The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegianfamily living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired theplay, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama.
'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.' Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path, Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods. At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. As darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting ...
A group of friends that hasnt seen one another in years isreunited through tragedy. Working through their grief together,they find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they couldhave never foreseen, in this story of friendship, family, and lifecoming full circle.
A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game. But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she felt angry and humiliated. So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt. He wasn't meant to die, leaving Jesse alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from anywhere. No-one to hear her screams. Alone. Except for the voices in her head that had begun to chatter and argue and sneer ...
There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Daily Express as 'a fabulous teller of stories', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down. Everything is familiar. But everything has changed. Coming back to the little community is like walking into a nightmare for Jim Gardener, poet, drunk, potential suicide. It all looks the same, the house, the furniture, Jim's friend Bobbi, her beagle (though ageing), even the woods out at the back. But it was in the woods that Bobbi stumbled over the odd, part-buried object and felt a peculiar tingle as she brushed the soft earth away. Everything is familiar. But everything is about to change.
Creating George Stark was easy. Getting rid of him won't be ...The sparrows are flying again. The idea - unbidden, inexplicable - haunts the edge of Thad Beaumont's mind. Thad should be happy. For years now it is his secret persona 'George Stark', author of super-violent pulp thrillers, who has paid the family bills. But now, Thad is writing seriously again under his own name, and his menacing pseudonym has been buried forever. And yet ...the sparrows are flying again, and something is terribly wrong in Thad Beaumont's world.
When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too....
Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness - if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband's dark and terrifying secrets - he's not the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he's heading home ...Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.
While evidence is gathered, and the land of Delain mourns, Flagg the King's magician, unscrupulous, greedy and powerful, plots. Soon the King's elder son, Peter, is imprisoned in the needle, the top of a high tower, for his father's murder. And Thomas inherits the throne. Only Peter knows the truth of his innocence, and the true evil that is Flagg. Only Peter can save Delain from the horror the magician has in store. He has a plan, but it is rife with danger. And if he fails, he won't get a second chance ...A captivating tale of heroic adventure, of dragons and princes, of mysterious mice and men from the pen of the master storyteller.There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Daily Express as 'a fabulous teller of stories', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down. The King is dead, murdered by an unusual poison.
'Turn off the television - in fact, why don't you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair? - and we'll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them.' Stephen King, from the Introduction. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size. Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man who causes Ben some unease as things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list starts to grow. Soon surprise will turn to bewilderment, bewilderment to confusion and finally to terror ...
Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find hisfamily's Malibu ranch in jeopardy. The death of Sean's father haspushed his mother to the edge of financial ruin, and now it's up toSean to find a way out. The rumor is that the elder Mulkerin foundgold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue toits whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian. When Seanand his brother set forth to retrace their father's footsteps, theyknow they are in search of a questionable treasure--with creditors,greedy neighbors, and ruthless gunmen watching every move theymake. Before they reach their destination, the Mulkerins will testboth the limits of their faith and the laws of nature as they seeksalvation in a landscape where reality can blur like sand and skyin a desert mirage.
He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, they pull off a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big score every small timer dreams of: kidnapping the infant heir to a family fortune. The trouble is that by the time the deal goes down, the brains of the operation has died. Or has he? Now Blaze is running into the white hell of the Maine woods with a baby as hostage. The crime of the century just turned into a race against time . . .
They were just kids when they stumbled upon the hidden horror oftheir hometown. Now, as adults, none of them can withstand theforce that has drawn them all back to Derry, Maine, to face thenightmare without end, and the evil without a name.
After the Berlin Wall came down and opened up new changes ineastern Europe, John le Carre's stunning novel, The Secret Pilgrim,takes us behind the scenes into the former Cold War world. Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace.The dark staging grounds of the Cold War, whose shadows barelyobscured the endless games of espionage, are flooded with light;the rules are rewritten, the stakes changed, the futureunfathomable. John le Carre has seized this momentous turning pointin history to give us the most disturbing experience we have yethad of the frail and brutal world of spydom. The man called Ned speaks to us. All hisadult life he has been in British Intelligence--the Circus--aloyal, shrewd, wily officer of the Cold War. Now, approaching theend of his career, he revisits his own past. He invites us on atour of his three decades in the Circus, burrowing deep into thetwilight world where he ran spies--'joes'--from Poland, Estonia,Hungary.
Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
In the "Graphic Classics " version of this pioneering,nineteenth-century science fiction novel, the brilliant but strangeCaptain Nemo has designed a gigantic submarine, which he nowcaptains. With his crew, he uses his submarine, the "Nautilus, " asa weapon of vengeance against the civilization that has rejectedand exiled him. " Graphic Classics " are graphic novel versions ofimmortal novels and plays, presented in a way to help make greatliterary works accessible to students, and encourage boys and girlsto discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their originalform. Titles in this series tell absorbing, fast-paced storiesdramatized with high-quality color illustrations. Each "GraphicClassics " title includes a thumbnail biography of the author, alist of his or her important works, a timeline of historic eventsthat helped inspire the story, general notes, and an index. "Graphic Classics " titles are available in both paperback andhardcover editions.
There was a new shop in town. Run by a stranger. Needful Things, the sign said. The oddest name. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they waited for opening day. Eleven-year-old Brian Rusk was the first customer and he got just what he wanted, a very rare 1956 Sandy Koufax baseball card. Signed. Cyndi Rose Martin was next. A Lalique vase. A perfect match for her living room decor. Something for everyone. Something you really had to have. And always at a price you could just about afford. The cash price that is. Because there was another price. There always is when your heart's most secret, true desire is for sale ...
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth, Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. And finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone...You've come this far, Come a little farther, Come all the way, The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark Tower.
Stealing her abusive ex-husband's expensive stallion, MollyWells shows up at known horse whisperer Jake Coulter's Oregon horseranch. Fearful of her ex-husband, Molly escapes with no clothes ormoney, but she's willing to risk everything to save Sonora Sunset,little realizing she needs to save herself as well. Hoping Jack'stalents work their magic on the horse, Molly doesn't expect them towork on her.
Known for her amazing talent, the "New York Times" bestsellingauthor of "Only by Your Touch" and "Always in My Heart" delivers anextraordinary new tale of two people who, in the most unexpected ofcircumstances, discover the healing power of love...
Following the death of their eldest son, Ellie and TuckerGrant divorce and gradually make the transition into separatelives. But their two sons Zach and Kody are convinced that theirparents are still meant to be together. The brothers hatch a planto run away from home into the Oregon wilderness. Surely Ellie andTucker will come to their rescue--and their senses.
