The survival of the human race, spread throughout the universe in the future, depends on an unlikely team led by naval officer Gene Harker, who must retrieve the only defense against the godlike Titans

The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.” In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary. He went undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. In this page-turning memoir, Wittman fascinates with the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: The golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king. The Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement. The headdress Geronimo wore at his final Pow-Wow. The rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation’s first African-American regiments. The breadth of Wittman’s exploits is unmatched: He traveled the world to rescue paintings by Rockwell and Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet and Picasso, often working undercover overseas at the whim of foreign governments. Closer to home, he recovered an original copy of the Bill of Rights and cracked the scam that rocked the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. By the FBI’s accounting, Wittman saved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and antiquities. He says the statistic isn’t important. After all, who’s to say what is worth more—a Rembrandt self-portrait or an American flag carried into battle? They're both priceless.  The art thieves and scammers Wittman caught run the gamut from rich to poor, smart to foolish, organized criminals to desperate loners. The smuggler who brought him a looted 6th-century treasure turned out to be a high-ranking diplomat.  The appraiser who stole countless heirlooms from war heroes’ descendants was a slick, aristocratic con man.  The museum janitor who made off with locks of George Washington's hair just wanted to make a few extra bucks, figuring no one would miss what he’d filched. In his final case, Wittman called on every bit of knowledge and experience in his arsenal to take on his greatest challenge: working undercover to track the vicious criminals behind what might be the most audacious art theft of all. 

Pricksongs & Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author — already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel — as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously word-drunk fictional romps, two children follow an old man into the woods, trailing bread crumbs behind and edging helplessly toward a sinister end that never comes; a husband walks toward the bed where his wife awaits his caresses, but by the time he arrives she's been dead three weeks and detectives are pounding down the door; a teenaged babysitter's evening becomes a kaleidoscope of dangerous erotic fantasies-her employer's, her boyfriend's, her own; an aging, humble carpenter marries a beautiful but frigid woman, and after he's waited weeks to consummate their union she announces that God has made her pregnant. Now available in a Grove paperback, Pricksongs & Descants is a cornerstone of Robert Coover's remarkable career and a brilliant work by a major American writer

Everyone's got something to brag about: Kaia's getting it on with bachelor #1, though scruffball Reed's gotten to be quite an interesting distraction. Kane and Harper got exactly what they planned: Namely, Beth and Adam. (Though to keep gettin' it, their secrets – and pasts – best stay forgotten.) Miranda got her heart broken, but now she's all decked with a new look and strategy. Sometimes, though, you only think you've got everything…

Wealth has its dangers… There are disadvantages to being an heiress, as Eliza Martin knows well. Fortune hunters flock to her, acquaintances lie and pander, and lately, someone is engineering "accidents" to propel her to the altar. But Eliza will not be bullied, and she will get to the bottom of this plot. All she needs is a man to infiltrate her assemblage of suitors and find the culprit. Someone not easily noticed; a proficient dancer, quiet, and even-tempered. …so do certain men Thief-taker Jasper Bond is entirely too large, too handsome, and too dangerous. Who would believe that an intellectual like Eliza would be seduced by a man of action? But the combination of her stubbornness and the mystery makes the case one Jasper can't resist. Client satisfaction is a point of pride and it's his pleasure to prove he's just the man she needs after all…

Chloe Elizabeth Hart despises the conceited antics of the popular crowd, or more importantly, one very annoying self-possessed guy, Taylor Anderson, who seems determined to make her the president of his fan club! As if! Every girl in the whole city of Farmington, New Mexico, is in love with him, but he seems to be only interested in Chloe. This modern high school adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is a battle of wits as Chloe desperately tries to remain the only girl who can avoid the inevitable falling for Taylor

