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THE ICONIC INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH OVER 25 MILLION COPIES SOLD The inspiration for the Tony Award–winning Broadway musical! A heroic coming-of-age novel revolving around friendship, belonging, and brotherhood that has touched the hearts of readers for generations. “The Outsiders...

Im Stadtpark von Flint City wird die geschändete Leiche eines elfjährigen Jungen gefunden. Augenzeugenberichte und Tatortspuren deuten unmissverständlich auf einen unbescholtenen Bürger: Terry Maitland, ein allseits beliebter Englischlehrer, zudem Coach der Jugendbaseballmannschaft, verheiratet, zwei kleine Töchter. Detective Ralph Anderson, dessen Sohn von Maitland trainiert wurde, ordnet eine sofortige Festnahme an, die in aller Öffentlichkeit stattfindet. Der Verdächtige kann zwar ein Alibi vorweisen, aber Anderson und der Staatsanwalt verfügen nach der Obduktion über eindeutige DNA-Beweise für das Verbrechen - ein wasserdichter Fall also?

In The Outsiders, you'll learn the traits and methods striking for their consistency and relentless rationality that helped these unique leaders achieve such exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned Wall Street and the press, and shied away from the hottest new management trends. Instead, they shared specific traits that put them and the companies they led on winning trajectories: a laser-sharp focus on per share value as opposed to earnings or sales growth; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; and the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value.

Evil has many faces…maybe even yours in this #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King—also an HBO limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn! An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is discovered in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one...

The Socs and the Greasers are rival gangs from the opposite sides of town. The Socs’ idea of a good time is cruising around in their flash cars and beating up long-haired Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and that he can count on his older brothers and other friends—until one night when someone takes things too far. Ponyboy may seem tough, but on the inside he is running scared.

A psychologically twisted story of the escape of a lifelong prisoner.

Frank Kane is dying. The bioweapon that nearly killed him has left his legendary skills in ruins. His hands shake. His strength fails. The man who once protected presidents can barely lift the stones he needs to rebuild his lighthouse. When a simple assignment protecting a foreign prince goes catastrophically wrong, Frank discovers the boy isn't just another spoiled royal. Sixteen-year-old Prince Alexander has been trained since childhood never to make a mistake—and it's broken him. He can analyze a hundred tactical options but can't choose his breakfast without having a panic attack. Now...

He's not like other guys. Liz has seen him around school. It's hard to miss Max - the tall, blond, blue-eyed senior stands out among all the other students at Roswell High. So why is he such a loner? Max is in love with Liz. He loves the way her eyes light up when she laughs and the way her long, black hair moves when she turns her head. Most of all, he loves to imagine what it would be like to kiss her. But he knows he can't get too close. He can't risk her discovering the truth about who he is - or what he is....Because the truth could kill her.

She was loyal to the system. Then it left her for dead. In a future where faith is outlawed and obedience is everything, 18-year-old Robin Winters once enforced the rules without question. But when one mistake turns her into an enemy of the state, everything she’s ever known is torn away. Banished from the city she once called home, she ends up in a remote town that doesn’t exist on any map, home to the very people she was trained to hunt… and slowly, unexpectedly, begins to trust them. But peace is short-lived. As tensions rise, Robin finds herself in the crosshairs of a violent ...

The second book in Melanie Jackson's Wildside Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com Cyra Delphin never felt quite right in her own skin. As a child, her parents made her hide her gifts. But certain things don't stay buried. What others are afraid to acknowledge— the modern world's seedy underbelly, it's Wildside ruled by dark magic and goblins— doesn't simply go away. And when that darkness came to call, Cyra sought sanctuary in the Nevada desert. She found Thomas Marrowbone. He, too, was part of the Wildside. Beneath his tormented shell lurked something ...

From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem. Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself—a man of superior intellect...

Beloved comedian Vir Das shares his journey as a perpetual outsider, using humor to navigate heartbreak, failure, and the quest for belonging. When comedian and actor Vir Das found himself stranded on a pier in Cozumel, Mexico, watching his cruise ship sail away without him due to visa issues...

The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to...

As an undercover police officer, Rob Langton is used to terrifying situations. But his new assignment is the most dangerous yet – to infiltrate the notorious Carter family, and bring its patriarch Geraint to justice. After gaining Geraint’s trust, Rob finds himself becoming the criminal's right-hand man. The deeper Rob gets, the more danger he’s in. Then Geraint’s horrific plan comes to light – a bomb in a public place, designed to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment. Rob is the only person who can stop the carnage, but time is running out.

From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever—his own. For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The...

While enjoying a sleigh ride with his children, Amish widower Adam Lengacher discovers a car stuck in a snowdrift and an unconscious woman inside. He calls upon Chief of Police Kate Burkholder for help, and she is surprised to recognize the driver: fellow cop and her former friend, Gina Colorosa. Years before, Kate and Gina were best friends at the police academy and patrol officers in Columbus, but time and distance have taken them down two very different paths. Now, Gina reveals a shocking story of betrayal and revenge that has forced her to run for her life.

There are two things Bix Carpenter is good at: making moonshine and surviving. However, now that she’s officially out of the family bootlegging business, those “getting by” skills are going to come in handy. But getting caught camping on Four Corners Ranch property isn’t the best way to...

.She thought she was content...until a love from the outside world turned hers upside down. Gabrielle Hope and her mother joined the Harmony Hill Shaker community in 1807. The community promised stability and devotion that Gabrielle wholeheartedly embraced. But when a local doctor must be brought into Harmony Hill from the outside, he sets into motion a chain of events that will challenge Gabrielle's loyalty to the Shakers.

Pastor Bryan Loritts dives deep into what it's like to be a person of color in predominantly white evangelical spaces today and where we can go from here. God boldly proclaims throughout the book of Acts that there is no "ethnic home team" when it comes to Christianity. But the minority...

Having escaped a massive horde of undead, Jackson Creed, Marine Sergeant Joel "Cruze" Kelly, Anna, Christy, and their faithful Z-killing dog Frosty find a place to call home. But how long will it last? Tasked with a quick and simple supply run into the quiet streets of Portland with a new and unknown team, their mission quickly goes south. Now trapped without weapons or supplies, they must navigate a town rapidly filling with an unimaginable number of zombies.