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From the bestselling author ofThe Art Forger Lauren Freeman, a graduate student writing a book about American witch trials, touches the worn leather binding of The Chronicle of the Coven, sees a flash of knives, and hears a strange chorus of voices in her head. At first, Lauren is undeterred, but when her professor is killed, everything changes. After her son's kidnapping, multiple murder attempts, and a chase through labyrinthine subway tunnels, Lauren finally confronts the perpetrator of these horrific events and acknowledges that, even in the everyday, things are often not as they seem. See No Evil is a supernatural thriller about witchcraft, reincarnation, and murder in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Anna Miles has hidden from the world for months. But on a storm-lashed night, a stranger arrives at her door: a mute girl with the body of an old woman in her car. Who is the girl, and what is her strange connection to Anna? And from whom has Anna been hiding all this time?   Chief Inspector Robert Wilde assumes the task of investigating the elderly passenger’s death, a case which turns out to be the strangest and most disturbing of his career.   This edition is the first publication of this title outside the United Kingdom.

Hugh Scott is obsessed with his neighbor Eve Ridges to the extent of planning their wedding and their life together—without her knowledge. When she rejects him, Hugh exacts a terrible revenge on both Eve and her father.  An Intimate Obsession is the first of more than a dozen page-turners by Elizabeth McGregor.   This edition is the first publication of this title outside the United Kingdom.

Our History in New York covers a single year in the lives of narrator Chloe, her long-time lover, Helen, and their friends. From AIDS to the glory of Greenwich Village to romance and aging, the novel addresses time, art, mortality, and community at a century's end. The New York Times said of this nationally reviewed author: ';Abrams has a superb talent for the specific . . . She [has] her own style-a mixture of introspection, common sense, daydreaming and recollection-and controls it beautifully.' Sojourner called ';each chapter an exquisite short story.... Abrams paints... neighborhoods with the precision of the old Dutch Masters.'

A lyrical voice from the South weaves a searing psychological drama around a small town shocked by its first murder, hurtling a calm and complacent community into a harrowing realm of alienation and distrust. Essex, South Carolina, is a town where doors are never lockeduntil an elderly widow is murdered in her bed. Stoney McFarland and his wife Anna have returned to his hometown in hopes of rebuilding their connection. But Stoney's obsession with the murder investigation, his efforts to restore the town, threaten deeply buried secrets other townspeople are desperate to suppress. From eerie voodoo rituals in the mist-shrouded swamps, to the Old South matriarch who fears a dead woman, to the Civil Rights activist searching for the mother who abandoned her, the town is soon fractured by the twin perils of public danger and private exposure. The story reaches a devastating climax when it becomes clear what some people will do to protect the place they love. A lushly atmospheric novel that confronts complex ideas about bigotry, love, and modern society.

In the postWatts Rebellion 1970s, Chester L. Simmons takes up the study of martial artsHapkido and Tae Kwon Do. Author Odie Hawkins, using his special blend of wry humor, incisiveness, and sensitivity, takes alter ego Simmons through that experience, as well as a series of misadventures writing movie and television scripts for Hollyweird studios.

The deeply personal story of Odie Hawkins's journey, from ';the poorest of the poor' childhood in Chicago to Hollywood screenwriterand the people who deeply mattered. A tough, touching autobiography.

Chicago, the center of America's heartland, from its founding in the late 1700s by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a French-educated black man, to the modern day Gypsies who live on Maxwell Street. It's a city steeped in Black History. This is the story of a city where a unique African American history has grown, a center for the emergence of jazz, blues, dance, art, and the DuSable Museum of African American History.

Valonga Price takes a three-year sabbatical from the grime of owning her own company to try to discover her true self. Armed with questions that have been whirling around in her head, she travels to places like Brazil, San Salvador, Bahia, Nigeria, Cuba, and Japan.

Chester L. Simmons, nicknamed ';The Great Lawd Buddha' by his hip constituents because of his almond shaped eyes and his generous tummy, is one of those delightfully free spirits that life gives the world now and then. With his storytelling he sometimes fuses reality and creativity into a seamless possibility; or seamless possibilities. He has been known to bend the truth, if the truth was not creating the right kind of life-vibe for him.

An enchanting intro to a collection of unforgettable charactersElizabeth, ';Queen of the Projects'; the girl ';Billie' who sings like Lady Day; young Randolph who, to his family's embarrassment, grows a second head for a while; Dean Dale Jackson, talented writer, sculptor, auto mechanic, and dedicated to the underbelly of a bottle; the Vernon family upwardly mobile but required by a will to grow cotton in their suburban backyard; and Marlene and James, who find happiness in an unexpected way, in marriage.

In a flash, Valerie's world comes tumbling down. She and Peter were sharing their dreams. Now she and Peter share a problem... Except it turns out to be Val's problem. Peter says he loves her, but he has to get on with his life. Valerie wishes she could get on with her life. But she lives each day with the reality Peter wants to forgetand it is she who must make the impossible choices... when love has no answers.

