Over 1,000 pages of romance, drama, and suspense... Titles Included: BRADY Brady Hollister, the world’s biggest, hottest TV star has it all – wealth, killer good looks, a job he loves and his pick of women who throw themselves at him every which way. But he can’t seem to get the time of day from the new, wannabe director, coffee girl, Kat Sorenson. She’s been burned before and refuses to fall for Brady’s signature charm and smoldering good looks. Yet as mysterious events unfold on the old Victorian set, she’s pushed into being his personal assistant, and can’t help but fall for the real Brady Hollister, the one behind the womanizing, narcissistic playboy. JACKSON Jackson Fowler never expected to be rich, but when wise investments and clever inventions paid off, he was more than happy to embrace his new life in California. Tragedy strikes when is father dies unexpectedly, and Jackson finds himself back in Whitefish, Montana once more. There, he is forced to face the one person he hoped he would never see again--Melissa Weathers, the girl he left at the altar. ETHAN Cameron Sage knows something is wrong when her brother falls off the radar. Knowing she needs to find him she confronts his boss, only the man she meets isn’t. He’s the brother who never wanted the job in the first place. And there’s something about him that draws her in like a moth to flame. She can’t turn her back on him and gives him her greatest gift. FELIX Felix Eaton doesn’t technically need Stella for anything, other than being his wing-“woman”. They’ve been best friends since college and Stella has a stellar knack of making sure Felix gets the women he wants and disposes of the ones he doesn’t. Stella knows that the most eligible bachelor in town, who also happens to be her best friend; would never return her affections. She’s spent too many years trying. Is it time to give up and leave? MARK Mark Vidal spent years working too much, spending too much, and dating women when it suited him. When he first caught sight of Carrie, he realized he hasn’t seen something so sensationally enraged in his life. Women rarely expressed their tempers around him – they didn’t stay around long enough to get that privilege anyway. As the girl with massive blue eyes ranted at the cruelty and obnoxiousness of Mark’s driver’s mistake, Mark is secretly smitten with the novelty of her. She's real, and genuine – unlike any woman he’s ever known.

    Nonetheless in this close community friendships go deep and the pub of an evening is a cheery place, at least until too much drink is taken. Fifteen years ago, Joe McBride left Westerbank under a cloud, and in his absence life has moved on, the secrets he took with him disturbing only occasionally those who were caught up in them. But now Joe McBride is coming home, a changed man, and one who needs to face up to the past before it's too late. The truth about the mysterious death of a young girl fifteen years ago is about to come out, and nothing in Westerbank will ever be quite the same again.

    Ably assisted by a bookshelf, who holds a fountain of knowledge, they embark upon a quest to discover the secrets of meditation and uncover the path to ancient wisdom. As they progress along the road to enlightenment, they not only transform their own perception of life, but also the lives of those around them. The journey is a challenging one, but is held together by Half-Sister’s wicked sense of humour and a desire to enter into spaniel folklore. The Enlightened Spaniel is a wise tale, filled with insights and humour, that celebrates the connection between all beings that reside on Planet Earth.

    Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Cynthia Ozick, and scores of others. These are the writers who have shaped and defined the landscape of the American short story, who have unflinchingly explored all aspects of the human condition, and whose works will continue to speak to us as we enter the next century. Their artistry is represented splendidly in these pages. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES series has also always been known for making literary discoveries, and discovery proved to be an essential part of selecting the stories for this volume too. Collections from years past yielded a rich harvest of surprises, stories that may have been forgotten but still retain their relevance and luster. The result is a volume that not only gathers some of the most significant stories of our century between two covers but resurrects a handful of lost literary gems as well. Of all the great writers whose work has appeared in the series, only John Updike's contributions have spanned five consecutive decades, from his first appearance, in 1959. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison to choose stories from each decade that meet his own high standards of literary quality.

    Featuring two girls striking provocative poses, the clip promises more to come. As Hallie follows up on the lead, staking out tech shops and high school hangouts in search of the girls in the clip, she discovers that men are buying the girls webcams and lavishing them with gifts to make sure they use them. But those gifts are only a taste of the perils to come.The paper’s new owners love the idea of an exposé that warns parents of the dangers of the Internet, but when girls start dying, and when Hallie’s boyfriend—a prosecutor with the Attorney General’s office—ends up on another side of the story altogether, the situation goes from dark to lethal.As Hallie is caught between her responsibilities as a reporter and as a concerned citizen, her investigation leads her deep into a far-reaching conspiracy in Teaser, Jan Brogan’s latest gripping mystery.

    Amazing Amy embarks on a life lesson teaching it is better to be true to yourself, doing what you know is right, than to succumb to peer pressure.

    Everyone had a good word for him, and his home life seemed to be ideal. At 36, his wife not only looked like a much younger woman, but enjoyed the company of people half her age. A fine couple, it was thought, but the reality was very different.

    The shape was man-like, a head and taller than Paedur, as thin as a sword – and completely enveloped from head to foot in a cloak of seared and withered leaves.‘Bard come forth; face me.’So begin the extraordinary adventures of Paedur the Bard. Confronted by the hideous figure of Mannam, Lord of the Dead, Sovereign of the Silent Wood, a perilous deal is struck. And in the course of its mysterious fulfilment, Paedur travels through awesome, magical realms of enchantment, terror and brutal powers, where the forces of darkness are always at his heels, threatening to engulf the enlightenment he so boldly upholds…

    Through the course of a punishingly hot summer, we experience life with the six children and three adult Veeches as they bicker, brawl, make up, and provide titillating morsels of scandal for the neighborhood. A work of darkly comic grotesque, replete with shades of Flannery O'Connor, Whistle Stop is also a wrenching and earnest rumination on the tragedy of thwarted love.

    The Mortal Instruments CollectionCassandra ClarkTitles in This Set:City of BonesCity of AshesCity GlassCity of Fallen AngelsClockwork Angel

    *** Volume 1 plays a key role in the plot of the US movie Sex and the City. *** This Volume 2 includes love poems written by Matthew Arnold, Alfred Austin, Samuel Alfred Beadle, William Blake, Christopher Brennan, Lord Byron, Robert Burns, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Constable, William Cowper, Michael Drayton, George Eliot, Thomas Ford, Stephen Foster, Robert Frost, Thomas Frost, Norman Rowland Gale, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alfred P. Graves, Robert Herrick, Leigh Hunt, Benjamin Jonson, John Keats, Richard Lovelace, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allen Poe, and William Shakespeare.

    Bergin.Illustrated with drawings by Aldo Salvadori

    While pressured into coming up with a story, she goes to New York with her dear friend Laurie for a week of inspiration—museums, operas, and even a once-in-a-lifetime reading by Charles Dickens himself!But Laurie has romance on his mind, and despite her growing feelings, Jo's desire to remain independent leads her to turn down his heartfelt marriage proposal and sends the poor boy off to college heartbroken. When Laurie returns to Concord with a sophisticated new girlfriend, will Jo finally communicate her true heart's desire or lose the love of her life forever?

    An African American Brooklyn woman finds that her light complexion brings her trouble as she falls in love with a Black businessman fighting his own struggle against prejudice.

    Stranded and floating in deep space with no hope of rescue, simply feeding himself has become the most dangerous part of his daily routine. That is, until the Manti show up. Unable to board the alien vessel, Briggs is forced to survive strapped to the hull of their ship as it hurtles through space. Truly on the outside looking in, Briggs finds himself silently pulled into the daily lives of his alien saviors, window by window. Until he witnesses something he shouldn’t…