From the New York Times bestselling author that ?hilariously depicts modern dating? (Us Weekly) comes a sexy romantic comedy about online dating, and its many, many fails. With a world-famous speaker at their university, Mille Morris and her four woefully single male colleagues make a pact that...  more

From the New York Times bestselling author that ?hilariously depicts modern dating? (Us Weekly) comes a sexy romantic comedy about online dating, and its many, many fails. With a world-famous speaker at their university, Mille Morris and her four woefully single male colleagues make a pact that they?ll all find dates. Unfortunately, Millie has more success helping them make matches online than she does navigating the onslaught of lewd pics in her own feed. But when she creates a fictional name for a new account, Millie finds herself vying for the online attention of a man she sees every day in the flesh.

From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling duo behind The Unhoneymooners and the ?delectable, moving? (Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a poignant romance that follows two people who fall in love during a life-changing overseas vacation?only for the truth to change...  more

From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling duo behind The Unhoneymooners and the ?delectable, moving? (Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a poignant romance that follows two people who fall in love during a life-changing overseas vacation?only for the truth to change everything once they return home. As an adventurous send-off to her childhood, eighteen-year-old Tate Jones travels with her grandmother from their small town in Northern California to London. But the vacation of a lifetime is wonderfully derailed by the appearance of two charming Vermont farmers: grandfather Luther and his handsome grandson Sam. Sam and Tate fall hard and fast. For two glorious weeks, the couple share their hopes, dreams, and secrets. Sam admits he suspects his grandfather is dying and that this could be the last trip they take together, and Tate reveals that she is the hidden daughter of one of the biggest film stars in the world?a secret she?s never told anyone before. But when Tate is exposed by a crush of cameras and reporters, she knows she's been betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust. She is forced to decide whether she will return to her quiet life or embrace being in the public eye. So when Sam reappears in her world more than a decade later, can Tate forgive the past and rekindle the passion they shared on their magical trip abroad? And does she even want to? With Christina Lauren?s signature ?beautifully written and remarkably compelling? (Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author) prose, Twice in a Blue Moon is an unforgettable and moving novel of young love and second chances.

Carey Duncan has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and -- more than anyone would suspect -- has helped them build an empire. With a new show and a book about to launch,...  more

Carey Duncan has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and -- more than anyone would suspect -- has helped them build an empire. With a new show and a book about to launch, the Tripps are on the verge of superstardom. There’s only one problem: America’s favorite couple can’t stand each other. James McCann, MIT graduate and engineering genius, was originally hired as a structural engineer, but the job isn’t all he thought it’d be. The last straw? Both he and Carey must go on book tour with the Tripps and keep the wheels from falling off the proverbial bus. Unfortunately, neither of them is in any position to quit. Carey needs health insurance, and James has been promised the role of a lifetime if he can just keep the couple on track for a few more weeks. While road-tripping with the Tripps up the West Coast, Carey and James vow to work together to keep their bosses’ secrets hidden, and their own jobs secure. But if they stop playing along -- and start playing for keeps -- they may have the chance to build something beautiful together…

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father...  more

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely. But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands. At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Peña. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Peña. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get ‘to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess -- who is barely making ends meet -- is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond” pairing that could launch GeneticAlly’s valuation sky-high, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist -- and the science behind a soulmate -- than she thought.

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s...  more

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached. Fizzy hasn’t ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie? Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass -- unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too. The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy’s debut in the New York Times bestselling The Soulmate Equation. But when the lights come on and all eyes are on her, it turns out the happily ever after Fizzy had all but given up on might lie just behind the camera.

True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Timesbestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard. Tahereh Mafi, New York Timesbestselling author of Shatter Me calls Sublime “a beautiful, haunting...  more

True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Timesbestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard. Tahereh Mafi, New York Timesbestselling author of Shatter Me calls Sublime “a beautiful, haunting read. When Lucy walks out of a frozen forest, wearing only a silk dress and sandals, she isn’t sure how she got there. But when she sees Colin, she knows for sure that she’s here for him. Colin has never been captivated by a girl the way he is by Lucy. With each passing day their lives intertwine, and even as Lucy begins to remember more of her life—and her death—neither of them is willing to give up what they have, no matter how impossible it is. And when Colin finds a way to physically be with Lucy, taking himself to the brink of death where his reality and Lucy’s overlap, the joy of being together for those brief stolen moments drowns out everything in the outside world. But some lines weren’t meant to be crossed…

Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this funny and poignant coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class?one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community. Three...  more

Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this funny and poignant coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class?one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community. Three years ago, Tanner Scott?s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah. But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High?s prestigious Seminar?where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester?Tanner can?t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity. It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.

An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate--and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard. Bennett has...  more

An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate--and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard. Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative--completely infuriating--creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules--or outright smash them--if it means he can have her. All over the office. As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.  

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren't supposed to be with someone like him. But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation -- and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out -- Mia...  more

One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren't supposed to be with someone like him. But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation -- and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out -- Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume -- her sweet, filthy fling -- to France for the summer and just... play. When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.

Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farely Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their waves. Contact...  more

Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farely Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their waves. Contact with his quarry comes quickly, and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young. As Mowat comes closer to the wolf world, he comes to fear with them on onslaught of bounty hunters and government exterminators out to erase the noble wolf community from the Arctic. Never Cry Wolf is one of the brilliant narratives on the myth and magical world of wild wolves and man's true place among the creatures of nature. "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be -- the mythological epitome of a savage, ruthless killer -- which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself." -- from the new preface to Never Cry Wolf.

From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. On her expeditions she braved the dangers with leopards and lions in...  more

From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. On her expeditions she braved the dangers with leopards and lions in the African bush. And she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees -- intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own.

One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the...  more

One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, GORILLAS IN THE MIST remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject.

Originally published in 1978, this special twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the National Book Award finalist includes an entirely new afterword in which the author considers the current state of knowledge about wolves and recent efforts to reintroduce wolves to their former habitats in...  more

Originally published in 1978, this special twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the National Book Award finalist includes an entirely new afterword in which the author considers the current state of knowledge about wolves and recent efforts to reintroduce wolves to their former habitats in American wilderness areas. Humankind's relationship with the wolf is based on a spectrum of responses running from fear to admiration and affection. Lopez's classic, careful study won praise from a wide range of reviewers and went on to improve the way books about wild animals are written. Of Wolves and Men reveals the uneasy interaction between wolves and civilization over the centuries, and the wolf's prominence in our thoughts about wild creatures. Drawing on an astonishing array of literature, history, science, and mythology as well as considerable personal experience with captive and free-ranging wolves, Lopez argues for the necessity of the wolf's preservation and envelops the reader in its sensory world, creating a compelling picture of the wolf both as real animal and as imagined by man. A scientist might perceive the wolf as defined by research data, while an Eskimo hunter sees a family provider much like himself. For many Native Americans the wolf is also a spiritual symbol, a respected animal that can make both the individual and the community stronger. With irresistible charm and elegance, Of Wolves and Men celebrates scientific fieldwork, dispels folklore that has enabled the Western mind to demonize wolves, explains myths, and honors indigenous traditions, allowing us to further understand how this incredible animal has come to live so strongly in the human heart.

In what is considered to be a classic of American nature writing, The Outermost House chronicles a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach. Though Henry Beston had planned to spend only two weeks at the house, he became so entranced by the nature surrounding him that he could not leave. Here we...  more

In what is considered to be a classic of American nature writing, The Outermost House chronicles a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach. Though Henry Beston had planned to spend only two weeks at the house, he became so entranced by the nature surrounding him that he could not leave. Here we find the migrations of birds, the rhythms of wind, sand and sea, and the changing seasons as Bestons words capture the vividness of nature.

An assemblage of twenty-nine short essays on the recent genetic and molecular biologic revolution, presenting a holistic vision of nature: the earth as a superorganism of species, societies as superorganisms of individuals, man as the superorganism of organelles, and so on. Thomas, a pathologist...  more

An assemblage of twenty-nine short essays on the recent genetic and molecular biologic revolution, presenting a holistic vision of nature: the earth as a superorganism of species, societies as superorganisms of individuals, man as the superorganism of organelles, and so on. Thomas, a pathologist at N.Y.U., has a quasi-religious faith in the ultimate power of genetic coding and the mysteries of probability and possibility. He proposes that the in-born template for human behavior is a capacity for grammatical construction. As the purpose of a termite community is nest-building, correspondingly human beings are under genetic instructions to order information into language. The scientists are ready to get in touch with interested celestial bodies for a little extraterrestrial conversation, and Thomas votes for Bach as emissary - "all of Bach, streamed out into space, over and over again." He's something of a cosmic dreamer, but romance is no doubt a prerequisite for this kind of laboratory research. (Kirkus Reviews)

"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have...  more

"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell. (A Mariner Reissue)

This is the most comprehensive and interesting book on bugs written to date. Chapters include, "The Universe as Seen from a Suburban Porch," "Year of the Locust," and "Water Lizards and Aerial Dragons." Howard Ensign Evans does a remarkable job explaining the...  more

This is the most comprehensive and interesting book on bugs written to date. Chapters include, "The Universe as Seen from a Suburban Porch," "Year of the Locust," and "Water Lizards and Aerial Dragons." Howard Ensign Evans does a remarkable job explaining the appetites, jobs, and dangers of every possible crawling, flying and leaping insect. Even the lowly mosquito deserves respect and has a reason for being here, according to Evans.

"Our lives are surrounded by ordinary miracles, everyday mysteries. To find them, all you need to do is indulge your senses. Follow the scent of earth outdoors on a cool, wet morning in spring. On a hot August afternoon, go down to the local pond and watch dragonfly larvae crawl out of...  more

"Our lives are surrounded by ordinary miracles, everyday mysteries. To find them, all you need to do is indulge your senses. Follow the scent of earth outdoors on a cool, wet morning in spring. On a hot August afternoon, go down to the local pond and watch dragonfly larvae crawl out of their skins. On a still December night, let the moonlight call you outdoors to listen to the wind sigh in the pines."