JANE AUSTEN Pride and Prejudice Retold by Clare West Classics This simplified edition from OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY printed for educational purposes. Stage 6 (2500 headwords) 'It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife.' And so, when such a man comes to live near the Bennet family, Mrs Bennet is delighted. At once, she sees in Mr Bingley a possible, almost a certain, husband for one of her five daughters. 'People say he's quite young, very handsome, and extremely charming!' says foolish Lydia, the youngest of the Bennet sisters. 'And even better, he loves dancing! Everybody knows that means he's likely to fall in love!' But with whom? Soon, Elizabeth Bennet is sure that he admires her eldest sister, Jane. Certainly, he is most attentive to her whenever they meet, but who can tell if admiration will lead to marriage, and happiness? Mr Bingley, however, is not the only young man to show interest in the Bennet girls. There is their cousin, the boring Mr Collins. There are the officers of the regiment - the charming Mr Wickham, for example. And of course, there is Mr Bingley's friend, Mr Darcy — tall, dark, and extremely wealthy, but then he is such a rude, proud, disagreeable man ... 'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elisabeth Bennet. And so Elisabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls – their fortunes, and miisfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observations of the people and manners of her times. (Word count 29 455)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton - and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers - and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read

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When Caroline Bingley marries a rich, charismatic American, her future should be secure. But strange incidents soon follow: nocturnal wanderings, spooked horses, carriage accidents, an apparent suicide attempt. Soon the whole Bingley family seems the target of a sinister plot, with only their friends the Darcys recognizing the danger. A jilted lover, an estranged business partner, a financially desperate in-law, an eccentric supernaturalist—who is behind these events? Perhaps it is Caroline herself, who appears to be slowly sinking into madness

Pulled into the craze of Egyptology, the Darcys and their lively children embark on an expedition to find a hidden tomb and uncover its treasure. Not only are immeasurable riches awaiting them in the exotic land of the Sphinx, but also danger and betrayal and the chance to lay an ancient grudge to rest

CALL OF THE WILD To most, they are animals even when in human form. They are to be collared and kept on the fringes of society, scorned because they are feared, hated for their extraordinary powers. And attorney Kim Fraser has to go right into the heart of their lair. It is her job to defend those in need. But there is absolutely nothing defenseless about Liam Morrissey. His soft Irish lilt and feline grace can t disguise his sheer strength. Nor can the silver chain at his throat, designed to control the aggression of his kind, completely reassure her that this man has been tamed. Yet when a feral shifter begins to stalk them both, Liam is the only one she trusts with her life. She'll let him claim her for her protection, for her pride, and for a passion that knows no bounds

“Durham vividly captures the frenzy of ancient warfare. . . . A skillfully structured, gripping novel –New York Times “Masterly. . . . First-rate historical fiction. Durham has delivered some of the best battle scenes on the page since Michael Shaara’s Civil War fiction.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Stunning. . . . A brilliant exploration of the tension between private destiny and historical force.” --The Christian Science Monitor “Fascinating. . . . Nimbly exploits what is known about this distant period. . . . The author has speculated and invented optimally.” —The Washington Post “An extraordinary achievement: Durham puts flesh on the bones of Carthage in a way that no novelist has done since Flaubert wroteSalammbo.”—Tom Holland, author of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic “Pride of Carthage is that rare and wonderful thing: an historical novel that’s not only deeply evocative of time and place, character and situation, but is also lyrically written, compellingly composed. I savored each page while ever more breathless as the story unfolded. Durham has broken the mold of historical fiction and created a masterpiece.”—Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Falland Lost Nation “Durham leaps continents and centuries to tell the epic story of Hannibal and his march on Rome in this heady, richly textured novel. . . . The novel’s grand sweep is balanced by intimate portraits of Hannibal, his family, his allies and his enemies. . . . Durham weaves abundant psychological, military, and political detail into this vivid account of one of the most romanticized periods of history.”—Publishers Weekly(starred review) “Durham has reimagined this vanished world in stunningly precise detail, and his lucid explanations of the give-and-take of military decision-making help ... From Publishers Weekly Known for his novels of African-American life in 19th-century America (Gabriel's Story; Walk Through Darkness), Durham leaps continents and centuries to tell the epic story of Hannibal and his march on Rome in this heady, richly textured novel. After Hannibal assumes command of the Carthaginian army in Spain and conquers the Roman city of Saguntum, Carthage refuses to accept Rome's demand that it abandon the city, precipitating the Second Punic War. In 218 B.C., Hannibal begins his daring march toward Rome, leading an army of upward of 100,000—complete with elephants and cavalry—over the Pyrenees, across the Rhône and through the snowcapped Alps. Ill prepared for the frigid weather, pummeled by avalanches and harassed by Celtic tribes, the army arrives in Italy reduced to perhaps 30,000. Against all odds, Hannibal brings his soldiers through the tortuous marshes of the Arno, and traps and massacres a large Roman force at Lake Trasimene and again at Cannae. The novel's grand sweep is balanced by intimate portraits of Hannibal, his family, his allies and his enemies, as well as by the stories of two humble characters: Imco Vaca, a soldier, and Aradna, a camp follower, who meet and fall in love as the saga moves inexorably toward an account of the beheading of Hannibal's brother and Hannibal's eventual defeat at the gates of Rome. Durham weaves abundant psychological, military and political detail into this vivid account of one of the most romanticized periods of history

