In a land of ice, great warriors search for glory...When a dragon threatens the people of the north, only one man can destroy the fearsome beast. Elsewhere, a mighty leader gathers a court of champions, including a noble warrior under a terrible curse. The Earth's creation is described; tales of the gods and evil Frost Giants are related; and the dark days of Ragnarok foretold.Journey into a realm of legend, where heroes from an ancient age do battle with savage monsters, and every man must live or die by the sword ... Views: 35
All her life, Kianna Sanderson has wanted to travel. On her sixteenth birthday, she got her first job and began hoarding money away in a secret account to go to the first place on her list, China. Over the years she developed an obsession with Chinese culture and she wanted to live it first hand. After her mother’s death, she had to use her savings to pay for her mother’s funeral and that leaves her defeated, depressed and dying slowly on the inside. She begins going through her days just on automatio** Views: 35
A DARK AND STYLISH PAGE-TURNER FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN FICTION Harry Bloch is a struggling writer who pumps out pulpy serial novels--from vampire books to detective stories--under various pseudonyms. But his life begins to imitate his fiction when he agrees to ghostwrite the memoir of Darian Clay, New York City's infamous Photo Killer. Soon, three young women turn up dead, each one murdered in the Photo Killer's gruesome signature style, and Harry must play detective in a real-life murder plot as he struggles to avoid becoming the killer's next victim. Witty, irreverent, and original, The Serialist is a love letter to books--from poetry to pornography--and proof that truth really can be stranger than fiction. Views: 35
In Tournaments, Cocoa& One Wrong Move, book three of bestselling author Nancy Rue's Real Life series for teen girls, sixteen-year-old Cassidy's promising basketball future is threatened when she finds herself a victim of Female Athlete Syndrome. Under constant pressure from her bickering parents, at odds with her brother, and terrified that her place as star on the team will be usurped by a rival, Cassidy makes a bad decision after injuring her knee. When her plan backfires, she finds herself in the study hall for the school's delinquents. Amidst the problems in her life, Cassidy discovers the mysterious RL book. New goals replace the old ones as Cassidy begins to overcome perfectionism and discover the personal power that comes only from God. Views: 35
In this surprising history of technology, Peter Nowak argues that most of the innovations that make modern life modern can be directly traced to one of three questionable aspects of human activity—war, porn, and the fast food industry. Following developments in technology from the 1940s to the present, Nowak reveals the links between Barbie and U.S. missile systems, how the porn industry killed Betamax, and why Niue, Polynesia, is the phone-sex capital of the world. He exposes the unexpected origins of many common household items, such as cell phones, microwave ovens, and plastic packaging, and raises the disturbing question of where we would be, technologically speaking, without our basest desires. Views: 35
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005. 1919, Siberia. Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of the Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. Then Samarin arrives. Appearing from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, he says he is being chased by a cannibal. Anna, a beautiful young widow, feels something for the new arrival. Then the local shaman is found dead and suspicion an terror engulf the little town . . . Views: 35
The Museum of Doubt is a new collection of surreal and unnerving short stories from award-winning writer James Meek. The array of characters who populate Meek's vague and elusive worlds are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed.About the Author
James Meek writes for the Guardian, and contributes to the London Review of Books and Granta. In 2004 his reporting from Iraq and about Guantanamo Bay won a number of British and international awards. His recent novel, The People's Act of Love, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005, and has been translated into 22 languages. Views: 35
