Mandy
Weatherford had a wild weekend of hot sex with a man she met on the rebound
in Maui. As their relationship grew hotter, they went to Las Vegas where she
married Erik Mallory on a dare. They had agreed to get a divorce, but
suddenly he refused, wanting to work things out. How? She’s determined to
move back to the family ranch and take over as manager. Her husband owns a
highly successful computer game programming business in Los Angeles. Two
different worlds. But he is so annoyingly stubborn.
Erik Mallory fell in love with Mandy the night they met in Maui. All their
time together after that only made him love her more. Now that he’d married
her, he is not letting her go without a good fight. She can be as stubborn as
she wants, but he’s determined to win the battle. He may have to warm her
sweet bottom a time or two to get her to be reasonable, but that’s all right
with him. Views: 66
When you turn on the tap or twist the cap, you might not give a second thought to where your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your glass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water? Should you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to terrorist attacks? With springs running dry and reservoirs emptying, where is your water going to come from in the future?In Drinking Water, Duke professor James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time—from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change—and how humans have been wrestling with these problems for centuries.Bloody conflicts over control of water sources stretch as far back as the Bible yet are featured in front page headlines even today. Only fifty years ago, selling bottled water sounded as ludicrous as selling bottled air. Salzman weaves all of these issues together to show... Views: 66
A plane crashes in the vast Northern Territory of Australia, and the only survivors are two children from Charleston, South Carolina, on their way to visit their uncle in Adelaide. Mary and her younger brother, Peter, set out on foot, lost in the vast, hot Australian outback. They are saved by a chance meeting with an unnamed Aboriginal boy on walkabout. He looks after the two strange white children and shows them how to find food and water in the wilderness, and yet, for all that, Mary is filled with distrust. On the surface Walkabout is an adventure story, but darker themes lie beneath. Peter’s innocent friendship with the boy met in the desert throws into relief Mary’s half-adult anxieties, and the book as a whole raises questions about what is lost—and may be saved—when different worlds meet. And in reading Marshall’s extraordinary evocations of the beautiful yet forbidding landscape of the Australian desert, perhaps the most striking presence of all in this small, perfect book, we realize that this tale—a deep yet disturbing story in the spirit of Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal and Richard Hughes’s A High Wind in Jamaica—is also a reckoning with the mysteriously regenerative powers of death. Views: 66
Fate, kismet, or whatever you want to call it is, it turned Interior Designer, Wendy Seidel’s world upside down. From a chance meeting at the airport to Florida and back to Ohio, she can’t believe the strange circumstances that throw her and Bill Johnson together, after he literally knocks her off her feet at the airport. Views: 66
Aiden and his little sister Eva are home alone on Halloween. When a stranger dressed up as Death rings the doorbell, Aiden's not fooled. He knows it's only Uncle Tony, and lets him straight in.But it's not Uncle Tony at all...Death has come for Eva, and he's not going to leave without her, unless Aiden can win in a bet to save Eva's life. But how can Aiden and Eva cheat Death? Views: 66
The clock is ticking as crime consultant Scott Drayco and "the world's most diminutive defense attorney" Benny Baskin play games with a dangerous killer in order to save an innocent man from going to jail.Why is the killer texting cryptic poems to Drayco on his cellphone about stolen Egyptian figurines, and what do the messages mean? Was the murder a crime of opportunity or was it planned all along for more sinister reasons?Drayco races around Washington, D.C,. trying to find the answers and avoid becoming a puppet, as the killer pulls the strings. Views: 66
When the body of a woman is found in a skip with a knife in her back, Detective Constable Sukey Reynolds will have to use all her wits to bring the killer to justiceWhen the body of pretty Fenella Tremaine is found in a skip with a distinctive oriental-patterned knife in her back, Sukey faces some big questions: which of Fenella's enemies hated her enough to kill her... and why? Could it be professional rivalry, or her promise to testify against a local residential home that's the key to solving the crime? Sukey will have to use all her wits and her contacts—including dishy journalist Harry Matthews—if she and her colleagues are to bring the killer to justice. Views: 66
In late summer of 1994, Jack Noble, a former All-American quarterback, is in the middle of the toughest event he's ever taken part in. Marine Corps Recruit Training. After eight weeks he's managed to make enemies of every drill instructor and every recruit in his platoon. Then on one particularly humid South Carolina day, an odd sequence of events changes everything. Contains an excerpt of Noble Intentions: Episode 1. Length: 5000 words Other Books in the Jack Noble Series: Noble Beginnings (Jack Noble #1) - amazon.com/dp/B009K8RHNQ A Deadly Distance (Jack Noble #2) - amazon.com/dp/B00B8548LS Noble Intentions Season One (Episodes 1 - 5) - amazon.com/dp/B0092ETUTC Noble Intentions: Season Two (Episodes 6-10) - amazon.com/dp/B00AVMTF8U Noble Intentions: Season Three (Episodes 11-15) - amazon.com/dp/B00CXXUGIS Soon to be released: Never Go Home (Jack Noble #3) - Summer, 2013 Untitled (Clarissa Abbot #1, Noble) - Summer, 2013 Untitled (Mitch Tanner #1, Thriller) - Summer, 2013 Views: 66
