How far would you go for your life purpose? A cross-genre contemporary novel, MUKUROB takes you on a thought-provoking adventure deep into the roots of humankind. Devastated by the brutal murder of his childhood friend at the hands of extremists, a young priest from a small Irish town is more certain about the collapse of his own species than his faith. To Father David Callaghan, the time bomb to doomsday is ticking fast as he accidentally stumbles across an article on the discovery of the most ancient humans on Earth―the San people of the Kalahari desert. Astounded by the scientific finding, he joins an anthropological and thrilling mission to Africa where he hopes to find out what went wrong in the human journey. Once in Namibia, he meets the acid-humored Andreas and the young free-spirited Marie. Amidst a mysterious murder and the chase by rhino poachers, David and the pair of Scandinavian anthropologists embark on a philosophical battle over human nature. ... Views: 67
In this captivating novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department.Hailey is dedicated to the authors she represents, but her home life is chaotic and challenging. After her husband’s tragic and untimely death, she was left widowed with three children to raise on her own.Then there’s Francine Rivers, the stern and accomplished head of the literary department. Also a single mom after her husband’s affair with the nanny, she has overcome the resulting financial hardships, but... Views: 67
The first three novels from the brilliant Dance to the Music Of Time sequence. Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. Volume 1 contains the first three novels in the sequence: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer's Market' The Acceptance World Views: 67
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes The Stars of Mithra trilogy, a collection of classic stories about three strong heroines and the three priceless gems that are destined to change their lives--and their hearts--forever.Diamonds can be a girl's best friend...or her worst enemy.Hidden StarShe couldn't remember a thing, not even who she was. But it was clear Bailey James was in trouble. Big trouble. And she desperately needed private eye Cade Parris to help her find out just what kind. Surely she wasn't a criminal--but then what on earth was she doing with a bag full of cash and a stunning blue diamond as big as a baby's fist?Captive StarSomeone had set them both up. Now, handcuffed together, bounty hunter Jack Dakota and bail jumper M. J. O'Leary were on the run from a pair of hired killers. And M.J. wasn't talking--not even when Jack found a gigantic blue... Views: 67
When this classic collection of stories first appeared--in 1962, on the author's thirtieth birthday--Arthur Mizener wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "Updike is a romantic [and] like all American romantics, that is, he has an irresistible impulse to go in memory home again in order to find himself. . . . The precise recollection of his own family-love, parental and marital, is vital to him; it is the matter in which the saving truth is incarnate. . . . Pigeon Feathers is not just a book of very brilliant short stories; it is a demonstration of how the most gifted writer of his generation is coming to maturity; it shows us that Mr. Updike's fine verbal talent is no longer pirouetting, however gracefully, out of a simple delight in motion, but is beginning to serve his deepest insight." Views: 67
Intelligent, sensible Della Hadley should've known better than to embark on an affair with a playboy Italian six years her junior, but vibrant and sexy Carlo Rinucci was just too hard to resist… Della knows that a fiery passion so quick to ignite should be fast to die out, despite Carlo's vow that their love is forever. But Carlo is Italian through and through, and determined to win his woman-and make Della his bride before the sun sets on their affair. Views: 67
From the celebrated author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine,a thought-provoking, often unsettling story collection that consists, broadly, of narrative diagrams of the three main stages in a human life: birth, life, and death.Alexandra Kleeman's debut novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine earned her comparisons to Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Ben Marcus, and Tom Perrotta. It was praised by the New York Times as "a powerful allegory of our civilization's many maladies, artfully and elegantly articulated, by one of the young wise women of our generation." In her second book, a collection of twelve stories irresistibly seductive in their strangeness, she explores human life from beginning to end: the distress of birth into a world already formed; the brief and confusing period of "living" where we understand what is expected of us and struggle to do it; and the death-y period toward the end where we sense it is ending and will end only partially understood, at... Views: 67
A daring, kaleidoscopic novel about the clash of empires and ideas in the sixteenth century that continue to reverberate throughout modernity—a story unlike anything you've ever read before. Sudden Death begins with a brutal tennis match that could decide the fate of the world. The bawdy Italian painter Caravaggio and the loutish Spanish poet Quevedo battle it out before a crowd that includes Galileo, Mary Magdalene, and a generation of popes who would throw Europe into the flames. In England, Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII behead Anne Boleyn, and her crafty executioner transforms her legendary locks into the most sought-after tennis balls of the time. Across the ocean in Mexico, the last Aztec emperors play their own games, as conquistador Hernán Cortés and his Mayan translator and lover, La Malinche, scheme and conquer, fight and f**k, not knowing that their domestic comedy will change the world. And in a remote Mexican colony a... Views: 67
Donna, a beautiful young woman, scarred by an unhappy childhood is brutally attacked on her way home from work. As Donna struggles to recover, her life spirals out of control, bringing back demons from the past. A complete mental and physical breakdown causes her to attempt suicide, and culminates in her spending a lengthy spell in hospital. There her recovery is slow, but when another suicide attempt fails, she is befriended by Evan, a male nurse, and a relationship ensues. Once she leaves hospital, the relationship develops further, and she meets Evan’s family. But it is his brother, Cole, who she seems unable to fathom. The difficulty arises when he subtly claims that Evan has ‘a darker side’. Then on her honeymoon, at the eleventh hour, Donna makes a devastating discovery that brings all her worst fears to the fore. Placing her in a situation that may well cost her, her life. Views: 67
Andrew Kaplan represents a gold standard for thriller writing.—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the RoseEspionage fiction is hotter than ever, as evidenced by the phenomenal success of Daniel Silva, Alex Berenson, and Ted Bell—and Andrew Kaplan plays the spy game as well as anyone out there. Following his stunning thriller, Scorpion Betrayal (which superstar author Harlan Coben called, one of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I've read in years), Kaplan plunges his tough, code-named intelligence operative into the dangerous fray once more in Scorpion Winter. The ex-CIA agent-turned-freelance spy is on assignment in Russia, disturbing a hornet's nest of assassination and political intrigue that could erupt in all-out global war in this electrifying espionage thriller that will enthrall Robert Ludlum, Brad Thor, and Vince Flynn fans. Views: 67
