In Tudor England, in the year 1530, Henry VIII's desire to marry Anne Boleyn is frustrated by the Pope's unwillingness to grant him a divorce from his first Queen. The church is still the strongest power in the land, and the wealthiest. In Norfolk, the town of Castleacre, ancestral home of the Ackland family, is dependent not on them but upon the great Cluniac Priory that overshadows it. When Will Ackland, younger son of an impoverished gentleman, returns home after years abroad he finds his evil-tempered brother Gilbert cursing the Prior's new bailiff for his exactions. Then a corpse is discovered, not only stabbed but mutilated beyond recognition. Is it the Prior's bailiff? If so, Gilbert is the chief suspect and the townspeople, who enjoy a hanging, will not be sorry to see him dangling from the gibbet. But Will discovered that the bailiff had other enemies, some of them in unexpected places. He discovered, too, that frustrated desire can be as... Views: 43
SUMMARY: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)A spectacular best seller and now a classic, The Name of the Rose catapulted Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics turned novelist, to international prominence. An erudite murder mystery set in a fourteenth-century monastery, it is not only a gripping story but also a brilliant exploration of medieval philosophy, history, theology, and logic.In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate a wealthy Italian abbey whose monks are suspected of heresy. When his mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths patterned on the book of Revelation, Brother William turns detective, following the trail of a conspiracy that brings him face-to-face with the abbey’s labyrinthine secrets, the subversive effects of laughter, and the medieval Inquisition. Caught in a power struggle between the emperor he serves and the pope who rules the Church, Brother William comes to see that what is at stake is larger than any mere political dispute–that his investigation is being blocked by those who fear imagination, curiosity, and the power of ideas. The Name of the Rose offers the reader not only an ingeniously constructed mystery—complete with secret symbols and coded manuscripts—but also an unparalleled portrait of the medieval world on the brink of profound transformation. Views: 43
Seven mortal Realms I saw and seven keys had I... When a strange riddle appears in the skies over the Seven Realms, the hunt for the Seven Dreams begins. Who will find the seven keys, and what do they open? Nobody knows, but Serena Carterett is determined to deny the criminal Yllandu the prize. Her team of shapeshifters and masqueraders must solve the puzzle first -- at any cost. Views: 43
A grief stricken mother seeks a publisher for her dead son's manuscript — the shocking tale of his wayward journey through the world of EMS. Tim Anderson is a troubled youth who becomes an EMT at Capitol Ambulance in the hopes it will help land him a girlfriend. He struggles to fit in with his new partners and not appear soft toward his sick and elderly patients. His downfall begins when he steals marijuana from a despondent college student in an attempt to curry favor with his new girlfriend. Soon, he is lifting wallets from drunken businessmen and picking money rolls out of the pockets of gunshot drug dealers to buy her gifts and fund lavish dates. Dealing daily with death and human decline, and tormented by guilt, he struggles to allow his emerging conscience to guide him on a path toward redemption that while not saving him from his fateful end, at least bestows him with grace.An action-packed dark comedy, Diamond in the Rough is a lights and sirens tour through the world of... Views: 43
NIGHTBRINGER(2002) A WARHAMMER 40,000 NOVEL An Ultramarines Novel After her return from Drachenfels, Genevieve Dieudonne - the vampire femme fatale - embarks on an odessey of perilous self-discovery in which she must face monsters and magicians, intrigue and evil. Her journey takes her frome the labyrinthine depths of an old Altdorf theatre to an accursed mansion.
WARRIORS OF ULTRAMAR (2003) A WARHAMMER 40,000 NOVEL An Ultramarines Novel In the cold darkness of space, the tyranids travel from world to world, consuming all in a futile attempt to slake their hunger for bio-matter. Lying directly in their path is the industrial planet Tarsis Ultra, where Captain Uriel Ventris and the Ultramarines stand shoulder to shoulder with brother Marines from the Mortifactors Chapter. Uriel must accept the barbaric traditions of his allies and act against the ancient tactics laid down in the holy Codex Astartes in order to destroy the alien menace!
DEAD SKY, BLACK SUN (2004) A WARHAMMER 40,000 NOVEL An Ultramarines Novel Uriel Ventris takes on the Chaos Marines of the Iron Warriors Chapter on their home world in the Eye of Terror. Views: 43
In this informative and entertaining series of interviews leading whisky writer Gavin D. Smith reveals the workings of the Scotch whisky industry in a series of interviews with characters who have lived and worked in the business of making Scotch. Some are nostalgic, harkening back to a former era when the Health & Safety mandarins did not exist, while other are contemporary and reveal how things work today. The 12 interviews are accompanied by black and white photographs of the participants along with archival illustrations not published before. Gavin's interviewees are: Norman Morrison, maltman and mashman, Talisker Distillery, Isle of Skye; Boyo Norquoy, stillman, Highland Park Distillery, Orkney; Jim Cryle, master distiller, Glenlivet Distillery, Speyside; Gordon Dey, brewer, Dallas Dhu Distillery & manager, Aultmore Distillery, Speyside; Rodney Burtt, trainee, Glen Mhor & Glen Albyn distilleries, Inverness; Douglas Murray, technical guru, Cambus Distillery,... Views: 43
Join Cara Romero as she returns from the all-homosexual nation of Cali to her homeland - a United States of America that has become openly hostile to gays. The year is 2018, and the great earthquake that had been predicted for decades hit California. Approximately 40 miles east of the coastline, the earthquake created a chasm that quickly filled with the raging waters from the Pacific. A piece of land that was once the west coast of California was now separated from the mainland of the United States by the newly formed body of water. An island had been born. America's right-wing elite formed a plan: the newly created island would be a modern gulag - a place to which sexual undesirables would be shipped, never (they hoped) to be heard from again. There would be no relationship between the new island and the United States; such was the strength of the "righteous" fear of homosexuality. By 2022, the religious right has effected an awful change in America's moral climate. The United States has become a place where any gay or lesbian adult is given a clear choice: conform to new, viciously repressive sexuality laws, or be exiled. And for the youngest citizens, there is no choice. Any child found to carry the newly discovered and much-feared "gay gene" is put on a ship before reaching three years of age - banished, forever, from US shores. But they forgot that gays and lesbians have brains, skills, and passion. On their island they built a new country, and called it Cali. In the gorgeous Southern California climate, they pooled their resources, shared their knowledge and skills, learned to live together. And the best of them worked to form a new government - a society where all citizens of the new nation lived in freedom, without oppression, where productivity was rewarded and participation was encouraged. Quite naturally, human ingenuity, unfettered, brought progress. When it became known that citizens of Cali are living longer, healthier lives than citizens of most countries, the rest of the world want to know why. And because of world interest, for the first time, a delegate from Cali is invited to participate in an international conference on aging, held in New York City...Review"Meadowlark is lush, fully developed and very well crafted. I loved it!" -- Shelly Roberts, Author of Baby Dykes"TRULY A PAGE-TURNER . . . IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN. There is spectacular suspense and a plot that never stops twisting." -- Dr. Ronni Sanlo, Director, UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource CenterAbout the AuthorHelen Ruth Schwartz currently lives in Florida. She is also a member of the Federal Club of the Human Rights Campaign and is a supporter of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. Views: 43
