It is 1665, and all the signs and portents foretell that next year the Antichrist will appear and the world will come to an end. Antiquarian merchant and sage Balthasar sets out in search of a rare book that may bring salvation to a distraught world, a mysterious work entitled The Hundredth Name. In the course of his odyssey throughout the Mediterranean and beyond, Balthasar travels through countries in ruin, cities in flames, and stricken communities awaiting the Apocalypse. He encounters fear, falsehood, and disillusion, but he also discovers love at a time when he had given up all hope. Views: 62
Twelve macabre tales by three authors in one terrorific tome: Stuart Neild (Dame Demise, Gnomes, Giant Killer Eels) Ian Woodhead (Spore, Crimson Dreams, Lumps) Dave Jeffery (Necropolis Rising, The Growling, Splatoon) Horror Showcase: Come and slay for a while …. Views: 62
Olsen will scare you—and you'll love it. —Lee Child"Olsen writes rapid-fire page-turners." —Seattle Times "Olsen deftly juggles multiple plot lines." —Publishers WeeklyThey call it the Bone Box. A collection of old cases, solved and unsolved, that continue to haunt forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman. None is more disturbing than the first. After two decades, Birdy still remembers the screaming. The blood on the boy's hands. The body of a girl, butchered in the woods. Birdy's testimony helped put her cousin behind bars. Now, twenty years later, she wants to reopen the box. Reexamine the evidence. And rekindle her fears that a killer walked free—and is closer than ever. Views: 62
He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. . . .--Sherlock Holmes on Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem"The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Suave, cunning Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did.Following a strict code of honor, Worth won the respect of Victorian society. He also aroused its fear by becoming a chilling phantom, mingling undetected with the upper classes, whose valuables he brazenly stole. His most celebrated heist: Gainsborough's grand portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire--ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales--a painting Worth adored and often slept with for twenty years.With a brilliant gang that included "Piano" Charley, a jewel thief, train robber, and playboy, and "the Scratch" Becker, master forger, Worth secretly ran operations from New York to London, Paris, and South Africa--until betrayal and a Pinkerton man finally brought him down.In a decadent age, Worth was an icon. His biography is a grand, dazzling tour into the gaslit underworld of the last century. . . and into the doomed genius of a criminal mastermind. Views: 62
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION STORIES is a collection of 350 scifi stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Here you'll find stories by more than 100 authors, including works by Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Phillip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, Algis Budrys, Lester del Rey, and many others. This revised edition includes an updated and corrected Table of Contents with full links to each story.ContentsRobert AbernathyTHE RECORD OF CURRUPIRATHE ROTIFERSWHEN THE MOUNTAIN SHOOKTHE WORLD OF THE DRONEForrest J. AckermanMICRO-MANPoul AndersonDUEL ON SYRTISINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONSECURITYSENTIMENT, INC.THE CHAPTER ENDSTHE SENSITIVE MANTHE VALOR OF CAPPEN VARRAWilder AnthonyWHEN SUPER-APES PLOTJoe ArchibaldOPERATION EARTHWORMStephen ArrCHAIN OF COMMANDMR. PRESIDENTRobert Andrew ArthurAGGRAVATION OF ELMERINDULGENCE OF NEGU MAHRING ONCE FOR DEATHIsaac AsimovYOUTHRoger D. AycockASSIGNMENT'S ENDCLEAN BREAKCONTROL GROUPPET FARMPROBLEM ON BALAKTHE ANGLERS OF ARZTO REMEMBER CHARLIE BYTRADER’S RISKArthur K. BarnesENERGY EATERSSATELLITE FIVETHE DUAL WORLDTHE HOTHOUSE WORLDTHE