Iain M. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. Now he takes us on the ultimate
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
Someone--or something--is slaying innocent persons on the night streets in the royal city of Memphis. Frightened citizens believe it is the gruesome work of the Devourer, the eater of souls, one of th
In the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients.??It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of symptoms, but
In Faces of Nationalism Tom Nairn argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism. Contrary to many gloomy prognoses following the Soviet and Yugos
An effective, medically sound diet that lets you eat bacon, eggs, steak, even cheese?It's true! Lose fat. Feel fit. Stop craving. Without counting fat grams and without giving up the foods you lov
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
She wanted to save lives.??The killer wanted to end hers.The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away.??The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood.??Now Kate Den
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.A y
The annual steeplechase races at Montpelier, once the home of James and Dolley Madison, are the high point in the social calendar of the horse-mad Virginians of cozy Crozet. The race meet offers a cra
From the one and only Sandra Brown comes a searing novel of romantic suspense. . . as a beautiful young mother falls victim to a brazen crime. . . and a seductive captor. . . .When her divorce was fin
It is estimated that three to five percent of the adult male population of the United States feels the need, at least occasionally, to dress in women's clothing. Judging from enrollment at her academy
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
Featuring over 1200 recipes--600 of them brand new--the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book has been newly revised and updated, making American's favorite cookbook even more indispensable than ever
From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes a riveting new book as timely and unsettling as tomorrow's headlines.It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy.??A
Joanna Flynn was lucky to be alive. Twice in a matter of minutes she almost died on a patch of oil-slicked highway. But when the doctors told her that she would suffer no lasting effects, they were w
From Joseph Papp, American's foremost theater??producer, and writer Elizabeth Kirkland: a??captivating tour through the world of William Shakespeare.??Discover the London of Shakespeare's time, a??fas
In Buffalo Palace, the young Titus Bass sights, and then sets out into, the vast Rocky Mountain country, where he has his initial experiences with trapping beaver, surviving the freezing winter, fight
Millions of Americans know of the extraordinary benefits of Yoga--physically, mentally and spiritually. But many have been discouraged from trying Yoga because they believe that years of devotion and
In the tradition of the #1 best-seller??SeinLanguage, Bantam Books proudly presents the first book??by Paul Reiser, television's sharpest, funniest??observer of love, marriage and other mysteries of??
A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungry??presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making an example out of a teenage girl who
From bestselling author Phillip Margolin, a fast-paced legal thriller packed with page-turning suspense.Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his own mark in his father's venerable law fir
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Everything in Texas is bigger...even murder. Meet Tres Navarre...tequila drinker, Tai Chi master, unlicen
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is??threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars a
From the bestselling author of Breath of Magic and Shadows and Lace comes a beguiling new time-travel love story in the hilarious, magical voice that has made Teresa Medeiros one of the nation's most
Just married, Annie Laurance, a mystery bookstore owner, and Max Darling, a police detective, receive a call that leads them to a murder and the disappearance of Annie's store assistant
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
WHERE THE REAL FRONTIER BEGINS A young cowpuncher stakes a claim that can only be sealed with fists and a .44 Colt. . . . A gunfighter, tired of violence, finds himself pushed down a trail of bloody
After his native land and his family are conquered by a brutal king, Nolan ra Sinjaria seeks revenge by joining a breed of feared warrior-judges called the Talions, but when the usurping king and his
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,
"With her independent spirit and youthful determination, Miss Jones is virtually invincible," raved The New York Times Book Review upon meeting Dianne Day's spunky and appealing new
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
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
The serene existence of the inhabitants of picture-perfect Secret Cove is shattered by the one-hundred-year anniversary of a young woman's unspeakable act, and young Melissa Holloway becomes the unwil
At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and the doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. . .and proof that the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile someone-or something-outside of both Foundations sees to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!
PASSION...In a tale as timely as Scruples, as compelling as Dazzle, as intriguing as Mistral's Daughter, Judith Krantz launches three innocentbeauties on the city of fashion and love....SCANDAL...It's
With the Leran threat laid to rest, Alec and Seregil are now able to turn their attention to the ancient evil which threatens their land. The Plenimarans, at war with Skalans, have decided to defeat t
They were three generations of magnificent??red-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success,??bound to a single extraordinary man--Julien Mistral,??the painter, the genius, the lover whose passio
Young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has had him tutored him in the dark arts of the assassin. He has barely sur
