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In John B. Wright's debut environmental mystery, Matt Solberg is charged with discovering who is lighting fires in the forests that surround Missoula, Montana. A geographer with a deep personal need to bring people out of danger, Matt leads a search and rescue team whose job is to head directly into the mouth of hell, hiking into blazing backcountry to find missing residents. Matt and his team not only rely on their hard-won knowledge of Montana's wild landscape, but also on Matt's mentor, Dr. Bill Knight, a fire ecologist who understands the burning beast better than anyone. When a suspicious fire destroys the mansion of a movie star, Matt must hike in to find his missing daughter and save her from the chaos. Then fires begin to explode everywhere as climate change drives temperatures over 100 degrees and rain refuses to fall, threatening thousands of homes. Who is setting these fires? Is it the Montana Tree Monkeys, an eco-radical group determined to scare off the newcomers? Or is it a retired smokejumper with an axe to grind about the encroaching mansions? Could it be Paladin, a shadowy figure leaving strange clues around the state? It's Matt's mission to find answers to these questions during a summer of heat, smoke, and unimaginable loss. Weaving together gripping drama and intriguing fire science, Fire Scars reveals the physical and psychological wounds we all carry—and the power we have to overcome.

My Uncle Dudley is Wright Morris's first novel, originally published in 1942.

A family's old, beloved dog takes a final road trip to help his humans find forgiveness and healing. Meg Gorton finds herself alone and lonely in Florida. Three years earlier, she had packed what she could fit into her sister's car, told her estranged husband, Gary, where he could find her, and asked him to take care of Moses, their beloved black Labrador. For years, she'd tried to talk Gary into moving away from Woodstock, Virginia. They both needed a fresh start after the loss of their only daughter many years ago. Even after raising their grandson, Troy, it was clear that if Meg wanted a new beginning, she would have to do it alone. Now, with some looming health issues, Meg has a plan to finally bring Gary to Gulf Breeze. Gary wasn't able to move on the same way Meg did. Haunted by the tragedy of his daughter's death, and painfully aware of his guilt because he feels partly responsible, he is stuck in his life. He still owns and drives the bus for their hometown minor league baseball team. And he still thinks about the day his wife drove away. At least he still has Moses, who is always willing to listen when Gary talks about his regrets and all the things he should have done differently. Meg contacts Gary with a surprise request: she wants him to bring Moses to visit her one last time before the old dog passes on. Gary is reluctant to go, but Troy thinks it's an excellent idea. They could even travel together in Gary's bus. Along the way, Gary takes a detour to visit Troy's ex-girlfriend, Grace—the woman who Gary and Meg always believed was the one for Troy. Gary might not know how to fix things with his wife, but he knows he doesn't want Troy to make the same mistakes he did. Although Moses is just a dog, he's very observant: Gary hasn't been the same since Meg left, Troy is hiding something, and Grace's fingers smell like bacon. It doesn't take long for Moses to learn they are going on a road trip to see Meg. He misses her and regularly senses Gary's loneliness. He knows he's an old dog and that his time is near, but he also knows there are still important things he needs to do.Even the Dog Knows is a novel that will take readers on a thousand-mile journey to find forgiveness, understanding, healing, and the meaning of true and lasting love.

'Sinister and compelling'My Weekly'An outstanding thriller with an ending we didn't see coming'BellaYou are inside. With your husband and baby. Your life warm and calm and untroubled. I am outside. Alone. Looking in. Watching you. You have all I ever wanted. Now it's time for you to share.'A gripping blend of creepy psychological suspense and powerful domestic drama. Elliot Wright uses her insight into human nature and her storytelling skills to thrilling effect.'T J Emerson, author of The Perfect Holiday'With her taut writing and immaculate pacing, Susan Elliot Wright has created a dark and sinister tale of toxic family relationships, full of secrets and lies, layered with a perfect example of the smothering isolation felt by so many new mothers. I was utterly gripped from start to finish.'Lisa Hall, author of The Woman in the Woods'Wonderfully tense from the very first page, I ripped through this in a few nights.'Sophie Flynn, author of Keep Them Close'A real page turner. I read it in one sitting, desperate to know whether what any of the characters told me was true, and gripped as it came to its devastating and unpredictable climax.'Penny Hancock, author of The Choice'An unnerving, suspenseful study of what it truly means to mother and build family ties. Susan creates an authentic and compelling picture of the many facets of a woman's inner world. The way she portrays motherhood and the responsibility of care is timely, compassionate and honest. I devoured it!'Amy Heydenrych, author of Chasing Marian'All You Ever Wanted is packed full of menace and danger, and deftly exposes the fragility of family life. Susan Elliot Wright reminds us to be careful what we wish for…'Emma Bamford, author of Deep Water‘Dark and sinister, this creepy psychological thriller has it all. Gripping throughout, it has a satisfying and jaw-dropping ending'My Weekly'This is not a predictable thriller, I was very surprised by some of the turns. But what it is is a cracking read from a great storyteller who has real insight into female, male and dark psychology'Milly Johnson