Araminta Davenport has arrived. After giving up her librarian job to be a full-time writer, all those lonely nights alone with her cat and her keyboard have paid off. She s been invited to participate in one of the biggest reader appreciation weekends as a professional author. She can t imagine her life getting any more exciting than that until she accidentally releases a sexy, shapeshifting, immortal warrior from a five-thousand-year-old curse. Finally free of his carousel prison, lion shifter Leander is determined not to let Hades lure him to the dark side in a quest for world domination. Nor will he give the delectable Araminta up to the clutches of the dark one. If they can survive twenty-four hours and somehow resist losing themselves completely in the sexual haze threatening to swallow them up the curse will be permanently broken. But the clock is ticking, the heat is rising and only the ultimate sacrifice will save them both. 

As the title suggests, this is a modern and witty retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Jasmin Field, a columnist for a woman's magazine, is invited to audition for a charity production of the Austen novel, which is to be directed by the Oscar-winning actor Harry Noble. Jasmin sees this as fodder for her column but is selected for the lead role of Lizzie Bennet instead, even though the haughty Noble calls her "the ugly sister" after her beautiful sister, George, an actual actress, also auditions. Soon the lives and interactions of the cast members begin to resemble the characters they portray. Everyone swoons over the famous Noble except for Jasmin, who considers him an aloof, unfeeling egotist, which is his cue for becoming besotted with her. All the elements of the original story are here, cleverly molded to fit modern characters and situations involving career women and the contemporary arena for scandals: the tabloids. Nathan succeeds admirably in paying homage to a classic with her delightful tale

Miglotą vasaros pabaigos dieną aštuntojo dešimtmečio pradžioje šiaurės Elande be jokių pėdsakų dingsta mažas berniukas. Dienų dienomis ir savaitėmis jo ieško šeima, policija ir savanoriai. Daugiau nei po dvidešimties metų berniuko motinai Julijai netikėtai paskambina jos tėvas. Jis prašo atvažiuoti į Elandą ir padėti jam atsekti naują dingusio vaikaičio pėdsaką. Julija nenoromis grįžta į savo vaikystės salą pas susenusį tėvą. Julijai, vis dar neatsigavusiai po sūnaus dingimo, tenka  tenka atlikti savotišką detektyvo vaidmenį ir bandyti sužinoti tiesą. Ir tik dabar ji išgirsta kalbas apie mitais apipintą elandietį Nilsą Kantą, kadaise variusį siaubą visai apylinkei. Bet jis seniai miręs, gerokai seniau, nei dingo Julijos sūnelis. Ir vis dėlto yra žmonių, mačiusių Nilsą Kantą. Jie tvirtina, kad retkarčiais temstant, prieblandoje, jis vaikštinėja po kalkynę. Knyga su Fredžio Kriugerio namo vaizdu ant viršelio ir užrašu „Prieblanda“. Versta iš švedų kalbos - Nattfåk

