maybe not! But let's find out! There's probably less piss than last season. "Rick and Morty," 100 years! Or at least until season 10!



  • Year Published: 2018

    The Delinquent Season

    It is a tense drama which revolves around two couples in suburban Dublin. On paper, they both appear to live in marital bliss, until an altercation occurs and cracks begin to appear in both of these seemingly steady marriages. It is an examination of love, lust and family relationships, and asks the question: how well do any of us really know each other?



  • Year Published: 2023

    Carrot Cake Murder- A Hannah Swensen Mystery

    Hannah Swensen, everyone's favorite crime-solving baker, is back on the case when the discovery of a skeleton in an old building sparks a murder investigation.



  • 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: 2024

    Red Right Hand

    Cash is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of his recently orphaned niece Savannah in the Appalachian town of Odim County. When the sadistic kingpin Big Cat, who runs the town, forces him back into her services, Cash learns he's capable of anything, even killing, to protect the town and the only family he has left. As the journey gets harder, Cash is drawn into a nightmare that blurs the lines between good and evil



  • Year Published: 2022

    Doom Patrol Season 4

    DC's unlikeliest group of heroes, the Doom Patrol, are ready to save the world... kind of. After suffering horrific accidents that gave them superhuman abilities, Cliff/Robotman, Larry/Negative Man, Rita/Elasti-Woman, Jane/Crazy Jane, and Vic/Cyborg, were each left scarred, disfigured, and ostracized, until mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder brings the outcasts together to treat and protect them. Gritty and irreverent, Doom Patrol follows this part support group, part superhero team as they take on



  • Year Published: 2022

    Paris Police 1905

    It's Christmas Eve and an unidentified corpse is discovered in the Bois de Boulogne gardens and Inspector Antoine Jouin investigates the murder. Or was it suicide? It's a case that takes him deep into Paris' secret underbelly and into the heavily wooded park on the outskirts of Paris. In this place, people go to seek out and satisfy their darkest desires surreptitiously. This time, Jouin must venture off the beaten track, but at what cost? Under pressure from journalists and politicians, Police



  • Year Published: 2023

    Brothers in arms. WWII in HD

    "Walk a mile in the boots of the brave soldiers of the most pivotal wars in world history with acclaimed docuseries from The History Channel. Award-winning WWII in HD provide stunning narratives of these seminal moments in time as told through dozens of soldiers' moving personal accounts from the trenches, with evocative interviews brought more vividly to life by voiceovers from actors. Breathtaking visuals with auditory enhancements create an unforgettable, visceral experience." -- Container.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Land of Bad

    A covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival. When an elite extraction team is ambushed deep in enemy territory, rookie officer Kinney is left outnumbered but determined to leave no man behind. With an air strike closing in, Kinney's only hope hinges on the guidance of Air Force drone pilot Reaper, navigating unknowable danger where every move could be their last.



  • 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: 2012

    In the Blood

    A Caribbean honeymoon for Ava and her husband quickly turns into a nightmare when he is injured on an excursion. Not allowed to ride in the ambulance with her husband, Ava arrives at the hospital to find that he's vanished, and she's the prime suspect. On her own, Ava sets out to take on a vicious local gang she thinks is responsible.



  • Year Published: 2024

    American Experience- Nazi Town, Usa

    In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a "Pro-American Rally." Images of George Washington hung next to swastikas and speakers railed against the "Jewish controlled media" and called for a return to a racially "pure" America.



  • Year Published: 2023

    It's a Wonderful Knife

    After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.



  • Year Published: 2007

    The life of Christ. Volume 2

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



  • Year Published: 1936

    Reefer Madness

    An unintentionally hilarious tale of a group of teens that turn into sex-crazed maniacs after smoking pot for the first time.



  • Year Published: 2023

    When Calls the Heart- Springtime in Hope Valley 4-Film Collection

    Celebrate new beginnings, hope, and heart with a four-film collection from the beloved series When Calls The Heart. The citizens of Hope Valley have come together season after season to face the triumphs and tragedies of life in a small town on the frontier, and you can share it all with them. Included in this collection are the television films It Begins With Heart; The Queen Of Hearts; A Call From The Past; and Recent Memory.



  • 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: 2016

    LEGO DC comics super heroes - Justice League. Cosmic clash ; Gotham City breakout

    In 'Cosmic clash,' an Batman prevail against an unstoppable intergalactic machine with the power to bend time itself? Until now, the Justice League has triumphed over every foe who has challenged them. But all of those enemies had one thing in common: they were alive. This time, they face Brainiac a super-intelligent invulnerable machine whose mad quest endangers all life in the galaxy. In 'Gotham City breakout,' Batman faces his greatest challenge yet: vacation! The caped crusader reluctantly a



  • Year Published: 2004

    Goodfellas [Motion picture - 1990] [2 discs]

    "A young man grows up in the mob and works hard to advance himself through the ranks, enjoying the life of the rich and violent. Adapted from the book by Nicholas Pileggi."



  • Year Published: 1991

    Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

    The legendary Sherwood Forest outlaw leader is brought to life in this 12th century medieval world epic adventure.



  • 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

    The Glory Season 1 & 2

    A woman lives for absolute revenge against her childhood bullies who destroyed her life. The series received eight nominations at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, winning three categories: Best Drama, Best Actress (Song Hye-kyo), and Best Supporting Actress (Lim Ji-yeon).



  • Year Published: 2024

    Thanksgiving

    After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday.