Excerpt:'We were both of us not a little stiff as the result of sleeping out in the open all that night, for even in Grand Canary the dew-fall and the comparative chill of darkness are not to be trifled with. For myself on these occasions I like a bit of a run as an early refresher. But here on this rough ground in the middle of the island there were not three yards of level to be found, and so as Coppinger proceeded to go through some sort of dumb-bell exercises with a couple of lumps of bristly lava, I followed his example. Coppinger has done a good deal of roughing it in his time, but being a doctor of medicine amongst other things—he takes out a new degree of some sort on an average every other year—he is great on health theories, and practises them like a religion. There had been rain two days before, and as there was still a bit of stream trickling along at the bottom of the barranca, we went down there and had a wash, and brushed our teeth. Greatest luxury imaginable, a toothbrush, on this sort of expedition. “Now,” said Coppinger when we had emptied our pockets, “there's precious little grub left, and it's none the better for being carried in a local Spanish newspaper.” “Yours is mostly tobacco ashes.” “It'll get worse if we leave it. We've a lot more bad scrambling ahead of us.” That was obvious. So we sat down beside the stream there at the bottom of the barranca, and ate up all of what was left. It was a ten-mile tramp to the fonda at Santa Brigida, where we had set down our traps; and as Coppinger wanted to take a lot more photographs and measurements before we left this particular group of caves, it was likely we should be pretty sharp set before we got our next meal, and our next taste of the PATRON'S splendid old country wine. My faith! If only they knew down in the English hotels in Las Palmas what magnificent wines one could get—with diplomacy—up in some of the mountain villages, the old vintage would become a thing of the past in a week.'

Excerpt:'“It seems to me,” said a philosopher once, “that there are no entirely good men in the world, and none completely bad. Single out your best man, and you will find that he lacks perfection in some part of him; and examine your worst, and you will see that he has at least one redeeming quality.” In this book the men mostly verge towards bad: but some are better than others. Because they are merely human, they act according to their lights. You may meet others like them any day if you go out and about, and most of them give extremely good dinners. Till they are found out, you consider them amusing: afterwards, being better than they, you instantly set them down as most pernicious scoundrels, and shake hands with yourself, and write to your tailor to order more noticeable phylacteries on the next new suit. This is called “keeping up a healthy moral tone,” and does a great deal of good in the world. Scalloway, Shetland Islands, 1895.'

Excerpt:'... The first shot was just a rib too far back, and though it staggered him, he didn't stop to it. Out tinkled cartridge number one and in went a second, and'cluck'said the breech-block. And then as he slewed round, I got the next bullet home, bang behind the shoulder. That did it. He tucked down his long Roman nose, and went heels over tip like a shot rabbit; and when a big elk that stands seventeen hands at the withers plays that trick, I tell you it shows a new hand something he hadn't much idea of before. We ran up eagerly enough.'Meget stor bock,'shouted Ulus, and whipped out his knife, and proceeded to do the offices, being filled with strong glee, which he imparted to the driving rain, the swishing trees, and my dripping self. And, by Jove, his highness was a beauty too! Antlers in velvet, of course, as is the fashion with all Norwegian deer at this time of year; but there were eight points on each, and they've got the most approved'impudent'downward curve. What with no rype and few trout, I'd been feeling rather down on my luck all these long weeks till now; but this big elk turned the scale. Glad I came.'

