In Dorian Gray, Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable youngman sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Also included inthe volume are three of the Irish master storyteller's shortworks.
She's sexy, plus-sized, and on a liquid diet-of blood.Plus-sized vampire Glory St. Clair takes on paranormal drug dealerswho are selling a dangerous new fix for anyone who wants to liveforever.
Ex-detective Macmillan has a taste for bad girls, but his lastlover really took the cake-and his humanity. Now a half-demon,Mac's lost his friends, his family, and his job. Then a beguilingvampire asks for his help to find her son. Suddenly, Mac has a caseto work-one that leads him deeps into the supernatural prison whereMac learns that cracking the case will cost him his last scrap ofhumanity.
Dickens' final novel, left unfinished at his death in 1870, is a mystery story much influenced by the 'Sensation Novel' as written by his friend Wilkie Collins. The action takes place in an ancient cathedral city and in some of the darkest places in Victorian London. Drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder are among the themes and motifs. A sombre and menacing atmosphere, a fascinating range of characters and Dickens' usual command of language combine to make this an exciting and tantalising story. Also included in this volume are a number of unjustly neglected stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder , guilt and childhood romance.
A mercitess kitter.with a unique weapon is ready to strike.Etectricity is as tethat as it is vitat, and it onty takes onespark of genius to generate panic and death.
Even vampires can be afraid of ghosts... After the death of her husband-and her dreams ofmotherhood-Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate inBroken Heart, Oklahoma. Little did she know she would also give upher life as the Silverstone heiress. But escaping the past isn't that easy-especially with a vengefulghost trying to kill her, a 150-year-old mystery to solve, and anoutrageously hot were-jaguar named "Tez" trying to get into herboudoir...
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
Here is the beloved, high-adventure story of David Balfour,whose uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and has him kidnappedand sold into slavery. An odyssey ensues, including a shipwreck,narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.
Rusty Sabich is a prosecuting lawyer in Chicago who enters a nightmare world when Carolyn, a beautiful attorney with whom he has been having an affair, is found raped and strangled. He stands accused of the crime. This 'insider' book by a Chicago lawyer was one of the great novels of the 1980s, selling more than nine million copies, and was made into a famous film starring Harrison Ford. It's a supremely suspenseful and compelling courtroom drama about ambition, weakness, hypocrisy and American justice.
From "the funniest important writer in America" (Miami Herald)comes a tale that is gleefully zany and incisively sharp and nowavailable in trade paperback for the first time.
Featuring an Introduction by Erica Jong, this book stars one ofthe most unforgettable heroines of all time.
The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictatorestablishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless,chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come homeafter sixteen years in Brazil. Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
#1 New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts explores thewilds of the Grand Tetons-and the mysteries of love, murder, andmadness-in her engrossing and passionate new novel. Reece Gilmore has come a long way to see the stunning view belowher. As the sole survivor of a brutal crime back East, she has beenon the run, desperately fighting the nightmares and panic attacksthat haunt her. Reece settles in Angel's Fist, Wyoming-temporarily,at least-and takes a job at a local diner. And now she's hiked thismountain all by herself. It was glorious, she thought, as shepeered through her binoculars at the Snake River churningbelow. Then Reece saw the man and woman on the opposite bank. Arguing.Fighting. And suddenly, the man was on top of the woman, his handsaround her throat . . . Enjoying a moment of solitude a bit farther down the trail is agruff loner named Brody. But by the time Reece reaches him andbrings him to the scene, the pair has vanished. When authoritiescomb the area where she
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the president, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.
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...
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.
The First Cavalry Division came under surprise attack in SadrCity on April 4, 2004, now known as "Black Sunday." On thehomefront, over 7,000 miles away, their families awaited the newsfor forty-eight hellish hours- expecting the worst. ABC News' chiefcorrespondent Martha Raddatz shares remarkable tales of heroism,hope, and heartbreak.
This novel,first published in 1817,achieved a huge success and helped establish the historical novel as a literary form.In rich prose and vivid de*ion,Rob Roy follows the adventures of a businessman's son,Frank Osbaldistone,who is sent to Scotland and finds himself drawn to the powerful,enigmatic figure of Rob Roy MacGregor,the romantic outlaw who fights for justice and dignity for the Scots.This is an incomparable portrait of the haunted Highlands and Scotland's glorious past.
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret. What Bella doesn't realize is that the closer she gets to him, the more she is putting herself and those around her at risk. And it might be too late to turn back... Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, Twilight is an extraordinary love story that will stay with you long after you have turned the final page.
From one of Arnerica's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honest"and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a inarviage and a life, in good times and bad that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. "An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allow-ing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grietf... It also skips backward in time [to] call up a shimmering portrait of her unique marriage. ...To make her grief real, Didion shows us what she has lost."
