The first book in a new post-apocalyptic trilogy from "amaster of the genre" Heather O'Grainne is the Assistant Secretaryin the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumorssurrounding something called "Daybreak." The group is diverse andradical, and its members have only one thing in common-their hatredfor the "Big System" and their desire to take it down. Now,seemingly random events simultaneously occurring around the worldare in fact connected as part of Daybreak's plan to destroy moderncivilization-a plan that will eliminate America's top governmentpersonnel, leaving the nation no choice but to implement itsemergency contingency program...Directive 51.

The ultimate battle between good and evil

Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves andtries to protect him.

In the 8th century AD Ibn al′Arabi, the Moorish governor of Barcelona, bestowed a magnificent gift upon Charlemagne, Holy Emperor of half of the known world: a chess set with the power to transform the course of history. New York City, 1970. Catherine ′Cat′ Velis, a computer expert working for one of the world′s largest accountancy firms, is sent on a dangerous assignment to retrieve an object of immeasurable value from somewhere in the remote reaches of Algeria. Montglane Abbey, France 1790, Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortress-like Montglane Abbey. With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life - and their means of escape is at hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the game a secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must scatter the pieces throughout t

World-renowned Harvard symboligist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization - the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth . . . the long-forgotten Illuminati lair. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you wereyoung and searching, helped you see the world as a more profoundplace, gave you sound advice to help you make your way throughit. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his collegeprofessor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made yourway, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn'tyou like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions thatstill haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the wayyou once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in thelast months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrievisited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used toback in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final"class": lessons in how to live. Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their t

Hired by a Massachusetts grand dame to prove the innocence of her grandson, who has been implicated in a school shooting during which seven people were killed, Spenser wonders why the boy seems unconcerned about his possible wrongful imprisonment and faces difficult obstacles in the wake of unhelpful school officials and a blackmail conspiracy.

When Atlantic Monthly Press relaunched her Commissario GuidoBrunetti series. Donna Leon was hailed as "the best mystery writeryou've never heard of...She uses the relatively small andcrime-free canvas of Venice for riffs about Italian life, sexualstyles and--best of all--the kind of ingrown business and politicalcorruption that seems to lurk just below the surface" ("ChicagoTribune). Now "Blood from a Stone brings her celebrated characterCommissario Guido Brunetti back on the scene: On a cold Venetiannight shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in ascuffle in Campo San Stefano. The closest witnesses to the eventare the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before hisdeath--fake handbags of every designer label. The dead man had beenworking as a "vu cumpra, one of the many African immigrantspurveying goods outside normal shop hours, trading without workpermits. Commissario Brunetti's response is that of everybodyinvolved: Why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant? With fewsocial c

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.

From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tami Hoagcomes this romance classic about a man in love--and the woman who'sdetermined to prove it to him... Maggie McSwain should have beenthrilled when Rylan Quaid asked her to marry him. Instead, she wascrushed. After all her romantic fantasies, Ry's proposal wasmissing one crucial element: "love. "But Maggie would prove to Rythat he had a heart--and then she'd use every teasing, temptingounce of seductive power she had to capture it. The next time heproposed to her--and there would be a next time--common sense wouldbe the last thing on his mind. As far as Ry was concerned, solidpartnerships made for lasting marriages--and that's what he couldhave with Maggie. Of course he wanted her, as any man with eyeswould want her. But he couldn't love her...because he'd vowed neverto fall in love again. Now it seemed that the only way to make herhis wife was to use reverse psychology. He'd just retract hisproposal--and pretend to be immune to her charms. He had no

Roland the Gunfighter and his two companions continue the quest for the tower at the portal of all the worlds...in this third volume in the epic that continues to dominate the bestseller lists.

With over eight million copies of her beloved books in print,Sophie Kinsella is a true phenomenon. Now Becky Brandon (neeBloomwood) is back, in a hilarious new" "Shopaholic novel Becky'slife is blooming She's working at London's newest big store, TheLook, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a ShoeRoom)...and she's pregnant She couldn't be moreoverjoyed--especially since discovering that shopping cures morningsickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from thedesigner nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity,must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turnsout to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky'sperfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two...but arethere three in her marriage?

Praise for A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: 'In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best …tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting' Time Magazine ‘An absorbing, exciting read … Martin’s style is so vivid that youwill be hooked within a few pages’ The Times ‘The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasywriters away shaking their heads …Its ambition: to construct theTwelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous theycould eat the Borgias’ Guardian ‘Colossal, staggering … Martin captures all the intoxicatingcomplexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in hisimaginary world … The writing is always powerful …' SFX

Worldwide No.1 bestseller John Grisham takes you into the heart of America's Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge. From a hard-drinking, downtrodden divorce lawyer looking for pay-dirt, to a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea, "Ford County" features a vivid cast of attorneys, crooks, hustlers, and convicts. Through their stories he paints a unique picture of lives lived and lost in Mississippi. Completely gripping, frequently moving and always entertaining, "Ford County" brims with the same page-turning quality and heart-stopping drama of his previous bestsellers, and is proof once more why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

Sophie Rose is a crime reporter at a major Chicago newspaperand the daughter of Bobby Rose, a charming gentleman and big-timethief. When asked to write an expose about her notorious father,Sophie quits and goes to work at a small newspaper, covering localpersonalities such as William Harrington, the 5K runner whosetrademark is red socks. Those socks--with Sophie's business cardtucked inside--are practically all that's found after Harrington iskilled near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, seemingly in a brutal polar bearattack. Sophie heads north to investigate, but danger follows inher wake. After one attempt on her life, she's assigned brash butsexy Jack MacAlister as a bodyguard. But Sophie and Jack will soonbe fighting more than their growing passion for each other.Powerful forces will stop at nothing to prevent the exposure of thesinister conspiracy Sophie and Jack are about to uncover.

Arthur C. Clark, creator of one of the world's best-lovedscience fiction tales, revisits the most famous future everimagined in this NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, as two expeditions intospace become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of twoprevious encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must againconfront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided thatMankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether itwishes to or not.

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professionaltwenty-something young women don't get visitedby ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara'sgreat-aunt Sadie mysteriously appears, she has onerequest: Lara must find a missing necklace that hadbeen in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, because Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and atfirst it seems as though they have nothing in common.But as the mission to find Sadie's necklace leads tointrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very'different "twenties" girls learn some surprisingtruths from and about each other.

#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tami Hoag mixes passion,politics, heartbreak, and humor in this powerful classic novelignited by a man and woman whose desire for each other could leadthem both to ruin. They were totally wrong for each other. Aromantic odd couple. It was clear at first sight. Bronwynn PrescottPierson was a jet-setting socialite, a one-time fashion icon, andnow a runaway bride. Wade Grayson was a straitlaced, ambitiouscongressman from the American heartland. They couldn't have hadless in common and more to lose by their accidental meeting in theVermont woods, where they'd each gone in hopes of escaping thepast. Both drawn to the ruins of the old Foxfire estate, the womanfrom Venus and the man from Washington were playing a dangerousgame with the most volatile and unpredictable of human emotions.And when it all blew up, the press would be there to broadcast thedisaster to the world. But what their enemies didn't count on wasthat the power that drew them together would always be a littles

Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more thana decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever CommissarioGuido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover thethreads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integritywhile maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption,and intrigue. In "A Noble Radiance" a new landowner is summonedurgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentallyunearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, buta ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens aninfamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's mostaristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel theclues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice andthat of a family grieving for their abducted son.