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
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike.??There are those who worship it.??There are those who fear it.??And there are those who
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.
Jonah Hook was a man who had lost everything a??man could lose--but the iron will to reclaim what??had been taken from him. Now he must confront the??fiery religious heretic who has enslaved his wife?
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
Country music superstar Reba McEntire describes her Oklahoma childhood as a member of a cattle ranching family, her early days as a performer, her award-winning musical achievements, the tragic loss o
From the windswept, craggy coast of a remote British Isle comes the thrilling tale of a daring lady and a dangerous knight... bound by the tempests of fate—and the dawning of... Desire Upon her father
Mrs. Murphy digs into Virginia history—and gets her paws on a killer.The most popular citizen of Virginia has been dead for nearly 170 years. That hasn't stopped the good people of tiny Crozet, Virgi
The Perfect Mistress is the perfect follow-up to The Last Bachelor. This time the heroine is a courtesan's daughter who wants the unthinkable: to get married... The daughter of an exquisite London cou
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
This timely and innovative book provides a detailed history of marketing to children, revealing the strategies that shape the design of toys and have a powerful impact on the way children play.Stephen
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
In Conquerors' Pride, Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars(r) trilogy, unfurled an epic tale of drama and courage as the interstallar Commonwealth faced
Acclaimed author of the dazzling cycle of fantasy novels set in Deverry and the Westlands, Katharine Kerr continues her epic saga of humanity as a shift of power on the astral plane brings change to t
The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn’t be true: the man who’d been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Cro
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
This time the humans are taking the offensive! Stan Myakovsky is a once-famous scientist fallen on hard times. Now he dodges spaceship repo men and dreams of the marketability of his cybernetic ant. T
It's the ultimate adult playground. Cyber World??will use the latest technology in computer produced??virtual reality to provide thrills and chills??beyond any ever experienced at a theme park. Here??
A serial killer leaves a college coed to die in the California desert, his signature of fire seared into her flesh....A beautiful Chinese-American detective, recently transferred from Chinatown to the
Sixteen stories from the most infamous cantina in the universe...by some of today's leading writers of science fiction.In a far corner of the universe, on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is
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"
His real name was Tyler McAllister, but he felt like a lemon. He had allergies and nightmares, and was the only unfamous person in his family. But one night he and a friend went swimming at the forbid
From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, international master of intrigue Frederick Forsyth, comes a thriller that brilliantly blends fact with fiction for one of this summer's--or any
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
"Of all the people I play against, the only one I truly fear is Larry Bird."--Magic Johnson, from the Foreword.The heart and soul of a champion: his life, his career, his game. To understand basketbal
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
Dark and Forbidding...Lady Tess longed to return in peace to her beloved Remmington Castle--but she never thought that the price of relcaiming her land would be marriage to the most notorious warlord
From the extraordinary pen of Jane Feather, nationally bestselling author of Valentine, comes a bewitching tale of a beautiful bandit who's waging a dangerous game of vengeance--and betting everything
As the planetoid Thanatos Minor explodes into atoms, a specially-fitted cruiser escapes the mass destruction and hurtles into space only a step ahead of hostile pursuit. On board Trumpet are a handful
Trying to determine why his last two clients were ruthlessly murdered, Nero Wolfe wonders if the answer is linked to a young boy who turns up at his brownstone apartment and finds clues in a gray Cadi
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
Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative
The bestselling classic more than two million??parents have depended on... The First??Twelve Months Of Life. For over??twenty years, this invaluable book has been helping??parents understand their new
“Eloquent, gripping, harrowing.”—Richard Preston, author of The Hot ZoneWhen a mysterious virus first exploded in Zaire in 1976, American physician William T. Close worked desperately to contain the o
An investigator for the public defender of Alaska, Cecil Younger investigates the sexual assault and then the murder of a cook employed at an isolated mining site
In this revised and expanded edition of Long Waves of Capitalist Development, Ernest Mandel seeks to explain the underlying determinants of the booms and slumps of the trade cycle. Mandel first establ
When her friend is murdered in her lavish Fair Haven estate, all signs point to the victim's husband, and ex-journalist Henrie O. tries to learn the truth by questioning suspects from the area's best
