Lily Bard is a loner. Fiercely protective of her independence, she concentrates on her karate skills and her work as the proprietor of a cleaning and errand-running service, and pays little attention to the town around her. When her landlord is murdered, though, she looks like the prime suspect. Uncovering the real killer may be the only way to prove her innocence, and Lily realizes that she must focus on the other residents of tiny Shakespeare. Her job gives her easy access to people's private lives, and she begins to snoop, finding plenty of skeleton-filled closets, and exposing herself to the unwanted attentions of a murderer. Views: 71
The Plague Lovers A young woman in 14th century Italy flees the ravages of the bubonic plague with a mysterious lover who shows her how the pleasures of sex and suffering can intertwine. Later, she uses her knowledge of herbs and plants to inflict suffering of her own. Baubo's Kiss A sexually inhibited young woman vacationing in Greece with her female lover explores the erotic arts at the Temple of Baubo, the goddess of obscenity, and takes part in a Dionysian orgy. Prenuptials A woman meets the 'perfect' man and embarks on an erotic journey into self-destruction and sex addiction. The Safety of Unknown Cities Sexual adventuress Val searches for a place known only as "the City", a mythic land of unimaginable carnality and eroticism, where sexual obsession knows no bounds. She soon discovers the nightmare side to this land of sexual excess. Thief of Names Afflicted with a deadly disease, Nicholas searches for a cure in Toronto's seedy sex... Views: 71
Jessica McClain was born the only female in an all male race. The only problem is — she's no wolf. Called a curse, a witch and the Daughter of Evil by the superstitious wolves, Jessica decides to fight for her freedom, at age nineteen, the only way she can — in the ring. When she's brutally attacked right after her fight, is it enough to finally earn her freedom off Compound, or will she be forced to endure the hatred even longer... Views: 71
In 18th century Newcastle, when a murder is discovered, musician Charles Patterson fears the woman he loves may be next.Italian actors...French spies...At least the thugs are English...Charles Patterson is not happy. It's the hottest June for years, he's stuck in musical rehearsals with a family of Italians, some local ruffians are after his blood, and someone is trying to break into the house of Esther Jerdoun, the woman he loves. When a murder is discovered, he fears Esther may be next. It's time to ask some tough questions. Who is the strange man masquerading under a false name? Are there spies abroad in Newcastle? Why is a psalm-teacher keeping vigil over a house in the town? And can Patterson find the murderer before he strikes again? Views: 71
"Reading is a many-layered process like writing," observes Samuel R. Delany, a Nebula and Hugo award-winning author and a major commentator on American literature and culture. In this collection of six extended essays, Delany challenges what he calls "the hard-edged boundaries of meaning" by going beyond the customary limits of the genre in which he's writing. By radically reworking the essay form, Delany can explore and express the many layers of his thinking about the nature of art, the workings of language, and the injustices and ironies of social, political, and sexual marginalization. Thus Delany connects, in sometimes unexpected ways, topics as diverse as the origins of modern theater, the context of lesbian and gay scholarship, the theories of cyborgs, how metaphors mean, and the narrative structures in the Star Wars trilogy."Over the course of his career," Kenneth James writes in his extensive introduction, "Delany has again and again thrown into question the world-models that all too many of us unknowingly live by." Indeed, Delany challenges an impressive list of world-models here, including High and Low Art, sanity and madness, mathematical logic and the mechanics of mythmaking, the distribution of wealth in our society, and the limitations of our sexual vocabulary. Also included are two essays that illustrate Delany's unique chrestomathic technique, the grouping of textual fragments whose associative interrelationships a reader must actively trace to read them as a resonant argument. Whether writing about Wagner or Hart Crane, Foucault or Robert Mapplethorpe, Delany combines a fierce and often piercing vision with a powerful honesty that beckons us to share in the perspective of these Longer Views. Views: 71
John Crace's Digested Read first appeared in in February 2000 and has been running ever since. Each week Crace reduces a new book ? anything from a Booker Prize winner to a Nigella cookery book is fair game ? to 700 words in a parody of the plot, style, dialogue and themes. Or lack of them. The Digested Read has not just become an institution for readers; it is read and enjoyed by publishers and authors too. So long as it is not their book being digested. A few years ago Crace wrote Brideshead Abbreviated, A Digested Read of the 20th Century. This is the 21st Century. So far. Views: 71
An American intelligence operative, Steve Decker suddenly moves to Santa Fe after a tragedy on his 40th birthday. There he finds peace of mind and a beautiful, sensual woman named Beth Dwyer. Steve will soon discover, however, that Beth harbors heinous secrets. Is she the love of his life--or his most deadly enemy?Amazon.com ReviewThe pleasures of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a beautiful woman named Beth Dwyer look very good to burned-out intelligence agent Steve Decker. But beneath the lovely surfaces of both lie darkness and danger--which is why we read this kind of book in the first place, right? David Morrell pulls it off as smoothly as anyone in the genre, working within that frame where our expectations of action and surprise live. His last book, Desperate Measures, is also available in paperback. From Publishers WeeklyMichael Douglas has already bought the rights to this Sante Fe thriller of sexual betrayal and international intrigue. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 71
