The menacing secret Catholic organization known as Opus Dei has struck!! The elderly curator of the Louvre has been found dead inside the museum, surrounded by eldritch ciphers in invisible ink.

Troubleshooter Alyssa Locke protects an old friend who is running for public office, a job that is complicated by family demands and the reemergence of the "Dentist" serial killer.

A collection of eleven interconnected stories that follows sixty years of the lives and loves of the women of a Canadian family.

Reunited with his former Annapolis roommate, Andrew Stoddard--now president of the United States--when he is asked to become his personal physician, Gabe Singleton discovers that Andrew is going insane and that the condition may not be the result of natural causes.

An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of...

An injured and orphaned infant carries within her the seed and hope of mankind in this epic of survival and destiny set at the dawn of prehistory.

On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred...

An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods...

A self-teaching guide to colloquial Spanish that includes quizzes and a final exam, and covers basic grammar and vocabulary for introducing and describing people, asking for assistance, and talking about occupations, experiences, and related topics. Includes two audio CDs.

King Arthur gathers a band of knights to help him search for the Holy Grail but the quest is hindered by many unexpected obstacles along the way.