"You wouldn't expect Nate and Charlie to be friends. Charlie's the laid-back captain of the basketball team, and Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. But they are friends, however unlikely-- until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. It's only going to get worse: after both parties are stripped of their funding...

For centuries, a global conspiracy of secret societies have hoarded magic, keeping it hidden from the rest of the world. Before the age of reason and science, magic ruled the world. Now, it's coming back. If most of humanity gets wiped out in the process … well, sometimes you have to break a few eggs. A group of anarchs and heretics in Chicago work to tear down the barrier that has kept humanity ignorant of demons, forgotten myths, and ancient...

Ever wonder what it's like to be trapped underwater in zero visibility and experience a complete air failure? To be keel-hauled as a form of punishment? To be overrun by a bushfire in the Snowy Mountains? To be aboard a rescue helicopter that 'falls out of the sky' at night? Or, to be carrying heavy equipment and have a parachute malfunction? Well, you're about to find out!

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends....

Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents...sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance...what's that? Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends,...

Ry Archer and Bowe Keller are as different as night and day. But that doesn't stop the childhood frenemies from reconnecting whenever one of them needs some help tackling any of life's major puzzles, like figuring out why getting what you always thought you wanted isn't living up to all the hype. They might constantly rub each other the wrong way (except for the times when they rub each other the really-really right way), but there is no denying they've...

"Run a mini day camp during Pesach vacation! It's a way to earn some money, do some chesed, and have fun all at the same time. What a fabulous idea for the B.Y. Timesers! What could possibly go wrong? Jen, for starters. The perky, buoyant assistant editor is surprisingly sulky about the project. What's bothering her, and how can her friends help? If Jen's behavior is puzzling, there's nothing mysterious about the way the little ones in the B.Y. Times...

The first time I met Casper Hart, I turned him down despite his good looks and obvious charm. I’d only just arrived at university, and a man like him was the last thing I needed to make me lose focus. The only problem? I had no idea who the hell he was. Rich, entitled, hot, and arrogant, no one walked away from Casper without paying a high price. Unfortunately for him, he’d chosen the wrong girl to pick a fight with. Unfortunately for me… Casper...

Presents an anthology of the best literary essays published in the past year, selected from American periodicals.

Explores the cases of over one hundred notorious crimes and criminals from world history, covering bandits, arsonists, hucksters, white collar criminals, organized crime, kidnappers, extortionists, and murderers.