It iS America's most secret base. hidden deep in the Utah Desert, an air force instaLLation known onLy as Area 7. And today it has a special visitor: the President of the United States. He has come to inspecl Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are wa~dng for him inside...Among the President's helicopter crew. however, is a young marine. He is quiet.enigmatic, and he hides his eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is SchofieLd. Carl sign: SCARECROW. Rumor has it. he's a good man in a storm. Judging by what the President has just walked into, he'd better be...

Meet Ashley Patterson, the brainy, babelicious "computer whiz" and confused heroine of Tell Me Your Dreams. Although she has a cushy job at Global Computer Graphics, a fast-growing start-up in Silicon Valley, her life falls short of fulfilling.She's lonely, shy, and absolutely convinced she's being stalked. What's worse, the only sympathetic ear around is her father, Dr. Patterson, the heartless heart surgeon, who has the charm of an electric eel and the compassion of a tarantula. Given her options, Ashley looks to the heavens for support and offers up an ultimatum to the Almighty: "I'll make a deal with you, God. If it doesn't rain, it means that everything is all right, that I've been imagining everything." Of course, it starts raining buckets just paragraphs later, setting off a car alarm of an omen about our computer cutie's fate.Enter Toni Prescott and Alette Peters. They both work with Ashley at Global Computer Graphics, but the similarities end there. Toni is a saucy, British vixen with a penchant for

Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish summer skies and the place where she once belonged. Then Anya meets bad boy Dan. He's no angel, but she's sure there's a sweeter side to him. And when things begin to fall apart, Anya realizes she's not alone - how can Dan be such bad news when being with him feels like heaven?

Late one night, exploring her Father's libra,, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominouslV to MV dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discoverrT plunges her into a world she never dreamed of a labyrinth Where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history.

'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice inher voice. 'I can picture it right now.' He smiled without openinghis eyes. 'Go on then.' 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet forthe first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they mustgo their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day nextyear? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Twentyyears, two people, ONE DAY. From the author of the massivebestseller STARTER FOR TEN.

Bestseller Griffin's ponderous third Presidential Agent novel picks up where the previous entry, The Hostage, left off, following U.S. Army Maj. Carlos "Charley" Castillo, a troubleshooter who takes orders directly from the president, as he fumbles about in South America and Europe. Castillo and his crew of specialists are trying to figure out who ordered the murder of American diplomat Jean-Paul Lorimer, who was shot to death in Uruguay while under suspicion of various international misdeeds, including a shady food-for-oil conspiracy in Iraq. Long stretches of dialogue and de*ion come across more as showcases for Griffin's knowledge than as solid narrative, while Castillo and his cohorts never rise beyond their assigned roles. Fans will miss the more captivating heroes of Griffin's Brotherhood of War or the Corps series. Author tour. (Jan.)

This is the third book to a wonderful Trilogy. Philip the last of the Quinn brothers finds his true love. All the loose ends are finally tied up. Is Seth really Ray Quinn's son? This is revealed in this installment. This was the best, the most intense and most emotional of all three books. Phillip Quinn, a high powered ad exec living in Baltimore and the last of the Quinn brothers still single. The Quinn family saved him from a life a crime of theft and street running when he was a boy. Sybil needs to find the little boy she remembers from 6 long years ago before things completely fall apart. Did the Quinn's really steal Seth from his mother? Who were these people? Sybil is about to find out. She is on a personal mission and when she sees him, things aren't what they seem. The Quinn brothers are gentle with him and seem to love him. Then she seems to fall for Phillip. When her identity is revealed, the tenuous grip she has on him falls apart as she now must defend herself against the protective family an

Danglard connaissait assez le commissaire pour comprendre, àla variation d'intensité de son visage, que quelque chosed'intéressant s'était produit ce matin. Mais il se méfiait.Adamsberg et lui avaient des conceptions très éloignées de ce qu'onappelle un "truc intéressant". Ainsi, le commissaire trouvait assezintéressant de ne rien faire, alors que Danglard trouvait celamortellement paniquant. Le lieutenant jeta un coup d'?ilsoup?onneux à la feuille de papier blanc qui voletait entre lesmains d'Adamsberg. (.../...) ? vrai dire, il s'était accoutumé àcet homme, tout en s'irritant d'un comportement inconciliable avecsa propre manière d'exister. Adamsberg se fiait à l'instinct etcroyait aux forces de l'humanité, Danglard se fiait à la réflexionet croyait aux forces du vin blanc. --Ce texte fait référence àl’édition Broché .