Scientists call them Inia geoffransin, an ancient species of toothed whale whose origin dates back about 15 million years. To the local people of the Amazon, pink river dolphins are "botos," shape shifters that, in the guise of human desire, can claim your soul and take you to the Encante, an...  more

Scientists call them Inia geoffransin, an ancient species of toothed whale whose origin dates back about 15 million years. To the local people of the Amazon, pink river dolphins are "botos," shape shifters that, in the guise of human desire, can claim your soul and take you to the Encante, an enchanted underwater world. As tributaries braid into a single river, Journey of the Pink Dolphins weaves ancient myth and modern science into one woman's search for these clusive creatures. With their melonlike foreheads and tubular snouts, pink dolphins look eerily familiar, like people in watery beginnings. No one knows for certain what gives the dolphins their distinctive coloring they may glow pink with exertion, or with age, or their color might change with the temperature of the water. With their flexible bodies -- stretching to eight feet long and weighing up to four hundred pounds -- and finely tuned echolocation abilities, the pink dolphins perform their water ballet on handlike, five-fingered flippers, in a habitat no other dolphin could colonize. Since these mysterious creatures appear mostly at dusk and dawn, and their migration patterns are unknown, Sy Montgomery's Amazon quest encompasses four separate journeys. In the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo region, she follows the pink dolphins to the spirit realm, where shamans commune with the powers of the plants and visit the Encante. With paleontologist Gary Galbreath, she follows them back in time, tracing the history of the species. At Mamiraua, the pink dolphins illuminate the Amazon's present-day conservation dilemma. And in a final, glorious burst, Montgomery follows the dolphins back, down, deep, to the watery womb of the world, touching the very soul of the Amazon. "There are so many stories of botos, you will die writing," says one river guide. Ancient legends tell us that dolphins have guided humans for millennia, and in Journey of the Pink Dolphins Montgomery answers their call, taking us to that perfect place where the Amazon melts into the forest, dolphins swim among treetops, and the twenty-first century dissolves into the beginning of time.

Sy Montgomery "is a modern miracle," says Book magazine, "bawdy, brave, inventive, prophetic, hell-bent on loving this planet." Writing as she does about animals and people at a turning point in our history, Montgomery has shown us that we share our planet with the most outlandish creatures....  more

Sy Montgomery "is a modern miracle," says Book magazine, "bawdy, brave, inventive, prophetic, hell-bent on loving this planet." Writing as she does about animals and people at a turning point in our history, Montgomery has shown us that we share our planet with the most outlandish creatures. She's documented great apes, man-eating tigers, and pink river dolphins, but her latest muse, the golden moon bear, is an animal whose name and appearance evoke another world altogether. Only eight bear species are known to science: the American black bear; the grizzly; the polar bear; the South American spectacled bear; Asia's sun bear, moon bear, and sloth bear; and the Chinese panda. The moon bears' lineage (most similar to that of the American black bear) as black-coated mountain dwellers had never been challenged -- until, on the edge of the new millennium, Montgomery and her scientific colleagues turned up this new golden form. Search for the Golden Moon Bear travels to Southeast Asia, home of these luminous bears, for a look through the broken mirror of the evolutionary record into the present day. Hobnobbing with scientists and locals, Montgomery pieces together a living portrait of her elusive subject. "When the bear is well," says one Cambodian zookeeper, "he is [a] nice animal, like a friend." But the bears are not always well. With bear paws coveted as culinary treats, and bear parts administered as medicine for everything from nervousness to heart problems, the bears' world is a perilous one -- just as it is for humans. In pursuit of a new species, these scientists and adventurers encounter danger and mayhem at every turn -- riding motorcycles across active minefields, evading armed militia for a glimpse of moon bears, pulling hairs from live bears for DNA tests. Search for the Golden Moon Bear is a field report from the frontiers of science and the ends of the earth, seamlessly weaving together folklore, natural history, and contemporary research into a fantastic travelogue.

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she?s a rock star. In these pages you?ll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from...  more

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she?s a rock star. In these pages you?ll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance?but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball is a cockatoo whose dance video went viral on YouTube and who?s now teaching schoolchildren how to dance. You?ll meet Harris?s hawks named Fire and Smoke. And you?ll come to know and love a host of other avian characters who will change your mind forever about who birds really are. Each of these birds shows a different and utterly surprising aspect of what makes a bird a bird?and these are the lessons of Birdology: that birds are far stranger, more wondrous, and at the same time more like us than we might have dared to imagine. In Birdology, beloved author of The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery explores the essence of the otherworldly creatures we see every day. By way of her adventures with seven birds?wild, tame, exotic, and common?she weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom. The first lesson of Birdology is that, no matter how common they are, Birds Are Individuals, as each of Montgomery?s distinctive Ladies clearly shows. In the leech-infested rain forest of Queensland, you?ll come face to face with a cassowary?a 150-pound, man-tall, flightless bird with a helmet of bone on its head and a slashing razor-like toenail with which it (occasionally) eviscerates people?proof that Birds Are Dinosaurs. You?ll learn from hawks that Birds Are Fierce; from pigeons, how Birds Find Their Way Home; from parrots, what it means that Birds Can Talk; and from 50,000 crows who moved into a small city?s downtown, that Birds Are Everywhere. They are the winged aliens who surround us. Birdology explains just how very "other" birds are: Their hearts look like those of crocodiles. They are covered with modified scales, which are called feathers. Their bones are hollow. Their bodies are permeated with extensive air sacs. They have no hands. They give birth to eggs. Yet despite birds? and humans? disparate evolutionary paths, we share emotional and intellectual abilities that allow us to communicate and even form deep bonds. When we begin to comprehend who birds really are, we deepen our capacity to approach, understand, and love these otherworldly creatures. And this, ultimately, is the priceless lesson of Birdology: it communicates a heartfelt fascination and awe for birds and restores our connection to these complex, mysterious fellow creatures.

