Skipping Christmas
by John Grisham

World War Z
Written by Max Brooks
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Price: $30.00
“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that...
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Magic Tree House Research Guide #17: Sea Monsters
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Price: $9.00
How are an octopus and a squid different? What kinds of creatures live in the deepest abyss of the ocean? What do scientists say some legendary sea monsters really are? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide: Sea Monsters.
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Good Dog. Stay.
Written by Anna Quindlen
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
Price: $25.00
“The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,” writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau’s, and...
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Ballistics
Written by Billy Collins
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Price: $35.00
A Billy Collins poem is instantly recognizable. “Using simple, understandable language,” notes USA Today, the two-term U.S. Poet Laureate “captures ordinary life–its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy.” His everyman approach to writing resonates with readers everywhere and generates fans who would otherwise never give a poem...
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The Sweet Far Thing
Written by Libba Bray
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
Price: $30.00
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a
laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain...
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Moyers on Democracy
Written by Bill Moyers
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Price: $35.00
Bill Moyers on America today:
“Here in the first decade of the twenty-first century the story that becomes America’s dominant narrative will shape our collective imagination and our politics for a long time to come. In the searching of our souls demanded by this challenge . . . kindred spirits across the...
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Price: $25.00
IT'S CHRISTMAS, AND NELLA is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift - a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers...
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Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf
Written by Judy Sierra
Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Price: $25.00
BIG BAD WOLF, now old and residing in the Villain Villa Senior Center, is invited to a tea by a children's librarian. His best friend, a toothsome crocodile, warns him that he will have to mind his manners. B. B. Wolf makes up a song: "Sip your tea and never slurp...
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Just Too Good to Be True
Written by E. Lynn Harris
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Price: $40.00
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her...

What They Found
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Price: $25.00
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty...
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Devil May Care (Limited Edition)
Written by Sebastian Faulks
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Price: $1,500.00
200 copies sold out in 2 hours
Only 100 copies left, available only in USA at RandomHouse.com
It is with the greatest delight that we present the Bentley Special Series edition of Devil May Care. The ultimate in luxury editions — this beautifully crafted book represents a unique alliance between two of the...
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My Father's Dragon Limited Edition of the 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Written by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
Price: $150.00
2008 marks the 60th anniversary of My Father's Dragon and to celebrate we're offering a deluxe edition--a true collectible for the generations of readers who grew up reading about Elmer's adventures with the dragon. It's also a great gift to introduce new readers to this Newbery Honor book by Ruth Stiles...
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Rant - Limited Edition
Written by Chuck Palahniuk
Format: Hardcover, 344 pages
Price: $150.00
The Rant Limited Edition is specially packaged in a one-piece preprinted case, printed black, with the title created in spot gloss; a 4-color slipcase that matches the original jacket of the trade book; a 1/8" ribbon marker; a signed tip-in sheet, speckled edges; and an exclusive 1300-word "Automotive Afterword" entitled "Recipes...
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