Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz draws on his homeland's rich engagement with the afterlife--and his own near-death experience at the hands of a would-be assassin--in these newly translated, brilliantly mysterious stories of the supernatural.Among those who haunt these tales are the ghosts of Akhenaten, Woodrow Wilson, and Gamal Abd al-Nasser, who endure a strange system of earthly probation in the hope of gaining entry to the fabled Seventh Heaven; a teenager drawn into the secret, enchanted life he finds within his neighborhood's forbidden wood; an honest perfume seller accosted on a night out by angry skeletons; and Satan himself, who confesses that there is still, despite the flood of evil in our times, an honorable man in the land. As ingenious at capturing the surreal as he is at documenting the very real social landscape of modern Cairo, Mahfouz guides these restless spirits as they migrate from the shadowy realms of other worlds to the haunted precincts of... Views: 41
The splendor and danger of ancient Egypt continues in the second volume of this magnificent saga. For Ramses, the Son of Light, the coronation has arrived. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth--people such as Moses and the aging Greek poet, Homer--can truly be trusted. Shaanar, the young king's scheming older brother, still has designs on the crown, and in the shadows, the machinations of a mysterious sorcerer threaten the throne. Views: 41
[Book Ten of Dray Prescot series] For a brief but wonderful moment it seemed as if Dray Prescot was on the road to victory, for he was aboard a Vallian ship bound for home with the secret of Vallia's enemies in his possession. But Dray, the Earthman sent to the planet Kregen of the double-star Antares in Scorpio, had not fulfilled the mission of the unseen Star Lords, and until he did there could be no escape from peril! And peril came, in the form of hideous sea raiders, in the sharp edges of the dueling blades of a swordsman enemy, and in the horrid rites of the underground cult of the Silver Leem. Dray Prescot's saga has been aclaimed as the best planetary adventure series since Burroughs stopped writing about Barsoom, and a legion of devoted readers will find that Avenger of Antares holds high the standard. Views: 41
When Ellie's husband is killed in an accident her world falls apart. Her
husband's company is in debt and, in order to keep it going, she must
learn to fly the World War II fighter plane it was built around. She
must also find answers to the questions of what really lies behind her
husband's death. Views: 41
Not all pirates become legend. Guinn McCabe is not just any pirate. His legend and that of the Annali ship Aeon Grimoire will be one for the ages; Guinn will ensure it or die trying. But the sailing is far from smooth once Guinn and his new crew take to the seas. Though their fame rises quickly and the plunder is plentiful, obstacles arise that not even Guinn anticipated. Views: 41
Eldred Henstare is a not so powerful witch who’s been left in charge of helping the city’s lingering spirits to move on. He usually handles it pretty well, but something’s wrong with the spirit leading him to the abounded lighthouse. It's by the lighthouse me meets Mo Vin and it's also there a dead body appears - there is something strange about that body... Views: 41
Sometimes trust is the toughest lesson to learn.Sophie Shaw is days away from signing a contract that will fulfill her dream of owning a vineyard. For her, it's a chance to restart her life and put past tragedies to rest. But Duncan Jamieson's counter offer blows hers out to sea.Duncan still finds Sophie as appealing as he had during boyhood vacations to the lake. Older and wiser now, he has his own reasons for wanting the land. His offer, however, hinges on a zoning change approval.Bribery rumors threaten the deal and make Sophie wary of Duncan, yet she cannot deny his appeal. When her journalistic research uncovers a Jamieson family secret, trust becomes the hardest lesson for them both."Heart-tugging small town romance with real emotion. Struth is an author to watch!" —Laura Drake, author of The Sweet Spot86,000 Words Views: 41
The real-life story of a Mexican guerilla fighter who was disappeared by the Mexican Army and miraculously escaped to tell the tale.Andres Tzompaxtle Tecpile was torn from the world. Abducted off the street, blindfolded and beaten, he was brought to a Mexican military facility and "disappeared." Tzompaxtle, a young member of an insurgent guerrilla movement, was subjected to months of interrogation and torture as the military tried to extract information from him. In an effort to buy time to protect his family and comrades, and to keep himself alive, he lead his captors on fruitless journeys to abandoned safe-houses and false rendezvous locations for four months. Finally, faced with imminent execution, he decided to make what he thought was a suicidal attempt at escape; when he miraculously survived, he was able to return underground.Gleaned from years of clandestine interviews, Tzompaxtle's story offers a rare glimpse into chronic injustice,... Views: 41
Threatened by an interstellar menace from beyond the galaxy, the great Goldenwing ship, Gloria Coelis with her crew of Wired starmen and cats, heads to the advanced planet Yamato to enlist the aid of the greatest military power in the human galaxy. Will they be believed? What if the only proof is death? This is the kind of old-fashioned, grand-scale space adventure one would give a good deal to see on the big screen." --Booklist "Coppel does a super job evoking the colony world's culture, and working out the efforts by the protagonists to thwart the Terror." --SF Chronicle Views: 41
Valerik: an escaped slave who tries to steal from the wrong woman. Madryn: a warrior on a secret quest, with a past she wants to forget. Garet: an underage thief with the arrogance of an emperor. Their uneasy alliance is the only hope against total annihilation, when thirteen stars appear in the sky of a malevolent realm and a portal rips open which can destroy a multitude of worlds... Views: 41
Inspector David Cockrun is assigned to stop a deranged serial killer. He enlists his own psychologist for help. With his help a trap is set. Now what remains is to see if the trap works. Views: 41
