**A RADIO FRANCE-CULTURE/T รLรRAMA BEST WORK OF FICTION BY THE WINNER OF THE 2013 CAMรES PRIZE** "Quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa.""--**Doris Lessing** "By meshing the richness of African beliefs . . . into the Western framework of the novel, he creates a mysterious an
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### Amazon.com Review Evan Tanner, the spy who never sleeps, was placed in cold storage at the end of the Cold War--literally and figuratively. But in *Tanner on Ice* Block defrosts one of his earliest and best series heroes and sends him to Burma to stir up the guerillas, destabilize the country's
### From Publishers Weekly A pity Block doesn't write for the movies. There's a great little B movie here. First published in 1968, this is a reissue of the fifth book in the series featuring Evan Tanner, "whose sleep center was destroyed in Korea" but who remains "not merely conscious but energeti
### From School Library Journal Grade 6โ10โThomas wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of about 60 teen boys who have learned to survive in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies from below. A new boy arr
**In the latest entry in this _USA Today_ bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival...** Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new C
Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is riding out Schoolman College's first tornado in over sixty years. As a visiting professor, she is there to teach a creative writing class. But after two men choose to brave the tornado rather than take shelter and one of them is found dead-Jessica wonders
In the middle of the night, struggling B actor Glenn Harley gets a hysterical phone call from starlet Nancy Rhymer. She needs Harley to come over to her house immediately. Harley, who always has secretly longed for Nancy Rhymer, jumps out of bed and drives quickly to her home. Once there, he discove
**In the latest entry in this _USA Today_ bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival...** Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new C
SUMMARY: A finalist in the American Title Contest sponsored by Dorchester and "Romantic Times." When Jayne Turner mistakenly drives away from a parking lot in the wrong car, finding a body in the trunk throws her into an even bigger pickle: romance with the sexy park ranger who must help her survi
Morgan Turner's grief over her sister's brutal murder has become a rut, an everyday horror she is caught in along with her estranged parents and chilly older brother. In search of a way out, she delves the depths of a factory abattoir, classic horror cinema, and the Canadian criminal justice system,
SUMMARY: A trio of brilliant mysteries โunlike anything else being written today.โโChicago Tribune Over the past five years, James Sallis has created three of the most acclaimed mysteries published in America, each of them featuring the complex John T urnerโformer cop, therapist, and ex-con, tryin
**A trio of brilliant mysteries unlike anything else being written today.\*Chicago Tribune** \* Over the past five years, James Sallis has created three of the most acclaimed mysteries published in America, each of them featuring the complex John T urnerformer cop, therapist, and ex-con, trying to
Book One of the USA Today Bestselling Matt Turner SeriesA mysterious woven metal artifact is found at a paleontological dig in Africa. Mystified experts, confounded by the impossible timeline they receive from traditional dating methods, call upon a stubborn twenty-something with a unique talent. Ma
Detectives try to save lives and protect the community and themselves.We all saw the video of the Chicago cop who shot the kid sixteen time while his colleagues stood and watched. What would happen if Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick in a similar scenario showed up ten seconds before the firi
Pushing the sensual limits can set off all kinds of alarmsโฆ Turner Twins, Book 1 Inheriting her grandmotherโs home is a dream come true for web designer Maxine Turner. Sheโs looking forward to a little freedom from the constant demands of her beloved, crazy mob of a family. When vandals expose just
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: Brian Aldiss marked the centenary year of H G Wells' birth with this ingenious novella combining comedy, terror and, intriguingly, late nineteenth-century period charm. In a sleepy East Anglian town we meet Bruce Fox and Gregory Rolles - two young men who have sworn to Think L
After being reported as dead in a German POW camp, Jack Chesley returns to L.A. in 1947 very much alive, only to discover that his wife is dead--and her twin sister insists that it wasn't an accident like the cops said. They set out to find her killer, a journey that takes them from the boozy back c
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He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. An amazing historical novel with a supernatural twist set after the English Civil War. This is the stunning debut from Clifford Beal. He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. 1653: The long and bloody English Civi
Invisible aliens invade the bucolic English countryside in Brian W. Aldiss & rsquo;s Nebula Award & ndash;winning science fiction novella, plus nine other stories of the fantastic and the odd A meteor shower in the skies above the rolling English countryside late in the nineteenth century fires the
When Professor Humberto Ossmann and Dr. Clematis Woodley, who heartily despised each other in life, are found together in a mortal embrace, Norman de Ratour knows that evil once again stalks the hallowed precincts of the Museum of Man. It has been several years since the museum was wracked by what b
A birthday wish led to an unexpected gift landing on her doorstep. Who knew this unexpected cowboy would bring so much trouble with him? Sydney led a fulfilling life of hard ranch work. She had her animals, and she thought that was enough for her. Until she made a crazy birthday wish which was
I married my fake fiancรฉ and nowโฆ I want a divorce. Iโve known Mason since we were kids and next-door neighbors. Back when I was more interested in his brother. Scandalous, I know. All of that is in the past. The only thing that matters now is my dying fatherโs last wish. His dream is to wal
A rogue attack. A shocking kidnapping. A surprise fated mate. Joshua, the Crown Prince and Captain of the Guards, doesnโt want to fall in love, but fate has other plans for himโฆ so do rogue wolf shifters. Leah enjoys the time she spends with her longtime friend and fiercest confidante, but when ti
0At Christmas time, will Cleoโs frozen heart melt when she meets the perfect man? After the tragic loss of her husband in Afghanistan, single mom Cleo Martin moves to Pecan Grove with her young son to build a new life. Sheโs stuck in a dead-end job and struggling to make ends meet when a fateful ic
A bull rider with amnesia, his motherless daughter, and the beautiful physical therapist who has the potential to heal them both...Wyomingโs Unforgettable Cowboys remember how to love. Savannah returns to Wyoming with a physical therapy degree and dreams. Returning to her familyโs failing ranch
Whatโs worse than having untamed magic? Not having any magic. My magic is broken after being attacked by the magic thief. And I need it back fast, before she tries again. Iโll do anything to get it back โ including private tutoring with a crazy professor and private time with the sexy billionaire t
Le 7 avril 1803 naรฎt ร Paris la militante fรฉministe et ouvriรฉriste Flora Tristan, fille d'un officier pรฉruvien au service du Roi d'Espagne et d'une bourgeoise parisienne. Un siรจcle plus tard, le 8 mai 1903, son petit-fils, Paul Gauguin, meurt seul et presque aveugle dans sa case des รฎles Marquises.
A wolf rebellion. A newly appointed king. A Lady who is destined for more. Lady Sarah knows sheโs destined for more, but until she finds out exactly what more means for her, sheโs content to soak up all the knowledge she can about battle tactics and anything else that interests her. Unlike other yo
When Mountain catches the human heโs been tracking, his excitement turns instantly to shock. Sheโs not who he thought she would be. Not even close. Sheโs not even one of the females taking part in the hunt. This female is something else entirely. He needs to get her back to his lair for questioni
Sheโs a travel writer whose next assignment lands her in the middle of nowhere with snow, ice, and storms, when all she wanted was to sit on a beach drinking pina coladas. Heโs ready to take over his uncleโs company, but first heโs got to work as a travel writer to prove himself, but he doesnโt have
Sad and depressed about where her life is taking her, Demi decides to go for a long run in the forest. Stretching her legs helps clear her mind. It helps unravel the stress building inside her. One terrible moment in time has changed everything. She canโt come to terms with whatโs expected of her. H