SUMMARY: The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his most powerful indictment of a Russia struggling to emulate contemporary Europe while sinking under the weight of Western materialism. It is the portrait of nineteenth-century Russian society in which a "positively good man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his moral idealism. Meticulously faithful to the original, this new translation includes explanatory notes and a critical introduction by W.J. Leatherbarrow.<
<p>Two years ago I did a terrible thing. I accused my best friend of being a killer after seeing him kneeling over a girl's body. That moment and that outcast boy still haunt me.<p>Now my mom is forcing me back to Oklahoma and I can't get White Bird out of my mind. But when I find out he's not in juvie—that he's in a mental hospital, locked in his tormented brain at the worst moment of his life—I can't turn my back on him again.<p>No one wants me to see him. My mom doesn't trust me. The town sheriff still thinks I was involved in the murder. And the other kids who knew the dead girl are after me.<p>I'm as trapped as White Bird. And when I touch him, I get sucked into his living hell, a vision quest of horrifying demons and illusions of that night. Everything about him scares me now, but I have to do something. This time I can't be a coward. This time I have to be his friend.<p>Even if I get lost, as well...<
<div><h3>Review</h3><p>An amusing, romantic adventure with quirky, likable characters. A remarkably delightful read that will hook you from the first page. 4 1/2 Star Review, Top Pick of the Month (_RT Book Reviews_ ) </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Praise for Lydia Dare:<br>"Heartwarming romance, engaging characters, and engrossing plot twists...fast becoming 'must buy' books. I recommend them all."<br>-Star-Crossed Romance</p><p>Chivalry is far from undead... </p><p>Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor- because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampyre. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural instinct is to rush to her aid... </p><p>But not every woman needs to be rescued... </p><p>Weather-controlling witch Rhiannon Sinclair isn't caught in a storm-she's the cause of it. She's mortified to have been caught making trouble by the imposing earl, but she doesn't need any man-never has, and is sure she never will... </p><p>But when Rhiannon encounters Matthew again, her powers go awry and his supernatural abilities run amok. Between the two of them, the ton is thrown into an uproar. There's never been a more tempestuous scandal...</p><p>Praise for The Taming of the Wolf:<br>"A truly satisfying read...Ms. Dare, I'm ready for the next book please."<br>-Once Upon a Romance </p><p>"A compelling read that left me turning pages."<br>-Fang-tastic Books </p><p>"This series keeps getting better and better...flawless."<br>-The Book Girl 5/5</p><p>(20110524) </p></div><
<h3>Review</h3><p><em>Not just another zombie story ... Unflinching horror and surreal, almost dreamlike imagery combine to make THE INFECTION a disturbing, nightmarish read.</em> -David Moody, author of HATER<br /></p><p><em>A wild ride into the darkest regions of zombie territory. Brilliant and terrifying!</em> -Jonathan Maberry, author of PATIENT ZERO<br /></p><p><em>28 DAYS LATER meets THE MIST ... a definite page-turner right from the get-go all the way to the insanely intense final scene.</em> -TheGOREScore.com<br /></p><p><em>Relentless and unflinching ... It is that rare novel ... that "happens to you." You are not merely a reader but a victim of the Hell it portrays. I highly recommend this book to anyone. </em>-HorrorReview.com<br /></p><p><em>Proves that just because it's indie horror doesn't mean it can't stand alongside the greats. The book is simply stunning.</em><em> </em>-Rhonny Reaper of Dollar Bin Horror </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>Craig DiLouie is the author of zombie favorites <em>The Infection</em> and <em>Tooth and Nail</em> as well as <em>The Great Planet Robbery</em>, a science fiction novel, and <em>Paranoia</em>, a psychological thriller. </p><
<p>Ever felt as if your life is just going round in circles? Sarah Dessen's thought-provoking short story about moving on will resonate with teens everywhere. A Pocket Money Puffin for young adults by New York Times #1 author.</p><
<h3>Product Description</h3><p>What do you do when the dead open their eyes? <br />Meet Stephenie Paige. She finds herself trapped in Hell. Not metaphorically, but physically. It's the only thing that makes sense. <br />Meet Carrie, Stephenie's daughter; she's five years old and cute as a button. And when she tells her mom that she needs the bathroom, her mom says, "No problem. I'll pull the car off the road at the next available place." <br />Welcome to King's Diner, the gateway to eternal suffering. <br />Carrie enters the restaurant while Stephenie has her hands full at the gas pump. But the pump isn't working, and the attendant is nowhere to be found. So she steps inside the restaurant... <br />...and discovers a slaughterhouse. The customers are dead; the staff are dead too. Twenty-odd people, chopped apart with an axe. There's blood everywhere. <br />Worse still... Carrie is suddenly missing. <br /><hr />From the author of THE DEAD PARADE, 13 DROPS OF BLOOD, and TERROR TOWN, comes more hardcore horror for those that like their fiction to be ultra-scary... </p><
