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An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati.... (more)

Robert Langdon: Book 2

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously... (more)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter: Book 5

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

Specially produced British collectible edition of the fourth volume in the Harry Potter Series. First printings are identified by the statement "First Edition" on the copyright page, and the absence of a number line; and/or by the statement "First Edition" on the publisher's price sticker, if in shrinkwrap. Product details: Brick-red cloth-bound boards with gilt lettering,... (more)

The Killer Angels

A Novel of the Civil War

by Michael Shaara

"My favorite historical novel...A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant." JAMES M. McPHERSON Author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM Winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of... (more)

Fever 1793

by Laurie Halse Anderson

During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence,... (more)

Boxcar Children: Book 1

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Read by Phyllis Newman Two cassettes / 1 hour 54 minutes Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to... (more)

Josie and Jack: A Novel

by Kelly Braffet

In Josie and Jack, Kelly Braffet gives us a deliciously dark, suspenseful debut novel in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith. Beautiful, brilliant, and inseparable, Josie and Jack Raeburn live a secluded, anarchic existence in their decaying western Pennsylvania home. The only adult in their lives is their rage-prone father, a physicist, whose erratic behavior finally drives them away. Without a moral compass... (more)

A Long Way From Chicago

by Richard Peck

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable—their grandmother!

Dying to be MarilynYvette Paris

Dying to be Marilyn

by Yvette Paris

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

by Joseph Bruchac

The United States is at war, and sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause—especially when he hears that Navajos are being specifically recruited by the Marine Corps. So he claims he’s old enough to enlist, breezes his way through boot camp, and suddenly finds himself involved in a top-secret task, one that’s exclusively performed by Navajos. He has become a code talker. Now Ned must brave some of... (more)

The Blue Bedspread

by Raj Kamal Jha

In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day. During the long hot night, the baby sleeps on a bedspread that used to be indigo blue, but has faded to almost white.... (more)

Cupcake

by Rachel Cohn

When Cyd Charisse moves from San Francisco to start a new life in New York City, she leaves behind her family -- and her true love, Shrimp. She wants to find a cool job, the city's best caffeination and most perfect cupcake, and a hot new love. But the reality of CC's new life hits some unexpected obstacles, including a broken leg that renders her immobile; the joy and aggravation of sharing an apartment with a... (more)

The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes

The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Anna Del Maso had known that she wanted to be a chef since she was in the seventh grade. "Somehow everything in my life ends up being about food," she realizes, as she begins the latest of her food-themed quilts. Her twin passions have converged in a brand-new position as head chef for Elm Creek Quilts, Waterford, Pennsylvania's popular quilting retreat. As she joins the circle of quilters at historic Elm Creek... (more)

Finding Nemo: Fish Tank Gang Book (Finding Nemo)

Finding Nemo: Fish Tank Gang Book (Finding Nemo)

by Walt Disney Productions, Pixar

Just Ella

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Cole Protocol (Halo)

by Tobias S. Buckell

In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its Inner Colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the universe of lingering navigation data that would reveal the location of Earth. Among them is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes. Thrust back into action after being sidelined, Keyes is saddled with a top secret... (more)

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Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

The Killer Angels

A Novel of the Civil War

by Michael Shaara

Fever 1793

by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Josie and Jack: A Novel

by Kelly Braffet

A Long Way From Chicago

by Richard Peck

Dying to be Marilyn

by Yvette Paris

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

by Joseph Bruchac

The Blue Bedspread

by Raj Kamal Jha

Cupcake

by Rachel Cohn

The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Finding Nemo: Fish Tank Gang Book (Finding Nemo)

by Walt Disney Productions, Pixar

Just Ella

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Cole Protocol (Halo)

by Tobias S. Buckell