Adultery us not a typical lane Austen theme, butwhen it disturbs the relatively peaceful householdat Mansfield Park. it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results,re-examining her own feelings while enduring thecheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference andpriggish disapproval of those around her.
In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in thewilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, andhis magnificent Irish wolfhound, Merlin, step from shadow intolight...and into an encounter with mystery. That night, a pair ofsingular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to maketheir approach. A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, beginsto unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring to her door allthe forces of a government in peril. At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come togetherto begin a descent into darkness...In Las Vegas, a specialist inchaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable...On a Seattlegolf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements formurder...Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the pastbegins a trek toward his destiny. In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless,fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the momentbetween one turn of the world and the next, acros
From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerfulreworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you thinkyou know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now themesmerizing saga concludes. . . . As a devastating hurricaneapproaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin tospin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and thefuture of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests withVictor’s first, failed attempt to build the perfect human.Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as the originalmanifestation of a soulless vision–and it is fated to end in theultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his madcreator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor’smalignant mind could have conceived–an indestructible entity thatsteps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with powers, and apurpose, beyond imagining.
Amajor new international voice debuts with a sweeping story of love,friendship, and family ties that brings to life the turbulent worldof modern Pakistan.
Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis wereallowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tunedinto a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars,and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--ordestroy--them all!
The writer with a claim to being the world' s foremostliterary escape artist is back, with an intoxicating novel aboutthe business and pleasure of wine, set in his beloved Provence. MaxSkinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm andjust as recently learned that he has inherited his late uncle' svineyard in Provence. On arrival he finds the climate delicious,the food even better, and two of the locals ravishing.Unfortunately, the wine produced on his new property is swill. Whythen are so many people interested in it? Enter a beguilingCalifornian who knows more about wine than Max does- and may have abetter claim to the estate. Fizzy with intrigue, bursting withlocal color and savor, A Good Year is Mayle at his mostentertaining.
The #1 bestseller that raises the price of greed... A new store has opened in the little townof Castle Rock. It has just what you want. But you won't discoverjust how high the price is until it's too late.
Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live in luxe Fifth Avenue apartments and attend Manhattan's most exclusive private schools. We're smart, we've inherited classic good looks, we wear fantastic clothes, and we know how to party. We can't help it-we were born this way. Our story begins with three inseparable, completely gorgeous fifteen-year-olds, Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, and Nate Archibald. Blair's loved Nate and his glittering green eyes since she was in Bonpoint onesies. Too bad Nate wishes Blair's beautiful best friend, Serena, was the one with the crush. And Serena has a secret she's keeping from them both. Hmmm, something tells me these best friends may not be as close as we thought. . . . How do I know all this? Because I know everything-and lucky for you, I can't keep a secret. So sit back while I untangle this messy little tale and tell you how it all began. Admit it, you're already falling for me. You know you love me
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
Revolution is in the air. The king's court sorcerer is beingeyed with suspicion. Not for dabbling in the black arts...not forconsorting with a demon...not for having a dragon as a pet...noteven for being mobbed up. But for the greatest crime of all:raising taxes. Who is this terrible tyrant? None other than Skeevethe Great. Oh, how the mighty have fallen...
The author of such classics as Tell Me Your Dreams and The Other Side of Midnight, Sidney Sheldon has sold more than 300 million copies of his books in 51 languages. The only writher to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar award, he is—according to the Guinness Book of World Records—the most translated author in the world. Now this incomparable storyteller is back with another dazzling blockbuster guaranteed to enthrall fans everywhere. When five members of America's most illustrious family are all killed in separate accidents in less than a year, Dana Evans, a beautiful young anchorwoman for a Washington, D.C., television network, becomes suspicious. Investigating the deaths, the determined journalist uncovers a trail of blood that takes her to half a dozen countries around the world in search of a killer. In a startling turn of events, Dana becomes the hunted, and the terrible secret she's learned puts her and her young son into dire jeopardy from which they may not be able to escape
Creating George Stark was easy. Getting rid of him won't be ...The sparrows are flying again. The idea - unbidden, inexplicable - haunts the edge of Thad Beaumont's mind. Thad should be happy. For years now it is his secret persona 'George Stark', author of super-violent pulp thrillers, who has paid the family bills. But now, Thad is writing seriously again under his own name, and his menacing pseudonym has been buried forever. And yet ...the sparrows are flying again, and something is terribly wrong in Thad Beaumont's world.
