Quentin Copperfield never thought it would come to this. He had everything. Where did he go wrong?Quentin's at the top of his game. He's the nightly news anchor for the biggest broadcast company in the United States. On top of that, he has three beautiful children and a wonderful wife, Catherine. What more could he want?But life isn't done with him yet. Out of the blue, his wife is diagnosed with cancer, and Quentin finds himself reeling. With Catherine so sick, his career no longer matters to him, and his father's invitation to Nantucket is looking more and more appealing. Maybe he should take his family out of the city for a while. Maybe he should make up for all the time he gave to his career instead of his family.Meanwhile, Quentin's oldest daughter, Scarlet, is in the midst of her own upheaval. For years, she and her father have fought about Scarlet's boyfriend, a filmmaker she lives with in Brooklyn. These days, Scarlet and Quentin hardly...

The Story of an African Farm by South African author Olive Schreiner - (a.k.a Ralph Iron). It was her first published novel and became an immediate success, being recognised as one of the first ever major feminist novels. Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a project designed to promote harmonious community living and well-being in the world. To learn more about the Freeriver project please visit the website - www.freerivercommunity.com

In this fast-paced mystery from Maurice Leblanc, criminal genius Arsene Lupin sets out to prove the truth of the old saying about honor among thieves. During a burglary, two of his sometimes accomplices are apprehended and ultimately sentenced to death. But Lupin is convinced of the innocence of one of the men who has been arrested and sets out to verify that his hunch is correct.

It's opening day at the Big Thrills amusement park, and that means excitement for everybody. Well, maybe not for Nancy and her friends--their free passes have just vanished!

When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals. Yes, Blake believes she's a notorious spy named Carlotta De Leon, but for six weeks until her twenty-first birthday, when she'll gain control of her fortune, hiding out in the titillating company of a mysterious captor is awfully convenient -- and maybe just a little romantic, too. Blake Ravenscroft's mission is to bring "Carlotta" to justice, not to fall in love. His heart has been hardened by years of intrigue, but this little temptress proves oddly disarming and thoroughly kissable. And suddenly the unthinkable becomes possible -- that this mismatched Couple might be destined for love.

*** A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ***Mycora: technogenic life. Fast-reproducing, fast-mutating, and endlessly voracious. In the year 2106, these microscopic machine/creatures have escaped their creators to populate the inner solar system with a wild, deadly ecology all their own, pushing the tattered remnants of humanity out into the cold and dark of the outer planets. Even huddled beneath the ice of Jupiter's moons, protected by a defensive system known as the Immunity, survivors face the constant risk of mycospores finding their way to the warmth and brightness inside the habitats, resulting in a calamitous "bloom."But the human race still has a trick or two up its sleeves; in a ship specially designed to penetrate the deadly Mycosystem, seven astronauts are about to embark on mankind's boldest venture yet—the perilous journey home to infected Earth!Yet it is in these remote conditions, against a virtually omnipotent foe, that we discover how human nature plays the greatest role...

Disgracing her minister father by dancing barefoot in the moonlit forest, Elizabeth Penshurst is banished to her distant relatives in the wilds of Yorkshire. When she meets Gabriel Durham, who was expelled from the priesthood and shunned by his family, the spirited Elizabeth is intrigued by his brilliance and the mystery that surrounds him. She has no idea that her attraction will plunge her into a danger darker than any nightmare. Reclusive Gabriel Durham has forsaken worldly pleasures in pursuit of solitude. In a ruined abbey, he devotes his days to the magic of ancient religions—and his nights to forbidden dreams of Elizabeth. But when he learns that a clandestine Druid cult will sacrifice her, he is compelled to risk everything to save her—and surrender to the destiny that awaits him.

“One of today’s leading lights in romantic fiction.” —*Seattle Times USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas is one of America’s most acclaimed and popular authors of historical romance fiction—and Stranger in My Arms is one of her most beloved novels! A classic tale of a noble lady whose life is upended when her despised husband—believed lost at sea—returns, a remarkably altered, more passionate and loving man…if he is, indeed, who he claims to be. A two-time RITA Award-winner—and a nine-time nominee—Lisa Kleypas is at her sensuous best with Stranger in My Arms.

The Aldens investigate the incidents happening around their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii.

When Alan Russell's Multiple Wounds appeared in 1996, Michael Connelly (The Poet) called it "a searing multilayered thriller that hits all the marks". The Los Angeles Times praised Russell's "ambitious attempt to push the boundaries of the crime novel". Now Russell once again takes his art to a new level with "Shame", the story of a man who is desperate to put his family's horrifying past behind him.Caleb Parker has lived his whole life trying to forget that his father was one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. But 7 Caleb's world is turned upside down with the discovery of a series of corpses -- each marked in the same manner his father once marked his victims. When evidence points to Caleb as the killer, all he can think to do is run -- far and fast.The only person who believes that Caleb is innocent is Maryelizabeth Line -- who also happens to be the only woman ever to survive one of his father's infamous attacks. Together this unlikely team searches for answers to the soul-searing questions: Who is committing these chilling murders -- and how can he be stopped?

The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of *All the Pretty Horses* and *The Crossing* fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. It is 1952 and John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands in New Mexico, not far from the proving grounds of Alamogordo and the cities of El Paso and Juarez. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. They value that life all the more because they know it is about to change forever. The change comes when John Grady falls in love with a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute and sets in motion a chain of events as violent as they are unstoppable. Haunting in its beauty, filled with sorrow, humor, and awe, *Cities of the Plain* is a genuine American epic.

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"The Soul Mate Junkie and the Beating Heart" by David H. Hendrickson"Ecstatically Ever After" by Jerry and Kathy Oltion"The Bridge" by Robin Brande"Lower than Black" by O'Neil De Noux"One Sun, No Waiting" by Annie Reed"Lifetime Value" by B.A. Paul"Roadkill" by Brenda Carre"Living Free" by Dory Crowe"Ice in D Minor" by Anthea Sharp"Harry the Ghost Pirate" by Robert J....