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"RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." --The Washington Post Book World "CAPTIVATING...TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING...THE BEST SHE'S DONE....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters...

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

An astonishingly frank, funny, poignant audiobook for any woman who wishes they had someone who would say to them, “This happened to me, learn from my mistakes and my successes. Because you don’t get smarter as you get older, you get braver.” This program is read by the author and a full...

Life at the fortified town of Sanctuary is calm. The people, with their fearless leader at the helm, have created a haven where they can live out their lives in peace and safety. But it hasn’t always been this way. There were battles and losses along the way, and victory usually came at a price. With the younger generation coming into their own, it’s time for Leah to pass on all she has learned over the years. Time to tell the stories of how the world became the way it is...starting with the highwaymen of Andorra.

'Full of atmosphere and shocks' THE TIMES 'One of the best Aussie thriller debuts since Chris Hammer's Scrublands' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH 'The pace spirals and the twists multiply' S. R. WHITE , author of international bestseller Hermit ------------ Ten years ago, six teenagers hiked into the...

The reign of the kings of Sharakhai has been broken. The blood mage, Queen Meryam, now rules the city along with the descendants of the fabled 12 kings. In the desert, Çeda has succeeded in breaking the asirim's curse. Those twisted creatures are now free, but their freedom comes at great cost. Nalamae lies dead, slain in battle with her sister goddess. Çeda, knowing Nalamae would have been reborn on her death, sets out on a quest to find her.

Charles Shilling has always had a soft spot for the poor and downtrodden, so when his friend comes to him with the case of a missing runaway, he wants to give it his best. Unfortunately, there’s more on his mind than one missing girl. The case is fighting for dominance with the more pressing issues of his personal life, and a rather intriguing discovery he is honoured to have been brought in to investigate – by the only person in the world who can leave him star-struck.

Annalise was desperate to have a baby but was unwilling to give up her freedom to take a mate. Desperate times called for desperate measures, so she hired a stud to provide what she needed. When Annalise met the alpha hired to fulfill her needs, she started to question what she claimed to want. Liam showed her how life with an alpha could be, and she struggled to stick to the contract and keep her emotions locked away. Liam valued family above all else.

In Stop Being Clingy, relationship expert (Kristen Thrasher) reveals the surprising power of strategic detachment. Forget everything you think you know about love and learn how to ignite attraction by becoming the intriguing, independent person everyone craves.

The tenth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller about a high school held hostage, and four teens—each with their own reason to fear the boy with the gun. Featuring an updated author’s note and exclusive anniversary bonus epilogue. 10:00am: The principal of Opportunity...

When a heated debate about my pregnancy brings the truth crashing down, my team insists I step back from active duty. But Hecate insists I have to remain on task, and it angers my parafinai and the other hunters.

Grace Harper spends her days finding dream homes for strangers—but her office is a nightmare she can’t escape. Bullied by younger colleagues and on a final warning from her boss, she hates her work but desperately needs to keep earning so she can save enough to escape to university. So when executive coach Oliver arrives to help the struggling team, Grace is keen to impress him by putting her best foot forward. What she doesn’t realize is that Oliver is a deeply damaged individual who is prone to dark obsessions. And he sees something in Grace that makes her very, very special.

On October 7, 1964, Debra Miller's life turns upside down when her mother is arrested for the murder of her father. At only 14 years old, Debra becomes a ward of the court, grappling with the unfathomable trauma of watching her mother's trial and conviction—a devastation that is only amplified when her family's tragedy is splashed across headlines and featured in Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Desperate to escape the notoriety of her family and ill equipped to face the world, Debra spends her young adulthood sinking into mental illness, toxic relationships, and substance abuse.

As the personal assistant of rockstar Freddie Ridgefield, Ivy Conway knows most women would love to have her job. It definitely has its perks. She gets to travel, the pay is great, and she's among the first to hear Freddie's new music. The only problem? When she got the job, Ivy promised herself she would never fall in love with her boss. And it's taking everything in her to stay true to her word. Then Freddie kisses Ivy—an impulsive move to save himself from a little bit of bad press—and everything changes. Now, the whole world thinks they're in love.

Banning Books in America features novelists on banning and being banned, arguments about the histories and politics of book banning, readings of banned books in national and international contexts, and responses to new legislation by anti-censorship advocates, teachers, and librarians. Together, these writers and educators provide a view from the trenches of the wars on reading. They offer, if not a single blueprint, models for how to think about what it means to ban books and how to fight back against the forces that would ban them.

After backpacking her way around India, Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar at the airport reads her palm and insists she will one day return - and for love - she screams 'Never!' and gives the country, and him, the finger.

Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the war-torn continent of Eriga, home of such exotic draconian species as the grass-dwelling snakes of the savannah, arboreal tree snakes, and, most elusive of all, the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics. The expedition is not an easy one.

Discover the fascinating life story of Captain Kathryn Janeway of Star Trek: Voyager—a compelling tale of bravery, loyalty, tragedy, and triumph. Deep in the unexplored reaches of the Delta Quadrant, a surprise attack by a fierce Kazon sect leaves Captain Janeway fighting a desperate battle on...

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Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil", Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences of a dream deferred.