Dmitrijs Veriščagins Priekšmetu iedzīvināšanas tehnika Otrā grāmata teia iemaņu sistēma Virziens: darbs ar būtībām un būtnēm Jūs iemācīsities radīt: ■    līdzsvara un veselības sargātājus ■    ģimenes un telpas aizstāvjus ■    pavadoņus uz mērķi ■    attiecību regulētājus ■    palīgus naudas lietās Šīs sērijas grāmatas nav gluži parastas. Es sev neizvirzīju mērķi pastāstīt jums, cik slikti mēs visi dzīvojam, un ieteikt, kur meklējams risinājums. Esmu uzrakstījis izsmeļošas praktiskas grāmatas par metodēm, kuras ļaus sasniegt vēlamo. Nedomājiet, ka šos paņēmienus var reiz izmēģināt un aizmirst. Cilvēks, kas apguvis šīs metodes, uzsāk jaunu dzīves posmu, no kura atpakaļceļa vairs nav. Viņš atšķiras no citiem cilvēkiem tikpat uelā mērā kā viņi no sava alās dzīvojušā priekšteča. D. Veriščagins Nevajag kontrolēt visus savas dzīves apstak1.us lidz pēdējam sīkumam. Tas gluži vienkārši ir kaitīgi! No šādas kontroles funkcijām var reiz un uz visiem laikiem atteikties. Jā, jums tagad ir pietiekami daudz spēka, lai radītu sev neaizstājamus energoinformatīvos aizstāvjus un palīgus! Un sāktu dzīvot mierīgi, vairs nepārdzīvojot par katru ikdienišķu sīkumu, kas tā nogurdina. Tieši tāpēc ir radīts jaunais teia sistēmas virziens ar nosaukumu "darbs ar būtībām un būtnēm". Rīga«vieda» Latvijas ekoloģiskās izglītības apgāds Cienījamie lasītāji! Šā palīglīdzekļa pir­majā grāmatā mēs atsaucām atmiņā tās TEIA sistēmas iemaņas, kuras mums būs vajadzīgas, radot energoinformatīvās būtības, iepazināmies ar to radīšanas vis­pārīgajiem principiem un tehniku, kā arī konstatējām, ka ir pieci šo būtību pamatveidi. Tie ir Sargātāji, Aizstāvji, Pavadoņi, Regulētāji un Palīgi. Tagad mēs uzzināsim, manuprāt, pašu interesantāko: kādā nolūkā šīs energoin­formatīvās būtības tiek izmantotas un kā tās tiek izveidotas. No krievu valodas tulkojusi Ligita Lauce L. Kovalass-Kovaļevskas mākslinieciskais noformējums  L. Lauce, tulkojums latviešu valodā © L. Kovalass-Kovaļevska, mākslinieciskais noformējums Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Dmitrijs Veriščagins Priekšmetu iedzīvināšanas tehnika Pirmā grāmata teia iemaņu sistēma Virziens: darbs ar būtībām un būtnēm Rīga«vieda» Latvijas ekoloģiskās izglītības apgāds Šīs sērijas grāmatas nav gluži parastas. Es sev neizvirzīju mērķi pastastīt jums, cik slikti mēs visi dzīvojam, un ieteikt, kur meklējams risinājums. Esmu uzrakstījis izsmeļošas praktiskas grāmatas par metodēm, kuras ļaus sasniegt vēlamo. Nedomājiet, ka šos paņēmienus var reiz izmēģināt un aizmirst. Cilvēks, kas apguvis šīs metodes, uzsāk jaunu dzīves posmu, no kura atpakaļceļa vairs nav. Viņš atšķiras no citiem cilvēkiem tikpat lielā mērā kā viņi no sava alās dzīvojušā priekšteča. Nevajag kontrolēt visus savas dzīves apstākļus līdz pēdējam sīkumam. Tas gluži vienkārši ir kaitīgi ! No šādas kontroles funkcijām var reiz un uz visiem laikiem atteikties. Jā, jums tagad ir pietiekami daudz spēka, lai radītu sev neaizstajamus energoinformatīvos aizstāvjus un palīgus! Un sāktu dzīvot mierīgi, vairs nepārdzīvojot par katru ikdienišķu sīkumu, kas tā nogurdina. Tieši tāpēc ir radīts jaunais teia sistēmas virziens ar nosaukumu "darbs ar būtībām un būtnēm". Jūs iemācīsities radīt: ■       līdzsvara un veselības sargātājus ■       ģimenes un telpas aizstāvjus ■       pavadoņus uz mērķi ■      attiecību regulētājus ■       palīgus naudas lietās Dmitrija Veriščagina jaunā grāmata tur­pina iepazīstināt lasītājus ar TEIA (Tālākas energoinformatīvās attīstības) sistēmu - vienotu harmonijas un veselības sasniegša­nas sistēmu, kuras pamatā ir enerģētisko plūsmu apzinātas vadīšanas metodikas. Šajā mācību līdzeklī analizēts TEIA sistē­mas palīgvirziens - "Darbs ar būtībām un būtnēm". Tas palīdzēs šīs sistēmas apguvē­jiem ievērojami paplašināt savas iespējas un pārvarēt zināmas grūtības, kādas rada dzīve materiālajā pasaulē. No krievu valodas tulkojusi L. Lauce L. Kovalass-Kovaļevskas mākslinieciskais noformējums  L. Lauce, tulkojums latviešu valodā • © L. Kovalass-Kovalevska, mākslinieciskais noformējums  "Vieda" Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Lidija Pērļupe Priekšpilsētas noslēpums Stāsts jaunatnei Ilustrējis O. Norītis Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Otrais iespiedums Elmara Saulītes Izdevniecība 1943 AfV. II 00888. Metiens 5000. Papīrs no Grafisko materiālu un papīra centrāles 61x85 cm. Iespiesta un Iesieta »Rigaer Druckerei“. Major Fletcher Ielā 1. 4961.-10891. Iznākusi 1943. gada maijā