Excerpt:''Mighty beach to-day!'grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser. Mr. Balgarnie tossed his cigarette over the lee rail and tucked a sheaf of papers into his mouth so as to have two spare hands. Day had ten minutes before glared up over an oily swell-writhing sea of bottle-green; dew lay in fat greasy gouts on the deck planks and the skylight frames, foretelling in clear prophecy another spell of scalding West African sunshine; and a mile out from the crashing, bellowing surf that smoked along the beach, the S.S. M'poso buttocked sullenly over the swells, with engines rung off, and sweating firemen on the top of the fiddley, slewing ventilators to catch a flavor of the breeze.'They've seen us, sir, at the factory,'said Mr. Balgarnie.'All the boys are out working cargo, and there's old Swizzle-Stick Smith sucking his eternal pipe and hustling them with a chiquot. I can catch the glint of his eyeglass. Wonder how long that man's been out on the Coast? Must be a matter of twenty years now by all accounts since he had his last run home. He's found the right kind of ju-ju to dodge fever-palaver, anyhow. They say he's a lazy old beach-comber as a general thing, but he's up bright and early this morning.''

Excerpt:''Not slaves, your Highness,'said the Governor.'We call them engagés here: it's a genteeler style. The Lord General keeps us supplied.''I'll be bound he gave them the plainer name,'said Prince Rupert. The Governor of Tortuga shrugged his shoulders.'On the bills of lading they are written as Malignants; but judging from the way he packed the last cargo, Monsieur Cromwell regards them as cattle. It is evident that he cared only to be shut of them. They were so packed that one half were dead and over the side before the ship brought up to her anchors in the harbour here. And what were left fetched but poor prices. There was a strong market too. The Spaniards had been making their raids on the hunters, and many of the engagés had been killed: our hunters wanted others; they were hungry for others; but these poor rags of seaworn, scurvy-bitten humanity which offered, were hardly worth taking away to teach the craft—Your Highness neglects the cordial.''

A cornucopia of stories that span genres and styles. Our editor spanned the globe to find every style and type of story to keep you engaged and make sure that we never, ever fit neatly in a box. Must read.

Great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here:'1,492,633 Marlon Brandos','Captain of the Kali','Muck Man','Strain','Transfer Point','Silence is-- Deadly','Project Mastodon'and'The Push of a Finger'.

Harold Bell Wright was born in Rome, New York on May 4th 1872. Wright had little to say that was good about his alcoholic father and his early years as he dragged'his wife and children from place to place, existing from hand to mouth, sinking deeper and deeper, as the years passed, into the slough of wretched poverty.'His mother though introduced him to the great stories of literature and to appreciate the beauty of nature.When Wright was 11, his mother died and his father abandoned them. Life was now time spent living with various relatives or strangers. He found odd jobs but frequently slept rough. In his late teens he found regular employment painting both pictures and houses but then turned to the Church. After two years at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, Wright became a minister for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Pierce City, Missouri and then pastored in Pittsburg, Kansas; Forest Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri; Lebanon, Missouri; and Redlands, California.In 1902, while at the Church in Pittsburg, Kansas, he wrote a melodramatic story, ‘That Printer of Udell's', to be read to his congregation. His church however serialised and published it in The Christian Century, their official journal. Wright despaired at the version printed but his parishioners encouraged him to write more. He took their advice. His second novel ‘The Shepherd of the Hills'(1907) sold a million copies and established him as a best-selling author.In 1909, pastors across America were incensed by his novel ‘The Calling of Dan Matthews', which told a similar story to Wright's of a young preacher who resigns from the ministry in order to retain his integrity. They saw it as an attack on the Church but he that the Church was not doing its job properly. The book quickly sold a million copies.Wright now resigned as pastor and dedicated his life to full time literature. In 1911, he published ‘The Winning of Barbara Worth', a historical novel set in the Imperial Valley of southeastern California. Another million-seller.With his next novel ‘The Eyes of the World', Wright had the best-selling book of 1914 and another million-seller. He was a literary phenomenon and although today largely ignored he is one of the best-selling writers of all time.From 1914 to about 1933 Wright lived mostly in Tucson, Arizona and then from 1935 until his death in 1944, he lived on his ‘Quiet Hills Farm'near Escondido, California. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and a number of magazine articles. For Wright though health was a major issue and increasingly so. He had struggled for most of his life with lung disease. Harold Bell Wright died of bronchial pneumonia on May 24th, 1944 in Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.

