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Black & White — $4.99
This new edition of T. Thomas Fortune's masterpiece - originally published in 1884 - presents a classic work of African-American political thought to a new generation of readers. Like the intellectual giants who emerged before and after him, T. Thomas Fortune was a writer, activist, and public intellectual. Born into slavery, Fortune became the leading black journalist of his generation, and he was the most eloquent and influential African-American radical of the late nineteenth century. Black and...

Lucky — $5.99
It's all good . . . and lucky Phoebe Avery plans to celebrate by throwing an end-of-the-year bash with her four closest friends. Everything will be perfect - from the guest list to the fashion photographer to the engraved invitations. The only thing left to do is find the perfect dress . . . until Phoebe goes from having it all to hiding all she's lost. Phoebe's older sisters warn her to keep the family's crisis totally secret. Unfortunately, her alpha-girl best friend looks increasingly suspicious...

Flight — $4.99
Martagon, a young and talented engineer and a loner by nature, has devoted his life to his career - occasionally, and regretfully, sacrificing friendship and family for professional success. He accepts a position masterminding the construction of a new, high tech airport in France, applying his cutting edge expertise to build it almost entirely of glass. The land and vineyards on which the airport will be built belonged to a feuding brother and sister. It is Marina, the beautiful flamboyant, and...

Harmony — $4.99
New mom Anne Mahroum knows she's lucky. She's been blessed with a loving husband, a comfortable life, and a brand-new baby boy. But she isn't completely happy. For one thing, she's having trouble adjusting to the fact that her son, Evan, was born with a physical imperfection. Filled with shame, and feeling like a terrible mother, Anne begins to obsess about her own mother, trying to figure out why she mysteriously whisked Anne away from her birthplace when she was a young girl - and refuses to...

The Golden Hour — $5.99
After nineteen years of marriage, two roaring decades as an investment banker, and forty-six years in the bustle of upper-crust Manhattan, Bill Schoenberg has lost it all. He has made a mistake, regrettable and unspeakable, and now finds himself fleeing to his newly purchased country house in Harristown, New York, with no plan and no ability to blend in with the locals and the foliage. His French-cuff shirts must be traded for flannel, his luxury apartment for the rural mini-mansion he bought for...

Monkey Business — $4.99

The Art of the Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings) — $16.99
Featuring everything from pencil sketches to the finished objects, his book gives detailed descriptions of why and how this groundbreaking film looks as exciting as it does. The millions of fans dazzled by the results will find here everything they want to know about the genesis and evolution of the movie"s incredible look.

Victory — $3.99
Sam Robbins is a farm boy, kidnapped and forced to serve aboard HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. At first Sam is terrified and seasick, but in the rowdy, dangerous warship, he transforms himself into a sailor and survives a fearsome and bloody battle, the echoes of which reach through the years to touch Molly Jennings. She is a modern-day English girl forced to live with her new step-family in America, and she too is fighting a battle against loss and loneliness...

Elegance — $5.99
Unhappy with her looks, her life, and her empty marriage, Louise Canova needs help - and she finds it in a secondhand bookstore. A forty-year-old encyclopedia of style titled Elegance, this slim volume by formidable French fashion expert Madame Dariaux promises to transform even the plainest of women into creatures of poise and grace. It is a fairy godmother in print, an A-to-Z manual with essential advice that Louise vows to take to heart. But within its pages lie not only clues from her past...

By Dawn's Early Light — $5.49
Moving from the desolation of North Korea to the oak-and-leather preserves of Wall Street to the subterranean surveillance headquarters in the Pentagon, By Dawn's Early Light traces the journey of Sloane Ryder, a young, straight-shooting financial analyst who gets caught in the undertow of large-scale political maneuverings involving the United States' ever-sensitive relationship with China. While Washington, Wall Street, and Beijing jockey for position in East Asia, Sloane uncovers a plot - woven...

The Looking Glass — $5.99
Geneviève is an outsider, raised in an orphanage, now living an isolated existence as a maid to the widowed Madame Patin in a small French village. A teller and collector of stories, she is entranced by Madame Patin's oft-told folktales, which mask cunning and doom beneath beauty. As Geneviève grows into a woman, her life becomes both more sensual and more dangerous. She flees her village home, escaping to another word-spinner, a poet who captivates women - his mother, his mistress, his niece's governess...