  • Year Published: 2024

    Boruto- Naruto Next Generations - Kawaki Goes Undercover

    Kawaki goes to the Ninja Academy! Undercover on a mission to protect a princess, he enrolls at the Academy along with Himawari. Although Kawaki struggles with academy life, he manages to befriend his watch, Princess Kae.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Outlaw Johnny Black

    Hell-bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.



  • Year Published: 1971

    Roger Corman's Cult Classics - Vampires, Mummies & Monsters

    Time Walker: An alien, once buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus disguised as an ancient mummy. Lady Frankenstein: Dr. Frankenstein's daughter sets out to build her own monster to kill the one created by her late father, which is now running amok. The Velvet Vampire: A female vampire invites a couple to her tranquil estate and she slowly seduces them into her web of death. Grotesque: A gang of violent punks are terrorized by a murderous creature.



  • Year Published: 2023

    Oklahoma! [Motion picture - 1999]

    Cowboy Curly McClain tries to win the heart of a girl in a singing and dancing extravaganza.



  • Year Published: 2023

    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: 2023

    Journey to Bethlehem

    The live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus.



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  • Summers at the Saint



  • The Phoenix Crown

    Versailles, 1912. At the height of an intoxicating Paris summer, a mysterious American millionaire attends a sumptuous costume ball with his bride, on whom he has bestowed the legendary Phoenix Crown, a priceless relic of Beijing's fallen Summer Palace. The party of the century kicks off with three hundred guests, nine hundred bottles of champagne, and one quest for justice that spans two continents and six years. San Francisco, 1906. In a bustling city of newly minted millionaires and hopeful u



  • 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



  • Close to Death



  • The Courage to be Disliked

    Already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than three million copies sold, it demonstrates how to unlock the power within oneself to be the person listeners truly want to be.



  • 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



  • 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.



  • Toxic Prey



  • The Truth About the Devlins

    T.J. Devlin is the charming disappointment in the Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their eponymous law firm, except him. He works at the firm as its investigator, after rehab for alcoholism and a stint in prison. One night, T.J.'s older brother John tells him that he killed his client, an accountant, in self-defense, during a fight that ensued after John had confronted the accountant with evidence of embezzlement. T.J. and John hurry to the scene, but they find that the accountant has v



  • 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



  • 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.



  • 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.



  • Demon of unrest



  • 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



  • 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



  • Long Island



  • 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.



  • Fate breaker



  • 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



  • 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.



  • 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



  • City in Ruins



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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 hidden life of trees



  • 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 Ghost Orchid

    LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinvention's a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past, and who can still find you. A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bright blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor named Meagin March. A married neighbor. An illi



  • The Hunter

    It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey's long-absent father reappears



  • An Unfinished Murder



  • 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



  • Never Too Late

    Recently widowed Kezia moves from San Francisco to New York, determined to start fresh. She sells her home and her late husband's company, freeing herself from board responsibilities. She settles in a midtown penthouse near her adult daughters and befriends her movie-star neighbor, Sam. When a crisis hits the city, Kezia and Sam bond over volunteering, leading to a transformative friendship. While her daughters focus on their love lives, Kezia learns that her changes open new horizons.



  • 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 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



  • 10% Happier

    After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head. We all have an inner narrator. It's what has us losing our



  • Insomnia



  • 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 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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



  • 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.



  • 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



  • The Burning

    Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father. Kate knows all too well that the Amish prefer to handle their problems without interference from the outside w



New Adult Fiction Books

  • Baby X



  • The U.P. trail and The call of the canyon - a novel



  • Flirty little secret

    "Guidance counselor Lucy Galindo works hard at being Harview High's Most Likely to Blend In. Between managing her anxiety and depression and having never found her place, Lucy knows she'd crumble at the center of attention. So when she spills boiling teaon the hot new teacher (in front of everyone!), it's a nightmare come to life . . . Aldrich Fletcher is having the worst first day: thanks to a clumsy (and well, beautiful) mystery woman, his pants are soaked; his ex-girlfriend is his new co-work



  • Preacher's bloody rampage

    When logger Decker Galloway sets his sights--and axes and saws--on a lakeshore village inhabited by Norwegian settlers, Preacher and his friend, the warrior Tall Dog, remind the Norwegians of their Viking ancestry and declare war on Galloways' gang of bloodthirsty gunslingers.



  • The Garden



  • Nearly all the men in Lagos are mad - stories

    "A collection of short stories about love and dating in Lagos, Nigeria"--



  • Forever never

    "Under Brick Callan's mile-wide chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He's the steadfast, overprotective type. Especially when it comes to the one woman he can never have. It's a long, complicated history punctuated by fights, friendship, family, and an attraction that strains his iron will power. When Remi Ford returns to Mackinac Island in the dead of winter, Brick makes it his mission to find out what put the shadows in those green eyes. Even if it means breaking down the walls h



  • Forget me never



  • Comstock Lode



  • Up from dust - Martha's story

    "Responsible for raising her siblings, Lazarus and Mary, after her mother's untimely death, Martha finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, until adversity strikes again. Many years later, a life-changing encounter with Jesus of Nazareth reawakens Martha's heart, even as she faces an unknown future"--



  • 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



  • When crickets cry



  • The Hebrew Teacher



  • Tourist Season



  • Fast Charlie

    Charlie Swift, a loyal enforcer for a Central Florida crime boss, goes completely insane when his crew is murdered by a rival gangster.



