Reporter Jim Qwilleran and his clue-seeking Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum-Yum, receive an unexpected inheritance, move into the rich-and-famous circuit, and find their taste for the good life spoiled by a shocking murder.

Stranded in the remote mountains of the north after a plane crash, two strangers--a strong-willed businesswoman and a Vietnam vet--must find a way to trust each other in order to survive the danger that surrounds them.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife." There are few phrases as sobering, with the possible exceptions of "We have lift-off" and "This country is at war." Yet, as they have done for centuries, millions of courageous men and women continue to walk down the aisle every year, without so much as a job description. Now, in her most autobiographical book, Erma Bombeck puts it all in loving and laughing perspective, as she looks back on her own forty-three-year-but-who's-counting...

"Emmaline Harter is a beautiful and brilliant Wall Street financier in the nineteenth century--until the crash of 1893 wipes her out completely. Without friends, family, or money, she takes a risk and joins Dr. Larence Digby in his search for the treasure-filled lost city of Cibola. Emmaline is used to getting her own way, but Larence has ideas of his own. Chasing impossible dreams, Larence is pursued by a deep secret that he has shared with no one....

The virus kills nine out of ten of its victims. Its effects are so quick and so gruesome that even biohazard experts are terrified. It is airborne, it is extremely contagious, and it is about to burn through the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Is there any way to stop it? This doomsday scenario confronted a biohazard SWAT team struggling in secret to stop the outbreak of an exotic "hot" virus at an Army research facility outside Washington. The Hot Zone...

"Chin up, Emily Thorn is facing the heartache of love lost. She had put her life on hold to pay her husband's way through medical school, and believed his promise that one day she would have the children, education, and career she wanted. What she got was overweight, out of shape -- and dumped. Reclaming her life at forty, Emily slims down and starts up a chain of fitness centers. Soon she's skyrocketing toward entrepreneurial success and into relationships...