"As the owner of Pie Town, Val's been tapped to judge the pie making contest at the annual pumpkin featival in the coastal California town of San Nicholas. Things could get sticky though--her boyfriend, cop Gordon Carmichael, is entering the competition with his "special" family pumpkin pie recipe. But Val's got bigger problems than a conflict of interest when she and her flaky piecrust-maker Charlene discover another contestant crushed under an enormous...

Will Bernard ever get over his nerves and show everyone what he can do? Bernard has been the swimming pool manager for a long time, and practices his diving at night when no one else is around. When his swimming pool holds a contest for high-diving hounds from around the world, he hopes that he can work up enough courage to compete.

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.

"Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might take the comedy world by storm! Higashikata ropes Shijima into performing in a comedy duo with him at a school show. Inspired by their guaranteed success, Higashikata asks Shijima to join him in an audacious dream--to rise to the top of Japan's comedy...

Soma challenges Eishi Tsukasa for his first seat on the Council of Ten! Up against Tsukasa s delicately refined technique, Soma highlights his own creativity with a brand-new take on traditional French cuisine. Will he win that coveted seat or lose big and join Central? Even if he does win, Soma won t be out of the woods not when the surviving first-years have just received notice of their biggest challenge yet!

"The New England Fall Food Fest has begun, and for competitive cook Sherry Oliveri, it's a chance to take home a prize, and take down a killer . . ." --Amazon.com

"With Part 1 of the Tempest Guidebook done, it's time to attract visitors, and a cooking contest in the coliseum is sure to do the trick! With Framea hosting the proceedings, it's a culinary clash of cultures as judges and chefs from different races and countries assemble for a display of delectable desserts! Who will come out on top? "--Provided by publisher.

"The stage was set for a showdown: Man v. Machine. On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol. The Game: Go is the oldest board game in the world ... The Man: Korean Lee Sedol was the world's top Go player ... The Machine: Developed in 2014, AlphaGo was a computer artificial intelligence program designed to play Go by using deep learning to recognize patterns...

Lou Brown is a fast individual medley swimmer, training for the Olympics. But when she tanks the time trials, she starts over and goes back to school. It's hard to fit in with the existing social groups. When she is asked to choreograph an underwater dance routine for their Britain's Hidden Talent audition, will Lou be able to overcome her status as a social outcast?

Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress of the school that he belongs...