Ranging from one-page fantasies to novella-length studies of everyday existence, The Walk reveals the irresistible genius of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Under-appreciated even in his own lifetime, Robert Walser has nonetheless been recognised by such writers as W.G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, Franz Kafka, Herman Hesse and J.M. Coetzee. Like Kafka and Sebald, Walser wrote about the solitude and unease of human existence. Honest, wry and idiosyncratic, his stories are snapshots of the lives great artists, poor young men, beautiful women and talking animals alike. Ranging from the realist to the allegorical, the short fiction collected in this volume demonstrates Walser's uncanny ability to capture both life's strangeness and its small joys. Views: 48
Ken Jackin has defeated death forty-six times thanks to the extraordinary phenomenon called Anomalous Physics, but now he has his most difficult mission: stop the experiments on a runaway space colony. In order to get into the colony Ken and his lovely and seductive partner, Rossa Corman, must die and be reborn again. Together they have surpassed death in order to save humanity and must face the most dangerous peril they have ever experienced. The clock is ticking as Ken and Rossi scramble to save the very core of the universe from being destroyed. Can they do it in time? Views: 48
ReviewSherlock Holmes would be pleased. (Houston Post) Product DescriptionThe first novel featuring Gideon Oliver, "The Skeleton Detective." Views: 47
Vashti Beaufils, beautiful French émigrée, inherited her cousin Marmaduke’s mansion—but she’d never even met Marmaduke. Discoveries rapidly followed: her notorious cousin Valérie had impersonated her when she had an affair with Marmaduke, and the mansion was being used as a gambling establishment. And Lord Stirling though Vashti was up to no good! Regency Romance by Maggie MacKeever; originally published by Fawcett Coventry Views: 47
‘There's a room in there where millions of people of Majipoor have left memory-readings. You pick up a capsule, put it in a special slot and suddenly... you find yourself living in Lord Confalume's time, or Lord Siminave's, or out there fighting the Metamorph Wars…’ The archives of the House of Records of the planet Majipoor have been rediscovered by the boy Hissune in the time after the restoration of the Coronal Lord Valentine. In tales of life, love, conflict and discovery, the complex and colourful world of Majipoor is explored from different perspectives, ranging across its long history and immense terrain. Views: 46
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. Views: 46
Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book! Reclaiming their marriage bed! Relieved that her beloved father has awoken from his coma, Kelly Lord isn't prepared for the news that he has amnesia and thinks she's still happily married! Now she must not only see her husband again after five long years apart—but they have to live together, pretending to be newlyweds! Being back in Jordan's presence soon raises feelings long since buried for Kelly—including their incendiary passion! Could a night in her husband's bed mend what was once broken? Originally published in 1982 Views: 46
Lord deVigne orchestrated Delsie's marriage to his widowed brother-in-law so that the man could die in peace. So schoolteacher Delsie inherited Grayshott's house, his fortune and his daughter—as well as some very incompetent servants. And there were some very strange goings-on about her new home. Lord deVigne thought he could order Delsie's life—and she was having none of it! Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Coventry Views: 45
DAMNED IF HE DOES, DAMNED IF HE DOESN’T. DIRTY HARRY STANDS ALONE!
Anything goes in San Francisco, but now it’s gone too far! Somebody is carving up beautiful lesbians—and that somebody has the right friends. Only Harry can stop the slaughter, but now both the gays and the cops stand in his way. Will he have time? The answer is at the end of a barrel—a .44 Magnum barrel! Views: 44
The Kur came to Port Kar! Two of the terrible space beasts came to make Tarl Cabot an offer. They, a death-squad, sought the renegade Kur commander, the great Half Ear, whom Tarl had once battled in the Far North. But Tarl refused their offer, for Half Ear was more valuable to the Priest-Kings alive than to the Kur dead. And now he knew it was imperatible for him to save that monster from the doom that would fast over take him. This meant venturing into the forbidden Barrens of Gor-a vast land of plains and praries whose cruel masters were tribes of savage red riders and where civilized men were always prey and their women were mere trophies of the hunt! Views: 43
When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make a better king and has more right to the crown, and he will stop at nothing to claim it. But Margaret of Anjou, Henry's new French wife, is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne. Most powerful of all is the Earl of Warwick, the kingmaker, and with his support of Richard of York the War of the Roses begins. When Henry VI lapses into madness and eventually meets his mysterious end in the Wakefield Tower, Margaret directs all of her ambition towards her young son, Passionate and impulsive she begins scheming for him, and in doing so dashes headlong into disaster ... Views: 43
Sharpe's Company set January to April 1812 during the Peninsular War. Views: 43
As understudy to the lead in a West End play, Charles Paris's thespian and detective skills are called upon once again when the lead is shot dead on stage on the opening night. The suspects range from a jealous wife to a bitter actor who lost his part, from the playwright who heard his beautiful lines twisted to the director who saw his work ruined. Views: 42
