Invisible Darkness is the story of one of the more bizarre cases in recent memory--killings so sensational that they prompted the Canadian government, in the interests of justice, to silence its natio
In a pricey bachelor pad, a tormented man loses the battle for his soul...and dies a terrible death, apparently by his own hand....In a huge hospital complex, an ex-nurse steals through the halls, hid
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most original and influential thinkers of this century. In Britain and the United States, in particular, he has acquired a status
The famed newspaper columnist continues his humorous memoirs, recounting his army service in postwar Paris, where he landed his first job in journalism and married. Reprint. NYT.
To thine own wish be true. Do not follow the moth to the star.So says the message in an exquisite green bottle. Is it a wish? A warning? A spell to cast over a lover? In these six charming love storie
Carsten Stroud brings a reads-like-a-novel style of journalism to this nonfiction book on the U.S. Marshals' fugitive apprehension unit. In Deadly Force he follows marshal Luke Zitto in his vendetta-l
Chuck Carlock volunteered to become a helicopter pilot in August 1966, convinced that by the time he finished training, the Vietnam War would be over. Little did he know that he would see some of the
In the climactic conclusion of the "Darksword Trilogy," Joram returns from Beyond to claim his heritage and, as King, to lead his people in an epic confrontation against the forces of evil
An investigation and celebration of Americans' fascination with space. The legion of jokes that circulated in the wake of the Challenger space shuffle disaster helped alleviate the shock and horror of
Here, in her first book in eight years, Sonia Sanchez offers a powerful exploration of personal and shared pain. With passion and precision, Wounded in the House of a Friend confronts issues of rape,
Thousands of parents are finding new hope in dealing with rebellious teenagers through Toughlove, a self-help program which has grown to over 800 groups throughout the United States and Canada in less
Ex-federal prosecutor Michael Ryan has been estranged from his son Ned for three years when Ned is murdered, bludgeoned to death in the private room of a Soho art gallery. His daughter-in-law, wealthy
In the first volume of this saga of George Custer, the infamous general takes a lover among the Indians captured in his long winter campaign against the Cheyenne, risking marriage, reputation, and car
Hurt one too many times in the past, Sloan Fairchild isn't interested in love. Instead, she pours all her energy into running her elegant bed-and-breakfast inn. But when her best friend asks her to h
The commander of the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company recounts his tracking of the NVA movements in 1969 while U.S. forces pulled out of Vietnam and describes his team's harrowing daily lives. Origina
The story begun in the acclaimed first novel in the trilogy,?Covenant with the Vampire,?continues in the second novel, as the heir of Vlad the Impaler tries to put an end to the Dracul family's horrif
"A new star is rising in the fantasy firmament...teems with magic and spine-chilling amounts of skullduggery."–Dave Duncan, author of The Great GameWhen young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a cri
From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore
"This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this woman E
FOUR CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR,THIRTEEN NAVAL CROSSES,SEVENTY-TWO SILVER STARS . . .In four and a half years in Vietnam, the Marines of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion repeatedly penetrated Nor
It is 1982.??In the Vatican, priestly vultures gather around the dying Pope, whispering the names of possible successors.??In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document
Duping unwary nobleman out of their fortunes in the gaming halls--a dangerous game she plays in order to raise money to avenge her father's death--Judith Davenport finds herself under the scrutiny of
Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin is one of the most eloquent, imaginative voices in science fiction.??Now he returns with a new novel rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in
The formerly rotund lead in The Thin Woman , Ellie Haskell, fears that her friends have taken their homicidal fantasies too seriously when their step-mothers end up in some dangerous situations. Repri
Enchanting Serafina endured years of exile in Wales with consoling thoughts of the golden-maned lover who was her destiny throughout time. On the eve of his wedding to a woman he doesn't know, the Ear
Brave, resourceful, adventurous Fremont (nee Caroline) Jones is a woman ahead of her time. Hungry for independence, she's traded in her conventional life in Boston for a career as a "type-writer" in t
In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal
By the time you finish this book, the term "inanimate object" will no longer have a place in your vocabulary, for Shaun McNiff will awaken you to the wondrous energies streaming out of familiar things
Canine-loving detective Holly Winter is a columnist for Dog’s Life magazine. She thinks a week at Waggin’ Tail, a camp for canines in the scenic Maine woods, will be a vacation in pet heaven. So does
In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention.??Onthe world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are o
In his sensitive portrayal of the Raramuri (or Tarahumara) Indians, Merrill examines the ways in which a society, lacking formal educational institutions, produces and transmits its basic knowledge ab
What you are today is not important... for in this??runaway bestseller you will learn how to change??your life by applying the secrets you are about to??discover in the ancient scrolls.
Many seek happiness in wealth, fame,??relationships, even drugs-and, of course, they fail. How CAN??we be happy? In his most inspirational??best-selling book to date, Dr. Robert H. Schuller, the??spir
Detective Inspector Jack Frost, Denton Division,??is not beloved by his superiors. In fact, he's??something of a pain in the brass: unkempt and unruly,??with a taste for crude humor and a tendency to
Mrs. Dorje Yuthok's frank and fascinating account of life in upper-class Lhasa before the Chinese occupation is also a quiet, dignified description of a noblewoman's status in the family and the commu
An account of life in Leavenworth Prison, based on interviews with inmates and others, describes the lives of a sexual predator, a gang member in for forty-two years, a sociopath in "no human contact"
What are the sources of solidarity? Do universalist motives have an important place among them? And how are they related to arguments about human nature and about truth?In this new book, Norman Geras
The marshal's name was Borden Chantry. Young, lean, rugged, he's buried a few men in this two-bit cow town—every single one killed in a fair fight. Then, one dark, grim day a mysterious gunman shot a
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an??abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish??Highlands when someone drives and eighteen-inch??dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate
