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In this bicoastal and razor-sharp look at women in the workplace and the true meaning of success, earnest female journalist Jamie Roman squares off against Anna Bright, the enigmatic founder of a multibillion-dollar company who is committing fraud-and...

Welcome to the story of Stephen Kovacs, recently graduated from University and ready to start his life. Unfortunately, Stephen has some hangover traits from his days as a student, and working in a kindergarten sets conflicts with his partying and desire...

SynopsisThe Consul Duilius was entertaining Rome in triumph after his celebrated defeat of the Carthaginian fleet at Mylæ. He had won a great naval victory for his country with the first fleet that it had ever possessed—which was naturally a...

The Morning Dove is a madcap satire set in a small beach town. When an early morning small fire breaks out in a vacant theater, Mabel, the town gossip, starts a chain of events that has local, state, and federal governments in a state of panic. The fire...

It's not a novel. It's a Lifestyle.IN DUE TIME BEGINS OUTSIDE a Philadelphia courthouse when Ryan Coleman is kidnapped and delivered to a luxury yacht off the coast of Florida, where his billionaire mentor, Randy Hollis, has decided that Ryan will...

After completing my bachelor’s degree in disaster management, I knew everything was about to change. No longer was I going to be a waitress at the yacht club. I was going to be rich, independent, and successful. My mediocre life was about to end...

A new hunter has joined the Cartel, stalking Judit, her crew, and her ship.This time, they cannot just disappear into the back reaches of space. They must confront this predator head on. Step out of the shadows and onto the stage.No matter what it might...

Judit had thought her choices were lousy before.Now, she has forbidden aliens in control of the engines, a ship designed to break down regularly, and the Cartel hunting them through every system in known space.What's worse?She cannot trust the...

The crew decides to head home.Not to their homes. That would be too easy. No, the home planet of the aliens who make up the engines.Will the crew survive the encounter? Or will they become one massive glob of a hive mind? More importantly, will Judit...

For almost 20 years, Carlton Mellick III has been writing some of the strangest and most compelling novels the bizarro fiction genre has to offer. Described as one of the top 40 science-fiction writers under the age of 40 by The...

They call it Gloom Town, but that isn't its real name. It is a sad city, the saddest of cities, a place so utterly depressing that even their ales are brewed with the most sorrow-filled tears. They built it on the back of a colossal mountain-sized...

If they don't act fast, they'll never get out alive...Eight desperate castaways find themselves stranded on a mysterious deserted island. They are surrounded by poisonous blue plants and an ocean made of acid. Strange creatures lurk in the shadows. The...

The Holy League of Rudy is a strange, mixed bag ... California, the late 1970s: Tall and built like linguini, Bobby "Bones" Braziano is an affable, mellowing influence on his wise-cracking, socially low-end friends. Calling themselves the Holy League of...

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, creating the iconic concept, and incidentally creating modern science fiction.In 1935, Elsa Lanchester married the monster.And now, Daniel M. Kimmel updates the myth, and tells us the tale from the point of view...

A well-read old dear has an unhealthy interest in murder, in this sharp, witty, and refreshingly original cozy crime novel.Retired librarian and bookshop owner May Morrigan lives in the affluent village of Blackheath with Fletcher, her best friend since...

In the halls of Congress, on the streets, in the media, the war on fast food is on. Tofu may be topical, but bacon is eternal. Bacon and Egg Man, Ken Wheaton’s second novel, is a sly send-up of a politically correct food establishment, where...

Can we talk to the trees? Well over the years people have tried, One Singer sang to them but they didn't answer. A Prince talked to them and was thought to be barmy. Here a Human not only talks to trees and plants but also creatures who have a lot of...

It is 1917 and the sun never sets on the British Empire. Less than three miles from London lies a town that is not the recipient of British benevolence or the blessings of the royal sun. Living in the forgotten, disconnected, and rotten appendage of...

<p><strong><em>Orlando</em> is one of Virginia Woolf's most-celebrated works. A cornerstone in feminist literature, the novel explores the complexities of gender, identity, sexuality, and self-discovery...

This early work by Émile Gaboriau was originally published in the late 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Baron Trigault's Vengeance' is one of Gaboriau's novels of crime and mystery...

The Sanitary Squad are a team of government-funded grime fighters, fighting to keep the streets of Filtham City clean, both figuratively and literally.Grease is the word as a string of restaurants find themselves being burgled by the notorious married...

In a California devoid of authenticity, Cole Brooski loses his sanity after eating his 1,248th Ascos Taco. Once society gets word of his condition - known as the taco psychosis - excitement spreads across the land. And a justified excitement at that: for...

This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Lose with a Smile' is one of Lardner's many works of fiction. Ring Lardner was born in Niles, Michigan in 1885. He studied...

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Moon of Much Gladness Related by Kai Lung' is one of Bramah's works in the Kai Lung series. Ernest Bramah Smith was born...

Sumérgete en el fascinante mundo de "Crónicas de Moriarty", una recopilación de posts que te llevará a un viaje lleno de reflexiones, relatos y humor. En esta cautivadora obra, el misterioso autor nos invita a adentrarnos en su imaginación desbordante y...

My Perfect Life Except For The Crime And Terror is a work of 'slice of life' storytelling based largely on autobiographical content and tells the coming of age tale of its author Ron Goade. Growing up during World War 2 in Webb City, Missouri, he...

Attempting to conceal her "villainous" nature, a superpowered college student embarks on an unintentional road to infamy, in this sweet sequel.Emily Wright was prepared to spend her first year on campus under the radar and out of sight, propelled by the...

Doctor Nigel Fetherstonhaugh (pronounced Fanshaw) leaves the dreary museum he curates in London for the job of a lifetime, head of works on paper in one of the world's biggest, most prestigious museums: the Algur and Elizabeth Paddocks Museum of Art and...

Supermilk Inc. is a book representing what may become a new genre in fiction: animystic. A genre where our modern culture meets with a mystical perspective. It deals with ideas about responsibility and innovation in the technology young adults are so...

When Angus's grandmother passes away, she leaves her entire three-million-dollar inheritance to her three grandchildren, deliberately excluding her greedy sons. She asks her lawyer, the captivating Scarlett, to execute her will and safeguard the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Tarnasay Evermore is a professional borrower. A mysterious, long-time menace to authorities, he sees the world very differently. Despised by some, idolised by others – his penchant for borrowing, enjoying and then returning expensive,...

At last, the real story behind the financial crisis...The world's financial markets are in meltdown and everyone wants to know who is responsible. Some believe it started two weeks ago with the unfortunate demise of the CFO of Sheol Trading, the...

Bit#1: The Chip WhispererIt all started, as so many good stories do, on eBay. However, when retro tech collector Phil Grundy snatches a pristine Sinclair ZX81 from under the nose of a fellow enthusiast, he has no idea he has entered into more than just a...

Bury me in Valletta, a stand-alone sequel to Cairo Mon Amour, brings back Pierre Farag and his ex-movie star wife Zouzou Paris in another sizzling spy thriller.London, 1975. Student Emma Stonehouse is about to prove she's got the guts to be a...

Valmouth, a southern English coastal resort, has a generous supply of well-furnished and well-connected relics of society. Hare-Hatch House, inhabited by good friends Eulalia Hurstpierpoint and Elizabeth Thoroughfare, is one of the great centres of local...

Children are great in small doses, but having your own means lack of sleep, no time to yourself, mess, noise, expense… These are just some of the reasons why dogs are better than children. The rest of them are in this comic collection by...