If you’ve ever paid off one credit card with another，thrown out a bill before opening it，or convinced yourself that buying at a two-for-one sale is like making money，then this silly，appealing novel is for you。In the opening pages of Confessions of a Shopaholic，recent college graduate Rebecca Bloomwood is offered a hefty line of credit by a London bank。Within a few months，Sophie Kinsella’s heroine has exceeded the limits of this generous offer，and begins furtively to scan her credit-card bills at work，certain that she couldn’t have spent the reported sums。 In theory anyway，the world of finance shouldn’t be a mystery to Rebecca，since she writes for a magazine called Successful Saving。 Struggling with her spendthrift impulses，she tries to heed the advice of an expert and appreciate life’s cheaper pleasures： parks， museums， and so forth。Yet her first Saturday at the Victoria and Albert Museum strikes her as a waste。Why？ There’s not a price tag in sight

Synopsis This text is a magical fable about learning to listen to your heart, read the omens strewn along life''s path and, above all, following your dreams. The book tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him. With a visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, the author hopes that "The Alchemist" has the power to inspire nations and change people''s lives.

After traveling the world to exotic lands, Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie–now widowed but still witches–return to the Rhode Island seaside town of Eastwick, “the scene of their primes,” site of their enchanted mischief more than three decades ago. Diabolical Darryl Van Horne is gone, and what was once a center of license and liberation is now a “haven of wholesomeness” populated by hockey moms and househusbands acting out against the old ways of their own absent, experimenting parents. With spirits still willing but flesh weaker, the three women must confront a powerful new counterspell of conformity. In this wicked and wonderful novel, John Updike is at his very best–a legendary master of literary magic up to his old delightful tricks.

Toby Temple is a super star and a super bastard, a man adored by his fans and plagued by suspicion and distrust.Jill Castle came to Hollywood to be a star-and discovered that she had to buy her way with her body. Now this lonely man and this disillusioned woman find themselves bound to each other by a love so ruthless, so strong, it will destroy everyone who gets in its way

In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab’s gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men — from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life. The links they forged then bound them inextricably together, but the things they saw and did during that time would take them all to breaking point — and some beyond — in the years that were to follow. He who dares doesn’t always win . . .

" Etre fidèle quand on n'a pas de proposition, c'est comme êtrehonnête quand on ne fait pas de politique, on n'a aucun mérite. " "T'as déjà regardé les hommes au supermarché ? Soit ils sont encouple et ils font la gueule, soit ils sont tout seuls avec deslistes et ils font encore plus la gueule. " " C'est fou le succèsque j'ai avec les hommes depuis que je suis mariée. Non mais àcroire que l'alliance, ?a les attire ! Ils doivent se dire :"celle-là au moins elle rêve pas de se faire épouser, elle sait ceque c'est ! "" La routine, la drague, le concubinage, lesengueulades... Anne Roumanoff nous confie sa vision de la vie àdeux, tellement dr?le quand elle est évoquée avec bonne humeur !Une réflexion enjouée dans laquelle chaque couple sereconna?tra...

Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel andEmmaline have formed a very successful wedding-planning businesstogether but, despite helping thousands of happy couples toorganise the biggest day of their lives,all four women are unluckyin love. Photographer Mackensie Elliot has suffered a toughchildhood and still has a bad relationship with her mother,which makes her wary of commitment. But when she meetsCarter Maguire, she can't stop herself falling for him,although hisex-girlfriend is prepared to play dirty to keep him. Mackensie soonrealises she has to put her past demons to rest in order to findlasting love...

