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The celebrated author of the bestselling A Yellow Raft in Blue Water dazzles readers once again with his newest work of fiction, a collection of 14 beautifully crafted short stories, each one about a working man. 50,000 sold in hardcover. "First rate collection".--Publishers Weekly.

When Frank, an Irish dwarf, writes a personal memoir, he moves from dark isolation into the public eye. This luminous journey is marked by memories of his lonely childhood, secrets of his doomed young mother, and his passion for a woman who is as unreachable as the stars.

After Rachel Yoder's husband is murdered by outlaws in an act of outrageous greed, she must raise her 10-year-old son alone on the Montana Plains. One day, a handsome stranger dying from a gunshot wound walks into her ranch. With simple kindness, she treats his injury and nurses him back to health. Soon Rachel finds herself drawn to this mysterious outsider with a violent past--and must put her future on the line for a last chance at happiness.

Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn", this book is thestory of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin isthe first "construct"--part man/part alien.

In the heart of Los Angeles, the "smart" building nicknamed "the Grid" can talk to its occupants, forecast the weather, and tell if any inhabitant has been taking drugs. On the eve of its opening, the key players gather to put the finishing touches on their masterpiece of architecture and computer science. Then something goes terribly wrong, and people begin to die. Now the creators must stop their creation--before it kills them all, one by one.

Stranded on a distant planet that abounds with fertile farmland, human colonists appear to be in paradise. But all the native animals communicate by telepathy, projecting images that drive humans mad. Only Nighthorses stand between civilization and madness. When a flare of human emotion spreads to all the horses, chaos erupts.

When Gus Keene, one of the best interrogation artists or "confessors" the British Secret Intelligence Service has ever known, is blown to bits in a car explosion, the service calls his friend and former associate "Big Herbie" Kruger out of retirement to investigate. As Kruger delves into his friend's past and the black arts of a "confessor", he discovers a strange fact--the victim was not only a master at uncovering the truth, but of concealing it as well.

Their families hate each other, but Lorenzo de Medici and Ginevra de Pazzi are irrevocably drawn together in a struggle to preserve the honor and glory of 15th-century Florence. That struggle will take them to the innermost sanctums of artists and philosophers and will also lead them to broken alliances, dangerous intrigues, even to the brink of war.

On the merchanter ship Aprite, Thomas Bowe Hawkins is an outcast, a reminder of the long-ago rape of his mother by the captain of a rival ship. For years, his mother Marie has planned revenge against his father. As Thomas tries to stop her, he discovers his half-brother, and finds himself in a deadly confrontation with a dangerous man--his father.

In these 25 specially commissioned stories from some of the greatest names in contemporary fiction, creatures of the night hunt society's forgotten children, spirits roam the physical sphere and the angel of death claims yet another soul. Authurs include Neil Gaiman, Charles Grant, Yvonne Navarro, Bill Pronzini, among others.

The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner, arrangements are made to exchange him for Elis, a young Welshman. But when the sheriff is brought to the abbey, he is murdered. Suspicion falls on Elis, who has fallen in love with the sheriff's daughter. With nothing but his Welsh honor to protect him, Elis appeals to Brother Cadfael for help. And Brother Cadfael gives it, not knowing that the truth will be a trial for his own soul.

When the corpse of an ex-con from New York is found in the icy waters of Blackwater Bay, Michigan, Sheriff Matt Gabriel is afraid that a media circus will descend upon the normally quiet streets of his town. But when the cause of death turns out to be a bullet to the head, Matt begins to envision dangers more menacing than a pack of questioning journalists.

In the autumn of 1140 the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a bit disturbing. The younger son of a prominent family, Meriet is meek and biddable by day, but his sleep is rife with nightmares so violent that they earn him the name of "Devil's Novice". Shunned by the other monks, Aspley attracts the concern of Brother Cadfael. Then a body appears, that of a young priest last seen at the Aspley estate. Can Meriet be involved in the death? As events take a sinister turn, it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth.

While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows--until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left 30 of Maud's knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfael's secret son, Olivier. Conceived in Cadfael's soldiering youth and unaware of his father's identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed.

With the summer tourists gone, the locals are ready for the Howl, the yearly Halloween festival. Events turn ugly when Sheriff Matt Gabriel's friend is crushed beneath the wheel of his vintage Corvette and dies with an unfinished--and baffling--confession on his lips. The words send Matt down a dark path to a tragic Halloween night long ago.

When Hannah is raped during the course of a burglary, no one could have predicted her model family would disintegrate. Then the rapist is released from prison after a ridiculously short sentence and Hannah's father plans a shocking revenge--one that will lead him down the back alleys of his own psyche and strip away all his controls.

Murder takes on a variety of guises in this collection of sinister stories. Whether it involves a henpecked husband who needs a mountain holiday, a widow with horrific plans for her neighbors or a little old lady who is an accomplished assassin, each dark work is subtly and masterfully crafted by an outstanding author of the genre.

Hot-tempered curator Elena Oliverez threatens to kill her boss, Frank DePalma, when he orders her to put a particularly hideous piece of sculpture--donated by a wealthy patron of the new Museum of Mexican Arts--on display for the museum opening. So when someone kills Frank with the sculpture, Elena must conduct her own investigation to clear her name--or die trying.

Under the terms of eccentric Uncle Harold's will, Jane da Silva can only access her trust fund if she investigates "hopeless cases" for the Bureau for Righting Wrongs. Low on cash and waiting for a hopeless case, Jane is singing the blues in a Seattle hotel lounge during a seafood convention. When a young woman is shot to death, Jane agrees to help the woman's family find the murderer.

It starts with designer diapers. It extends to extravagant birthday parties, leads to boorish behavior and plummeting grades. What is the problem here? It's what we are doing to our children by not having the smarts to set boundaries, impose rules, and give them the firm, unwavering guidance they really need.Finally, someone has written a book to help beleaguered parents take back their homes and their children. With specific tactics, unforgettable one-liners, and dead-on-target advice, Fred Gosman shows you how to: quit your job as your child's servantinstitute discipline and appropriate punishments for your misbehaving childrendeal with tantrums and threats from your childreneliminate the excesses and bad influences that make our children think life is a beachput a lid on the TV help your child do better in school.

Joyce L. Vedral shows you how to draw on your inner strength, common sense, and special talents to make daring, life-enhancing decisions about men, love, and marriage.

Based on intensive study and thousands of case histories, this remarkable guide opens up the world of dreams by showing readers how to remember and interpret dreams, establish a dream group, learn the universal symbolism of dreaming, and change their lives using their dreams.

In the bestselling tradition of How to Be Your Own Best Friend, here is a small press inspirational bestseller brimming with simple wisdom on how to be good to yourself. Line drawings.

Now, for the first time, a prominent psychologist speaks out against the addiction/recovery movement, and teaches readers how to stop seeing themselves as codependent victims and how to start taking charge of their lives. Dr. Katz argues that most codependent programs, rather than promoting recovery, merely promote dependence under the guise of self-help.