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Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, 16-year-old Robbie Daniels jumps at the chance to work as a deckhand on a salmon troller captained by legendary fisherman Tor Torsen. Catching king salmon from dawn till dusk, Robbie is living his dream - until he discovers his mysterious captain's dark secret. Tor is illegally searching the coastline for historic metal plaques buried by early Russian explorers. When Robbie learns the value of these hidden treasures, he fears he may know too much to survive.

Five years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man when his own father figures abandoned him? As a white man, what can he possibly teach his biracial son about how to live as a black man in America? And what does it even mean to be a man today, when society's expectations of men seem to change from moment to moment?

When a boy finds a girl's body in the ditch on prom night...he becomes the primary suspect in her murder. Prom dreams. Prom Screams. Mario Woods is looking forward to one normal night before he graduates. He's spent most of high school riding solo. But when fate lands him a date for prom, he...

Colorful locals, a smart girl from school, and an enigmatic character known as the Prophet. Seventeen-year-old Ty is stuck riding Portland’s MAX Blue Line every day of the summer before his senior year, but what could be a boring commute turns into a discovery of human nature, an exploration of Ty’s own inner thoughts, and opportunities to make new friends.

Lackey Ferguson met Marissa Hardin once, the morning he signed on to build a bathhouse at the Hardins' fancy Fort Worth home. But when Marissa is found brutally murdered, Lackey becomes the number-one suspect in a trumped-up case, while a sexual psychopath runs loose. Desperate to find the real killer, Lackey must evade arrest while keeping an eye on his fiancée - who may just be the killer's next target....

Memory is Copeland-Stark’s business. Yet after months of reconsolidation treatments at their sleek new flagship facility, Hope Nakano still has no idea what happened to her lost year, or the life she was just beginning to build with her one great love. Each procedure surfaces fragmented clues which erode Hope’s trust in her own memories, especially the ones of Luke. As inconsistencies mount, her search for answers reveals a much larger secret Copeland-Stark is determined to protect. But everyone has secrets, including Hope.

When an augmented hard drive meant to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program falls into the wrong hands, the world edges closer to obliteration. Special Agents Steven and Avra are back! Along with Cindy, the spiritual eyeless doll, they’re at the heart of a sting operation to trick the infamous Iranian terrorist, Garf Zeman, into acquiring this tech—designed to let Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Chaos erupts, Israel and Russia clash, and aliens show up. Fasten your seatbelts. In a world teetering on annihilation, one man and a doll hold the key to humanity’s salvation.

On a completely normal night, a completely normal boy named Gabey went to sleep and had the most peculiar dream. He went to a white plane where a voice spoke to him. The voice belonged to a Dreamshine named Karganel who told him he was being held prisoner in a very stinky dungeon. In order to free him, Gabey would have to take on the mantle of being "Dreamshine" and learn all there is about magic, responsibility, and standing up for what is right. Along the way Gabey meets other protectors and citizens of the Dream Realm Pathos, like the friendly guard and sidekick BeetleButt.

Hallie Bancroft's forty-two-year-old life is in shambles. The universe has been dishing out lemons to her at Mach speed: laid off from her job as a theater-set designer, abandoned by her boyfriend, and saddled with an apartment she can no longer afford. When her best friend intervenes, Hallie finds herself with five others in a Cape Cod mansion so gigantic it could have its own ZIP code. There, she meets Quinn O'Neill, a dashing widowed professor in his early fifties who, much to Hallie's surprise, loves wordplay and literature as passionately as she does.

Learn about the Dutch artist behind beloved paintings like The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and over thirty self-portraits in this fascinating biography about Vincent Van Gogh for young readers. Today, Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. During his lifetime, he sold...

A thoughtful interpretation of the loss of a father from a child's perspective. Jar Of Love encourages your little one to let positive feelings and memories guide their way through their grief after losing their daddy.

Steven, a freshly minted Army Ranger with big ambitions, is eager to take down bad guys—and maybe charm a few bad girls along the way. His first mission: locate a Soviet master scientist hiding in the rugged French Pyrenees before a sadistic terrorist beats him to it. On his journey, Steven encounters a traitor in a field of red poppies, a stunning Mossad black-ops agent, mouthwatering cassoulet, and Cindy, a telepathic, eyeless doll. As Steven races to prevent catastrophe, he discovers that nothing is as it seems—least of all, himself.