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The Best of Cordwainer Smith
by Cordwainer Smith J. J. Pierce12 short stories from the science fiction master.
The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael WestHollywood of the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of artist and set designer Tod Hackett
The Death of the Heart
by Elizabeth BowenA piercing story of innocence betrayed, as Portia, the product of a blithe itinerant childhood, meets Eddie, a brash, handsome, charming cad.
Call It Sleep
by Henry RothA sensitive boy's growing up is one strand in a complex web of his parent's tense life, their immigrant strangeness in a new land.
The Assistant
by Bernard MalamudA story of crime and punishment, of love and redemption, that is startling and timeless, by the Pulitzer Prize winning author
The Heart of the Country
by Fay WeldonNatalie Harris is suddenly without a husband or home, thrown on the mercy of bank managers and welfare officers, dependent on enlightenment from Sonia who has been abandoned before.
Kill and Tell
by William X. KienzleFather Koesler and his bishop are plunged into mystery they must solve when a wealthy parish member is murdered. Complicating the situation is the fact that some of what the priest knows has been revealed in the whispered confession, a secret he is required to keep because of the sanctity of the confessional. Can Father Koesler bring the murderer to justice without breaking his vow of silence? This is a great mystery with richly drawn characters interwoven with information about recent changes in the Catholic church.
Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
by Gloria SteinemSteinem has led a social revolution against injustice. Here she sets out to restore the self-authority that such injustice has undermined, in men as well as women.
The Prince and the Lily
by James BroughHistorical fiction about Prince Edward VII, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, and Lillie Langtry, a stunningly beautiful woman, elegant sensualist and model to the greatest painters of the age.
The Historian as Detective: Essays on Evidence
by Robin W. WinksThe adventurous search for clues to scholarly hoaxes, forgeries, and lost and misleading documents, and the evaluation of evidence in man's study of his own past.
A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives
by Sophy BurnhamAfter an angel saved her life, Burnham decided to study angels in the world's religions and gather stories about them.
No Time Like Show Time: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure
by Michael HoeyeFor ages 9-12. Watchmaker-mouse Hermux Tantamoq enters the exciting and shady world of show business to investigate a mysterious blackmailer at the Varmint Theater.
Bernard Shaw: Volume 3, 1918-1951, The Lure of Fantasy
by Michael HolroydBiography of George Bernard Shaw, from World War I to his death at age 94.
The Matchmaker's Plan (The Matchmaker Series, Book #3)
by Karen Toller WhittenburgThere's instant chemistry between Ainsley Danville's brother Matt and her friend Peyton but it was just a one-night fling.
Strong Motion
by Jonathan FranzenA love story set in Boston that interweaves earthquakes and abortion protesters.
Summer in Tuscany
by Elizabeth AdlerGemma Jericho is an overworked New York doctor with a handful of a teenaged daughter and a mother who worries that Gemma has no social life. So when her mother receives a letter about a villa she's inherited, Gemma sees her chance. The three of them go to Italy.
Dolly and the Singing Bird (Johnson Johnson #1)
by Dorothy DunnettJohnson Johnson and his lovely yacht Dolly are the principal players in the Dolly mysteries. In this book, a romantic rendezvous uncovers not coloratura soprano Valentina Rossi's lover but a corpse.
Seneca Falls Inheritance
by Miriam Grace MonfredoFilled with historical detail, this mystery is set in Western New York in 1848. Spinster and town librarian Glynis Tryon is asked by Elizabeth Cady Stanton to help organize the Women's Rights Convention of 1848 in Seneca Falls New York. When the body of a well-dressed lady turns up in the canal, and the constable must leave town to pursue train robbers, she starts sleuthing. When 2 more murders take place, Glynis knows she is playing a dangerous game with a remorseless killer.
Hot Shot
by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsIn a single impulsive act, Susannah Faulconer follows her heart and finds herself severed from her family and friends.
Vamphyri! (Necroscope, #2)
by Brian LumleyHarry Keogh, necroscope, thought that the war with the vampires had ended, but a new threat arises. Will the vampire army overrun the earth?
Blood Brothers
by Brian LumleyHarry Keogh spent his life defending mankind from deadly alien vampires but Harry was corrupted by the very evil he battled. He sacrificed himself to save mankind, but now they're back...
Journeys Out of the Body
by Robert A. MonroeMonroe, a Virginia businessman, began to leave his physical body to travel to far locales, unpredictably and without his willing it. This is his gripping personal account.
Stellar Science Fiction Stories #4
by Judy-Lynn Del Rey6 sci-fi stories from James Tiptree Jr., Stephen R. Donaldson, Alan Dean Foster, Ben Bova, Charles Sheffield, James P. Hogan
The Devil's Guard
by Talbot MundyJimgrim and his reckless companions side with mystic forces to confront the powers of darkness