  • Phantom Orbit



  • A House Like an Accordion



  • Toxic prey

    "Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"--



  • She's Not Sorry



  • Christa comes out of her shell

    "After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Liddle has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father--long thoughtdead after a plane crash--turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if that weren't enough, her reunion with an old child



  • That summer magic

    In two tales of the Donovan family, Nash Kirkland will have to learn to trust his feelings, while Sebastian Donovan will have to use his extraordinary ability to win the love he is looking for.



  • The unquiet bones - a novel

    When human remains are found, reopening a decades-old case, a group of friends, highly respected, affluent members of their communities, begins to fracture as homicide detective Jane Munro and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Queen get closer to the truthof what happened on an autumn night 47 years ago.



  • The father she went to find - a novel

    "Penny has never met anyone smarter than her. That's par for the course when you're a savant--one of less than one hundred in the world. But despite her photographic memory and super-powered intellect, there's one question Penny doesn't know the answer to: where did her father go when he left her and her mother years ago? On Penny's 21st birthday, she receives a card in the mail from her father, just as she has every year since he left. But this birthday card is different. For the first time eve



  • Welcome home, Caroline Kline - a novel

    "In New York City, newly single Caroline is stumbling her way through the recent implosion of her life. After a surprise breakup leaves her with no job, no apartment, and no backup plan, she's unsure of what to do next. That is, until Caroline's father, Leo, injures himself in a bad fall and asks her to move home to the Jersey Shore suburb she'd always been desperate to escape. But Leo doesn't want his daughter to be his caretaker; he needs her to replace him as third baseman in his local men's



  • The general's gold



  • Fire exit - a novel

    "From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life - from the day she came home from thehospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter, a secret Charles is no long



  • Loneliness & Company



  • You'd look better as a ghost

    Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her-someone who knows about her murderous hobby-and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.



  • The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club



  • Mind games / A Novel

    "As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie's handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they're about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb. Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two ha



  • My Season of Scandal



  • One Last Word



  • Don't forget to write - a novel

    "When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermaes scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She's sharp, straight-talking,



  • Conquistador- a Sarah Ripley thriller



  • Begin Again



  • The Sisters of Corinth

    "Chief magistrate Narkis Ligus sees an opportunity to rise in power by marrying his stepdaughter to the new governor's son. Yet Mariana's faith in Yeshua makes her as reluctant to wed a man who worships Roman gods as her jealous and status-obsessed stepsister, Prima, is determined to wed him"--



  • 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



  • Rednecks

    "A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 coal miners against mine owners, state militia, and the United States government in the largest labor uprising in American history. Rednecks is a tour de force, big canvas historical novel that dramatizes the 1920 to 1921 events of the West Virginia Mine Wars-from the Matewan Massacre through the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed conflict on American soil since the Civil War, when some one



  • A Worthy Opponent

    Loosely based on the characters from the book Peter Pan.



  • These Letters End in Tears



  • When the World Goes Quiet



  • Resurrection - a novel



  • Summers at the Saint

    "Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . . Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." If you grew up coming here, you were "a Saint." If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were "an Ain't." Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn't rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss's son. Now, she'



  • I will ruin you - a novel

    "In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher's act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants"--



  • If something happens to me - a novel

    "From "one of the genre's most exciting voices" (E! News) comes one of the year's most-anticipated thrillers. For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali's piercing scream as she is taken. With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he's never charged, though that doesn't matter to the po



  • Finding Margaret Fuller - a novel

    "An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller-America's first feminist and the pioneering journalist who inspired a generation of writers and activists-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post"--



  • Kittentits



  • The Lost Letters from Martha's Vineyard



  • The Chosen. I Have Called You by Name Book one, I have called you by name

    "Based on the acclaimed video series The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told--the life of Jesus--gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins. What was it like to encounter Jesus face-to-face? How would he have made you feel, changed your way of thinking about God? Would he have turned your world upside down? Journey to Galilee in the first century. See the difference he made in the lives of those he called to follow him and how they were forever transfo



  • Keep your friends close

    "Isolated and embroiled in a custody battle, Mary is desperate for a friend. So when she meets the charming and enigmatic Willa at a Brooklyn playground, their connection feels fated. But during a margarita-fueled moms' night out, Mary shares her darkestsecret about her ex, George, and the next morning Willa simply disappears. No calls, no texts, nothing. Two months later, Mary's divorce is almost finalized, and she's trying to build a new life for her son in upstate New York. On her first day i



New Adult Nonfiction Books

  • Adus - The Perfect Housing Solution



  • Joyce Carol Oates - Letters to a Biographer



  • The freaks came out to write - the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture

    "You either were there or you wanted to be. The Freaks Came Out to Write is the definitive oral history of The Village Voice-a New York City institution. Roaming its cramped, chaotic halls were the people who had written the first stories about the Stonewall Riots and the gay rights movement; who had advocated for civil rights before it was mainstream. The Voice was the first to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers were dism



  • By the Time You Read This - The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness?her Story in Her Own Words



  • Niȯise - Market-inspired Cooking from France's Sunniest City



  • Swamp Kings - The Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power



  • Buddhism - A Journey Through Art



  • The New York game - baseball and the rise of a new city

    "A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--



  • How we break - navigating the wear and tear of living

    "Drawing on cutting-edge science and intimate personal stories, an essential and paradigm-shifting book for readers struggling with fatigue, burnout, stress, and trauma-and for all of us who sometimes feel like we have been pushed past our breaking point"--



  • On the move - the overheating earth and the uprooting of America

    "An overview of how climate change will reshape the United States, with an emphasis on climate migration"--



  • The Wide Wide Sea - Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook



  • The breakthrough years - a new scientific framework for raising thriving teens

    "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The BreakthroughYears, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain and behavior, including conducting original studies-uniquely informed by the questions adolescents have ab



  • All Physicians Lead - Redefining Physician Leadership for Better Patient Outcomes



  • What is life worth? - the unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9/11

    Presents a memoir of the attorney appointed to administer the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, detailing his encounters with victims' families and the means he used to derive the amount of compensation they received.