SEVEN SLEEPERSHarry BatesSEED OF THE ARCTIC ICEUNDER ARCTIC ICECharles BeaumontELEGYC. C. BeckVANISHING POINTEdward BellamyDR. HEIDENHOFF'S PROCESSTHE BLINDMAN'S WORLDJohn BerrymanCARD TRICKMODUS VIVENDITHE RIGHT TIMETHE TROUBLE WITH TELSTAREando BinderSHIPWRECK IN THE SKYAlexander BladeTHE PLOTTERSZERO HOURJames BlishONE SHOTTHE THING IN THE ATTICNelson BondLIGHTER THAN YOU THINKJesse Franklin BoneA PRIZE FOR EDIEA QUESTION OF COURAGEASSASSININSIDEKICKNOBLE REDMANPANDEMICTHE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTSTO CHOKE AN OCEANBen BovaNEXT LOGICAL STEPTHE DUELING MACHINELeigh BrackettA WORLD IS BORNMarion Zimmer BradleyYEAR OF THE BIG THAWReginald BretnorSUGAR PLUMMiles John BreuerTHE EINSTEIN SEE-SAWTHE GOSTAK AND THE DOSHESTHE RAID FROM MARSKirby BrooksALL THAT GOES UPClyde BrownFIRST MANFredric BrownEARTHMEN BEARING GIFTSHALL OF MIRRORSKEEP OUTEXPERIMENTSENTRYHoward BrowneTWELVE TIMES ZEROJohn BrudyIF AT FIRST YOU DON'T ...Bradner BucknerTHE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVINGAlgis BudrysCITADELDESIRE NO MORERIYA'S FOUNDLINGTHE BARBARIANSTHE STOKER AND THE STARSArthur J. BurksLORDS OF THE STRATOSPHERERussell BurtonWEAK ON SQUARE ROOTSEllis Parker ButlerSOLANDER'S RADIO TOMBHarold CalinWHAT NEED OF MAN?John Wood CampbellTHE LAST EVOLUTIONH. B. CarletonHARD GUYWilliam CarrollSOLOMON'S ORBITArnold CastleA MIXTURE OF GENIUSTHE PERFECTIONISTSMichael CathalRICH LIVINGJames CauseyCOMPETITIONEXPLOITER'S ENDFELONYTEETHING RINGJay ClarkeHIGH MANMark CliftonA WOMAN'S PLACEDO UNTO OTHERSPROGRESS REPORTSENSE FROM THOUGHT DIVIDETHE KENZIE REPORTWE'RE CIVILIZED!Ed M. Clinton, Jr.SECURITY RISKTHE SMALL WORLD OF M-75UNTECHNOLOGICAL EMPLOYMENTStanton A. CoblentzFLIGHT THROUGH TOMORROWTHE COSMIC DEFLECTORTHE ROUND TOWERRon CockingWARNING FROM THE STARSAlan CoganIN THE CARDSFrank W. CogginsSAY "HELLO" FOR MEEverett B. ColeALARM CLOCKFINAL WEAPONINDIRECTIONMILLENNIUMTHE PLAYERSTHE WEAKLINGLes CollinsQUESTION OF COMFORTPaul ComptonTHE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLYBarbara ConstantTHE SOUND OF SILENCEAlfred CoppelTHE HILLS OF HOMETHE INVADERTHE PEACEMAKERTURNING POINTTURNOVER POINTJohn CoryEGOCENTRIC ORBITCharles CottrellJACK OF NO TRADESJames A. CoxA CHOICE OF MIRACLESIrving Cox, Jr.ADOLESCENTS ONLYIMPACTLOVE STORYTHE CARTELS JUNGLETHE GUARDIANSTHE INSTANT OF NOWM. A. CummingsNO PETS ALLOWEDRaymond King CummingsATOM BOYTHE SCALPEL OF DOOMTHE WHITE INVADERSTHE WORLD BEYONDBetsy CurtisTHE TRAPCharles Ammi CutterTHE BUFFALO PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1983Lucius DanielMARTIANS NEVER DIEJohn & Dorothy De CourcyFOUNDLING ON VENUSCharles V. De VetBIG STUPEDELAYED ACTIONMONKEY ON HIS BACKTHERE IS A REAPER ...VITAL INGREDIENTWHEELS WITHINMiriam Allen DeFordONE WAYTHE EELThornton DeKyTHE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENTLester del ReyDEAD RINGERLET 'EM BREATHE SPACE!NO STRINGS ATTACHEDPURSUITVICTORYAugust DerlethA TRAVELER IN TIMEMcILVAINE'S STARGaston DerreauxTHE SUN KINGGordon DeweyHOIMAN AND THE SOLAR CIRCUITPhilip K. DickADJUSTMENT TEAMBEYOND LIES THE WUBBEYOND THE DOORMR. SPACESHIPOF WITHERED APPLESPIPER IN THE WOODSSECOND VARIETYTHE CRYSTAL CRYPTTHE DEFENDERSTHE EYES HAVE ITTHE GOLDEN MANTHE GUNTHE HANGING STRANGERTHE SKULLTONY AND THE BEETLESGordon R. DicksonNO SHIELD FROM THE DEADCharles Willard DiffinDARK MOONHOLOCAUSTSPAWN OF THE STARSTHE EYE OF ALLAHTHE HAMMER OF THORTHE POWER AND THE GLORYThomas M. DischTHE DEMI-URGESonya DormanTHE PUTNAM TRADITIONJack DouglasDEAD WORLDTEST ROCKET!Dave DryfoosNEW HIRETREE, SPARE THAT WOODMANUNIFORM OF A MANWASTE NOT, WANTCharles DyeTHE MAN WHO STAKED THE STARSG. C. EdmondsonBLESSED ARE THE MEEKGeorge EdrichOUT OF THE EARTHJack EganCULLYBoyd EllanbyCATEGORY PHOENIXSHOW BUSINESSTHE STAR LORDSophie Wenzel EllisCREATURES OF THE LIGHTVictor EndersbyDISOWNEDKnut EnferdDAY OF THE DRUIDGeorge Allen EnglandTHE THING FROM OUTSIDEPaul ErnstMAROONED UNDER THE SEAMASK