 | Gone Girl: A Novel
Release Date: June 5, 2012Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that her work “draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.” Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every tur...
 |  | Postcards From Cedar Key
Release Date: October 30, 2012Berkley Whitmore, forty-six and never married, runs Berkley's Chocolates & Gems in Salem, Massachusetts. Also an avid knitter, she owns two alpacas whose wool she turns into yarn. Despite her outward confidence, she doubts her ability to have a meaningful relationship. After her mother passes away Berkley discovers a box of postcards and letters that lead her to Cedar Key. There, Berkley meets Saxton Tate III, a British mystery writer whose laid-back attitude and humour is precisely the balm she needs. With the locals' help, Berkley begins to unravel the secrets...
|  | Her Restless Heart: Stitches in Time Book 1
Publication Date: April 2012| Series: Stitches in Time Mary Katherine is caught between the traditions of her faith and the pull of a different life. When Daniel, an Amish man living in Florida, arrives and shares her restlessness, Mary Katherine feels drawn to him and curious about the life he leads away from Lancaster County. But her longtime friend Jacob has been in love with her for years. He’s discouraged that she’s never viewed him as anything but a friend and despairs that he is about to lose Mary Katherine to this outsider. Wil...
|  | The Crossroad (Amish Country Crossroads #2)
Release Date: November 1, 1999A Captivating Tale Set in the Heart of Amish Country! After the dramatic conclusion to his discovery of a long-lost postcard, journalist Philip Bradley simply cannot forget the Amish people he met while on assignment in Pennsylvania particularly Rachel Yoder and her young daughter, Annie. Rachel's cheerful outlook, in spite of her blindness, and her appealing, uncomplicated lifestyle beckon Philip amid the high-paced existence of his New York career. Philip's newfound knowledge of the true reason for Rachel's loss of sight spurs him on to uncover what he can abo...
|  | Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories (Trophy Chiller)
Publication Date: August 1993| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Map of Bones: A Sigma Force Novel
Release Date: April 26, 2011| Series: Sigma Force (Book 2) The bones lead to ancient mysteries and present-day terror . . . To follow them means death. During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a treasure that could reshape the world. With the Vatican in turmoil, Sigma Force under the command of Grayson Pierce leaps into action, pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves...
|  | Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories
Release Date: August 26, 2008Many of Ian Fleming?sshort stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and For Your Eyes Only. The title story, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming James Bond film, slated to release in Fall 2008. This collection will be published to coincide with the film?s release, as well as to continue Penguin?s centenary celebrations of Fleming?s birth. ...
|  | Mad Kestrel
Release Date: February 3, 2009Quartermaster of an infamous pirate ship, feisty Kestrel loves the freedom of living on the seas. But her way of life could end if anyone on board learns her closely guarded secret—that she has magical control over the wind.One day a black ship appears, and her life changes. Its captain is a handsome rogue of whom Kestrel is strangely, constantly aware. When Kestrel’s captain is led into a trap and arrested by royal agents, he’s whisked away to face trial before the king. With the handsome stranger following her every move, Kestrel ...
|  | The Wedding in Auschwitz
Publication Date: April 1, 2010“An exceptional book.”—The Times Literary Supplement “Gracefully measured, conversational and obliquely impressionistic . . . a cause for celebration."—The Irish TimesThis extraordinary novel is based on a true story of the love between Rudi and Marga. Imprisoned in Auschwitz, Rudi petitions to be allowed to marry Marga and make his son legitimate. Eventually his petition is granted—no one knows why. Rudi’s wife and child are brought to Auschwitz, his father and brother come from Vienna, and the officials who normally s...
|  | Stonehenge: 2000 B.C.--A Novel
Release Date: May 16, 2000Four thousand years ago, a stranger's death at the Old Temple of Ratharryn-and his ominous "gift" of gold-precipitates the building of what for centuries to come will be known as one of mankind's most singular and remarkable achievements. Bernard Cornwell's epic novel Stonehenge catapults us into a powerful and vibrant world of ritual and sacrifice at once timeless and wholly original-a tale of patricide, betrayal, and murder; of bloody brotherly rivalry: and of the never-ending quest for power, wealth, and spiritual fulfillment.Three brothers-deadly rivals-are unea...
|  | Classical Mythology 9th (nineth) edition Text Only
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|  | The Best of Roald Dahl
Release Date: July 14, 1990This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. "Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible."--Los Angeles Times"An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the...strengths of Dahl's storytelling."--New York Times Book Review ...
|  | Visit Me in California: Stories (Triquarterly Books)
Publication Date: August 13, 2008| ISBN-10: 0810124963 | ISBN-13: 978-0810124967| Edition: 1 Deftly moving between the comic and the tragic, the sacred and the profane, this collection of short stories is populated by modern children, ancient poets, dying men, and your basic, mundane Greek gods. Windsor turns familiar stories from the Bible and from myth inside out, exploring the feelings of minor characters and looking at events from imaginative perspectives. His prose is rich with detail and emotion and he touches on themes of art and artifice, success and failure, family and its sacri...
|  | Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poems
Publication Date: March 28, 2003| Series: Phoenix Poetry On either side the river lieLong fields of barley and of rye,That clothe the word and meet the sky;And thro' the field the road runs byTo many-tower'd Camelot.--From The Lady of ShalottAlfred, Lord Tennyson's poems found inspiration in sources as diverse as Greek myths (Tithonius), Arthurian legends (Idylls of the King), Shakespeare (Mariana), and contemporary history (Charge of the Light Brigade). But his most famous and heartfelt work, In Memoriam, came from personal tragedy: the death of his close friend, Arthur Hallam. All these, a...
|  | Deutsche Gedichte von den Anf
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| | Archy's Life of Mehitabel
Publication Date: July 8, 1991Archy is a cockroach with the soul of a free verse poet who, by headbutting the typewriter keys, writes these poems that chronicle the adventures of his friend Mehitabel, a cat with the soul of Cleopatra. Don Marquis' creations have been constantly in print since 1934. ...
|  | The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading
Publication Date: August 26, 1997Most people can remember the first book they really loved--or the person (a teacher, a parent, a librarian) who showed them how words could make magic. These are the memories that 57 of today's best writers share in The Most Wonderful Books--the stories, the experiences, and the people that made them lifelong readers. ...
|  | British Victorian Women's Periodicals: Beauty, Civilization, and Poetry (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
Release Date: March 31, 2009| Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters British Victorian Women’s Periodicals explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era to answer questions about taste, style, and the significance of poetry to our understanding of women’s lives in the nineteenth century. Ledbetter shows how the periodical’s advice about maintaining or acquiring social respectability through appropriate fashion, good behavior, and regulation of the household is seamlessly integr...
|  | Una Donna (Universale Economica) (Italian Edition)
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|  | The Winter Man: Silent Night Man\Sutton's Way
Release Date: September 29, 2009Silent Night ManWhat does Millie Evans want for Christmas? To feel safe. Even though her stalker is dead, he arranged for a hit man to kill her. Now the special government agent Millie has loved from afar for years has vowed to protect her. Tony Danzetta moves the prim librarian into his home and guards her 24/7. Dare she dream of keeping Tony, her own silent night man, by her side forever? Sutton's WayWyoming rancher and single father Quinn Sutton is raising a child he knows isn't his own. All the love left in his guarded heart goes to the boy. But when a bea...
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