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The third book in the #1 New York Times best-selling series from Jeff Kinney, The Last Straw is sure to please young readers. Greg Heffley makes a New Year's resolution to help others improve, but his brand of truthful advice doesn't go over well. Plus, Greg's dad thinks military school might be just the attitude adjustment Greg needs.

Sixth-grader Milo Neal plans to do a science project on "The Complete Life Cycle of a Link in the Food Chain". But when he brings his specimen - a baby chick - to class, everyone falls in love with the cute ball of fluff. Soon she has a name: Henrietta. Not only is Henrietta the class pet, she's even chosen as mascot for the school hockey team! How can Milo finish his project, which calls for frying up his specimen and serving it to the judges of the science fair?

Tanner Holt neither wants nor needs a wife. For the wealthy rancher, his daughter Chloe, foreman Josiah, and ranch hands are all the family he needs. Chloe Holt loves her dad, but she needs a mom. So, armed with her dad’s credit card, the ten-year-old finds them the perfect wife and mother. Hopefully, the pretty lady with the kind eyes will give them a chance… and her dad won’t ground her for life! Heather Ayer is down on her luck and has just done the craziest thing. She applied to a mail-order bride agency. Marrying a man she’s never met is crazy. Then again, maybe it’s the ...

In sports, everybody loves redemption stories, the underdog who no one believes in but through sheer hard work wins it all. But no one tells the stories of the players who work hard and don’t make it. In pro football, 53 guys get on the roster. Ten make it to the practice squad. And then there’s the 64th Man - that’s Billy Logan (Cena), who seems to always be one spot from glory.  

I just want to be naughty for one night of my life. I think I’d be really good at it... I need to escape. I’m a bad girl trapped in a good girl’s body. Perfect grades, star volleyball player, lead in the drama club. I know it’ll lead to a great career. But I need more. Just one night. In Ireland. On St. Patrick’s Day. Thousands of miles away from anyone who knows me. That’s how I met Dare Mackenzie. With fire in his emerald eyes, sinful promises on his lips. And an accent as intoxicating as the darkest stout. He keeps saying I’m too sweet, too innocent, too good. I dare you, ...

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep - one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken. In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all adult in his life and navigate the butler's notions of decorum. And ultimately, when his burden of grief and anger from the past can no longer be ignored, Carter learns that a burden becomes lighter when it is shared.

Legendary golf writer Dan Jenkins’s latest has been praised as “catnip for golf lovers” by Publishers Weekly. He delights with this hilarious sporting spoof of the PGA tour. Golf pro Bobby Joe Grooves is on a mission to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, but first he has to contend with his rival Knut Thorssun: “Knut the Nuke.”

Dan Jenkins, sports novelist and writer for Golf Digest, continues the story of Bobby Joe Grooves in Slim and None.

The aging pro-golfer is now 44, and he just has to win a major this time around. Since the days when golfing was done with a shepherd's crook, only seven men have won a major after the age of 44. Bobby Joe figures his chances are slim and none.

Bear shifter, Derek Holt, has finally achieved the pinnacle of fame as a platinum country recording artist. He just never thought it would leave him feeling so hollow inside. He knows just the woman who could fill his empty void, his assistant Red. But women like Red aren’t for men like him. As a single mom, the last thing Audrey Reid, a.k.a Red needs is a party guy like Derek Holt in her life. If only her brain could convince her heart to let go. This “babysitting” gig—accompanying Derek back to Jackson Valley to keep an eye on him—might make it harder than she thought to keep a ...

Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has ever seen - he keeps flunking Advanced Self Preservation. But outside of class, Ben is pretty great at staying alive. His enemies have kidnapped him, shot at him, locked him in a room with a ticking time bomb, and even tried to blow him up with missiles. And he's survived every time. After all that unexpected success, the CIA has decided to activate Ben for real.

Seventh on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Dan Jenkins' Semi-Tough is a raucous, politically incorrect football spoof starring New York Giants' redneck star Billy Clyde Puckett. As Puckett records the outrageous buildup to his team's Super Bowl clash with cross-town rivals the Jets, his best friend's voluptuous main squeeze puts some knee-buckling moves on him that he finds difficult to dodge.

