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10 Lb. Penaltyby Dick FrancisISBN 1568955251 (1-56895-525-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '10 Lb. Penalty'Book summary:One of the most impressive aspects of Dick Francis's long and celebrated career (he's won three Edgar Awards, the Silver Dagger, the Gold Dagger, a Cartier Diamond Dagger, and was named the 1996 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) is the freshness that he brings to each of his novels. Though every one of his 30-plus works of fiction has drawn from some aspect of the world of horses, Francis turns this constraint into a powerful source of inspiration. In 10 Lb. Penalty Francis adds several new arrows to his quiver. His protagonist, Ben Juliard, narrates the tale in a vivid first person that begins in his insecure late teens instead of the settled middle age of the usual Francis hero. Also, Ben's relationship with horses is more of a fading dream than an active reality. The book begins with Ben's expulsion from Vivian Durridge's stables; he's removed with a false accusation of glue sniffing. But as Ben soon discovers, it is, in fact, his powerful father's machinations that are behind his ill fortunes. The elder Juliard is "standing for Parliament," and the bachelor candidate needs his son by his side for a year of campaigning if he hopes to win. Ben accedes to his father's wishes. He almost always has, but he soon finds that his "gap year"--his year before entering college--is going to be a nightmare. Orinda Nagle, the widow of the recently deceased Hoopwestern MP, and her companion, Alderney Wyvern, resist George's campaign from the start. Then, Usher Rudd, a muckraking journalist, turns his vitriol to George. When an attempt is made on George's life, he and his son find themselves inside a vigorous tale of suspense that takes several narrative years to sort out.
Francis's lucid prose is the driving force in this political mystery, and the realistic rendering of the complicated father-son relationship between George and Ben adds a sophistication and weight that marks the author's best fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Battle Royaleby Yuji Oniki, Koushun TakamiISBN 156931778X (1-56931-778-X)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Royale'Book summary:Synopsis: In a country ruled by a ruthless totalitarian government, a group of ninth-grade students are confined to a small isolated island, armed only with a map, some food, and various weapons, where they are forced wear special exploding collars and must fight each other for three days until only one survivor remains, as part of the ultimate in reality television. Original. [via]
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Battle Royale 1by Masayuki TaguchiISBN 1591823145 (1-59182-314-5)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Royale 1'Book summary:In the near future, a random class of 9th graders has been chosen to compete on The Program, a popular game show that requires its contestants to battle to the death on a top-secret island. Included in this class are Shuuya Nanahara, Noriko Nakagawa, Shogo Kawada, Kazuo Kiriyama, and Mitsuko Souma. Five students that couldn't be more different, yet now find themselves sharing a common plight. Abandoned, and with no hope of escape, they must kill each other and the rest of their class, until only one of them is left living. Unwilling to slaughter his fellow classmates for the amusement of others, Shuuya forms an alliance to fight back and deliver a counter-punch to the government that ruined their lives. However, he must be careful, for there are some students who are determined to "win" this cruel game. [via]
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Black Heartby Eric LustbaderISBN 0871313952 (0-87131-395-2)
Hardcover, M Evans & Co
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Blood Sportby Dick FrancisISBN 2830202554 (2-8302-0255-4)
Hardcover, Edito-Service
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Blood Testby Jonathan KellermanISBN 0913165743 (0-913165-74-3)
Hardcover, Dark Harvest Books
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The Butcher's Theaterby Jonathan KellermanISBN 1568953429 (1-56895-342-9)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Call for the Deadby John Le CarreISBN 0896211932 (0-89621-193-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Crash Courseby Matthew Reilly, Pablo RaimondiISBN 1416902260 (1-4169-0226-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crash Course'Book summary:Never give up.
