Need a wife to take kareof a little kid. Has tobake cookys and smilea lot.Was this newspaper ad a child's cry for help? Cheyenne Lassiter reacted instantly and discovered a love-starved little boy. His uncle, Thomas Steele, seemingly had no place in his life for family...or for love.Cheyenne's sensitive heart went out to both of them. Deny it as much as he might, the more time Thomas spent with Davy, the more he appeared to be softening toward his late brother's son. Could Cheyenne hope that this business-focused man might eventually discover he'd make fine father and husband material? Views: 48
Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader are dead. The Empire has been toppled by the triumphant Rebel Alliance, and the New Republic is ascendant. But the struggle against the dark side and the Sith Order is not over. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and their faithful comrades have had little time to savor victory before being called on to defend the newly liberated galaxy.Powerful remnants of the vanquished Empire, hungry for retaliation, are still at large, committing acts of piracy, terrorism, and wholesale slaughter against the worlds of the fledgling New Republic. The most deadly of these, a ruthless legion of black-armored Stormtroopers, do the brutal bidding of the newly risen warlord Shadowspawn. Striking from a strategically advantageous base on the planet Mindor, they are waging a campaign of plunder and destruction, demolishing order and security across the galaxy--and breeding fears of an Imperial resurgence. Another reign of darkness... Views: 48
A Major Literary Event: a brilliant new translation of Thomas Mann's first great novel, one of the two for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929.Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1900, when Mann was only twenty-five, has become a classic of modem literature -- the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany. With consummate skill, Mann draws a rounded picture of middle-class life: births and christenings; marriages, divorces, and deaths; successes and failures. These commonplace occurrences, intrinsically the same, vary slightly as they recur in each succeeding generation. Yet as the Buddenbrooks family eventually succumbs to the seductions of modernity -- seductions that are at variance with its own traditions -- its downfall becomes certain.In immensity of scope, richness of detail, and fullness of humanity, Buddenbrooks surpasses all other modem family chronicles; it has, indeed, proved a model... Views: 48
Some of our friends have returned home safely, to be with the ones they love. Even as they are greeted, another threat builds. It enters their home in the form of a little girl, who carries within her an adversary as single-minded and deadly as the zombies themselves. It is known to have existed over 350 years, and it takes life with brutality. Brace yourself against the coming onslaught. Views: 48
Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor. Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying information about the group's terrorist activities, including an immediate plan to attack the United States. The organization, the Black Legion, and its lethal plot have also popped up on the radar of Central Intelligence, where new director Veronica Hart is struggling to assert her authority. Sensing an opportunity to take control of CI by showing Hart's incompetence, National Security Agency operatives plan to accomplish what CI never could-hunt down and kill Bourne. In Europe, Bou... Views: 48
Letting go of the past isn’t easy, especially when your heart is breaking … Giovanna, Zoë and Declan have been a trio forever, and they’re forging their way in the world knowing they have each other’s back. Gio is a passionate apprentice baker – of cakes, pastries and all things delicious – Zoë, a hair and makeup artist, and Declan is a young banker on the way up. BFFs forever, Gio thinks – until her not-so-secret lifelong crush on Declan lands her in a very humiliating situation. Gio realises she needs to cut Declan loose to get over him once and for all. Enter Theo, Gio’s neighbour. Gio’s never met anyone like him before. He doesn’t talk much, but he’s dark, he’s sexy and he’s often awake in the middle of the night, like Gio. Theo has a mysterious history and Gio can’t seem to stay away. Thanks to the power of sleepless nights and chocolate... Views: 48
