Michael Cristianson is a low level employee at the mall in his home town of North Atrophy. He becomes increasingly detached from his fellow employees and mall patrons and disillusioned with his suburban life. His restlessness sends him looking for a town and for human connection that is beyond the familiar mall landscape. As the world seems to be an endless series of malls, Michael Cristianson becomes more detached and violent. As he continues on his journey, he can't tell the difference between what is real and what he imagines. He becomes a fugitive and his search for the elusive becomes a matter of life and death. Views: 36
The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith gathers together the adventure, juvenile, and other non-fantastic fiction of Smith. While he is known best for his fantastic work, these adventure and mainstream stories shed light on the development of Smith’s writing and his constantly evolving style. The Miscellaneous Writings is a perfect companion to the five-volume Collected Fantasies set. As with that set, editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith’s notes and letters in order to compile this volume’s definitive set of texts. Views: 36
The Zuckerman Novels * The Ghost Writer (1979) * Zuckerman Unbound (1981) * The Anatomy Lesson (1983) * The Prague Orgy (1985) * The Counterlife (1986) * American Pastoral (1997) * I Married a Communist (1998) * The Human Stain (2000) * Exit Ghost (2007) Views: 36
Whirlwind WeddingsAnd the bride wore...maternity!Nick Colter can't forget the one night he spent with Dani Sheraton. Neither can Dani—their baby's arrival is, well...imminent. But, for nine months, she's kept her pregnancy a secret from him, knowing that Nick's past has left its scars. He doesn't love her, doesn't seem capable of loving anyone. Within twenty-four hours of Nick's return, Dani finds that she's a wife and a mother. Now all she has is a lifetime to teach her new husband about love!Who says you can't hurry love?Of Day Leclaire's Fairytale Weddings trilogy:"Delicious romance...dynamite characters...superb dialogue...a sure keeper."—Romantic Times Views: 36
Annabelle has tamed the wild boys and catty girls of middle school. Now it's time for her first school dance! A couple of Annabelle's friends already have dates and she would like one, too. Better yet, she finally has a crush on someone-Oliver. The problem? Claire also likes him, and she's called dibs. To complicate things further, Annabelle has to work super closely with her secret crush on their science fair project! And it looks like one of their competitors is up to something shady. . . . If Annabelle says something, will Oliver respect her for it or think she's a snitch? And will she ever understand what these junior-high boys are really thinking? Views: 36
The Coddy was one of the most renowned storytellers and characters of the Western Isles at the turn of the nineteenth into the twentieth andbeyond, and was the inspiration for Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore. In, Tales from Barra, His warmth and personality shine through these stories, which are awonderful mix of myth, tradition and anecdote.This edition includes a large number of traditional tales told in the inimitable style of The Coddy, grouped in a number of themed sections:Tales of the Macneils of Barra and Other Lairds - The MacLeods of Dunvegan - The Laird of Boisdale - Stories of Olden Times - Ecclesiastical Traditions - Place-names - Tales of Treasure - Tales of Local Characters - Stories of the Politician - Stories of Sea Monsters - Fairies, Second Sight and Ghost Stories - Witchcraft. Views: 36
Long lost to the public in out–of–print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers—these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth–century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring–Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts. Also included are rare images of Bram Stoker's handwritten manuscript pages for Count Vampire (1890) courtesy of the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. Views: 36
With a long list of stirring novels, F. M. Parker has won acclaim as a spellbinder. Soldiers Of Conquest has received high praise from Booklist and Publisher's Weekly.American-Mexican War 1846 -1848.President Polk, desiring to expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean, orders General Zachary Taylor with his army to the Rio Grande on the Mexican border. Mexico controlled much of the western land, including California. Among the men is Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant. Taylor invades Mexico and defeats the Mexican Army in three hard fought battles. When the Mexicans won't sign a treaty with the US, President Polk orders General Winfield Scott to invade Mexico at Veracruz and march inland and capture Mexico City.General Scott arrives at Veracruz with 100 ships crowded with 9,000 soldiers and the holds crammed with cannons, muskets and cavalry mounts. Among the soldiers were Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant and Captain Robert E. Lee.Grant was 24 years old, a smallish fellow... Views: 36
