The treasures of Mississippi brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers. Toddlers will delight in this book filled with rhyming riddles framed by brightly painted clues, introducing the elements that make Mississippi so special.

Did you know that natives of the Northwest used dried sharkskin to sand totem poles? Or that horses were called medicine dogs, because dogs had been used to aid in hunting before horses were introduced by Europeans? In "D is for Drum: A Native America Alphabet," readers will get an A-Z introduction to the many customs and cultures of the first people of this beautiful land. Bison, teepees, Kachinas and dugout canoes will all help to paint a fascinating picture of the more than 500 indigeno...

Construction equipment has long been a favorite of little readers and D is for Dump Truck takes children on an A to Z exploration of a fun backyard construction site. With bouncy poems for each letter and a glossary in the back, this book brings the thrill of construction up close and personal.

The Competition is a new kind of novel -- a fast-paced, sophisticated architectural thriller. The books dry humor and intriguing characters, along with its intricate, suspenseful plot, provide all of the necessary ingredients for a brilliant new genre.When washed-up architect William Lightstone Travers enters a design competition for the new Governors Mansion in Indianapolis, he discovers graft and murder are part of the process. Can Travers save his troubled career and wi...

It started with a haunting image: a Ford Explorer, iridescent in the moonlight and alone on a desolate stretch of beach. Its owner, Melissa Gibbons, has gone missing. Her husband says she flew the coop. But Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight is convinced otherwise: Melissa Gibbons has been murdered.So begins the confounding case that Rachel must present before a disbelieving jury. A dissatisfied heiress and her philandering husband -- what really happened? The husband has a fiendis...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Wrong Alibi delivers a stand-alone thriller novella set in the same Alaskan small town.It's just another Tuesday in Rockin, Alaska: one bear cub, two Bigfoot sightings, three corrupt law officers and a sting operation that will test new police officer Gabriella Donatti to the limits. Returning to the world of her "spine-tingling thriller" Wrong Alibi with a new story packed with her trademark myster...

Named a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year: The explosive debut novel about family, power, and privilege from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse above them begin construction, an unstable stranger penetra...

A Michelin two-star chef at twenty-eight, Violette Lenoir could handle anything, including a cocky burglar who broke into her restaurant in the middle of the night.Or so she thought.Elite counterterrorist operative Chase “Smith” had been through things that made Hell Week look easy. But nothing had prepared him for a leather-clad blonde who held him at bay at knifepoint and dared him to take her on.Now if only saving the world didn’t require he ruin her life.

Frank Darabont, Bentley Little, Benjamin Percy, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kealan Patrick Burke, and Glen Hirshberg share chilling tales of ancient evils and wicked desires in this spooky collection assembled by renowned horror editors Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar.WALPUSKI’S TYPEWRITER by Frank DarabontThey say that genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. For Howard Walpuski, it’s an IBM Selectric II typewriter, a nefarious sec...

An enthralling literary mystery that connects some of the world's most famous authors—from Norman Mailer and Truman Capote to B. Traven and J. D. Salinger— to a sinister collector in ChicagoAdam Langer, the narrator of this deft and wide-ranging novel by the author of the same name, tells the intertwining tales of two writers navigating a plot neither one of them could have ever imagined. There may be no other escape than to write their way out of i...

Clifford Montgomery has been separated from the love of his life since she was kidnapped years ago. Her location was discovered shortly after her abduction, but in order to keep her safe from those who want her dead, she has remained far away. Meanwhile, Cliff’s love for her has only intensified.The only problem is that she can’t remember him. Cliff must wrestle with the anticipation of reuniting with his lost love and the fact that she doesn’t know he exists. Will she remember him...

A police detective is accused of murder in this novel that "delivers on all levels: action, courtroom drama . . . and a show-stopping climax" ( The Hamilton Spectator).Until recently, Steve Nastos was a respected Toronto detective, part of the sexual assault unit. Now he's in custody—accused of killing his young daughter's dentist after learning of the man's unspeakable crimes against children.Freed on bail, he has one hope: to track down the actua...