This hilarious book confronts every aspect of a flight attendants absurd worldfrom the endless array of passenger demands, to the secret language of flight attendants, and a unique version of the Safety Demo Shuffle. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself for a side-splitting perspective on the trials and tribulations of air travel. Views: 13
Three early stories of myth, regime, and harlotry by the acclaimed author of The Flamethrowers.An explorer's whereabouts keeps a queen in waiting; a faith healer's illegal radio broadcasts give hope to an oppressed people; a president's offer of ice cream surprises a prostitute expecting to cooperate fully — the three short fictions gathered in The Great Exception build into a vision of Cuba that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. Written prior to the publication of Rachel Kushner's first acclaimed novel Telex From Cuba, these stories, like Roberto Bolano's Antwerp, burst forth with the genesis of her fictional universe as though fired from a cannon. From the mythical title story, to the ominous "Debouchment" — originally published in her too short-lived journal Soft Targets — to the sexy and noirish "Strange Case of Rachel K," this is Kushner saddling up for a journey into the wilds of the modern novel. Views: 13
In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy—and to begin creating her own.Hallelujah Wonder wants to become one of the first female scientists of the nineteenth century. She knows every specimen and rare artifact that her explorer father hid deep in a cave before he died, and she feels a great responsibility to protect the objects (particularly a mesmerizing and dangerous one called the Medicine Head) from a wicked Navy captain who would use it for evil. Now she and her friend Eustace, a runaway slave, must set out on a sweeping adventure by land and by sea to the only place where no one will ever find the cursed relic.... Views: 13
A cold-blooded businessman marries the sexy, seemingly airheaded daughter of his deceased business partner in order to save his family fragrance company. Little do either of them expect to fall in love. Views: 13
Sometimes, the dead are best left in peace.Jessica Backman has been called to help a strange family living on a haunted island in Charleston Harbor. Ormsby Island was the site of a brutal massacre two decades ago, and now the mysterious Harper family needs someone to exorcise the ghosts that still call it home. The phantoms of over one hundred children cannot rest.But something far more insidious is living on the island. When the living and the dead guard their true intentions, how can Jessica discover just what sort of evil lurks on Ormsby Island? And why is Jessica the only one who can plumb its dark depths? Views: 13
A steamy standalone, adult romance without cliffhangers!Curvy beach babe Alessa Kokinos has scored the perfect life at the Yucatán's hottest island resort. She has a dream job caring for ocean wildlife, and every spring, her best friend returns as a surf instructor. The only thing that could make her happier would be if he finally realized how much he means to her.Dante isn't the typical human Alessa believes him to be. He's a seahorse shifter from the Mediterranean, and his time is running out. In accordance to herd tradition, Dante must take a mate and produce a child. If he doesn't, he'll be assigned to the herd's guard, a potentially lethal position that means he'll never see Alessa again.Alessa will have a choice: she can lose the man she loves forever or offer him her body in the most intimate way possible. Views: 13
