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"Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk on a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. Beneath my feet rounds up the most memorable walker-writers from the 1300's to the modern day, from country hikers to urba...

Four red plaid traveling cases-- one of each belonging to a befuddled Iowa musicologist, a strange but bright young woman, a rich matron and a suspicious fellow-- are mixed up at a San Francisco hotel, with hilarious results.

The story of New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg's friendship with a Cambodian interpreter, Dith Pran, during the time of the 1975 Khmer Rouge revolution.

"They thought Jason was dead. They thought he was gone for good. But it turns out, they're all wrong ... dead wrong! Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem ... Young Tommy Jarvis may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he's still haunted by the ...

"For anyone who feels the weight of injustice, trauma, and suffering, the founder of the Jude 3 Project invites you to discover how pursuing godliness in a broken world can heal your heart and your life"-- Provided by publisher.

Eight-year-old Steven is sent to stay with his grandparents at their remote house in the Pennsylvania countryside in the summer of 1973, while his parents work out some marital problems, but dangers mount when Steven does not heed his grandmother's warnings to stay out of the cor...

When a young girl is raped and left for dead in Mexico, she enlists the help of an ambitious reporter and a local newspaper owner for help. Soon their own lives are in danger as they try to uncover the terrors on the border. Inspired by true events.

Three pets set out on an adventurous trip through San Francisco to find their family and home across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Teenage sleuth Veronica Mars continues her detective work during her first year as a student at Hearst College.

A counter argument to Malcolm Gladwell's 'Outlier', 'Range' by David Epstein provides a closer look at research on the world's top performers and shows that in most fields, especially those that are complex and unpredictable, generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel.

According to David Brooks, "There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen-to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and u...

Now adapted for young readers, David Epstein's bestseller Range is full of inspiring stories of athletes, musicians, artists, and scientists, determining that excellence and expertise is built off of trying many things rather than specializing at a young age. For years, experts h...

The most autobiographical of Dickens' work, DAVID COPPERFIELD often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extrordinary families.

A collection of the best-known and most-loved classical holiday repertoire featuring some of the great classical artists.

Helped by a reporter and an ex-hockey player, the Turtles attempt to save their Ninja master; the Turtles team with a martial arts expert to get the glowing cannister of ooze from the evil Shredder; the Turtles follow April through time back to seventeenth-century Japan where the...

"As David Brooks observes, 'There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen-to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and u...