OF DEATHTHE PLANETOID OF PERILTHE RADIANT SHELLTHE RAID ON THE TERMITESTHE RED HELL OF JUPITERTHE WORLD BEHIND THE MOONDean EvansTHE VERY BLACKPaul W. FairmanDEADLY CITYTHE BEASTS IN THE VOIDPhilip José FarmerRASTIGNAC THE DEVILTHEY TWINKLED LIKE JEWELSJoseph FarrellTHE ETHICAL WAYVern FearingTHE SLOTHS OF KRUVNYT. R. FehrenbachREMEMBER THE ALAMO!Arthur FeldmanTHE MATHEMATICIANSJ. Anthony FerlaineONE OUT OF TENBenjamin FerrisTHE INVADERSDavid E. FisherYOU DON'T MAKE WINE LIKE THE GREEKS DIDR. C. FitzPatrickTHE CIRCUIT RIDERSJames Elroy FleckerTHE LAST GENERATIONCharles FontenayATOM DRIVEDISQUALIFIEDSERVICE WITH A SMILETHE GIFT BEARERTHE JUPITER WEAPONTHE SILK AND THE SONGWINDE.M. ForsterTHE MACHINE STOPSV. R. FrancisTHE FLYING CUSPIDORSCharles E. FritchI LIKE MARTIAN MUSICSKIN GAMETHE ODYSSEY OF SAM MEECHAMH. B. FyfeA TRANSMUTATION OF MUDDLESEXILEFEE OF THE FRONTIERFLAMEDOWNIRRESISTIBLE WEAPONLET THERE BE LIGHTLUNA ESCAPADEMANNERS OF THE AGESATELLITE SYSTEMTHE ENVOY, HERTHE OUTBREAK OF PEACETHE TALKATIVE TREETHE WEDGETHIS WORLD MUST DIE!Raymond Z. GallunASTEROID OF FEARBIG PILLCOMET'S BURIALSTAMPED CAUTIONTHE ETERNAL WALLDaniel F. GalouyeSPILLTHROUGHRandall GarrettA SPACESHIP NAMED McGUIREA WORLD BY THE TALEAFTER A FEW WORDSANCHORITEBELLY LAUGHBUT, I DON'T THINKBY PROXYCARD ... TRICKVaseleos GarsonACID BATHClee GarsonDIRECT WIREWilliam Campbell GaultTHE HUDDLERSTHE MIGHTY DEADChester S. GeierTHE SPHERE OF SLEEPWilliam GerkenSTOPOVERRobert E. GilbertA THOUGHT FOR TOMORROWSTOPOVER PLANETTHY ROCKS AND RILLSAnthony GilmoreFOUR MILES WITHINHAWK CARSETHE AFFAIR OF THE BRAINSTHE BLUFF OF THE HAWKTHE PASSING OF KU SUITom GodwinAND DEVIOUS THE LINE OF DUTYCRY FROM A FAR PLANETTHE HELPFUL HAND OF GODTHE NOTHING EQUATIONH. L. GoldAT THE POSTNO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONSTHE ENORMOUS ROOMTHE OLD DIE RICHJames A. GoldthwaiteBOOMERANG BULLETSNathaniel GordonTHE GOLDEN JUDGERoger Phillips GrahamTHE GALLERYUNTHINKABLEDarius John GrangerA WORLD CALLED CRIMSONDISASTER REVISITEDJames E. GunnBREAKING POINTJames R. HallAM I STILL THERE?D. W. HallA SCIENTIST RISESRAIDERS INVISIBLEAustin HallTHE MAN WHO SAVED THE EARTHT. D. HammNATIVE SONTHE LAST SUPPERL. Taylor HansenTHE UNDERSEA TUBEF. E. HardartTHE BEAST OF SPACEWilliam HardyPIONEEREdmond HamiltonDREAMER'S WORLDSMONSTERS OF MARSTHE DOOR INTO INFINITYTHE LAKE OF LIFETHE LEGION OF LAZARUSTHE MAN WHO EVOLVEDTHE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTUREJim HarmonMEASURE FOR A LONERTHE LAST PLACE ON EARTHTHE PLANET WITH NO NIGHTMAREKenneth HarmonTHE PASSENGERTom W. HarrisGOODBYE, DEAD MAN!Harry HarrisonARM OF THE LAWNAVY DAYTHE K-FACTORTHE MISPLACED BATTLESHIPTHE REPAIRMANTHE VELVET GLOVETOY SHOPRobert W. HaseltinePRELUDE TO SPACEHenry HasseONE PURPLE HOPE!THE BEGINNINGWALLS OF ACIDWE'RE FRIENDS, NOWAlvin HeinerTHE STOWAWAYGene L. HendersonALL IN THE MINDJoe L. HensleyNOW WE ARE THREEFrank HerbertMISSING LINKOLD RAMBLING HOUSEOPERATION HAYSTACKAlbert HernhunterTEXAS WEEKTHE SMILERMorris HershmanSPACEMEN NEVER DIE!H. B. HickeyBEYOND THE THUNDERDAUGHTERS OF DOOMTHE EYE OF WILBUR MOOKJefferson HigheWHAT ROUGH BEAST?Arthur G. HillTHE TERRIBLE ANSWERA. R. HilliardTHE MARTIANFox B. HoldenA GIFT FOR TERRATHE WOMAN-STEALERS OF THRAYXA. R. HolmesTHE SLAVE SHIP FROM SPACEAndersen HorneThe DAY OF THE DOGPhillip HoskinsFEET OF CLAYAllan HowardIT'S A SMALL SOLAR SYSTEMHelen HuberI'LL KILL YOU TOMORROW Views: 62
"Compulsively readable" -San Francisco ExaminerIt began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War—America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious circumstances, dissension among sailors, scientists, and explorers, the ship's evacuation and eventual sinking. Then came a brutal struggle for survival by thirty-three men, women and children, stranded on the polar ice—and two dramatic rescues by whaling ships. When news of the disastrous expedition and accusations of murder reached Washington D.C., it led to a nationwide scandal, an official investigation, and a government cover-up.The mystery of the captain's death remained unsolved for nearly 100 years. But when Charles Hall's frozen grave in northern Greenland was opened, and hair and fingernail samples were retrieved, forensic scientists were finally able to reach a shocking conclusion. Views: 62
