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.
Written in 1953, published in 1959 (after the 1957 publicationof Kerouac's On the Road made him famous overnight) and long out ofprint, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England milltown is one of Kerouac's most accessible works.
After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud ofthe Devil's Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests ingoods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has apowerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead.A battlefield promise made to Sackett's father threatens Genester'sinheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett isattacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester'sorders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic.But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolinacoast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a brightfuture. But before that dream can be realized, he must first returnto England and discover the secret of his father's legacy.
After one troubled college-age student disappears and two are found slashed to death, Lucas Davenport finds himself hunting what appears to be a modern-day Jack the Ripper. But Lucas keeps getting the sneaking suspicion that there is something else involved. Something very bad, very dark, and as elusive as a phantom.
andquot; PUZO IS IN TOP FORM.andquot; *Time The Last Don isMario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafianovel since The Godfather *a masterful saga of the last greatAmerican crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and LasVegas. andquot; THE MOST ENTERTAINING READ SINCE THEGODFATHER.andquot; *The New York Times Book Review The Last Don isDomenico Clericuzio, a wise and ruthless old man who is determinedto see his heirs established in legitimate society but whose visionis threatened when secrets from the family's past spark a viciouswar between two blood cousins. andquot; SKILLFULLY CRAFTED . . . ITGIVES US HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS, AND THE MOB IN ONE SWEETDISH.andquot; *Los Angeles Times Book Review The Last Don is amesmerizing tale that takes us inside the equally corrupt worlds ofthe mob, the movie industry, and the casinos *where beautifulactresses and ruthless hitmen are ruled by lust and violence, wheresleazy producers and greedy studio heads are drunk on power, wherecrooked cops
Jane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be thefirst great woman novelist. Her novels revolve around people, notevents or coincidences. Miss Austen sets her novels in the uppermiddle class English country which was her own environment. Her novels have increased in stature over time. Her skills ofwriting, including a dry humor and a witty elegance of expressionhave attracted generations to her work. Miss Austen completed six novels and part of a seventh, "Senseand Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma","Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and the partial "Lady Susan".Quiet Vision publishes all seven. --This text refers to an outof print or unavailable edition of this title.
In this swashbuckling novel, by the author of Treasure Island,young Dick Shelton is left orphaned. So he seeks the help of themysterious Black Arrow fellowship. Brimming with adventure andsuspense, this is a portrait of England during the War of theRoses, when many, like Dick, were torn between their loyalties.
Who will be with you in the darkesthour? Amy Redwing has devoted her life to rescuing dogs. But the uniquebond she shares with Nickie, a golden retriever she saves in themost dangerous encounter of her life, is deeper than any she hasever known. In one night, their loyalty will be put to the test,and each will prove to the other how far they will go – when thestakes turn deadly serious.
When Jack Mercy died, he left behind a ranch worth nearly 20million dollars. Now his three daughters-each born of a differentmother, and each unknown by the others-are gathered to hear thereading of the will. But the women are shocked to learn that beforeany of them can inherit, they must live together on the ranch forone year. They are sisters...and strangers. Now they face achallenge: to put their bitterness aside and live like a family. Toprotect each other from danger-and unite against a brutal enemy whothreatens to destroy them all.
NOTHING BUT TROUBLEFlagan and Galloway Sackett had settled anold family debt and were heading west from Tennessee to seek theirfortune. That's when they came across an old Irish horse trader whooffered them two fine horses if they agreed to escort hisgranddaughter, Judith, to her father in Colorado. Flagan sawnothing but trouble in the pretty, fiery young woman. But theyneeded and wanted the horses. Unfortunately, Flagan was right, forJudith had fallen for James Black Fetchen, a charismatic gunmanwhose courtship hid the darkest of intentions. Now Fetchen and hisgang are racing the Sackett brothers to Colorado -- leaving a trailof betrayal, robbery, and murder. Flagan and Galloway could onlyguess why Judith is so important to Fetchen and what awaits them ather father's ranch. One thing Flagan knows for sure: The tough andspirited woman had won his heart. But could he trust her with hislife?Our foremost storyteller of the authentic West, L'Amour hasthrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave m
Marguerite Gautier was the most beautiful, brazen-- and expensive--courtesan in all of Paris. Despite being ill with consumption, she lived a glittering, moneyed life of nonstop parties and aristocratic balls and savored every day as if it were her last. Into her life came Armand l)uval. Young, handsome, recklessly headstrong, he was hopelessly in love with Marguerite, but not nearly rich enough. Yet Armand was Marguerite's first true love, and against her better judgment, she threw away her upper-class lifestyle for him. But as intense as their love for each other was, it challenged a reality that would not be denied。
She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look afterher. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life--bigtime. Now Myron's next move may be his last-- Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is nobodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong,beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's manenough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life. Twenty years before, Brenda's mother deserted her. And just asBrenda is making it to the top of the women's pro basketball world,her father disappears too. A big-time New York sports agent with afoundering love life, Myron has a professional interest in Brenda.Then a personal one. But between them isn't just the difference intheir backgrounds or the color of their skin. Between them is achasm of corruption and lies, a vicious young mafioso on the make,and one secret that some people are dying to keep--and others arekilling to protect....
