With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion. With ironic delight he recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. He writes, as only he can, about people and places, about faith, doubt, fear and, not least, the trials and craft of writing. Views: 290
A collection of short stories by a world-renowned naturalist and author of My Family and Other Animals introduces an eccentric cast of characters including a prize-truffling pig in France and an aging Memphis belle. Views: 285
Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother, who take opposite sides in the War of Independence, Sarah Bishop flees from the British who seek to arrest her and struggles to shape a new life for herself in the wilderness. Views: 283
KILL FOR PEACE!John Eastland was a Vietnam vet who wanted no more than to live and let live, but the gangsters, pimps and weirdos wouldn’t let him. When they wasted his buddy it was the last straw. John went to war and he brought it all back home. With exploding bullets, flame throwers, and an M-16 set to rock and roll he was a one man search and destroy mission against the enemy in our streets.John Eastland uses a Smith & Wesson Combat Magnum with an eight-inch barrel. He drills out the tips of his slugs and loads them with mercury. When they hit a scumbag’s belly they blow up like a hand grenade. John calls that his rat load. Views: 278
At empire's end war is not all hell. Mocker finds old friends in the halls of death, and Nepanthe new lovers in the fields of blood and bone. The war-child wields the sword of truth: the Star Rider's dread secret is at last revealed. And so it ends. Though "end" is but a wizard-word for new beginnings. Views: 277
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art. Views: 271
Now back in print--a classic work of Native American literature by the bestselling author of "Ceremony" Leslie Marmon Silko's groundbreaking book "Storyteller," first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that she heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time, nature, and spirituality; and explores how stories and storytelling shape people and communities. "Storyteller" illustrates how one can frame collective cultural identity in contemporary literary forms, as well as illuminates the importance of myth, oral tradition, and ritual in Silko's own work. This edition includes a new introduction by Silko and previously unpublished photographs. Views: 267
Belle Fleur by Joyce Carol Oates has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. Views: 265
A novel you will never forget...
This powerful and breathtaking novel is the story of four cadets who have become bloodbrothers. Together they will encounter the hell of hazing and the rabid, raunchy and dangerously secretive atmosphere of an arrogant and proud military institute. They will experience the violence. The passion. The rage. The friendship. The loyalty. The betrayal. Together, they will brace themselves for the brutal transition to manhood... and one will not survive.
With all the dramatic brilliance he brought to The Great Santini, Pat Conroy sweeps you into the turbulent world of these four friends -- and draws you deep into the heart of his rebellious hero, Will McLean, an outsider forging his personal code of honor, who falls in love with a whimsical beauty... and who undergoes a transition more remarkable then he ever imagined possible. Views: 262
Nothing can quench the urgent fires of love they were born to share, except one ruthless enemy, in Lady Vixen, a historical romance by Shirlee Busbee.—English High Seas to New Orleans Pirate Havens, 1808—Outwitting a ruthless plot against her life, Nicole Ashford flees her aristocratic England home on a privateer's ship bound for the luxurious pirate havens of New Orleans.Yet Nicole's daring escape has plunged her into even graver peril... as the captive mistress to the notorious high-seas outlaw, Captain Saber. In the night hours, his savage passion makes her a woman. But it is his tender kisses that are plundering her soul.Nothing can seem to stop what has begun between them. Nothing will satiate the urgent fires of love they seem born to share.Nothing except Nicole's cunning and ruthless enemy who refuses to let her go.Publisher Note: Shirlee Busbee's page-turning historical romance transports readers to a world of strong men,... Views: 240
Paul Stafford - a brilliant artist, from a home where success is all-important. His dazzling talent shot him to the heights of London.
Olive Crayam - Paul's wife, and a woman destroyed by jealousy of her husband's talent, and his growing social success.
Diana Marnsett - a young society beauty, and the woman behind Paul's climb to fame.
But the price of success comes high, and Paul's decision to retreat from fame stirs the muddy waters of scandal into a dangerously lethal brew . . .
'The incomparable Winston Graham' "Guardian" Views: 239
Arabella Deverill was dismayed to meet Justin at the reading of her father's will and to find out that he was the heir to the estate and that she had to marry him. But only on their wedding night did Arabella see Justin's other side--as he turned from a polished gentleman into a savage beast who barred her every attempt to escape the prison of her marriage. Views: 238
