"You'll wish the alphabet had more letters just so Dawn Drzal would keep on writing."―Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate, Julia Child, Something from the Oven, and Perfect Salad As it was for M. F. K. Fisher in The Gastronomical Me, food is more than a metaphor in The Bread and the Knife. It is the organizing principle of an existence. Starting with "A Is for Al Dente," the loosely linked chapters evoke an alphabet of food memories that recount a woman's emotional growth from the challenges of youth to professional accomplishment, marriage, and divorce. Betrayal is embodied in an overripe melon, her awakening in a Béarnaise sauce. Passion fruit juice portends the end of a first marriage, while tarte tatin offers redemption. Each letter serves up a surprising variation on the struggle for self-knowledge, the joy and pain of familial and romantic love, and food's astonishing ability to connect us with both the... Views: 479
The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years, and "The Flight of Morpho Girl" conjures up an adventurous new tale from the imaginations of accalimed sci-fi writers Caroline Spector and Bradley Denton. Adesina, known as "Morpho Girl", is used to handling the weird that is her everyday, but life has dealt her a tricky new hand. First, her mom, the crimefighter Amazing Bubbles, has been acting odd after her klast mission. Second, Adesina recently aged from ten to sixteen, making everyone think she's even weirder than she already is. On top of everything else, her best friend goes missing. What's a newly-teenaged joker need to do to catch a break?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Views: 479
We ve saved the best for last! Follow Dr. Sam Hawthorne through the war years, a time that he called the beginning of two of the most eventful years of my life. The final collection of Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories covers 1940-1944 and includes 15 stories of impossible crimes. From the death of a Siamese cat in a locked veterinary clinic to the death of a Nazi spy, Dr. Sam explains the mysteries that confront the town of Northmont, Connecticut. His cases include: an impossible crime where the wife disappears from the attic where she is confined a murder charge against Sheriff Lens on the cusp of his last campaign for office a case where a man claims to have killed a man using invisibility a cottage where suicides take place too frequently, told to a special visitor to Dr. Sam. While the Dr. Sam stories have come to an end, Crippen & Landru will proudly be presenting Hoch s Ladies next year, featuring the distaff characters from the master of the short story form. That collection will be followed by collections of both Simon Ark and Alexander Swift.
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Winner of the 2017 SIBA award for Best Dystopian Novel“A fantastic dystopian tale. Highly recommended for fans of strong heroines and intriguing sci-fi worlds.”Pintip Dunn, New York Times bestselling author of the Forget Tomorrow SeriesIn a world where addiction is encouraged, one girl must fight to stay clean... As one of the last Untamed humans left in the world, Seven's life has always been controlled by tight rules. Stay away from the Enhanced. Don't question your leader. And, most importantly, never switch sides—because once you're Enhanced there's no going back. Even if you have become the perfect human being.But after a disastrous raid on an Enhanced city, Seven soon finds herself in her enemy's power. Realizing it's only a matter of time before she too develops a taste for the chemical augmenters responsible for the erosion of humanity, Seven knows she must act... Views: 479
Dominic "Jag" Amara is calm, cool, and always in control. Being the club's attorney and its VP, he needs to be, people depend on him. But he finds it all tested every time he comes in contact with a certain redhead. She pushes buttons he didn't even know he possessed.River Ramey is starting over with a new town, a new job, a new life. She needs and deserves it. What she doesn't need are the feelings the arrogant biker brings out in her. She has already gotten rid of one man who tried to control her and has no plans to get tied up with another. No matter how attracted she is to him.As River and Jag spend time together their pasts come calling—can they handle what the past stirs up—or will they let it pull them in different directions? Views: 479
As a phone sex operator, Annette Waincott knows how to tease to get what she wants. That is, until she teases the wrong man at a club, claiming kinky fantasies she doesn't really have. It must have been too much vodka and his tantalizing Russian accent. Too bad he believes her.When the Russian accidentally kidnaps her twin sister as part of an ill-fated sex game, things quickly get real. In a desperate bid to free her twin, Annette offers herself to him in trade. He both terrifies and excites her, but she knows she can never trust him. The things he wants will push her to her limits and beyond. And this time, she can't tell pretty lies and run away.Note: The books in the Pleasure House world are "interlocking standalones" which means they can be read in any order without confusion. Your experience of discovery will vary depending on the order you choose to read. The order the "series" is listed is the order of publication. Each book is about a different... Views: 479
Lights in a Western Sky is a collection of twenty short stories encompassing a wide variety of genres, settings and historical periods. With themes ranging from romance to horror, and with settings in the most exotic of locations, the tales contain twists and turns and plenty of unexpected denouements. This collection of short stories have human tribulation as a common theme. They include a sentimental love story, a tale of lost opportunity in the pursuit of a mythical beast in Africa, an account of an autistic boy's tragic attempt to do good as he sees it, a simple ghost story, an act of terrorism in which an innocent party becomes implicated, and others that touch upon the supernatural and horror. Also included within Lights in a Western Sky is a trilogy of stories offering thought-provoking interpretations of some of the events surrounding the demise and crucifixion of the biblical Jesus. Inspired by Roald Dahl's employment of terminal twists, this book will... Views: 479
Cal Haskell is brought to a remote, industrialized town in Michigan's northern tier by a group of wealthy men who want him to be the sheriff. Cal quickly discovers that the men care more for their wealth than they do for their workers, citizens, or even families. Caught up in class and racial struggles, Cal finds his concept of justice is in great contrast to the men who intend to hire him.The Sheriff of Sorrow debuts a new novelette series by author Jack Bates. Near the end of the nineteenth century during early industrialization in the fictional town of Sorrow, Bates unfolds the strife and complexities that its citizens face. His talent for telling a great story yields gritty and compelling episodes. Listeners and readers get ready to soar. Views: 479
