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A thousand years ago, the Eleven Domains were invaded and the original inhabitants were forced on the road as Travelers, belonging nowhere, welcomed by no-one. Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing. Some are spirits of place, of water and air and fire and earth. Some are greater than these. And some are human. Bramble: a village girl, whom no-one living can tame .... more info>>

Unnoticed by the police or the public, a number of important executives of different software companies have died by accident and their companies sold to the same bidder. At the same time, a group of Russian software experts, at the direction of a man known only as "The Controller", are undertaking the theft of software from a company by tapping into their internal computer network. When a series of accidents begin happening to John Packard, the CTO of the company under attack, he teams up with ... more info>>

Joseph Simon, who has more names than he can remember, finds that stealing money from a professional thief and murderer can be a dangerous occupation. A major credit card company, systematically destroyed his life--Joe loses everything, his job, his wife, his home and his good name. Enraged, Joe decides to teach the company a lesson. Using his computer savvy, Joe steals millions from them via the Internet. The man in charge of that money, a Colombian with drug connections, a killer and thief him... more info>>

More of This World or Maybe Another is a collection of award-winning short fiction about four outsiders whose unruly lives intersect on the back streets of New Orleans from writer Barb Johnson. Funny and haunting by turns, Johnson's unforgettable characters are driven by something fragile and irresistible, a sputtering drive to love and be loved, in these ?stunning stories ... the kind that reveal, enlarge, and make living seem worth the trouble." (Dorothy Allison)

"The most dangerous writer in America"* is back with an uncommon book of death and comedy. Internationally acclaimed writer Dennis Cooper continues to study the material he's always explored honestly, but does so now--in stories--with a sense of awareness and a satirical touch that exploits and winks at his mastery of this world. As it has done for decades, Cooper's taut, controlled prose lays bare the compulsions and troubling emptiness of the human soul.

Francis Xavier Meehan (Meehan to his friends, "Halt!" to the cops) has ten thousand rules to live by, but only one way to make a living: stealing. Then a man in a checked jacket from Washington comes to meet Meehan in the Manhattan Correctional Center with an offer Meehan cannot refuse. For somewhere out there is an October Surprise that may dethrone the sitting president of the United States. The Washington man wants Meehan to steal the incriminating evidence and keep the president's secret in ... more info>>

Herman Melville is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers America has ever produced. Had his metaphysical whaling novel, Moby-Dick, been his sole literary legacy, Melville's place in the pantheon of great writers would have been assured. But Melville created many other much-beloved classic works, such as Billy Budd, Sailor and Benito Cereno. Herein are ten stories representing some of the American master's best short work, including the tales "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-S... more info>>

Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde was arguably literature's most versatile writer. Over the course of two short decades, he was responsible for an astonishing amount of work, genius, scandal, and controversy, producing masterworks in virtually every literary genre. This exceptional collection includes nearly every short story the incomparable Wilde published during his exceedingly eventful career, including "The Selfish Giant," "The Fisherman and His Soul," and "... more info>>

Starfleet Corps of Engineers Fabian Stevens thought he was doing an old friend a favor by helping her and some eager young Starfleet Academy cadets test a new prototype vessel. There's a practical joker among the cadets, but Stevens figures that will just keep everyone on their toes ... Meanwhile, Captain David Gold faces one of the greatest challenges of his career: marrying off his daughter to a Klingon ambassador's son. Unfortunately, the ambassador has very particular ideas about the ceremon... more info>>

Rick Warren takes you to the Bible for answers to twelve of life's toughest questions. Drawing from the examples of different biblical characters who faced the same issues, Warren offers concise, practical insights you can understand and apply in order to move past hardships and experience a life of purpose and significance.

Joe Wambaugh was big and brash in the real world. His beat was the underbelly of Los Angeles vice--full of pimps, pushers, winos, whores and killers. He lived each day his way--on the razor's edge of life. He was a damn good cop and LAPD detective. For fifteen years he prowled the streets, solved murders, took his lumps. Then, he became the hard hitting, tough talking best selling writer who tells the brutal, true stories of the men who risk their loves every time a siren screams. THE BLUE KNIGH... more info>>

From the acclaimed author of Amnesia and Addiction comes the story of a paranoid man accused of killing his wife-is he ill, or is he a great actor trying to get away with murder? Forensic neuropsychologist at Boston's prestigious Pearce Psychiatric Center and expert defense witness Peter Zak regularly testifies at murder trials on issues like a defendant's conception of right and wrong or the reliability of a witness's memory. This time a lawyer calls Peter to the scene of a crime-Nick Babikian ... more info>>

