John Cunningham falls in love with Jove, a black lab who turns up at the Three Oaks Kennel he runs. John's bittersweet feelings at returning Jove are exacerbated when someone steals his car--complete with dog--before John can return him to Noel Cochrane, his rightful owner. And why do a shotgun and a mysterious briefcase disappear from Cochrane's car at the same time?

Mrs. de Vere is a small woman who lives in a big house. Mr. Derry is a big man who lives in a small house. Both are lonely and, seeking companionship, adopt dogs from the pound. The next day, while walking their newly adopt pets, Mrs. de Vere and Mr. Derry meet...will a new friendship be born? Color illustrations accompany the text.

Ayla meets a new clan: the mammoth hunters. During her stay with them, Ayla and her lover, Jondar, encounter a variety of crises. The third novel in Jean M. Auel's spectacularly successful Earth's Children series.

With his movie star good looks, first-time bestselling novelist Cam Noyes quickly becomes the toast of the publishing world and a media darling. Now Cam is too busy running with the brat pack and posing for magazine covers to finish his long-overdue second book--an expose of the dirty business behind megabucks publishing deals. Ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag is hired to write Cam's book for him, but when corpses start piling up faster than manuscript pages, Hoagy must act fast while there are still walking publishers to tell the tale.