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Scout observes her father defend a black man in a small Alabama town; an ex-con stalks the family of the lawyer who sent him away; an anthropology professor becomes embroiled in Middle East intrigue; a New York accountant develops amnesia after a power outage; follows the head ps...

"From 1953 to 1959, Edward R. Murrow informally welcomed television viewers into the homes of the twentieth century's most well-known stars. Utilizing perhaps the simplest set in television--a chair, a table, an ashtray and a picture window--, Murrow greeted two guests a week in ...

The incredible flash-biography collection covers the entire spectrum of achievement. It's like being invited to a party with 117 of the most intelligent, most athletic, most expressive, and most attractive people who have ever lived. Whether interested in science, politics, sport...

At noon, on October 25, the Transcontinental Express left Geneva Station with almost a thousand people aboard. Their destination: Basel, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. A thrilling adventure ensues as top-secret American military authorities struggle to thw...

The journeys of those who hail from the town of Tree Hill have been vast, from Nathan and Haley's first kiss to marriage, a son and, most recently, Nathan's return to the basketball court. Now in its seventh season, One Tree Hill continues to explore the journeys of its beloved c...

Jailed during the Spanish Inquisition for offending the church, author Miguel de Cervantes is forced to act out one of his manuscripts for the entertainment of fellow inmates. Cervantes delivers a rapturous performance as the legendary Don Quixote, the chivalrous knight whose cho...

Jack is a tough teenage runaway on the lam from her parole officer. The conniving street kid brazenly impersonates a trained caregiver and forms a unique bond with an eleven-year-old autistic girl named Glory. Kay, also bonds with the imposter, as a surrogate daughter she can act...

"A full-color illustrated guide to co-creative alchemy with crystals and stones for personal and planetary healing and enlightenment." -- Provided by publisher.

"From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment...

"The year's best science fiction and fantasy selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America."

"The Art of Dying Well, by the wise and humble St. Robert Bellarmine, is like a message in a bottle, washed upon our shore from another world. Except that in our case, St. Robert is in the real world, with its real and inevitably effectual moral laws, and we are lost on an island...

Working at a remote national monument site on the Utah-Arizona border, anthropologist Sophia Shepard finds herself in the middle of shady dealings focused on monument land that may soon be opened to energy exploration.

In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef - there were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the Sophia - how they had gone to the north, what they did there, why they were leaving t...

'The Monk of Park Avenue' is a kaleidoscopic ride through the upper echelons of New York Society and the nature-worshipping, sword-wielding world of East Asian religious and martial arts. This book is peopled with the likes of Jacqueline Onassis, Sophia Loren, Paul McCartney, and...

Sarah Duncan had the kind of beauty suited for the ballrooms of London, not the back alleys of Ireland. But she was a healer, not a debutante. Her life was devoted to helping others, not dressing up and attending fancy balls. And then one stormy night she met him. He was a young,...

From New York Times bestselling author and leading fantasist Weis comes the thrilling conclusion to the swashbuckling Dragon Corsairs series. Kate and Sophia and their dragon Dalgren form a desperate plan to free Phillip from prison. Thomas is crowned king and discovers a plot by...