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In THE BOOKS OF THE GODS, Part One, Fred Saberhagen put his own inventive spin on the classic tales of Greek mythology. THE BOOKS OF THE GODS, Part Two collects two more books in the series--thrilling adventures that revisit the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece and then turn northward to explore an entirely different pantheon--the fearsome deities of Valhalla.
Centuries ago, it seemed the gods had disappeared from the world. Now, suddenly, they're back--at large among mankind thanks to mysterious masks that merge with the mortals who try them on.
GOD OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. A man has come out of the sea, brain-damaged in a fight with a terrible giant. He remembers little other than his name--Proteus--and that he has been sent to join Jason and the Argonauts as they embark on the greatest journey the world has ever known. But Jason doesn't know that there's a god among the crew--something else Proteus has forgotten...
GODS OF FIRE AND THUNDER. After his adventures with Jason, Haraldur the Northman wants… Read More

As he faces down the perplexing issues of war in Iraq and immigration reform at home, it's fitting that Arizona senator McCain, a contender for the 2008 Republican presidential bid, would spend time reflecting on principled stands that either "win a hero's welcome or indefinite pain and suffering." McCain and co-author Salter follow the blueprint of their previous book, Why Courage Matters, to provide readers with a series of character-as-history profiles of the men and women who shaped seminal moments in 20th century political and cultural history, from the integration of professional baseball to the pardoning of Richard Nixon to the end of the Cold War, as well as seemingly trivial accomplishments like the invention of the disposable razor ("Sell the shave, not the razor"). Throughout, an insider's view provides keen insight on the caprices of history and more than a few echoes of current events, most importantly the interplay between personal experience and national destiny. Meticulously crafted,… Read More

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BY LAWRENCE SANDERSRELEASE DATE: JUNE 1, 1989
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Rasputin meets Ronald Reagan in Sanders' 20th novel, a barrel-scraping thriller about a religious healer who worms his way into Presidential good graces. It's hard to believe that this is the same Sanders who wrote The Anderson Tapes and The First Deadly Sin, cracklers that offered sharp suspense and tricky plotting where this serves up hammy melodrama and an ending you can spot almost from the first page. Sanders' overblown villain here is Brother Kristos, a southern faith healer visiting Camp David at the First Lady's behest; when the President's hemophiliac son begins to bleed, Kristos lays on hands and lo!—the flow stops. Kristos is a Rasputin clone, down to the burning eyes, wild beard, and lust for vodka and women (lots of drunken sex here), but that doesn't stop the grateful First Family from ushering him into Washington society—and the bighearted President from bending an ear to Kristos' advice… Read More

The tranquility of Joyce Lukezic's affluent Phoenix neighborhood was shattered by the violent deaths of two residents. Joyce, a young housewife, was arrested. Thus began a two-year nightmare for Joyce, who would see her calm world destroyed and buried beneath lies and deceit by her friends, her husband, and even the police and prosecutors who were supposed to protect her rights.

Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can't control him…and they can't control him. He is far too powerful.And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless―he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North.For when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.

On April 6, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Anentori's Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), led a violent battle against a vastly superior force at the remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq. In an already legendary conflict that will influence US Army doctrine for years to come, the Green Berets stopped an enemy unit that included battle tanks and more than 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers. Any normal American light infantry unit finding itself outnumbered over five to one and outgunned on the ground by such a heavily armored force would have turned and run for cover. But Green Berets don't like to run and Nine One Don't Run was Antenori's team's motto from the very beginning. In a spectacular fight, they battled Iraqi tanks and personnel until only a handful of Iraqi survivors finally fled the battlefield.In the process, Nine One encountered hordes of news media, and at the peak of the fight, a US… Read More

In the gripping fifth novel of what the Philadelphia Inquirer calls a "lean and literate" crime series, Jack Liffey—the rough-edged, compassionate private detective who garners even more enthusiastic reviews and fans with each new case—once again searches the volatile and dangerous ethnic communities buried in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles for another of the city's mysteriously lost. This time out, Liffey is looking for a prominent 1960s civil rights campaigner's adopted son, who has gone suspiciously missing in the wake of an unsettling run-in with a motorcycle gang at a local jazz club. The whole city is unsettled, in fact, by the choke-hold death of Abdullah-Ibrahim—a black Muslim and the Dodgers' new ace spitball pitcher—at the hands of the L.A. police. In the course of his investigation, Liffey runs afoul of skinheads, white supremacists, and black separatists. He also confronts his own latent racism before the city erupts into the full-fledged civil riot that could cost Liffey his life.

When Alicia Bower, the beautiful daughter of the world's wealthiest robotics industrialist, disappears, her boyfriend hires Investigator Jake Cardigan, who recently lost his own love, to find her. 35,000 first printing.

