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When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the r...

When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the r...

"The Little Princess can't wait to start school! At first, she finds it difficult to make friends and she is left all alone. But she soon finds there are other children with no friends, and before she knows it she has more friends than she can count!" Amazon.com.

A wild Scottish island provides the backdrop for this tense drama of a stormy marriage between an authoritarian minister and his mysterious wife whose lives are shaken by the unexpected arrival of a delinquent into their home.

Enjoy over an hour of music and laughter starring the Chipettes and, of course, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore! First, in Cinderella, Cinderella, the Chipettes take center stage in a hilarious retelling of the classic fairy tale! This and three additional adventures are included in T...

In Scarlet Street a lonely bank clerk is ensnarled in an embezzlement scheme by an alluring streetwalker. In The Red House a reclusive farmer living with his spinster sister and adopted daughter goes to extreme lengths to protect the dark secret of a decaying house on his propert...

Life imitates art when two modern-day teenagers get trapped in the perfect suburbia of the '50s sitcom Pleasantville.

An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day.

This collection of essays showcases the best of Ross's writing from more than a decade at" The New Yorker." Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan, Ross shows how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. Witty, passionate, and brimming with insight, "Listen...

"A hero dreams of flight. An alien spy prepares for invasion. A young man is mentored by a hero with dark secrets. A street criminal discovers a hero's identity. And much, much more. Step into a world of heroes and see them from a whole different perspective."-- Provided by publi...

Stories from the writing contest held in conjunction with the Northern Reading Program, 2015, "Nite Tales: 'Let the Enchantment Begin ..'".

In Passage for trumpet, an unsuccessful trumpet player is given a second crack at life after he is struck and killed by a truck, but first he has to learn what it is like to be "dead" in a world full of life. In Mr. Dingle the strong, a timid little man is given superpowers by a ...

"Since the dawn of time, humankind has felt the urge to explore the four corners of our globe. And since the dawn of science fiction, writers have wondered about the next frontier: the one that lies Out There. Here then, a generous collection of stories that reach out into the un...

"Old Macdonald loves his phone: it helps him organize his farm. But when the animals each get one of their own, they are soon on their phones all day--Here a tweet, there a chat, WhatsApping the farm cat--and before they know it, no work is getting done! What can Old Macdonald do...

"Reasonable Doubt: to claim her inheritance, Breanna Morgan must return to Crescent Moon and face the doubts she fled so long ago. But she soon discovers that prowlers, vandals and unnatural noises have invaded the isolated mining claim that has been in her family for generations...

Inspirations for Wes Anderson's The French dispatch -- fascinating essays on the expatriate experience in Paris by some of the twentieth century's finest writers. In An editor's burial, celebrated director Wes Anderson gathers together the wonderful writing on the expatriate expe...

The Broken Man's history, spanning over a century and a half, is revealed at last. Michael Tenicek, Astro City's most tragic survivor, hosts a support group for others like himself. And in between, we meet or re-meet heroes and villains ranging from Jack-in-the-Box to Mister Mant...

Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine....

When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where, with the assistance from beautiful Dale Arden, he will take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.