Greg Hill ran public libraries for over 30 years, beginning in Seguin, Texas where with his job he inherited a weekly newspaper column. His predecessors journalistic efforts were limited to upcoming library programs and new books, and, finding that as tedious as it was limiting in appeal, he decided to describe in each column something unusual or interesting that arose during the course of a library workday. That item led to another, and that to another, until it finally linked back to the...

Detective Daniel Falcone lives in a world where mythical creatures aren't legends — they're neighbors, coworkers, lovers, and criminals. Vampires walk city streets. Centaurs wear police badges. Merfolk fight environmental collapse. And magic exists beside modern life. For Falcone, a witch detective working Special Investigations, most cases are manageable… until two teenagers die in what appears to be a brutal murder-suicide. But the evidence doesn't add up. The deeper Falcone and his vamp...

A man is given the choice to either save or condemn the people of the Earth. Once the evidence is brought to light, even he may doubt his choice.

A dark retelling of the Rapture of Catholic belief, told through the eyes of a highschool teenager.

A collection of poems by poet and critic Greg Hill exploring the intersections between poetry and the living world.

Step into a world of sophistication and glamour, where sinfully seductive heroes await you in luxurious international locations.A Ferrara should never share a bed with Baracchi – however high the stakes!Dark-hearted Santino Ferrara has always remembered how long-legged, hot-tempered Fia Baracchi felt in his arms – much to his frustration! Then a million-dollar business deal throws them together, and keeping his distance is no longer an opti...

A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools.Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of fifty short essays on different aspects of writing. In the past decade, Writing Tools has become a classic guidebook for novices and experts alike and remains one of the...

A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from...

Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs’s hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z.33,000 PAGES44 MILLION WORDS10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY1 OBSESSED MANTo fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes o...

“You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.” A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woma...

Minecraft is a world filled with dangerous Mobs. These mobs are dangerous and love to attack humans.. One day Charlie and his family get their lives flipped upside down. One day, everything was fine. The next day, they had to battle to save their lives...  Jump aboard and follow Charlie's journey as he battles mobs and fights for his life. *Note that we are in no way partnered with, supported by, or associated with Mojang AB or Minecraft.

**Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout.“A book tailormade for bibliophiles.”—Oprah Winfrey“An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)**In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to ...