In this collection of five Christmas-themed stories, belovedauthor Mary Balogh brings together tales of love, marriage,friendship, loneliness, and healing. Includes four Balogh holidayclassics, "The Star of Bethlehem," "The Best Gift," "PlayingHouse," and "No Room At the Inn," as well as "A Family Christmas,"which is only available in this anthology.
Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor takes center stage inbestseller Kellerman's elaborate, suspenseful, albeit improbable,thriller. Connor, who assisted Kellerman's main series detective,psychologist Alex Delaware, in 2003's A Cold Heart, proves anengaging protagonist, fully capable of carrying a story on her own.She's investigating a seemingly random drive-by shooting thatclaimed four teenage victims when a precocious 22-year-old graduatestudent intern, Isaac Gomez, presents her with evidence that aserial killer has struck on the same day, June 28, every year forthe past six years. Though his proof relies entirely on astatistical analysis he's performed, his unquestioned brillianceprompts Connor to do a little extracurricular digging that turns upsuggestive clues supporting Gomez's theory. Meanwhile, afterdoggedly pursuing even the slightest lead in the drive-by shootingcase, Connor suspects that one of the victims, perhaps the one whowasn't claimed by any next-of-kin, was deliberately targeted. While
Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, JackKerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his mosttroubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism,addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records hisever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in apowerful religious experience. Big Sur was written some time afterJack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northernCalifornia and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayedfor several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and withfriends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote thisaccount in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred toBig Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, greatworks of the English language.' --This text refers to the AudioCassette edition.
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail fromEngland to find employment in a girls’ boarding school in the smalltown of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possessionin the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster,and her own complex feelings, first for the school’s English doctorand then for the dictatorial professor, Paul Emmanuel. CharlotteBront?’s last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfullymoving study of isolation and the pain of unrequited love, narratedby a heroine determined to preserve an independent spirit in theface of adverse circumstances.
Back in print after more than tenyears. Torn between the white and Comanche worldsof her parents, Indigo Wolf has grown up estranged from thetownspeople of Wolf's Landing, Orgeon. Bo one understands herelusive spirit-until Jake Rand comes to town to act as foreman ofher family's ranch. But Jake's real motives are as secret as histrue identity, and as personal as his growing attraction toIndigo.
1t's 1 962 and Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad，a big girl with big hair and an even bigger personality，is ready for a change．When she wins a spot on the IocaI Tv dance program，The Corny Collins Show,she is transformedfrom socia I outcast to teen celebrity overn ight． But can a newly trendy Tracy vanquish The Corny Collins Show's reigning starlet，win the heart of her crush，Link Larkin，and racially integrate a television show without dentinq her，d0? 0nly in Hairspray!
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates character andexploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of the Geats, a people ofsouthern Sweden. Narrative combines mythical elements, Christianand pagan sensibilities, actual historical figures and events tocreate a striking work of great power and beauty. Genealogies.
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.
The bestselling author of "When The Bough Breaks," "BloodTest," and "Over The Edge" delivers the most stunning novel yet andfeaturing psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party fora controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a facefrom his own past--Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover wholeft him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints thathe desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she isdead, an apparent suicide. Driven by guilt and sadness, Alexplunges into the maze of Sharon's life--a journey that will takehim through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, intothe dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally intothe alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.Also available on BDD Audio Cassette.
In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in thewilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, andhis magnificent Irish wolfhound, Merlin, step from shadow intolight...and into an encounter with mystery. That night, a pair ofsingular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to maketheir approach. A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, beginsto unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring to her door allthe forces of a government in peril. At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come togetherto begin a descent into darkness...In Las Vegas, a specialist inchaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable...On a Seattlegolf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements formurder...Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the pastbegins a trek toward his destiny. In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless,fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the momentbetween one turn of the world and the next, acros
