Chris Patton

Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy...

Ember stands with Riley and his band of rogue dragons, instead of becoming an assassin for Talon. Meanwhile, she's lost contact with her twin brother Dante, as well as with Garret, a former-enemy soldier who challenged her beliefs about her human side.

The authors of the bestseller The Secret (over 350,000 copies sold)--legendary bestselling author Ken Blanchard and top Chick-fil-A executive Mark Miller--offer profound wisdom and practical advice for how to keep growing in your leadership effectiveness throughout your life.

When a CDC researcher, after faking her own death, arrives on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun Mason, the head of a news organization, is plunged into the biggest story of his life

After learning that his parents are expecting a baby, a young boy asks several people where babies come from and gets a different answer from each before his parents have a chance to give the right answer. Includes advice on answering questions about reproduction.

Thirty-year-old Daisy DiStefano has two people she holds dear, the grandmother who raised her, and her three-year-old son, Elliott. But when Daisy's grandmother is killed, Daisy must take steps to protect herself and her child. Thirty-six-year-old Brooks McClain has returned home to spend what little time his mother has left before she succumbs to a deadly disease. The seasoned investigative reporter has taken a position with the local newspaper and...

After being cast as the Ninja Master in his school's Halloween play, a boy decides it is time to catch the monster in his closet.

"Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories"-- Provided by publisher.

A terrorist group attempts to kidnap a young girl they believe has magical powers, but is opposed by cleverly-placed operatives of the shadowy Mithril agency.

In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public health crisis has gotten it wrong. The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are not tied to the overabundance of fat or carbs. Instead, we have been led astray by the growing divide between flavor - the tastes we crave - and the underlying nutrition. Since the late 1940s, we have been slowly leeching flavor out of the food we grow. Simultaneously,...