books and reading

The Librarian has to dig deeply into his bag of tricks in order to defeat one of his toughest foes, the Eraser.

Thirteen-year-old Jason finds an old postcard at his recently-deceased grandmother's house that leads him on an adventure blending figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past.

With the Book of Origins, the evil Astaroth has been able to change history and rule the world. While most people work as slaves in four demonic kingdoms, Astaroth allows the residents of Rowan to thrive. Max McDaniels is not satisfied to obey the evil Astaroth in exchange for life in Rowan, so he sets out to explore the altered world. His travels bring many adventures and perhaps a calling to right the wrongs perpetrated by Astaroth.

Thirteen-year-old Georgie and Bug, a year older, have been pulled apart by the demands of their newfound fame and fortune, but join forces again when a punk, vampires, a giant sloth, and other creatures come after them on the streets of a New York City of the future.

Forced into semi-retirement after an assassination attempt, Thursday Next finds her recuperation challenged by the personal and professional struggles of her children and Goliath's constant attempts to replace her with synthetic duplicates.

When four very different small-town Delaware high school girls are forced to join a mother-daughter book club over summer vacation, they end up learning about more than just the books they read.

Morwenna Phelps, sent to boarding school in England after a magical battle with her half-mad mother that left her crippled and her twin sister dead, tries to find a circle of magic-minded friends, alerting her mother to her whereabouts and bringing about a reckoning.

After Andromeda Klein's tarot card readings prove to be accurate, she discovers clues to secret truths connected to her family and friends, but things become stranger when Andromeda's dead friend Daisy starts to harass her.

An examination of the great works that revolutionized ideas of human thought and activity throughout the centuries by a number of writers including Aristotle, Plutarch, Machiavelli, Darwin, and Einstein.

A collection of essays which examine the works of some of America's great authors--produced in the century between the Civil War and World War II--that reflect a dedication to the ideal of democracy and freedom.