Fire investigator Reena Hale steps into an inferno of madnessas she tries desperately to trace the origins of the taunting phonecalls she's receiving, the fires, and the hatred aimed in herdirection.
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.
Three of her favorite tales of love and magic - collected forthe first time in one volume: "The Witching Hour" "Winter Rose" "AWorld Apart"
Myths Legends retells the stories central toevery culture that have been passed down from generation togeneration for thousands of years. Coverage extends from thewell-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to theorigin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known,but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topicspreads explore characters and stories in terms of their cultural,psychological, and religious meanings and show their power,purpose, and influence both in their own time and in today's world.Feature spreads visit the sacred sites that can still be seentoday, and underline the importance of themes that appear acrosscultures and through the centuries. In looking at such universalthemes as creation, heroic trials, tricksters' lessons, and deathand the afterlife, Myths Legends investigates howdifferent cultures have addressed questions such as How was theworld created? How did man learn to use fire? and Why do we growold?
Four tales of holiday love and danger from Nora Robertswriting as J.D. Robb, and bestselling authors Susan Plunkett, DeeHolmes, and Claire Cross.
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
The inspiration for the film starring Kathy Bates and JenniferJason Leigh.
Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, JuliaKeller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world'sfirst working machine gun. Through her portrait of itsmisunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hopedthat the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weaponwould save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing thenumber of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallelsto the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half acentury later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity,idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradoxof America's rise in the nineteenth century to a worldsuperpower.
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".
Offers a detailed, fact-filled examination of the AirborneTask Force, complete with exclusive photographs, illustrations,diagrams, and an extensive interview with the commander of the 18thAirborne Corps, General John Keen. Original."
Ben Richards is out of work and out of luck.Hiseighteen-month-old daughter is sick,and neither Ben nor his wifecan afford to take her to a doctor. For a man from the poor side oftown with no cash and no hope,there's only one thing to do: becomea con-testant on one of the Network's Games,shows where you can winmore money than you've ever dreamed of--or die trying. Now Ben'sgoing prime-time on the Network's highest-ratedviewer-participation show. And he's about to become prey for themasses
Cicero’s speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina,""In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of GaiusRabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo,"and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman life,law, and history.
Set in an apocalyptic future ending in the year 2100, Shelley's 1826 novel concerns a plague that destroys almost all of humankind. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that noone has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growingjittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day?Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four,voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered toappear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent areblank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency isdeclared. But are the authorities acting too precipitously? Or evenblindly? The word evokes terrible memories of the plague ofblindness that hit the city four years before, and of the one womanwho kept her sight. Could she be behind the blank ballots? A policesuperintendent is put on the case. What begins as a satire ongovernments and the sometimes dubious efficacy of the democraticsystem turns into something far more sinister. A singular novelfrom the author of Blindness.
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.
Introduction and Notes by Robert Hampson, Royal Holloway College, University of London Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco, Occidental province of the Latin American state of Costaguana. Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes, or will his ideals, like those which have inspired the struggling state itself, buckle under economic and political pressures? Nostromo is an extraordinary illustration of the impact of foreign commercial exploits on a young developing nation, and the problems of reconciling individual identity with a social role.
Total Heat Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. Ajob at which she excels and a cherished young daughter. Then, as aplane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes.And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. TotalDanger Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global,the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give hisfamily the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into adeadly game. He is about to disappear-leaving behind a wife whomust sort out his lies from his truths, an accident team that wantsto know why the plane he was ticketed on crashed, and a veteran FBIagent who wants to know it all...
Trouble brews in the tiny country village of Fairacre when it isdiscovered that Farmer Miller's Hundred Acre Field is slated forreal estate development. Alarming rumors are circulating, amongthem the fear that the village school may close. The endearingschoolmistress Miss Read brings her inimitable blend of affectionand clear-sighted candor to this report, in which a young girlfinds her first love, an older woman accepts a new role in life,and the impassioned battle to save the village from being engulfedis at the forefront of every villager's mind.
After having lost her family and the luxurious life she livedin beautiful Napa, California, Ava Winters finds herself on RebunIsland, Japan, the site of Satoshi Takeda's Revenge School. There,Ava meets Reena, Jon, Cruz, and Jane. At Revenge School, Ava alsomeets Emily Thorne who has recently returned to her training withTakeda. Emily shares her wisdom about Revenge and the importance oflooking for justice in a world where their enemies have thrived.Jon finds a file in Takeda's office detailing the connective tissuelinking the group currently at Revenge School. He presents Ava andthe others with the information, highlighting the looming May 1stdate of an annual gala in Napa where they will all have theopportunity to address their respective "revengendas." Althoughtheir training is not finished, the group feels the time is rightto set out on their mission. Assuming the delicious melodramatictone of the show, the book will reveal twists, turns, murder,collusion and deception. SCHOOLED IN REVENGE will also
Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, strives to bind the nationsof the world to his will, to forge the alliances that will fightthe advance of the Shadow and to ready the forces of Light for theLast Battle. But there are other powers that seek to command thewar against the Dark One. In the White Tower the Amyrlin Elaidasets a snare to trap the Dragon, whilst the rebel Aes Sedai schemeto bring her down. And as the realms of men fall into chaos theimmortal Forsaken and the servants of the Dark plan their assaulton the Dragon Reborn ...Find out more about this title and othersat www.orbitbooks.co.uk
