***I want to change. I need to change. I'm gradually losing touch with myself. **
Adultery, *the provocative new novel by Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of *The Alchemist* and *Eleven Minutes, *explores the question of what it means to live life fully and happily, finding the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new. ** ** Views: 475
The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they've discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they're called, rule the universe.Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue pilot of the space cruiser, El Cazador, can't resist two things: gorgeous women and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a prisoner out of the Collective's maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so dangerous–or so fun! Views: 475
Robert Macomber’s Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Dishonorable Few is the fourth in the series. In this action-packed thriller, Wake is sent to Central America in 1869 to track down a former Union Navy officer turned pirate. As the action unfolds in Colombia and Panama, Wake, realizing that his most dangerous adversary may be a man on his own ship, is forced by honor to make a decision that will lead to his own court-martial. Views: 475
Oscar Micheaux was an early 20th century film producer and author best known for Western novels, including this book. Views: 475
A fantastic collection of thirteen witty short stories from the British-Canadian short story writer and novelist Robert Barr. Views: 475
It all starts with an old friend, Gregers, returning home after a long journey. His arrival leads to unprecedented turmoil as the main character, Hjalmar, has to decide what to make of his life. This is not easy as things have changed a lot in the north since the age of Ibsen... In fact, everything has changed.AbstractIbsen’s classic Wild Duck is the epitome of Scandinavian literature with a feministic point of view. In fact, if we look at Ibsen’s other works, like a Doll’s House we see things from a woman’s perspective, in other words we only get one side of the story. This is typical of Norwegian literature.The current work attempts to remedy this, or better put give insight into the possible feelings of a man, with all the positive and negative aspects. In Wild Duck, Hjalmar Ekdal plays the role of a dull and rather repugnant character, who can only think of selfish goals and comfort. According to society he is more or less a male chauvinist, a bad guy for rebelling against and being bothered by things that should simply be accepted or not questioned at all.Wild Duck revisited looks at the situation from a modern point of view taking into account of the emancipation of women that had taken place over the past hundred years. The main characters are the same, the storyline loosely follows the classic, but deviates more and more as it advances. Hjalmar is the main character, we see things from his perspective, the singular third person is reserved for him. The book is divided into five parts, the structure and style develops from classical continuous to intermittent modern. The wild duck symbol is present, but some others are included as well, most notably the lion that eats grass and the Viking legend. Conversations and events not from the classical masterpiece have been adopted from real life cases.Wild duck revisited criticises modern western society and lifestyle for being unable to fulfil the most rudimental of all human needs, the need for love. It also tries to determine how much someone’s identity can be twisted, the limits that nature (genes etc.) impose on the individual.John Fajo, 2003 Views: 475
Lucian isn't sure what to expect when he steps over the banister separating Heaven from Earth. He open his eyes in a new body, one with no wings, no knowledge of the future, and no special powers. All he remembers is his mission: to find a mysterious key. When he meets a human girl that he can't ignore he is forced, for the first time in eternity, to choose between duty and the pull of his heart.Lucian isn't sure what to expect when he steps over the banister separating Heaven from Earth. He opens his eyes in a new body, one with no wings, no knowledge of the future, and no special powers. All he remembers is his mission: to find a mysterious key. When he meets a human girl that he can't ignore he is forced, for the first time in eternity, to choose between duty and the pull of his heart. The future hangs on his decision, but he's fallen into a world where nothing is just what it seems. Views: 475
In the year 2494, time the last frontier had just been conquered, and the two most powerful megalomaniacs in the galaxy each want control of it.An out of work twenty first century researcher battles against a time storm, the jungle, a tribe of Troglodytes, an alien invader, and finally a space pirate, to stop them.In the year 2494, time the last frontier had just been conquered, and the two most powerful megalomaniacs in the galaxy each want control of it.An out of work twenty first century researcher is caught up in a time storm, where he first battles against the universe itself to survive. Finally released from its clutches he must do battle against the jungle, a tribe of Troglodytes, an army of androids and finally an old evil, the Heliots. All the answers for our hero are to be found in the aftermath of the time storm upon the lonely planet of Orion. Views: 475
Author of "Bared to You" and "A Hunger So Wild "Sylvia Day takes us into a shadowy underworld, where a powerful angel breaks all the rules by falling for the mortal whose life she's saved... Chained in the dark, Trevor Descansos endures pain and terror as vampires slowly drain the life from him. He finds mercy in Sentinel Siobhan, a beautiful avenging angel with lethal wings. She draws Trevor from the depths of hell, wrapping him in the softness of the same feathers that she wielded like blades to cut down his tormentors. Ageless and eternal, Siobhan has seen too much to be surprised by anything, but the mortal she finds in the pit of a vampire den shakes her to the core. Broken and near death, his ravaged masculine beauty stirs the heart she hadn't realized she possessed. Though she's tasked with eradicating the vampire disease sweeping across her world, she nurses Trevor back to health, healing him even as he awakens a forbidden longing. But the true test has yet to come. Siobhan faces an even darker fate than Trevor's, as she falls from grace into mortal love...
Includes a preview of the next Renegade Angels novel, "A Hunger So Wild" Views: 475
The Lunar Tales anthology is a collection of five speculative short stories set on Earth's Moon. Includes Dream Soldiers, Philatelist's Gold, Old Wounds, OtherPlace, and Tag-Alongs. BONUS: Read the first three chapters of the moon-centered action-adventure novel RUFUS QUINCE: BOUNTY HUNTER - DREAMS OF A FOOL, included at the end of this entertaining volume.The Lunar Tales anthology is a collection of five speculative short stories set on Earth's Moon. Discover what happens when you die in a dream. Examine the mystery of a murderous thief at a well-established lunar colony. Explore one man's conflict as he struggles to save his moon base from annihilation. Find out what happens when explorers enter a sort of lunar Bermuda Triangle. And find out what it really felt like to take man's first step on another celestial body. Includes Dream Soldiers, Philatelist's Gold, Old Wounds, OtherPlace, and Tag-Alongs. BONUS: Read the first three chapters of the moon-centered action-adventure novel RUFUS QUINCE: BOUNTY HUNTER - DREAMS OF A FOOL, included at the end of this entertaining volume. Views: 475
Newly promoted Detective Sergeant Joy Marsh is shipped out to Dover on the Kent coast to work under Detective Inspector Romney, a copper with a reputation as a cantankerous man but good at his job. On her first night as his sergeant, a brutal crime in the town starts a chain of events that will test the mettle, the resolve and the detective in both of them.Mat has a problem. He made a serious mistake and now Chris and Duff are on his trail. Mike wants his daughter's killer brought to justice. Chris wants the love of his life to walk through the door one more time. Someone is going to be disappointed."The Reason" is the prequel to "The Confession". See how it all began and how lives are changed when bad things happen to good people.Enjoy the read! Views: 474