  • Get Honest or Die Lying - Why Small Talk Sucks



  • Tumblehome - one woman's canoeing adventures in the divine near wilderness

    "On a warm summer evening, Brenda Missen, a 37-year-old single, unattached writer, pitches her tent beside a lake in Canada's vast Algonquin Provincial Park. She's on a four-night "reconnaissance mission," an hour's paddle from the parking lot, to find out if she has the capability - and nerve - to one day go on a real canoe trip in the park interior by herself. Paddling and portaging from her campsite by day and surviving imaginary bear attacks by night, she decides she's ready. Then a ranger a



  • Jang - gochujang, doenjang, ganjang, and the soul of Korean cooking

    "Like butter in French cooking or olive oil in Italian, jangs are the soul of Korean cuisine. These umami sauces are found in every meal, from soups and stews, to salads, marinades, and even desserts, adding depth and complexity to every dish. The foundation of the three main jangs- gochujang, doenjang, and ganjang-is simple. Soybeans, water, and salt are dried, aged, and fermented in earthenware pots, extracting flavor from their environment and slowly blossoming into intensely flavored jangs.



  • The Garretts of Columbia - a Black South Carolina family from slavery to the dawn of integration

    "A writer in search of his roots discovers stories of African American struggle, sacrifice, and achievement. In The Garretts of Columbia, author David Nicholson tells a multigenerational story of Black hope and resilience. Carefully researched and beautifully written, The Garretts of Columbia engages readers with stories of a family whose members believed in the possibility of America. Nicholson relates the sacrifices, defeats, and affirming victories of a cohort of stalwart men and women who em



  • Slow Productivity - The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout



  • Jesus and the disinherited



  • Dinosaurs and prehistoric life.

    The stunning visuals and authoritative text make Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life a fascinating and revealing encyclopedia that will appeal to the whole family. From the origin of life, through the age of dinosaurs stalked by the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex, to the earliest humans, this book tells the story of life on Earth. Dinosaurs may be the stars of the show, but the book is truly comprehensive, with fossil plants, invertebrates, amphibians, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, and even early bac



  • Ghost Dogs - On Killers and Kin



  • The Well-trained Mind - A Guide to Classical Education at Home



  • Home in Bloom - Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room



  • The lede - dispatches from a life in the press

    "Calvin Trillin can write just about anything-and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. He has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America" (The Miami Herald), "our funniest food writer" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most brilliant humorists of our time" (Charleston Post and Courier). But one of his favorite subjects across the years-a superbly good fit



  • Disciplined entrepreneurship - 24 steps to a successful startup

    "For the past decade, Disciplined Entrepreneurship has changed the way people think about starting a company. Many believed that entrepreneurship could not be taught, but great entrepreneurs are not born with something special--they simply make great products. Disciplined Entrepreneurship showed people how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product by breaking down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any indust



  • Beginner's Guide - Start Your Survival and Creative Journeys



  • Said on opera

    "In May of 1997 Edward W. Said delivered the Empson Lectures at Cambridge University under the title "Authority and Transgression in Opera." He planned to publish the lectures with Cambridge but never finished the manuscript. Some portions of the lectureswere published in journals, about 20 years ago.The lecture typescripts are preserved in the Edward W. Said Papers at Columbia. The Edward W. Said Estate and Wouter Capitain have collaborated on the proposal for this book. The typescripts require



  • The book of mothers - how literature can help us reinvent modern motherhood

    "This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature. Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had childrenof her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from-and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raisin



  • 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"--



  • Maybe I'm doing it wrong - the life & music of Randy Newman

    Randy Newman is one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters in music history. He is also a well renowned arranger and pianist, equally well-known for his distinctive singing voice and film scores.



  • The Art of Colour- The History of Art in 39 Pigments

    A captivating new history of art told through the storied biographies of colors and pigments



  • Beyond getting by / The Financial Diet's Guide to Abundant and Intentional Living

    "Fun, tangible advice on how to live with money, not for money, from the women behind The Financial Diet. The Girlboss came in many forms, and she struggled valiantly against the rising wave of exhaustion at her brand of pinkwashed-capitalism-as-liberation-but it's fair to say that we can finally put her to rest. Yes, money is essential to life, and managing it well is often the difference between freedom and constraint. But once you have enough of it, the focus should be on converting that mone



  • Roots, heart, soul - the story, celebration, and recipes of Afro cuisine in America

    "Across centuries and continents, the influence of West African food and culture draws a delicious family tree whose branches stretch into the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States from coast to coast--from the deep South to the Wild West and all the roads in between. In this sprawling and evocative cookbook, acclaimed chef Todd Richards traces these shared roots and the journeys that connect them. Researched and informative, this book takes you beyond the recipes, exploring the history behin



  • Nitehawk Cinema presents - movie-inspired menus from Brooklyn's dine-in theater

