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In the wake of a heated presidential race headed by incumbents determined to further their radical policies, a rising young California senator learns of a daring assassination plot designed to seize control of the government and impose a dictatorship.

When her friend’s husband is wrongfully accused of murdering the odious Lord Basil Fortescue, Lady Emily Ashton searches for answers, in a case that risks her own fiancé’s life and takes her from London’s glittering ballrooms to Vienna’s sordid alleys. By the author of And Only to Deceive.

Having left her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, fifteen years ago under troubling circumstances, psychic Towner Whitney reluctantly returns after her eighty-five-year-old great-aunt Eva suddenly disappears and joins local cop John Rafferty in his investigation into the mystery.

An epic tale set against a backdrop of civil-war torn sixteenth-century Europe, portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger flees to the safety of Tudor England in order to escape artistic censorship, a refuge from where he paints two nearly identical portraits of Sir Thomas More’s family that reflect subtle but significant differences.

Having mastered the cutting-edge technologies of the networked world, seventeen-year-old Marcus and his friends cut school in search of high adventure and find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco and wrongfully incarcerated in a secret prison by a totalitarian Department of Homeland Security.

Living in a world where magic is outlawed, Sadima’s special gift to speak to the animals binds her to two young men who are determined to restore magic to their poor village in order to save the people they love.

Blogger Jennette Fulda explains how she lost 186 pounds. In January 2005, she weighed twice that. A year earlier, after having her gallbladder removed at the age of 23, she’d realized her weight was threatening her life and vowed to get into shape.

Having inherited his father’s considerable artistic talents but unable to find buyers for his works, Chaz Wilmot accepts a commission to restore an antique fresco in a European castle, a job that brings unexpected success and a sinister offer.

Struggling with the typical throes of human life with the help of their loyal black Labrador, Prince, the Hunter family is aided in unusual ways by their canine friend when he perceives that they are becoming their own worst enemies.

A long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling Chocolat finds Vianne assuming a low-profile new identity in Paris, where she opens a chocolaterie and hopes to escape the ghosts of her past before a devious new friend threatens everything she has worked for.

Offering a creative new approach to weeknight meals, the host of American Public Media’s “The Splendid Table” introduces more than one hundred delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes for a rich variety of savory dinners inspired by international specialties, accompanied by a host of food facts, trivia, nutrition tips, and other culinary tidbits.

Traces the story of World War II soldier and folk hero Herman Perry, an African-American G.I. assigned to a segregated labor battalion who sparked the war’s most notorious manhunt, in an account that traces the circumstances leading to his flight from duty, his subsequent life with Indo-Burmese headhunters, and the author’s dangerous investigation into his story.

A tongue-in-cheek guide to white racial identity discusses one hundred and fifty things that white people like, why they like these things, and how to interact with them socially.

Conducting research in southwest France, American graduate student Meredith Martin finds the old hotel where she is staying eerily familiar and experiences strange dreams about a sister and brother who visited the same region a century earlier.

A satirical tale inspired by an unsolved true mystery follows the experiences of a nineteen-year-old daughter of an upper-middle-class suburban family that is torn apart by a murder and intense media scrutiny. By the author of The Gravedigger’s Daughter.

In this companion to Life As We Knew It, the events that take place after an asteroid hits the moon and sets off a chain of events from devastating climate changes are told through the experiences of seventeen-year-old Alex Morales as he deals with the horrors as they unfold in his New York City neighborhood.

A series of easy-to-follow tutorials teaches anyone how to crochet in just a few days, in a colorful handbook that features an introduction section on tools and materials, lessons on crochet skills and patterns, and more than thirty stylish projects that range from cool belts and scaves, to felted bags, sweaters, and wraps.

Returning home to Sussex after a jaunt in Italy, Lady Julia is soon immersed in mystery when one of the guests at her father’s estate is murdered and a member of her family confesses to the crime.

This ninth installment in the hilarious series finds Georgia Nicolson wondering if Dave the Laugh is merely a good mate, especially since gorgeous Masimo has told Georgia that he wants her to be his one and only.

A commercial pilot describes her investigation into the events of September 11 after feeling skeptical about the 9/11 Commission report, an effort during which she learned about how on the morning of the attacks that thousands of fellow pilots improvised a cautionary defense plan that included suicide missions.