Dr. Seuss' the Cat in the Hat Movie Storybook — $3.99
The Cat has arrived, and he's got a hat full of fun to save Conrad and Sally from a boring rainy afternoon. But the Cat's crazy games bring a whole lot of trouble. Read all about it in this official movie storybook, packed with full-color photos from the first-ever live-action film of the Dr. Seuss classic The Cat in the Hat!

Stand By Me — $4.99
This small, practical book offers guidance for helping and encouraging a friend or loved one in a time of pain. And if you yourself are hurting, this book is for you as well, framing your experiences in words you'll relate to. It draws from a variety of sources-well known Christians such as Chuck Swindoll, Lois Mowday Rabey, Mother Teresa, and David Jeremiah, as well as seriously ill people and people who have lost loved ones. Each short perspective showcases a different way to stand by the hurting...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (CliffsComplete) — $4.99
CliffsComplete titles combine the full original text of a literary work with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes quality commentary into one volume, enhancing every reader's appreciation of the world's greatest writings.

The Heartbreaker — $4.99
It takes a very special woman to catch a Chandler man . . . Meet the Chandlers - a trio of sexy brothers and the most eligible guys in town . . . until their mother falls ill. As her three sons gather at her side, she makes two desperate demands: "Get married!"

Payback — $5.99
As teenage suicide bombers terrorize England, seventeen-year-old Danny tries to help his grandfather, an ex-SAS explosives expert falsely accused of being a traitorous spy by the government's intelligence agencies.

Possession — $4.99
The only thing Maud Bailey and Roland Michell have in common is a love of Victorian poets. They've dedicated their lives to finding out as much as they can about two obscure poets when their paths unexpectedly cross. Their independent research reveals that their respective subjects once shared a passionate love affair. At first they're upset that this information will change all their past research, but soon they become consumed by the romance of long-ago and work feverishly together to unearth every...

Savannah — $8.99

Einstein — $8.99
How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography of Einstein shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk - a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate - became the mind reader of the...

Jewel — $4.99
In this masterful portrayal of a mother's heartbreak and her devotion to a child who is both a blessing and a burden, Bret Lott takes a quantum leap forward. He transports readers to the backwoods of Mississippi, to 1943 and to the subject of truly great novels--love's redemptive power.

The Dead of Summer — $3.99
There were four of us . . . now there's only one. Anita's mother has just died. The family has moved to a new town, a new home, and a new neighborhood and the summer stretches out interminably in front of them. Kyle lives across the road from Anita. Cool, surly, laconic, he says the area is peppered with hidden, disused mines; a perfect playground for restless kids with nothing better to do. But what they don't know is that these mines will form the scene of the most unsettling crime that this...

The Pursuit of Happiness — $3.99
Betsy knows that her summer job at a colonial village is going to ruin whatever slim chance she has of ever being popular. To make matters worse, Liza Henske, only the biggest freak from school - piercings, tattoos, you name it - works at the village, too. But when Betsy's mother dies, playing farm girl starts to feel like a great escape...from her shattered family, from the boyfriend who dumps her, from the friend group that goes poof. Fortunately, Liza turns out not to be such a freak after all...

The Night Before Christmas In Colorado — $1.99
Santa receives a letter from Tommy, a young boy who doesn't know if he believes in Santa Clause. Nick knows he must help him and takes him for a sleigh ride all over snowy Colorado. Does Tommy believe?

Jinx — $6.99
Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like.

Pippin — $7.99
Pippin is a kitten who hasn't yet learned to purr. Worried, his parents take him to the doctor. "If this doesn't change soon we may have to operate," says Doctor Dog. Operate? No way, thinks little Pippin who decides to take things into his own paws. It isn't until his parents realize what their kitten really needs that Pippin purrs in relief. This book will strike a chord with parents and children alike in our ever-faster-moving world.

The Winds of Change — $3.74
The Winds of Change places the horrifying carnage unleashed on New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama by Hurricane Katrina in context. Climate has been humanity's constant, if moody, companion. At times benefactor or tormentor, climate nurtured the first stirrings of civilization and then repeatedly visited ruin on empires and peoples. Eugene Linden reveals a recurring pattern in which civilizations become prosperous and complacent during good weather, only to collapse when climate changes - either...

The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" (Chronicles of Narnia) — $4.99
The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his first voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped the throne. The journey takes Edmund, Lucy, their cousin Eustace, and Caspian to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan's country at the End of the World.