Six Classic Science Fiction Stories from the'Golden Age'by Sewell Peaslee Wright. Featured stories: The Terror From The Depth, The God In The Box, Priestess Of The Flame, The Infra-Medians, The Death-Traps Of FX-31 and Vampires Of Space.

'Page turning historical detective fiction at its finest.'– DERMOT O'LEARY'This is terrific crime fiction – evocative, socially aware and gripping – and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist.'– MARK BILLINGHAM A HAUNTED MAN. A BURIED PAST. A JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS.'Brother, a dead body can't run from a coffin, but their spirit sure as hell can try.'1967, Bristol. Life is tough for JT Ellington, ex-cop and reluctant private eye. He's still trading in favours, helping those scared of the police or trying to stay one step ahead of the law. But when news arrives of a tragedy that's unfolded thousands of miles away, JT's life gets even tougher. He needs to journey home to Barbados to pay his final respects – but first he must travel to New York, where his cousin Vic is boss of a criminal empire. On Harlem's mean streets, JT is fast entangled with Evangeline – a smooth as velvet Black Panther – along with Pigfoot, a Bajan too flash with his knife. As the underworld draws him in, JT discovers the extent of Vic's criminal activities – a web of violence that stretches to Barbados and back, and connects him to the deaths of JT's beloved wife and daughter. Embroiled in a world of drugs, corruption, voodoo and the legacy of slavery, can JT escape the demons of his past as he returns to the island of his birth? Praise for Restless Coffins:'I never wanted it to end.'– Love Books Group'Do I recommend this book? That would be a Hell Yeah, I do for sure! Intense, emotive, shocking and oozing atmosphere and character, Restless Coffins really captured the times and emotions beautifully!'– Crime Book Junkie'The heat, the atmosphere, the pulsing of human life, the frailties and strengths of his characters, and the rush of blood in violence, assails your mind and senses throughout Restless Coffins, leading to a completely immersive reading experience. Highly recommended.'– Raven Crime Reads'Lock the door and throw away the key! Seriously you don't want anyone taking away your precious time when reading Restless Coffins.'– Orchard Book Club

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Hamilton Wright Mabie was an American writer and editor. Mabie's most famous work is his collection titled Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know.

Chasing dreams is all well and good, but when dreams become reality, will the bubble burst? Megan has it all, a great career in LA, beautiful friends and a man who loves her as much as she loves him. She's living the high life on fancy yachts, jet-setting and hanging out with the rich and famous. She's even making a name for herself on TV and drawing the nation into her passion for beautiful shoes that are good for the soul. But there's trouble in paradise. As much as she wants to keep everything and everyone safe and close, some people have free spirits that can't be harnessed. The calling to do the right thing is just too strong even if it puts them in the line of fire. With fear a constant companion, she puts on a brave face and soldiers on. Until, that is, a new development changes everything. How will she tell James? What will the future hold? And is she ready to put someone else first for all time?

'It's quite simple Mr Ellington. When you find Fowler, just ask where we can find the truth.'With these words, private detective JT Ellington embarks on a seemingly simple case of tracking down a local GP with a dubious reputation and retrieving a set of stolen documents from him.For Ellington, however, things are rarely straightforward. Dr Fowler is hiding a terrible secret and when he is gunned down outside a Bristol pub, his dying words send JT in pursuit of a truth more disturbing and deadly than he could possibly have imagined.M.P. Wright's debut novel Heartman was longlisted for the Crime Writers'Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.'This is a newcomer bursting with life and originality... Wright brings outstanding pace and suspense to this powerful story.'THE INDEPENDENT on Heartman'A good plot with lively dialogue and Ellington an engaging hero.'THE TIMES on HeartmanPRAISE FOR ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT'The action is full-on, violent, and no prisoners are taken, literally and metaphorically.'CRIME FICTION LOVER'A realistic, at times brutal, and utterly compelling plot throughout.'RAVEN CRIME READS'As with any good thriller the action comes thick and fast... thoughtful narrative involving fully-rounded characters you want to encounter again, and again.'SHOTS MAG'A crime thriller that gently draws you in then grabs you by the throat so that by the end my emotions were all over the place. Excellent read and can't wait for the next one.'BY THE LETTER BOOK REVIEWS'A refreshingly different entrant to the crowded world of crime fiction... this was a book that kept me up, gripping the pages tightly, urging our hero on, as if he were real.'CRIME WORM'Beautifully written, absolutely immersive and intensely delicious – loved this. I have no complaints whatsoever.'LIZ LOVES BOOKS

