A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midwife Murders comes a twisted psychological thriller about a mother-to-be trying to find proof that she's being stalked, even when everyone around her distrusts her mother's intuition. Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She's a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis:...

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, the author decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job, any job, can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, she left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from...

"Holiday tale of a man who has lost all hope, an irrepressible child suffering from a terrible illness and the one small act of love and faith that will give them both the greatest gift of all."--Jacket.

Through all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon, and a chance to finally emerge from hiding.

Scenes from the past and a collection of intensely personal letters tell the story of a long married couple now confined to a nursing home.

New Jersey private eye, Stephanie Plum, is joined by a pistol-packing granny and a vice cop in her hunt for a bail jumper who shot his best friend.

In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.

Follow along as the young hero [Aladdin] finds the Genie's lamp, wins the heart of the princess Jasmine, and defeats the evil sorcerer, Jafar.