<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>#1 in a new series from a military science fiction master with over 3 million books in print. A young hero comes of age in the crucible of war and galactic struggle. When Allen Allenson, scion of a noble family that has fallen on hard times, gets a mission to roust the power-hungry Terrans from a “wild” star sector where they’re encroaching, he jumps at the chance to show his individual worth, improve his family’s fortunes – and gather enough lucre to make a good marriage. But the wily Terrans are not so easily persuaded by a young colonial they think of as a “rube.” Worse, “Riders,” the beings who naturally ply the wilderness between the stars, are playing their own deadly political games – against the Terrans, against the colonials, and against one young greenhorn commander in particular: naÏf young Allen, whom they figure they can manipulate to do their bidding. The one thing nobody has counted on is the fact that Allen, while young and inexperienced, and much to his own amazement, happens to be a hero in the making. About David Drake’s RCN series:“[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera.”-- Publishers Weekly on the “RCN” series.“The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want more!” –Philadelphia Weekly Press“[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the author goes along…character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.” –SFReader.comAbout David Drake:“[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank…rivals Crane and Remarque…” – Chicago Sun-Times“Drake couldn’t write a bad action scene at gunpoint.”– Booklist</p><
Blessed—or cursed—with the ability to change into a sleek panther, and driven by a dark soul he's accepted as his fate, Adrik Wilder abandons his family and his honor to pursue a life of wickedness. He excels at every vice, including kidnapping Karen Sonnet to use for his selfish purposes. But Karen's spirit and passion make him question the force of his family's curse. And when a new evil emerges, Adrik must choose whether to enact revenge on his enemies and redeem his soul, or save Karen from a fate worse than death&<
<p>From a castle in the rugged Scottish Highlands to the glittering salons of Edinburgh high society, the playground for the rich, titled and undead will never be the same when ultra-correct gentleman vampire Lord Kettering and feisty witch Blaire Lindsay make sparks fly.<
<div><p>'The face of war is changing. The other side doesn't play by the rules much any more. There's thinking, in some circles, that we need to play by a different set of rules too . . .'</p><p>Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. Conceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, its very existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary.</p><p>The Night Action alert calls Bond from dinner with a beautiful woman. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected.</p><p>And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.</p></div><
<p>Something lurked inside her—something beyond imagination...<p>She knew that growing up would mean changing. But Jennifer wasn't prepared for the blue scales or the claws, since no one had told her that she came from a bloodline of weredragons. Her greatest challenge? Protecting herself from her family's ancient enemies and preparing herself for fierce battles. And that's a lot to expect of a girl just coming into her own.<
<p>Jennifer Scales is trapped in the middle of tensions between weredragons, beaststalkers, and werachnids. If peace isn't found soon, whole races can be lost and her family-and newfound brother-destroyed.<
<div><p>Debutantes in love. With each other. </p><p>Grace Dunlop is the eleven-year-old girl with everything, including a trust fund. Transplanted from London to the United States, her life is forever changed when she meets the precocious and irreverent Harper Alessi. </p><p>Attending black tie balls and fielding boyfriends, the two girls develop an unusually close friendship that endures into college. Finally presented as debutantes by their proud parents, they hope for an end to the close hold their family has on them. It's 1984, after all, and they have choices, don't they? Maybe that's why all the songs on the jukebox suddenly suggest a dangerous passion they haven't been able to express. </p><p>Gina Daggett is best known as 'Lipstick' of the columnist duo Lipstick & Dipstick, and as an award-winning writer and successful blogger. Jukebox is her first novel, and is in pre-production for a feature film. </p></div><
In a courtroom, David Sloane can grab a jury and make it dance. He can read jurors' expressions, feel their emotions, know their thoughts. With this remarkable ability, Sloane gets juries to believe the unbelievable, excuse the inexcusable, and return the most astonishing verdicts. The only barrier to Sloane's professional success is his conscience-until he gets a call from a man later found dead, and his life rockets out of control.<
El año pasado, Annabel era "la chica que lo tiene todo" –al menos ese fue el papel que ella interpretó en el comercial de TV para la Tienda Departamental Kopf. Este año, es la chica que no tiene nada: ninguna mejor amiga porque la mala pero excitante Sophie la dejó, sin paz en casa desde que su hermana mayor se volvió anoréxica, y sin nadie con quien sentarse a la hora del almuerzo. Hasta que conoce a Owen Amstrong. Alto, oscuro, y obsesionado por la música, Owen es un reformado "chico malo" con un compromiso por decir la verdad. Junto a la ayuda de Owen, tal vez Annabel pueda hacerle frente a lo que sucedió la noche que ella y Sophie dejaron de ser amigas.<
SUMMARY: Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.<
