The chocolate sundae mystery: The Boxcar children investigate when ice cream and other items start disappearing from their favorite ice cream parlor. The mystery of the hot air balloon: Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing. The mystery bookstore: When their grandfather buys a bookstore at auction in New Orleans, the Alden children...

Snowbound mystery : It's an unusual winter vacation for the Alden family when a huge snowstorm traps them in the wood! Tree house mystery: The Alden children are helping their neighbors build a tree house. Bicycle mystery : The Alden's are making the journey to their Aunt Jane's house on an overnight bicycle trip.

Schoolhouse mystery : The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in a tiny, quiet New England fishing village, and the Alden's are teaching! Caboose mystery : When the Alden's spend the summer riding on a train, they get to live in a train car once again and this time, they're staying in caboose No. 777. Houseboat mystery : The Alden's are spending the summer traveling on a houseboat, but someone is watching them and wants something on the boat.

Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge.

Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy and reclusive (but also brave and ethical) homebody in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers and End of Watch to a full-fledged, smart and occasionally tough private detective on her own in The Outsider and If It Bleeds. In this new novel, Holly once again claims the spotlight,...

Mystery ranch: The Alden's visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery! Mike's mystery : A nearby house burns down while the Boxcar Children are staying with their Aunt Jane and their friend Mike is blamed for starting the fire! Blue Bay mystery : The Alden's are excited to visit a deserted South Seas island. But soon they discover clues that they are not alone. Is someone on the island watching them?

In November 1980, Nick Hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police. His ex-girlfriend, Alice Poole, has been found murdered, and her new boyfriend Mark Woodcroft is missing. Nick is the prime suspect. The case quickly goes cold, but Nick cannot let it go. He embarks on a career in investigative journalism, determined to find Alice's murderer--but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path. Decades later,...

One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia's mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community--an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly...

The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. When McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. THE wisdom of the bullfrog is Admiral McRaven’s clear-eyed treatise on the leadership qualities that separate the good from the truly great.