The widely acclaimed, award-winning history of the cigarette. Views: 62
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first modern biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth... Views: 62
Leigh Ann Conners is spunky and determined. Although she often finds herself in trouble, she loves her two older brothers dearly and would do anything to make them proud.When the Yankees arrive in Roswell, Georgia, Leigh Ann places a French flag upon the family's mill. She hopes the Yankees will then spare the mill from destruction, but her actions have disastrous results. Sent north with the women and children who worked in the mill—all branded traitors for making fabric for Confederate uniforms—Leigh Ann embarks on a journey that requires her to find her own inner strength. Only then will she be able to rise above the war raging around her. Views: 62
Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize--winning epic The Guns of August and other classic books, Barbara W. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian's craft in these perceptive, essential essays. From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Spanning more than four decades of writing in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The Nation, and The Saturday Evening Post, Tuchman weighs in on a range of eclectic topics, from Israel and Mao Tse-tung to a Freudian reading of Woodrow Wilson. This is a splendid body of work, the story of a lifetime spent "practicing history." Praise for Practicing History "Persuades and enthralls . . . I can... Views: 62
When the Duke of Danby comes to London for the Season, anything can happen!Thwaring the Duke contains...Ava Stone's Lady Hope's Dashing DevilLady Hope Post has suffered the most rotten luck over the last year. She's lost the love of her life. Her great-uncle and Machiavellian matchmaker the Duke of Danby has a special license just waiting for her somewhere. And after one tiny little phaeton accident in the park, the most devilish earl attempts to blackmail her over the incident.Thaddeus Baxter, the Earl of Kilworth has every intention of restoring luster to the earldom he's inherited from his ne'er-do-well cousin, but when an adventurous lady upends his phaeton in the park, all of Thad's perfectly respectable plans are tossed out the window. What are the odds he'd cross paths with the same girl who'd nearly brought down his cousin's earldom in the first place? And what are the odds he'd lose his heart to her as well?Julie Johnstone's It's In the Duke's KissLady Emmaline Radcliffe... Views: 62
A rollicking debut book of essays that takes readers on a trip through the muck of American myths that have settled in the desert of our country's underbellyEarly on July 16, 1945, Joshua Wheeler's great grandfather awoke to a flash, and then a long rumble: the world's first atomic blast filled the horizon north of his ranch in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Out on the range, the cattle had been bleached white by the fallout.Acid West, Wheeler's stunning debut collection of essays, is full of these mutated cows: vestiges of the Old West that have been transformed, suddenly and irrevocably, by innovation. Traversing the New Mexico landscape his family has called home for seven generations, Wheeler excavates and reexamines these oddities, assembling a cabinet of narrative curiosities: a man who steps from the stratosphere and free-falls to the desert; a treasure hunt for buried Atari video games; a village plagued by the legacy of atomic testing; a showdown between Billy... Views: 62