Never say die.The chills and thrills (and awe-inspiring spills) come fast and furious as New York Times bestselling author Matthew Reilly delivers a pulse-pounding, hard-driving, high-octane novel that's sure to have readers revved up from starting line to checkered flag. Artist Pablo Raimondi's funky and gritty graphic stylings provide the perfect look for this all-out read that's custom-made for any boy -- or girl -- who dreams of going fast! [via]
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Creepersby David MorrellISBN 1593153570 (1-59315-357-0)
Softcover, Vanguard Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creepers'Book summary:On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and prepare to break into the Paragon Hotel. The once-magnificent structure is now boarded up and marked for demolition.They are creepers : urban explorers with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. Reporter Frank Balenger joins them to profile this highly illegal activity for the New York Times. But he isnt looking for just another story, and soon after they enter the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, he gets more than he bargained for. Danger, fear, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.[via] 
The Cry of the Halidonby Robert LudlumISBN 156895445X (1-56895-445-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Dance for the Deadby Thomas PerryISBN 157490065X (1-57490-065-X)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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The Dangerby Dick FrancisISBN 0816137242 (0-8161-3724-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Domainby Steve AltenISBN 0812579569 (0-8125-7956-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Domain'Book summary:For those who never leave home without a copy of the prophecies of Nostradamus tucked in their hip pocket, Steve Alten's new thriller is just the ticket. Domain focuses its doomsday scenario on an ancient Mayan myth and sets up an intriguing pair of saviors in Dominique Vasquez, a psych grad student who's an intern at a Florida psychiatric facility, and Mick Gabriel, her first patient. Mick, the son of two famous archaeologists, has languished in the Miami asylum for over a decade after attacking the man who publicly humiliated his father and who now happens to be the American secretary of state. The elder Gabriel believed he had unearthed the riddle surrounding the origins of Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the desert glyphs of the Nazca desert, the temples of Angkor Wat, and the Mayan ruins of the Yucatan peninsula--and that the answer pointed inexorably to the doom of humanity.
As the winter solstice of 2012 approaches (the day of reckoning prophesied by the myths of the Kukulcan Pyramid at Chichen Itza), Mick enlists Dominique in his effort to save mankind from the apocalypse. Engineering his escape from the hospital, she accompanies him on a desperate search to find his way into the pyramid before the radio message from space, which has already activated a deadly alien weapon buried deep in the Gulf of Mexico, can open a galactic gateway to a world where evil will reign for all eternity. Alten's talent for pacing far outstrips his other writerly gifts. The political subplot is ludicrous, the special effects way over the top, and the villain-in-chief, who happens to be named Borgia, is merely a cartoon. But the story is original enough to pass muster and the past success of similar apocalyptic thrillers bodes well for this one. --Jane Adams [via]
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Glennis ByronISBN 1551111365 (1-55111-136-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Dracula, by Bram Stoker, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Count Dracula has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to Bram Stoker's original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. Dracula chronicles the vampire's journey from Transylvania to the nighttime streets of London. There, he searches for the blood of strong men and beautiful women while his enemies plot to rid the world of his frightful power.
Today's critics see Dracula as a virtual textbook on Victorian repression of the erotic and fear of female sexuality. In it, Stoker created a new word for terror, a new myth to feed our nightmares, and a character who will outlive us all.[via]Brooke Allen is a book critic whose work has appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Hudson Review. A collection of her essays, Twentieth-Century Attitudes, will be published in 2003.More editions of Dracula:
- Dracula: ISBN 1593080042 (1-59308-004-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1593081146 (1-59308-114-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1840681284 (1-84068-128-4)
Softcover, Creation Books - Dracula: ISBN 185326086X (1-85326-086-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1897217420 (1-897217-42-0)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment - Dracula: ISBN 1561563730 (1-56156-373-0)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks - Dracula: ISBN 159308160X (1-59308-160-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1933652357 (1-933652-35-7)