Fate throws a curveball at the San Francisco ex-husband-and-wife legal team of Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, when Mike picks up the phone and hears the voice of Leon Walker. This is not good news-because Walker was the one who ruined their marriage. Years ago, he and his brother participated in a stickup that left a man dead. Through a series of (some said) questionable maneuvers, Mike got the charges dropped, but he and Rosie fought about it all the time and it finally drove a wedge between them.Now, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist has been found dead in a dumpster on San Francisco's skid row. The new murder has been pinned on Walker, but he not only tells Mike he is innocent, he says he is a dying man and doesn't want to go to his grave proclaimed a murderer. Dogged investigation, courtroom nimbleness, and a healthy dose of luck usually have helped Mike before, but it looks like it'll take more than that to prevail this time, and his time is running out-both on his client and, just maybe, on… Read More

Manchester, 2002. The Commonwealth Games are coming to town and the city is alive with possibilities. Caught up in the commercial feeding frenzy is Tom Benwell, account manager at an advertising firm. The pressure is getting to Tom – too many deals to make and lies to tell, and the passion for his job is waning. Meanwhile his friend, DI Jon Spicer, is on the fast track, showing a commitment to the job that borders on obsession, or so his girlfriend Alice tells him.Then, in the aftermath of the Games, a series of brutal killings shatters the city's new found spirit. Jon Spicer gets the case. Each victim has been murdered in the same bizarre and grotesque manner, yet the lack of motive leaves the police utterly baffled.With the race on to catch the killer, both men find themselves caught up in a nightmare where the most innocent action can cost the highest price. In this nail-biting crime thriller, Chris Simms draws us into the shadows that lurk behind the city's shiny new exterior, then plunges us… Read More

Captive Planet #17 is a brand new trade paperback book by Morris Simon. It was published in 1984 by TS R, Incorporated and has 157 pages. The book is part of the Endless Quest series and is an exciting Dungeons & Dragons adventure that will captivate young adults, ages 9-12, and even adults who enjoy science fiction.
The book follows a general theme and is a great addition to any juvenile fiction collection. The book is written in English and is perfect for those who love science fiction and adventure. Get your hands on Captive Planet #17 and get ready for a thrilling journey through the world of Dungeons & Dragons.

It's the mid-19th century and the American whaling fleet, the wonder and envy of the maritime nations of the world, is struck by one hammer blow after another. Yankee whalers are contending with icebergs, storms, rogue whales, sharks, hostile natives, and disease. Now conditions are getting even worse, and the chances become ever slimmer a whaling master and his crew will return from a voyage safe and profitable. The scarcity of whales, the increasing dangers of going further into the Arctic, and the roving Confederate privateers are making this already difficult profession ever riskier. Many whalers give up the life--but some carry on the vocation.One such man is a tall captain from Wethersfield, Connecticut, Thomas William Williams. Not only does he go out on voyage after voyage, but he even takes on board with him his tiny wife, Eliza, and his infant son and daughter.The Lost Fleet 's thrilling narrative recounts Williams' remarkable career, including a daring escape from the Confederate cruiser… Read More

In Thailand, a bomb destroys a tourist spot while two North Korean terrorists casually walk away from the site to plan the next phase of their plot against the United States.In Washington, CIA analyst Hugh Rincon catches the chatter about something big being planned along the Pacific rim, and his best agent says its linked to the Thailand blast. Now Hugh is beginning to connect the dots between missing radioactive material, a SCUD missile sold on the black market, and a Russian ship sailing toward the Alaskan coast…but the Administration refuses to heed his warning.In the Bering Sea, Coast Guard cutter Sojourner Truth is on routine patrol. On board is Hugh's estranged wife, executive officer Sara Lange. Sara and her ship are Hugh's only hope for stopping the terrorists…if she's willing to believe her ex-husband's story and risk her own career--and her crew's lives--to hunt down a death ship….

When Perry Mason questioned Lucille Barton, she lied about her past, about her many marriages, about her gun, about her boyfriends. Then the murders began. And the cops turned up evidence that clearly pointed to one killer--Perry Mason! HC: William Morrow. Reissue.

This is how it began...It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence.But humanity is also locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. So the survival of Harvest's citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one stands above the rest...a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson.

A violent crime brings together four lives in Danielle Steel's sixtieth bestselling novel, the story of a mother's courage, a family's terror, and a triumph of human strength and dignity in the face of overwhelming odds.

Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs!The boys are ready for a fun day with the Wanna by the lagoon. But when a velociraptor steals their Fossil Finder, they find themselves chasing the speedy thief into unfamiliar--and dangerous--territory.

healer who encourages her to tap into her feminine intuition and to draw strength from her ancestors, those with broken hearts and battered bodies who have gone before her. The author realizes that if Lu had been alive during the Inquisition, she probably would have been executed as a witch for her herbal remedies.
One of the hardest lessons for Swander to learn is detachment: "Detachment was alluring but scary. It's hard to give up the very things you think will offer you stability. At the same time, through reading the works of St. Teresa, I saw that detachment was the only route to serenity, a deepening of spirituality, and a union with the Divine." Through her experiences in New Mexico, Swander reclaims her faith and finds a mooring that had been absent during her life in Iowa. Meditation, prayer, and the unstinting wisdom and support of Father Sergei and Lu provide just the right healing milieu. Eventually, she is able to cast aside her cane and walk on her own power. This memoir of healing is… Read More

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.