It is 1939.  Nazi Germany.  The country is holding its breath.
Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow.  It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery.  So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read.  Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.  But these are dangerous times.  When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

MARKUS ZUSAK is the author of Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger, which received a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award.  On his reasons for writing The Book Thief, Markus explains, "As writers do, I begin every book knowing it will mean something to me, but with The Book Thief I've been very fortunate.  It's the book that means everything to me."

ALLAN CORDUNER's numerous feature film credits include Daniel Deronda, Moonlight Mile, Topsy Turvy, Talk Radio, Yentl, and The Imposters.

"MR. MACLEAN HAS A HUGE TALENT."
The New York Times

The Guns of Navarone

An entire navy had tried to silence the guns of Navarone and failed.  Full-scale attacks had been driven back.  Now they were sending in just five men, but each of them was a specialist in dealing death.

The novel that gave birth to one of the most exciting war movies of all time is vintage MacLean.

"GREAT STUFF"
Time

"THRILLS, THRILLS, AND MORE THRILLS."
Saturday Review Syndicate

LOUIS L'AMOUR'S
FIGHTERS IN THE SKY

They're freelance pilots and full-time troubleshooters for democracy. They're men like Steven Cowan, Mike Thorne, and Turk Madden who face danger every day of their lives and fight like tigers for what they believe in.  With the world on the brink of war, they're on the front lines, wherever there's action.

From the dangerous South Seas islands, to steaming South American jungles, to the other islands of Japan, you'll find these men ready to fight the enemies of freedom - in a battle to the death.

NIGHT OVER THE SOLOMONS

For the first time ever in paperback, here is a brand-new collection of exciting stories of adventure by Louis L'Amour, America's favorite storyteller.  With more than 175 million copies of his books in print worldwide, L'Amour is the author of such recent #1 bestsellers as The Walking Drum, Jubal Sackett, and Last of the Breed.

Night Over the Solomons contains "Night Over the Solomons" • "Mission to Siberut" • "Pirates With Wings" • "Tailwind to Tibet" • "The Goose Flies South" • "Wings Over Khabarovsk"