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"Plants are truly awe-inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some plants live on their own, or by growing off others; some live by air and water; others are carnivorous, eating the creatures around them; some plants look remarkably like animals; while...

"The sixth and, on the surface, most peculiar poetry collection from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michael Crummey. Eclectic, unpredictable, and strange, Passengers follows Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer on an imagined circumnavigation of Newfoundland; traces the island escapa...

When an unassuming, rather clueless teenager is zapped by lightning while working on his computer, he absorbs all the information off the internet and his (very) ordinary brain starts to exhibit extraordinary potential. As Howie struggles to control his new-found power he is face...

Jean Mason has a doppelganger. At least, that's what people tell her. Apparently it hangs out in Kensington Market, where it sometimes buys churros and shops for hats. Jean doesn't rattle easy, not like she used to. She's a grown woman with a husband and two kids, as well as a th...

Jean Mason has a doppelganger. At least, that's what people tell her. Apparently it hangs out in Kensington Market, where it sometimes buys churros and shops for hats. Jean doesn't rattle easy, not like she used to. She's a grown woman with a husband and two kids, as well as a th...

After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

"Twelve-year-old Vivian Van Tassel is angry: at her dad for uprooting their lives in Chicago to move to the sleepy, creepy town of Midnight Lake; about her mom's mysterious and sudden death; at the bullies who seem to be drawn to her no matter how much she tries to keep her head ...

Science fiction and fantasy has never been more diverse or vibrant, and 2014 has provided a bountiful crop of extraordinary stories. These stories are about the future, worlds beyond our own, the realms of our imaginations and dreams but, more importantly, they are the stories of...

"Drawn from over fifty years of writing, including his most recent work from the pages of the 'New York times' and the 'Guardian, ' along with obscure and now unobtainable sources, the pieces (fully revised for this edition) in [this work] showcase Moorcock at his acerbic best"--...

Intrigue, espionage, peculiar clues, lucky breaks, misguided police work, desperate lawmen, and calculating criminals - all these can be found in A Gallery of Rogues. This major new compendium is a compelling compilation of court testimony, autobiographical accounts, and official...

Two novellas and one novel featuring the investigative talents of Barnaby Adair, his wife Penelope--connections of the Cynster family--and their friends Scotland Yard inspector Basil Stokes and his wife Griselda. In each story, other couples also find love. Explicit descriptions ...

Set in England during the early days of World War II, a Danish sea captain and his passenger are kidnapped by a cell of Nazi spies operating from a basement in London's Soho. The plot progresses as a chase that puts the characters in one peculiar set of surroundings after another...

A group of international spies has assembled in the small nation of Alba. Interpol guesses that they aren't there for their holidays - but has no clue as to the real plans being set in motion. Peter Carthage, WAR, Inc.'s slickest agent, is sent to infiltrate and destroy - and end...

Agnes has finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, who has recently been released from state prison. Agnes is a lonely waitress with a tragic past who moves into a sleazy, run-down Oklahoma motel room with her lesbian co-worker R.C. She, in turn, introduces Agnes to Gulf War ...

Despite the ever-present oppression of the Jim Crow South around him, Tobit Messager had become a prosperous and well-respected man. Then one day forces beyond his control start a cascade of misfortune that leaves him blind and nearly destitute. It is then that an affable travell...

"Twelve-year-old Vivian Van Tassel is angry: at her dad for uprooting their lives in Chicago to move to the sleepy, creepy town of Midnight Lake; about her mom's mysterious and sudden death; at the bullies who seem to be drawn to her no matter how much she tries to keep her head ...

Jean Mason has a doppelganger. At least, that's what people tell her. Jean's curiosity quickly gets the better of her, and she visits the market, but sees no one who looks like her. The next day, she goes back to look again. With the aid of a small army of locals, she expands her...

Mr. Goose finds an abandoned egg, hatches it, and raises a peculiar green-skinned long-tailed chick, who worries about his identity but comes to recognize that he has a loving parent.

"'Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise--a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents' (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old's darkly funny, big-hearted memoir about growing u...

A poignant, deeply funny coming-of-age story about first love, first loss, and the power of history to give life meaning. ★ "[An] impressive debut... John Green fans will gobble this one up ." - Kirkus, starred review History buff Ray knows everything about the peculiar legend...