New Adventures

This collection includes New Girl, Odd One Out, Winning Moves, Three's a Crowd, Beach Wipe Out, Toxic Talk, Shut Down and Double Cross, starring Star Girl and her space cadet friends.

After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England, facing an unimaginable new world. Can the two reunite and prevent an even greater disaster than the Sickness?

Come prowl the lonely, sometimes violent streets of American's most exotic city, the city that care forgot, New Orleans, with a lone-wolf private-eye named Lucien Caye. Unlike most 40s PIs, Caye rarely drinks, doesn't smoke or wear a hat (it messes up his hair). He's six feet tall with wavy, dark brown hair and standard-issue Mediterranean-brown eyes, a sly smile and a clever mind that often gets him into trouble. Caye lives and works in the run-down New Orleans French Quarter of the late 1940s.

From World Fantasy Award winner K. J. Parker, one of the most original voices in the genre, comes a new epic fantasy novel.

Alexander's army seems unstoppable. Phalathlan and Oster have fallen and they've turned their attention towards Morton where the surviving forces seem powerless to stop them. Refusing to run any more, Ben and Carl devise a plan that is both brilliant and insane. Hoping that one man can help them, they set off on an ocean voyage that will take Ben back to where he started. Their future will hinge on the answer to one question. Is the enemy of your enemy your friend, or your enemy?

When young and optimistic new auditor Johnny Fitch discovers that a senior partner at his firm has involved him in an insider trading scandal of epic proportions, “ethical misconduct” becomes more than a meaningless phrase in a college textbook. Suddenly, Johnny finds himself having to fight to save all that he has worked to build—a career at one of the most prestigious firms in the world, a strong friendship with an esteemed mentor, and a budding relationship with a longtime crush.

New Mexico native and travel and food writer Carolyn Graham goes beyond the standard restaurant guide to detail her personal experiences traveling and eating around the state. The result is a distinctive road map of flavors, ingredients, and fusions that bring these New Mexico food trails to life.

Jim spielt den Dummen. Es wäre zu gefährlich, wenn die Weißen wüssten, wie intelligent und gebildet er ist. Als man ihn nach New Orleans verkaufen will, flieht er mit Huck gen Norden in die Freiheit. Auf dem Mississippi jagt ein Abenteuer das nächste: Stürme, Überschwemmungen, Begegnungen mit Betrügern und Blackface-Sängern. Immer wieder muss Jim mit seiner Schwarzen Identität jonglieren, um sich und seinen jugendlichen Freund zu retten. Percival Everetts »James« ist einer der maßgeblichen Romane unserer Zeit, eine unerhörte Provokation, die an den Grundfesten des amerikanischen Mythos rüttelt.

Meet Cali, a sweet and loving kitten who found her forever home thanks to the power of love and adoption. Cali, with her beautiful orange, black, and white fur and sparkling green eyes, was one of many animals in a crowded shelter. Despite the noise and hustle, her gentle nature stood out. The shelter's owner saw Cali's potential for bringing joy and knew she needed a family.

A questo autore dall'inconfondibile vena pessimista e cruda, dall'originale scrittura raffinata e apparentemente naturale, tratta dal linguaggio parlato, ma piena di intrusioni e slanci d'autore, appartiene una serie di romanzi dimenticati, a metà tra il romanzo criminale e il western. A questo filone, quasi sfociante nel dramma antirazzista, che allora furoreggiava in certo cinema e in certo teatro americano alla Tennessee Williams, appartiene "Rossa".

The start of a mischievous new middle-grade series has trouble written all over it. Twelve-year-old Seamus Hinkle is a good kid with a perfect school record—until the day he accidently kills his substitute teacher with an apple. Seamus is immediately shipped off to a detention facility—only to discover that Kilter Academy is actually a school to mold future Troublemakers, where demerits are awarded as a prize for bad behavior and each student is tasked to pull various pranks on their teachers in order to excel.

Five young Minecraft players in the real world find themselves transported inside the game they love. But now it's not a game—and they will have to use everything they know to explore, build, and survive! This audio set collects all six books of the Stonesword Saga.

Searching for a missing diver, Rick swims through a recreational dive tube and emerges in a different world. He learns the missing diver was killed on the other side, and that one inhabitant of the other dimension has been visiting Star Lake. The visitor is hungry for the technology on Rick’s side of the portal, and will stop at nothing to get it.

Apprentice Reaper Xavier Devouh has lost his body. But his soul is still here... Inside his twin. For the five kingdoms of Nirus, death is managed by the knights of Grim: the Reapers. When you die, your NecroSeam (the thread stitching your soul to your body) must be reaped to begin your transition into the afterlife. But Xavier never had his Seam reaped. He only remembers being thrown off a cliff before waking inside his brother. But how did this happen? Is his body still alive? And who is the ashen-haired princess from his broken memories?

Secrets and Truth both have a price. Pellucid Rose discovered her parentage only to find that her homeland, the Empire of Glass, is dying. But a messenger from the Ancient One appears and informs her that all is not lost. The catch? Only she can stop Glass’s destruction by rebalancing the First Ring, the source of all Truth. No pressure, but she has no idea where the ring is, let alone how to fix it. With the fates of Glass and Secrets resting on her shoulders, what sacrifices will Pell be forced to make to save the universe?

Greater Than a Tourist - New Hampshire, USA by Colleen Martin offers the inside scoop on the Granite State. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your travel destination.

When Captain Traven’s huge warhorse is somehow stolen by a boy too young to grow facial hair, Traven hardly thinks about the danger before rushing after him. Little does he know that by doing so, he will become a vital member of the most important and perilous quest of his generation. Between the royal guards arresting him for treason, a beautiful women appearing in his dreams to ask for favors, mind control, and dragons, Traven doesn’t know what to think.

As a rescue dog, Addie finally makes it home this time where she and Annie never give up, even after the biggest of the biggest blunder that Addie could possibly make. Addie meets all kinds of new friends. And with each a new adventure. The Adventures of Ms. Addie Pants offers excitement, drama, and compassion from Annie, Gus, Gracie, Kava, and Chester. The good news is with Addie’s new adventures, she learns that friendship is about love.

Un aire de misterio envuelve a una de las nuevas alumnas de un exclusivo colegio privado en Suiza. Se trata de una hermosa chica de lustrosa melena azabache que llega todas las mañanas escoltada por una caravana digna de un jefe de estado. Se dice que es hija de un poderoso empresario, pero es en realidad hija del príncipe heredero de Arabia Saudí. Cuando la joven es despiadadamente secuestrada, el príncipe acude al único capaz de rescatarla antes de que sea demasiado tarde: Gabriel Allon.

Jarrod Torrealday, Lord Protector of Falconsrealm, awakens one glorious fall morning to find his castle under siege and his alliances shattered as a new threat rises: a revolution driven by a sorceress wielding forbidden magic and led by an unstoppable swordsman from the world he left behind. Worse yet, the weapons Jarrod brought with him from Earth are rocking the country on its heels and threatening everything he came to save.