Its three protagonists–Anne Welles, the uptight-but-full-of-a-strange-yearning New England beauty; Neely OHara, the Judy Garland ? clef; and Jennifer North, who is sort of the Marilyn Monroe ? clef and also sort of the Brigitte Bardot ? clef but mainly sort of the least realized character in the book–all spend most of the novel with what […]
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow…. When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, […]
It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Europ??en pour la Recherche Nucl??aire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of anti-matter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist and […]
Do love stories ever die? Can modern day gadgets like mobile phones and the ??http://www?? era internet bring you the love of real life? You haven??t met her earlier, but commit to marry. Will you still call this a love marriage? And what if on the engagement day while you pull the ring out from […]
A novel about holding on, letting go, and learning to love again. Now in paperback, the endearing novel that captured readers hearts and introduced a fresh new voice in womens fiction ?? Cecelia Ahern.?ÿ Holly couldnt live without her husband Gerry, until the day she had to. They were the kind of young couple who […]
Even though the harsh winters of western Ireland keep visitors away from Briannas bed-and-breakfast inn, this winter she expects an unusual guest. Grayson Thane, a successful American mystery author, plans to spend the winter alone writing his new novel. But sometimes fate has a plan of its own. Sometimes fire can be born in ice.
What do you do when you are a twenty-five-year-old Yale graduate making half-a-million dollars a year as a hotshot investment banker on Wall Street? You bust your ass and become a millionaire by thirty, of course. Not if you are Samrat Ratan, born in the USA to immigrant Indian parents; you quit and enrol in […]
In 1880 Dostoevsky completed The Brothers Karamazov, the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and of the four sons who each had a motive for murder: Dmitry, the sensualist, Ivan, the intellectual; Alyosha, the mystic; and twisted, cunning Smerdyakov, the […]
A Journey Among the Women of India. In this travelogue, Washington Post reporter in India Elisabeth Bumiller, goes to most parts of India examining the realities of the lives of Indian women: villagers, movie-stars, intellectuals, police-women and others.
Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night. She??s come to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, Zoey finally feels like she belongs–like she really fits […]
The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbirds world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, […]
Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird??s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this ??highly addictive […]
The most important night of the year is drawing near . . . but not without a little trouble from the Underworld Dullsvilles newest night-faring intruder may be only a tween, but Raven knows that Valentine Maxwell, the younger sibling of two nefarious vampires, is a full-size menace. Valentine becomes even more of a threat […]
Is the young man simply drunk or does his staggering walk suggest something more sinister? When he collapses in front of the two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess rightly that hes been poisoned. So begins this gripping tale set in the town of Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. The body of […]