Once Tarl Cabot had been the mighest warrior of Gor, the strange world of counter earth. But now on all the planet, he had no friends except the tarn, the mighty bird on which he flew. He was a out cast, with every hand aganist him. His home city had been destroyed, his loved ones scattered or killed. And that was at the orders of the Priest-Kings, those mysterious beings who ruled absolutely over Gor. No man had ever seen a Priest-King. They where said to dwell somewhere in the mountians of Sardar. And none who entered that forbidden land ever returned alive. Nonetheless, Tarl Cabot head into the mountians of Sardar!

Als die junge Auraya zur Priesterin der Heiligen Fünf erwählt wird, muss sie alles hinter sich lassen, was sie liebt: ihr Dorf, ihre Familie -und vor allem ihren Lehrer, den Traumweber Leiard. Zehn Jahre später hat Auraya viel gelernt – über ihre Welt Ithania, die von Kriegen heimgesucht wird, die fünf Götter und die Ziele ihres Ordens. Und sie hat daran gearbeitet, ihre erstaunlichen magischen Fähigkeiten zu vervollkommnen. Was sich nun auch als dringend nötig erweist, denn die Fünf haben ihren Priestern eine gewaltige Aufgabe gestellt: Sie sollen die Länder des nördlichen Ithania zu einem Bündnis vereinen und alle magisch begabten Menschen dem Orden der Weißen zuführen. Doch der Frieden scheint weiter entfernt denn je, als sich eine neue mächtige Sekte erhebt, deren Mitglieder behaupten, den einzig wahren Göttern zu dienen. Bald darauf überziehen schwarze Magier das Land mit Tod und Verheerung – und sie kennen nur ein einziges grausames Ziel: die Auslöschung aller Priester vom Orden der Weißen

PRIESTERA TIESĪBAS

Priestess of the White is the first novel of the Age of the Five trilogy of fantasy novels by Trudi Canavan, an Australian writer born in 1969. The fictional series recounts the story of Auraya, a young priestess who, after rising to the highest rank in her world's religious hierarchy, subsequently discovers that the gods she worships are significantly different entities to those that she was originally taught to believe

