Books

"Shanti is a heroine that the reader will not easily forget. The story that is told here is worth not only knowing but also remembering." - Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, author, filmmaker and academic Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the...

A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth's forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans,...

A Métis girl is adopted by a Mennonite family in this breathtaking memoir about family lost and found. By the time Brittany Penner is seven years old, she has loved and lost twenty-one foster siblings who have come into her family and left--all of...

Each Haynes manual is written for the do-it-yourselfer and provides step-by-step instructions based on a complete disassembly of the vehicle. This hands-on experience provides the reader with specific and detailed instructions for performing everything from basic maintenance and troubleshooting to a complete engine overhaul....

For fans of sexy modern romance and contemporary coming-of-age stories, this WEBTOON comic adaptation of a worldwide phenomenon novel follows two opposites who form an unlikely bond after a memorable encounter involving a red dress. Star basketball player and college heartthrob Caleb Lockhart is...

Four of Charles Dickens's classic novels are collected here in one volume. Oliver Twist. Pip. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The characters of Charles Dickens live on in our imaginations long after we've read his renowned works of social commentary and...

This autobiography covers the first half of the life of the leader of the Islamic Revolution Sayyid Ali Khamenei, from his early childhood all the way to the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought the monarchical regime to an end in Iran. It provides a...

The Revised Standard Version dramatically shaped the course of English Bible translation work in the latter half of the Twentieth Century. It is still the translation used in official Church pronouncements, and serves as the basis for the scriptural text used in the Catechism...

Do you sense dark forces lurking in your home, mind, or atmosphere?Do you feel spiritually oppressed, stagnant, or constantly under attack?Are you ready to cleanse your life, confront the darkness, and reclaim your spiritual authority?Cast Out Demons and Break Their Hold is a clarion...

His mind should be on the case But he can't stop thinking of her When Stefanie Nguyen discovers a dead body at the annual Founder's Day celebration, police detective Campbell Sawyer picks up the case. Could the murder be related to a cold case...

Wealthy party girl Lauren hungers for human flesh. Her girlfriend Alex, a recently injured dancer, is trapped in Lauren's toxic and deadly spiral. The looming threat of capture may prove to be less dangerous than Lauren herself and the lengths she will go to...

The stunning blood-soaked saga of a real-life Godfather--Don Carlo Gambino--the quiet gangster with a whispery voice who struck fear into his enemies as he rose to the top of the Mafia family ladder, told by an insider who lived in that world, knew those...

A Penguin Classic First published in 1897, Captain Courageous tells of the high-seas adventures of Harvey Cheyne, the son of an American millionaire, who, after falling from a luxury ocean liner, is rescued by the raucous crew of the fishing ship We're Here. Obstinate...

Karl Marx's Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights....

You're walking down the beach when all the coastal water gets sucked out to sea. That could mean only one thing--tsunami! People everywhere are panicking. Choose your own path as you experience a deadly tsunami. Will you survive, or will you become a victim?Author:...

Did you hear the one about the comedian who was canceled? Comedians are no strangers to controversy or crossing the line. But some things do change. Humorists the world over are no longer simply denounced in grouchy op-eds. Now comedians are being hounded by...

The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and Cam is a spunky young heroine whom readers have loved for over two decades. Now the first ten books in the series have updated covers that...

In these deftly written stories of the fantastic, Christopher Caldwell unravels the complicities of personhood and gender, slavery and war. Winner of the Crawford Award. Saints and sailors, scoundrels and surfers. Caldwell's characters appear in contrasting duets-first notes during the initial half, and then...

Cain's Jawbone is not a novel you read. It is a puzzle you confront.Originally published in 1934, this legendary literary challenge was devised by Edward Powys Mathers, writing as Torquemada. The book consists of one hundred pages printed entirely out of order. The reader's...

A richly detailed transoceanic history of the early French Empire, illuminating how it became bound by a common legal culture of race--as well as how enslaved and free people critically shaped the development of the colonies. From the beginning of the seventeenth century, French...