Many people among them Henry James) have considered Balzac tobe the greatest of all novelists. Eugenie Grandet, his spare,classical story of a girl whose life is blighted by her father'shysterical greed, goes a long way to justifying that opinion. Oneof the most magnificent of his tales of early nineteenth-centuryFrench provincial life, this novel is the work of a writer on whomnothing was lost, and who represents most fully the ability of thehuman animal to understand and illuminate its own condition. Translated By Ellen Marriage With An Introduction By Fredric R.Jameson Fredric R. Jameson is William A. Lane, Jr. Professor ofComparative Literature at Duke University in North Carolina. Hispublications include Sartre: The Origins of a Style, Signatures ofthe Visible, and Post-modernism, or, The Cultural Logic of LateCapitalism, with Aesthetics of the Geopolitical forthcoming. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins todrift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together onthe newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love."A splendidly imagined epic voyage...a fabulous fable" (KirkusReviews). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.

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.

In Blindness, a city is overcome by an epidemic ofblindness that spares only one woman. She becomes a guide for agroup of seven strangers and serves as the eyes and ears for thereader in this profound parable of loss and disorientation. Wereturn to the city years later in Saramago’s Seeing, asatirical commentary on government in general and democracy inparticular. Together here for the first time, this beautifuledition will be a welcome addition to the library of any Saramagofan.

After Tarver Elementary School's unpopular principal ismurdered, PTA secretary and mother of two Beth Kennedy puts asidebake sales and class trip fund-raisers to catch a killer. And whenmembers of the PTA become suspects, she realizes solving thismurder will not be as easy as ABC...

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has beenabducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may havebeen brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in theOregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his greatsadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God,inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his betterjudgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks backinto his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change hislife forever.

But now he is marked for death, caught in a maddening puzzle,racing for survival through the deep layers of his buried past intoa bizarre world of murderous conspirators -- led by Carlos, theworld's most dangerous assassin. And no one can help Jason Bournebut the woman who once wanted to escape him.

A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty 900-yearhistory of the royal marriages of Europe's most famous-andinfamous-monarchs. Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had littleto do with love- and almost everything to do with diplomacy anddynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony toform such infamous couples as Russia's Peter II and Catherine theGreat, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici-all with thepurpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high andsilverware flying, kings like England's Henry II have fled to thebeds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor ofAquitaine have plotted their revenge... Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs , this book chronicles the love-hate marriagesof the crowned heads of Europe-from the Angevins to Charles andDi-and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.

In prose possessed of the radically stripped-down beauty andferocious wit that characterize his work, this early novel by NobelPrize winner Samuel Beckett recounts the grotesque and improbableadventures of a fantastically logical Irish servant and his master.Watt is a beautifully executed black comedy that, at its core, isrooted in the powerful and terrifying vision that made Beckett oneof the most influential writers of the twentieth century.

This stunning and steamy debut chronicles the adventures ofNan King, a small town girl at the turn of the century whose lifetakes a wild turn of its own when she follows a local music hallstar to London...

Penelope Fitzgerald's first novel, THE GOLDEN CHILD, combinesa deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London'smost refined institution -- the museum. When the glitteringtreasure of ancient Garamantia, the golden child, is delivered tothe museum, a web of intrigue tightens around its personnel,especially the hapless museum officer Waring Smith. While prowlingthe halls one night, Waring is nearly strangled. Two suspiciousdeaths ensue, and only the cryptic hieroglyphics of the Garamantescan bring an end to the mayhem. Fitzgerald has an unerring eye forhuman nature, and this satirical look at the art world delivers aterrifically witty read.

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.

The editors of the best-selling rediscovered Tolkien novelRoverandom present an expanded fiftieth anniversary edition ofTolkien's beloved classic Farmer Giles of Ham, complete with a map,the original story outline, the original first-editionillustrations by Pauline Baynes, and the author's notes for anunpublished sequel. Farmer Giles of Ham is a light-hearted satirefor readers of all ages that tells the tale of a reluctant hero whomust save his village from a dragon. It is a small gem of a talethat grows more delightful with each rereading.