Wesley Reed always regarded Chloe as a kid sister. Until he didn’t. That fateful night, he learned two terrifying facts—one, he is bear shifter, and two, Chloe is his mate. Determined to conceal both revelations for fear of ruining her promising future, Wesley leaves Jackson Valley. For good. Chloe Holt had a crush on her dad’s ranch hand, Wesley, since she was eight years old. No boy could compete with Wesley. The dream she had that he’d one day see her as a woman, not a girl, was shattered the night he disappeared without so much as a goodbye. Now, all these years later, fate ...

Author Paul Torday makes his debut with this clever absurdist novel. Fisheries scientist Dr. Alfred Jones is approached by an extravagantly wealthy sheik with a novel plan. To foster goodwill, the sheik would like to introduce salmon fishing to Yemen - the same Yemen that is largely a desert - and politicians think it's a great idea.

Michael Long is damaged. Broken. Dangerous. And the scars run deep. The only time his bear emerges is to viciously maim and kill. So when his mate shows up, right there on his family’s ranch, his only course of action is to avoid her. Daisy Hawkins is unavoidable. The kindergarten teacher may be as sweet as her name implies, but Daisy won’t take no for an answer. She’s not sure what comes over her when she set eyes on the tall, muscular rancher but so what if she’s never hit on a man before? Michael Long is the hottest man she’s ever seen. *BOOKS IN THIS SERIES INCLUDE:* Rancher ...

Someone's bound to get burned John Long’s girlfriend—socialite Mandy Scott—has finally agreed to move to his family’s ranch and give the simple life a chance. Everything is going according to plan. Until he meets Mandy’s assistant, Bunny St. John, his fated mate. Bunny’s divorce papers are barely dry. She’s fed up with men, doubly fed up with bear shifters, and doesn’t care one iota about this whole ‘mate’ crap. She’s not letting any man into her life, especially not John Long. But the two can only dance around the flames of desire for so long, though, before someone ...

Iconic humorist Dan Jenkins bring his matchless sense of hilarity to this riotous send-up of professional golf. Forty-something sportswriter Jack Brannon is bored to tears with the men's tour. So he decides to check out Ginger Clayton, the hot, new franchise babe on the ladies' links. Things get interesting in a hurry, as it becomes clear somebody wants the gorgeous superstar disqualified for good.

She’s a good girl. He’s a bad bear. Beverly Bow Mar finally has a chance to live her dream. She’ll start as an art gallery assistant in a few days. She’s worked so hard for this chance, and all she had to do was promise that she was not involved with her father or his vile clan of degenerates. Piece of cake. She wants nothing to do with them. She hasn’t so much as spoken to her father in years. Xavier, as a clan enforcer, is tasked with the unpleasant assignment of retrieving the alpha’s estranged daughter from the city and bringing her back to the clan clubhouse. Lovely. Go ...

I just broke my biggest rule. Never fall in love with a patient Emerson Stone is the best forward in professional hockey. His speed and agility are legendary. His smile can melt the iciest hearts. He’s sweet both on and off the ice. And his career is in my hands. My new position with the Houston Snowhawks is a dream come true. But doing my job means keeping Emerson off the ice. Can I keep my job, my sanity, and my heart unbroken? Buckle in for book two in my new steamy sports series! Down To Puck is a fast-paced hockey romance featuring a no-nonsense team doctor and the injured hockey ...

Sometimes the search leads right back home. Sammie Delaney has worked her butt off to become a U.S. Marshal. But her last case has left her reeling. After her partner and their witnesses are murdered in cold blood, she's left with a frightened four-year-old boy. Only, he’s not currently a boy. The kid’s transformed himself into a bear cub. To help him, she needs to find answers. Starting with Lucas Long, who may or may not be the boy's father. *BOOKS IN THIS SERIES INCLUDE:* Rancher Bear’s Baby Rancher Bear’s Mail Order Mate Rancher Bear’s Surprise Package Rancher Bear's Secret ...

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In a championship game, to the surprise and dismay of everyone, Rick actually got into the game and then provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates another team that will have him: the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.