One year ago, Sugar survived a wolf shifter attack but it had left her broken. Paralyzed on the left side, she fights for independence in her day-to-day life. Her worst injuries are the scars on her soul. She can’t bear who she has become and it drives her to push her vampire lover, Daedalus, away. How could he still love her when she is just a shadow of herself? But a new threat on Daedalus’s life yanks away her veil of self-pity and she resolves to help him. The vampire council sends an emissary to Daedalus. His clan brother, another Nosferatu, hands him an ultimatum. Return to his post as Prime in Pal Robi or he’ll kill Sugar and her shifter friends. Daedalus has brought enough trouble into Sugar’s life. He won’t be responsible for more, so he agrees to leave Chicago. To both warriors surprise, Sugar’s not willing to remain behind, and with her own shifter guards she’s ready to assist Daedalus regain control of Pal Robi

Bleeding Heart by MICHELLE ROWEN Skin & Bone by AVA GRAY Angel-Claimed by JORY STRONG Primal Kiss by LORA LEIGH

When half-Fae, half-Shifter Andrea Gray flees an abusive would-be mate, the only way she is allowed to relocate to the Austin Shiftertown is if a Shifter there claims her as mate. Sean Morrissey, the Guardian of his clan and all of Shiftertown, is mateless, lonely, and has a tough job--to send the souls of deceased Shifters into the afterworld. He volunteers to claim her, sight unseen, but doesn't realize that one look at the gray-eyed, dark-haired Andrea will stir the mating frenzy in him. Even though the mate-claim isn't finalized, official, or yet blessed, Sean will do anything to get Andrea into his life and keep her there, forever

Founded by a group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers tasked with eliminating the most dangerous predators in the world. But the gift of their abilities comes at a price… After a massacre decimates half his team and leaves him crippled, Jaxon Law must relearn how to fight—and battle the anger and guilt threatening to overwhelm him. But when he rescues a beautiful woman who reawakens his primal instincts, Jax is unprepared for the dangers that lie ahead. On the run from her employer, brilliant lab assistant Kira Locke has evidence that leads the Alpha Pack on a hunt for someone targeting human civilians with Psy abilities. And as Jax and Kira circle both the killer and each other, Jax will have to decide if the deep connection he feels with Kira is worth breaking the ultimate shifter rule—because bonding with Kira means putting his abilities at risk, and they might be the only tools he has to keep his mate alive…

Here, collected for the first time, are the earliest short stories bylined Mickey Spillane... all written between 1941 and 1942

Enslaved by a vengeful goddess, forced to live on blood, Lucan can barely remember life as a knight of the Round Table. Yet when one woman’s touch awakens millennium-old feelings that tame the savage darkness within him, he has no choice but to deny their all-consuming passion—for her own protection. Cat shifter Briana Callaghan has watched all three of her brothers find their mates, but love isn’t in her future. Especially when her mate turns out to be a lethal mercenary…and the only man ever to break her heart. When she’s chosen to compete in the Gauntlet, an immortal death match, Briana realizes the prize—the sword Excalibur—is her only hope of severing the fierce bond that has the power to destroy her. Stunned to find themselves pitted against each other, Briana and Lucan quickly find that the only thing they’re fighting harder than their enemies is their sizzling, heartbreaking chemistry. But even if they survive the Gauntlet, claiming the woman he loves will be as impossible as letting her go. Product Warnings Contains adult language, skin-tingling sexual tension over a thousand years in the making, and a brutal warrior unable to resist the only woman to appeal to both the man and the monster within

Ben Kincaid wants to be a lawyer because he wants to do the right thing. But once he leaves the D.A.'s office for a hot-shot spot in Tulsa's most prestigious law firm, Ben discovers that doing the right thing and representing his client's interests can be mutually exclusive.  An explosive legal thriller that takes readers on a frantic ride of suspicion and intrigue, PRIMARY JUSTICE brings morality and temptation together in one dangerous motion