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy...  more

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery’s popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, “Deep Intellect,” about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters. Octopuses have varied personalities and intelligence they show in myriad ways: endless trickery to escape enclosures and get food; jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls; and evading caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline and running around the floor on eight arms. But with a beak like a parrot, venom like a snake, and a tongue covered with teeth, how can such a being know anything? And what sort of thoughts could it think? The intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees was only recently accepted by scientists, who now are establishing the intelligence of the octopus, watching them solve problems and deciphering the meaning of their color-changing camouflage techniques. Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness and the meeting of two very different minds.

Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world?s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. "In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer...  more

Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world?s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. "In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures.??from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company Tamed and Untamed?a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas?explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses. Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery, ?The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species?from using tools to waging war?is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals? powers.? With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures?from man?s best friend to the great white shark?and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom?s magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature. The book contains a foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of the bestseller Elephant Company.

As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one MPH, and beating their wings more than sixty...  more

As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one MPH, and beating their wings more than sixty times a second. Miraculous creatures, they are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. That’s where Brenda Sherburn comes in. With tenderness and patience, she rescues abandoned hummingbirds and nurses them back to health until they can fly away and live in the wild. In The Hummingbird’s Gift, the extraordinary care that Brenda provides her peanut-sized patients is revealed and, in the process, shows us just how truly amazing hummingbirds are. With Sy Montgomery’s signature “joyful passion” (Library Journal), and including sixteen pages of gorgeous color photos, this beautifully written and inspiring little book celebrates the profound gift that hummingbirds are to our planet and is the ultimate gift for nature lovers and bird watchers everywhere.

When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris’s hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a...  more

When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris’s hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down from a tree and landed on Sy’s leather gloved fist, Sy fell under the hawk’s magnetic spell. Over the next few years, Sy spent more time with these magnificent creatures, getting to know their extraordinary abilities and instincts. They are deeply emotional animals, quick to show anger and frustration, and can hold a grudge for years. But they are also loyal and intensely aware of their surroundings. In this mesmerizing account, featuring sixteen pages of gorgeous color photographs, Sy passionately and vividly reveals the wonderous world of hawks and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love.

To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins?or Digit?is good at math is a laughable understatement. She?s been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with ?her people? at MIT in Boston. Her talents are so off-the-charts, her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an...  more

To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins?or Digit?is good at math is a laughable understatement. She?s been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with ?her people? at MIT in Boston. Her talents are so off-the-charts, her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an ecoterrorist named Jonas Furnis. So when she thoughtlessly hacks into the Department of Defense?s database, she lands in serious hot water inside and outside the law. Readers will be sad to turn the last page of this suspenseful, sassy, super-smart thriller, the sequel to A Girl Named Digit.

CAUGHT BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY... A madman murdered her family, leaving her a shadow of the woman she once was. So one-time criminal profiler Arden Davis took a drastic step: She volunteered for an experiment to wipe out the horrific memories that haunted her every waking moment. But the...  more

CAUGHT BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY... A madman murdered her family, leaving her a shadow of the woman she once was. So one-time criminal profiler Arden Davis took a drastic step: She volunteered for an experiment to wipe out the horrific memories that haunted her every waking moment. But the experiment wasn't quite the success the doctors predicted -- and now Arden is left sifting through random memories, trying to distinguish dreams from reality. Then one night, Special Agent Nathan Fury shows up on her doorstep with an urgent appeal for help. SHE AWAKENS TO A LIVING NIGHTMARE... The murderer, it turns out, is still on the streets. This time, Arden will risk everything -- even her sanity -- to lure the killer out of hiding. Even if the killer is closer than she thought. Even if she herself becomes the number one suspect...

The sleepy town of Tuonela, Wisconsin, is known for one thing: the killer who stalked its streets one hundred years ago, drinking the blood of his victims. And when the drained corpse of a young girl is found, the citizens fear their past has risen from the grave -- and point their fingers at...  more

The sleepy town of Tuonela, Wisconsin, is known for one thing: the killer who stalked its streets one hundred years ago, drinking the blood of his victims. And when the drained corpse of a young girl is found, the citizens fear their past has risen from the grave -- and point their fingers at one man... Evan Stroud can never see the light of day. The prisoner of a strange and terrible disease, he lives in tragic solitude, taunted for being a "vampire" -- until the son he never knew he had shows up in Tuonela and is drawn into its depraved, vampire-obsessed underworld. Then Evan must rely on coroner Rachel Burton, his childhood friend, for help. But the evil that they face is powerful and elusive -- and about to take them to the very brink of madness.  

