Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth
space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex Director Keith
Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station
with intergalactic war. Views: 44
Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years,
is raped, and the detective finds himself caught between the media,
local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights
advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow the trail
of evidence.
Every lead seems to point to a single, obvious suspect, but is the
evidence too perfect? Risking his friendship with Gail, the respect of
his peers, and his own life, Lt. Gunther keeps digging, hoping to find
out if the man they have in jail is rightly there, or if the evidence
against him is tainted—"fruits of the poisonous tree." Views: 44
The fifth book in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures seriesFor the first time in many year it seems Mycroft has made a mistake and Amelia is likely to pay the price. Can he put it right without plunging his country into war?The danger of the Holmes brothers has finally caught up to Amelia. With only the training she's had to help her, her life is in her hands. Has she learnt enough? Views: 44
Arthur Parkinson is fourteen during the dreary winter of 1974, experiencing the confusing pangs of adolescence and the pain of his parents' divorce. His world is shattered further by the sudden and violent death of Annie Marchand, his beloved former baby-sitter. Narrated by the adult Arthur, who continues to be haunted by memories, the story of a young man's unraveling family and the circumstances leading up to Annie's death forms the backdrop for an intimate tale of the price of love and belonging, told in a spare, translucent, and unexpectedly tender voice. Views: 43
It is a time of awakening. In our fields, hedgerows and woodlands, our beaches, cities and parks, an almost imperceptible shift soon becomes a riot of sound and colour: winter ends, and life surges forth once more. Whether in town or country, we all share in this natural rhythm, in the joy and anticipation of the changing year.In prose and poetry both old and new, Spring mirrors the unfolding of the season, inviting us to see what's around us with new eyes. Featuring original writing by Rob Cowen, Miriam Darlington and Stephen Moss, classic extracts from the work of George Orwell, Clare Leighton and H. E. Bates, and fresh new voices from across the UK, this is an original and inspiring collection of nature writing that brings the British springtime to life in all its vivid glory. Views: 43
The Comanche Crossing—the dreaded width of the Staked Plain between the Texas brasada and Colorado. McAllister and a handful of men, with three thousand cattle, would have to challenge distance, thirst and the most dreaded Indians in the West if they were to make it across in one piece. But that might be easier said than done, because the Comanche, the finest horsemen in the world, reckoned McAllister owed them a life, and they were determined to collect in full ... Views: 43
When Jeana Keller discovers that Gus Rink, an evil vampire who destroyed her favorite boots, is in town, she vows nothing will get in the way of her bringing him to justice. Nothing, that is, except Aidan, a very sexy, dark, brooding vampire.... Views: 43
Just can’t get enough? Grab this box set of spicy paranormal romances! Inside you’ll find a princess in hiding, a forest full of shapeshifters and a faery with a secret. Meanwhile, paranormal investigators Geoff and Anna are northward bound to search for the legendary Shadow People. And how will Artemis react when she encounters a cunning incubus who knows what he wants… and takes it? Views: 43
Paris is one city that everyone should endeavor to know over the course of a lifetime, and not just in one or two visits. The City of Light has bestowed on millions the gift of the incandescent present, an image or experience into which all life is condensed and reflected upon for years to come. Travelers' Tales Paris captures the romance of the world's favorite city through stories that entertain, inform, and touch the heart. John Gregory Dunne reveals the manic pleasures of driving in the city's chaotic traffic. Joseph Diedrich and Katya Macklovich explore romantic encounters that could only happen here. Herbert Gold and David Applefield take aim at the nostalgia surrounding The Left Bank, one reveling in its literary past, the other urging the visitor to reach out to a new, modern Paris in the outlying area of Montreuil. Tim O'Reilly and Coleman Lollar evoke the appeal of unexpected tourist sites, and Marcel Laventurier recounts his harrowing escape from the Nazis on a train... Views: 43
