Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song, but leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, and INXS. Views: 14
Officer Blake Herro thought he understood what he was getting into when he agreed to go undercover in the Mob, but he never thought an innocent woman would become their target due to his mistake. Now he is determined to protect her at all costs even if it means losing his heart.
The Mob's death threat turns Dr. Dani Hart's life upside down, but there is one danger a lot closer than she expects. While bullets fly all around her, she falls in love with Blake, but she may not get her happy ending. Views: 14
Sometimes you have to create your own destiny . . . Christy Knight grew up in Destiny, Ohio, but lately she feels that her future lies elsewhere. Her parents are gone and the beautiful jewelry she creates doesn't pay the bills. Maybe it's time for Christy to grow up and find a guy who's smart, sexy, and solvent. Her rugged handyman neighbor fits the first two categories, but he's all wrong for her. If only he didn't have such captivating blue eyes.Wary of trusting others, Jack DuVall hasn't been entirely honest with Christy. He's not really a handyman. He's not really broke. And sharing the long drive to visit her beloved grandpa isn't just about gallantry--he finds gorgeous, feisty Christy completely irresistible.When secrets are exposed, Jack and Christy struggle to find their way back to one another, but the quirky seaside town of Coral Cove could prove the perfect place to find a red-hot destiny of their own. Views: 14
She’s rich and polished...he’s a construction worker.What do they have in common?Courtney David is intrigued by the handsome stranger that works in the shop next door. He’s rugged, mysterious, and unpretentious. And most importantly, he doesn’t know who she is, or the money she’s connected to. Sawyer is a busy man, sometimes working three jobs just to keep his finances afloat. He has no time to waste on anything but work and family. When he meets Courtney he must decide if he’ll make time for her in his hectic schedule, or if he will ignore the feelings that bubble up whenever she’s around. ˃˃˃ Will they let the spark between them fizzle or develop into a raging fire that will lead them to their final destiny?Scroll up and grab a copy today. Views: 14
"A lethal cocktail of Bukowski and Mad Men..." Mike Williams, Editor NMEUnflinching and razor sharp, Half Plus Seven will make you wince and chuckle in equal measure, and then it'll melt your heart." Rachel TreziseTwenty-nine years old with a less than healthy appetite for booze and a buzz, Bill McDare lived in a messy rented room, sold his soul daily in a PR agency and couldn't remember the name of the last woman he screwed. He was a disappointment to his family but indicative of his generation. That was until a £10 psychic and a hanging cat came along to save him. And her. The one whose name he remembered.A coming of age late tale for generation Y, of sex, drugs and sausage rolls, as a jaded PR man seeks meaning and love in his life with the help of a misfit cast of mystics, tramps, bar flies and copywriters. This is a story of redemption for those who still haven't managed to settle down by the age their parents had a third kid.... Views: 14
We all want to feel accepted, but sometimes we do unacceptable things. When we push it too far and do the unforgivable, are we still allowed to hope for that acceptance?Or are we doomed to accept a life of loneliness?My current bed friend is someone who’s struggling to find his own acceptance. His big crime? He’s following his dreams. His father can’t accept the fact he no longer wants to follow in his footsteps. Should he be shut out because he quit the family business? I don’t think so. But if he should, I’ve got bigger problems.My crime?I cheated on my husband and then killed the man I cheated with. Would you still accept me? Views: 14
"The world has a new hero - actually an old hero reimagined - George Armstrong Custer, in this delightfully funny alternative history that's better, or at least happier, than the real thing." - WINSTON GROOM, bestselling author of Forrest Gump and El Paso "Droll satire, this is the West as it might have been if the Sioux hadn't saved us." - STEPHEN COONTS, bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder and Liberty's Last Stand "If Custer died for our sins, Armstrong resurrects him for our delight. Not just the funniest book ever written about an Indian massacre, but laugh out loud funny, period. The best historical comic adventure since George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman." - PHILLIP JENNINGS, author of Nam-A-Rama and Goodbye Mexico "Crocker has created a hilarious hero for the ages. Armstrong rides through the Old West setting right the wrongs, and setting wrong the rights, in a very funny cascade of satire,... Views: 14
Francis Wheatley Winn, Senior Tutor at St Thomas' s College, is ready for a cosy night of dining, port, and pleasant company. Ernst Brendel , Viennese lawyer and crime specialist, has come to Oxford to lecture in Law, and the regular residents of St Thomas's are pleased to have such an interesting guest to liven up their after dinner chat. Talk soon turns to murder, and Winn finds the subject altogether unpalatable, even if his colleagues seem to relish the details of past cases Brendel has worked on.But then real Murder breaks the cosy calm of the evening, shocking the inhabitants out of their frivolous talk. Now Winn must overcome his distaste to work with Brendel in uncovering the perpetrator of this terrible crime.First published in 1933, An Oxford Tragedy is a classic murder mystery, with Brendel at its centre as a master of hypothesis and deduction. Views: 14