Homicide detective Elise Sandburg is forced to confront her past and her connection to Gullah culture when a serial killer, who uses a mysterious substance that forces its victims into a death-like sleep, terrorizes the city of Savannah, Georgia.

Where mystery and Halloween collide... Celebrate Halloween with this collection of short stories by award-winning authors. 1. Patrica Abbott, The Angel Deeb When a pickpocket begins to have serious health isssues, he finds himself contemplating a new line of work. 2. Bill Cameron, Sunlight...  more

Where mystery and Halloween collide... Celebrate Halloween with this collection of short stories by award-winning authors. 1. Patrica Abbott, The Angel Deeb When a pickpocket begins to have serious health isssues, he finds himself contemplating a new line of work. 2. Bill Cameron, Sunlight Nocturne Ex-cop Skin Kadash spends Halloween day building a bat house with his neighbor, four-year-old Danny, while helicopters circle overhead looking for a murderer who might be hiding nearby. 3. Pat Dennis, Dead Line Sibling rivalry and a suburban Halloween decorating contest cause Kate to take a pitchfork to her sister's yard display. 4. David Housewright, Time of Death A young girl under arrest for the brutal murder of her cheating boyfriend attempts to convince the investigator that she is innocent, claiming the murder was committed by a ghost. 5. Stephen Blackmoore, World's Greatest Dad By the time Franklin Delacorte wakes up, he's been dead six hours and is unsure of how he feels about his sons turning him into a zombie. When Franklin's behavior gets out of control, the boys feel compelled to undo what they've done, but Daddy knows best. 5. Heather Dearly, Troubled Water The anniversary of two deaths brings about the return of the Grim Reaper to Anya Madjigijik's house on Cemetery Road. 6. Mark Hull, Friday Night Dining with Marianne It's Halloween, and a food critic finds herself dining on chubby Boy Scout, mountaineer eyeballs, and sea monkeys. 7. Leandra Logan, You Called A bitter, lonely woman spends Friday nights drinking cheap wine and entertaining herself by redialing the days unanswered calls to harass telemarketers. 8. Marilyn Victor, The Ogre of Her Dreams Fledging witch Aurora Piddleworth wants a soulmate, and she blackmails instructor Olympia Dalrymple into creating the man of her dreams. 9. Julia Buckley, Motherly Intuition A mother's job is never done, and death is no reason to keep Daphne's mother from looking out for her daughter. 10. Lance Zarimba, Fangs and All It's love at first bite for Billy Joe Jim Bob when he brings his first vampire home in this hilarious and deliberately cliche-packed story. 11. L.K. Rigel, Slurp! Feed your Muse takes on a whole new meaning when a writer has a breakdown on Halloween. 12. Kelly Lynn Parra, Graveyard Soul Sucker It's Halloween, and group of college students visit a graveyard in an attempt to reanimate a dead serial killer with a ritual found in an ancient book of spells. 13. Jason Evans, She Came on the October Wind A stray black cat appears nightly at Natalie's window, bringing with it memories of a sister who ran away years earlier. 14. Paula L. Fleming, Tricks, Treats, and Terror in Tin Lake Halloween is the one day of the year when alien Adeela can shed her costume and walk freely among the humans. 15. Shirley Damsgaard, Bewitched So what if you don't have the right ingredients to cast a spell? Rachel buys a magic book from an antique store and uses household ingredients to bring Mr. Right back into her life. 16. Anne Frasier, The Replacement After a young man is reanimated, he has forty-eight hours to find a replacement for his empty grave if he wants to remain above ground. 17. Paul D. Brazill, This Old House If you want a job done right, do it yourself. Or in the case of This Old House, never hire an idiot to burn down your home. 18. Michael Allan Mallory, Boo! A lonely widower discovers that his old Halloween pranks no longer cut it with the new generation of jaded kids who are too old for trick-or-treat anyway. But when an unexpected visitor shows up at the widower's door, they hatch a plot the teenagers won't forget. 19. Daniel Hatadi, Playpen When eight-year-old Tim vanishes while playing in Kids Playhouse, his best friend Manny must solve the crime and convince adults that there is more to Tim's disappearance than a human abduction or childish prank.

THE BEST MEDICINE Jenny May hoped that her stay on a quiet, peaceful farm would help her forget the terrifying ordeal she'd been through. Country fairs and homemade strawberry ice cream did lift her spirits a little, but they couldn't erase the memories and the bad dreams. Now, though, a...  more

THE BEST MEDICINE Jenny May hoped that her stay on a quiet, peaceful farm would help her forget the terrifying ordeal she'd been through. Country fairs and homemade strawberry ice cream did lift her spirits a little, but they couldn't erase the memories and the bad dreams. Now, though, a handsome--and very persistent--veterinarian seemed determined to do just that. Lucas Tate was an expert at treating pain without much feedback from his patients. But Jenny was hurting inside, and that would require a special kind of medicine ... the kind Jenny would have to let him get close enough to administer. The pretty newcomer with the sad eyes was keeping her distance, but Lucas was intent on convincing Jenny that he was her best cure...

