SUMMARY: 2001: A Space Odyssey shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s. An instant book and movie classic, its fame has grown over the years. Yet along with the almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years, for example: who or what tran

Greer Hennessy is a struggling movie location scout. Her last location shoot ended in disaster when a film crew destroyed property on an avocado grove. And Greer ended up with the blame. Now Greer has been given one more chance--a shot at finding the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budge

SUMMARY: The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back. They're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century, and they won't tolerate any efforts to repel them. An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness. It's been a busy week in Cardiff. The Hub's latest guest is a translucent,

An artist associated with the New York School of poets, Joe Brainard (1942-1994) was a wonderful writer whose one-of-a-kind autobiographical work *I Remember* ("a completely original book" -Edmund White) has had a wide and growing influence. It is joined in this major new retrospective with many oth

Lisa Blower celebrates her characters with stories that they wouldn't want told. She makes the bleak funny, in a voice reminiscent of Alan Bennett, and strikes a new chord in regional and working-class fiction. With a sharp eye and tough warmth, Lisa Blower brings to life the silent histories and

Veiled Vixen is book six in the Harem Station series and features an army of pissed-off princesses, five brothers facing their past, a station filled with ruthless, rebelling outlaws, and a lesson in what matters. It�s a love story about revenge, and hate, and regrets � but also forgiveness, loyalty

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization. When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth -- but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really b

**F****rom the** New York Times**bestselling author of** Unto Us a Son is Given**, comes one of her most dark and thrilling mysteries yet.** A woman’s cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon’s haunting twenty-ninth Brunett

The Three Investigators discover a sinister clock with an alarm that sounds like the scream of a woman in mortal terror. Who could have made such a clock -- and why? Jupiter, Pete, and Bob immediately embark on a search to discover the origins of the mysterious clock. When they come across a run-dow

Na coleção Romancistas Essenciais o crítico August Nemo apresenta autores que fazem parte da história da literatura em língua portuguesa. Neste volume temos José do Patrocínio, um farmacêutico, jornalista, escritor, orador e ativista político brasileiro. Destacou-se como uma das figuras mais import

She’s a former Disney princess now teaching etiquette. He’s a football player in need of refinement. During their lessons will they become more than friends? After a humiliating accident, Maggie leaves her position as a Disney Princess and lands a job as an etiquette coach. A tumultuous childhood l

After his marriage ended over five years ago, Percy has stayed away from romance… until he’s tempted by Bev, the new vendor at The Neighborhood Bar. When they both attend an culinary expo in the city, lines get blurred and business becomes pleasure. However, when they return from the weekend, they

**Alfred Bekker** **Weihnachtsleichen - Krimis fur Ferientage** Krimis von Alfred Bekker: Harte Privatedetektive, skurrile Ermittler, skrupellose Verbrecher, dunkle Geheimnisse, mysteriose Geschehnisse und hammerharte Pointen, das findet sich in den Krimis dieses Bandes. Mal lokal, mal internation

Het zonnige zuiden trekt de vriendinnen Jet, Kiki en Anne wel aan. Maar ook in Frankrijk moet hard gewerkt worden, zelfs in de zomer. Het ogenschijnlijk idyllische chateau blijkt flink vervallen en de administratie is een janboel. Gelukkig zijn er lieve mensen die het leven de Franse charme geven wa

THIS IS THE END.... The dragons have gone home, the elves are safe. The Raven have kept their promises. But fate has not finished with them. As the war between the colleges rages on, an old enemy senses that his chance to revenge a bitter defeat has come. Tessaya, Lord of the Paleon Tribes, has wait