Hardcover, Bed Book - Dracula: ISBN 1551350009 (1-55135-000-9)
Hardcover, Transylvania Pr - Dracula: ISBN 1561385158 (1-56138-515-8)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Dracula: ISBN 1582791872 (1-58279-187-2)
Hardcover, Trident Press International - Dracula: ISBN 159679240X (1-59679-240-X)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Dracula: ISBN 0812523016 (0-8125-2301-6)
Softcover, Tor Books - Dracula: ISBN 0863221432 (0-86322-143-2)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media - Dracula: ISBN 0866118721 (0-86611-872-1)
Hardcover, Playmore - Dracula: ISBN 0880299010 (0-88029-901-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Dracula: ISBN 0893757829 (0-89375-782-9)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - Dracula: ISBN 0816156921 (0-8161-5692-1)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co - Dracula: ISBN 0872261891 (0-87226-189-1)
Hardcover, Peter Bedrick Books - Dracula: ISBN 0881010200 (0-88101-020-0)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House - Dracula: ISBN 088301100X (0-88301-100-X)
Hardcover, Ags Pub - Dracula: ISBN 3895080969 (3-89508-096-9)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft - Dracula: ISBN 1551111365 (1-55111-136-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
Draculaby Steven P. JonesISBN 0944735479 (0-944735-47-9)
Softcover, Heroes World
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Draculaby Tim Wynne-Jones, Bram Stoker, Laszlo GalISBN 1550139002 (1-55013-900-2)
Hardcover, Key Porter Kids
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire. [via]
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Enquiryby Dick FrancisISBN 2830202880 (2-8302-0288-0)
Hardcover, Edito-Service
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Epitaph for a Spyby Eric AmblerISBN 088184716X (0-88184-716-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Esauby Philip KerrISBN 1568954476 (1-56895-447-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Esau'Book summary:Forget Everest. The most dangerous peak in the Himalayas is Machhapuchhare, considered so sacred that the Nepalese have banned all climbers. And no wonder, as American mountaineering ace Jack Furness discovers after an illegal entry--this is where the Yeti, a.k.a. the Abominable Snowman and Bigfoot, makes his home. Sure to be a major motion picture, this latest from the author of The Grid is an exciting if somewhat predictable (Furness's lover just happens to be a world-class paleoanthropoligist, for example) story of action, political intrigue, and moral ambiguity high above the clouds. If you don't recognize the title's source before Kerr reveals it, you've never heard Alan Bennett's hilarious "My brother is an hairy man" sermon. [via]
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Everything's Eventualby Stephen KingISBN 1416524355 (1-4165-2435-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everything's Eventual'Book summary:EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL
Features the tale "1408," now a Dimension Films motion picture, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Also inside is the blockbuster eBook "Riding the Bullet," the original audio story "In the Deathroom," plus eleven more boundary-pushing fiction masterworks that will keep you awake until daybreak.
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Fatal Cureby Robin CookISBN 0816159432 (0-8161-5943-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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First Bloodby David MorrellISBN 0922890633 (0-922890-63-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Full Throttleby Matthew Reilly, Pablo RaimondiISBN 1416902287 (1-4169-0228-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Heart of the Matter: Stamboul Train ; A Burnt-Out Case ; The Third Man ; The Quiet American ; Loser Takes All ; The Power and the Gloryby Graham GreeneISBN 0905712013 (0-905712-01-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Octopus
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Hover Car Racerby Matthew ReillyISBN 1405036214 (1-4050-3621-4)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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I'm Not Scaredby Jonathan Hunt, Niccolo AmmanitiISBN 1841952974 (1-84195-297-4)
Hardcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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I'm Not Scaredby Niccolo Ammaniti, Jonathan HuntISBN 1400075637 (1-4000-7563-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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James Bond 007: Colonel Sunby Kingsley AmisISBN 1845761758 (1-84576-175-8)
Softcover, Titan Books
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Killing the Shadowsby Val McDermidISBN 1587241846 (1-58724-184-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Last Day in Limboby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0812586557 (0-8125-8655-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Last Heroby Leslie CharterisISBN 093033096X (0-930330-96-X)
Softcover, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
