First Tracks

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive---his own father. Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking...

Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read aloud—a perfect gift for any special occasion! A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a...

Is your toddler struggling to say his or her first words? Do you encourage your toddler to talk but are met with silence? Are you interested in helping your toddler express him or herself but are unsure how to do it or where to begin? Practicing speech language pathologist and bestselling author, Kimberly Scanlon, has applied her advanced expertise in speech therapy for toddlers to create the ultimate, easy-to-understand, resource to assist parents in developing an action plan to effectively model, elicit, track, and expand a toddler’s language. My Toddler’s First Words: A Step-By-Step ...

To expose a suspect, he needs evidence… and a K-9’s instincts. After Emery Duncan is abducted and dumped in a lake, private investigator Roman Wolfe and his bloodhound partner rescue her from an icy death. Someone doesn’t want Emery to find out what really happened the night her father...

Undercover Assignment From USA Today best-selling author Dana Mentink, this K-9 will stop at nothing to keep a child safe. When a little boy is threatened, Officer Daniella Vargas and K-9 partner Zara are assigned to pose as his nanny to uncover the culprit’s identity. Suspecting one of the...

Right now, the device in your pocket is receiving signals from satellites orbiting 12,500 miles overhead, bouncing invisible radio waves off your walls, measuring the electrical field of your fingertips, and running billions of switches on and off faster than you can blink. All of it silently. Most people never find out what is actually happening inside their smartphone, not because they are not curious, but because the explanations available are either too shallow to be useful or too technical to follow. Blog posts tell you that WiFi uses radio waves and leave it at that. Textbooks give ...

From the moment Dex saw Hammer smash a man’s head open like it was a watermelon, he was obsessed. No, really, obsessed. He is thrilled when life offers him the opportunity to introduce himself to the bloodthirsty biker god. So maybe it’s not so perfect that Hammer is his prisoner, but beggars can’t be choosers. Standing guard at a secret junkyard prison is serious business, but Dex’s horny brain still gets the best of him.

In the tradition of Gayle Forman and John Green comes this extraordinary YA debut about a blind teen girl navigating life and love in high school. Parker Grant doesn't need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That's why she created the Rules: Don't treat her any differently just because she's...

Maureen O’Brien narrates the BBC TV soundtrack of this two-part adventure starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. “There's always Koquillion. He could keep me here forever...” Landing on the planet Dido in the 25th Century, the Doctor, Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill)...

Four more thrilling soundtrack adventures from the early days of Doctor Who, featuring serials lost from the TV archive. The pictures may be lost, but each of these stories survives as a soundtrack recording. Remastered, and with additional linking narration, they can be enjoyed once more. In...

Storm chasing begins with a simple pull: the sky changes, radar lights up, lightning flickers in the distance, and a storm on the horizon starts to look alive. For weather lovers, few things are more fascinating than a towering supercell, a rolling shelf cloud, a dark rain shaft, or the strange light that appears before severe weather moves in. Storm chasing captures the imagination because it brings together nature, science, danger, photography, road planning, and the raw power of the atmosphere. But beginners need more than curiosity before they follow the weather. Storm Chasing for ...

""The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King."" —John Irving A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and...

Mason's path has always been clear—to make partner at a big law firm. But he's about to become a partner in a way he's never imagined. Mason is desperate for his father's approval, a powerful judge in their small hometown. But everything he does falls short of the mark. Determined to prove himself, Mason aims at a single target: partnership at a law firm. Not just any firm. One that caters to the wealthiest individuals and most influential corporations. Through law school and the first few years at the firm, Mason's focus is unyielding. Everything he does is with this goal in mind. Then ...

This spanking has been a long time coming… I knew better than to talk back to Coach. He's warned me at least a dozen times to watch my mouth. Pretty sure today was the straw that broke the camel's back. And now he's going to teach me a lesson I won't forget anytime soon. Besides, the look in my coach's eyes says he doesn't want me to change, even if I should. Especially not when he takes me into the office, throws me on the desk, and gives me the spanking of a lifetime. Spanked in the Gym is a high heat, sexy short story that features a virgin runner, his (not so) straight coach, verbal ...

Modern job searching is no longer simple. You can have the right experience, a solid résumé, and genuine qualifications — and still hear nothing. Applications disappear. Recruiters are overloaded. Applicant Tracking Systems parse résumés before people read them. AI tools summarize candidates. Job boards encourage endless applying. And somewhere in the silence, qualified people start wondering if they are suddenly unemployable. They are not broken. The system changed. Getting Past the Filters is a practical, clear-eyed guide for job seekers navigating a hiring process shaped by ATS ...

Amy Rucker thought she had it all. Living in Scotland as a missionary, she and her husband were building a life together, planting churches, serving the Lord. When she discovers his ultimate betrayal, she runs home to Colorado, where her brother and his wife own a Christmas themed inn. Bitterness surrounds her like an angry cloud, and her faith disappears like a vapor. Beau Smythe offers Amy his friendship. Can she trust him not to betray her? Beau Smythe grew up in the small town of Winter Springs, Colorado. His home life wasn’t ideal. With the cards stacked against him from an early age...

A criminal conspiracy. A kidnapped suspect. Can a K-9 team uncover the truth? To expose a vicious jewel-theft ring, undercover FBI agent Alena Sanchez pursues a prime suspect at a mountain resort. Only the woman vanishes—forcing Alena to team up with search and rescue officer Hank Miller and...

She signs his team's paychecks for the weekend. He counts every dollar his family owes. The math was never supposed to include each other. Gabe Halloran runs Bramwell lacrosse the way he runs his family's debts: quietly, completely, and alone. Captain, long-stick midfielder, the man who covers every inch of ground so no one else has to. Then the program hires a new retreat coordinator, and the name on the clipboard is Beaumont. Wren Beaumont walked away from her family's money and built a life nobody can take back from her. Coordinating a team of lacrosse players through a mountain retreat ...

A search for three abducted teens— and a K-9 on the case. After surviving a vicious attack in the woods, Tori Campbell awakes to her worst nightmare—her son and his two friends are missing. She calls the one person she knows she can trust, her late husband’s best friend, former DEA agent...

The fire is the least of their problems. When a catastrophic wildfire jumps containment in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, wildland firefighter Mara Voss must lead a stranded convoy of civilians to safety. Trapped behind a wall of flame, their only escape route is a treacherous march through the burning woods. But the smoke has awakened something ancient. Driven from the deep timberland by the inferno, a ferocious, winged apex predator is using the chaos of the blaze to hunt. With communications dead and the temperature rising, Mara must navigate her group through an ash-choked nightmare while...