What's the truth behind the legend of the hound of theBaskervilles? Is it really a devil-beast that's haunting the lonelymoors? Enter Sherlock Holmes to find the answer, in this, the onlyfull-length novel ever written by the creator of one of the mostpopular and enduring detective series ever written.
Four men and a woman are reduced to a microscopicfraction of their original size, sent in a miniaturized atomic subthrough a dying man's carotid artery to destroy a blood clot in hisbrain. If they fail, the entire world will be doomed.
He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he hasleft is the law. Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushingrelentlessly to the top of Drake Sweeney, a giant D.C. lawfirm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, inan instant, it all comes undone. A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plushoffices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered onMichael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do theunthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michaelis leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker oncelived--and where society's powerless need an advocate forjustice. But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that hasfloated up from the depths of Drake Sweeney, from aconfidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from aconspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's formerpartners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them,Michael Brock is the most d
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlikeour own--a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness ofreligious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only ahandful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to face thetruth--that their six suns are setting all at once for the firsttime in 2,000 years, signaling the end of civilization!.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny officeparties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just whatLuther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just thisonce, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the onlyhouse on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won’t behosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren’t even going tohave a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’resetting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple isabout to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormousconsequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers ahilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of ourholiday tradition.
Harry Bernstein started chronicling his life at the age ofninety-four, after the death of his beloved wife, Ruby. In hisfirst book, The Invisible Wall , he told a haunting story offorbidden love in World War I-era England. Then Bernstein wrote The Dream , the touching tale of his family’s immigrantexperience in Depression-era Chicago and New York. Now Bernsteincompletes the saga with The Golden Willow , a heart-liftingmemoir of his life with Ruby, a romance that lasted nearly seventyyears. They met at a dance at New York’s legendary Webster Hall, fellinstantly and madly in love, and embarked on a rich and rewardinglife together. From their first tiny rented room on the Upper WestSide to their years in Greenwich Village, immersed in the artscene, surrounded by dancers, musicians, and writers, to their lifein the newly burgeoning suburbs, Harry and Ruby pursued theAmerican dream with gusto, much as Harry’s late mother would havewanted. Together, through a depression, a world war, and the McCarthy era
Bestselling author Frederick Forsyth follows the success ofhis latest work, The Negotiator, with this major thriller rich incolor and suspense. Longtime British Intelligence operative SamMcCready must recount the most intricate cases of his career at acredibility hearing, after he is abruptly handed his walkingpapers. "A rolling good read".--New York Times Book Review.
Chinese edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini (author of the Kite Runner) has occupied a spot on the New York Times bestselling fiction list since its publication in May 2007. Whereas "the Kite Runner" focuses on the relationships among men, "Thousand" is about two women, a generation apart, being challenged by war-torn Kabul over thirty years. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Raymond Chandler's fifth novel has Philip Marlowe going toHollywood as he explores the underworld of the glitter capital,trying to find a sweet young thing's missing brother. Along the wayhe uncovers a little blackmail, a lot of drugs, and more thanenough murder.
The partners at Finley Figg often refer to themselves asa “boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, andprosperous. Oscar Finley and Wally Figg are none of these things.They are a two-bit operation of ambulance chasers who bicker likean old married couple. Until change comes their way—or, moreaccurately, stumbles in. After leaving a fast-track career andgoing on a serious bender, David Zinc is sober, unemployed, anddesperate enough to take a job at Finley Figg. Now the firm is ready to tackle a case that could make thepartners rich—without requiring them to actually practice much law.A class action suit has been brought against Varrick Labs, apharmaceutical giant with annual sales of $25 billion, allegingthat Krayoxx, its most popular drug, causes heart attacks. Wallysmells money. All Finley Figg has to do is find a handful ofKrayoxx users to join the suit. It almost seems too good to be true. . . and it is.
It was a dark time for the rebel alliance...Han Solo, frozenin carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vilegangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker,Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous missionagainst Jabba's Tatooine stronghold. The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleetinto a single giant armada. And Darth Vader and the Emperor, whohad ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerfulDeath Star, were making plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once andfor all.
This selection covers the full range of Kipling's shortstories throughout his career, with the subject matter ranging fromthe Indian to the occult and from animals to domestic comedy.
For four years,Patrick had often wondered how it would feel ifthey caught him.Now th was terror-stricken.Practically naked andstrapped down like an animal,he knew the next few hours would beinsufferable…… Once he was a well-liked,well-paid young partner in a thrivingMississippi law firm.Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety milliondollars from his own firm-and ran for his life.For four years,heevaded men who were rich,powerful,and would stop atnothing to findhim.Then,inevitably,on the edge of the Brazilian jungle,theyfinally tracked him down.
From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes ariveting new book as timely and unsettling as tomorrow's headlines.It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy.An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation iswracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seethinghordes of the unemployed roam the streets. For the West, Russia isa basket case. But for Igor Komarov, one-time army sergeant who hasrisen to leadership of the right-wing UPF party, the chaos is madeto order. As he waits in the wings for the presidential election ofJanuary 2000, his striking voice rings out over the airwavesoffering the roiling masses hope at last--not only for law, order,and prosperity, but for restoring the lost greatness of their land.Who is this man with the golden tongue who is so quickly becomingthe promise of a Russia reborn? A document stolen from partyheadquarters and smuggled to Washington and London sends nightmarechills through those who remember the past
Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-lookingand affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secretthat could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One nightthat secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have acompromising video they'll use to ruin him-unless he does exactlywhat they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitiousyoung lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate atthe world's largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he'll be on the fasttrack to partnership and a fortune. But there's a catch. Kyle won'tbe working for the firm but against it in a dispute between twopowerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caughtbetween the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his ownlaw firm-in a malignant conspiracy not even Kyle with all hisintellect, cunning, and bravery may be able to escape alive.
Shimamura is tired of the bustling city.He takes the trainthrough the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan tomeet with a geisha he believes he loves.Beautiful and innocent,Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha and lives alife of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura - theirlove offers no freedom to either of them. Snow Country is both delicate and subtle,reflecting in Kawabata'sexact, lyrical writing the unspoken love and the understatedpassion of the young Japanese couple.