Jobless, flat broke and itching for some new scenery, disk jockey Maddie Smith figures a trip to Nebraska to see what's going on with her flaky, estranged sister is as good a plan as any. It seems that after a brief encounter with sexy reclusive Eddie Berlin, baby sister vanished without a...  more

Jobless, flat broke and itching for some new scenery, disk jockey Maddie Smith figures a trip to Nebraska to see what's going on with her flaky, estranged sister is as good a plan as any. It seems that after a brief encounter with sexy reclusive Eddie Berlin, baby sister vanished without a trace. Now it's going to take every last one of Maddie's wiles feminine and otherwise to get close enough to Eddie to find out what happened...and to resist his inexplicable allure, which may just be as dangerous as it is enticing.

Originally published in 1988 in softcover, this novel won the Romantic Times Best New Adventure Writer Award in that year, and has been recommended in the Romance Reader's Handbook as an all-time recommended read. The story follows Illinois farm-bred social worker Corey McKinney on a church...  more

Originally published in 1988 in softcover, this novel won the Romantic Times Best New Adventure Writer Award in that year, and has been recommended in the Romance Reader's Handbook as an all-time recommended read. The story follows Illinois farm-bred social worker Corey McKinney on a church mission to report on the San Reys reserve in the Amazon jungle of Brazil. Flying the plane on the last leg of her journey is magnetic, gravel-voiced bush pilot Asher Adams, whose crudeness has the fascination of Humphrey Bogart's in The African Queen. At San Reys, Ash saves Corey from a Xingu death pit, a lust-filled Tchikao Indian and a downpour of spiders as she is caught between her continuing repulsion from and growing attraction to him, the latter leading finally to graphically rendered consummation. Alternately cynical and tender, clown and caretaker, Asher finally sends Corey back to Pleasant Grove and her Dudley Do-right fiance while he continues his search for his brother in the jungle. This is not the end of the story, however, as Ash, who smells of the jungle and the cockpit, who reads Mad magazine and quotes Tolkien, draws the reader into this richly detailed, if predictably plotted, love story. -- Publishers Weekly

Emily Christian had a gift, a gift that let her see behind anyone's mask. Everybody on the tranquil little island of St. Genevieve was buzzing about the arrival of Sonny Maxwell, but her thoughts went beyond his stunning looks. She saw something in that world-famous face that drew...  more

Emily Christian had a gift, a gift that let her see behind anyone's mask. Everybody on the tranquil little island of St. Genevieve was buzzing about the arrival of Sonny Maxwell, but her thoughts went beyond his stunning looks. She saw something in that world-famous face that drew her...something the cameras always seemed to miss. Sonny himself was mesmerized by the beguiling innocence and beauty of the young woman who seemed to know him better than he knew himself. He'd sworn he'd never let anyone get close to him again, but he had to find a way to make Emily Christian part of his world. Yet first he had to find the courage to let his true colors show.

Reporter Nash Audubon crashes beautiful Sara Ivy's party to get an interview and barges into a case of domestic violence from which he determines to rescue the endangered socialite.

Two lost souls find love-and each other-in America's heartland.Striking out on her own for the first time, Lark Leopold comes face-to-face with the steamy glare of an impossibly rugged and handsome farmer Nathan Senatra's life is a mess and he doesn't have time for Lark's silly, bureaucratic...  more

Two lost souls find love-and each other-in America's heartland.Striking out on her own for the first time, Lark Leopold comes face-to-face with the steamy glare of an impossibly rugged and handsome farmer Nathan Senatra's life is a mess and he doesn't have time for Lark's silly, bureaucratic animal research. His wife has left him and taken almost everything he has. What's more, nobody in the community seems to be on his side. But Lark cannot fight the uncontrollable attraction to the warmth and sensititvity she senses deep within Nathans soul. For the first time in her life, she has found something worth holding onto-and no matter what the consequences, she is not letting go.

Be careful Not much is duller than winter in sleepy Fallon, Idaho. So on her thirtieth birthday, Claire Maxfield wished for the one thingwell, one of the thingsmissing in her life: some excitement. Besides that voodoo doll from her best friend, she has no idea what she's about to get. What you...  more

Be careful Not much is duller than winter in sleepy Fallon, Idaho. So on her thirtieth birthday, Claire Maxfield wished for the one thingwell, one of the thingsmissing in her life: some excitement. Besides that voodoo doll from her best friend, she has no idea what she's about to get. What you wish for... That very night a mysterious injured man named Dylan carjacks Claire at gunpoint, ordering her to hide him. But once inside her secluded cabin, something strange occurs. Claire's powerfully attractive captor somehow becomes the captiveand Claire winds up taking care of him! It might come true. Just how did it happen, she wonders. Maybe that voodoo doll, now sporting one of Dylan's hairs, had something to do with it. Or maybe it was a different kind of magic, a spell that is mystifying, unbreakable, and absolutely irresistible.

SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD ESCAPE THE PAST... After too many years of heartache, Molly Bennett had packed her bags and run away... from her memories, her husband, and the woman she had become.  But just as she found herself on the brink of a brand new life, an unexpected tragedy called her...  more

SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD ESCAPE THE PAST... After too many years of heartache, Molly Bennett had packed her bags and run away... from her memories, her husband, and the woman she had become.  But just as she found herself on the brink of a brand new life, an unexpected tragedy called her home.  Now the man who had always been so much stronger than Molly needs her in a way she'd never thought possible.... BUT YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM LOVE... No woman had ever appealed to Austin the way Molly did; from the day she left, all he knew was emptiness and the ache of losing her.  He would have given anything to have her back -- but not this way.  He didn't want her pity.  He couldn't expect her love.  Yet as the walls of pride and fear come tumbling down, Austin and Molly will be given a second chance at happiness -- if only they have the courage to take it.  

He spent his lifetime running from his past... Right from the start Maggie Mayfield knew Johnnie Irish was trouble. The sexy Hollywood star had returned to his hometown of Hope, Texas, to a hero's welcome. But for Maggie the notorious bad boy was nothing but bad news—until she...  more

He spent his lifetime running from his past... Right from the start Maggie Mayfield knew Johnnie Irish was trouble. The sexy Hollywood star had returned to his hometown of Hope, Texas, to a hero's welcome. But for Maggie the notorious bad boy was nothing but bad news—until she discovered the tragic secret behind his reckless ways, until she found the hidden sweetness in his cynical smile... She risked her future on the promise of his love... Johnnie knew he shouldn't have come back, knew he could never forgive this stark desert town for turning its back on a boy just struggling to survive. But all thoughts of revenge faded when he met widowed schoolteacher Maggie Mayfield. Passionate and caring, she seemed to sense the yearning behind his cocky swagger, the pain and loneliness he had tried so hard to escape. Against all reason, Maggie believed in him. And now he had to find the strength to confront his demons—or lose the only woman he could ever love... 

THEY SAID HE WAS A LOST CAUSE But from the moment Dr. Rachel Collins first saw her newest patient, she knew her colleagues were wrong. For beneath the pain and defiance in Sammy Thoreau's stormy black eyes she sensed a vulnerability that tore at her heart--and an amazing inner strength...  more

THEY SAID HE WAS A LOST CAUSE But from the moment Dr. Rachel Collins first saw her newest patient, she knew her colleagues were wrong. For beneath the pain and defiance in Sammy Thoreau's stormy black eyes she sensed a vulnerability that tore at her heart--and an amazing inner strength that made her all the more determined to help this bad-boy journalist learn to live again. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE COULD DO She couldn't know that Sammy, with his sexy smile and biting humor, would reverse their roles with a vengeance... exposing the secret pain she'd tried so hard to hide... igniting emotions no doctor should ever feel for a patient. All she knew was that she had to win this man's trust, to heal his hurts.  Only then could they face the promise of their love, forever.

When rodeo champion Wade Malone landed his antique plane in widow Sommer McBlain's pasture and announced he was her new hired hand, she had reason to be wary. Rodeo cowboys were notorious drifters, and past pain had taught her the folly of trusting easy charm. Her struggle to run the ranch...  more

When rodeo champion Wade Malone landed his antique plane in widow Sommer McBlain's pasture and announced he was her new hired hand, she had reason to be wary. Rodeo cowboys were notorious drifters, and past pain had taught her the folly of trusting easy charm. Her struggle to run the ranch and raise six-year-old Katie on her own had etched caution deep into Sommer's soul, and she was determined to fence Wade out of their lives. But Wade had eyes as blue as the New Mexico sky and a way of looking at her that turned her knees to jelly. Could he gentle her skittish heart?

Iguana Bay was all sand, sea and sky---the perfect getaway spot. But Elise Ramsey wasn't on vacation. She was a prisoner. She was slated to be the star defense witness at a murder trial, an alibi for a man who was guilty as sin, and bounty hunter Dylan Davis didn't want her testifying....  more

Iguana Bay was all sand, sea and sky---the perfect getaway spot. But Elise Ramsey wasn't on vacation. She was a prisoner. She was slated to be the star defense witness at a murder trial, an alibi for a man who was guilty as sin, and bounty hunter Dylan Davis didn't want her testifying. He had his reasons. But the more he got to know this woman who had to be bad news, the less those reasons mattered, and the more he realized he was acting like a criminal himself. He was still determined to see justice done, but he could no longer keep Elise captive. She had to come to him of her own free will.

...a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of. Contents: Introduction -- Bomber and the Bismarck / by Claire Bell -- A Puma and a Panther / by...  more

...a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of. Contents: Introduction -- Bomber and the Bismarck / by Claire Bell -- A Puma and a Panther / by Wilanne Schneider Belden -- The Last Gift / by Elizabeth H. Boyer -- Papercut Luck / by Patricia B. Cirone -- Shado / by Marylois Dunn -- In Bastet's Service / by P.M. Griffin -- Shadows / by Caralyn Inks -- The Execution / by A. R. Major -- Hermione at Moon House / by Ardath Mayhar -- Quest of Souls / by Ann Miller and Karen Rigly -- Ede's Earrings / by Sasha Miller -- Clara's Cat / by Elizabeth Moon -- Hob's Pot / by Andre Norton -- The Queen's Cat's Tale / by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough -- The Keep-shape Spell / by Mary H. Schaub -- Of Age and Wisdom / Roger C. Schlobin -- Critical Cats / by Susan Shwartz -- In Carnation / by Nancy Springer.

