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Sherri Mandell, an American immigrant to Israel, offers this hauntingly beautiful memoir of a year of grief following the horrific murder of her 13-year-old son, Koby, found stoned to death along with a friend by Palestinian terrorists near his Tekoa home in 2001. This profoundly moving prose-poem laces together Jewish tradition, memory, love and faith as the writer-mother recounts her transformation from shock to grief and compassion. Singular in its honesty and depth of emotion, it will leave you forever changed. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

My story is the story of murder, mass murder, on a scale that was until then unknown. It was premeditated and committed in cold blood. The murderers were Germans and the murdered, the Jews of Holland. The Jews were, in a process of disenfranchisement and isolation, robbed of everything, transported and in a systematic-scientific, technically efficient manner, murdered.

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De.lu.sion.al is the story of Sara Jane Sullivan, an attractive woman in her late 20s with a lifelong history of mental illness. Diagnosed as delusional, Sara's story is compelling as she survives incarcerations in mental institutions and prison for stalking a very powerful political talk show host, Larry Mitchell. Larry is known in the business for sexual preying on young interns and the disenfranchised. After meeting Larry at a park in Connecticut, and a brief affair, Sara's life begins its out of control spiraling as she is thrown into the world of the evils of celebrity.

Eight-year-old Evan Laine is afraid. He'd lost a finger in a car accident, but now, it is slowly growing back. There are other changes, too. Changes he can't hide from his mom. And dreams. Dreams from which he wakes, screaming. They are after him - the beautiful redheaded woman and the drooling boy/ man. They want him to change. They are making him change, shaping him into something just like them.

Taylor Holdman was having a bad day. His wife, Rhonda, brutally murdered with their daughter three years ago, had suddenly appeared to him at an important business meeting. From beyond the grave, she sought his aid. And Taylor soon found that to help, he'd have to cross into her world.... Marilyn Briggs, a professional medium, was desperately needed. A little dead girl kept appearing to her, pleading to her - a little girl who wanted her murderer stopped...and wanted her daddy to help.

When Detective Foster responds to the scene of a crash, she finds the female passenger dead, a bag full of money in the back seat and a body in the trunk. It is only when the driver, whom she nicknames Jay, wakes up with no memory that she must go with her instincts and continue the investigation in a way that was never taught. Jay finds himself lost, but drawn to the beautiful detective who steps above and beyond the call of duty.

There’s only one solution for a nasty case of writer’s block, and that’s murder. Specifically, that of one Mercy McCabe, a cunning SoHo art dealer who was once our Latina narrator’s rival for the scrumptious Bebe. When she discovers that McCabe has squandered Bebe’s affections after stealing her away, revenge is not enough: She must admit her guilt, sentence herself, and beg for her own execution, Soviet-style.

When a family tragedy rips a young woman from her quiet existence, only two things give Delia any solace: steely determination and the butcher's son. Well, those and the ominous whispers that warned her of impending danger throughout her childhood. Years later, violent conflicts and machinations of war shape the headstrong young woman and her far-flung soldier into people they don't even recognize anymore. Though Delia finally finds her true self in the arms of an unconventional lover, danger is closer than ever before.

I'm an elf. A Winter Cheer Elf, to be precise. A Winter Cheer Elf's job is clear: From the fall solstice until spring, we are to spread as much cheer as possible. There are plenty of opportunities to do so, from small things such as providing free hot cocoa with marshmallows where people are enjoying sledding and ice skating to big ones, such as ensuring winter holidays go off without a hitch. I take my job seriously, but when my cousin Kristianos railed about a letter addressed to Santa being more suited to those doing Cupid duty later, I needed to know more.

Emma Gilbert never imagined she'd have to battle an ancient evil, one whose powers and rage have been building for centuries. More than 20 years have passed since Karen Gilbert was stalked by a demon child intent on her death. Still, she can't escape from dark forces in this world. As her life draws near its end, her body ravaged by the same cancer that took her mother and grandmother before her, she's restricted to a hospital bed. With time running out, she must warn her daughter of the dark forces in the world, those she could never talk about before.

When ruggedly handsome English Mastiff Cynerik discovers an ancient Ohio mound that may hold answers to their dog-shifter history, he teams up with Chocolate Labrador Retriever Library Director Godiva Anglesey to prevent power-hungry werewolves from slicing off their mound to build a golf course.

Dr. Roger McIntire, father of three, taught child psychology and principles of family counseling and therapy at the University of Maryland for 32 years.

Karen and Joel are not the only ones inhabiting Joel's house. An unknown evil lurks within, and it's determined to rid itself of Karen, the troublesome new roommate. Stalked through the night by an ancient assailant, Karen must shift her focus. It's no longer enough simply to unravel the house's mysteries. Now, she must worry about making it out alive....