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The Lions of Lucerneby Brad ThorISBN 1416543686 (1-4165-4368-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lions of Lucerne'Book summary:In this incredibly fast-paced thriller, a conspiracy hatched close to the Oval Office results in the kidnapping of the president and the slaughter of a company of Secret Service agents commanded by ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath. The story careers from the ski slopes of Utah to the top of Switzerland's Mount Pilatus and sets Scot on an impossible mission: recover the president, evade renegade Swiss spy Gerhard Miner and his cadre of trained agents, and elude the American conspirators who are hot on his trail. Framed for murder, his reputation in tatters, his former colleagues turned against him, Harvath finds an unlikely ally in a beautiful Swiss prosecutor who's been checkmated by Miner once too often. Together they play a high-stakes game of mixed "doubles" to save the president and uncover the conspiracy. Brad Thor's debut novel is a tightly wound spy tale that makes up in excitement what it lacks in subtlety and character development. Ludlum fans will love it. --Jane Adams [via]
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Mallory's Oracleby Carol O'ConnellISBN 1574900242 (1-57490-024-2)
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Memoirs of an Invisible Manby H.F. SaintISBN 0896218171 (0-89621-817-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Mexico Setby Len DeightonISBN 0816139741 (0-8161-3974-1)
Softcover, G.K. Hall
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Naked FaceISBN 1568650884 (1-56865-088-4)
Softcover, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
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The Ninjaby Eric LustbaderISBN 0871313146 (0-87131-314-6)
Hardcover, M Evans & Co
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No Comebacksby Frederick ForsythISBN 0893405353 (0-89340-535-3)
Softcover, John Curley & Assoc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Comebacks'Book summary:Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than compulsive, the detail always authentic. [via]
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Out of Sightby Elmore LeonardISBN 1568953852 (1-56895-385-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Piercing the Darknessby Frank PerettiISBN 1581345275 (1-58134-527-5)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piercing the Darkness'Book summary:Leaders in the realm of darkness have mounted a new attack that will create chaos and cause defeat in the human beings who claim unity with their enemy, Christ.
Readers will find themselves rooting for a most unlikely hero as her quest for inner peace exposes the most frightening war of all, the battle for the human soul. Be captivated anew as you enter the world of battling angels and demons that author Frank Peretti so masterfully uncovered in This Present Darkness. [via]More editions of Piercing the Darkness:
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Softcover, Good News Pub - Piercing the Darkness: ISBN 0891075909 (0-89107-590-9)
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Pig Islandby Mo HayderISBN 0871139529 (0-87113-952-9)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pig Island'Book summary:The acclaimed author of The Devil of Nanking returns with a riveting, disturbing thriller of religious fanatics, hoax debunkers, and the dark side of belief. Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned. On the trial of a strange creature caught briefly on film, so deformed it can hardly be human, Oakes crosses a border of electrical fencing, toxin-filled oil drums, and pigs skulls to infiltrate the territory of the groups isolated founder, Malachi Dove. Their confrontation, and its violent aftermath, is so catastrophic that it forces Oakes to question the nature of eviland whether he might be responsible for the heinous crime about to unfold. Startling and uncompromising, Pig Island confirms Mo Hayder as one of the most talented, compelling thriller writers now working.[via]More editions of Pig Island:
Pleading Guiltyby Scott TurowISBN 0816157472 (0-8161-5747-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Prayers for the Assassin: A Novelby Robert FerrignoISBN 141650768X (1-4165-0768-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prayers for the Assassin: A Novel'Book summary:What would happen to America if the extremists won?
SEATTLE, 2040. The Space Needle lies crumpled. Veiled women hurry through the streets. Alcohol is outlawed, replaced by Jihad Cola, and mosques dot the skyline. New York and Washington, D.C., are nuclear wastelands. At the edges of the empire, Islamic and Christian forces fight for control, and rebels plot to regain free will.
Courageous rebel Sarah Dougan is a beautiful historian who uncovers information that will destabilize the nation. When she disappears, the security chief of the Islamic Republic of America calls upon Rakkim Epps, her secret lover and a former elite warrior, to find her. But Rakkim is being tracked by Darwin, a brilliant psychopath. To survive, he must become Darwin's assassin and embark upon a frenetic and bloody chase to find Sarah and helpher expose a shocking truth to the world.