    "Recipes from the bar and kitchen of Brooklyn's pioneering independent movie house. Great food and original cocktails curated to each night's classic or contemporary film screening has made Nitehawk's kitchen famous-a pioneer of the dine-in theater movement. Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, and now at its second location in Prospect Heights, has transcended its local gem status and become an icon of New York City since its opening in 2011. In his first ever book, owner Matthew Viragh and his tea



  • Rottenkid - A Succulent Story of Survival



  • Secrets of the octopus

    "This book reveals new science and remarkable discoveries about the octopus, one of nature's most elusive and intelligent animals"--



  • Left for Dead - Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World



  • This American ex-wife / How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

    "A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot-from journalist and proud divorcaee Lyz Lenz. Studies show that nearly 70 percentof divorces are initiated by women-women who are tired, fed up, exhausted, and unhappy. We've all seen how the media portrays divorcaees: sad, lonely, drowning their sorrows in a bottle of wine. Lyz Lenz is one such woman whose life fell apart af



  • Last to eat, last to learn - my life in Afghanistan fighting to educate women

    "Inspired by generations of her family's unwavering belief in the power of education, Pashtana Durrani recognized her calling early in life: to educate Afghanistan's girls and young women, raised in a society where learning is forbidden. In a country devastated by war and violence, heeding that call seemed both impossible and dangerous. Pashtana founded the nonprofit LEARN and developed a program for getting educational materials directly into the hands of girls in remote areas of the country. H



  • Unbound - A Story of Snow and Self-discovery



  • Poyums



  • I Shouldn't Be Telling You This - But I'm Going to Anyway



  • Accidental sisters - refugee women struggling together for a new American dream

    "Accidental Sisters follows the lives of five refugee women in Houston, Texas, an epicenter of refugee resettlement, as they make their way through a yearlong program for struggling single mother refugees overseen by Alia Altikrity, herself a former refugee from Iraq. Entirely grounded in the words of each of these women--Mina, also from Iraq; Maandi from Sudan; Sara and Zara from Syria; and Elikya from the Democratic Republic of Congo--this book recounts, with deep insight, the lives they lived



  • On fear



  • At My Italian Table - Family Recipes from My Cucina to Yours- a Cookbook



  • Emotionally resilient tweens and teens - empowering your kids to navigate bullying, teasing, and social exclusion

    "The teen years are rife with social landmines in school, sports, and other activities--and instances of teasing, bullying, and exclusion are unfortunately all too common. Social media has only made this behavior easier and more insidious. But when kids learn to respond effectively, manage their emotions in the situation, and recognize their self-worth, they can reclaim a sense of their own power, and develop skills for life. Kim John Payne, an education consultant, and parenting expert, offers



  • And Then? and Then? What Else?



  • The Pandemic Paradox- How the Covid Crisis Made Americans More Financially Secure



  • All the scary little gods- a memoir



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



  • Lissa - a story about medical promise, friendship, and revolution

    "Anna is the daughter of Americans working in Cairo. But she feels more at home with the humble family of her friend Layla, who lives in the doorman's shack adjacent to Anna's apartment building. As the women grow up, their unlikely friendship is put to the test as they each face a family health crisis. Gulfs of misunderstanding emerge, as Anna deals with her family history of breast cancer, and Layla makes difficult decisions about her father's kidney failure. When the Arab Spring in Egypt erup



  • Armed with madness - the surreal Leonora Carrington

    "Reluctant muse and feminist champion... society heiress and rebel refugee... the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for the more exciting elite of Paris's 1930s avant-garde, she comes to rub shoulders (and more) with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Salvador Dalai, after embarking on a complicated love affair with Max Ernst. But the demons that have both haunted and ins



  • Baltimore. 5, Cult of the Red King

    "Continuing his quest to destroy the Red King, Lord Baltimore heads to the icy Baltic Sea and to northern Russia, but he finds witchcraft in the streets of St. Petersburg and evil in its shadows. With new allies and fearsome new enemies, Baltimore continues his battle to save the world from the Red King. But as his path grows darkers, he may not only lose his way, but those closest to him. Collects Baltimore: The Cult of the Red King #1-#5"--



  • 49 Days



  • 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"--



  • 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"--



  • My boyfriend is a monster. 8, A match made in heaven

    Aspiring comic book artist Morning Glory Conroy is delighted to be in a relationship with new student Gabriel, but her best friend Julia needs her, Gabriel's cousin Luci keeps causing trouble, and other crises keep arising, making her wonder if the heavens are against them.



  • 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



  • 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"--



  • Call Me Iggy



  • Star Wars - Poe Dameron. Vol. 1, Black Squadron

    "Handpicked for the Resistance by General Leia Organa to lead a squadron on a top-secret and vital mission, former Republic flyer turned Resistance fighter Poe Dameron sets off to investigate sites of historical importance to the Force--revealing backstory before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens!"--Page 4 of cover



  • 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



  • 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.



  • 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



  • 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.



  • The amazing Spider-Man. Dead Language Volume 06, Dead language. Part 2

    "The shocking story it's all been building to - and your heart is not ready! At last, witness exactly what brought Peter Parker together with his former arch-nemesis, Norman Osborn as past and present collide with the return of the Emissary - and his power is far beyond Spider-Man's abilities. Peter and his allies may figure out a way to win, but the cost of victory will be so immense that you just might hope they don't! Plus: Witness the full fury of Peter's new Spidey suit unleashed! Discover



  • Ghost roast

    Fifteen-year-old Chelsea, daughter of a paranormal specialist, risks her hard-won popularity and more when she is drawn into a paranormal romance after discovering her own ability to communicate with ghosts.



