Mercedes Lackey

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale....



Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella--until fate took that future away from her, and she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with "The Tradition" that guides the kingdoms comes with a cost--one that could leave her powerless and destitute. Until, that is, her fairy godmother intervenes and offers her a most unexpected job... to become her apprentice, and learn the ways of magic.



Now, instead of sleeping in the chimney, Elena must guide others along their own fated paths. And, of course, deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who keep trying to rise above their place. But when she finds herself falling for someone completely unexpected, she begins to question where her own path will lead her--and whether she's willing to take fate into her own hands. Sometimes a fairy godmother's work is never done...

 

Previously Published.

 

Read the Tale of Five Hundred Kingdoms Series by Mercedes Lackey:

Book 1: The Fairy Godmother

Book 2: One Good Knight

Book 3: Fortune's Fool

Book 4: The Snow Queen

Book 5: The Sleeping Beauty

Book 6: Beauty and the Werewolf

The Fairy Godmother

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Julie Kagawa

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

In the epic, eagerly awaited fourth book of the Iron Fey series, faery prince Ash finally has the opportunity to tell his story. Original.

The Iron Knight

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Steve Hodel

A Genius for Murder

In 1947, California's infamous Black Dahlia murder inspired the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. Despite an unprecedented allocation of money and manpower, police investigators failed to identify the psychopath responsible for the sadistic murder and mutilation of beautiful twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short. Decades later, former LAPD homicide detective-turned-private investigator Steve Hodel launched his own investigation into the grisly unsolved crime -- and it led him to a shockingly unexpected perpetrator: Hodel's own father. A spellbinding tour de force of true-crime writing, this newly revised edition includes never-before-published forensic evidence, photos, and previously unreleased documents, definitively closing the case that has often been called "the most notorious unsolved murder of the twentieth century."

Black Dahlia Avenger

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Return to the Five Hundred Kingdoms, where a damsel can rescue herself, thank you...

 

Princess Andromeda knows that any problem can be solved with a bit of research. So when a dragon storms the kingdom of Acadia, she decides it's time to hit the books. Despite all her research, the only acceptable answer she can find is sacrificing a fair maiden--for Acadia is governed by "Tradition," a rule that cannot so easily be sundered. Then she is picked as the sacrifice and must take matters into her own hands.

 

With the help of her champion, Sir George, Andromeda sets out in search of the dragon's lair, wanting nothing more than to change her fate. But to do so will take the strongest of wills, knowledge, quick wits and a refusal to give up, no matter what happens along the way...

 

Previously Published.

 

Read the Tale of Five Hundred Kingdoms Series by Mercedes Lackey:

Book 1: The Fairy Godmother

Book 2: One Good Knight

Book 3: Fortune's Fool

Book 4: The Snow Queen

Book 5: The Sleeping Beauty

Book 6: Beauty and the Werewolf

 

 

One Good Knight

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Natsuo Kirino

A Thriller

After strangling her husband, Masako Katori, a middle-aged wife and mother working the night shift at a Tokyo factory, enlists the aid of four co-workers to conceal the crime. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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Charles Ogden

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Sinister twins Edgar and Ellen descend into Nod's Limbs vast sewer system to uncover the mystery of a rival mischief-maker.

Under Town

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Lisa See

Beijing police detective Liu Hulan sets out to find the truth about the suicide death of her friend's daughter. The case takes Hulan into her own buried past, and into the heart of a dangerous mystery--and brings her and her American lover, attorney David Stark, closer than they ever imagined.

The Interior

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Lisa Hendrix

Searching for redemption, Gunnar the Red, cursed by an evil sorceress to walk the earth as a beast by day, human by night, rescues Lady Eleanor de Neville from near death and finds his destiny forever changed by this courageous woman who has the power to save his soul. Original.

Immortal Champion

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Joe Vitale

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

How to Seduce and Persuade Customers with Only Your Words

Discover the secrets of written persuasion!

