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Until the Bough Breaks
by Christine McguireAssisant District Attorney Kathryn Mackay confronts a scorching controversy in the courtroom and a shattering revelation in her private life.
Remembered Death
by Agatha ChristieFrom the book: ROSEMARY IS FOR REMEMBRANCE . .. The inquest turned up no evidence of foul play, but no one who knew Rosemary Barton really believed the vivacious beauty would take her own life at her own birthday party. And no one saw her do it. It was ironic, now that the word "murder" was in the air, that not one of her nearest and dearest was free from suspicion. Her husband had, perhaps, endured one romantic "incident" too many; his secretary wanted him at any cost. Rosemary's lover feared the exposure that could destroy his career; his wife would do anything to have her husband back again. And Rosemary's penniless sister had lived all her life in Rosemary's scandalous and flamboyant shadow. One thing was certain-an utterly ruthless killer was plotting once more, composing a ghastly and final reprise!
Web of Darkness (Web of Light #1)
by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe young priestess Deoris abandoned all she had once loved to follow the sorcerer Riveda.
Valentina: Soul in Sapphire
by Joseph H. Delaney Marc StieglerIf being human means to experience love, fear, joy... then Valentina is human, but she's also a computer program - the single self-aware being on the vast unliving network.
Alien Stars
by C. J. Cherryh Joe Haldeman Timothy Zahn3 short novels of future war - The Scapegoat by Cherryh, Seasons by Haldeman, and Cordon Sanitaire by Zahn.
The Shattered World
by Michael ReavesA millennium ago magicians fought a war and smashed the world into a thousand pieces. Its pieces are beginning to collide. Soon all will meet and melt into molten Chaos.
Voyage From Yesteryear
by James P. HoganNuclear war loomed on the horizon, so a 'colony' in the form of DNA information was sent to another planet where robots created children.
Falling Free (Miles Vorkosigan #4)
by Lois Mcmaster BujoldDisability politics in space. Disability politics in outer space. Same setting as the Vorkosigan Saga, but set approximately 200 years before Miles is born.<P><P> Leo Graf was an effective engineer ...Safety Regs weren't just the rule book he swore by; he'd helped write them. All that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat. Leo was profoundly uneasy with the corporation exploitation of his bright new students - - 'till that exploitation turned to something much worse. He hadn't anticipated a situation where the right thing to do was neither safe, nor in the rules... Leo Graf adopted 1000 quaddies -- now all he had to do was teach them to be free.<P> Nebula Award winner.
Cradle of Saturn (Cradle of Saturn #1)
by James P. HoganAmong the Saturnian moons, farsighted individuals, working without help or permission from any government, have established a colony. Operating without the hidebound restrictions of bureaucratic Earth, the colony is a magnet, attracting the best and the brightest of the home world, and has been making important new discoveries. But one of their claims (that the solar system undergoes periodic cataclysms) flies in the face of reigning dogma, and is under attack by the scientific establishment. Then Jupiter emits a protoplanet as large as the Earth.
The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
by P. J. O'Rourke"I always wanted to be a bachelor when I grew up. My friends may have had fantasies about raking the yard, seeing their loved ones in pin curlers and cleaning the garage on Sundays, but not me. I saw myself at thirty-eight lounging around a penthouse in a brocade smoking jacket. Vivaldi would be playing on the stereo. I'd sip brandy from a snifter the size of a fish tank and leaf through an address book full of R-rated phone numbers. ..." Always with tongue firmly in cheek, the author points out the trouble, for bachelors, with laundromats, cooking, shopping and everything else that goes along with managing a house. "Bachelor cooking is a matter of attitude. If you think of it as setting fire to things and making a mess, it's fun. It's not so much fun if you think of it as dinner. Fortunately, baloney, cheeseburgers, beer, and potato-chip dip provide all the daily nutrients bachelors are known to require. I mean, I hope they do."
The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography
by Kirk DouglasRaised in poverty, longing for his father's approval, Issur Danielovitch went on to become a legendary Hollywood star - Kirk Douglas. Here in his own words is the story of his life.
