Four stories of mysteries solved by Miss Marple, that elderly white-haired lady with the faded blue eyes and quiet nature. As well as "Death by Drowning", there are "The Thumbmark of St Peter", "The H…
The year is 1890. A ship is discovered adrift off the English coast, its crew missing, its murdered captain lashed to the wheel, and its only passanger is a sinister black dog. This impenetrable myste…
Holmes calls on Watson late one evening to tell him about a case that he has been working on, and also to invite him to be a witness to the final stage of the investigation. He wants Watson to accompa…
Shelve The Adventure of the Crooked Man (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #7)
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheel-chair bound hus…
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty…
Hercule Poirot is traveling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate. Richard Devonport has summoned the renowned detective to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is in…
Shelve The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #4)
A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some very shady characters. As they playfully recreate the ritual of the Black Dudley Dagger, someone dies. P…
Shelve The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
A precursor to DK's award-winning Eyewitness series, Eye Wonder was specially developed for children aged five plus, featuring astonishing photography exhibiting subjects within their natural setting,…
Children learn about the White house and the work of the president through the adventures of Woodrow G. Washingtail, president of the United Mice of America, and his family.
Suspects who are identical twins... A leaking tent... Magical worm pills... A zebra's portrait... And a sheet of toilet paper from Spain that's been swiped! These are just some of the ten brain-twisting my…
Shelve Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt (Encyclopedia Brown, #17)
In a playful voice that is uniquely Margaret Wise Brown's comes this delightful picture book about just what it means to be six, five, four, three, one, two, and "most importantly" you.
"Before last summer Maureen and I were best friends....At least I think we were. I don't know what happened exactly. As some people who get hit by trucks sometimes say,'I didn't see anything coming.'"…
A cigar-smoking proponent of free-verse modernism in open rebellion against her distinguished Boston lineage, Amy Lowell cut an indelible public figure in her lifetime. But in the words of editor Hono…
The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approach…
Shelve This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
Arthur, afraid of pulling his loose tooth, and his little sister, Violet, learn something about being brave in the seventh adventure about two favorite chimps.
Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that changes the world. The Origin of Species. War and Peace. 1984. The World According to Danny Dyer. And now, Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena, …
Shelve Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena
This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration o…
Shelve Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
I have never known my friend to be in better form, both mental and physical, than in the year '95. His increasing fame had brought with it an immense practice, and I should be guilty of an indiscretio…
Shelve The Adventure of Black Peter (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, #6)
A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup–winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women’s soccer goalie Briana Scurry
Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women’s Na…
Shelve My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper
Sherlock Holmes, the world's 'only unofficial consulting detective', was first introduced to readers in "A Study in Scarlet" introduced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication o…
Shelve The Five Orange Pips (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #5)
Best wishes at wedding-time....tender thoughts for a second honeymoon...a timeless harmony of married love and friendship. A Good Marriage is a perfect remembrance for those times.
Having explored the alphabet (The Hidden Alphabet), colors (Lemons Are Not Red), and emotions (Walter Was Worried), Laura Vaccaro Seeger turns her extraordinary talents to opposites in this bright, co…
Shelve Black? White! Day? Night! - A Book of Opposites (Neal Porter Books)
Queen Clarion is missing! One minute Prilla was flying right behind her, then POOF!—the queen was gone. Meanwhile, someone has taken the precious heart seed from …
Shelve Queen Clarion's Secret (Tales of Pixie Hollow, #16)
