DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN QUEENWhen her eccentric friend Dr. Reit invents an amazing transport into other worlds, Sheila McCarthy accidentally falls through the portal into the kingdom of Arren. There, Sheila finds herself part of a band of warrior-women. Astride unicorns, they gallop toward a dazzling city made of marble. But will they arrive in time to stop the evil king and his wicked wizard henchman from carrying out their deadly plans? And will Sheila ever be able to return home?Thus begins the spellbinding story of an ordinary teenager trapped in an extraordinary place. Views: 46
RIVERSIDE DRIVE is about five households in Manhattan who share the same cleaning lady and what takes place after something happens to her and the clients all meet each other for the first time: Beautiful Cassy and her husband, Michael Cochran, are two high-powered TV executives, but he's got a problem and she's got a secret; Howard and Melissa Stewart are the perfect Manhattan couple (so long as no one notices that their marriage is a perfect mess); the wealthy young recluse, Amanda Miller, conducts a social life of weekly tea with an elderly neighbor, chatting with her cleaning lady and having sex with men she does not care to know; the genteel grand dame of Riverside Drive, the widow Mrs. Goldblum, has been fleeced by her son and cheated by her husband's former employer; and Sam and Harriett Wyatt, are rising stars in the upper-class Black community, whose marriage and family life are threatened by Sam's predicament in the corporate suite. And then there is Rosanne, the... Views: 46
From the back cover:The wizard Kedrigern, connoisseur of counterspells, is now happily married. Well, fairly happily. His bride has confessed that she longs for her own magic wand--and good ones are hard to come by. Homeloving Kedrigern will have to hit the road again in search of the perfect wand--this time with his wife Princess by his side.Instead of a wand they find a talking sword, once the Princess Louise. Kedrigern sees very quickly why someone turned the Princess Louise into something inanimate, and if he were not such a gentleman, he would have a lot more to say on the subject. But at least she promises to help him on his quest--in return for his help in claiming her lost kingdom.Home is beginning to look farther and farther away as Kedrigern and Princess contend with a passel of second-rate sorcerers, a three-hundred-year-old curse to which everyone has forgotten the punch line, and the trials of traveling with a whining weapon. Views: 45
This collection opens with The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, the first story Kipling published as a young journalist in india, and ends with an acknowledged masterpiece, The Gardener, written 50 years later in the aftermath of the great war. Views: 45
Everyone knew there’d been a murder, everyone knew who the murderer was, and when this murderer committed suicide by jumping overboard from the cargo boat Saragossa, they thought “Good riddance.” Everyone, that is, except Carolus Deene. Views: 45
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Steely-eyed Lord Noah Kincade is accustomed to having the upper hand - but everything changes when his wealth and social standing are cut out from under him. With only two vessels left from his family's shipping empire, Noah seeks to recoup his fortune with a voyage to the American colonies, where there are men who will pay generously for his cargo. What he doesn't count on is one stunning hellion of a woman. Cecelia Demorest hates aristocrats, particularly the insufferable Brits who frequent her Boston home. Her father may be a loyal subject, but Cecilia is wholly American, and her thoughts are consumed with the current unrest. The last thing she wants is to run into her father's newest associate - until she does. Now Cecilia can't stop thinking about Noah Kincade's penetrating gaze...and how she'd like to get the best of him in every way. Views: 45
The setting of Niven’s 1984 novel The Integral Trees was striking and imaginative, even for this acclaimed world builder; it’s well worth the second visit made in this sequel. Around a neutron star an envelope of gas holds a breathable atmosphere and a strange profusion of plant and animal life, all floating in free-fall. Five hundred years after the crew of the Earth ship Discipline mutinied and deserted to this paradise, their descendants are still watched over by the ship’s unbalanced computer mind. The machine is busy manipulating its one small contact group into exploring the larger city they have been avoiding for years. Aspects of this society are intriguing: for instance, the disdain of the better-adapted taller, thinner people for the “dwarfish” throwbacks, even though only the short can fit into the scientific relics of the old ship. As usual with Niven, character and story are just an excuse for working out the properties of his wonderful imaginary world, where people can fly like birds and ponds full of fish hang in midair. Unfortunately, in this book he fails to marshal the visual and dramatic flair needed to show it off to best effect. Views: 45
The author informs us that he has been a potter and a stained-glass designer for about fifteen years. He is married and enjoys sailing, gardening, and Al computer art. His story «Click» was a prizewinner in the Writers of the Future contest, and it was printed in the contest’s second anthology. Currently, he is working on a novel and, hopefully, a couple of short stories for Amazing Stories.(July 1987) Views: 44
New York Times *bestselling author Lawrence Sanders spins the tale of a mystery writer caught up in the perfect crimeMy name is Jannie Shean. I go by many other names (including, heaven help me, Brick Wall), all of them male, and all of them designed to entice the macho readers who read my hard-boiled thrillers. But after my last Big Caper novel, everything changed. My publisher decided I was out of touch and needed to get out in the real world to gain some life experience . . .* Even Jannie can’t imagine what will happen when she and her pal Dick Fleming plan a major jewelry heist and getaway, only to have everything go horribly, murderously wrong. Soon Jannie’s running from the cops and the mob. This fight for her life could be the perfect fodder for her next book . . . if she lives to tell the tale. Views: 44
Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection – the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release. The best remedy – is in his bed! When Sara's hopes of being a famous dancer are shattered by an ankle injury, it feels like the end of the world. Perhaps the offer of a job in Florida – caring for young paraplegic Jeff Korda - could be the ideal way to deal with her self-pity. But the boy's father, Lincoln Korda, soon arouses a more destructive emotion in Sara – one that she is powerless to resist... Sara may just have found the perfect way to recover from the trauma of her accident! Views: 44
"Brilliant....[The Vietnam era] is vividly captured by Ann Hood."—New York Times Book ReviewIn 1969, as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints splash the latest antiwar slogans, three young friends find love. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a child she will call Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. Elizabeth and her husband marry, organize protests, and try to rear two children with their hippie values. By 1985, things have changed: Suzanne, now with an MBA, calls Sparrow "Susan." Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. ?Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine? is Ann Hood's stunning debut novel about the choices we make when we are young, and the changes brought about by the passing of time. Views: 44
THE BOOK It all began with the book—a curious volume of ancient spells and strange incantations. NICOLE She had no money, no love, no prospects. She felt she had reached her darkest hour, so what harm could the dusty book do? THE GIFTSSuddenly, her lover returned, more passionate than ever; her finances improved dramatically; and she was offered a new and challenging job. Her world was bright...until she learned the terrible penalty for dabbling in the dark arts. Unless she could free herself from the hideous demon she had summoned, she would writhe for all eternity clutched in the...HANDS OF LUCIFER Views: 44
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Here is a warm, appealing biography of our Civil War president, illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints. Russell Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on the presidential years (1861 to 1865), skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War. The book's final chapter is a moving account of that tragic evening in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Lincoln: A Photobiography concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites. Russell Freedman visited all the major Lincoln historical sites while researching this book. At the Illinois State Historical Library, he was taken into a vault containing many Civil War and Lincoln documents. It was a thrill to see one of Lincoln's handwritten letters to his wife and notes he had scrawled on scraps of paper during courtroom trials. The photographs and prints in Lincoln: A Photobiography were selected by the author from archives in Washington, D.C., and Springfield, Illinois, as well as in Chicago, New York, and other cities
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President. Views: 43
Fresh, witty and exciting, A Masculine Ending marks the début of a sparkling new detective-story writer Views: 43
The beginning of the legend of Yellowstone Kelly, one of the Old West’s most out-sized personalitiesLuther “Yellowstone” Kelly had one of the longest, strangest, and most breathtaking careers in the Old West. The intrepid scout’s talent for being in the right place at an exciting time would take him all over the world, from the Great Plains to Africa to the Philippines. Throughout his adventures, Kelly maintained a stoic outlook, a fierce wit, and a talent for survival that got him out of more than a few dangerous scrapes.Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout, the first novel in Peter Bowen’s fast-paced series, finds Kelly hunting wolves with the Nez Percé while trying actively to avoid contact with just about everyone else. This plan quickly falls apart, and Kelly is hired by a group of Englishmen who need a guide for a buffalo hunt. Kelly soon finds himself swept further from home than he ever has been before, going from the Indian Wars to the Zulu Wars.ReviewPraise for the Yellowstone Kelly series:“Very, very funny.” —Publishers Weekly“The Old West is a wonderfully wild place in Bowen’s hands.” —Kirkus Reviews“[The Yellowstone Kelly series] features an endearing, slightly mysterious protagonist who always has one more unexplored trait, unparalleled dialogue that hints at ethnic or regional inflections, and a very sly sense of humor.” —BooklistAbout the AuthorPeter Bowen (b. 1945) is an author best known for mystery novels set in the modern American West. When he was ten, Bowen’s family moved to Bozeman, Montana, where a paper route introduced him to the grizzled old cowboys who frequented a bar called The Oaks. Listening to their stories, some of which stretched back to the 1870s, Bowen found inspiration for his later fiction.Following time at the University of Michigan and the University of Montana, Bowen published his first novel, Yellowstone Kelly, in 1987. After a few more novels featuring the real-life Western hero, Bowen published Coyote Wind (1994), which introduced Gabriel Du Pré, a mixed-race lawman living in fictional Toussaint, Montana. Bowen has written thirteen novels in the series, in which Du Pré gets tangled up in everything from cold-blooded murder to the hunt for rare fossils. Bowen continues to live and write in Livingston, Montana. Views: 43
