"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance...

"In this hilarious and often touching collection, the New York Times bestselling author, television writer, and producer takes us with him on travels across the globe"--

When Tinker Bell takes Gabby's great-grandfather's model ship, sets sail for Shadow Island, and disappears, it is up to Gabby and the other Never Girls to search for their missing fairy friend.

Despairing of seeing the once-gentle man she loves repeatedly risk his life for a cause not his own, Gabrielle longs for a life she believes she was promised far from the conflicts, monsters and secrets of her Carpathian mountain monastery. Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the man she's engaged to nearly lose his life when it isn't even his fight. Once Gary was a gentle and very human researcher. Now he's a fearless and lethal...

Nineteen-year-old Clara Estby is hauled by her mother, Helga, on a 7,000-mile walk from Spokane, Wash., to New York in 1896. The fashion industry is looking for promotion of the new, shorter dress for women; Helga is looking for a cash prize to save the family farm from foreclosure ... and Clara dreams of becoming a businesswoman.

"Since they first appeared, Minions have searched the planet for the right villain to be their master. In their hunt for the perfect leader, they have serve dinosaurs, kings, and even monsters. But it's time for a new master ... if only they can find one! Join Kevin, Stuart, and Bob as they travel the world and attend Villain-Con, looking for the most despicable bad guy (or gal!) out there to lead them."--Back cover.

Presents a history of the minions as they search for a new master throughout time, having served a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a caveman, and Napoleon.

ADVENTURES IN BLACK AND WHITE, a memoir-travelogue first published in 1960, is being reissued with a critical introduction, including minor edits and annotations of the original text by scholar Tara Betts. Recognized as a prodigy at an early age, Philippa Duke Schuyler was heralded as America's first internationally-acclaimed mixed race celebrity. Her father, a conservative black journalist, and her mother, a white Texan heiress, dedicated Schuyler's...

"The four bears are determined to reach Great Bear Lake before the longest day gathering, but when Lusa is separated from the others, she faces difficult questions about her future"--

"From the award-winning author of NATIVE SPEAKER and ON SUCH A FULL SEA, a brilliant, exuberant and entertaining story of a young American whose life is transformed when a Chinese-American businessman suddenly takes him under his wing on a global adventure"--