Metallica — $4.49
Providing a stark and honest look at one of today's most important bands, provocative filmmaker Berlinger reveals this account of his experience filming the heavy metal band for his documentary, "Some Kind of Monster." NOTE: This is a Scratch and Dent version and accordingly MAY NOT have a dust jacket.

Forget Me Not — $3.49
After the sudden death of her mother, 36-year-old Anna Temple is forced to re-evaluate her life. She swaps hedge funds in the City for herbaceous borders and takes up garden designing. At the same time, she must cope with another dramatic change - the arrival of her daughter, Milly, the result of an uncharacteristic one-night stand. As Anna struggles with magnolias, not to mention motherhood and men, she must also face up to family skeletons tumbling out of the closet.

Forget-Me-Not — $2.99
Roberta "Bobby" Harrison is over the moon now that Germany has surrendered. Her favorite brother, Alex, is back from overseas. Rick Anderson wants to kiss her. Her hospital volunteering has convinced her she has talent as a nurse - although her medical diagnoses aren't always appreciated. Life should be wonderful for 15-year-old Bobby, but the wounds of war don't heal easily. Alex is withdrawn, his spirit scarred by battle. War's end may bring an end to her father's job at the airplane factory. And...

The Unspeakable — $3.49
Drawn into a place he had never imagined, Marbury finds a world where the past repeats itself, only this time with different results. And now Whitmore, his old friend, must decide for himself which events are the manipulation of the hand of God and which are the delusions of a priest who has descended into madness.

Unspeakable — $5.99
We live in the most murderous hundred years in history, and we are the first generation to witness every human atrocity and every natural disaster as they happen. Now more than ever it is important to understand evil and how to deal with it. We cannot allow evil to triumph because good people do nothing.

Lone Star — $5.99
Lone Star is the first biography to bring Dan Rather to life while examining the full scope and breadth of his impact on the world. In this book, longtime CBS News writer and producer Alan Weisman presents a fresh, balanced look at the controversial newsman who defeated overwhelming odds when he succeeded Walter Cronkite as CBS News anchorman and whose newscast was #1 for almost a decade but whose fall from grace was the swiftest and steepest in the history of television.

A Girl's Best Friend — $2.99
With its fresh perspective on life, love, and friendship, this wonderful canine collection is perfect for anyone who cherishes the blessing of our four-legged friends.

Whatever — $5.99
It takes extreme measures to get a response out of the stubbornly indifferent Billy in a wry little tale that readers of all ages will surely relate to.

Crazy Love — $4.49
Stacie Long thinks she's God's gift to men and she keeps a list of qualities (phat ride, freak in bed...) that she's looking for in an ideal mate. But behind all her confidence she's got a secret - one that even her best friend doesn't know about, one that may just keep her forever searching for her perfect man. Tameeka Johnson is a successful businesswoman who owns one of Atlanta's top wellness shops. But even with business booming, success in her bedroom is at an all-time low. Then, when she meets...

Three of a Kind — $9.99

For Pete's Sake — $4.99

The Children's Hour — $5.99
In the big old house overlooking the sea, five small children listened as their mother read them a story. Theirs was an idyllic childhood, as they played on the beach and in the gardens and woods, before the war - and other tragedies - disrupted their lives. Now many years later, Nest and Mina still live at Ottercombe, their beautiful childhood home. But when their sister Georgie, now somewhat frail and forgetful, comes to stay at Ottercombe, memories of their past start to revisit them. As a...

Apartment — $10.99
Many glossy interiors books celebrate the joys of loft living or focus on beautiful houses in glamorous locations. However, for many people around the world, home is not a loft, nor a Tuscan palazzo, but an apartment. This invaluable book responds to the challenge that apartment living offers, inspiring you to create an elegant but highly practical home.

Balance of Power — $6.49
President Kerry Kilcannon and his fiancée, television journalist Lara Costello, have at last decided to marry. But their wedding is followed by a massacre of innocents in a lethal burst of gunfire, challenging their marriage and his presidency in ways so shattering and indelibly personal that Kilcannon vows to eradicate gun violence and crush the most powerful lobby in Washington - the Sons of the Second Amendment (SSA). Allied with the President's most determined rival, the resourceful and relentless...

