It is discovered that dung beetles are missing from the ranch, and that the crime might be the work of Stinky McCree. Written in graphic-novel format.

Three stories of passion between strangers.

A car accident involving two teenage girls leads to a romance between the mother of one and the father of the other. Page Clark, the mother, is unhappily married, while Trygve Thorensen, the father, is divorced. The hospital vigil brings them together.

"Big Nate will surpass all others! But it won't be easy. He's stuck with Gina, his all-time enemy, who just might ruin everything! Will Nate win or lose? Pass or fail? Or end up in detention again? For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Meet Big Nate, self-described genius and definitely not the teacher's pet." --

"By day Ogata Shingo, an elderly Tokyo businessman, is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he associates the distant rumble he hears from the nearby mountain with the sounds of death. In between are the complex relationships that were once the foundations of Shingo's life: his trying wife; his philandering son; and his beautiful daughter-in-law, who inspires in him both pity and the stirrings of desire. Out of this translucent web of attachments,...

"Bella is ready to sail off on a boating adventure. She has her sun hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a new swimsuit. But will she be disappointed when she sees the boat her family picked?" --

Published in 1889. A failed, poverty-stricken poet makes a deal with the devil in this nineteenth-century Faustian tale. Cover illustration of Mephistopheles by Odilon Redon [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Eek and Ack, the Terrible Twosome from the Great Goo Galaxy, are at it again! They make more plans to conquer Earth, but this time something sticky gets in the way. And it has eyes! And feet! And it's got the bug-eyed brothers trapped on an asteroid!

A beautiful young woman, searching for her missing father, is kidnapped by an arch-enemy of her uncle and held hostage in a German castle.

Tells of an Irish priest's loss not of faith, but of commitment to the principles fostered in him during his training. It describes his discovery of a more fulfilling religion that celebrates instinct as being man's true mode of communion with his soul, and is also about the satisfactions of living close to nature in Ireland. The atmosphere of the Mayo countryside and the rich historical associations in every church, castle, or abbey, ruin and farmstead,...