"A constant pleasure to read...Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book." —The Washington Post "CAPTIVATING...DELIGHTFUL." —Christian Science Monitor * "EXQUISITELY WRITTEN, CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINING." —The New York Times * "MESMERIZING...RIVETING." —Booklist (starred review) A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution—and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries—from the bestselling author hailed as a "national treasure" by The Washington Post.On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more... Views: 19
A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda's twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda's life. She doesn't hear from him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy—and one final scavenger hunt.When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books—now as its owner—she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store's shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy's last... Views: 17
Two holidaymakers die of a mysterious condition while on holiday in Corfu, piquing neurologist Lauren Furrows's interest. She investigates, finding help in the unlikely form of Richard Anger: independent bookshop owner, avant garde (unpublished) short story writer and borderline alcoholic. Together they discover the killer: best-selling author Gary Sayles and his insipid novels. Will they be able to stop him before millions die? Wildly humorous, this is a book that will challenge and play with your brain, wryly. Views: 15
After missing the flowers that Jack sent, Scarlett is left with only her fantasies of Jack and she resigns herself to never seeing him again. But their relationship doesn't end as easily as that. One day, she finds a note at her door and she goes to meet him, the attraction still intense between them. As they grow closer, he shows her a whole new world of pleasure and it's not like anything she has ever experienced before.But this comes with a price. Just as she feels comfortable with him, she finds out that he has a secret past - a secret that may prove their lives were linked together long before they ever knew each other existed... Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only. Views: 15
Get your Taboo Romance fix NOW with this naughty standalone medical romance between a BBW nurse and her hot billionaire boss.Peyton Greene needed a change. Leaving behind her old life, she moved to a new town, taking a new nursing job. But when she meets her new boss, things change. As devilishly sexy as he looks, he’s an arrogant jerk. She has been burned and is highly skeptical of all men—but she finds herself attracted to Kendrick regardless.Kendrick Adams is the town’s golden boy. He’s a doctor with a heart of gold in his professional life but is cold and distant in his personal life. He’s a ladies’ man and knows he’s attractive—but his allure doesn’t seem to work on his hot new nurse. He finds himself falling for her and this doesn’t make him happy. He doesn’t do relationships, but he finds himself craving her attention and her curves…She’s angry and he’s self-absorbed, a match made in heaven or doomed from the start?Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 15
Get your Taboo Romance fix NOW with this naughty standalone BDSM medical romance between a BBW nurse and her sexy dominant doctor boss.Melissa has a nice, quiet life as a nurse in a suburban doctor’s office. Her boss is handsome, smart, compassionate, and generous. She’s always had a thing for him, but thought he was way out of her league.It turns out they have something in common when Dr. Glenn accidentally finds one of her favorite BDSM-themed romance novels. Eager to explore and dominate her curves, he makes Melissa a proposition that shocks but arouses her. Suddenly, Melissa’s life takes a turn for the wild.Can they keep their newfound interest strictly off-hours, or will it encroach on their professional life? And what will happen when things get a little too far out of hand?Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 15
Isadore Hargett, Jewish Lord of the Underworld — the man even the Mafia feared — the man even the Senate couldn't touch. His saga spans four decades — years in which a terrified peasant boy learned the art of murder–for–survival in the war torn fields of Brest–Litovsk. Years in which the bootleg industry ruled the country with rotgut and blood.Years in which the Vegas casino owners played a deadly game for ultimate control. Years in which Hargett inherited the syndicate of Nathan Beckstein...ordered the castration of Trigger Joe Magiunto...raised a daughter...attended his own funeral. Years in which he lived a story spattered in blood. Views: 14
Kat and her boyfriend frantically fight the enemy with the aid of a lazy tom cat, an African gray parrot who only speaks in verse, and a wise-cracking cockatiel with a bad attitude. She's trying very hard not to think the world is doomed. Views: 14
In his too-short life, Aaron Swartz reshaped the Internet, questioned our assumptions about intellectual property, and touched all of us in ways that we may not even realize. His tragic suicide in 2013 at the age of twenty-six after being aggressively prosecuted for copyright infringement shocked the nation and the world.Here for the first time in print is revealed the quintessential Aaron Swartz: besides being a technical genius and a passionate activist, he was also an insightful, compelling, and cutting essayist. With a technical understanding of the Internet and of intellectual property law surpassing that of many seasoned professionals, he wrote thoughtfully and humorously about intellectual property, copyright, and the architecture of the Internet. He wrote as well about unexpected topics such as pop culture, politics both electoral and idealistic, dieting, and lifehacking. Including three in-depth and previously unpublished essays about education, governance, and... Views: 12