In Harm's Way — $4.99

The End of Marketing as We Know It — $6.99
Visionary reflections on the birth of a new era in marketing from the marketing genius who reinvented the notoriously staid Coca-Cola Company.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evie — $2.49
Thomas Heyworth was a wealthy, internationally renowned mystery writer, a colorful character whose opinions and outspoken behavior got him in a lot of hot water in his lifetime. Because of the enemies he's accumulated over the years, Heyworth stipulated in his will detailed plans for an amateur investigation to take place in the event of his death. When Heyworth is found dead in his own library, Evie Randall, Heyworth's possible illegitimate daughter who has lived on the Heyworth estate ever since...

Epiphany — $5.99
In his new book, Epiphany, pastor and Bible teacher Chuck Smith, Jr., opens readers' eyes and ears to receive fresh, life-changing meaning from the Bible. This book encourages readers to discover the Bible's multiple layers of meaning and deeper applications. Smith demonstrates a variety of cutting-edge approaches to studying the Bible, including looking within, around, and through the text; paying attention to types of literature; noticing narrative details; discovering the historical background...

Don't Tell — $4.99
Simon found his mother stabbed to death when he was seven, and his father is in prison owing to his evidence. But supposing his seven-year-old eyes had been too unperceptive? Suppose his father was actually innocent, as he vehemently claims to be? The uncertainty has made Simon moody and violent, and it seems that no one can help. But then he runs into Kirsty who is prepared to be persistent and to ask the questions that matter. Is the real killer still out there? Are all the near-fatal accidents...

Up in Smoke — $4.99
Reunions: something to look forward to, something to be afraid of. Police Chief Susan Wren was a relative newcomer to Hampstead, Kansas; fate had led her from her native San Francisco and put her down in this prairie town. When the news came that the governor would kick off his campaign for the presidential nomination with a homecoming rally in Hampstead, Susan was not surprised that it brought together not only old friends, but also old enemies. They had all known one another back when the world...

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — $9.99
In The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell combines insights learned from his 40-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and the military. This unique Deluxe Audio Edition of the New York Times bestseller includes the abridged audio book on three CDs; a highly designed, 24-page, 4-color booklet; and a fourth CD with a presentation in PowerPoint format that you can share with others on your team.

Learning to Fly — $7.99
Nineteen-year-old Free Meeker has a shaved head, a nose ring, and a tattoo of Chinese characters around her biceps. She has a career, if you can call it that, as a pet groomer. And she has just learned that she is pregnant and that her boyfriend is two-timing her. Then a disastrous highway pileup erroneously adds her name to the list of victims - and hands Free a chance for a new life. In the chaos of the fiery accident, she acquired the identity papers of the hitchhiker who is mistaken for her...

The Christmas Shoes — $4.99
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life - and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage. He has lost sight of his wife, Kate, their two daughters, and ultimately himself. Eight year old Nathan has a beloved mother, Maggie, whom he is losing to cancer. But Nathan and his family are building a simple yet full life, and struggling to hold onto every moment they have together. A chance meeting on Christmas...

God Through the Looking Glass — $5.99

Work + Life — $6.99
The empowering new 3-step guide to combining work and life strategically, creatively, and successfully. The message is simple: Work doesn't have to be all or nothing. There are countless combinations of work and life between these extremes. People can change the way work fits into their lives, in a way that's good for employees and employers. Work+Life provides the tools to adjust the "work" portion of life in order to have more time and/or energy for personal responsibilities and interests. Even...

Over Her Dead Body — $5.99
Talk about rapid turnover! In a matter of days Bailey Weggins has been axed from one New York magazine and hired by another. Her new job at Buzz, a weekly filled with sizzling gossip, has Bailey covering celebrity crime. Bailey doesn't have to look far for her first big story when she finds her boss, Mona Hodges, gasping her last breath after being bludgeoned with a blunt object. A raging tyrant, Mona made Buzz a top 'zine but racked up an impressive list of enemies. Now it's up to Bailey to get...

Bush at War — $5.49
Bush at War reveals in stunning detail how an untested president with a sweeping vision for remaking the world and war cabinet members often at odds with each other responded to the September 11 terrorist attacks and prepared to confront Iraq. Woodward's virtual wiretap into the White House Situation Room is the first history of the war on terrorism.

Mean Girls — $4.99
Sugar and spice and all that's nice? Not quite. It's tough to be a girl. Girls are mean to each other. Most girls will admit that they have been a victim of a mean girl. In fact, many will say that all girls are basically mean. Whether they're arguing about a boy, teasing a girl because of how she looks, or making up rumors to torment others, girls can be just plain ruthless. This one-of-a-kind book can help end the cycle of meanness. Mean Girls is a call to spiritual strength. A call to stand firm...

