Widowed schoolteacher Lainie Lovett has three passions: her two nearly-grown children, her fourth-grade students at the Hopwell School, and the Rockettes, her recreational soccer team. One evening after soccer practice, she’s startled to spot the husband of one of her teammates canoodling with another woman in a local eatery. She’s even more shocked when he turns up dead the next day. And more shocked yet when she winds up under suspicion as an accessory to murder. But Lainie is smart and ...

**THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.**The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Sc...

“I ended up devouring the entire book in just one sitting… I was completely pulled into this one and found myself completely unable to put this down.” Little Miss Book Lover 87, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐It’s been five years since Detective Amanda Steele’s life was derailed by the tragic death of her young daughter. The small community of Dumfries, Virginia, may have moved on, but Amanda cannot. When the man who killed Lindsey is found murdered, she can’t keep away from...

Antiques dealer Diana Simms is engaged to her longtime boyfriend when she finds herself inside the Faulk Street Tavern. The song “Changing” emerges from the jukebox and enchants her. It also captivates Nick Fiore, a local guy who’s arrived at adulthood the hard way, after a tour through the juvenile justice system. Now he’s dedicated his life to helping other troubled kids. He has no business even looking at a beautiful, well-bred woman wearing a diamond engagement ring. But once they’re b...

From the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story comes a biting slasher perfect for fans of John Tucker Must Die and The Final Girl Support Group, following three women who lure their cheating boyfriend to a remote mountain cabin, only to realize that darkness lurks within the very walls, waiting to pick them off one by one.One isolated cabin. One cheating boyfriend. One plan to get even.Whe...

"If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art."In this sharp, uncompromising address, he defends the composer’s duty to the text: not to entertain, not to soothe, but to translate meaning with precision and depth. Music, he argues, must obey something higher than taste—something as exacting, and as rare, as truth itself.

The beloved classic about friendship—a Newbery Honor Book!Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together. School Library Journal called this story collection from Arnold Lobel "a masterpiece of child-styled humor and sensitivity."Winner of the Newbery H...

The Murphy Family Farm has always been more than a farm—it's an enchanted partnership between the Murphys and the Fairy Folk, forged over a century ago in Ireland. Hidden within its hundred acres of fields, orchards, and woodland paths lies Lismore Baile, the Fairy Folk's name for "Bountiful Home," where humans, fairies, and mythical creatures work together to keep the land thriving and the community flourishing.In this third magical adventure, the residents of Lismore Baile are pr...

The once blackmailed young wife has had her world turned asunder by a raunchy sexual initiation at the hands of the devious Frank. When she agrees to remain with Frank, her cuckolded husband, Billy, is shocked. Though he tries to wrench her from the surly man's tight grasp, Lisa isn't about to budge - especially when she's finding a crude, but inescapable satisfaction in the vulgar acts Frank demands of her. Even when the sex gets 'too dirty, too cruel, too gross'... Frank has his ways of ...

Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. Originally published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a ...

A compelling story that blends mystery, psychological tension, and the unseen workings of fate. In The Ghost, Arnold Bennett presents a thought-provoking narrative centered around ambition, secrecy, and the mysterious influences that shape human decisions. As characters navigate a world filled with uncertainty and hidden motives, events begin to unfold in ways that suggest something beyond ordinary explanation may be at play. The story draws readers into a tense atmosphere where perception...

Christmas is coming to Cahill County… but winter forgot to show up.Brooke Murphy loves life on the Magical Murphy Farm, where hardworking families and the hidden fairy folk of Lismore Baile live in harmony. Everything seems perfect — until the weather turns strangely warm and Jack Frost himself arrives with a frosty frown. Without cold winds and sparkling snow, he can't do his job, and Christmas may not feel like Christmas at all.To save the season, Brooke ...