Here are all-new tales about those magical, mysterious dominators of humankind: the cats! Return to the cats' hunting ground with this third collection of stories. Twenty fur-flying fantasies are sure to capture the hearts of cat lovers everywhere. Contents: Introduction / by Andre Norton --...  more

Here are all-new tales about those magical, mysterious dominators of humankind: the cats! Return to the cats' hunting ground with this third collection of stories. Twenty fur-flying fantasies are sure to capture the hearts of cat lovers everywhere. Contents: Introduction / by Andre Norton -- A woman of Her Word / by Lee Barwood -- A Tangled Tahitian Tail / by Clare Bell -- Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black / by Charles de Lint -- Teddy Cat / by Marylois Dunn -- Cat o' Nine Tales / by Charles L. Fontenay -- Partners / by P.M. Griffin -- But a Glove / by John E. Johnston III -- Fear in Her Pocket / by Caralyn Inks -- A Tail of Two Skittys / by Mercedes Lackey -- Hermione as Spy / by Ardath Mayhar -- Moon Scent / by Lyn McConchie -- Cat's World / by Cynthia McQuillin -- Snake Eyes / by Ann Miller and Karen Rigley -- One Too Many Cats / by Sasha Miller -- Noble Warrior Meets with a Ghost / by Andre Norton -- Connecticat / by Paul Reyes and Elisabeth Waters -- The cat-quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent / by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough -- The Cat, the Wizards, and the Bedposts / by Mary H. Schaub -- To Skein a Cat / by Lawrence Schimel -- Asking Mr. Bigelow / by Susan Shwartz.

Highlights the stories of clever feline companions of an alchemist, a princess, a planet-hopping lion tamer and others, in a collection that includes works by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey, Jayge Carr, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.

In these all-original stories, you'll meet the cats of the past, cats of the stars-wide future, cats who take power into their own paws, and cats who can face down Death itself. These are 24 tales certain to capture the hearts and imaginations of feline-lovers...  more

In these all-original stories, you'll meet the cats of the past, cats of the stars-wide future, cats who take power into their own paws, and cats who can face down Death itself. These are 24 tales certain to capture the hearts and imaginations of feline-lovers everywhere. Introduction (Catfantastic V) • essay by Andre Norton The Golden Cats • short story by Robin Wayne Bailey Grow Old Along with Me • short story by Lee Barwood Puss • novelette by Jayge Carr Goliath • short story by Russell Davis [as by R. Davis] Dragon, The Book • short story by David Drake The Courtesan Who Loved Cats • short story by India Edghill The Maltese Feline • short story by Rosemary Edghill A Cat's Tale • short story by Paul Goode Tenth-Life Cat • short story by P. M. Griffin Kindred Hearts • short story by Caralyn Inks A Better Mousetrap • [SKitty] • short story by Mercedes Lackey The Big Ice • short story by Sharon Lee Preliminary Report • short story by Barry B. Longyear Lullaby • short story by Lyn McConchie The Very Early Hermione • [Hermione (Ardath Mayhar)] • short story by Ardath Mayhar Miss Lotte • short story by Sandra Miesel Kitten Claws • short story by Sasha Miller Noble Warrior and the "Gentleman" • short story by Andre Norton The Cat, The Sorceress, The Buttons, and Why • short story by Mary H. Schaub [as by Mary Schaub] Hobson's Choice • short story by Susan Shwartz Rosemary for Remembrance • short story by Estelle Traylor Patches' Pride • short story by Laura J. Underwood Trixie • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans Pick, Cry, and Grin (Ag'in) • short story by Rose Wolf

Pad along this paw print covered pathway to such fur-raising adventures as those of a noble Siamese out to defend its young mistress from evil, a bioengineered tabby who proves a diplomat beyond all human expectations, a wizard's hazardous encounter with his own familiar's kittens, and other...  more

Pad along this paw print covered pathway to such fur-raising adventures as those of a noble Siamese out to defend its young mistress from evil, a bioengineered tabby who proves a diplomat beyond all human expectations, a wizard's hazardous encounter with his own familiar's kittens, and other imaginative escapades certain to capture the hearts of fantasy and cat lovers alike. Contents: 18 stories: -- Introduction; -- Bomber and the Bismarck / by Claire Bell; -- A puma and a panther / by Wilanne Schneider Belden; -- The last gift / by Elizabeth H. Boyer; -- Papercut luck / by Patricia B. Cirone; -- Shado / by Marylois Dunn; -- In Bastet's service / by P.M. Griffin; -- Shadows / by Caralyn Inks; -- The execution / by A.R. Major; -- Hermione at Moon House / by Ardath Mayhar; -- Quest of souls / by Ann Miller and Karen Rigly; -- Ede's earrings / by Sasha Miller; -- Clara's cat / by Elizabeth Moon; -- Hob's pot / by Andre Norton; -- The queen's cat's tale / by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; -- The keep-shape spell / by Mary H. Schaub; -- Of age and wisdom / Roger C. Schlobin; -- Critical cats / by Susan Shwartz; -- In carnation / by Nancy Springer; ------ Notes: Originally published, under title Catfantastic II: New York : DAW Books, 1991.