A caterer's nightmare... Caterer Goldy Schulz is convinced things couldn't get worse. An unscrupulous rival is driving her out of business. An incompetent contractor has left her precious kitchen in shambles. And she has just agreed to cater a fashion shoot at a nineteenth-century mountain cabin with her mentor and old friend, French chef André Hibbard. A dash of cold-blooded murder... Together Goldy and André struggle in a hopelessly outdated kitchen to cater to a vacuous crowd of beautiful people whose personal dramas climax when a camera is pitched through a window...into the buffet. Then Goldy's contractor is found hanging in the house of one of her best friends. A second murder follows and Goldy must somehow solve a mystery and prepare for a society soirée that could make--or break--her career. A recipe for disaster... It's a mystery that involves the dead contractor's unwholesome past, a food saboteur, the theft of four historical cookbooks, and an overzealous D.A. who has suspended Goldy's detective husband, Tom, from the force. What Goldy discovers is the perfect recipe for murder. And she may be dessert! From the Paperback edition. Amazon.com Review You could die from reading one of Diane Mott Davidson's culinary mysteries: this one includes recipes for Jailbreak Potatoes (butter, whipping cream, freshly grated Parmesan cheese) and Labor Day Flourless Chocolate Cake with Berries, Melba Sauce, and White Chocolate Cream (butter, chocolate, eggs, sugar, whipping cream). So you might want to take both the recipes and Davidson's pinball machine-like plots in small bites. This time, caterer Goldy Schulz careens between the worlds of contracting and high fashion models, with bodies from both camps falling into the food. It's all in fun, and readers have been lapping up Davidson's merry mélanges with increasing appetite. Catering to Nobody, The Cereal Murders, Dying for Chocolate, The Grilling Season, Killer Pancake, and The Main Corpse are available on the paperback menu

A woman is murdered and the police have a prime suspect, but cannot prove it. Detective Jane Tennison fights to solve the crime and win the respect of her fellow, male, officers

An Alistair MacLean’s UNACO novel #9 A US government official is assassinated, a list of names, all male, all German, is found and two men on the list are already dead. What is the connection? When the mission looks impossible, who do you call? UNACO. A young American government employee is murdered in cold blood on a London street. Her death is only the tip of a conspiracy that threatens the life of Andreas Wolff, the computer genius responsible for the security codes for ICON – the computerized criminal identification network. Malcolm Philpott, the enigmatic and powerful head of UNACO, recognizes the grave threat, and assigns his two best agents to the case. Sabrina Carver and Mike Graham must race from New York to London, Morocco and Berlin in their efforts to crack the lethal intrigue that threatens world security and has its roots in the final days of World War Two and the desperate plans of a dying madman

Con la guerra civil, `lejana y próxima a un tiempo, quizás más temida por invencible`, como telón de fondo Primera memoria, Premio Nadal 1959, narra el paso de la niñez a la adolescencia de Matia – la protagonista – y de su primo Borja. Los dos viven en casa de su abuela en un mundo insular ingenuo y misterioso a la vez. A través de la visión particularísima de la joven protagonista – sin madre y con el padre desaparecido – asistimos a su despertar a la adolescencia, cuando, roto el caparazón de la niñez, ciega y asombra, y como no, con dolor a veces, destella el fuerte resplandor de la realidad. Una intensa galería de personajes constituye el contrapunto de su vertiginosa sucesión de sensaciones. Y es que, en unos meses, Matia descubrirá muchas cosas sobre `la oscura vida de las personas mayores`. Melancólica elegía de la perversión de la inocencia, Primera memoria aúna imágenes como espadas y es, una de las mejores novelas de Ana María Matute. Es éste un libro conmovedor. Tanto como puede llegar a ser cruel en medio de su poética. Y a veces se antoja inaccesible: su estilo, su verbo no llegará a todo el mundo, es posible que muchos lo encuentren exasperante. Es literatura sin concesiones. Es decir, no está escrita para todos. Pero no por ello, creo que se trate de una novela elitista: la puede leer cualquiera. Ahora bien, quizás algunos (¿muchos?) no conecten con ella. Desde luego, se podría calificar de obra mágica, en el sentido de que Ana María Matute tiene mucho de hechicera o alquimista de la palabra. La maneja con un desparpajo envidiable, y consigue con ella evocar imágenes, escenas y ambientes y conjurar metáforas. Además, dota a todo el conjunto de una melancolía absoluta, palpable por todas partes. Es normal que sea así, puesto que `Primera Memoria` es una elegía. Premio Nadal 1959

