The summer of 28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. Asummer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Ofhalf-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandmasbelly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels andgold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of atwelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spauldingremembered forever bythe incomparable Ray Bradbury.

A new trade paperback edition of McCullers' second novel,REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, immortalized by the 1967 film starringElizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and John Houston. Set on aSouthern army base in the 1930s, REFLECTIONS tells the story ofCaptain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival ofMajor Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair withPenderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon thenovel's publication in 1941, reviewers were unsure of what to makeof its relatively scandalous subject matter. But a critic for TimeMagazine wrote, "In almost any hands, such material would yield arank fruitcake of mere arty melodrama. But Carson McCullers tellsher tale with simplicity, insight, and a rare gift of phrase."Written during a time when McCullers's own marriage to Reeves wason the brink of collapse, her second novel deals with her trademarkthemes of alienation and unfulfilled loves.

Sentenced to a life of misery in the Scottish coal mines,twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally:beautiful high-born Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kindof hell. In 1766, from the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold ofa slave ship headed for the American colonies to a sprawlingVirginia plantation, two restless young people, separated bypolitics and position, are bound by their search for a place calledfreedom....

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School. Ayoung student drowns in a mysterious accident involving a smallcircle of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates aspiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades andentwine many loves... From the exclusive men's club and brothelsthat cater to every dark desire of London's upper classes to thedazzling ballrooms and mahogany-paneled suites of the manipulatorsof the world's wealth, Ken Follett conjures up a stunning array ofcontrasts. This breathtaking novel portrays a family splintered bylust, bound by a shared legacy... men and women swept toward aperilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy'sdeath, must be stopped, or not just one man's dreams, but those ofa nation, will die...

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

In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliantlegal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer andan impossible case. Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi StatePrison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist nowfacing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has runout of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyerwho just happens to be his grandson. While the executioners preparethe gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameraswait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. Forbetween the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets-- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life...orcost Adam his. "A dark and thoughtful tale pulsing wit moraluncertainties... Grisham is at his best." --"People.""Compelling... Powerful... "The Chamber" will make readers thinklong and hard about the death penalty." -- "USA Today." "His bestyet." -- "The Houst

Sent by their mother to live with their devout,self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and herbrother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudiceof the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at hermother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many timesher age–and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Yearslater, in San Francisco, Maya learns about love for herself and thekindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of greatauthors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) willallow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modernAmerican classic that will touch hearts and change minds for aslong as people read.

Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her mother, a powerfulBroadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for theirSunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only onefriend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He'sperfect. But only she can see him. Michael can't stay forever,though. On Jane's ninth birthday he leaves, promising her thatshe'll soon forget him. Years later, in her thirties, Jane is justas alone as she was as a child. And despite her own success as aplaywright, she is even more trapped by her overbearing mother.Then she meets someone-a handsome, comforting, funny man. He'sperfect. His name is Michael . . .

When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too....

For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day forthe past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened.The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. Thenight his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to forget the pastonce and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. Amessage has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his deadwife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible–thatsomewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive. Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn’t. Instead,he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong intoa search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperatehope. But already Beck is being hunted down. He’s headed straightinto the heart of a dark and deadly secret–and someone intends tostop him before he gets there.

An odd, amusing and still provocative fantasy. The narrator is aSquare who lives in a world of two dimensions, and whose vision ofa third gets him into grave trouble with the authorities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ofthis title.

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.

Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist living theAmerican Dream in southern California. One evening he comes home tofind a small rag doll on his doorstep. It's a simple doll, coveredentirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyesand mouth, and another pair forming an X over the heart. Curious,he brings it inside. That night Tommy hears an odd popping soundand looks up to see the stitches breaking over the doll's heart.And in minutes the fabric of Tommy Phan's reality will be tornapart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth,something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something thathe can't destroy. It wants Tommy's life, and he doesn't know why.He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress hemeets by chance--or by a design far beyond his comprehension. Hehas too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Becausethe vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning onTommy's computer screen: "The deadline is dawn."Tickt

Faking her own death to escape her murderous husband, RainieHall takes refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, whereshe finds work as a bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by dangerouslygood-looking Parker Harrigan. But as their initial attractionblossoms, Rainie fears she can never escape retribution from theman who has sworn to kill heraand that her mere presence couldjeopardize everything the Harrigan family holds dear.

#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tami Hoag mixes mysteryand romance in this moving classic novel of a missing woman and thesearch that brings together the unlikeliest of lovers.... She was ablond goddess, a box office megastar. Every woman wanted to be her;every man wanted to bed her. But over a year ago Devon Staffordvanished without a trace. As a biographer, Jake Gannon had taughthimself to follow the clues of a person's life story like adetective. As an ex-Marine, he was accustomed to being firmly incontrol. But when his car died in a little town called Mare's Neston the Carolina coast, he had to admit he'd come to a dead end.There he met a .38-toting tow-truck driver named Dixie La Fontaine.She was no celebrity, but Dixie had an irresistible sex appeal allher own. What did this down-to-earth woman know about a missingmovie star? Surprisingly, quite a lot. And Jake was going touncover it all...if Dixie didn't end up shooting him first.

Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders remainunsolved. Darby Shaw, a brilliant and beautiful New Orleans legalstudent, draws up a speculative legal brief which links the deathsand uncovers an astonishing presidential conspiracy. When herboyfriend is atomised in a car bomb, it becomes clear that somebodyis intent on silencing Darby for good. Somebody who will stop atnothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief...

Three Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights Adventures. One SpecialPrice The million-copy "New York Times" bestselling trilogy, now inone deluxe omnibus edition. Volume One includes the complete novels"Heirs of the Force," "Shadow Academy," and "The Lost Ones."

In his latest work, Antony Beevor—bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 and one of ourmost respected historians of World War II— brings us the true,little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war.Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece ofplaywright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who wasclosely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow forBerlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev tobecome a Soviet spy—a career she spent her entire postwar lifedenying. The riveting story of how Olga and her family survived theRussian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, andthe Second World War becomes, in Beevor’s hands, a breathtakingtale of survival in a merciless age.

Only two rival spies—and one mysterious woman—can stop them:Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius forespionage—and a life of terror and explosive violence. Swornenemies, they have vowed to terminate each other—yet now they mustbecome allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills andice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle ofkillers, the Matarese.

Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness - if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband's dark and terrifying secrets - he's not the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he's heading home ...Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. Shewas dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how tomake it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protecttheir own—and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon atime a child of wealth and privilege, Elena turned her back on thatlife. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chosethe life of an undercover cop, the hunt for justice her ownpersonal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career.Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horsesfor a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back intothe painful vortex she’s fought so hard to leave behind. First she finds the body—a young woman used, murdered, and dumpedin a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves intoher dead friend’s secret life, she discovers ties not only to theRussian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beachbad boys known for giving each other a