Belles on Their Toes — $3.99
Life is very different now in the rambling Gilbreth house. When the youngest was two and the oldest eighteen, Dad died and Mother bravely took over his business. Now, to keep the family together, everyone has to pitch in and pinch pennies. The resourceful clan rises to every crisis with a marvelous sense of fun - whether it's battling chicken pox, giving the boot to an unwelcome boyfriend, or even meeting the President. And the few distasteful things they can't overcome - like castor oil - they swallow...

All Together Now — $2.99
We have it in our power to begin the world again. So said American patriot Tom Paine, who, like the other Founders, saw this country as a unique opportunity to build a society that values the well-being of the majority over the interests of the few. Over the past few decades, we've lost sight of Paine's vision. Our government has adopted a YOYO (you're-on-your-own) response to even the most pressing problems - diminished job security, increasingly poor health coverage, stagnant incomes, decaying...

The Prayer Of Jesus — $2.99
Each colorful spread in this board book features winsome illustrations and child-friendly rhymes that teach kids a different aspect of Jesus' prayer. An easy way to help children hide the Lord's Prayer - the cornerstone of the Christian faith - in their hearts!

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (but were afraid to ask) — $5.99
We all have questions about God. But very few of us get the answers we're looking for - if those answers even exist! Do they? Where (in heaven's name) do you go to find out? Eric Metaxas understands. That's why he's written this refreshingly down-to-earth take on the big questions everyone asks (but not always out loud). Finally a book that takes questions about God seriously enough to get silly (where appropriate). Wonderfully conversational and often very funny, this book joins you in wondering...

From a Whisper to a Scream — $3.99
Years after the death of a notorious child murderer, children have begun to die again . . . and a crime photographer begins to suspect he has the one true clue that connects the horrific events.

The Last Season — $5.99

Undone — $5.99
Sixteen-year-olds Serena and Kori look alike but have opposite personalities and live very different lives in Kismet, Colorado, but when tragedy strikes, Serena decides to complete Kori's list of "5 Secret Things" and uncovers, in the process, the mystery that has bound them together.

Living Proof — $4.99
Michael Gearin-Tosh is diagnosed with cancer at the age of fifty-four. The doctors urge immediate treatment. He refuses. Intuitively, not on the basis of reason. The delay is a high-risk gamble. He listens to much advice, especially that of three women friends, each with a different point of view, one a doctor. They challenge him. They challenge medical advice. They challenge one another. On no occasion do they speak with one voice. He also turns to unexpected guides within his own memory...

The Red Zone — $7.99
New York Times bestselling author and former NFL pro Tim Green has delighted legions of fans with his astonishing leap to literary stardom. Here Green offers a dark, superbly crafted story of murder in the spotlight and intrigue in the shadows with a shocking ending that knocks the wind out of you. Hardcover, 325 pages.

On Dangerous Ground — $3.99
It's devastating enough when Pru's husband confesses to a long term affair over what should have been a romantic dinner to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Then when her daughter, Molly, announces she's leaving for Vietnam on a Gap Year project, Pru knows her comfortable family life is over for good. Just as she's picking up the pieces, an email brings news that Molly has become involved with a group of political activists and could be in serious danger. Arriving in this beautiful but alien...

Prague — $5.99
Prague is a topsy-turvy world of Baroque color and Gothic gloom that even decades of Communist rule could not dispel. Its fairy-tale castle floats above a crooked old town peppered with graceful spires and dreamy bridges, while post-Velvet Revolution Prague glitters today with renewed vigor. Pack your senses of humor, adventure and romance and head for Bohemia.

Bogus — $5.99
Bogus is a fantasy about young Albert who, orphaned, must go to live with a distant godmother. En route, Bogus, a giant, magical man with a French accent, hops out of Albert's coloring book and adventures ensue.

Belonging — $5.99

Christmas Cheer — $6.99
A collection of eight new or retold stories, illustrated by various artists, which feature such things as an ill reindeer, an elf who gets locked in the workshop, and a boy who cannot decide what he wants Santa Claus to bring.

Daughter of Fortune — $6.99
Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading...

