### Clyde Hatchett: last man standing. Well, hes the last elf standing. Its confusing not being human anymore. But being the only living member of the Biscuits Union has its benefits. No need to take on shifts baking cookies, for one. No one telling Clyde what to do. No one... You hav

**_Yippee-ki-yay!_ Saddle up and hit the dusty trail with the wildest bike-ridin' kid cowboys west of the Mississippi!** Slingshot and Burp--two pea-shootin', slingshot-totin' cowhands on two wheels--are on the lookout for action. Bleached bones? _Bring_ _'em on!_ Lost outlaws? _Let_ _'s go!_ Hidde

Owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire must help clear Jan Henderson's name when her wealthy aunt is found dead, courtesy of a double-zero knitting needle. Just like the kind Jan knits with. And an embroidered map of Lake Minnetonka, found among the aunt's e

**FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR ELLEN MINT** **Book two in the Happily Ever Austen series** *Love is a lot closer and more complicated than Marty ever dreamed.* Marty Dashwood is a true romantic. Hearts, chocolates, kisses on the handthe whole nine yards. His killjoy brother Eldon doesn't believe i

"LCDR Peter Tierney (medical corps) USNR has returned from a West-Pac flight surgery billet to duty as the senior medical officer at the nuclear submarine base Bangor on Puget Sound. Here he must resolve the very sudden loss of his close friend CDR Charles Brewer and the inexplicable chill of Peter'

***A spyglass. A rare amulet. An ancient prophecy. Trapped in the past.*** Moving to his grandfather's farm was the last thing Mitch Howell wanted, but his parents did it anyway. Left on his own, Mitch sneaks into the attic of his grandfather's house and discovers a spyglass. Curious about t

Pendants were worn by men around the neck on ceremonial occasions. Columbus noted that the inhabitants of Panama who came to greet him wore gold pendants. This piece could have been created in Columbus's time or during the previous 600 years.This figure represents a jaguar, with which a warrior want

New York Times bestselling mystery series. **Grace Ashby wakes to the sound of a horrifying scream**. She races down the hallway, finding her mother's lifeless body on the floor in a pool of blood. Her mother's boyfriend Hugh is hunched over her. At first glance it seems Hugh is to blame, but is

Hecate's social life is looking up. Her sister is getting married, the new brother-in-law-to-be is a really good guy, and his family is helping Hecate fill in the gaps of her knowledge of what the hell she is. Her grandfather's ghost is convinced that she needs to become a ghost hunter in her famil

This rich literary novel follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the medieval Welsh warband that killed her family. Wales, 1109. Three years ago, a warband raided Elen’s home. Her baby sister could not escape the flames. Her older sister fought back and almost kil

**Gargoyles are not what you think...** Sten's ship crashed on Earth centuries ago, and since then, he's been hiding in plain sight, awaiting rescue. But a thousand years is a long time to go without companionship, even for a long-lived alien, and the human female he's guarded since childhood has g

**Snitching witches get stitches...** Zoe Clarke is going back to school. After learning she's telepathic and risking her life to solve a paranormal murder, she's been invited to the prestigious Veilside Academy of Magic to sharpen her newfound powers. But not all the students are spellbound by Zo

When a group of outlaws invade the home of a seemingly innocent frontier family, an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues.</div>

The religion of plant and animal offerings versus the religion of meanings, essences, and textual mysteries / Stanley Stowers -- Contesting the meaning of animal sacrifice / Daniel Ullucci -- Egyptian religion and the problem of the category sacrifice / David Frankfurter -- Jewish sacrifice : its na

When Ignacia's mother died, she had to take the role of taking care of her six younger brothers. They're more annoying than ever, especially since her father, the king of the Swan Kingdom, sent them all to hide in a tiny cabin in the regular world. But even being cramped in close quarters is better

"Here is a tale of a family dealing with the death of their father, a son who goes to court for his inheritance, a son who agonizes over his father's deathbed confession, a daughter who falls in love, a daughter who becomes involved in the abolition movement, and a daughter sacrificing herself for h

In these buoyant and inventive stories, Karen Tei Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance&#8212;familial, cultural, emotional, artistic&#8212;really means. In a California of the sixties and seventies, characters examine the contents of deceased relative