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During a picnic overlooking the Nile, 14-year-old scribe Nebi spots the riders first. Led by the treacherous Count Nimlot, the raiding party slaughters Nebi’s master, the region’s head of police.

If you act like Marlene, you end up like Marlene — messed up, lonely and broke. No wonder Samantha rejects her mother’s lifestyle.

Not everyone can be an athlete, but that doesn’t stop thousands of others from participating in world-class sporting events.

Detective Inspector Boneparte investigates in Queensland.

Girls in their teens form friendships that are astonishingly intense, yet these relationships are often broken and reformed, filled with confidences and betrayals, loyalty and fickleness.

In THE POOL WAS EMPTY, 16-year-old Celia’s boyfriend, Alex, is dead after falling into an empty swimming pool—and his mother has accused Celia of his murder.

Some people might think it’s odd when a teenage boy starts making movies of his classmates kissing.

On a business trip to Paris at the age of 19, Peter Mayle began an enduring fascination with the French and their love affair with food and wine.

Chanda’s mother is not herself, her younger sister is acting out, and her best friend needs help. A powerful story set amid the African HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for the future are shattered when the Taliban burns down th

Bartholomew hasn’t had a lot of life experience. As a novice monk aboard the spaceship monastery Prominence, he spends his days in worship and creating exquisite sun-fired pottery.

Detective Inspector Bonaparte investigates abduction and murder - and nearly gets marooned on Lake Eyre.

All war is hell. But for troops serving in World War I, it was the bloodiest trench warfare ever known.

A heart-wrenching tale of selfless love and the powerful desire to survive. When little Kai is brought to the orphanage, an older child, Pax, immediately takes him under his wing.

How to study like a superhero. The highly acclaimed book The Research Virtuoso helped high school and college students maximize their studying potential.