The Martian Child — $3.49
A novel based on a true story. All David Gerrold wanted was a son. He'd spent more than a year preparing himself for fatherhood - that was the easy part; finding the right match would take a lot longer. But when David saw Dennis's picture in an album of children awaiting parents, he knew - this is my son. All Dennis wanted was a dad. But the caseworkers knew all the reasons he'd never get one. Dennis had too much baggage. He'd been abandoned at the age of one and a half. He'd been in eight foster...

The Wrong Hostage — $5.99
Orphaned at thirteen, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law - lives it, breathes it. Except once. Joe Faroe has learned that laws are made by politicians, and politicians are all too human. He believes in the innocents, the ones getting ground up by governments that are too polarized or too corrupt to protect their own citizens. He's been through the political meat grinder himself....

Stomp! — $11.99
It is autumn, 1957, the age of innocence, but change is afoot. In the great cities, people speak of Camus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and his "slow, persistent wind" of fate that blows from the dark horizon of the future. In the half desert of Northeastern Oregon, high school seniors Ray and Angie explore Existentialism and each other. But lurking behind them is Billy, star of the high school football team. Billy has tried to rape Angie, but only Ray believes her. And someone has been...

Millions — $5.99
It was a one-in-a-million chance. A bag crammed with cash comes tumbling out of the air and lands right at Damian's feet. Suddenly the Cunningham brothers are rich. Very rich. They can buy anything they want. There's just one problem - they have only seventeen days to spend all the money before it becomes worthless. And the crooks who stole the cash in the first place are closing in - fast. A funny, brilliantly clever and utterly thrilling debut novel that is, quite simply, unforgettable.

Matters of Life and Death — $5.99

The Double Eagle — $3.99

The Ambler Warning — $6.49
On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference...

The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America — $3.75
What will it take to solve the biggest issues of our time: extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human trafficking, health care and education, and other pressing problems? While Washington offers only the politics of blame and fear, Jim Wallis, the man who changed the conversation about faith and politics, has traveled the country and found a nation hungry for a politics of solutions and hope. He shows us that...

City of Dreams — $4.49
In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to each other by blood and necessity, they aim to make a fresh start in the rough and rowdy Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam; soon lust, betrayal, and murder will make them mortal enemies. In their struggle to survive in the New World, Lucas and Sally make choices that will burden their descendants with a legacy of secrets and retribution, and create a...

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (Peter Cottontail) — $1.99
This storybook with sparkling glitter on the cover is a delightful retelling of the classic holiday TV special, Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

Playing with Boys — $11.99
Marcella, Olivia and Alexis have bonded not only over the trouble with men but about how tough it is to make life work in L.A. no matter what you do. Marcella is a hot young television actress, hardly able to enjoy the life she's bought for herself and certainly not enjoying her body, which is never quite perfect enough. Olivia's boy is her toddler son - and she's tethered to him and to her suburban mommy track so tightly the other girls sometimes cringe. Alexis has a smart mouth and an ample body...

Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul's Purpose — $4.49
Internationally renowned motivational teacher and popular theologian Caroline Myss has created a transcendent work of unique insight and revelation in Entering the Castle. A highly original inner path to self-knowledge, the Castle is also the road to spiritual knowledge of God and your own soul. In fact the soul is your spiritual castle and doing interior soul work helps you find your path in the world. Teresa of Ávila's vision of the soul as a beautiful crystal castle with many mansions, and many...

The Family Treasury Of Jewish Holidays — $5.99
Recounts the history and rituals of ten Jewish holidays, including appropriate games, recipes, and songs.

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson — $6.99
The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.

10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking — $4.99
Written by an expert in the field, this book has the tools you need to become a relaxed, effective, and commanding public speaker. A clear, concise, step-by-step approach with dozens of inside tips. Overcome nervousness and discover your own natural style. Establish an immediate rapport with your audience. Practice your new techniques daily in conversations. Write a speech that builds to an unforgettable conclusion. Expertly blend humor and anecdotes into your talks. Use proven techniques...

Divide and Conquer — $3.99

A Foreign Affair — $4.99
The year is 1837. Queen Victoria, barely eighteen, has just ascended to the throne of England, and a young woman named Liberty Lane has just had her first taste of true sorrow. Refusing to accept that her gentle, peace-loving father has been killed fighting a duel, she vows to see justice done. . . . The trail she follows is a twisting and dangerous one, leading the spirited young Englishwoman into an intricate weave of conspiracy. Contacted by secret agents, she is asked to pose as a governess...