The World According to Me
by Jackie MasonFrom the book: The pages you are about to read come directly from a performance of my one-man show at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. Picture yourself in the audience, in the first row center . . . unless you can't afford that kind of seat ... so, the balcony. But wherever you are seated and ready to enjoy this book, it is important that you read this preface, because during the course of the book I'm going to ask you questions, just like I did to my live audiences. . . . And you better be prepared to give me answers because I have a way of checking up on you. On the printed page I might sound somewhat arrogant. However, if you see me in person when I say these things you will realize that I say them without disdain, but with love and compassion. So, if you're not a schmuck you won't take it personally. If you are, it won't bother you either because you won't know the difference. To tell you the truth, I not only call a person names but get applause as well, and even a standing ovation, which in all modesty I am getting on the stage every night. When you finish this book, if you don't stand up and applaud you have either missed the humor in it or you don't appreciate it when a person gives you such big laughs for such a small price. Anyway, sit back in your seat, wherever you are . . . try to be normal, and enjoy yourself.
Return to Honor
by Doug BeasonThe President of the US is seized on Air Force One. An American spy satellite pinpoints the plane in a remote and hostile African country...
The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)
by Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle Steven Barnes200 men and women carve out an idyllic colony on Tau Ceti Four. One man urges caution, but they ignore him until a monster threatens to destroy their world.
The Leaves of October
by Don SakersWhen mankind went out into the stars, he found the Hlutr, an old, terribly wise and utterly alien race, waiting for him.
Ethan of Athos (Miles Vorkosigan #3)
by Lois Mcmaster BujoldEthan had something the Cetagandans would kill for. If only he knew what it was... You might think that an obstetrician on a planet forbidden to women would be underemployed.
They Went That-a-way ...
by Malcolm ForbesHow the famous, the infamous, and the great have died. Here are the exits made by 175 people famous sometime during the past 3000 years.
Hot Shot
by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsIn a single impulsive act, Susannah Faulconer follows her heart and finds herself severed from her family and friends.
Witch
by Christopher PikeJulia has extraordinary powers. She can know things that are occurring in far off places when she looks at water with sunlight on it. But she's never to look at water with moonlight on it.
Broken Date (Fear Street #8)
by R. L. StineJamie and Tom are in love; they've gone steady since junior high. Believing her romance with Tom to be perfect, Jamie dreams they will marry someday, until Tom reveals the true dark side of his personality and begins to stalk and threaten her ... and all the horror begins!
Michelle Remembers
by Michelle Smith Lawrence PazderMichelle Smith was 5 years old when her mother offered her up to a cult of devil worshippers, to be used demonically to raise Satan himself. 22 years later, she's on a psychiatrist's couch reliving the horrors as her childhood agonies come screaming forth.
Jacqueline du Pré: A Life
by Carol EastonBiography of the English cellist, one of the world's greatest cellists, a legend in her own lifetime.
Brothers in Arms (Miles Vorkosigan #5)
by Lois Mcmaster Bujold"I see it now. You are in love with Admiral Naismith." "Of course." "Not Lord Vorkosigan." "I am annoyed with Lord Vorkosigan." So, the gulf that yawned between them was deeper than he'd truly realized. To her, it was Lord Vorkosigan who wasn't real. His fingers entwined around the back of her neck, and he breathed her breath as she asked, "Why do you let Barrayar screw you over?" "It's the hand I was dealt." "By whom? I don't get it." "It's all right. It just happens to be very important to me to win with the hand I was dealt. So be it." "Your funeral." Her lips were muffled on his mouth. "Mmm." She drew back a moment. "Can I still jump your bones? Carefully of course. You'll not go away mad, for turning you down? Turning Barrayar down, that is. Not you, never you ..." I'm getting used to it. Almost numb.... "Am I to sulk?" he inquired lightly. "Because I can't have it all, take none. and go off in a huff? I'd hope you'd bounce me down the corridor on my pointed head if I were so dense." She laughed. It was all right, if he could still make her laugh. If Naismith was all she wanted, she could surely have him.