Introduction: NOEL, NOEL! by Isaac AsimovCHRISTMAS PARTY by Rex StoutDO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPLIFTING EARLY by Robert SomerlottTHE NECKLACE OF PEARLS by Dorothy L. SayersFATHER CRUMLISH CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS by Alice Scanlan ReachTHE CHRISTMAS MASQUE by S. S. RaffertyTHE DAUPHIN’S DOLL by Ellery QueenBY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE by Nick O’DonohoeTHE PROBLEM OF THE CHRISTMAS STEEPLE by Edward D. HochDEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE by Stanley EllinTHE ADVENTURE OF THE UNIQUE DICKENSIANS by August DerlethBLIND MAN’S HOOD by John Dickson CarrTHE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS by Isaac Asimov[/quote] Views: 15
You know your day has taken a turn for the worse when you buy a vintage house to convert into a restaurant, and you find a vintage body buried in the basement.Chris and Pamela Cross lose their 1940s-themed restaurant when a fire destroys the building. Deciding to change course, they buy a 1920s vintage brick house to convert into the new restaurant, Bogey Nights. Before work can begin on the remodeling, their two Labrador retrievers discover a body buried in the cellar. The remains have rested there since 1942. The family of the victim asks Chris to try to solve the old murder. In the process, another body is discovered on the property.After discovering that the home was used as a boarding house during the 1940s, Chris and Pamela quickly have a substantial list of suspects. The fact that the suspects are "of an age" won't slow this story for a moment. Views: 15
The breathtaking follow-up novel to the award-winning Half WorldThe recently reunited realms of the Flesh, Half World and the Spirit are again at risk—something has been left undone. Gee, adopted as an infant, has been kept ignorant of his troubled past. Now at sixteen, he is a loner both despised and feared by his classmates. dark feelings, unbidden, slowly grow inside him. Even as he struggles to control them, his past catches up with him and compels him to journey to Half World. Abandoning his adoptive grandmother and the place he has called home, Gee must face what he used to be in order to determine his fate and the fate of the Three Realms. Aided by a surly cat and a troubled newfound friend, Gee must fight the monstrous and the horrific in Half World. Most difficult of all, he must overcome his own propensity for evil.The nightmarish adventure picks up sixteen years after Melanie's return in Half World (2009, Puffin). With a new dark hero whose unlikely... Views: 15
When Trae finds his mate in the most unlikely time and place, nothing will stop him from claiming her.Trae’s father, the current pack Alpha, is putting pressure on him to stop cavorting in the ménage club and find a mate. The responsibilities are weighing on him and Trae is starting to doubt whether he’ll find his mate before the time has run out on the ultimatum his father has given him.Then Olivia, a human, walks into his life.Olivia has a fantasy of being with two men at the same time. When her friend drags her to The Club to have her wildest desires fulfilled, the night turns out to be more than she expects. Trae, a wolf, and Anton, a vampire, are two sexy men who want to help bring her fantasy to life. However, when the true bite of passion shifts her life in a direction she never dreamed, can she trust her heart and the wolf that claims her as his? Views: 15
A gathering of stellar writings on the life, legend, music, and meaning of Bob Marley, international voice of dissent and freedom Views: 15
"Oh, screw it, let's do it."That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successful ventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), to music (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail (Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging from financial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track record second to none.Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, and minimal bureaucracy.Many of Richard Branson's companies—airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples—were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Don't do it." But Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers have been ripped off or underserved, where confusion reigns, and the competition is complacent.And in this stressed-out, overworked age, Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Family, friends, fun, and adventure are equally important as business in Branson's life. Losing My Virginity is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories:Crash-landing his hot-air balloon in the Algerian desert, yet remaining determined to have another go at being the first to circle the globeSigning the Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Boy George, and Phil CollinsFighting back when British Airways took on Virgin Atlantic and successfully suing this pillar of the British business establishmentSwimming two miles to safety during a violent storm off the coast of MexicoSelling Virgin Records to save Virgin AtlanticStaging a rescue flight into Baghdad before the start of the Gulf War . . .And much more. Losing My Virginity is the ultimate tale of personal and business survival from a man who combines the business prowess of Bill Gates and the promotional instincts of P. T. Barnum.Also available in the UK from Virgin Publishing, and in Canada from General Publishing, Views: 15
