The fifth in a series featuring bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Annie Laurence Darling ( Death on Demand ), this tale is long on literary allusions but short on momentum. Invited to teach a class on mystery novels, offered for some strange reason in the journalism, rather than the English department of a local college, Annie finds that university politics become grist for the school's paper. Student editor Brad Kelly's expose of a professor's embezzlement,...

"Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward's Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement--Shell Hurst included... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate--for good reason--and most of them wish...

Annie and Max thought they could spend a quiet Fourth of July holiday together at the town picnic, but when the head of the library board is killed, everyone in town is a suspect, and it's up to Annie and Max to solve the mystery.

"It's a hard-knock life for America's favorite orphan! Everyone knows the story of the irrepressible Annie, who lives at Miss Hannigan's orphanage until she beats the odds and finds a new life with the benevolent and wealthy Daddy Warbucks. Annie has enchanted millions of readers from her original comic strip appearance to the hit Broadway musical. Now, with a Tony-nominated revival playing on Broadway, Puffin is reissuing this novelization of the...

"Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Helen Keller. A story about hope, courage, and finding your voice. Helen Keller became a celebrated author, educator, and activist who believed in equality for people with disabilities. Before she made history as the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college, Helen was a smart kid who loved learning. She overcame many challenges to learn how to read, write, and talk. She spoke up for other people...

Biography of Helen Keller focusing on her relationship with her teacher Annie Sullivan covering the years from Sullivan's childhood in an almshouse in the 1860s to Keller's death in 1968.

A biography of Helen Keller, an author and activist for people with disabilities who was born in 1880 and lost her sight and hearing to an illness in 1882.

Examines the life and times of sharpshooter Annie Oakley with emphasis on her role as entertainer in Buffalo Bill's West Show and other shows of the time.

Love is in the air, but so is murder. At the South Carolina Low Country island of Broward's Rock the delightful married sleuths, the Darlings, go on separate trails to find a killer.

If it werent for the efforts of one woman from Nevada, the wild mustangs of the West would have been eradicated. Velma Johnston, who later became known as "Wild Horse Annie" for her efforts, had been partially crippled by polio as a young girl. Having grown up on a ranch, she loved horses, so the sight of a livestock truck dripping with blood, in which injured and mutilated mustangs were crammed bound for a slaughterhouse, galvanized her into...