Going Going — $4.99
In San Antonio, Texas, sixteen-year-old Florrie leads her friends and a new boyfriend in a campaign which supports small businesses and protests the effects of chain stores.

Meditation Made Easy — $6.99
Lorin Roche, a meditation trainer for 30 years, knows how to make the uninitiated feel at ease. He debunks the stereotype that you have to follow monastic rules: you don't have to sit still, or empty your mind, or overcome your ego. "Meditation is about being intimate with your deepest self," so imposing techniques and formalities that don't fit you will just interfere. Meditation should be "a direct response to sensing some need in your body or heart ... a pleasurable indulgence ... a mini-vacation...

What the Dead Know — $5.99
Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who - or what - could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission...

The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 — $5.99
Suskind has written a riveting work of narrative nonfiction, filled with exclusive, historically significant disclosures that will echo across America and the world. What is the guiding principle of the world's most powerful nation as it searches for enemies at home and abroad? The One Percent Doctrine is the deeply secretive core of America's real playbook: a default strategy, designed by Dick Cheney, that separates America from its moorings, and has driven everything - from war in Afghanistan...

The British Atlantic World 1500-1800 — $99.99
The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 gathers an international team of historians to present the first comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain, British America, and the British Caribbean seen in Atlantic perspective: the state, empire, migration, the economy, religion, race, class, gender, politics, and slavery. Together, the essays will be a primary resource for students and teachers and a stimulus to researchers in British, American, imperial, and Atlantic history...

The Soldier's Return — $4.99
In the spring of 1946, ex-corporal Sam Richardson returns home from the "forgotten war" in Burma to his hometown of Wigton, in Cumbria, England, to the joyful relief of his young wife, Ellen. Sam, however has changed. The war has not only left him with traumatic memories, which he tries to suppress, but also given him greater self-confidence and broadened his horizons. From her wartime jobs, Ellen, too, has gained a sense of independence she does not want to give up. And then there's six-year...

Coming Home to Myself — $5.49
The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar. From the heart of one of the most beloved performers in music comes a candid memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory - a coming-of-age account of a very private search for harmony and a very public rise to fame. Coming Home to Myself is the result of that emotional journey - a song of personal discovery that taught Wynonna Judd to love not just what she does, but who she is. From a truly exceptional woman...

America Back on Track — $5.99
With a Senate career that has spanned more than four decades, Edward M. Kennedy has become one of the strongest voices in American politics. In America Back on Track, he argues that America is at a crossroads, having reached a point where it has departed more deeply from its fundamental ideals than at any time in its modern history. In response to the erosion of the nation's basic values, he presents a sweeping agenda for reform and renewal, speaking to the country's most significant needs at home...

Creepers — $3.99
Two fourteen-year-old friends pursue the game of Creeping through the back yards of homes in their neighborhood, hoping to prove their courage and ingenuity while trying to avoid getting caught. Ages 9-12

Kerplunk! — $5.99
Patrick F. McManus's gently comic stories about outdoor life have earned him millions of fans worldwide. With Kerplunk!, McManus delivers a collection of folksy, wonderfully wise depictions of country life worthy of Mark Twain. In these tall tales, McManus and his buddies learn how not to net a fish, why you should never get your hair cut by someone who's mad at you, what to do when a deer wanders into camp but your sleeping bag has frozen shut, and how to avoid bird-dog flatulence. These wry, curmudgeonly...

Homeland Security — $4.49
Former assassin Leah Berglund and Pulitzer-winning reporter Elliott Delgado are back and chasing two suitcase-sized nuclear bombs on the loose inside the United States in this gritty, near-future thriller. Whoever stole the nukes is leaving a trail of dead bodies behind him, but before Leah and Del can track him down they've got to figure out who wants to buy the nukes: Is it Holy Arabia, the fanatic Muslim government that has overthrown the House of Saud in a bloody coup? The Fidelista exiles hiding...

The Magicians Of Caprona — $3.99
Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for creating spells, but he has other gifts. His ability to communicate with cats just might help defend the city of Caprona against a mysterious enchanter - but only if Tonino can learn to cooperate with a girl from the hated Petrocchi family of spell-makers. In this spirited tale of adventure, Tonino learns that sometimes a boy, a girl, and a cat can do more than all the magicians of Caprona combined. ...

The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: Politics — $4.99