From the acclaimed writer of the beloved Clara Callan comes a memorable new novel about first loves, love-after-love, and the end of things, set during summer in Quebec City.James Hillyer, a retired university professor whose life was evocatively described in Wright's novel October, is now barely existing after the death of his beloved daughter in her forties. On a whim, he tries to locate the woman he fell in love with so many years ago on a summer trip to Quebec and through the magic of the Internet he is able to find her. But Odette's present existence seems to be haunted by ghosts from her own past, in particular, the tough ex-con Raoul, with his long-standing grievances and the beginnings of dementia. The collision of past and present leads to violence nobody could have predicted and alters the lives of James and Odette forever. Nightfall skillfully captures the way in which our past is ever-present in our minds as we grow older, casting its spell of lost loves and the innocent joys of youth over the realities of aging and death. The novel is skillfully grounded in observation, propelled by unforgettable characters, and filled with wisdom about young love and old love. Drawing on the author's profound understanding of the intimate bonds between men and women, Nightfall is classic Richard B. Wright.

Complete with new beginnings and the promise of satisfying endings, The Look Book sampler offers the best in fiction from across the Simon & Schuster Canada Spring 2016 list. This array of debut authors and perennial favourites will allow you to step back in time with our historical fiction, time travel with our fantasy writers, fall in love with our inspirational romance, marvel at our literary stylists, and be enthralled by our dark thrillers. If you would like to learn more about any of our authors or the titles featured, please visit us at SimonandSchuster.ca, follow us on Twitter at @simonschusterCA, or like us at Facebook.com/SimonandSchusterCanada. With chapter excerpts from the following Spring 2016 new releases: Dark Territory, by Susan Philpott He Will Be My Ruin, by K.A. Tucker Owl and the City of Angels, by Kristi Charish Black Apple, by Joan Crate Still Mine, by Amy Stuart Glory Over Everything, by Kathleen Grissom The Rivals of Versailles, by Sally Christie Kay's Lucky Coin Variety, by Ann Y.K. Choi Nightfall, by Richard B. Wright Mannheim Rex, by Rob Pobi Umbrella Man, by Peggy Blair I'm Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid

Chasing dreams is never easy but when you have great friends and gorgeous Hollywood actors to hang out with, the journey is a whole lot smoother. Running away won't solve Megan's problems but it will offer new opportunities, especially when she has a one-way ticket to sunny Los Angeles. Throw in PR guru Brendon's unique charm and Rodeo Drive connections and it seems it's not just Megan heading to the City of Angels, Winter Shoes are going places too.

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Harold Bell Wright, ‘The Winning of Barbara Worth.'Jefferson Worth finds an orphaned child in the desert and raises her as his daughter, Barbara. When grown, Barbara is beloved by Abe Lee, the foreman of her father's ranch and company. When a rich land developer arrives with plans to irrigate the desert, Worth joins forces with him. The developer's foster son, Willard, falls for Barbara and a rivalry develops between him and Abe. The river is dammed, but the developer swindles the ranchers and refuses to reinforce the weakening dam, as he no longer needs it. An angry mob turns on Worth, Willard and Abe come near confrontation over Barbara, and all the time, that dam is getting weaker....'The secret of Harold Bell Wright's power is the same God-given secret that inspired Shakespeare and upheld Dickens.'--Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch'It is this almost clairvoyant power of reading the human soul that has made Mr. Wright's books among the most remarkable works of the present age.'--Oregon Journal