Children are naturally musical, but many parents don't know when or how to begin their child's formal musical education. Whether you wish to encourage your child's musical growth, or would like to plan more advanced study, this book provides insight and guidance for parents of children from toddlers to teenagers. Beth Luey and Stella Saperstein walk you through the basics of finding the right instrument and instructor for your child, the ins and outs of music lessons, and successful ways to manage practice time. Along the way, they let you know what questions to ask and why. This is the place to find practical, friendly, and knowledgeable advice about marching band, orchestra, and recitalseven the possibility of a musical career. With a thorough list of resources and a glossary, this guide will help you encourage your child to channel that joyful ruckus into beautiful music.

An IRA/CBC Children's Choice Could master spy Gargoyle be back? And what would he want with an innocent fish? In a second story, Chicago shuts down and penguin detective Mr. Pin brings his chocolate expertise to the case.

';The rock hopper penguin chuckled softly to himself, turned away from the diner, and disappeared into the fog. A moment later the lights in Smiling Sally's Diner went out.' Could famous penguin detective Mr. Pin be involved in a crime? In another case, Cubs manager Walter Wavemin needs Mr. Pin's help. Chicago sees double in the two pun-filled mysteries.

';The Art of Dying speaks to modern readers with refreshing frankness and wit. It covers the subject thoroughly, from how to inform relatives of impending death, to coping with pain and fear, to death rituals, to preparing for a possible afterlife or, depending on one's viewpoint, the end of it all.' Publishers Weekly ';Along with our caring presence, this book may be the finest gift we can give someone facing the last stage of life.' Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People ';Dr. Weenolsen... doesn't duck the tough questions.' M. Brewster Smith, PhD, former president, American Psychological Association ';This book gives the same things a good support group doescompassionate sympathy and practical advice for people sharing pain. It will be a godsend.' Rebecca Brown, author of Gifts of the Body ';Begins with ';the day you receive the diagnosis' and the sudden realization that ';never again will you be as you were. Even if by some miracle you heal, it will be only temporary.' Weenolsen takes the panic and paralysis out of such news through wise, aggressive, no-holds-barred approaches.' Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle ';A book everyone can benefit from reading.' Nancy Pearl, author of More Book Lust ';Also for family and friends of dying persons, for professionals in the health-care fields, and for those who train them.' Hannelore Wass, PhD, founding editor, Death Studies

First published in 2001, Barren Lands is the classic true story of the men who soughtand founda great diamond mine on the last frontier of the far north. From a bloody 18th-century trek across the Canadian tundra to the daunting natural forces facing protagonists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson as they struggle against the mighty DeBeers cartel, this is the definitive account of one of the world's great mineral discoveries. Combining geology, science history, raw nature, and high intrigue, it is also a tale of supreme adventure, taking the reader into a magicaland now fast-vanishingwild landscape. Now in a newly revised and updated edition.

An acclaimed exploration of the ways in which success within our career culture can produce hidden emotional and value conflicts for men and women. Sheds new light on the path to success and personal fulfillment in today's workplace.

It is an astonishing discovery: a bloodstained burial shroud entombed in the crumbling walls of a historic French Monastery. Carbon dating concludes the fabric is from the time of Christ. A molecular biologist conducts a daring experiment: the cloning of genetic material recovered from the cloth. Now two menFather Laurent Carriere and scientist Josh Francisare plunged into the center of a worldwide religious and political power struggle. But even as Washington and the Vatican vie for control of the relic, members of a secret society take steps to reclaim the holy artifact they have sworn to protectby any means necessary. Selected by the Literary Guild(R) and the Doubleday Book Club(R).

When the young child of Monica and Forrest Maguire is diagnosed as being autistic, it plunges the mother into an agony of uncertainty and guilt, and threatens the fragile marriage of this middle-class couple.

Vera Caspary, the celebrated author of Laura, tells her own story in this captivating autobiography. With a career that spanned from the 1920s through 1970s, one that produced over twenty novels, in addition to her many credits for film and theater, Caspary centered her life around a passion for writing. From her early experiences at an advertisement agencywhere she developed a correspondence school and invented its ';famed' instructorto the struggles of being gray-listed in the McCarthy Era, Caspary constantly found a way to turn her creative needs into viable work. Caspary recalls the rest of a full life, too, including her flirtation with communism, travels across Europe, and a marriage. Caspary's skillful writing makes her incredible depictions of people, and the times in which they lived, jump off the page.

Dream in Pienza was originally published by the Timberline Press in a hand-set and hand-printed limited edition. The title poem, written in Rome, sings of the passion of unrequited love in another century. From birth through resurrection, we sweep our separate shores for sight of stars. Although the angels may have left us to our devices, we become the measure of what we believe. This is God's gift to each of us.

Real Stories is a writing and reading text that works. The method Toni Ortner discusses is classroom-tested and designed to meet the needs of multi-cultural high school students. It contains three sections: ';The Process of Writing' covers the basic building blocks of writing. ';Time Savers for Grammar and Punctuation' includes types of sentences, how to find and eliminate runs-ons, comma splices and fragments, comma use, nouns, capitalization, direct quotes, verb tenses, and irregular verbs, practice exercises, an answer key, and tests. ';The Reader' contains students' personal stories for analysis and discussion. Real Stories helps students use words to empower and enrich their lives.

The Great European War and the threat of revolution in Mexico cast suspicion and distrust over the tranquil plazas of the sleepy Texas town of San Antonio, and two women find their lives and destinies entangled in romance, intrigue, and espionage.