Nature. Nurture. Murder.L.A. actor Joe Portugal just wants to keep the mealybugs off his cacti, give a little boost to his love life, and maybe make a few commercials along the way. And with a small a
Sculptor Jordy Decker's life changes forever when she moves to the Florida Keys in search of inspiration and meets the author of the bestselling "Dark Pearl" fantasy series
From the author who knows all the secrets of a woman's heart comes a tantalizing tale of holiday romance—as a young woman discovers how a night of passion can change your life, and your dreams, foreve
There is a fine line between transformation and ruin....Twenty-four-year-old Reeve Calder has spent his life on a high-tech space station, watching as terraforming gradually fails on his home planet o
In a mesmerizing debut, cop-turned-author Donald Harstad uses real-life events to paint a jarring picture of crime in America's heartland--where two-stoplight towns no longer offer refuge from modern-
This priceless collection of newly discovered stories brings to life a time of desperate violence and true courage in a wide-open country of fortune seekers and dreamers, lawbreakers and pioneers. A n
Dark forces are at work within the realms of earth and sky, and a savage new dance of life and death is about to begin....the internationally acclaimed saga of the First Americans continues in this lo
They are the galaxy's most elite fighting force. And as the battle against the Empire rages, the X-wing fighters risk life and machine to protect the Rebel Alliance. Now they must go on a daring under
Scruples is the novel that??created publishing history, the first-and widely??acknowledged to be the very best-novel ever written??about the staggeringly luxurious life of a Beverly??Hills boutique an
Serena Blythe's plan to escape a life of servitude had gone terribly awry. So she took the only course left to her. She sneaked aboard a sleek yacht about to set sail--and found herself face-to-face w
Richard Bausch is a master of the short story--and this selection brings together ten pieces which perfectly showcase his incisive wit, perception, and artistry. "He brings to life characters and situ
"A GOOD STORY WELL TOLD . . . Bunting shows the confusion and hysteria that wartime brings to the lives of the young, and in the process paints a true-to-life and often very funny picture of boarding
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
In Children of the Jedi,??Barbara Hambly introduces a new character: Callista, a??brave Jedi warrior of long ago who gave her life??to foil one of the Empire's darkest plans, a plot??to destroy a stro
Rescued by the infamous Lord Ware, Thea, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack, finds herself carried away to the secret stronghold of Dundragon and into a life of captivity, un
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
Pregnant and unwed, Erica Phillips came to Bramble Farm to sort out her life and the papers of Theresa Bricklin. A stroke had left the legendary author a disfigured recluse totally dependent on her ec
It should be the happiest day of Goldy the??caterer's life. After years of putting the disaster of??her first marriage behind her, she has finally??found the courage to love again. Soon she'll be??wal
Heartstoppingly romantic, dangerously erotic, and filled with the vivid period details that bring an era to life, Suzanne Robinson’s captivating novels have made her one of the reigning stars of histo
Winner of Australia's Book of the Year Award. Set in Australia and written in the form of a diary, this is the tragic story of the effects of divorce and her parents' anger on a young woman's life. &a
Dr. Sarah Baldwin races to a Boston hospital with a young woman whose normal labor has suddenly become a matter of life and death. As she struggles to save both mother and baby, she doesn't know that
Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as??important as the one you make about yourself. The??difference between low self-esteem and high??self-esteem is the difference between passivity and??
The best time of Machiko Naguchi's life came in the wake of the Ryushi colony massacre. It was then that she abandoned her human heritage and ran with the Predators as a dedicated Hunter. But it was o
They tried to tell him that his father had killed himself, but Kearney McRaven knew better. No matter what life had dealt him, his father would go down fighting. And as he delved deeper into the myste
As the Stone Age slowly gives??way to the age of Bronze, a proud warrior clan faces the challenge of a new life in an alien land.??Led by the great chieftain Fomor, once called the Wolf of the Western
Once Ellie Haskell's life was a fairy tale: the??one about the overweight, underpaid interior??designer who falls rapturously in love with a gorgeous??prince and lives happily ever after. But now, fou
Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay, and he isn’t about to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds there’s more at stake than land
Based on interviews with nurses in forty-one states, an emergency room-view of these angels of mercy captures the sights, sounds, and smells of life on the front lines of health care in America. Origi
The texts in this volume offer critical assessments of a number of leading figures in contemporary intellectual life, who are in different ways thinkers at the intersection of history and politics. Th
A daring spy in Queen Mary's court, Lady Eleanora Becket risks her life to rescue the innocent from a terrible fate. During an attack by a band of cutthroats, Nora is rescued by Christian de Rivers, a
Hesse's novel of two medieval men, one quietly??content with his religion and monastic life, the??other in fervent search of more worldly salvation.??This conflict between flesh and spirit, between??e
Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien??spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as??mind-boggling proof that life existed -- or??had existed -- elsewhere in the??universe. Now, at the
Choice! The key is Choice. You??have options. You need not spend your life??wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame,??and self-pity. But, hold on! If this is true then??why have so many
366 motivational messages that make every year a??leap year--A leap from self-doubt to??self-fulfillment! Turn any day of the year into a tuming point??in your life. Dr. Robert H. Schuller, America's?
Examines the history of the nation from the perspective of women and knitting, tracing the changes in day-to-day life and in women's roles in society from colonial times to the present.
The former First Lady discusses her life, the Reagan administration, her shaky relationship with her children and key White House personnel, her husband’s involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, and he
Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness,??sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and??celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In??this moving volume of poetry, we hear the??mult
Tofu Roshi—the fictional "Dear Abby" of Zen Buddhism—counsels his readers about their spiritual problems in this hilarious spoof of America's search for enlightenment. Selections from his advice colum
He's big and brash. His beat is the underbelly of Los??Angeles vice--a world of pimps, pushers, winos,??whores and killers. He lives each day his way--on the??razor's edge of life. He was a damn good
