A handsome celebrity chef. A treacherous ex. Can Verena Valent survive the biggest break of her career, or will it break her? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author.After a chance meeting with celebrity chef Lance Martel in Beverly Hills, Verena Valent realizes there's more to life than business. A trip to Paris and a surprise meeting with Lance ignite a romance Verena hadn't expected, though, after a failed relationship, Verena has lea...

Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller collaboration from the world's favorite author, James Patterson, and former President Bill Clinton.An "undeniably gripping ride through the hidden passageways of power and politics" that "moves like Air Force One." —Michael Connelly, bestselling author of the Lincoln Lawyer seriesThe President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes no...

Debut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangl...

From the world's #1 bestselling author, a kooky kid is banished to another planet in this hilarious adventure about a futuristic world where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain gray jumpsuits he wears every day. He's been normal his whole li...

Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could take them to the state championships. They all have a lot to lose, but they all have a lot to p...

In this book, Losa Patterson, a Pasifika clinical psychotherapist and life coach, shares her personal experiences, hoping they can help you heal. While she includes trauma stories that may be confronting, they are approached with care and sensitivity, emphasizing the essential processing of emotions and behaviours. Many have connected with her story, so if you find that her journey reflects your own and supports your healing, it is truly hoped that it brings you joy, peace, and love. This ...

The fifth installment in the charming early-reader graphic novel series featuring three unforgettable friends—a bunny, a worm, and a frog—whose everyday adventures turn delightfully chaotic thanks to their wildly different personalities.Blue, Barry, and Pancakes are best friends! They love epic poetry, wild rodeos, and going on TIME-BENDING adventures!One night, Blue prepares to read a poem to an audience of friends from around the neighborhood. But just be...

Hollywood's biggest movie star falls for the only woman who has no idea who he is.When Hollywood's biggest movie star, Henry "Ace" Starling, slips away to Mallorca for a quiet escape, the last thing he expects is to collide — literally — with Evy Braam, a small-town Michigan teacher and single mother who has no idea who he is. For the first time in years, Henry isn't treated like a star—just a man.What begins as an unexpected connection quickly becomes impo...

MacArthur "genius" and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of DecemberThe “best short story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in co...

“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel! It’s an historic novel. Talk about hitting me on so many good points.” –John Busbee, The Culture Buzz, weekly on www.KFMG.org“Set against the harsh backdrop of Montana, You Belong Here Now is a novel as straightforward and powerful as the characters who populate it. I love this book, and I guarantee you won’t find a finer debut work anywhere.” — William Kent Krueger, New York Times bests...

A princess who has lost her mother and father finds herself in a terrifying world that urgently needs a queen in this thrilling fantasy novel.Sophia is smart, beautiful, and accomplished, a beloved princess devoted to the people and to reading books. The kingdom is hers, until she is plunged into a nightmarish realm populated by the awful beasts she read about as a child.The beasts are real. And so is the great army marching on her castle. The people look t...

"In this wonderful book, Thomas Patterson effectively dethrones the concept of 'civilization' as an abstract good, transcending human society."--Martin Bernal Drawing on his extensive knowledge of early societies, Thomas C. Patterson shows how class, sexism, and racism have been integral to the appearance of "civilized" societies in Western Europe. He lays out clearly and simply how civilization, with its designs of "civilizing" and "being civilized," has been closely tie...