Best-selling novelist Jeffery Deaver edits this latestcollection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring"gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybodywho cares about crime stories" ("Booklist").

The second book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestsellingepic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIME, now reissued with astunning new cover design. The Forsaken are loose, the Horn ofValere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamlesssleep. The Prophecies are being fulfilled - but Rand al' Thor, theshepherd the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn,desperately seeks to escape his destiny. Rand cannot run forever.With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strivesto shatter his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an endto Time and sunder the weave of the Pattern. And the Patterndemands the Dragon. Look out for more information on this title andothers at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Much the way Donald Hall’s Seasons at Eagle Pond captured NewEngland, Sky Time in Gray’s River captures the essence of the ruralNorthwest. Although Robert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist, andsouthwestern Washington is notable for its lack of butterflies,something about the village of Gray’s River spoke to him on a visitthirty years ago. Ever since then he has lived in the village, oneof the first to be established near the mouth of the ColumbiaRiver, tenuously connected to the world of the twenty-firstcentury. Sky Time brings Gray’s River to life by compressing thosethirty years into twelve chapters, following the lives of thepeople, plants, and animals month by month through the seasons.Through his story of how the village has changed his life, Pyleillustrates how a special place can change anyone lucky enough tofind it. Sky Time in Gray’s River shows that you don’t have totravel far to see something new every day—if you know how tolook.

"Shively has documented in a very readable fashion thetransformation of a young Hoosier into a disciplined member of theUnited States Marine Corps. His book is a detailed and touchingtale of one man’s experience of the battle of Iwo Jima, and themany excellent photographs and maps enhance the story." —MajorGeneral Fred Haynes, USMC (Ret.) The 36-day assault on the small volcanic island known as Iwo Jimaresulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800dead. Of the 20,000 Japanese defenders, only 1,083 survived. TheMarines’ efforts secured what would become a vital emergencylanding strip for crippled B-29s returning from bombing runs.Twenty-seven Medals of Honor were awarded to Marines and sailors,many posthumously, more than were awarded for any other singleoperation during the war. Jim Craig was a platoon commander with the Marines on Iwo Jima.This book presents his story, as told to his nephew, John C.Shively. A particularly vivid and exciting account of some of themo

Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. This is a storyof heroism, love, honour, loyalty and betrayal, reaching from theoffice of the Hat Creek Cattle Company of the Rio Grande to theheart and the wilderness of the American West. This book won thePulitzer Prize.

Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming -- a battle for the very soul of America . . . and they are in its direct path. One of the most talked-about books of the new millennium, American Gods is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an American landscape at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.

Storyville, 1907: In this raucous, bloody, red-light district,where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansionsand filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are soldover the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river,there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutesand marking each killing with a black rose. As Creole detectiveValentin St. Cyr begins to unravel the murder against thisextraordinary backdrop, he encounters a cast of characters drawnfrom history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyvillelike a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notoriousmadam; a young piano player who would come to be known as JellyRoll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all butinvented jazz and is now losing his mind. No ordinary mystery,"Chasing the Devil's Tail" is a chilling portrait of musical geniusand self-destruction, set at the very moment when jazz wasborn.

The New York Times bestseller that followsthe making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywoodhistory In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, andblockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office.The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the fewwho dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of Americanmoviegoers radically- and unexpectedly-changed. By the Oscarceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood withthe force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, TheGraduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of theNight , and box-office bomb Doctor Doolittle signaled achange in Hollywood-and America. And as an entire industry changedand struggled, careers were suddenly made and ruined, studios grewand crumbled, and the landscape of filmmaking was altered beyondall recognition.

Passionate and perceptive, the three short novels that make upBalzac's "History of the Thirteen" are concerned in part with theactivities of a rich, powerful, sinister and unscrupulous secretsociety in nineteenth-century France. While the deeds of "TheThirteen" remain frequently in the background, however, theindividual novels are concerned with exploring various forms ofdesire. A tragic love story, Ferragus depicts a marriage destroyedby suspicion, revelation and misunderstanding. The Duchess deLangeais explores the anguish that results when a society coquettetries to seduce a heroic ex-soldier, while "The Girl with theGolden Eyes" offers a frank consideration of desire and sexuality.Together, these works provide a firm and fascinating foundation forBalzac's many later portrayals of Parisian life in his greatnovel-cycle "The Human Comedy".

St Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - hidden away, it's a place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They've been on the run, but now they're being dragged back to St Vladimir's where the girls must survive a world of forbidden romances, a ruthless social scene and terrifying night time rituals. But most of all, staying alive.

Acclaimed short-story master George Singleton follows the livesand schemes of the citizens of fictitious Gruel, South Carolina, insearch of glory, seclusion, money, revenge, and a meaningfulexistence. In these nineteen tales, young Gruelites learn lessonswhen confronted with neighbors who might not be as blind as theyappear, dermatologists intent on eradicating birthmarks, andfathers prone to driving on half-inflated tires in order to flirtwith cashiers. Meanwhile, the town's older citizens try to makesense out of dogs that heal wounds, lawn-mowing dead men, wives whodon't appreciate gas masks for Valentine's Day, and children whomix their mother's ashes with housepaint. Hilarious and tragic,George Singleton's unforgettable characters try to overcome theirlimitations as best they can.

The third book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestsellingepic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIME, now reissued with astunning new cover design. The Land is One with the Dragon - andthe Dragon is One with the Land The Shadow lies across the Patternof the Age, and the Dark One has turned all his power against theprison that binds him. If it fails he will escape and nothing willstand in the storm that blows then ...save the man that was born tobattle the darkness: Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn. But to wagehis war Rand must find Callandor, ancient Sword of the Dragon...and the Forsaken will shatter the world to thwart him. Look outfor more information about this title and others atwww.orbitbooks.co.uk

As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesingerwitnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influencedthe now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger's closerelationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, hasresulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which thepresident "walks through the pages, from first to last, alert,alive, amused and amusing" (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSANDDAYS is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work ofmajor historical significance" (New York Times).

From the award-winning author of "A Year on Ladybug Farm" comesthe continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turna house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime,Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home forthemselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in theShenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpectedtrials- such as the introduction of two young people into theordered life the women have tried to build for themselves. As thewalls of the old house reveal their secrets and the lives of thosewho have gone before begin to unfold, the cobbled-togetherhousehold starts to disintegrate into chaos. And when one of theirmembers is threatened by a real crisis, they must all come togetherto fight for the roots they've laid down, the hopes they share, andthe family they've become.

The author of Leviathan returns with a dazzling, picaresque,new novel in which Walter Claireborne Rawley, now an octogenarian,recounts his extraordinary vaudevillian adventures as "Walt theWonder Boy" in 1924. "One hears every page of this novel, and seesit as well".--Washington Post.

Two abandoned souls are on the hunt for one powerful man.Soon, their paths will cross and lead to one twisted fate. Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came to America withhopes of escaping haunted memories of a tragic war that took hismother's life. Now he's a priest who lives by a law of love andcompassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legallaw but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As anavenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the errorof their ways, at any cost. Renee Gilmore is the frail and helpless victim of one suchpowerful man. Having escaped his clutches, she now lives only tosatisfy justice by destroying him, regardless of whom she mustbecome in that pursuit. But when Danny and Renee's paths become inexorably entangledthings go very, very badly and neither of them may make it out ofthis hunt alive. Judge not, or you too will be judged.

Ed McBain’s last installment in the 87th Precinct series findsthe detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn’t fit theprofile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics salesrep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professortrudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in therectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog—these are theseemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serialkillers don’t use guns. Most serial killers don’t strike five timesin two weeks. And most serial killers’ prey share something morethan being over fifty years of age. Now it falls to Detective SteveCarella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what—orwhom—the victims had in common before another body is found. With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels amystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hoursbefore the fiddlers have fled.

A secretive magician?’s death becomes the catalyst for hispartner?’s journey of self-discovery in this ?“enchanting?” book(San Francisco Chronicle) ?“that is something of a magic trick initself-a 1990s love story with the grace and charm of anineteenth-century novel?” (Newsweek).

Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers whoshared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they dideverything else, inseparably. At their six breasts,Omar was warned against all feelings and nuancesof shame. It was training which would prove usefulwhen he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face his shameless future. As captivatingfairy-tale, devastating political satire and exquisite,uproarious entertainment, shame is a novelwithout rival.