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The Quiet Americanby Graham GreeneISBN 0884116573 (0-88411-657-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quiet American'Book summary:Against the intrigue and violence of Vietnam during the French war with the Vietminh, Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to promote democracy, as his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on. Fowlers mistress, a beautiful native girl creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash resulting in bloodshed and deep misgivings. Written in 1955 prior to the Vietnam conflict, The Quiet American foreshadows the events leading up to the Vietnam conflict. Questions surrounding the moral ambiguity of the involvement of the United States in foreign countries are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. [via]
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Saturdayby Ian McEwanISBN 1400076196 (1-4000-7619-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saturday'Book summary:In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne-a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children-plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength greater than he knew he had in order to preserve the life that is dear to him. [via]
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Serpentby Clive Cussler, Paul KemprecosISBN 1568957963 (1-56895-796-3)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Sharp Objectsby Gillian FlynnISBN 1597224588 (1-59722-458-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sharp Objects'Book summary:As loyal Entertainment Weekly subscribers, we have been fans of Gillian Flynn for her smart, funny, and spot-on reviews of books, movies, and TV, but we were not prepared for her stunning debut novel Sharp Objects, a wickedly dark thriller that Stephen King calls a "relentlessly creepy family saga" and an "admirably nasty piece of work." We're calling it a cross between Twin Peaks and Secretary--sinister, sexy, and stylish. Perfect fall reading. --Daphne Durham
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Gillian Flynn
Q: Do you prefer writing novels or reviewing?
A: I think writing is more pure--and actually a bit easier for me. It's just me and my laptop, not me and my laptop and a TV show that 30 people have worked on. Reviewing keeps you sharp--I can hardly watch or read anything without taking notes now--but plain old writing I find actually relaxing.
Q: Do think your writing is influenced more by books that you have read, or shows/movies that you have seen?
A: My mom spent her career as a reading teacher and my dad is a retired film professor, so I was really steeped in both books and movies growing up. To this day, when I get my dad on the phone, pretty much his first sentence is "Seen anything good lately?" I love putting words together (I've never met a simile I didn't like), but when I write I often think in "scenes"--I want these two people, in a dirty bar, with this song playing in the background.
Q: I hear you are working on your second book...is it is too early to ask what it's about?
A: I'm still playing around with the whole plot--when I wrote Sharp Objects, I wasn't even sure who the killer was for a bit. But I can say [the new book] has to do with family loyalty, false memories, a wrenching murder trial, and a dash of good 'ole 1980s hair metal and devil worship.
Q: What is your writing process like? Have you changed anything about how you work since your first book?
A: My writing process is incredibly inefficient, and hasn't changed between books. I really don't outline: I know basically how I want the story to start, and vaguely how I want it to end (though like I said, with Sharp Objects even that changed!). Then I just write: Some characters I start finding more interesting, some less. I write entire swaths that I pretty much know I'll cut. I have an entire file of "deleted scenes." I guess the one thing that has physically changed is I moved into a new place since my first book--it has a great bathtub, and I'll prop my laptop up and write in the bath for hours. Which is, admittedly, weird.
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Skinny Dipby Carl HiaasenISBN 1587248271 (1-58724-827-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skinny Dip'Book summary:Charles "Chaz" Perrone fancies himself a take-charge kind of guy. So when this "biologist by default" suspects that his curvaceous wife, Joey, has stumbled onto a profitable pollution scam he's running on behalf of Florida agribusiness mogul Red Hammernut, he sets out right away to solve the problem--by heaving Joey off the deck of a luxury cruise liner and into the Atlantic Ocean, far from Key West. But--whoops!--Joey, a former swimming champ, doesn't drown. Instead, as Carl Hiaasen tells in his 10th adult novel, Skinny Dip, she makes her way back to shore, thanks both to a wayward bale of Jamaican marijuana and lonerish ex-cop Mick Stranahan (Skin Tight, 1989), and then launches a bogus blackmail campaign that's guaranteed to drive her lazy, libidinous hubby into a self-protective frenzy.
