On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois. Clamorous and angry, they were hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their otherwise quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. They wanted blood.At thirty-nine years old, Smith had already lived an outsized life. In addition to starting the Church of Latter-day Saints and creating his own Golden Bible" – the Book of Mormon – he had worked as a water-dowser and treasure hunter. He'd led his people to Ohio, then Missouri, then Illinois, where he founded a city larger than fledgling Chicago. He was running for President. And, secretly, he had married more than thirty women.In American Crucifixion, Alex Beam tells how Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy: how his most seismic revelation – the doctrine of polygamy – created a rift among his people; how that schism turned to violence; and how, ultimately,... Views: 36
The Tribers – Bee, Jonno, Keener, Fifty and Copper Pie – have fun getting in and out of adventures.When Copper Pie knocks the ear off the school statue with a catapult, he's in serious danger of being expelled. Luckily, new boy Jonno has some bright ideas, and Tribe is born.Then Tribe tame the scary Alley Cats gang and defend their territory using the world's weirdest weapons: Bee's cupcakes and a stag beetle. It's non-stop for Tribe! Views: 36
Horror Takes Its Time Looking for a thoughtful fright? Or perhaps a frightful thought? Packed with stories selected by one of today's leading esoteric scholars, this book will do more than make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths, inspire forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation in the guise of fiction. Covering topics from rituals to hauntings to the Devil himself, this one-of-a-kind volume includes selections from:Aleister CrowleyAmbrose BierceArthur MachenEdgar Allan PoeRobert W. ChambersRalph Adams CramH.P. LovecraftDion FortuneSir Edward Bulwer-LyttonBram StokerAs DuQuette writes in his introduction, horror takes its time. It creeps in, seeps in, and lingers. These stories will take you hours to read, but they will stay with you, biting at your heels from the shadows, eternally. Don't say we didn't warn you... Views: 36
Anna in Chains is a collection of stories about the reality of being an elderly woman in the modern world and all the struggles that go with it. Anna Goldman, nearly eighty years old, widowed and living on her own in the Fairfax Area of Los Angeles, struggles to remain independent as she moves through the modern world. Jewish, but disenchanted with religion in any guise, Anna eats bacon to dare God's wrath. Living in a mixed ethnic neighborhood, Anna pronounces her prejudices against all foreigners wondering where the values of the world she remembers have gone. PRAISE "Gerber has created a colorful and memorable character. Her prose is richly detailed, and along the way we learn much about the nature of loneliness and aging. The title story, set in a nursing home is truly moving... Happily, Gerber has dramatized Anna in these stories..." - Hadassah Magazine "Widowed Anna, with her short skirts, her tart tongue, her two pianos (Mozart is her 'religion') and her practiced cynicism about men, moves from her apartment in Los Angeles' Fairfax District to a retirement home, fully aware that it's her next-to-last stop. She stares Death in the face, and he almost seems to wink...There are funny stories that nonetheless bear our Anna's belief that 'we live on the verge of catastrophe, and the natural state of life should reasonably be terror.'" - Los Angeles Times "Prolific Gerber creates... a character who rages eloquently against the coming of the night... Full of antic, bittersweet detail." - Kirkus Reviews "Merrill Joan Gerber's work is distinguished by the precision of its insights and the elegance of her deceptively forthright style. No one is better at rendering the complications and frustrations of ordinary lives. Her touch is light, but her work is powerful." - Robert Stone "Merrill is, above all and underneath all, a crucially honest writer... She is one of those writers who discover us to ourselves, and move us almost more than we can bear." - Cynthia Ozick Views: 36
Dax Marshall isn’t the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He’s a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn’t see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi. Her happiness becomes his obsession. Kenzi Barrington has tried to be the person her family needed her to be, but she doesn't want to lie anymore. When she can’t hold a dark secret in another day, she turns to the one man she knows is strong enough to hear the truth. What starts as a simple attraction becomes a friendship that changes how they both define love. Views: 36
In this heartwarming reader-favorite holiday story, single father Gavin Talbot gets a second chance at happiness as he rediscovers the joy of family at Christmas with the Whitelaws. Return to Joan Johnston's Hawk's Way holiday classic. Views: 36
Miranda Beckman lives the exciting life of a top fashion model. Paris is herhome; projecting a beautiful image is her special talent. But behind thesophistication lies a dark secret that prevents her from ever trusting aman. Then enigmatic Conor O'Neil comes to Paris. He tells her that herestranged mother--a career woman married to a distinguished politician--hasjust received a threatening letter. He tells her that he is a privatedetective hired to be her bodyguard. Miranda knows she dare not believe thisman who has appeared out of nowhere to confuse and tantalize her. She knows.she should resist his passion. Yet in a world where deceptions hide morelies, and lies mask grievous sins, Miranda must see beyond the shadows andsave herself from a dangerous stalker, a past she can't escape, and thelover who could be her only chance.... Views: 36
Kirbie Amor has been betrayed by her longtime lover and now she wants revenge. But the tables turn and she ends up making a decision that pushes her away from her love of music and sets her on a path that leads her deeper into the underworld of drugs and secrecy. La'Renz Taylor has reunited with his mistress Sundi Ashworth. But he has his suspicions that she's not as loyal as she claims to be. Views: 36
SCIENCE CREATED HIM.GOVERNMENT CONTROLS HIM.ONE WOMAN CAN SET HIM FREE...Halton was a humanoid fabricant, created to serve as a bodyguard in the Middle East. Kay was an all-too-human correspondent, assigned to deliver him to a country from which she had barely escaped with her sanity. She didn't know it was a setup...until it was too late. And the only one she could trust-the only one who hadn't betrayed her-was the android himself.In this electrifying novel, N. Lee Wood portrays an all-too-possible near-future where the face of global politics appears ominously familiar. Where a microchip holds the secret of angels. And where technology meets its match in human nature..."Shares the near future setting, the compellingly believable political and technological extrapolation, and the murderously fast pace of Gibson's work."—The New York Review of Science Fiction"Wood delivers fast-paced adventure in a hybrid sci-fi/spy thriller that also connects on a personal level."—Publishers Weekly"Persuasive double-dealing and paranoia...a highly encouraging science fiction/thriller debut."—Kirkus Reviews Views: 36
