'The Thousand Deaths Of Mr Small is the best novel that Gerald Kersh has yet written... Charles Small, successful advertising expert and miserable man, turns over in his mind the 'stinking, sour, stagnant, untransmitted mass' which is his life... This book has a rich, warm quality; long and full of detail, it teems with humour, satire, incident, character; in a word, with life.' Yorkshire Post'It see-saws from side-splitting dialogue to such catalogues of loathing and revulsion as have rarely been seen in print, from outrageous farce to sudden compassion for the Smalls of this world, who find Hell enough in 'the eternal contemplation of themselves as they made themselves.' New York Herald Tribune'With brilliant descriptive power and an emetic vocabulary, [Kersh] has produced a tormented and forceful work.' Commonweal Views: 35
It’s been a year of upheaval for Edward Stanton, a forty-two-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s lost his job. His trusted therapist has retired. His best friends have moved away. And even his nightly ritual of watching Dragnet reruns has been disrupted. All of this change has left Edward, who lives his life on a rigid schedule, completely flummoxed. But when his friend Donna calls with news that her son Kyle is in trouble, Edward leaves his comfort zone in Billings, Montana, and drives to visit them in Boise, where he discovers Kyle has morphed from a sweet kid into a sullen adolescent. Inspired by dreams of the past, Edward goes against his routine and decides to drive to a small town in Colorado where he once spent a summer with his father—bringing Kyle along as his road trip companion. The two argue about football and music along the way, and amid their misadventures, they meet an eccentric motel owner who just might be the love of Edward’s sheltered life—if only he can let her. Endearing and laugh-out-loud funny, Edward Adrift is author Craig Lancaster’s sequel to 600 Hours of Edward . Views: 35
Janus McIlwraith knows New York City. From the grimy basement bars where the underclass mutter and curse to the gleaming penthouse apartments where the elite plot and control, he's seen it all, and he's never been happy about it. He's a private investigator who works the city the old fashioned way. No internet. No databases. No smartphones.
Not that he has a choice in the matter.
Because Janus knows two New York Cities. There's the one with Facebook, The Tonight Show and iPods. And there's the one he enters through the mirror, the one with genetic supermen, skyscraper canons, and a certain subatomic particle that's misbehaving...
And when McIlwraith takes on the case of the rich boy whose brutalized corpse is found in a dumpster, he little realizes how deep the case will cut―right to his very core, to the place where, like this city, his own soul is split in two.
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Curvy girl Josephine Sawyer knows there’s only one reason why hottie bounty hunter Cooper Thomas is putting the moves on her – because he wants information on the whereabouts of her bail jumping brother. So she ended up letting Cooper sweet talk her into a night of scorchingly hot sex…so what? She’d never betray her family. But Josephine is shocked when she finds Cooper pursuing her with increasing passion, acting jealous when other men hit on her, and shadowing her every move. Is he really falling for the feisty, plus sized beauty, or is it all part of a greater scheme – a scheme which could put her life in danger?EXCERPT: “Back the hell off, creep!” Josephine lunged at the figure moving through the dark, who turned out to be surprisingly strong and muscular. Still, she put considerable weight behind her full frontal assault. The intruder grabbed her, and she fell forward, on top of him.Seconds later, she found herself rolling on the bed, clawing for his face.“Whoa, Josephine, calm down! It’s me – Cooper!”Josephine froze where she lay. Headlights from a passing car streamed through the window, lighting up his face.She was lying on the bed, tangled up with Cooper Thomas. Trapped underneath him, she could smell his cologne and his masculine, earthy scent. He was half on top of her, and she could feel the outline of his sculpted muscles. His wavy black hair was tousled from their wrestling match, but he wasn’t even breathing hard.He was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans, and he was pressed up so close against her that she could feel the muscular curve of his thighs. She felt a flush of heat wash over her, the same flush she’d felt the first time she’d seen him walk through the door of her ruined kitchen. And she felt terrible about it; this man wanted to slap handcuffs on her baby brother and drag him off to jail. How could she be attracted to him?“What the hell are you doing here?” she demanded irritably.“I came here for a little vacation. A little sight-seeing. What are YOU doing here?” He grinned.“Specifically, Cooper, what are you doing in my room?”“Your room? This room is booked by a Lee Mason. Is that your name? I stopped by the front desk and paid for the room, by the way.”“How did you find me?” She squirmed uselessly beneath him, a thick lock of hair falling over her face.He reached down and brushed the lock of hair back with his fingers, and a sizzling shock of electricity shot through her. She felt her nipples tighten and harden; worse, her chest was pressed up against his, so he could feel it to.Then again, given the thick, hard swelling she felt pressing up against her thigh, he was obviously turned on too.He was turned on? By her? He was staring into her eyes, lips slightly parted. He was rock hard. It seemed impossible to deny, but she had to face the facts. He’d been flirting with her since the minute he met her, and he was only doing it try to get her to spill the beans on her brother.“I asked you a question,” she said, wriggling underneath him.