Akira has secrets. But so does the town of Tassamara.

Akira Malone believes in the scientific method, evolution, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. And ghosts.

All the logic and reason in the world can’t protect her from the truth—she can see and communicate with spirits. But Akira is sure that her ability is just a genetic quirk and the ghosts she encounters simply leftover electromagnetic energy. Dangerous electromagnetic energy.

Zane Latimer believes in telepathy, precognition, auras, and that playing Halo with your employees is an excellent management technique. He also thinks that maybe, just maybe, Akira can help his family get in touch with their lost loved ones.

But will Akira ever be able to face her fears and accept her gift? Or will Zane’s relatives be trapped between life and death forever?

Unbeknownst to two teenagers—Ralph worried about a history exam he didn’t study for and Sarah having studied all weekend—a flu pandemic with apocalyptic proportions rages over the world. On Monday, they arrive at their high school besieged by men in hazmat suits, escorting infected teenagers to buses. Ralph is forced on one of these quarantine buses and Sarah, along with the remaining healthy student body, gets quarantined at school.

This flu however is worse than the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed a hundred million people—much worse. This flu turns its victims into the walking dead. The few not infected are left not only with the grief of their family and friends passing, but also with the horror of their families, friends, and neighbors trying to rip the flesh off them.

Ralph—unsure about the real destination of the bus and trapped inside with kids that are getting worse by the minute—may not get to the destination in time before the first one dies.

A fiery chef and a delicious ex-military man . . . The perfect recipe for a sizzling romance.

Spirited chef Lily Redman is never happier than when she’s cooking up a storm, so she has high hopes for her TV show discovering talented new chefs.

Unfortunately for Lily, she’s astonished to learn the producer is none other than her scheming ex.

But, onwards and upwards, she’s not going to let him get her down. Now she just needs to find a way to get around the Cornish countryside. Enter strong-but-silent ex-soldier Kenan and his adorable daughter. He needs work and she needs a driver.

What neither of them bargained for was the scorching tension. Especially since they’re polar opposites. His job is to keep his eyes on the road — but they struggle to keep their hands off each other.

Charlie Greene’s life is unraveling… dismissed from Scotland Yard, she’s jobless, aimless, and living with her father in London. But as she struggles to get her life in order, he mysteriously disappears while on a business trip to Florida.

With nothing more than a duffel bag and an uneasy feeling, Charlie flies to Miami and quickly discovers… someone has their sights set on her too.

Reluctantly joined by Grant Wolfe, another former cop with problems of his own, they begin a frantic search for answers… and reveal more about their pasts than either of them could have imagined.

Retirement was supposed to be peaceful… until murder crashed the tour.

When recently widowed librarian Sally Harper sets out in her new RV with her faithful German Shepherd, Agatha, she’s finally fulfilling the dream she shared with her late husband—to see America’s natural wonders. The Grand Canyon seems like the perfect place to start their adventure.

But when Sally joins a three-day guided tour, her librarian’s eye for detail notices tension bubbling beneath the surface. There’s the enthusiastic young guide Tyler, the curmudgeonly geology professor Elmer Watkins, his estranged daughter Celia, and the wealthy Henderson couple whose strained politeness barely masks their hostility.

When Professor Watkins plunges to his death during a sunrise hike, officials quickly rule it an accident. But Sally isn’t convinced. The missing camera, disturbed footprints, and the professor’s cryptic final words about rock formations “not being what they should be” suggest something far more sinister.

From the ashes of their past, Cygnus was rising.

Following in the footsteps of their forefathers, humanity returns to space to explore, learn what the galaxy has to offer, maybe even return to Earth. Cain, the great-great-grandson of the ones who brought peace and free trade back to Planet Cygnus VII, finds himself challenged to live up to the deeds of his ancestors, driven to excel he joins the Space Exploration Service trying to earn a position on the latest deep space exploration vessel.

But space is a dangerous place, where the risks are great and the rewards fleeting.

Faced with the most difficult decisions, Cain finds himself trapped on a human-colonized world. With hostile forces pressing in, Cain has no choice but to dig deep for lessons from his past, match wits with a ruthless enemy, and help his companions transition from being peaceful explorers to fierce fighters if they are to survive.

From the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman’s experiences in the Vietnam War

“After my first book was published, I received some letters.” So begins Sigrid Nunez’s haunting novel about the poignant and unusual friendship between a writer and a retired army nurse who seeks her out decades after their childhood in the same housing project. Among the letters the narrator receives is one from a Rouenna Zycinski, recalling their old connection and asking if they can meet.Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir. It is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna’s shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend–and her friend’s war. Writing Rouenna’s story becomes all-consuming, at once a necessity and the only consolation.

This homestyle cookbook gathers the best of the region—dips, condiments, salads, sides, mains, soups, stews, desserts, and drinks—using easy-to-find, fresh ingredients and delicious Arabic spices.​​ In Souk to Table, you’ll find:

100 easy-to-make and delicious recipes from Amina’s homeland of Iraq, as well as Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, and beyond​
Dinners that can be made in under an hour for easy weeknight cooking, as well as traditional dishes “worth the effort” for weekend cooking​ and hosting
A simpler approach to Middle Eastern cooking without sacrificing any of the authentic flavors​
A stunning photo accompanying every recipe​
How to stock your Middle Eastern kitchen

Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr’s masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM’s classic The Wizard of Oz, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm’s length as he quietly battled his inner demons.

Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction—and destruction—of the performer, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is more than one man’s quest to understand his father; it is an extraordinary examination of a life in American show business.