The future rose from the ashes of nuke-scorched America with a vengeance. The unchecked wrath of Deathlands pits Ryan Cawdor and his companions against long odds. But their skill as survivors, strategists and warriors is unmatched and they've held on to something more precious than life: their humanity. They nurture the hope that somewhere, hidden amid the grotesquerie of a tortured land, safety and sanctuary awaits.Bartering their expertise to a nautical band of brilliant technomads, Ryan's group fi nds trouble waiting in the steaming, fetid swamplands of the Louisiana Gulf. Merciless storms and pirates strand them in Haven. But the barony's inviting name masks a ville hijacked by fear, territorial conflict and monstrous horror. With the gravely injured Krysty Wroth's fate uncertain, a desperate Ryan aids the strange but hospitable Baron Blackwell in his effort to save Haven from a genetic blood curse. He'll succeed, provided his luck--and his options--don't run out first. Views: 66
The infamous international bestseller at the center of the Jack Daniel's "World's Nicest Cease and Desist" controversy. Featured in the New Yorker, New York Times, Forbes, London Telegraph, Esquire, The Atlantic, NPR's Weekend Edition and more.Ever drank too much and forgot what happened? Don't be embarrassed. Deshler Dean faces this problem every day of his life.Dean is far more brilliant and productive when he's blackout drunk. In the last few months alone, he has invented a hamburger more addictive than crystal meth, scored a six-figure record contract for his terrible art rock band, and started dating a woman he doesn't even recognize. Worse yet, he has become entangled in the biggest war since the Allies took on Germany.When rival fast food chains duke it out for control over Dean's burger-inventing genius, Dean and his band mates plunge into the absurd world of corporate paranoia and greed. As the violence of the burger wars spills out onto the streets, it's up to them to win over the hearts (and stomachs) of the American people and save the country from the equivalent of a deep-fried nuclear warhead.With the humor of Christopher Moore and the madcap sprawl of Thomas Pynchon, Broken Piano for President is a comic masterpiece about the fast food industry, booze, and the necessity to choose happiness over work and security.From the Inside Flap"[A] psychedelic trip of a novel."-Publishers Weekly "A laugh out loud, thought-provoking novel."-JMWW -"A D.I.Y. Frankenstein's monster that uses parts pulled off Kurt Vonnegut and David Cronenberg, drunkenly stitched together while a Stooges bootleg plays at 110 decibels."-Louisville Courier-Journal -"Broken Piano often reminds me in ways of [Nick] Cave's last novel, The Death of Bunny Munro."-The Fanzine -"Chok-full of sharp wit and punk irreverence and is a guaranteed treat for all enemies of Jonathan Franzen."-Esoterrorist -"Like Christopher Moore on very strong acid. In Broken Piano For President, he's created a Pynchonesque universe...A rollicking good time of a novel."-Greg Olear, author of FATHERMUCKER and TOTALLY KILLER"Not only continues to break fresh Wensinkian ground, he continues to find his voice, a warped voice surely, but one uniquely his own."-Ben Tanzer, author of My Father's House and You Can Make Him Like You-PRAISE FOR PATRICK WENSINK"Deliciously dark and funny."- Louisville-Courier Journal"This is Wensink's special touch: to go as far out as possible with character and concept, but still drive a deeper meaning home. He does so by mixing his Palahniukian style with the kind of twisted humor you can normally only find on Adult Swim."- LEO Weekly"In Wensink's world 'nothing special' always turns 'mucho weirdo' before the story is over."- PANK"One of those rare gifts we get every now and again."- The Fanzine"Irreverent, outrageous, and fearless in his choice of material, Patrick Wensink has a true knack for absurdity."- JOEY GOEBEL, author of Torture the Artist"Patrick Wensink demonstrates a gift for darkly absurdist humor that (just guessing here) surely derives from watching either too much or not enough television." - JAMES GREER, author of The Failure"Absurd, surreal, and funny." - Lance Carbuncle, author of SMASHED, SQUASHED, SPLATTERED, CHEWED, CHUNKED AND SPEWED"Wensink has a sharp wit on display."- Jordan Krall, author of Tentacle Death Trip Views: 66
"Although Timbuktu exists, there is a common belief that it is, in fact, nowhere."Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name – a flippant tag for "the most remote place on earth." With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut. Aided by an adventuresome spirit, Rick endures a forty-five hour train ride, a swindling travel agent, "Third World, three-lane" roads, rivers, and a flat deck ferry boat before finally reaching Timbuktu. Rick narrates the history of this elusive destination through the teachings of his Malian guide Zak, and encounters with stranded tourists, a camel owner, a riverboat captain, and the people who call Timbuktu home. Antonson's eloquence and quiet wit highlight the city's myths—the centuries old capital and traveler's dream—as well as its... Views: 66
Seven sisters are entwined in a legacy bigger than anyone ever expected. One by one, they will find their mates from the immortal vampyric Valendite breeds and secure their place in history. Each sister embodies one of the seven deadly sins only to be cast aside once claimed. But claiming comes at the price of separation, causing a weakening of their combined powers, which none want to happen... until Layla, holding the sin of lust within her body, locks eyes with Madden.Madden is one of the strongest of the Valendite Breed, a group of near-immortal men originating from the Italian Wars in the 1500s. Today, the Valendite Breed serve as the Terrorist Elimination Unit, an invisible arm of the CIA. Their only weakness is their need for a mate to carry on the Breed. So now that Madden has found Layla, he will never let her go.With forces mounting up against the Breed, Madden and Layla will need to rely on both of their powers to get them to their Pronouncement. Views: 66
