This Week's Featured Titles

Duke: The Musical Life of Duke Ellington by Bill Gutman

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of jazz's greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy-five. Interviewing Duke's friends, fans and fellow musicians, Gutman documents the (read more...)

Cross and Crescent by Susan Shwartz

The center of the greatest empire in the world, the seat of Christianity, Byzantium is a revered city. Marked by gargantuan monuments to God and peopled by the most royal of princes, and the most affluent citizens, Byzantium cannot possibly ever fall. Now under siege by Islam, the Byzantine Empire must (read more...)

April of Enchantment by Jennifer Blake

Laura Nichols is always up for a challenge and the job Justin Roman has offered her is the perfect showcase for her talents. Not only is he dubious of her ability to complete the restoration of his Louisiana mansion in time for his wedding, but she is also (read more...)

The Dancers of Arun (Book Two of The Chronicles of Tornor Trilogy) by Elizabeth A. Lynn

As the scholar and scribe of Tornor, Kerris has been in training for the past seventeen years. But it's not until his brother Kel of the Cheari culture teaches him the psychic art of patterning, that the city of Elath comes under attack and Kerris must draw upon these new (read more...)

The Bird of Time by George Alec Effinger

Far into the future, Hartstein's graduation present from his grandparents was a wonderful trip…into the past. He had a long future in the doughnut industry to look forward to but this trip was the icing on the cake. It had been a long time since that first (read more...)

No Name Girl by Linda Cargill

She wakes up in the darkness of a car trunk bumping along the highway. She smells gasoline. She hears the car radio blaring. Ropes tie her wrists and her ankles. The next thing she knows she is in a car repair shop. Two teenage boys are talking. She knocks on the trunk to gain their attention. But when they (read more...)