In this swashbuckling novel, by the author of Treasure Island,young Dick Shelton is left orphaned. So he seeks the help of themysterious Black Arrow fellowship. Brimming with adventure andsuspense, this is a portrait of England during the War of theRoses, when many, like Dick, were torn between their loyalties.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, TheSoul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidderrecounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchersto create a new 32-bit superminicomputer. A compelling account ofindividual sacrifice and human ingenuity, The Soul of a New Machineendures as the classic chronicle of the computer age and themasterminds behind its technological advances. "A superb book," said Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art ofMotorcycle Maintenance. "All the incredible complexity and chaosand exploitation and loneliness and strange, half-mad beauty ofthis field are honestly and correctly drawn." The Washington PostBook World said, "Kidder has created compelling entertainment. Heoffers a fast, painless, enjoyable means to an initialunderstanding of computers, allowing us to understand thecomplexity of machines we could only marvel at before, and toappreciate the skills
'Turn off the television - in fact, why don't you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair? - and we'll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them.' Stephen King, from the Introduction. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size. Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man who causes Ben some unease as things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list starts to grow. Soon surprise will turn to bewilderment, bewilderment to confusion and finally to terror ...
Book De*ion About Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is the collective title of a series ofnovels co-written by Dean Koontz. Though technically of the mysteryor thriller genres, the novels also feature the trappings ofhorror, fantasy, and science fiction. From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerfulreworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you thinkyou know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is themystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… Dean Koontz's City of the Night They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humansever created—and they must be destroyed. But not even VictorHelios—once Frankenstein—can stop the engineered killers he’s setloose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now theonly hope rests in a one-time “monster” and his all-too-humanpartners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison.Deucalion’s centuries-old hi
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle ofthe Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one ofour greatest storytellers.In The Warrior's Path, Louis L'Amourtells the story of Yance and Kin Sackett, two brothers who are thelast hope of a young woman who faces a fate worse than death. WhenYance Sackett's sister-in-law is kidnapped, he and Kin race northfrom Carolina to find her. They arrive at a superstitious town rifewith rumors--and learn that someone very powerful was behindDiana's disappearance. To bring the culprit to justice, one brothermust sail to the exotic West Indies. There, among pirates,cutthroats, and ruthless "businessmen," he will apply the skills helearned as a frontiersman to an unfamiliar world--a world where onefalse move means instant death.
In 1975, the now defunct Laser Books issued Invasion byAaron Wolfe, aka Koontz (who later expanded that novel into Winter Moon , 1994), a breakneck tale of alien invasioncentered on an isolated farm. Koontz's new novel also concernsalien invasion, and a comparison of the two books offers insightinto the evolution of this megaselling author's work. Invasion was mostly speed and suspense—a brilliant ifsuperficial exercise in terror. The new novel also featuresabundant suspense, as a couple in an isolated California homeendure a phosphorescent rain and learn that, around the world, something is attacking humans and laying waste tocommunications. It's only when they drive to a nearby town thatthey learn of a global alien invasion; the tension ratchets as aweird fog descends and the aliens not only manifest physically butanimate the dead. For years, however, Koontz has aimed at more thanjust thrills; today he is a novelist of metaphysics and moralreflection. His aliens are inherently evil as well as scary;s
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle ofthe Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one ofour greatest storytellers. In Ride the Dark Trail L'Amour tells thestory of Logan Sackett, a cynical drifter who changes his ways tohelp a widow keep her land from falling into the wronghands.... Logan Sackett was wild and rootless, riding west in search ofeasy living. Then he met Emily Talon, a fiery old widow who waseven wilder than he was. Tall and lean, Em was determined to defendherself against the locals who were trying to steal her land. Logan didn't want to get involved, until he found out that Em hadbeen born a Sackett. Em was bucking overwhelming odds, but Loganwouldn't let her stand alone. For even the rebellious drifter knewthat part of being a Sackett was backing up your family when theyneeded you.
