A parachute jump into history. The early hours of June 6th, 1944, and the beginning of the battle to sweep the Germans all the way back to Berlin and beyond.Before the landings can take place, paratroops have to take and hold strategic crossings to hold back the German armor. Not everything went to plan.A bridge outside a remote French town, vital for the Germans and vital for the Allies. Company B is traveling in C-47s when their aircraft are hit by flak, and First Platoon jumps into the darkness, dispersed across the entire region of Normandy. A few men land close to the objective. And close to a unit of SS. The company commander is not amongst them, wounded after a bad landing and taken prisoner.They reach the bridge, and have more obstacles to taking and holding it than they can believe. Including the ominous threat of enemy armor, forging up from the south to throw the Allies back into the sea. And the discovery the CO is a prisoner in a nearby town. Of...

Miss Dove Meriwether is the daughter of a vicar. Prim, proper, and devoted in her faith, she isn't prepared for the way her heart flutters when a viscount suddenly appears at the church asking for absolution. He's entirely too handsome—and rakish—for her own good. She doesn't have time to entertain him when she has other duties to her father's congregation. After the vicar falls ill, Dove is thrust into a role she never imagined she might play. But when it comes to matters of the heart, are the stakes too high? Lord Cain Wyndham, Viscount Markel, feels that the only way he can get his sordid life back on track is to ask for divine intervention. But when an enchanting woman walks out of the church instead of the vicar he had been expecting, he forgets why he wants to change his wicked ways. As the holiday season draws near and he fights against his urges to claim Dove as his own, he realizes that redemption isn't the only thing he needs in his life. Can...

Rusty starts out as an ordinary house kitten, but his travels deep into the forest involve him in the epic battles of the cat warrior clans who roam (and rule) the wild. With a new name—Firepaw—and a position as a Thunderclan apprentice, our feline hero faces his destiny, struggles with issues of friendship, honor, courage, and betrayal, and learns what it truly means to be a warrior.

In Doggo and Pupper Search for Cozy — the conclusion to the Doggo and Pupper early readers trilogy by New York Times-bestselling author Katherine Applegate with a brightly colored palette from Charlie Alder — the canines help Cat adjust to a big change: A new bed! When Cat announces that the Humans have given her a surprise present, Doggo and Pupper are all ears. But when they find out that Cat has a new bed and misses her old one, they set out to help her search for cozy.Change is difficult, and Katherine Applegate understands how it feels to miss a beloved source of security. Very young readers will relate to Doggo, Pupper, and Cat, and appreciate their friendship and empathy.

John Updike's fourth collection of nonfiction is his biggest and richest yet. The years have brought to him an increasing number of odd jobs, to which he has wittily responded. Here he contemplates our national monuments, the female body, the Fourth of July, the Gospel of Matthew, other writers, moralists, aspects of science, and more.

The Boxcar Children offer to help Aunt Jane's friend, Kay, fix up her run-down motel.

What do you do when the woman who destroyed your marriage asks for your help? A new thriller from this "hugely engrossing" author (Catherine Ryan Howard, Edgar Award finalist). Lauren Wade hates Jem Carter, and Jem hates her. So, when Lauren gets a message from Jem asking for help, she suspects it's some sort of attention-seeking stunt by the woman she caught in bed with her husband. Lauren decides to simply alert her ex, Daniel, who thinks Lauren is the one trying to cause trouble. However, when Jem's car is found abandoned on a bridge, the police become involved . . . and Lauren finds herself panicking. She is sure they will find out about a secret she has been hiding. Lauren knows she's been a bit erratic. She's acted in fits of jealousy at times. But she hasn't harmed Jem. With DS Bekah Bradley closing in, Lauren must make a desperate attempt to find out what happened to Jem—before she becomes a missing person herself . . . "Wildly...

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are—Joseph Campbell One of Joseph Campbell's most popular, most quoted works, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration, thought-provoking in its depth, poetic in its scope. Drawn from a month-long workshop at the world-famous Esalen Institute held in celebration of the scholar's eightieth birthday, the Companion captures Campbell at his best: wise, funny, intelligent and inspiring.

A clone who usurps his own destiny—and with it, the power of Time. A time travel romance that would defy death, and an alluring agent from the future hunting her prey...Imaginative and heart-pounding stories are woven into the fabric of this time travel short story collection. From adventure to loss, hope and sacrifice, each tale touches upon the precious value given to Time, and what we'd do with it, if we were its masters.The Masters of Time sci-fi and fantasy time travel anthology is presented to you by USA Today bestselling author Samantha LaFantasie, Amazon bestselling authors Alesha Escobar and Devorah Fox, Hugo Award nominee Timothy C. Ward, B.R.A.G Medallion honoree H.M. Jones, and author Alice Marks.

When Paula DeJagger, an exchange student staying with one of Nancy's friends, begins acting strangely, Nancy investigates and discovers that Paula and other exchange students are being blackmailed to commit crimes.

It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father’s ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.

A woman skilled in martial arts sets the American frontier ablaze in the third book of the Fire Trilogy. "Linda Ladd's books just get better and better!" (Lori Copeland). Windsor Richmond is a stunning beauty—sapphires glint from her eyes, capturing the attention of any man who stands in her way. However, her heart is not for any man, because she is the disciple of a secret Asian sect, trained in martial arts and the ways of ancient knowledge. Now she must serve the desires of her order, which sends her across the vastness of the American frontier with the fires of revenge as her only companion. On a train heading west she meets the handsome and rugged Stone Kincaid. He is drawn to the passion that burns in her eyes and to her tempestuous beauty. Little does he know that she is driven by her desire for revenge...and she believes him to be the enemy she seeks! Only lust can bring them together to defy the fates that strain to keep them apart.

Stunning, cutting-edge thriller with a chilling supernatural twist from Japan's stylish new literary star.