In Heian Kyo, the capital city of eleventh-century Japan, Akitada Sugawara serves as a minor official in the Ministry of Justice. Though he was born into a noble family, his family's estate is sadly diminished, forcing Akitada to toil fruitlessly at an unsuccessful career. So when an old friend, Professor Hirata, calls upon Akitada for help, he welcomes the opportunity to escape from his dull assignments. One of the professor's colleagues is being blackmailed, and to save the Imperial University... more info>>

Jennifer and Catherine--sisters who have inherited equal shares of power in Pegasus Satellite Services, one of the biggest communications empires in the world--could not be more different. While Catherine is an extraordinary beauty whose looks attract the most handsome and powerful men, her sister is a plain-Jane, no-nonsense gal who prefers running the company to walking the red carpet. But Jennifer's aversion to the spotlight becomes secondary after the successful launch of the Pegasus III sat... more info>>

The Times Are Urgent ... God Is on the Move ... Now Is the Moment to ... ask God to ignite his fire in your soul! Pastor Jim Cymbala believes that Jesus wants to renew his people--to call us back from spiritual dead ends, apathy, and lukewarm religion. Cymbala knows the difference firsthand. Thirty-five years ago his own church, the Brooklyn Tabernacle, was a struggling congregation of twenty. Then they began to pray ... God began to move ... street-hardened lives by the hundreds were changed by... more info>>

It's the week before deer hunting season, as close to a statewide holiday as you get in Texas. Game Warden John Marlin has his hands full. Then a man dressed up in a deer costume gets shot at the Circle S ranch. It's the beginning of a frantic weekend in Blanco County--one that will see a few more men shot ... as well as an invasion by Colombians.

Abe Lieberman, an Everyman whose love of family and commitment to justice is tested every day on the streets of Chicago, is up to his eyeballs in trouble. And his Irish partner, Bill Hanrahn, is in trouble, too. For the woman Bill Hanrah loves is also the object of affection of one of the kingpins of the Chicago Asian crime syndicate.

Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed. An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. A... more info>>

The ton loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they're giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. What the ton doesn't know, though, is that Samuel is in London because of this massacre. He believes his regiment was given up to the enemy and won't rest until he finds the traitor. Lady Emeline Gordon is captiva... more info>>

Raised by intelligent language-using wolves, brought back to the human society at the court of Hawk Haven, young Firekeeper had to learn to cope with human society and its complexities ... and discovered that, for someone raised in a wolf pack, the politics of a royal court were neither complex nor wholly unfamiliar. But the happy ending of Through Wolf's Eyes has proved to have consequences. Hawk Haven and Bright Bay are unifying, but the power balance of the neighboring lands is threatened by ... more info>>

Tucker Sinclair is finally getting her consulting firm off the ground. But now she has to help private investigator Charley Tate save his own business--and life. It started when Eve Lawson, a bland writer with an equally bland taste in fashion, stumbled into his office to find out who was following her. When the case explodes into murder, Tucker has to make sure Charley won't be next...

Todd McCaffrey's first solo novel in the classic Dragonriders of Pern series, Dragonsblood, was hailed by critics and embraced by the countless devoted readers of the landmark science fiction saga created by his mother, Anne McCaffrey. Now the chronicles of Pern take another captivating turn as the embattled planet, the brave pioneers who call it home, and the magnificent flame-breathing creatures who fly high to protect it confront a dire new challenge. The grim specter of sickness looms over t... more info>>

The weirdness never stops!Ella Mentry School's counselor wants everybody to stop arguing and get along with one another. He wants everybody to be polite! He wants everybody to live in peace and harmony! What is his problem? Now the boys have to play with dolls! The girls have to play with action figures! And that's only the start of Dr. Brad's weird methods....

In his bestselling legal thrillers, William Bernhardt has explored the dark side of contemporary politics, power, and the law. Now Bernhardt turns back the clock to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in the fall of 1935. Based on true events and new discoveries about Eliot Ness, Nemesis is a brilliantly told story featuring this legendary lawman's fateful duel with a terrifyingly new kind of criminal: America's first serial killer. In Chicago, Eliot Ness had created "the Untouchables," the fabled team... more info>>