“Darlin’, when you move like that, it makes it very hard for me to formulate rational thought.”“Then get off me.”“Actually, I’m pretty comfortable. I like it here. But you can get up if you want to. I’d never hold a lady against her will.” He shifted position, sliding onto his side, but as he did he kept his pelvis pressed against her and one leg slung over her legs.“Why should I get up? This is my bed.” She wasn’t staying there because it felt so good to be pressed up against him, feeling the outline of his thick erection through his jeans and breathing in his scent; she was staying there because it was her bed, and damned if she’d let him kick her out of it. “Is it really, now? I paid for it.”“I reserved the room!”“Under a fake name. I can be Lee Mason just as well as you can.”“You’re not Lee Mason either!”“So? We’re both a couple of frauds, then. But I’m the fraud who paid for the room." Views: 35
The summer cottages are closed and peace is settling over the coast of Vestfold, but the autumn fog conceals evil deeds. In the novel 'Closed for Winter', William Wisting has a new case to solve during the off-season. Ove Bakkerud, newly separated and extremely disillusioned, is looking forward to a final quiet weekend at his summer home before closing for winter but, when the tourists leave, less welcome visitors arrive. Bakkerud's cottage is ransacked by burglars. Next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting has witnessed grotesque murders before, but the desperation he sees in this latest murder is something new. Against his wishes his daughter Line decides to stay in one of the summer cottages at the mouth of the fjord. Wisting's unease does not diminish when they discover several more corpses on the deserted archipelago. Meanwhile, dead birds are dropping from the sky. Views: 35
The all-time career leader is saves, with 633, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer's role for the New York Yankees in 1997, Rivera saved thirty or more games in every season but one. In addition, he has an astonishing MLB record 42 postseason saves, with 11 of them coming in the World Series. After 19 seasons in the Major Leagues, his preeminence among relief pitchers is assumed and his induction into Cooperstown assured.And he accomplished it all, mostly, with one devastating pitch: his signature cut fastball. As third baseman Corey Koskie put it: You knew what pitch [Rivera's] going to throw, a cutter ... You start to swing at the pitch and the next thing you know, the ball explodes your bat. I tried multiple things hoping to figure out a way get the barrel [of the bat] on one of his pitches.... Nothing worked."Far from a conventional biography, Facing Mariano Rivera offers perspectives and... Views: 35
This fantastic omnibus edition contains all six original Mary Poppins stories: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane / Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (2-in-1 edition). All magical children's classics, it's the perfect gift. When their new nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives on a gust of the East Wind, greets their mother, and slides up the banister, Jane and Michael's lives are turned magically upside down. Familiar to anyone who has seen the film or the West End adaptation, you can now read all six of these wonderfully original tales about Jane and Michael's adventures with the magical Mary Poppins. In each book Mary takes the children on the most extraordinary outings: to a fun fair inside a pavement picture; to visit Uncle Andrew who floats up to the ceiling when he laughs; on a spectacular trip to see the Man-in-the-Moon! With her strict but... Views: 35
Lloyd Lewis is moving to yet another children's home, but this one is different. It seems to be cast in an unremitting, sunless winter. The staff and children are surly and aggressive, and he soon discovers why: Sarson Hall is gripped in a curse. There are poltergeists creating constant disruptions and, in the cellar, a terrifying ghost. Lloyd’s survival has always depended on his fighting spirit, and he sets about confronting the mayhem surrounding him. In his quest to remove the curse, he finds he possesses a rare power, which leads him to link what is happening to a nearby ravaged stone circle. But can he do anything to remove the curse from Sarson Hall, and can he bring peace once more to the old building and its occupants? Views: 35
The Butterfly Boy takes the reader on a dramatic, sweeping journey through two World Wars in Germany and races on around the globe throughout that tumultuous century. The Butterfly Boy is the story of Arnie, who as a small boy loses the use of his arms through polio, yet conquers this to grow up to be the "greatest mouth painter in the world." Born in a sleepy German town Arnie rises to become one of Hitler's favourite artistes despite his handicap and his Jewish mother. Arnie risks his like to undertake covert activities for the allies and the Christian resistance movement. Arnie matures into a great handsome bull of a man, who, despite not having the use of his arms still manages to be a great womanizer and hell raiser. The conflict between Arnie and his childhood nemesis, now senior Nazi officer, Ratwerller, is a battle to the death that slashes through their lives like a sharpened razor. They stop at nothing to seek the destruction of one another. After the war Arnie, The... Views: 35
Daniel Smith, Navy SEAL, sacrificed his life to save his men. But Smith doesn't stay dead long. Awakening in a secret government lab, he's given the chance to serve his country again- as a man made of living stone.
Smith soon learns its no game when he goes into the field in Iraq, to face a fire elemental hungry for American blood.
(A short story prequel to the Stone Soldiers book series)
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