You've got to hand it to Hiaasen: He's perfected a formula for crisply written, satirical crime fiction that makes the best use of imaginatively repulsive villains, as well as less thoroughly venal scoundrels and victims who ultimately overcome their antagonists, all while stumping for the preservation of Florida's environment, particularly the Everglades. In Skinny Dip, we find Chaz (who'd rather be golfing than puttering around the "hot, buggy, funky-smelling and treacherous" reaches of nature) falsifying water samples to help Hammernut turn the 'Glades into "Gods septic tank." That scheme, though, is endangered not just by Joey's sudden disappearance, but by the suspicions of a python-loving police detective and Chaz's own outstanding inability to tame his Viagra-enhanced tumescence. Even by assigning Chaz a baby-sitter--the hulking, hirsute, and painkiller-addicted Tool--Hammernut can't keep his pet biologist out of trouble. As Joey and Stranahan unfold their revenge plot, and Tool's conscience grows in competition with Chaz's ego, the reader can only marvel at the extent of the train wreck ahead.
As much fun as Hiaasen has delivering Chaz his climactic comeuppance, what's missing from Skinny Dip is a more complex, more credible development of Mick Stranahan's character and the relationship he builds with the much younger Joey Perrone. Like Erin Grant, from Strip Tease, Joey has far more going for her than her bra-cup size; but "hero" Stranahan is of far less interest here than any of his fellow players. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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Slay Rideby Dick FrancisISBN 2830202937 (2-8302-0293-7)
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The Snow Tigerby Desmond BagleyISBN 1842320173 (1-84232-017-3)
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The Soul Catcherby Alex KavaISBN 1551667010 (1-55166-701-0)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Soul Catcher'Book summary:When a senator's daughter is murdered at a religious revival in Washington, FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell, a criminal profiler, and R.J. Tully, her partner, suspect that it's the work of a serial killer. They soon discover that the girl's murder is connected to the suicides of five young men during a Waco-like standoff in a rural Massachusetts cabin--even if they're not sure how. But then Maggie learns that the minister who seems to have turned her alcoholic mother's life around and Revered Joseph Everett, the charismatic sect leader whose followers died in the standoff, are the same person, and he may have drawn her into his deadly web to get at Maggie herself. Is the serial killer one of Everett's acolytes--and will Tully's daughter and Maggie be his next victims? Kava's third thriller (after Split Second and A Perfect Evil) showcases her gifts of pacing, plotting, and characterization; Maggie O'Dell is a smart, likable protagonist. She and Tully deserve a return engagement. --Jane Adams [via]
SSNby Tom Clancy, Martin GreenbergISBN 1568959346 (1-56895-934-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Stormy Weatherby Carl HiaasenISBN 1568952767 (1-56895-276-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Tesseractby Alex GarlandISBN 1573227749 (1-57322-774-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tesseract'Book summary:A single evening in Manila hints at shared consciousness and the circular nature of time and experience. More ambitious than his successful debut, The Beach, Alex Garland's second novel follows three seemingly disparate stories that converge just this side of possible. Opening pages are reminiscent of a Raymond Chandler detective story: the dirty hotel room that "didn't know it was a hotel, or had forgotten"; the flinty, deep thinking protagonist; a meeting with rough-cut thugs. But just when we expect the arrival of the stock sultry woman, the cast of characters begins to assume the more recognisable aspects of ordinary life--to eerie effect.
Garland shows a talent for finely crafted phrases that emboss an image and encapsulate a moment. One minor character's brief sensory flashback provides more human insight than the pages of descriptive overload in the usual thriller. The Tesseract is an exciting tale that never stoops to the level of popcorn storytelling. --Samantha Starmer [via]
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The Thirteenth Taleby Diane SetterfieldISBN 158547892X (1-58547-892-X)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteenth Tale'Book summary:Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.
There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:
"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."
She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."
"I am a biographer, I work with facts."
The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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Todo Es Eventual / Everything's Eventualby Stephen KingISBN 8401328888 (84-01-32888-8)
Hardcover, Random House Mondadori
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Twice Shyby Dick FrancisISBN 0816134456 (0-8161-3445-6)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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Two Little Girls Blueby Mary Higgins ClarkISBN 1416532331 (1-4165-3233-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Little Girls Blue'Book summary:In a riveting new thriller, worldwide bestselling suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark weaves the mystery of twin telepathy into a mother's search for a kidnapped child, presumed dead.