  • Liberated - the radical art and life of Claude Cahun

    "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--



  • 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."--



  • Freshman year

    Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.



  • Spider-Gwen - Ghost-Spider Modern Era Epic Collection- Weapon of Choice



  • Through fences

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



  • Strange Academy - Year Two



  • Uncle $crooge - pie in the sky

    "Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck battle old foes and ancient curses in wild comics adventures by fan-favorite artist William Van Horn!"--



  • Firebugs



  • Rainbow! 1 - Original Graphic Novel



  • Malcolm Kid and the perfect song

    "What does the perfect song sound like? Normally, Malcolm Kid wouldn't give this type of question the time of day. As a straight B-student with a heart of copper, he is far more concerned with overcoming mediocrity than he is with achieving perfection. But that all changes when he stumbles across the LK-2000--a strange keyboard cursed with the soul of an old jazz musician. Malcolm soon learns that the only way to free this musician's soul is by performing the perfect song. With much hesitation,



  • 49 days

    Day 1. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map - it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what's that...? And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind. Agnes Lee has captivated readers across the world for years wit



  • Something is killing the children. Volume seven

    "After narrowly surviving the Duplicitype, Erica Slaughter must still reckon with the murderous Cutter in order to save the people of Tribulation. Separated from Dolly and driven by desperate rage, Cutter won't stop until she exacts her revenge on Erica.But the horror is far from over as the terrifying Duplicitype, the infamous monster wearing Erica's likeness...also remains at large and in relentless, sinister pursuit"--



  • Amazing Spider-man Epic Collection - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet New Printing



  • Disney Masters 22 - Uncle Scrooge- Operation Galleon Grab



  • Old man Logan - the last Ronin



  • 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



  • 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 Fox Maidens



  • 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



  • 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.



  • Guardians of the galaxy (2013-). Vol. 5, Through the looking glass

    "With the Slaughter Squad hot on their tails, the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to have to find somewhere to stash this loot. The odds against them, their only option for gaining the upper hand might lie with the mysterious Black Vortex. Will the temptation of the Black Vortex's unknown power be too much for this band of misfits?"--Provided from Amazon.com.



  • Ruth Asawa - an artist takes shape

    "This graphic biography chronicles the genesis of Ruth Asawa as an artist--from the horror of Pearl Harbor to her transformative education at Black Mountain College to building her life in San Francisco, where she would further develop and refine her groundbreaking wire sculptures"--



  • The spirit of Denendeh. Volume 2, As I enfold you in petals

    "Newly sober, Curtis searches for healing in the ancient cultural practices of his Tticho Dene grandfather. But will the Little People answer his call?"--



  • Iyanu - child of wonder. Volume three

    "Iyanu makes her way to the Source to save all of Yorubaland from an ancient curse. This time, however, she has help from her new friends: Biyi, a carefree adventurer; Toye, the bookworm; and Ekun, the magical and opinionated giant leopard! Together, allfour--also known as Team Chosen--embark on an epic adventure full of twists, turns, and laughs that will change their lives forever!"--



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



  • Dune - The Graphic Novel 2 - Muad'dib



  • Al Capone



  • 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.



  • The Killer - Affairs of the State



  • Donald Duck. 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea 20,000 leaks under the sea

    "Donald's cuckoo-bananas cousin Fethry has a submarine! He's roping desperate Don into a two-week treasure hunt on the ocean floor...and a bear-taming trip to Duckburg's deepest woods--and a mission to cure hiccups with scary hillbilly remedies! Are fameand fortune worth it?"--



  • 40 men and 12 rifles - Indochina 1954

    "A graphic novel set in Indochina in the year leading up to 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a four-month battle, leading to the end of the first Indochina war between French forces and Ho Chi Minh's nationalist rebels. Minh(no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi, an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie boheme in Paris's Latin Quarter. To dissuade him from pursuing an artistic life, his father sends him into the countryside to tend to the family



  • Safe Passage



New Large Print Books, Foreign Language & VITAL Materials

  • Things we never got over

    "Naomi Witt is on the run. Not just from her fiancae and a church full of well-wishers, but from her entire life. Although if you ask her, Naomi's riding to the rescue of her estranged hot mess of a twin, Tina...Too bad for Naomi, her evil twin hasn't changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi's car and cash, Tina leaves behind something unexpected: the niece Naomi didn't know she had. Now she's a guardian to an eleven-year-old-going-on-thirty with no car, no money, and no plan. There's a re



  • Invisible generals



  • Land of milk and honey



  • The mysterious case of the Alperton angels



  • Meadow Falls



  • Holmes, Marple & Poe

    Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together and their daring methodology and news-making solved cases would make their last-namesakes proud and attract the attention of an NYPD detective.



  • Her forbidden Amish child

    Four years ago, having a child out of wedlock changed everything for Tessa Miller--including her engagement to Amish farmer Caleb Yoder. Now she's determined to provide a better life for her son - even if it means working for her ex-fiance´. Only spending time with Caleb makes it harder to keep her past a secret. Will revealing the truth lead to forgiveness and a second chance together?



  • Get the picture



  • Of love and treason



  • Everyone in my family has killed someone

    "Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let's get started"--



  • Shadow Spell

    Originally published: New York: Berkley Books, 2014.