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Harold Bell Wright, ‘The Shepherd of the Hills.'The Shepherd of the Hills is Harold Bell Wright's most famous work. In The Shepherd of the Hills, Wright spins a tale of universal truths across the years to the modern-day reader. His Eden in the Ozarks has a bountiful share of life's enchantments, but is not without its serpents. While Wright rejoices in the triumphs, grace, and dignity of his characters, he has not naively created a pastoral fantasyland where the pure at heart are spared life's struggles and pains. Refusing to yield to the oft-indulged temptation of painting for the reader the simple life of country innocents, Wright forthrightly shows the passions and the life-and-death struggles that go on even in the fairest of environments that man invades. The shepherd, an elderly, mysterious, learned man, escapes the buzzing restlessness of the city to live in the backwoods neighborhood of Mutton Hollow in the Ozark hills. There he encounters Jim Lane, Grant Matthews, Sammy, Young Matt, and other residents of the village, and gradually learns to find a peace about the losses he has borne and has yet to bear. Through the shepherd and those around him, Wright assembles here a gentle and utterly masterful commentary on strength and weakness, failure and success, tranquility and turmoil, and punishment and absolution. This tale of life in the Ozarks continues to draw thousands of devotees to outdoor performances in Branson, Missouri, where visitors can also see the cabin where the real Old Matt and Aunt Mollie lived. Harold Bell Wright was a best selling American author of the first part of the 20th century. Between 1903 and 1942, this minister-turned-author wrote nineteen books, several scripts for stage plays, and several magazine articles. At least fifteen movies were made from his novels. Seven of Wright's books appeared on the top ten best sellers lists, two of them twice, including a number one seller in 1914, a number two in 1916 and a third best seller three times.

IN the sparsely populated northern Queensland town of Desperance, battle lines have been drawn in the disputes among the powerful Phantom family of the Westend Pricklebush, Joseph Midnight's renegade Eastend mob, and the white officials of neighboring towns. Trapped between politics and principle, past and present, the indigenous tribes fight to protect their natural resources, sacred sites, and, above all, their people. Steeped in myth and magical realism, Wright's hypnotic storytelling exposes the heartbreaking realities of Aboriginal life. Carpentaria teems with extraordinary, larger-than-life characters who transcend their circumstances and challenge assumptions about the downtrodden'other.'The novel'bursts with life'(Daily Telegraph) as Alexis Wright re-creates the land and its people with mysticism, stark reality, and pointed imagination.

2016 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS - WINNER IN ADDICTION & RECOVERY 2016 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (NIEA)- WINNER IN ADDICTION & RECOVERY 2016 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS (IPPY)- BRONZE MEDAL — LITERARY FICTION 2015 FOREWARD REVIEWS INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION FOR GENERAL FICTION 2015 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS FINALIST FOR GENERAL FICTION Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment center and she doesn't know why. She's not a party hound like the others in her therapy group—but then again, she knows she can't live without pills or booze. Raised by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She's awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she's twenty-three years old, she's a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have—and she's in more trouble than she's ever known was possible.

Reproduced from the 1948 edition of The Home Place, the Bison Book edition brings back into print an important early work by one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American Writers. This account in first-person narrative and photographs of the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to'the home place'at Lone Tree, Nebraska, has been called'as near to a new fiction form as you could get.'Both prose and pictures are homely: worn linoleum, an old man's shoes, well-used kitchen utensils, and weathered siding. Muncy's journey of discovery takes the measure of the man he has become and of what he has left behind.

As a private investigator, Kathleen Stone relies on her ability to blend into the background. Aided by her street-smart drag queen friend and the best wigmaker in New York City, she feels confident that her camouflage is up to snuff. But when a cheating spouse she's been trailing ends up dead under suspicious circumstances, she fears that someone she angered in her past job—busting gangs and drug dealers as an undercover cop—has seen through her disguises. Now she must work with her former colleagues in the NYPD to solve the case before she's the next victim.

William Dillinger believed the only way to live was unmarried and unencumbered. That is, until he reached the age of seventy two with a criminal history. Regrets over a lifetime of mistakes mires him in daily doldrums until his high school girlfriend suddenly reappears in his life. Hope is seeded that the remainder of his life does not have to match his past. But, he only has one day to find out.

Heights, crowds, small spaces… How does a psychologist handle three phobia sufferers on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico? Dr. Nicholas Brandon of Houston thought a four day cruise could be a graduation of sorts for patients in his therapy group, for those looking to take the final step out of their self-imposed prisons. But the wisdom of this comes into question when ruthless Lebanese terrorists seeking to make their mark on the world commandeer the ship. It's now in Nick's hands to ensure that he and his patients can survive and escape their new prison.

Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not really working. Just when things seem most bleak, Sang Ly learns a secret about the hated, ill-tempered woman, the'the rent collector'-she can read! Reluctantly she agrees to teach Sang Ly and does so with the same harshness she applied to her collection duties until they both learn how literacy has the power to instill hope and transcend circumstance.Based on a true story, set in the abject poverty of Cambodia against the backdrop of political oppression and the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge.

Redemption Center, a collection of stories by professor and musician Vincent Craig Wright, delivers a funny, troubling, and sometimes hallucinatory look at modern American life, love, faith (or lack of it), and work (ditto). Wright's characters tend to live on the margins of society--gamblers, motel maids, phone psychics, drug dealers, and guys on the dole--and often speak in a compressed vernacular, as though pronouns and articles use up more energy than they're worth. And yet it's not as though these folks are in a rush to get anywhere. A strange fatalism pervades many of their stories. Life may not be great where they live, but it probably won't be better anywhere else. Still, the book is far from bleak. Characters locate grace in the simplest things: building a wall, remembering the way a friend once gently held a bird, coasting downhill on a bike. An understated humor suffuses the collection, and the optimism of the child narrating the title story trumps any number of sad moments elsewhere.'Redemption Center is a splendid collection of stories by a natural storyteller who can grab a reader with absolutely irresistible first sentences (an all-too-rare talent) and then never let go. Vincent Craig Wright has got the Gift, and I now stand ready to eagerly read anything he writes.'--Robert Olen Butler'As the book's title suggests, he attends to the ruggedly specific, like drab shopping centers where beaten-down folks trade Green Stamps for promising goods, while keeping one eye on transcendence.'Redemption'implies a mysterious process (maybe the stamps will deliver an unexpected treasure) where philosophy is not in play so much as faith and forgiveness. In Wright's world, idealism and realism collide in small-town churches, fly-by-night phone service businesses, dust-filled highway intersections, and hillsides alight with candles spelling the obscure messages of a crackpot/prophet.'There ain't nothing to point out,'says an observer of these flaming hillside words.'Or there's everything.'The world is what it is, ruggedly specific; yet we suspect there's something more.'--Tracy Daugherty, American Book Review

It's a nice house on a country road. Jack and Erika Harris expect to be happy there. It doesn't matter that they're living in a deserted suburb where, years ago, murders and mutilations destroyed the residents. It doesn't matter - until those that caused the deaths come back - those that sprang from the earth. Those that need. Those that are not human.

Sam Digby is a typical fifteen-year-old boy who spends his days playing video games and goofing off with his friends. But when Sams dad enrolls him in karate class, everything changes. His social agenda is messed up, and, worse, he gets the feeling hes being watched. When Sam overhears a mysterious conversation that refers to him in a way he doesnt understand, he immediately goes to his best friend, Zach. Much to Sams surprise, Zachsomeone hes known his whole lifereveals himself as someone whos been watching over him for many years. In the magical world of Ansburry, Sam has a history and a destiny that he can barely begin to imagineand that destiny will put him in grave danger if he doesnt begin to believe the unbelievable. With danger lurking around every corner, Sam must come to grips with his past and prepare for a fantastical future in Ansburry Tales: The Redeemer.

It began as an innocent prank by four Texas teens to get out of the North Texas Children's Home for a short while on a Saturday night. The plan goes terribly wrong. Samantha, Rebecca, Amanda and Aaron suddenly find themselves on the run from the law. Convinced blame of a horrendous crime will be on their heads, eluding the law is the only way. But, as the week passes they, each in their own way, come to realize that getting away wasn't the ultimate reason. Flight from the law transforms into an October odyssey of discovery for four teens searching.

The Dress A very sexy vinyl dress transforms a young attorney into a seductress. A night on the town proves to be more interesting than she anticipate when her career and personal life collide in a most erotic way. In the Stacks Intrigued by a patron with an interesting hobby, a librarian receives an education in submission from a man who knows her needs better than she knows herself. At Midnight, in the Month of June Alone in a dark country field, a widow scatters her husband's ashes and reminisces about the lifelong passion they shared. Age and loss have done nothing to dim her memory or curb her desire. Skin Deep Two lonely people meet while on a beach vacation. She is a breast cancer survivor and he's had a heart transplant. Scarred, physically and emotionally, they discover their attraction is more than skin deep. Perfect Timing A woman desperate to become a mother goes to great lengths to conceive. At the peak of ovulation, she decides to make the most of every opportunity she is given. The Stars Fell Down An adulterous couple sneak off from a party to fulfill their need for each other in a deserted parking lot. Little do they know, there is a witness to their indiscretion.

