In a suburb north of New York City there is a cloistered monastery. The tranquility of the nuns is shattered when Sister Damian of Mary receives a grisly gift: three severed hands and three feet. Put in charge of the investigation is fifty-five-year-old Det. Eliaphus Daniel Janah. A Jew, he has a Kabbalistic background, studies Tai Chi Chuan, is skilled in the martial arts, and has recently separated from the wife he loves.

Based on the cult hit game, the novelization of Yume Nikki follows a lonesome girl into the bizarre dreamscapes that await her when she falls asleep. Opening doors and wandering aimlessly, is she really as alone as she thinks?

It’s reading, writing, and reconnaissance for Adam Sharp and the other IM-8 agents when they go back to spy school. But even the hallowed halls of learning aren’t safe from evil. Someone is leaking IM-8 secrets! Could there be a spy at spy school? Only Adam Sharp can find out!

Warm...funny...nostalgic...remembering a lovable and wise father, and reflecting on how he taught his children all the important stuff about life, either by example or in the guise of great stories. Every beautifully illustrated chapter is a journey into some corner of the heart, whether you simply wish to enjoy a good read, or want the perfect Father's Day gift that says "thank you Dad". If ever there was a must-have book for every father-to-be, this is it.

Peering into the often unnoticed corners of life,KevinBrockmeier has been consistently praised for the originality of his vision, the boundlessness of his imagination and the command of his craft. Once again, in this new collection of fiction, Brockmeier shows us a fantastical world that is intimately familiar but somehow distant and beautiful. From the touching title story, where a young, antisocial woman imagines her escape into the sky with an apparition only she can see, to the hauntin...

Isadora Myung Hee Sohn—Isa—has just spent ninety-five days in a pediatric burn unit in Albany, New York, recovering from the fire that burned her house and killed her parents. Moving back in time, Secondhand World casts a devastating spell, revealing the circumstances that led to the fire.Growing up the daughter of Korean-born parents, Isa is bullied by American classmates and barely noticed at home. Seeking the company of another outsider, Isa falls in lo...

Cheap liquor, the ambient sounds of downtown Miami and a full moon set the backdrop for a night that seems to be going like any other. Detective Kirk would sit in his office listening to old Billie Holiday records that his wife left, while rapidly pouring glasses of cheap whiskey from a bottle he bought just a few hours earlier, but would surely be gone before midnight. He would lock the office front door, stumble into the backroom, unfold the futon, turn on the television and fall asleep ...

From the funniest voice in young fiction today, t****he fifth in this irresistible series for young readers about imaginary friends in hilarious rhyming text and with adorable illustrations by Ella Okstad.Ava danced round her room,Shouting: "Hip hip hooray!It's holiday time!And we're going today!"Ava is excited to be going on holiday to the seaside. But with Squishy McFluff, the mischievous invisible cat coming along things are...

An eerily dreamlike memoir, and the first work of nonfiction by one of our most inventive novelists.Aurelia, Aurélia begins on a boat. The author, sixteen years old, is traveling to Europe at an age when one can “try on personae like dresses.” She has the confidence of a teenager cultivating her earliest obsessions—Woolf, Durrell, Bergman—sure of her maturity, sure of the life that awaits her. Soon she finds herself in a Greece far drearier than the Greece...

Twenty poems that express moments and events that happen to ordinary people written for ordinary people living through an 'ordinary' day. Sometimes what is ordinary for one may be extraordinary for another. In the end, we're all pretty extraordinary. So, yay us! Raise a toast. Oh, and there's Attila too. He slipped in at the end. Well...enjoy!

Father John Rafferty is a dedicated priest with only one temptation—the beautiful and troubled young woman he has been counseling. When she is found brutally murdered in his Greenwich Village church, Father Rafferty is forced to face his greatest test of faith … especially when the NYPD uncovers her sexually twisted life. But the terror and scandal continue as the church he loves becomes the site of increasingly violent and sinister acts. Father Rafferty knows he must overcome his personal ho...

In this collection of three short stories, people's lives take drastic turns when their dark pasts come barreling into the present.COLD – A diner robbery quickly turns disastrous for a young meth addict.BROTHER'S KEEPER – A high school student makes a horrifying discovery near his house.NASSAU – A suburban family man receives an unsettling gift from someone he's worked hard to forget.