"The principles of hypnosis, when applied to copywriting, add a new spin to selling. Joe Vitale has taken hypnotic words to set the perfect sales environment and then shows us how to use those words to motivate a prospect to take the action you want. This is truly a new and effective approach to copywriting, which I strongly recommend you learn. It's pure genius."
-Joseph Sugarman, author of Triggers

"I've read countless book on persuasion, but none come close to this one in showing you exactly how to put your readers into a buying trance that makes whatever you are offering them irresistible."
-David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"I am a huge fan of Vitale and his books, and Hypnotic Writing (first published more than twenty years ago), is my absolute favorite. Updated with additional text and fresh examples, especially from e-mail writing, Joe's specialty, Hypnotic Writing is the most important book on copywriting (yes, that's really what it is about) to be published in this century. Read it. It will make you a better copywriter, period."
-Bob Bly, copywriter and author of The Copywriter's Handbook

"I couldn't put this book down. It's eye opening and filled with genuinely new stuff about writing and persuading better. And it communicates it brilliantly and teaches it brilliantly-exemplifying the techniques by the writing of the book itself as you go along."
-David Deutsch, author of Think Inside the Box, www.thinkinginside.com

"Hypnotic Writing is packed with so much great information it's hard to know where to start. The insights, strategies, and tactics in the book are easy to apply yet deliver one heck of a punch. And in case there's any question how to apply them, the before-and-after case studies drive the points home like nothing else can. Hypnotic Writing is not just about hypnotic writing. It is hypnotic writing. On the count of three, you're going to love it. Just watch and see."
-Blair Warren, author of The Forbidden Keys to Persuasion

Hypnotic Writing

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Jon Jeffrey

Chris Kenry

William J. Mann

Ben Tyler

Four of Kensington's best-selling gay authors celebrate the holidays in style, with tales of Christmas love in this sexy quartet of novellas following the success of Summer Share.

All I Want for Christmas

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William Cane

The Truth about What Men and Women Do, Think, and Feel

With specific techniques for more than 30 types of kisses, this updated and revised edition shows readers how to transform their kissing technique, pucker up with passion, and master "The Art of Kissing" today. Line drawings.

The Art of Kissing, 2nd Revised Edition

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N. T. Morley

A whip-cracking anthology of erotica that includes a total of 60 stories, half of which concentrate on the submissive, half on the master. Thirty stories for the master are told in the voices of dominant men exercising their power over their willing women - who worship the pleasures these men so forcefully provide. Thirty stories for the slave highlight the pleasure of submission where the slave is celebrated, revered and fulfilled. This book truly is one of a kind and brings a long-needed breath of fresh air to a staid genre.

Master/Slave

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John Lanchester

A Novel

Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, John Lanchester's The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food.

Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the book's snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.

The Debt to Pleasure

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Janet Evanovich

Charlotte Hughes

Posing as husband and wife, Jamie Swift, owner of a South Carolina newspaper, and playboy Max Holt, get caught up in a romantic adventure as they become involved with a corrupt minister, gangsters, a dog named Fleas, and a computer whiz.

Full Speed

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Joyce Carol Oates

Sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she's approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children's books he's written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her -- Mr. Kidder's life couldn't be more different from Katya's drab working-class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr. Kidder's new painting isn't the lighthearted endeavor it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it? In the tradition of Oates's classic story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" A Fair Maiden is an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control.

A Fair Maiden

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Don Pendleton

A political assassination in Los Angeles leads to a red alert when the gunman then declares war against Washington. Trained by a secret organization within the U.S. government, the sniper is relentless in his quest to make a better America--even if it means killing millions of innocent people along the way.

Patriot Acts

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There's never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave's spiked the mercury-and everyone's sex drive! These days, when Jamie runs into Max, it's all she can do not to tear his clothes off-and the feeling is mutual. But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he's all wrong for her. Meanwhile, the lingerie shop is having a sale on edible underwear, while the bakery's selling aphrodisiac-laced brownies and x-rated birthday cakes. Even Jamie's dog, Fleas, is dodging passes from the amorous French poodle next door! But when someone starts bumping off some of the town's more annoying citizens, all clues lead straight to the new personals section in Jamie's newspaper. Pretty soon, things are getting hot and heavy, as Max and Jamie start uncovering secrets-and undressing each other...