'When Sam Feary meets his old high school buddy Abner in Manhattan, he knows something is wrong. But he doesn't know how wrong. Abner has stepped over the boundary, into the world of unseen spirits - a world that has suddenly become a terrifying reality. It will take Abner's life unless Sam can rescue him... But now it wasnt Sam's life as well!'

This antiquarian book contains an autobiography of Harold Bell Wright, written at the age of sixty-one for his sons. It describes the most important events of the first thirty years of his life. Wright was America's favourite author during the early twentieth century, his books setting many sales records. His books were also turned into popular movies, and were found in more homes than any other book - except the bible. After a childhood so destitute that it adversely affected his health for his entire life, Bell became an entrepreneur and a minister, and lived a life full of inspiring endeavour against all odds. His is a tale of courage and hope, written beautifully and with the wisdom that comes with such experiences. We are republishing this vintage book now in a modern, affordable edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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'The Stargate Atlantis team discover a city on a moon that's about to plunge into its own sun. But the city which looked as if it had been abandoned turns out to be inhabited by descendants of the Ancients who have fallen into decadence and debauchery. Faced with a dissolute society disinterested in their own fate and unable to escape, the team must fight their way free before being plunged into a fiery death.'

'Colonel John Sheppard wakes up on an alien world in the wreckage of a Puddle Jumper - and can't remember how he got there. Putting the pieces together, he discovers his team is scattered across a tropical archipelago, unable to communicate with each other or return to the Stargate. Prisoners of the local population, Sheppard and Teyla are taken as tribute to the planet's Wraith overlord, while McKay, Ronon, and Zelenka mount a rescue...'

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'Shortly after Daniel Jackson returns from his time among the ascended Ancients, he volunteers to join an archaeological survey of Chinese ruins on P3Y-702. But after accidentally activating a Goa'uld transport ring, Daniel finds himself the prisoner of the Goa'uld Lord Yu. Blaming himself for Daniel's capture, Jack O'Neill vows to go to any lengths to get him back - even if it means taking matters into his own hands.'

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 19, 2013).

'Based on the hit television series created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper'--Cover.

Although unwilling participants, SG-1 soon finds itself fighting with the Vanir against its ancient foe--the brutal giants of Jotunheim--and feasting long into the night. But when dawn arrives, the team find itself in a very different world.

'Ryerson Biergarten is always willing to offer his psychic services to the forces of law and order. But when he tries to help the police find a serial killer who is stalking victims in one of the tallest buildings in the world, he is met with distrust and suspicion. This time he fears he is dealing with an eveil beyond hs powers: possession.'

'Exploring the full potential of his psychic talents when a gateway opens between Earth and a menacing world, Ryerson Biergarten seeks to keep humans and ghosts in their proper dimensions while searching for a particular man's killer.'

Quando Susan riceve un dattiloscritto dal suo ex marito resta interdetta: perché Edward ha scelto proprio lei, dopo tanti anni dal loro divorzio? La risposta potrebbe essere celata tra le pagine del romanzo, che racconta la storia di una famiglia, del suo sfortunato incontro notturno con tre uomini poco raccomandabili, di un'atroce violenza subita e di un'atroce vendetta. Una storia da cui Susan, e noi con lei, non riesce più a staccarsi…

Fiften years is a long time. Memories fade away, but the horror remains.Fifteen years ago, two newlyweds perished at the edge of the woods. Now a development of one-family homes stands where their farm once was. For Janice McIntyre and her husband, this new community by the quiet, lovely woods is a perfect place to raise their expected child. Except for the ghosts...

Harry Briggs led a fairly normal life. He had a good job, a nice house, and a beautiful wife named Barbara, with whom he was very much in love. Then he died. that's when Harry's story really began. That's when he found himself in a strange little town called Silver Lake, with a mystery to solve.