Kevin struggled to overcome his knack for lying in Liar, Liar, and now he's back for another round of mayhem and misunderstandings in this financial comedy of errors. In Kevin, Gary Paulsen has created an appealing teen boy character who is just as human and fallible as his readers.From the Hardcover Library Binding edition. Views: 58
Sometimes . . . science goes wrong. Featuring the terrifying tales of 13 authors, Dead Science brings you stories of the undead unlike any you’ve ever read before. Prepare to go behind-the-scenes and learn about the causes of various zombie uprisings and the havoc these creatures wreak upon the living. Views: 58
After years of living in exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia in 1994 and published a series of eight powerfully paired stories. These groundbreaking stories— interconnected and juxtaposed using an experimental method Solzhenitsyn referred to as "binary"—join Solzhenitsyn's already available work as some of the most powerful literature of the twentieth century.With Soviet and post-Soviet life as their focus, they weave and shift inside their shared setting, illuminating the Russian experience under the Soviet regime. In "The Upcoming Generation," a professor promotes a dull but proletarian student purely out of good will. Years later, the same professor finds himself arrested and, in a striking twist of fate, his student becomes his interrogator. In "Nastenka," two young women with the same name lead routine, ordered lives—until the Revolution exacts radical change on them both.The most eloquent and acclaimed opponent of government... Views: 58
The explosion was heard twenty miles away. It killed boatmen and wrecked the exotic villa of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the fashionable St John's Wood artist. But what caused the 1874 Regents Park explosion? Fenian bombs? Sabotage by rival railways or other firms? Or was it something personal? And whose was the other body found in the canal? An artist's model? The missing King's Cross barmaid? Or another victim of the so-called Thames murderer? As he struggles to find the answers, Scotland Yard's Sergeant Ernest Best straddles the conflicting worlds of art, wealth and privilege and that of the poverty-stricken canal boatmen in an intriguing mystery that will change his life forever. Views: 58
Tommy Wilhelm and his gang of bullies have never let fifth-grader Joshua forget that he was held back in the third grade. Now Tommy has started picking on a dorky new kid and Joshua must choose between sticking up for the nerd and saving his own neck.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 58
Candice Derman locked away her secret for seven years. This book tells the story she thought she would never be able to share. The story of a perfect family with a dark secret. A deeply moving true story of pain, courage and new beginnings. Views: 58
A new Templar Knight mystery from the author who masterfully creates a medieval world full of rich historic detail." (National bestselling author Victoria Thompson) Templar Bascot de Marins is summoned to Lincoln Castle to learn who murdered a servant engaged in an illicit affair with a married woman. Even though the jealous husband had a motive, Bascot's investigation uncovers a more shocking revelation about the victim that would give him any number of potential enemies... Views: 58
The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers.As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike.The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.About the AuthorStephen Jones is one of Britain’s most acclaimed horror anthologists, and winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards, and International Horror Guild Awards. His other collections include The Mammoth Book of Vampires. He lives in London. Views: 58
We will walk hand in hand in Innisfree. Your dreams are the sweet embrace of Morpheous. You will find me gentle and strong in your waking life and that which has disturbed you we will together shrug off like waking from a bad dream and ride the flow of energy as is right in the life tension that flows between us. The porthole of another dimension beckons. Will you have the courage now to follow it through and discover your full potential?' Abi is drawn into a journey as Dream Catcher's words answer a deep-rooted need. An experienced Master, he will lead her through submission into slavery into experiences far removed from all that is familiar... challenging and changing her into something of someone else's making. The perfect dream. Or is it? Who is the mysterious Dream Catcher? What is his relationship to Shadow? And where is the Dream ultimately leading them all? Views: 58
