Finding out that she is the True Dream Walker hasn't gone at all the way Joshlyn Weaver would have expected it to. The only special gift she seems to have is an ability to create archways, which really isn't that special. In addition to her inability to connect with the Dream, she has also started having nightmares that are so terrible she can't tell anyone about them. Not even Will.Just when Josh thought her life couldn't get any more complicated, the lost dream walker princess returns to claim her parents' right to the throne, right as the Lodestone party threatens to take control of the government during the upcoming Accordance Conclave.With the clock running down, Josh must rely on not only her friends, but also her enemies, to stop the radicals from taking power and controlling the Dream. But how can she expect to save everyone else when she's struggling to pick up the pieces of her own shattered life?Dreamfever will have you on the edge of your... Views: 35
RetailBefore becoming the world’s most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea’s Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee (Madam Choi)—South Korea’s most famous actress—and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country’s most famous filmmaker.Madam Choi vanished first. When Shin went to Hong Kong to investigate, he was attacked and woke up wrapped in plastic sheeting aboard a ship bound for North Korea. Madam Choi lived in isolated luxury, allowed only to attend the Dear Leader’s dinner parties. Shin, meanwhile, tried to escape, was sent to prison camp, and "re-educated." After four years he cracked, pledging loyalty. Reunited with Choi at the first party he attends, it is announced that the couple will remarry and act as the Dear Leader’s film advisors. Together they made seven films, in the process gaining Kim Jong-Il’s trust. While pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety.A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, author Paul Fischer's A Kim Jong-Il Production offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea’s history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today. Views: 35
22 summer themed short stories by bestselling mystery and romance authors! Enjoy mystery, romance, and lots of laughter under the sun with shorts from some of your favorite series. The perfect quick reads for vacation lounging or sipping frosty drinks poolside! Views: 35
The terrifying new Hammer novella by Minette Walters, bestselling author of The Sculptress and The Scold's Bridle. Muna’s fortunes changed for the better on the day that Mr and Mrs Songoli’s younger son failed to come home from school. Before then her bedroom was a dark windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. She’d grown used to being maltreated by the Songoli family; to being a slave. She’s never been outside, doesn’t know how to read or write, and cannot speak English. At least that’s what the Songolis believe. But Muna is far cleverer - and her plans more terrifying - than the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine ... Views: 35
Ex-President David Rush, still active after two terms in the White House, consults his doctor to get shots for a trip to remote area of South America, with an eye toward establishing a clinic. He does just that, but gets back and develops severe sore throat, fever, and generalized constitutional symptoms. He’s sicker than one would expect with an uncomplicated infection. His usual doctor, a childhood friend who administered his immunizations, has been killed in a hit-and-run accident, and his partner, Dr. Kirby Mason, becomes Rush’s doctor. He notes a membranous pharyngitis. Rush’s airway is compromised, and he requires a tracheotomy. The original diagnosis is diphtheria, which is endemic in the country where Rush travelled. Kirby can’t understand it. Rush was immunized before he travelled, but maybe the D-T booster didn’t work. The only other person infected is Rachel, a hospital nurse and Kirby’s girl friend, who took vacation to accompany the group. Kirby is called on to treat her as well. She isn’t quite as sick as Rush, but doesn’t respond well to conventional treatment. No other members of the protective detail and delegation, which has scattered, are ill. They all got the same boosters as the President, but for some reason, only he was infected. Rush’s former chief of staff, Diane Marx, now his aide, insists on being kept informed. Kirby finds her abrasive, yet can’t deny an attraction to her. Current treatment for diphtheria is based on antitoxin, but there’s a huge shortage. Kirby is unable to obtain it quickly and Rush’s condition is deteriorating. There’s been no response to penicillin, which is the treatment of choice for diphtheria, or to other antibiotics. Kirby calls a friend and medical school classmate who is at the Centers For Disease Control. The colleague says there have been a few reported cases from South American of a drug-resistant “DLI” (diphtheria-like-illness). The friend mentions that there’s no effective treatment except supportive measures, but the FDA not long ago denied approval of a new antibiotic from Aesculapius Pharmaceuticals because it wasn’t effective against common pathogens. However, given other data presented in the application, it might work on this infection. Kirby argues with various people at Aesculapius but finally receives a small supply of the drug. He administers it to Rush, who slowly improves. Rachel likewise responds to treatment. However, in a couple of weeks, Rush exhibits strange behavior. Could this be a side effect of the medication or of the infection? It’s almost as though someone were controlling Rush’s thoughts and actions. Rachel shows no such signs—yet. Was the original doctor killed to prevent him from finding out that placebo had been substituted for D-T booster for Rush? Views: 35
Meet Aaliyah Anderson, a beautiful, intelligent, ambitious thirteen-year-old young woman ready to take over the world. With her mom being a superstar broadcast journalist and her older brother Damon being an acclaimed writer and star sports player. Views: 35
New York Times–bestselling author of The Last Gunfight Jeff Guinn once again brings the Old West to life in the grand follow-up to Glorious. After barely escaping nemesis Killer Boots in the tiny Arizona Territory town of Glorious, Cash McLendon is in desperate need of a safe haven somewhere—anywhere—on the frontier.Fleeing to Dodge City, he falls in with an intrepid band of buffalo hunters determined to head south to forbidden Indian Territory in the Texas Panhandle. In the company of such colorful Western legends as Bat Masterson and Billy Dixon, Cash helps establish a hunting camp known as Adobe Walls. When a massive migration of buffalo arrives, Cash, newly hopeful that he may yet patch things up with Gabrielle Tirrito back in Arizona, thinks his luck has finally changed.But no good can come of entering the prohibited lands they've crossed into. Little do Cash and his fellows know that their camp is targeted by a new coalition of the... Views: 35
