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After a national book tour, Jessica lands in sunny Bermuda for some well-earned relaxation. But when she arrives, the local population is abuzz over a trio of brutal murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the infamous Jack the Ripper killings.

In 1920's England, a young woman searches for the truth behind her uncle's mysterious death in a town haunted by a restless ghost. The arrival of handsome Scotland Yard inspector and former RAF pilot with mysteries of his own, leaves the woman with more questions than answers.

She thinks she knows this player-but he has a few surprise moves. For Alicia Riley, her job as a sports therapist for the St. Louis Rivers baseball team is a home run-until she becomes the primary therapist for star pitcher, Garrett Scott. Out of the lineup with an injury, he's short-tempered, hard to handle, and every solid inch, a man. Right now, the only demand he's making on Alicia is that she get him ready to pitch in time for opening day...

Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton finds a former friend murdered, with Jaymie's own glass bowl. Now she's left to figure out who'd want to frame her for murderNand why. Includes recipes. Original.

The story follows a day in the life of Fathi Chin, an author banned from publishing because he refuses to write propaganda for the ruling government, in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. His only weapon against the irrationality of the government employees is his sense of irony.

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25 Cute Projects Made from Handmade Pompoms

Imagine a time when vast helium-fueled airships took the place of aircraft, and where the hunger for adventure and exploration took the human race into stranger places than we ever imagined. The Steampunk Tarot imagines this in an alternate-reality tarot where The Technomage is king, and the Punk Diva is queen.Tumble down the rabbit hole into a construction of technology, machines, retro-art and culture, full of fantastic visions in a time and...

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Goddess Girl Artemis confronts her fears—and faces her first crush!Artemis is known for being the most courageous girl at Mount Olympus Academy. Little do her friends and classmates know that, even though she's fearlessly awesome at archery, the creatures they learn about in Beast-ology class—such as the ring-nosed Minotaurs and scorpions—scare her as much as they frighten everyone else! But what is scaring her even more are her growing feelin...

After giving Athena a makeover, Goddess Girl Aphrodite learns a thing or two about jealousy!Aphrodite delights in helping mortals find love, but she is definitely not delighted by the constant attention from the godboys at Mount Olympus Academy. So she comes up with the perfect plan to try and deflect some of that attention: She'll help a fellow goddess girl, Athena, find her very first crush.After giving Athena a fabulous makeover, Aphrodite ...

Smolinski gracefully balances lighthearted humor with insightful musings on addiction, mortality, nostalgia, and affection, making this an entertaining and touching read” (Publishers Weekly).Lucy Bloom is broke, freshly dumped by her boyfriend, and is forced to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son to drug rehab. Although she's lost it all, she's determined to start over. So when she's offered a high-paying gig helping clear the clu...

The critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco's ultimate rebirth and triumph.Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher from backwater city to thriving metropolis.

Imagine your reaction if your child's friend grabs the remote control of the TV you are watching and changes the channel-and then later, does it again. We instantly recognize this behavior as wrong and correct it. When humans break dog rules and they correct us, we ignore our insubordinate actions and default to "blaming the dog."Former animal officer Melissa Berryman has witnessed how devastating the effects society's entrenched beliefs regar...

Goethe's immortal tale of unrequited love, collected with essays on its influence, selections from the author's memoirs, and other stories. Includes an Introduction by Marcelle Clements and a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

The f4 Sicilian has become popular and feared because it avoids the frightening amount of knowledge required to play Open Sicilians. It is often not treated with the respect it deserves. The strategic aims are quite simple to understand: CHECKMATE. The first edition was written when the Grand Prix Attack was just becoming noticed by strong players. Now there are over 20, 000 examples in the databases. Nevertheless, the opening remains based mo...

Claire Weatherly found the simple life she always wanted when she opened a gift shop in Heavenly, PennsylvaniaNa small town in the heart of Amish country. But when murder disrupts her Heavenly home, it's up to Claire and Detective Jakob Fisher to find the not-so-simple truth. Original.

The world's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, has revenues higher than the GDP of all but twenty-five of the world's countries. Its employees outnumber the populations of almost a hundred nations. The world's largest asset manager, a secretive New York company called Black Rock, controls assets greater than the national reserves of any country on the planet. A private philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spends as much worldwid...

A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2012 pick A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick "A richly emotional portrait of a family that had me spellbound from page one."-Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild The night before Janie's sister, Hannah, is born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, and Janie is told to keep Hannah safe. Years later, when Hannah in...