Full Blast

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Jamie Swift's job running the local newspaper in Beaumont is complicated by the arrival of her silent partner, Maximilian Holt, who is in town supporting his brother-in-law, former wrestler Frankie Fontana, in his campaign for mayor.

Full Tilt

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Hoping to improve his rogue's reputation in order to get a bank loan for his business, Hank Mallone hires Maggie Toone to pose as his wife, but the deal soon changes from "strictly business" to "no holds barred."

Wife for Hire

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It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a twinkle light anywhere to be seen in her apartment-and there's a strange man in her kitchen.

Sure, this has happened to Stephanie Plum before. But this guy is different. He's mysterious, sexy-and has his own agenda. His name is Diesel, and he's on a mission. The question is, what does he want with her? Can he help her find a little old toy maker who has skipped out on his bail right before Christmas? Can he survive the Plum family holiday dinner? Can he get Stephanie a tree that doesn't look like it was grown next to a nuclear power plant? These questions and more are keeping Stephanie awake at night. Not to mention the fact that she needs to find a bunch of nasty elves, her sister Valerie has a Christmas "surprise" for the Plums, her niece Mary Alice doesn't believe in Santa anymore, and Grandma Mazur has a new stud muffin. So bring out the plastic reindeer, strap on your jingle bells, and get ready to celebrate the holidays-Jersey style.


Visions of Sugar Plums

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Tom Angleberger

Or, the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, the Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset

Tom Angleberger's latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M'Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it's never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of "the Loosening," the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can't tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this silly romp of a mystery.

Praise for Horton Halfpott
"A positively gleeful historical mystery farce. Short chapters, a fast pace and plenty of linguistic and slapstistic humor will have young readers hoping that a sequel is planned. The scribbly pen-and-ink chapter-heading cartoon illustrations are just icing on the cake--or pickle éclair. A romp from start to finish." -Kirkus Reviews

"Exaggerated black-and-white drawings emphasize the often wacky humor in this goofy faux-British mystery. Sprawling, outlandish tale." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Readers will enjoy Angleberger's penchant for the absurd as well as his many droll asides. With Angleberger's many eclectic characters, his wild-and-witty storytelling, and a lighthearted but perplexing mystery--involving a "lump" of diamonds, a couple of wigs, and a bust of Napoleon--readers are in for a treat." -Publishers Weekly

"From the author of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, here's an amusing romp of a mystery that balances skulduggery with just rewards." -Booklist


 

"Much like Dickens or Dahl, an opinionated narrator with a strong sense of the ridiculous directs this story." -School Library Journal

Horton Halfpott

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Ronald K. Siegel

The Voices of Paranoia

Describes the actual experiences and delusions of those suffering from paranoia, and looks at how drug addiction, prison, organized crime, and terrorism can cause these symptoms

Whispers

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April Lindner

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Forced to drop out of an esteemed East Coast college after the sudden death of her parents, Jane Moore takes a nanny job at Thornfield Park, the estate of Nico Rathburn, a world-famous rock star on the brink of a huge comeback. Practical and independent, Jane reluctantly becomes entranced by her magnetic and brooding employer and finds herself in the midst of a forbidden romance. But there's a mystery at Thornfield, and Jane's much-envied relationship with Nico is soon tested by an agonizing secret from his past. Torn between her feelings for Nico and his fateful secret, Jane must decide: Does being true to herself mean giving up on true love? An irresistible romance interwoven with a darkly engrossing mystery, this contemporary retelling of the beloved classic Jane Eyre promises to enchant a new generation of readers.

Jane

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Pip Ballantine

Tee Morris

Philippa Ballantine

A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel

Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine organization whose bailiwick is the strange and unsettling—will not allow its agents to investigate. Fearless and exceedingly lovely Eliza D. Braun, however, with her bulletproof corset and a disturbing fondness for dynamite, refuses to let the matter rest . . . and she’s prepared to drag her timorous new partner, Wellington Books, along with her into the perilous fray. For a malevolent brotherhood is operating in the deepening London shadows, intent upon the enslavement of all Britons. And Books and Braun—he with his encyclopedic brain and she with her remarkable devices—must get to the twisted roots of a most nefarious plot . . . or see England fall to the Phoenix!

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