Only two rival spies—and one mysterious woman—can stop them:Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius forespionage—and a life of terror and explosive violence. Swornenemies, they have vowed to terminate each other—yet now they mustbecome allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills andice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle ofkillers, the Matarese.

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) The three classic novelspublished here in one volume are rich with the crisp prose, subtlecharacters, and intricate plots that made Dashiell Hammett one ofthe most admired writers of the twentieth century. A one-timedetective and a master of deft understatement, Hammett virtuallyinvented the hard-boiled crime novel. In "The Maltese Falcon," SamSpade, a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, tangleswith a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at thedrop of a dime. "The Thin Man" introduces Hammett's wittiestcreations, Nick and Nora Charles, who solve homicides in betweenwisecracks and martinis. And in "Red Harvest," Hammett's anonymoustough-guy detective, the Continental Op, takes on the entire townof Poisonville in a deadly war against corruption. "DashiellHammett is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hellof a writer."--"Boston Globe" "Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, buthe did over and over what only the best writers can ever do.

Founded and directed by GoldenGlobe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, hitRECord is an opencollaborative production company where members can contribute theirwork in various forms including music, videos, text and drawings.Members are then encouraged to add, edit, remix and collaboratewith each other. HitRECord currently has over 45,000 active membersworldwide. Over 1,000 creative contributions are added daily andover 100 new artists join hitRECord each day. Joe regularly hostshitRECord events throughout the country at venues ranging from theSundance and SxSW film festivals to college campuses to grandcinemas to rock roll bars to concert halls, with audiencesranging from 100 to 1,500 people. In December 2010, hitRECordself-published the first volume in the "Tiny Stories" series. Thecollaboration received over 2,300 contributions, from which Joe andthe creative collective edited together 32 illustrated stories.This volume in the "Tiny Stories" series will contain all newmaterial created through the sam

Believe the Power In a secluded house not far from Washington,D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnessesit has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith hasdone too much, knows too much, and she'll tell too much. Believethe Suspense Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world,Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigatorwalks into the middle of the assassination attempt, the shootingsuddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent is killed. Believe theAstounding New Story That Only David Baldacci could Write... NowFaith Lockhart must flee for her life-with her story, with herdeadly secret, and with an unknown man she's forced to trust...

There's a saying at Hollywood Station that the full moonbrings out the beast--rather than the best--in the precinct'scitizens. One moonlit night, veteran officers Dana Vaughn and"Hollywood" Nate Weiss get a call about a prowler who's beenbrutally attacking women. Meanwhile, a pair of cops with the surfersobriquets Flotsam and Jetsam are on the lookout for asmooth-talking player in dreads and a crazy-eyed, tattooed biker.But something bigger, more high-tech, and much more deadly is aboutto go down. After a dizzying series of twists, turns, and chases,the cops discover that they've stumbled upon a complex web of crimewhere even the criminals aren't sure who's conning whom. And forsome of the men and women in blue, public duty will exact theheaviest of tolls.

An upper-class woman, recovering from a suicide attempt, visitsthe women's ward of Millbank prison as part of her rehabilitation.There she meets Selina, an enigmatic spiritualist-and becomes drawninto a twilight world of ghosts and shadows, unruly spirits andunseemly passions, until she is at last driven to concoct adesperate plot to secure Selina's freedom, and her own. "Unfoldssinuously and ominously...a powerful plot-twister. The book ismultidimensional: a naturalistic look at Victorian society; a trulysuspenseful tale of terror; and a piece of elegant, thinly veilederotica." ("USA Today") "Gothic tale, psychological study, puzzlenarrative-Sarah Waters' second novel is all of these wrapped intoone, served up to superbly suspenseful and hypnotic effect." ("TheSeattle Times")

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