James Patterson

"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...

Presents an alphabet book that uses big words, including bibliomania, dulcifluous, and catawampus, with their definitions for readers to learn how to use each correctly.

There's no relief for the Angel family after sixteen-year-old Tandy helps uncover the truth about her parents' untimely deaths. As Tandy's famous (now infamous) brother Matthew stands trial for the murder of his girlfriend, a new killer lurks on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Tandy launches her own investigation, but she's haunted by another mystery: what happened to the boy she loved before her parents cruelly ripped them apart? Tension is high and...

Identifies lesser-known animals, including the scarlet macaw, the parrotfish, the tarsier, and the pink fairy armadillo, and describes what makes them special.

A collection of thirty tales of suspense features contributions from Heather Graham, Lincoln Child, Denise Hamilton, Michael Palmer, Douglas Preston, Alex Kava, Michael Palmer, and John Lescroart.

"Maximum Ride and her Flock-- Fang, Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy and Angel-- have left behind the horrors of the School, the lab in which they were genetically engineered. If they can survive one last encounter with the savage Erasers, they finally might have a shot at being a normal family-- and for some of them, maybe even finding their parents. But Max doesn't have that hope: Her origins are still shrouded in as much mystery as ever-- and her life's getting...

"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--

Detective Alex Cross investigates a series of torture killings.

Washington DC detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to North Carolina to investigate the apparent kidnapping of his niece (Gina Ravera). Aided by escaped kidnapee Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), Cross hunts down the kidnapper, who operates under the pseudonym "Cassanova".