Maclean's precise and nimble reading makes it nearly impossible for listeners to resist the pull of Taraborrelli's compassionate chronicle of the wild and tempestuous life of Elizabeth Taylor. With her more than a half dozen full-length biographies and five decades as tabloid fodder, most listeners will be well acquainted with surface events in Taylor's life. There are the eight marriages (five of them before she was 32), the affairs, multiple suicide attempts, decades of life-and-death health issues, the jewelry collection and finally her AIDS activism. Taraborrelli's strength as a biographer is his tenacity to dig beneath the surface to find the motivations and insecurities behind Taylor's actions, and his care helps listeners discover the dynamic charisma and good humor that have attracted men and moviegoers to her. Maclean's narration sails effortlessly over a life full of globe-trotting without stumbling over foreign names and locales. Taraborrelli bookends the production by reading a five-minute o

Retired art thief Michael St. Pierre (star of Doetsch's debut The Thieves of Heaven) tests the limits of his skills and of reader credulity as he breaks into... the Kremlin. It's been a year since Michael's beloved wife, Mary, died and he's still grieving when a good friend makes a dying wish: Michael must steal a painting from a shady Parisian dealer, then destroy it before it falls into the hands of Julian Zivera, an evil and powerful lunatic. Just when Michael believes the task is completed, Zivera enters the picture and presents Michael with a choice: either Michael will break into the vaults of the Russian capitol and steal a gold box that is said to contain the secret to eternal life, or Zivera will kill Michael's long-lost biological father. Michael chooses door number one and enlists his widowed sister-in-law, Susan, and ex-cop buddy, Paul, to help. Over 400 pages the trio endures so many crosses (double, triple, you name it) and close calls that one wishes the plot's destruction were part of Michael'

After a long visit to the planet Krypton, the Man Of Steel returns to earth to become the peoples savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane

'A brother,' he said. Jesus Christ! Now where'd this brothercome from? Whose brother? Montalbano had known from the start thatbetween all the brothers, uncles, in-laws, nephews and nieces, thiscase was going to drive him crazy. Chief Inspector Montalbano is onenforced sick leave. But when a local girl goes mysteriouslymissing, the whole community takes an interest in the case. Why arethe kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father anddying mother will be able to find a fortune? The ever-inquisitiveMontalbano steps in, to get to the heart of the matter in his owninimitable style.

The final pages of Koontz's newest are uplifting enough to make Cain repent and Pilate weep. And there's much else in this novel to savor-and savor it readers must, because some of the book is slow going (it's also much too long). There's scarcely an author alive who, judging by his books, loves the English language more than Koontz; there's certainly no bestselling author of popular fiction who makes more use of figures of speech and whose sentences offer more musicality. That can be Koontz's weakness as well as strength, however. Koontz is also one of the great suspense authors, and when he's fashioned a particularly robust plot to carry his creative prose, as in last year's By the Light of the Moon, he's an Olympian. But when he stretches a thin story line beyond resilience, the language can overcome the narrative like kudzu vines. That happens here, despite the tale's grandeur and strong lines. The eponymous Face is the world's biggest movie star; he doesn't appear in the novel, but his smart, geeky 10-ye

The controversial bestseller from Tom Clancy, the all-time master of the techno-thriller. CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan joins the war on drugs. And when three American officials are assassinated in Colombia, the U.S. response is swift-and shocking.

The opening pages of a Haruki Murakami novel can be like the view out an airplane window onto tarmac. But at some point between page three and fifteen--it's page thirteen in Kafka On The Shore--the deceptively placid narrative lifts off, and you find yourself breaking through clouds at a tilt, no longer certain where the plane is headed or if the laws of flight even apply. Joining the rich literature of runaways, Kafka On The Shore follows the solitary, self-disciplined schoolboy Kafka Tamura as he hops a bus from Tokyo to the randomly chosen town of Takamatsu, reminding himself at each step that he has to be "the world s toughest fifteen-year-old." He finds a secluded private library in which to spend his days--continuing his impressive self-education--and is befriended by a transgendered clerk and the mysteriously remote head librarian, Miss Saeki, whom he fantasizes may be his long-lost mother. Meanwhile, in a second, wilder narrative spiral, an elderly Tokyo man named Nakata veers from his calm routi