Mark Twain is one of the world’s favorite authors. His classic tale of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huck Finn delighted generations of readers. Here, Twain gives the reader more. Tom, not satisfied anymore with his life after his adventures on the Mississippi River, begins to seek out new adventures. Written from Huck’s viewpoint, follow Tom, Huck and Jim as they take a hot air balloon ride across the oceans. Tom wants to embark on a Crusade to “recover the Holy Land from the paynim”. The balloon reaches Africa and “Tom Sawyer, Erronort” (aeronaut) and his friends meet up with lions, caravans, and dervishes. They see the pyramids of Egypt and finally end up on Mt. Sinai before returning home to the waiting Aunt Polly.

I'VE BEEN STRIPPED OF A HOME. STRIPPED OF A FAMILY. STRIPPED OF A LIFE. I HAVE ALMOST NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. EXCEPT THE ONE I LOVE MOST.

What do virtually all breads and desserts have in common? They rely on baking formulas, the building block 'recipes' that every serious baker must master. For example, behind every tempting napoleon lies a formula for classic puff pastry, while a truly heavenly chocolate brownie cannot exist without the knowledge of how to temper chocolate. From American Pie Dough and Pté Brisée to Pastry Cream and Crème Anglaise, these recipes are written in small- and large-yield versions to accommodate the needs of the serious home baker as well as the pastry chef.

At the turn of the century, Ellen Rimbauer, the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage, express her confusion over her emerging sexuality and contemplate the nightmare that her life was becoming. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansion -- called Rose Red -- an enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the years ahead.

For today’s families, time is so short and so precious the lovingly prepared home-cooked meal is rapidly becoming just a nostalgic memory. But, with this reprint of the wildly popular best-seller 365 Easy One-Dish Meals, you can have your home cooking and eat it, too.

When a university professor exiled from academia retreats to his Maryland home, he witnesses a shocking murder literally in his own backyard, and learns to his peril that a bird's-eye perspective can sometimes reveal dangerous truths. Filled with distinctive atmosphere, rich characterizations, and steadily escalating suspense, J. F. Freedman's newest tour de force is destined to join its predecessors on a straight flight up bestseller lists.

An ancient network of interstellar portals has been reactivated, linking planets and civilizations. In the Delta Quadrant, the Starship Voyager and its crew are confronted with a flood of lost starships from all over the galaxy. Captain Kathryn Janeway holds together a fractious fleet of dislocated alien vessels as she struggles to brings her own ship home.

It is 1961, and thirteen-year-old Katie is facing a summer full of conflict. First, instead of letting her find her own work for the season, Katie's father has arranged for two less-than-ideal baby-sitting jobs - one for the rambunctious Wexler boys and another for Mrs. Randolph, a kind but elderly, bed-ridden neighbor. To make matters worse, Katie has been forcibly inducted into the 'loser' Girl Scout troop organized by her only friend Cynthia's controlling and clueless mother. A much-anticipated visit to her former home in Texas and ex-best friend Cherylanne proves disappointing. And then comes an act of betrayal that leaves Katie questioning her views on friendship, on her ability not to take those she loves for granted, and, most important, on herself.

Texas Ranger Ethan Bodine lives by a strict code of right and wrong. So when his brother Rafe goes on the run, Ethan knows he must be the one to bring him to justice.Unfortunately, his plans to intercept his brother are complicated by a petite, headstrong horticulturist named Wilhemina Granville, who's determined to collect the bounty on Rafe's head in order to save her family home from foreclosure.

Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh discovers his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted by knights in search of a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. Only by taking on the role of a jester is he able to infiltrate his enemy's castle where he thinks his wife is captive. With the unstoppable pace and plot of a page ..

The Sinners of Erspia are the inhabitants of a bizarre world, ruled and guided by the hands of Ormazd and Ahriman, twin gods of good and evil. Histrina, a child of Ormazd, is taken by the evil hordes to a world of terror where she meets Laedo, a man stranded far from his home planet. Together they start on a hallucinatory journey to understand and to ..