Michael Havelock's world died on a moonlit beach on the CostaBrava. He watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karats, doubleagent, was efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There wasnothing left for him but to quit the game, get out. Until, in onefrantic moment on a crowded railroad platform in Rome, Havelock sawhis Jenna alive. From then on, he was marked for death by both U.S.and Russian assassins, racing around the globe after his beautifulbetrayer, trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by atop-level mole with the world in his fist-- Parsifal.
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has neverbeen so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.Kate Danielsmay have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she's still knee-deepin paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone tohire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging thanshe thought it would be-now that the Order is disparaging her goodname, and many potential clients are afraid of getting on the badside of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate's mate.So whenAtlanta's premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with avampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work.Turns out this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to getto the bottom of it-fast, or the city and everyone dear to hermight pay the ultimate price.
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station inBoston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds upon the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, whichcomes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thornbushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters:the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest ofCali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in havingTheroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
Mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormalkind. But her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents hergreatest challenge.
Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece, "The Godfather" is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.
According to Mayan doomsday prophecy, 12/21/12 marks the endof the world in a global cataclysm that can only be prevented bythe Nightkeepers, magical warriors enlisted to fight the rise ofthe underworld demons. To fulfill the final prophecy theNightkeepers must find their mates, but when Lucius and Jade arecharged with rescuing the Mayan sun god, they try to ignore theirgrowing attraction. Unless they can confront their own demons andaccept that love isn't a weakness, even destiny might not be ableto save them...
Book De*ion Let number-one New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts flyyou into Lunacy, Alaska, and into a colorful, compelling new novelabout two lonely souls who find love - and redemtion... Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'dwatched his partner die on the street - and the guilt still hauntshim. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as chief of policein this tiny, remote Alaskan town, where the peace provides a balmfor his shattered soul - and an unexpected affair with pilot MegGalloway warms his nights... But other things in Lunacy are heating up. Nate suspects thekiller in an unsolved murder still walks the snowy streets. Hisinvestigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurkbeneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-citysurvival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. And hisdiscovery will threaten the new life - and the new love - that hehas finally found for herself. "Roberts is among the best popul
Her weapons: Money and Power. Her target: The most dangerousman in the world--her son. Elizabeht Wyckman Scarlatti has aplan--a desperate, last-minute gamble--designed to save the worldfrom her own son, Ulster, an incalculably dangerous man who isworking under the name of Heinrich Kroeger: Unless she can stophim, he is about to give Hitler's Third Reich the most powerfutriumph on earth.
Two twentieth-century literary masterpieces from the NobelPrize winner Saul Bellowas Pulitzer Prizeawinning novel exploresthe long friendship between Charlie Citrine, a young man with anintense passion for literature, and the great poet Von HumboldtFleisher. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure,and Charlieas life is falling apart: his career is at a standstill,and heas enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with ahighly unsuitable young woman, and involved with a neuroticmafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowingupon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn hislife around.
Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the Army of theRevolution, broke out of jail and headed north from Mexico withnothing but the clothes on his back. Then he found new troublestruggling at the end of a noose-and stepped in just in time tosave the life of a Texas rancher. The would-be executioners werethe rancher's own men, looking to steal his land. Now Utah has aunique proposition: Have the wealthy Texan play dead, introducehimself as the spread's new foreman, and take care of the outlawsone by one. The wage to fight another man's war? A hundred a monthplus expenses. The cost of falling in love while he earns thatwage? It wasn't exactly part of the original agreement, but Utahwill soon find out-unless the bad guys get to him first.
This book covers a critical part of the Battle ofGettysburg.
Here is Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel -- a tale of grief and lost love's enduring bonds, of haunting secrets of the past, and of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire. Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs, Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie and Kyra's struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors. What are the forces that have been unleashed here -- and what do they want of Mike Noonan? It is no secret that King is one
Now a classic of the travel genre, The Great Railway Bazaarchronicles Paul Theroux's adventures by rail from Victoria Stationin London to Tokyo Central, told with his signature wryobservations.
Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tippingpoint. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the mostrespected scientists in the field of climate change offer the firstconcise guide to both the problems and the solutions. Guiding uspast a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walkerand Sir David King explain the science of warming, the mostcutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and thenational and international politics that will affect our efforts.While there have been many other books about the problem of globalwarming, none has addressed what we can and should do about it soclearly and persuasively, with no spin, no agenda, and noexaggeration. Neither Walker nor King is an activist or politician,and theirs is not a generic green call to arms. Instead theypropose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem. Mostimportant, they offer hope: This is a serious issue, perhaps themost serious that humanity has ever faced. But we can still dosomething about
Whether you are working on the novel that's been in the back ofyour mind for years or simply facing an increasing demand to writewell at work or school, the fact remains: more and more of us arewriting more often these days-reports, e-mails, faxes, andnewsletters. But despite the increase in written communication,something has been lost-the fundamentals of good writing. Grammarmaven Patricia T. O'Conner comes to the rescue with the mostpainless, practical, and funny writing book ever written. In short,snappy chapters filled with crystal-clear examples, amusingcomparisons, and humorous allegories that cover everything from"Pronoun Pileups" and "Verbs That Zing" to "What to Do When You'reStuck," O'Conner provides simple, straightforward tips to help yousort your thoughts and make sentences that make sense. Push asidethose stuffy old-fashioned rule books, because O'Conner has writtenthe most accessible and enjoyable book yet for today's writer.