The New York Times bestselling author of Ancients and Leviathan returns with another adrenaline rush—the latest thriller in the Event Group Series Twenty thousand years ago, when man crossed the land bridge to North America, creatures called They Who Follow made the great trek as well. But once in the new continent, the giant beasts disappeared, whether into hiding or extinction, no one knew. Centuries later, a battered journal—the only evidence left from the night of the Romanovs’ execution—turns up in a rare bookstore. As the U.S. and Russians vie for the truth, and the lost Romanov treasure, they collide with a prehistoric predator thought long-extinct. It’s up to the Event Group to lay to rest the legends. On an expedition into the wilds of British Columbia, Colonel Jack Collins and his team make a horrifying discovery in the continent’s last deep wilderness, where men have been vanishing for centuries

Tokarczuk’s third novel, Primeval and Other Times was awarded the Koscielski Foundation Prize in 1997, which established the author as one of the leading voices in Polish letters. It is set in the mythical village of Primeval in the very heart of Poland, which is populated by eccentric, archetypal characters. The village, a microcosm of Europe, is guarded by four archangels, from whose perspective the novel chronicles the lives of Primeval’s inhabitants over the course of the feral 20th century. In prose that is forceful and direct, the narrative follows Poland’s tortured political history from 1914 to the contemporary era and the episodic brutality that is visited on ordinary village life. Yet Primeval and Other Times is a novel of universal dimension that does not dwell on the parochial. A stylized fable as well as epic allegory about the inexorable grind of time, the clash between modernity (the masculine) and nature (the feminine), it has been translated into most European languages. Tokarczuk has said of the novel: “I always wanted to write a book such as this. One that creates and describes a world. It is the story of a world that, like all things living, is born, develops, and then dies.” Kitchens, bedrooms, childhood memories, dreams and insomnia, reminiscences, and amnesia – these are part of the existential and acoustic spaces from which the voices of Tokarczuk’s tale come, her “boxes in boxes.”

Отменная канцона, Серж! Ты делаешь успехи. Ее Светлость просит поблагодарить тебя за нее. Молча, не чувствуя своего тела, трубадур Скриб откинул дульцимер за спину и, склонившись еще ниже, подхватил подол платья герцогини и поднес его к своим губам. – Я не достоин похвалы Ее Светлости, – произнес трубадур. – Но, если Ее Светлость позволит, отныне все мои канцоны будут посвящены лишь ее красоте. Катрин незаметным жестом выдернула ткань юбки из рук музыканта и, не глядя на него, ответила: – Если на то будет дозволение моего супруга. – Если таково ваше желание, – с улыбкой ответил герцог де Жуайез. В день их венчания он хотел угодить супруге, – то теперь в обязанности Сержа будет входить услаждение вашего слуха

A nameless professor’s methods of teaching and scholarship become toxic; he is sent back to college to redo his Ph.D. and redeem his authority. This is only the beginning of terror. Life at the university isn’t what it used to be. Confronted by absurdity, redundancy, and pornogrpahy at every turn, the professor must struggle to follow the rules and be a good student even as he terrorizes the roommates, faculty, staff and administrators that threaten to undermine his rancorous will to power. Narrated in D. Harlan Wilson’s token “Hörnblower prose,” Primordial is an exercise in contemporary idiocy that rakes academia over the coals while plumbing the uncanny obscurities of existence and identity

Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1998

Troubled times have come to Narnia as it is gripped by civil war. Prince Caspian is forced to blow The Great Horn of Narnia, summoning the help of past heroes, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Now they must overthrow Caspian’s uncle, King Miraz, to restore peace to Narnia. English years: 1941 Narnian years: 2303