  • Chasing the horizon



  • Summers at the Saints



  • How to say Babylon - a memoir

    "Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair's father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world outside their home. He worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure, and believed a woman's highest virtue was her obedience. In an effort to keep Babylon outside the gate, he for



  • Good half gone



  • Feline fatale



  • Whalefall



  • Where there was fire



  • Take two, Birdie Maxwell



  • Women of good fortune



  • Democracy awakening - notes on the state of America

    "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters From An American, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word of mouth, its readership ballooned to more th



  • Better hate than never



  • Going infinite



  • Every single secret



  • Wellness



  • Technically yours



  • Wandering through life - a memoir

    "Theinternationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells herown adventurous life story as she enters her eighties In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor, DonnaLeon narrates a remarkable life she feels has rather more happened to her thanbeen planned. Following a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, withfrequent visits to her grandfather's farm and its beloved animals, and summersspent selling homegrown tomatoes by the roadside, Leon go



  • Five furry familiars



  • One blood



  • Tropicália - a novel

    "In the heady days before a New Year's Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil's Copacabana Beach, a family reckons with a matriarch's long-awaited return, causing old secrets to come to light in this infectiously vibrant debut that explores the heartbreak and hope of what it means to be from two homes, two peoples, and two worlds . Daniel Cunha has a lot on his mind. He got dumped by his pregnant girlfriend, his grandfather just dropped dead, and on the anniversary of the raid that doomed his



  • The purest bond



  • The last close call



  • An Amish Christmas wish

    "Amish widow Susanna Glick knows marriage isn't kind to everyone. Rather than remarry, she's focusing on community and building her homemade noodle business. Renting a store from newly widowed daed Seth Lehman is the perfect opportunity--if she helps care for his adorable baby girl. But being a family isn't part of Susanna's plan for Christmas ... no matter what her heart says."--Page 4 of cover.



  • The instruments of darkness



  • The Hunter



  • Losing spring



  • While you were out



  • Betrayal



  • Phantom orbit



  • The Atlas Maneuver

    "1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day. Retired Justice Department operative, Cotton



  • Christmas in Winter Valley

    "Cooper Holloway would take nature over people any day -- especially visiting relatives. That's why he's headed for a rustic cabin in remote Winter Valley, where he'll care for a herd of wild mustangs. But Cooper's plans are quickly thwarted by the arrival of two unexpected guests: one, a stranger in desperate need of his help, and the other, a very attractive young veterinarian. Elliott is busy trying to keep Maverick Ranch running smoothly with Cooper gone, which is no easy task with family vi



  • He should have told the bees - a novel

    "Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary, until his untimely death sends her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family business--one who is looking to sell the property. Beck cannot fathom why her father would put her into the position to lose everything they built together. When Callie Peterson is named in the trust of a man she's never heard of, she's not sure what to do. Her fledgling business



  • Only if you're lucky



  • Saving Emma



  • What harms you



  • Dead against her



  • The bright spot - a novel

    Running her farm-to-table cafae as well as a menagerie of rescued animals, Luna Wright, when the owner of Apple Ridge Farm passes away and his investment manager takes over control, she, with her home threatened, must dig deep to find true strength and the real meaning of love and family.



  • Three-inch teeth



  • On the plus side



  • The guest



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Featured: New Children's Picture Books

  • Lorie in cybersecurity wonderland- the fun of camping & mobile security



  • Bunny should be sleeping

    When Dad forgets to check on Bunny one night, Bunny gets up to check on Dad.



  • PAW Patrol. Dinosaur rescue!

    When a lost world of Dinosaurs is discovered, Mayor Humdinger wants to take Dino Eggs back to Foggy Bottom but along the way a baby Brachiosaurus ends up in Dino sized trouble. The Pups are ready for a Dino Rescue.



  • How do you become friends with the moon?

    When three curious friends wonder whether the moon will ever come to stay with us, they find no answer until one special night, all is revealed.



  • 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



  • A way to the stars

    This ode to the power of imagination and sky-high courage takes readers on an out-of-this-world adventure as Joe and his dad put their heads and hearts together to reach for the stars--a tireless quest to reach the unreachable.



  • Ramadan Kareem



  • The Trouble With Earth



  • First night of howlergarten

    Sophie worries she will not turn into a werewolf on her first night of howlergarten.



  • Lost stick

    Pup Milo sets off on an adventure around the world to track down what he thinks is his best friend's prized possession.



  • Arnie the doughnut

    Arnie the talking doughnut convinces Mr. Bing that not all doughnuts are meant to be eaten. A deliciously imaginative story about friendship--from the author/illustrator of The Scrambled States of America. Arnie was fascinated as he watched the customers stream into the bakery. One by one, doughnuts were chosen, placed in paper bags, and whisked away with their new owners. Some went by the dozen in giant boxes. "Good-bye!" Arnie yelled to each doughnut. "Have a good trip!" "This is so exciting!"



  • The book that almost rhymed

    A boy begrudgingly composes a sometimes-rhyming adventure with his precocious little sister.



  • Milo walking

    Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.



  • Alphabuddies - G is first!

    When G wants to be first in the alphabet, A refuses, declaring that reading will be destroyed, but G is willing to take that risk.



  • Crane Jane!

    "Jane works as crane operator at the docks, but she faces her biggest challenge when hoisting a firetruck in high winds"--



  • The Teeny-weeny Unicorn



  • Baby be

    As they dance, wiggle, and boogie together, fathers assure their sons that they can become anything they want and that they will always have their fathers' support.



  • From here to there - a first book of maps

    "One day, Anna's friend Zane sends her an invitation to come over to play, and inside the envelope is a map. But Anna is convinced the map can't be right--why has Zane put his house in the middle and hers on the edge? So Anna decides to draw a map of herown, and Dad joins in as well. With an inviting narrative, child-friendly illustrations, and running commentary about various aspects of maps, aspiring cartographers are introduced to everything from symbols to point of view, road maps to family



  • Way past sorry

    When Kat breaks a promise to Sage, she tries to apologize, but Sage, who is still hurt, ignores the apology, forcing Kat to find another way to make things right with her best friend.



  • Pepita meets bebita

    Family pup Pepita must learn how to welcome a fussy new baby into the home.



  • Moomin and the Golden Leaf



  • There's a bear in your book

    Encourages the reader to get Bear ready for bed with a bubble bath, rocking him like a baby, and helping him count sheep.



  • Don't ask Cat!

    "Cat always says what's on his mind, no matter how much his words may upset others. But when he hears his friends talk about him, Cat realizes that words can hurt, even though that may not be the intention"--



  • The wolf in underpants gets some pants

    "When the Wolf's signature striped briefs become a trend across the forest, he feels like he has lost his identity. But when he abandons his favorite outfit, he will have to learn who he is without it"--



  • Helping / Helping

    Celebrating the joy of helping others, this funny story finds Papa Bear making a mess of things while Mama is away and the cubs coming to the rescue with a little help around the house.



  • Back to front and upside down!

    While the rest of the class makes birthday cards for the principal, Stanley struggles with his words and letters.



  • The owl who dared

    "A little owl is scared of flying, because every time he opens his wings, he tumbles to the ground. Mommy explains to him that it will take a few failures before he succeeds, and soon, the little owl feels brave enough to keep trying. An uplifting celebration of courage and learning how to handle life's challenges."--



  • 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.



  • Mermaid day

    On Mermaid Day, the mer-queen throws a big bash and sea creatures of all kinds attend, including a shy shark who joins in the dancing.



  • Ride beside me

    A mother and son hop on their bike for a ride through the neighborhood, joining friends and neighbors along the way.



  • The littlest yak and the new arrival

    As Gertie prepares for the arrival of her new sibling, she worries there will not be enough room in Mummy's heart for two yaks.



  • Grumpy monkey spring fever

    When Jim Panzee wakes up feeling silly, Norman playfully suggests Jim has spring fever, sparking excitement and chaos among Jim and their animal friends until Norman clarifies the true meaning of spring fever.



  • The last slice - a Three Kings Day treat

    Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings' Day.



  • The world and everything in it

    Celebrates the big things and little things in the world and everything in between.



  • Little Red

    Katie and her truck Little Red help fellow vehicles during a snowstorm.



  • Like so

    Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.



  • Mum School.

    "Bluey wants to play Mum School instead of taking her bath. But when Bluey's balloon kids go out of control, Bluey doesn't know what to do! Will Bluey figure out what they need before bathtime?"--



  • Snail in space

    Gail, an adventurous snail, is willing to do what it takes to achieve her dream of traveling to outer space.



  • The big cheese

    The best at everything and not afraid to let others know it, the Big Cheese is prepared to win the annual Cheese-cathlon, but when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top, Big Cheese gets slice of humility.



  • We love our families

    When Madame Gazelle asks the class to draw pictures of their families, Peppa and her friends discover that every family is different--and that every family is special.



  • See this little dot

    Illustrates the characteristics and possible functions of a dot.



  • Sleepy Sheepy and the sheepover

    Sleepy Sheepy is excited for his first sleepover at Grammy and Grampy's house, but when it is time to go to bed he misses home too much to fall asleep.



  • Grumpy monkey don't be scared

    "On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark to collect treats. Not only does the jungle look different at night, it sounds different. What's that knock-knock-knock and that HAHA HAHA HAHA? And the smell? PEE-YEW!"Don't be scared," they tell Jim. But then two glowing eyes flash overhead, and looking for treats is almost abandoned"--



  • Rain

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



  • Boys don't fry

    "A young Malaysian boy enthusiastically assists his grandmother prepare their Lunar New Year dinner, all the while learning about the history of their traditional cuisine"--



  • We are a song

    "Like the colors of the rainbow and the notes of a song, none of Arturo and Emilyn's relatives look or sound alike. As the siblings run errands to help prepare for a very special day in their family, Emilyn tries to write the perfect poem to describe whatit means to be in their big, loving family. With every stop, and taste of delicious treats along the way, the siblings begin to understand, each in their own way, that all the different parts of their family make them who they are"--



  • Every night is pizza night

    Convinced that pizza is the best food, Pipo will eat nothing else until her fed-up parents send her on a quest to prove that no dishes in their multicultural neighborhood are better.



  • Professor Goose debunks The three little pigs

    "Travelling through the pages of The Three Little Pigs, Mother Goose's great-niece Professor Goose fact-checks, exposes flaws and explains the science, in this engaging and educational fractured fairy tale filled with jokes and funny illustrations"--



  • Ready to soar

    "Riley's paper airplane is ready for take-off, but criticisms from all the birds threaten to ground the plane, until Riley meets a more supportive friend and rediscovers the joy of soaring"--



  • A unicorn, a dinosaur, and a shark walk into a book

    The book's narrator attempts to tell a tale about a unicorn, a dinosaur, and a shark, but the three characters are less than impressed and uncooperative.