No woman has ever shunned wicked Italian tycoon Zac Delucca! But sweet, studious Sally is in a world of her own, looking after her sick mother. Little does she realize her unfocused disinterest is driving Zacs fury! Especially as her father is responsible for embezzling millions from his company. Theres a debt to be paid. […]
Joey Luck and his beautiful daughter Cindy were ace shoplifters and pickpockets. But Cindy had bigger ideas. When they were joined by Vin Pinna, expert thief and thug on the run from Miami, prospects improved. But kidnapping ex-movie star Don Elliot wasnt such a good idea-until he made the trio a quartet in crime. The […]
This is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. The father is a dustman and the mother a washerwoman, but because they are poor the children find even greater opportunities for adventure in their ordinary lives. Theres practical Lily Rose, the oldest who […]
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America??majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you??re going to take a hike, it??s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaing guide you??ll find. He introduces us to the history and […]
From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources,from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. His aim is to help people like him, who rejected stale […]
In Andy McDermotts brilliant new novel, Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are on the hunt for the lost pyramid of Osiris… Discredited, jobless and broke, archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase have problems of their own ?? until Macy??s plea for help sends them on a deadly quest across the globe as they […]
A teenage boy, Tyler Wingo, has asked ex-Secret Service private investigation team Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to look into the mysterious circumstances surrounding his fathers death.Sam Wingo, a soldier in Afghanistan, was reported killed in action but Tyler received an email from him after he supposedly died. As Sean and Michelle discover more about […]
The Murder on the Links Poirot gets a call from his client who is in need of his help immediately. However, Poirot arrives too late and finds his client??s body lying face down in the golf course. The detective wonders why the man is wearing his son??s coat and finds a love letter in the […]
The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” –Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled “The Last Lecture.” Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences cant help but mull the same question: What […]
Why do some people succeed far more than others? There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell argues that the true story of success is very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we […]
After losing one of its own, Lindsay Boxer and the Womens Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever–one that could easily be their last. A young girl is killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a […]
Amyas Crale had been famous as a painter??and infamous as a lover. His fiery wife, Caroline, had been as jealous as she was devoted. So naturally it was she who was tried and convicted for his murder. Now their daughter, Carla, presents the brilliant Hercule Poirot with the greatest challenge of his career??to clear her […]
Despite challenges from Ruth Rendell and (more recently) fMinette Walters, P.D. Jamess position as Britains Queen of Crime remains largely unassailable. Although a certain reaction has set in to her reputation (and there are those who claim her poetry-loving copper Adam Dalgliesh doesnt correspond to any of his counterparts in the real world), her detractors […]