Margaret and Steve Frawley celebrate the third birthday of their twin girls, Kelly and Kathy, with an afternoon party in their new home, a modest fixer-upper in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
The evening of the twins' birthday party, Steve and Margaret attend a black-tie dinner in New York. When they return home, the police are in the house, and they are told that the babysitter had been found unconscious, the children are gone, and a note demanding an eight-million-dollar ransom had been left in their room.
Steve Frawley's firm, a global investment company, agrees to pay the ransom. The kidnapper, who identifies himself as the "Pied Piper," makes his terms known -- on delivery of the ransom, a call will come, revealing the girls' whereabouts. The call comes, but only Kelly is in the car parked behind a deserted restaurant. The driver is dead from a gunshot wound and has left a suicide note, saying he had inadvertently killed Kathy and had dumped her body in the ocean.
At the private memorial Mass for Kathy, Kelly tugs Margaret's arm and says: "Mommy, Kathy is very scared of that lady. She wants to come home right now." More unexplainable occurrences follow, indicating that Kelly is in touch with Kathy. At first, no one except the mother believes that the twins are communicating and that Kathy is still alive. As Kelly's warnings become increasingly specific and alarming, however, FBI agents set out on a search for Kathy. The novel reaches a breathtaking climax as they close in on the Pied Piper and his accomplices, while Kathy's life hangs by a thread.
In delving into the well-documented but still unexplained phenomenon of twin telepathy, Mary Higgins Clark tells a spellbinding tale that takes us deep into the minds of her characters while lifting us to the heights of suspense.
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The Visitationby Frank PerettiISBN 0849944775 (0-8499-4477-5)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Visitation'Book summary:A burned-out minister in small town Antioch, Washington, must wrestle with his confusion and cynicism when a self-proclaimed messiah takes over his ministry. The replacement minister looks like Christ. He even heals the sick and performs miracles. Could this messenger of hope and renewal be the real thing?
At first, this small town is abuzz with reports of miracles and religious sightings (a weeping statue of Christ, a disappearing hitchhiker warning of Christ's arrival, a soothing angel). But suddenly there's a twist of evil and demonic mystery in the air. It's up to the jaded minister Travis to track down the real story behind this visitor and somehow find a way to stop him.
Frank Peretti has been a hit sensation in the Christian thriller market but admits that up until now his books have surfed in the shallow waters of pop fiction. In The Visitation, Peretti has worked his craft more carefully--exploring how suffering leads to disillusionment in God as well as deepening his characterization. (The main character is a thinly disguised reflection of Peretti's own bout with doubt.) Fans will be relieved to know that Peretti is still dedicated to suspenseful drama, and there's still plenty of spine-chilling mayhem when all hell literally breaks loose on this small-town cast of characters. [via]
The Visitationby Not AvailableISBN 1595541209 (1-59554-120-9)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Whip Handby Dick FrancisISBN 2830202546 (2-8302-0254-6)
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Wizard and Glassby Stephen King, Dave McKeanISBN 188041838X (1-880418-38-X)
Hardcover, Donald m Grant Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard and Glass'Book summary:Frank Muller, the recognized virtuoso of audiobook narration (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption), takes on Stephen King's Goliath tale of sorcerers, time travelers, and sci-fi love. Totaling more than 27 hours and spanning 18 cassettes, Wizard and Glass requires the listener to love Muller's Hannibal Lecter-like voice--either that or suffer in audio hell for the equivalent of three full working days. While some might find his breathy staccatos irritating at best, others will find his voice the perfect accompaniment to King's creepy characters and nightmarish plots. (Running time: 27 hours, 18 cassettes) [via]
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Das Endgultige Buch Der Spruche & Graffitiby Angelika FranzISBN 3453006836 (3-453-00683-6)
Hardcover, W. Heyne
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