It's been a few years since Scarlett's sister, Lisa, died, and in many ways she still has an influence on Scarlett's life. While she's celebrating a new promotion at work, she's also having to endure the attention of an ex-boyfriend who just won't take the hint. Losing Lisa taught her to live life as fully as possible, and Scarlett chose to pour herself into her career. But when she starts her new job, she doesn't quite fit in. She ends up having a heart-to-heart with mysterious stranger at the office party, and things heat up for a minute before he excuses himself and leaves. Will her work life crash with her romantic life? And will she ever be able to live a life that she thinks her sister would be proud of? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only. Views: 64
Martin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels. He explores his relationship with his beloved father, novelist Kingsley Amis, and examines the life and legacy of his cousin, Lucy Partington, who was abducted and murdered by one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. Experience also dissects the literary scene, and includes Amis'portraits of Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Allan Bloom, Philip Larkin, Robert Graves, and Ian McEwan, among others. Not since Nabokov's Speak, Memory has such an implausible life been recorded by such an inimitable talent.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 63
The island paradise would be perfect, if only she could remember her name...A mysterious woman...Washing ashore on a tropical beach, she awakes to find herself with no memory of how she came to be there. Helpless and hurting, she is grateful that she is not alone.A curious man...Daniel, a scientist studying local bird migrations, discovers the mystery woman, and suspects that she may have been a passenger on a recently missing yacht. Now if he can only figure out who she is...An island paradise...Among the sand, sun, and verdant Takamaka trees, they both work to unravel the mystery of her arrival on the island...all while falling in love.This Retro Romance reprint was originally published by Hamlyn Books in 1981. Views: 63
The definitive collection of essays and reportage written during the past thirty years from one of most provocative and widely read writers—with new commentary by the author.For more than thirty years, Amis has turned his keen intellect and unrivaled prose loose on an astonishing range of topics—politics, sports, celebrity, America, and, of course, literature. Now, at last, these incomparable essays have been gathered together. Here is Amis at the 2011 GOP Iowa Caucus, where, squeezed between "windbreakers and woolly hats," he pours over The Ron Paul Family Cookbook and laments the absence of "our Banquo," Herman Cain. He writes about finally confronting the effects of aging on his athletic prowess. He revisits, time and time again, the worlds of Bellow and Nabokov, his "twin peaks," masters who have obsessed and inspired him. Brilliant, incisive, and savagely funny, The Rub of Time is a vital addition to any Amis fan's bookshelf, and the... Views: 62
Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous and searing study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa -- and it is now available as a Signal deluxe paperback. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient canonized by the Catholic Church in 2003, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was celebrated by heads of state and adored by millions for her work on behalf of the poor. In his measured critique, Hitchens asks only that Mother Teresa's reputation be judged by her actions -- not the other way around. With characteristic elan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens eviscerates the fawning cult of Teresa, recasting the Albanian missionary in a light she has never before been seen in. Views: 60
An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing, others that are clearly writing exercises; accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work; and comments on books she was reading. Edited and with a Preface by Leonard Woolf; Indices. Views: 60
Spring fever, coupled with a full moon, arrives in tiny Park County, Tennessee, and induces the well-named madness. Unfortunate timing puts the first Ramp Festival during the peak of spring fever. Residents and visitors wander elbow to elbow listening to music, eating vast amounts of food—including the odiferous ramps—watching homemade weapons launch vegetables at a stock tank filled with water and rubber duckies. Chaos, fun and sudden death collide when a flying vegetable hits a partygoer. Views: 59
This is a steamy, naughty Taboo Romance between a married BBW secretary and her billionaire boss. Indulge yourself NOW!Peyton has been loyal to her husband for years, but recently he seems to have lost his passion for her after she gained some curves. With her marriage falling apart, she decides to refresh her life by finding a job and some independence again. She lands an interview for a secretary position, and although she wants to stay professional, she instantly finds herself attracted to her suave and sexy billionaire boss.As a successful and wealthy man, Alan is not shy to ask for what he wants—and from the moment he saw Peyton at her interview, he knew he had to have her as his secretary. Will Peyton stay in her unhappy marriage or give in to her desires for her new boss? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 58
The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two. The story, set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide their needs, predicted technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted, but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is made via a kind of... Views: 57
Get your Taboo Romance fix NOW with this steamy standalone Forbidden Romance between a sweet and sexy BBW and her hot Billionaire Best Friend.When Amelia gets invited to a party she's reluctant to go because it feels like she's just trying to relive the glory days of college. But when she finds out that her old best friend Jack is going to be there, a knot suddenly twists in her gut. The two of them used to have a bond that went deeper than anything else she'd ever known but ever since graduating high school they had lost touch. Now she felt like she had lost her way, while he was a billionaire. Would he even remember her? Would they recapture the magic that had appeared just before they said their last goodbyes...? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 56
In this powerful, eloquent, and elucidating essay, Marilynne Robinson has pinpointed exactly the motives and the mythology and the reality behind the destruction of our planet. The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Great Britain is a perfect metaphor for twentieth-century genocide. Not the small, insane eruptions of eradication that took place in Hitler's Germany, but rather that routine, day-to-day, thoroughly "democratic" envenomation of the planet by a current industrial magic (encouraged, or at least condoned, by almost everybody), which threatens to terminate everything on earth in the quite foreseeable future. Robinson's book is as powerful a contribution to the literature of revelation and protest as was that seminal photographic essay by W. Eugene and Aileen Smith on Minamata's disease fifteen years ago. It is as bloodcurdling as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as thought-provoking and prophetic as the best works of people like Barry Commoner and Loren Eiseley. This is a work of great intelligence and fine investigative reporting. It is also a lucid interpretation of history, and very important in its discussions of the roots of current dilemmas. And lastly, Mother Country is courageous, and marvelous literature at its best. Views: 55
A savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant saga by a renowned author at the height of his powers. Lionel Asbo, a terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug (self-named after England's notorious Anti-Social Behaviour Order), has always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Desmond Pepperdine. He provides him with fatherly career advice (always carry a knife, for example) and is determined they should share the joys of pit bulls (fed with lots of Tabasco sauce), Internet porn, and all manner of more serious criminality. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love (and to protect a family secret that could be the death of him). But just as he begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, his uncle—once again in a London prison—wins £140 million in the lottery and upon his release hires a public relations firm and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and “poet.” ... Views: 54
