The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation, heresay, and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I put all the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form.
Young boys are being kidnapped in Chicago and turning up dead... strangled to death. Shockingly, the same thing is happening in St. Louis, but there the victims are young girls. Is it one killer seeking different victims in different cities, or could it be two killers at work with frighteningly similar methods? That's what Joe Keough and his partner, Harriet Conners, have to find out. Keough has been sent from Washington, D. C., as part of the federal Serial Killer Task Force to stop these murders and find the killer-or killers-before any more children are lost, or bodies found. It's been a while since he's been back in his hometown of St. Louis, but he's going to have to hit the ground running in this deadly race against time and at least one mad strangler. 作者简介： ROBERT J. RANDISI Bob Randisi has written novels in the mystery, suspense, men's adventure, fantasy and western genres. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., but now resides in St. Louis, where he lives, loves and writes with a woman w
In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...
Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is dead shot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pact leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew. From "New York Times" bestselling author Jodi Picoult one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.
A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invites him to a New Year's murder? And what forces are at work when his car breaks down outside Royalston Hall, an isolated estate with a deadly history?
When the Dashwood sisters romantic Marianne and cautious Elinor move to the country in reduced circumstances, both find the possibility of love in their new life. But they will soon discover that the path to happiness is more complex than they had realized... 作者简介： PENGUIN POPULAR CLASSICS are the per fect introduction to the worldfamous PENGUIN CLASSICS series which en compasses the best books ever written, from Homer's Odyssey to Orwell's 1984 and everything in between. For a full list and ideas on what to read next, visit www.penguinclassics.com
No surprises here, I guess. Tireless Editor and close friend,Simon Spanton was once again always there for debate, dis-cussion and advice. And the odd beer. Arch publicist, Nicola Sinclair snared some great press exposure against the odds, and Robert Kirby, my agent, always looked forwards. Thank you for everything you do on my behalf. And there's more. Thanks once again to Dick Whichelow and Dave Mutton for their support and healthy criticism. To David Gemmell and Peter Hamilton for valuable advice on the busi-ness side of being an author. To Ariel for sterling work on my website (particularly the gazetteer). To Rob Bedford, Gabe Chouinard and Sammie from sffworld.com for spreading the word. And once more to all those who took the time to email me about The Raven.
Fifteen years ago in Boston, Kate Summers made a bargain:she became the mother of a perfect, beautiful newborn baby, and shepromised she would never breathe a word about the adoption toanyone. Now Kate has built a good life for herself and her son,Jon, in a small town in Oregon. She has almost forgotten her fearthat he will somehow be taken away. Then Daegan O'Rourke arrives intown and strikes up a friendship with her and Jon. Daegan has hisown past to hide - one with shocking ties to hers. Someone issearching for Kate and her son and is willing to go to any lengthsto claim him. And the one man Kate is tempted to trust hasdangerous secrets that could change her world forever. Soon, thepast Kate thought she could outrun will explode, unearthing alegacy of lies and treachery and a fury powerful enough tokill.
Noble Britton had suffered greatly at the hands of his first wife, and he refused to fall into the same trap again. This time he intended to marry a quiet, biddable woman who would not draw attention to herself or cause scandal. Gillian Leigh's honesf manner and spontaneous laughter attracted him immediately. It mattered little that she was accident-prone; he could provide the structure necessary to guide her. But unconventional to the tips of her half-American toes--toes that one of them was constantly tripping over his new bride turned the tables on him,wreaking havoc on his orderly life. And worse, demanding he surrender his heart. Perpetually one step behind his beguiling spouse, Noble suffered a banged-up head, a blackeye, and a broken nose before he realized Gillian had healed his soul and proved that their union was no heedless tumble, but the swoon of true love.
Récit épique du XIe siècle, La Chanson de Roland met en scèneRoland et Olivier, des héros magnifiques dévoués corps et ?me àl'empereur Charlemagne en lutte contre un redoutable ennemi, leSarrazin Marsile. ? travers des dialogues réalistes et desfresques guerrières, cette chanson de geste fait revivre la sociétéféodale, à la gloire de la chrétienté et de la ? douce France ?.Foi et patriotisme, amitié et prouesse guerrière, trahison etch?timent, tels sont les principaux thèmes de ce récit qu'unetraduction en fran?ais moderne met à la portée de tous.
May Sinclair was an innovator of modern fiction a late Victorian who was also a precursor to Virginia Woolf ln her Uncanny Stories(1993)Sinclair combines the traditional ghost story withe the discovenries of Freud and Einstein The stories shock enthral delight and unsettle. Two lovers are doomed to repeat their empty affair for the rest of eternity A female ftelepath is forced to face the consequences of her actions The victim of a violent murder has the last laugh on his assailant An amateur philosopher discovers that there is more to Heaven than meets the eye. Specially included in this volume is The lntercessor(1911)Sinclair s powerful story of childhood and abandoned love a tale whose intensity compares with that of the Brontes.
Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow. Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life. The tattoo does bring changes—not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils. . . .
The scent is unmistakable gardenias, sweet and delicate, thesame perfume that his beautiful first wife, Jennifer, always wore.Opening his eyes in the hospital room where he's recovering from anaccident, New Orleans detective Rick Bentz sees her standing in thedoorway. Then Jennifer blows him a kiss and disappears. But itcouldn't have been Jennifer. She died twelve years ago...