Desperately unemployed, Arianne, answers an ad that reads Woman Wanted. With miniscule hours and excellent pay, she accepts the position of courtesan to Derek, a handsomely dashing man, whom she finds out is a billionaire. Engaging in a game of cat and mouse, will they drive each other crazy…or will they fall in love first.<
Anna Kippling has discovered a skeleton key, that ironically only opens her attic door from the inside. When she opens it,instead of the stairway leading down, she finds another world awaiting on the other side! A world called Tatania. No one really knows their true potential,until it is tested. No one really knows love,until they almost lose it. And no one really knows death until,they face it!<
<div><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; "><b><u>Fantasy Masterworks Volume 15</u></b></span></h3><h3>Review</h3><p>All fantasy and horror fans owe it to themselves to read Lord Dunsany (1878-1957). The sword & sorcery genre was born in his early stories, and high fantasy was indelibly transformed by his novels. His profound influence on 20th-century fantastic fiction is visible in authors as dissimilar as Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, and J.R.R. Tolkien.</p><p>Lord Dunsany's best-known novel is <em>The King of Elfland's Daughter</em> (1924), wherein the men of Erl desire to be "ruled by a magic lord," and the lord's heir, Alveric, ventures into Elfland to win the king's daughter, Lirazel. Their story does not progress as a reader weaned on the diluted milk of formulaic fantasy would expect; and the novel's unique journeys and events are matched by Dunsany's rich and lyrical prose and by his contagious intoxication with the magic and marvels of both Elfland and our own world. <em>--Cynthia Ward</em></p><h3>Review</h3><p>"Inventor of a new mythology and weaver of surprising folklore, Lord Dunsany stands dedicated to a strange world of fantastic beauty . . . unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic vision. No amount of mere description can convey more than a fraction of Lord Dunsany's pervasive charm."<br>--H. P. Lovecraft </p><p>Lord Dunsany "who has imagined colors, ceremonies and incredible processions . . . has yet never wearied of the most universal of emotions and the one most constantly associated with the sense of beauty; and when we come to examine these astonishments that seemed so alien we find that he has but transfigured with beauty the commons sights of the world."<br>--William Butler Yeats </p><p>"I shall indeed be happy if this volume contributes to the rediscovery of one of the greatest writers of this century."<br>--Arthur C. Clarke </p><p>"A fantasy novel in a class with the Tolkien books."<br>--L. Sprague de Camp </p>
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: For more than twenty years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over thirty murders, even killing a dozen of its own members to enforce discipline and settle scores. He would be brought down by Salvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale, the underboss who was not only Massino's closest and most trusted friend, but also his brother-in-law. In the end, facing the death penalty and the prospect of leaving his family penniless, Massino started talking to the FBI - the first Mafia Godfather to break the sacred code of omerta, and the end of a centuries-old tradition.<
<h3>Review</h3><p>“Pacy and full of action and intrigue.” - Trudi Canavan, author of 'The Black Magician' trilogy. “The King’s Bastard is a fabulous, rollicking, High Fantasy adventure that will keep you up at night, desperate to find out what happens next.” - Jennifer Fallon, author of 'The Demon Child' trilogy. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>The Kingdom of Rolencia sleeps as rumours of new Affinity Seeps, places where the untamed power wells up. By royal decree all those afflicted with Affinity must serve the Abbey or face death. Sent to the Abbey, the King’s youngest son, Fyn, trains to become a warrior monk. Elsewhere others are tainted with Affinity and must fight to survive. Political intrigue and magic combine in this explosive first book in an exciting new fantasy trilogy. </p><
<h3>Product Description</h3><p>Rolencia’s ancestry enemy, Merofynia, has invaded and marches on King Rolen’s castle. Powerless to help, thirteen yeard old Piro watches as her father, King Rolen, listens to poisoned whispers against Bryen. How could the King doubt his second son? Determined to prove his loyalty, Bryen races across the path of the advancing army to ask the Abbot to send the warriors monks in defence of the castle. </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Rowena Cory Daniells</strong> is the renowned writer behind the <em>The Last T’en </em>trilogy. She lives in Brisbane with her husband and six children. <em>King Rolen’s Kin - The Bastard Son</em> marks the begining of a major new fantasy trilogy. </p><
<h3>Product Description</h3><p>This title contains stories including: "The Landlady", "William and Mary", "The Way up to Heaven", "Parson's Pleasures", "Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat", "Royal Jelly", "Gregory Progy", "Genesis and Catastrophe", "Edwards the Conqueror", "Pig", and "The Champion of the World". </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>From the publication of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl became the most successful children's author in the world. Nearly twenty years later, a fresh generation of children seek out his work with instinctive fanaticism. His creations endure - through Hollywood movies, theatre adaptations and musical works, but still most potently of all through the pure magic of his writing upon the page. </p><
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