In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography,which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angeloumoves into the adult world. Maya struggles to support herself andher son through a series of odd jobs and weathers a failed marriageto a white man before landing a gig singing in one of the mostpopular nightclubs on the San Francisco coast. From there, she iscalled to New York to join the cast of Porgy and Bess. Maya soonfinds herself on a joyous and dramatic adventure, touring abroadthrough Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt with spiritedcast members, and performing for large, enthusiastic audiences. Theexciting experience is dampened only by Maya’s nagging guilt thatshe has abandoned the person she loves most in life, her son, whosereentrance into her world reveals to Maya the healing power ofdevotion and love. Charged with Maya Angelou’s remarkable sense of life and love,Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is a uniquecelebration of the hum

The pivotal sixth instalment in King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother and uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the father of her child? And what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny, while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real and bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'SALEM'S LOT. SONG OF SUSANNAH is driven by revelation and by suspense. It continues THE DARK TOWER series seamlessly from WOLVES OF THE CALLA and the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion.

Second in the breathtaking Irish trilogy from the #1 New YorkTimes bestselling author. Nora Roberts returns to Ireland in thistale of a talented musician and the beautiful tomboy who's beensecretly in love with him for years.

After the Berlin Wall came down and opened up new changes ineastern Europe, John le Carre's stunning novel, The Secret Pilgrim,takes us behind the scenes into the former Cold War world. Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace.The dark staging grounds of the Cold War, whose shadows barelyobscured the endless games of espionage, are flooded with light;the rules are rewritten, the stakes changed, the futureunfathomable. John le Carre has seized this momentous turning pointin history to give us the most disturbing experience we have yethad of the frail and brutal world of spydom. The man called Ned speaks to us. All hisadult life he has been in British Intelligence--the Circus--aloyal, shrewd, wily officer of the Cold War. Now, approaching theend of his career, he revisits his own past. He invites us on atour of his three decades in the Circus, burrowing deep into thetwilight world where he ran spies--'joes'--from Poland, Estonia,Hungary.

Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB bandedtogether to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabalof powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieveworldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty isback--and the only man with the power to stop it may have alreadyrun out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on thetrail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminateits ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money andstone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy.From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassinshave already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all whostand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible tostop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victimssurvives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the casewide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agentBrandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated

In the fifth novel in King's bestselling epic fantasy series, the farming community in the fertile lands of the East has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers, led by Roland of Gilead, are also coming their way. And the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.

Written in 1953, published in 1959 (after the 1957 publicationof Kerouac's On the Road made him famous overnight) and long out ofprint, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England milltown is one of Kerouac's most accessible works.

Divorcee Theresa Osborne, newspaper columnist and mother of atwelve-year-old son, picks up a bottle on the beach during aseaside vacation. Inside is a letter from a man called Garrett. Mydearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but todayis particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, andthe song is that of our life together ...For Garrett, his messageis the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman hehas lost. For Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shatteredher trust, the message raises questions that intrigue her. Who areGarrett and Catherine? What is their story? Challenged by themystery and unaccountably drawn to find him, Theresa embarks on asearch that takes her to a sunlit coast town and an unexpectedconfrontation ...

WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless ...King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes aclassic novel of mismatched lovers who give a whole new meaning tothe phrase “Fake it till you make it.” Sensible corporate lawyer Alaina Montgomery has been frustratingher matchmaking friends for years. But this time they’ve reallytried to set her up with the wrong guy: Dylan Harrison, afree-spirited single dad who runs a ramshackle bar and bait shop.Appropriately enough, she meets him on the way to ascience-fiction-themed masquerade party. When cops mistake the costumed pair for a lady of the eveningand her client, Alaina and Dylan end up in jail together. And soonthey hatch a plan to foil the matchmakers once and for all bypretending to be a couple. What begins as a good-natured rusequickly blossoms into a real romance, as these two polar oppositesdiscover that desire can’t be so easily disguised.

With one glance, wealthy Crystal Falls, Oregon rancher, RyanKendrick falls hard -- and fast -- for lovely Bethany Coulter. Abeguiling mix of sass and shyness, naivete and maturity, she shareshis passion for horses, has a great sense of humor and can light upa room with her beautiful smile. She is absolutely perfect -- inevery way but one. A long ago barrel-racing accident has leftBethany confined to a wheelchair. In the years since, she has knownboth betrayal and heartbreak -- and vowed never to open her heartto a man again. She has even accepted the possibility that she'llnever be able to enjoy a healthy intimate relationship or havechildren of her own. But there's something about handsome RyanKendrick. Something that makes her believe she can overcome everyobstacle. Something that makes her believe in lifelong, lastinglove . . .

Angered by the values of his materialistic society, Hawk-eyelives apart from the other white men, sharing the solitude andsublimity of the wilderness with his Mohican Indian friend,Chingachgook. As the savageries of war test these exiled men, theyagree to guide two sisters in search of their father throughhostile Indian country - even if it means risking everything. Anenduring American classic, "The Last of the Mohicans" is afast-paced portrait of fierce individualism and courage, setagainst massacres, raids, battles and a doomed love affair. It isalso the unforgettable story of the friendship between two men.

When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on thesteps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooperis one of the first on the shocking scene. Alex has seen somegruesome crimes committed in New York, but the barbarity of thislatest discovery leaves her nauseous. With NYPD cop Mike Chapman,Alex begins to investigate, but before long another woman isslaughtered and found on the steps of a Catholic church in LittleItaly; her throat slashed and her tongue cut out. It becomes clearthere is a zealous serial killer on the loose. Now Alex and Mikemust keep one step ahead of a religious fanatic bent on silencingthe women he believes are bringing shame to his beliefs - before hekills anyone else.

Judd Stevens is a psychoanalyst faced with the most criticalcase of his life. If he does not penetrate the mind of a murderer he will findhimself arrested for murder or murdered himself... Two people closely involved with Dr. Stevens have already beenkilled. Is one of the doctor's patients responsible? Someoneoverwhelmed by his problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? Amadman? Before the murderer strikes again, Judd must strip away themask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover the inner emotions,fears, and desires, to expose.. .

Barrie Mayer, a beautiful Washington literary agent, finds hertrip to Budapest cut short -- when her body turns up dead. But herbest friend, Colette Cahill, a CIA agent, knows that Barrie wascarrying something else in her briefcase, and she suspects theworst. When the Agency instructs her to investigate, Colette couldlose her own life in the high-stakes search.... "Smooth...seductive." ASSOCIATED PRESS

A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundredand thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife andtwo daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzinggrief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to havesurvived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret thatwill bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions,she slips away. Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheldinformation?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (ifthere is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find themysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path ofa powerful and shadowy organization hell-bent on stopping Rosebefore she can reveal what she knows about the crash. Sole Survivorunfolds at a heart-stopping pace, as a desperate chase and ashattering emotional odyssey lead Joe to a truth that will forcehim to reassess everything he thought he knew about lif

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comesa tender story of hope and joy, of sacrifice and forgiveness-amoving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, andoften comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willismust rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for ayounger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite,she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, totend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major stormstarts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway willbe ruined-until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four,Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe toescape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, twowounded people will turn to each other for comfort-and in oneweekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout therest of their lives.