New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky entralls in this powerful novel first published in 1983, of a man, a woman, ans the exciting game of love.Magazine writer Nia Phillips latest assisgnment is a feature on east Coast's five most eligible bachelors. But her research hits a snag when she meets number five, Daniel Strahan, the head coach for Boston professional basketball team. Daniel wants no part of the story , And though he refuses her interview request, he's instantly drawn to Nia's quick intelligence and dark beauty. As for Nia, she finds Daniel intriguing, but she knows that a man constantly on road, who lives and breathes basketball, isn't right for her. There's only one thing she's forgotten -- love doesn't play by the rules.About the AuthorBarbara Delinsky, a lifelong New Englander, was a sociologist and photographer before she began to write. There are more than 30 million copies of her books in print. Views: 50
A new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA adventure! GREETINGS FROM EARTH In the vast emptiness of space, the Galactica at last makes the long-awaited contact—a spaceship of fellow humans from Earth! The Council wants to keep them under observation, but Apollo sets out with the Earthlings on a secret and perilous mission toward their destination, the planet Paradeen, that battleground of space giants where he must confront the old enemy—the Cylons—and the new—the awesome Alliance—and make it back to the Galactica! Views: 50
With his customary wit, humor, and irony, along with a fine sense of the period, Louis Auchincloss artfully brings to life an exciting and dramatic facet of eighteenth-century England. On the Continent, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, is laying waste to the lowlands in a bloody combat with Louis XIV At the British court, Queen Anne, aging, ill, and surrounded by sycophants, is coping with the intrigues of those who wish to promote Marlborough's dangerous ambitions. Chief among the plotters is his headstrong wife (and court favorite), Sarah Churchill.Into this tense and steamy environment comes young Abigail Hill, Sarah's impoverished cousin. Sarah has arranged for her to be a maid to the Queen. But Abigail will discover that she has been marked by destiny for a special mission, which is nothing less than to bring to a halt a bloody and destructive world war. How she accomplishes this is the subject of this unusual but historically justified tale.The drama of court life and high politics, the growing antagonism between Sarah and Abigail, and an engaging cast of characters make for a lively narrative. And the portrait of Queen Anne is a tour de force that lends further depth to this vivid and engaging book. Views: 50
In "The Chessboard Queen" Guinevere is now the beautiful young wife and queen of King Arthur, a position much-coveted by all women of Camelot. But nothing in life is ever certain, and soon Guinevere discovers--most alarmingly--her deep and passionate love for another man: Lancelot, the most beloved Knight of the Round Table in all of Camelot. In this second installment of her Guinevere trilogy, Sharan Newman brings the legend of Lancelot and Guinevere to life with a blend of magic and history. "The Chessboard Queen" is a beautiful rendering of the world's most timeless romance, a tale of earthly passion and spiritual love like no other before or since.Review"An intriguing ambiance, blending the magical and the historical in this fresh perspective on the Arthurian romance."--Publishers Weekly "The fine storytelling and engagingly fresh characterizations that made Guinevere such a treat are even better in The Chessboard Queen."--Anne McCaffrey About the AuthorSharan Newman won Romantic Times magazine's Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery in 1999. She lives in Oregon. Views: 49
Picking up right where THE SPELL OF THE SORCERER'S SKULL left off, this fourth book in the Johnny Dixon series finds Johnny acting very strangely. He has terrible dreams, he wakes up having sleepwalked and he's acting mean to his friends Fergie and Professor Childermass.The spirit of the evil Zebulon Windrow has taken over Johnny's body and, soon, he's lying in a coma close to dying. It's up to the professor and Fergie to save him, but that means going to the icy and dark Windrow estate, where the spirit of the evil wizard awaits them.Will the professor and Fergie get out with their lives? Will they be able to save Johnny's? The world seems to be falling down around them."A gothic spine-chiller, filled with suspence, witty dialogue, and unique characters." —Booklist Views: 49
Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass are visiting a New Hampshire inn and inside that inn is a clock. It's called the Childermass Clock. Inside the clock there's a tiny dollhouse room, an exact replica of the professor's childhood home. And, on one of the shelves in that tiny room is a tiny skull. And, inside that skull is something evil.In this third Johnny Dixon mystery, Johnny takes the skull to try to solve the murder of the professor's granduncle, but when he does, it unleashes dark forces that take the professor away. To get him back, Johnny and his friends Fergie and Father Higgins must race to the deserted islands off the coast of Maine. Little do they know the terrifying danger that awaits them there..."Is there no end to the suspense John Bellairs can create?...This is among his best and that's really saying something."—School Library Journal"Brace yourself for a wild ride."—Kirkus Reviews Views: 49
Rumor had it that out there, somewhere, a starship lay abandoned along the airless subspace trail that was the only means of travel between planets for the primitive trailside peoples. And Eiverdein needed a ship if ever he was to return to known space and the culture of Earth Humans.But many things stood in his path—murderers, strange physics, an alien whose speech could kill, and a girl who was, at best, never all there... Views: 48
World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard tries to track down a missing masterpiece in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.Miss Mallard finds herself chasing a stolen masterpiece through Venice's maze of canals while attending an opera festival. Views: 47
These eight tales of mystery and the supernatural feature sorcerers, the Grim Reaper in a horse-drawn coach, a beguiling bird of death, a long-dead saint turned devil, and a whole retinue of creatures of the night. Claude Seignolle, distinguished French ethnographer and folklorist and author of more than twenty-three volumes of short stories and novels, is a master of the “rustic” tale, which depicts folklore and popular traditions of the French countryside. He incarnates Satan as an entity sharing human traits, an evil spirit who identifies himself with human suffering. Seignolle’s Gothic stories are not meant merely to terrorize, however; they are intended to revive an oral tradition in danger of becoming extinct.
These vignettes, selected and translated into English by Eric H. Deudon, are charged with poetry and mystery; as Lawrence Durrell notes in his foreword, they are strong, truthful, and intense. Seignolle brings to life the wealth of popular legend; by intertwining the boundaries of the real and the supernatural, he reveals that the least conspicuous or most ordinary objects of everyday life can possess unexpected and formidable dimensions.
Claude Seignolle’s fiction works have been translated into eight languages and adapted for both theater and cinema. These stories will delight anyone who enjoys Gothic tales and the enchanted territory of the fantastic.
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First published in 1983, Murder in the Darkis Margaret Atwood's seventh work of fiction or her tenth book of poetry, depending on how you slice it. These short prose forms range from fictionalized autobiography through prose-poetry, mini-romance, and miniscience fiction. A feast of comic entertainment, Murder in the Darkis Atwood at her wittiest, most thoughtful, and most provoking. From the eBook edition. Views: 46
A sequel to Orbitsville . Alien beings, Ultrans, built an enormous sphere, millions of times the size of Earth, which contains its own sun as a trap for sentient beings of the universe. The artificial world attracts the world’s population to such an extent that soon Earth is a half-deserted historical curiosity. Scientist Garry Dallen learns of the Ultrans’ plans second before Orbitsville and its population are whisked millions of light years into outer space. Views: 46
SUMMARY:The Confederacy's best operator is assigned to take over the mind of an assassin on the planet Medusa and overthrow the dictator, Lord Talant Ypsir Views: 45
Sir Nicholas Grenville fought a disastrous duel for Laura Milbanke's honor, and, believing himself dying, he married her so she wouldn't be poverty-stricken. But the baronet didn't die. Laura took him to his home, King's Cliff, where beautiful Augustine Townsend awaited him. Laura had a decision to make: whether to fight for her husband or leave with attractive Daniel Tregarron for the New World. Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet Views: 45
