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In the tradition of Bright Lights, Big City and The Secret History comes a compelling, highly-acclaimed debut novel of youth and innocence. On the elm-lined streets of a middle-class American city, the lives of a group of teenaged boys are forever changed by their obsession with five mysteriously doomed sisters.

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura... (more)

All Night Long

by Jayne A. Krentz

An exciting novel of passion, murder, small-town secrets, and scandal brought to light. Shy, studious Irene Stenson and wild, privileged Pamela Webb had been the best of friends for one short high school summer. Their friendship ended the night Pamela dropped Irene off at home-and Irene walked in to discover her parents' bodies on the kitchen floor. It was ruled a murder-suicide, and Irene fled the northern... (more)

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

by Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman IV Consists of Three Parts: THINGS THAT ARE TRUE Profiles And Trend Stories: Britney Spears, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, Bono, Wilco, The White Stripes, Steve Nash, Morrissey, Robert Plant -- All With New Introductions And Footnotes. THINGS THAT MIGHT BE TRUE Opinions And Theories On Everything From Monogamy To Pirates To Robots To Super People To Guilt And (Of Course)... (more)

In Death: Book 5

Ceremony in Death

by Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb

A secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. Every step she takes brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil.

Ghostwalkers: Book 4

Conspiracy Game

by Christine Feehan

GhostWalker Jack Norton is a genetically enhanced telepathic sniper on a mission to rescue his brother in the jungles of the Congo. Then he meets Briony, a beautiful rebel on a mission of her own-and hiding secrets that a shadowy enemy would kill to discover.

T-FLAC: Book 3

Hide and Seek

by Cherry Adair

A steamy, heart-stopping thrill ride through the jungle as a woman living a lie is forced to trust the one man who can expose her secrets. . . . Posing as the spoiled girlfriend of an international crimelord, Delanie Eastman braves a remote mountain in South America to find her missing sister. The last person she expects to see is Kyle Wright, the man she had a torrid affair with four years ago. What is he... (more)

T-FLAC: Book 4

In Too Deep

by Cherry Adair

Beauty can be deceiving. . . . Tally Cruise has come to Paradise Island for a long-awaited reunion with the father she never knew. But when she arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Still, she is so thrilled by the seductive beauty of the island that she doesn’t see the danger boiling right below the surface–until a mysterious explosion nearly kills her. She is rescued by an enigmatic man whose intensity is as... (more)

Adverbs: A Novel

by Daniel Handler

Can Joe help it if he falls in love with people who don't make him happy? And what about Helena—she's in love, but somehow this isn't enough. Shouldn't it be? And if it isn't enough, does this mean she's not really in love? It certainly seems to be spoiling the love she's in. And let's say there's a volcano underneath the city—doesn't that make things more urgent? Does urgency mean that you should keep the person... (more)

Ghostwalkers: Book 5

Deadly Game

by Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan, New York Times bestselling author and "the queen of paranormal romance" ( Publishers Weekly ) now explores the limits of endurance and the boundaries of passion in a life-and-death struggle to survive... It begins as a mission to protect a politician from an assassination threat. But the operation takes an unexpected turn when Mari, a mysteriously beautiful GhostWalker, is taken hostage. At... (more)

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

by Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket's work is filled with bitter truths, like: 'It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.' Or: 'It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important thing is not trying your best, but getting to safety.' For all of life's ups and downs, its... (more)

The Dying Game

by Beverly Barton

Play To Win... It's the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die... Play To Scream... The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies. Lindsay McAllister has seen this signature before, when she was a rookie detective... (more)

Slam

by Nick Hornby

Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex -girlfriend-- because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they've already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad. His mom had him at sixteen and has made it very clear how having a baby so young interrupted her life. There's only one person Sam can turn to--his hero, skating... (more)

Arcane Society: Book 3

Sizzle and Burn

by Jayne A. Krentz

A woman who hears voices. A man who sees visions. A killer who may elude them both. The New York Times -bestselling author of White Lies presents her newest Arcane Society novel. With more than 25 million books sold, Jayne Ann Krentz "excels at crafting superior, sexy romantic suspense" ( Booklist ), and with her Arcane Society novels-written under both the Krentz and Amanda Quick names-she has... (more)

Don't Let Go

by Marliss Melton

DON'T GIVE UP. It's love that keeps teacher Jordan Bliss up at night: the lost love for a Venezuelan orphan named Miguel...and the memory of a Navy SEAL tearing him from her arms. Now in the U.S. and longing for her child, Jordan vows to somehow, some way, bring Miguel home. DON'T LOOK BACK. To Navy SEAL Solomon McGuire, orders are orders. But the fierce passion in Jordan's voice and the fire in her eyes... (more)

Arcane Society: Book 5

Running Hot (Arcane Society, Book 5)

by Jayne A. Krentz

Ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, is waiting to meet Grace Renquist. Hired as an aura-reading consultant in the quest for a murder suspect, she’s got zero field experience. She’s from tiny Eclipse Bay, Oregon. She’s a librarian, for heaven’s sake.As for Grace, she’s not expecting much either from Malone, who walks with a cane and... (more)

The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy

Sign of Seven Trilogy: Book 3

The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy

by Nora Roberts

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood Brothers and The Hollow —the conclusion to the electrifying trilogy of three men and three women who join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.

One of Those Malibu Nights

by Elizabeth Adler

New York Times Bestselling Author of Meet Me in Venice It was just one of those Malibu nights, dark as a velvet shroud, creamy waves crashing onto the shore, breeze soft as a kitten’s breath.... But when Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a woman’s scream over the crashing waves, his low-key beach-bum lifestyle is changed forever. A beautiful, distraught woman wearing only a... (more)

The Secret Hangman (Peter Diamond Investigation)

The Secret Hangman (Peter Diamond Investigation)

by Peter Lovesey

"<A> master of the classic puzzle."- The New York Times Book Review "Lovesey's delicate balance of humor and suspense <is> one of the delights of contemporary crime fiction."- The Wall Street Journal "A master storyteller."- Kirkus Reviews Widowed Inspector Peter Diamond is being pursued by a secret admirer as he pursues a serial killer. Delia Williamson, a mother of two young girls... (more)

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The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

All Night Long

by Jayne A. Krentz

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

by Chuck Klosterman

Ceremony in Death

by Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb

Conspiracy Game

by Christine Feehan

Hide and Seek

by Cherry Adair

In Too Deep

by Cherry Adair

Adverbs: A Novel

by Daniel Handler

Deadly Game

by Christine Feehan

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

by Lemony Snicket

The Dying Game

by Beverly Barton

Slam

by Nick Hornby

Sizzle and Burn

by Jayne A. Krentz

Don't Let Go

by Marliss Melton

Running Hot (Arcane Society, Book 5)

by Jayne A. Krentz

The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy

by Nora Roberts

One of Those Malibu Nights

by Elizabeth Adler

The Secret Hangman (Peter Diamond Investigation)

by Peter Lovesey