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Paperback. Condizione: New. The Merino Rose. Ted Spencer has a hard enough time believing the celebrated violin really exists. To find it sitting on his coffee table is nothing short of incredible. The stuff of legend, the exquisite Guarnerius has been missing for centuries.But even though the renowned instrument is a violin lover's dream come true, it holds only heartache for Ted. The value of the Merino Rose may be beyond measure, but he has acquired it at too high a cost.Ted found his soul mate when he met Olivia de la Vega his senior year in high school. In the school's production of Camelot, Ted was cast as Lancelot, Olivia as Guenevere. They should have spent their lives together but strings got in the way family ties, career objectives, and the tangled web of fate.Will the Merino Rose bring the two star-crossed lovers together at last, or will their love always remain the melancholy sound of distant violins.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Merino Rose. Ted Spencer has a hard enough time believing the celebrated violin really exists. To find it sitting on his coffee table is nothing short of incredible. The stuff of legend, the exquisite Guarnerius has been missing for centuries.But even though the renowned instrument is a violin lover's dream come true, it holds only heartache for Ted. The value of the Merino Rose may be beyond measure, but he has acquired it at too high a cost.Ted found his soul mate when he met Olivia de la Vega his senior year in high school. In the school's production of Camelot, Ted was cast as Lancelot, Olivia as Guenevere. They should have spent their lives together but strings got in the way family ties, career objectives, and the tangled web of fate.Will the Merino Rose bring the two star-crossed lovers together at last, or will their love always remain the melancholy sound of distant violins.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart. It's junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot stop--adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-dangerous threat of the Team, the shadowy government agency determined to save the world from supernatural menaces. Even with the creepy Baltar Sterne acting as an advisor, our teenage heroes struggle with these tremendous pressures. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous threat yet, a creature of scales and wings that could threaten every life in town and beyond. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common objective when they no longer agree on precisely what those goals should be? And what happens when they realize they might be the villains in someone else's story.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A working girl is found dead in the desert. Can a calendar girl uncover the truth?It's Christmastime in Sin City, and aspiring journalist Copper Black is about to discover that murder doesn't take a holiday in this award-winning prequel to Getting Off on Frank Sinatra.When Copper meets Victoria McKimber, an outspoken prostitute working at one of Nevada's legal brothels, she lands the opportunity of a lifetime: an exclusive interview that could finally earn her a coveted byline at the Las Vegas Light. For a reporter stuck covering calendar events, it's the perfect chance to prove herself-and perhaps impress her long-distance boyfriend and visiting parents along the way.But Copper's holiday plans are already complicated. Between Christmas shopping, newsroom deadlines, and eagerly anticipating a week with her boyfriend, she's also helping her brother, a civic-minded pastor working to establish a new center for the homeless. Then shocking news shatters her carefully balanced world: Victoria McKimber has been found murdered in the desert.Determined to uncover the truth, Copper plunges into an investigation that exposes dangerous secrets and puts her squarely in the path of powerful enemies. As she struggles to balance family obligations, romance, and her journalistic ambitions, she discovers a sinister plot that threatens her brother's life.With time running out and a killer still at large, Copper must follow the clues wherever they lead. Because in Las Vegas, some secrets are worth killing to keep.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A scorching Las Vegas summer is about to get even hotter. Aspiring journalist Copper Black has just found out that her boyfriend is responsible for his not-quite-ex-wife's pregnancy. An unexpected house-sitting job at a notorious Las Vegas "party house" should provide not only a private swimming pool but also much-needed distraction. While researching a story about an exclusive private school, Copper accidentally discovers the dead body of the school's beloved founder. Now involved in a high-profile murder investigation, Copper turns to her brother, a civic-minded pastor who is overseeing the construction of a center for the homeless. A Paiute medicine man claims the site is a sacred burial ground, attracting hordes of protesters. As she tries to solve the murder, help her brother, advance her career, and sort out her love life, Copper stirs up a world of trouble. Her escapades as she evades a sociopath, a disturbed cowgirl, and a suspicious homicide detective make Megan Edwards' rousing debut Getting Off on Frank Sinatra a nonstop roller coaster of a read.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. One jump to save all timeLife is progressing normally for sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew when he accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066. He soon realizes that he's trapped there, and that's not his only astonishing discovery. Dan learns that he's descended from a long line of time jumpers-secret heroes who travel to the past and resolve glitches in the time stream that threaten to alter subsequent history. The only way Dan can return home is to set history back on its proper course in the Anglo-Saxon age. This is no easy task. A Viking horde is ravaging England in the north while a Norman army threatens to invade from the south. In between and desperately struggling to hold on to his throne is Harold Godwinson, the newly-crowned English king. Dan is fighting to ensure that events play out correctly when he finds himself plunged into an even more lethal conflict. To save history, Dan must battle a band of malevolent time jumpers whose lust for wealth and power threatens the entire future of the world.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Hunted by monsters. Wanted for questioning. Late for class.For four high-school friends in a small Arkansas town, surviving the daily torment of three relentless bullies is hard enough. But when they accidentally open a portal to another dimension, their problems become considerably more dangerous. Terrifying creatures from another world begin invading their town, and suddenly the bullies are the least of their worries.As the chaos spreads, the four teenagers discover they've acquired extraordinary-and mysterious-superpowers. Embracing the very name their tormentors once used to ridicule them, they become the Freaks.Now, with their families and friends in mortal danger, the Freaks must learn to control their newfound abilities, battle creatures that shouldn't exist, and stay one step ahead of a secret government task force that seems determined to capture them.Saving their town might be impossible. Surviving high school was already hard enough.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The enemy of my enemy is my sister.Career criminal Vic Doloro was never the kind of father who deserved a Father's Day card. His estranged daughter, Layla Shawn, certainly never sent one. Now thirty-two and struggling to make her way as an artist, Layla has spent much of her life trying to escape her father's shadow-and the unanswered questions surrounding her mother's mysterious death.When Vic dies, he leaves behind an unexpected temptation: a substantial inheritance of ill-gotten money. Encouraging Layla to claim it is Bette, Vic's other daughter, whose troubled history with Layla makes their reunion anything but simple.As the two women embark on a cross-country road trip, old resentments begin to give way to a fragile reconciliation. But the journey takes a dangerous turn when Layla becomes entangled in an unfinished-and potentially deadly-score between her father and a man who knows far more than he should about her mother's death.Determined to uncover the truth, Layla must confront the secrets of her family's past, the complicated bonds of sisterhood, and the demons she's spent a lifetime avoiding. With danger closing in and a killer standing between her and the answers she needs, she'll discover that some family legacies are impossible to escape.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Falling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits.Now high school sophomores, the self-styled "Freaks" are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force-fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired-is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Sterne shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town. Clever, inexorable, and far more lethal than the Freaks' first superhuman foe, this traveler from another world possesses powers that can only be described as godlike. The Freaks and their town will be tested in horrific ways they are powerless to predict or even imagine.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart. It's junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot stop--adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-dangerous threat of the Team, the shadowy government agency determined to save the world from supernatural menaces. Even with the creepy Baltar Sterne acting as an advisor, our teenage heroes struggle with these tremendous pressures. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous threat yet, a creature of scales and wings that could threaten every life in town and beyond. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common objective when they no longer agree on precisely what those goals should be? And what happens when they realize they might be the villains in someone else's story.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Never trust other people's memories, and watch out for your ownSean Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He saw the light leave her eyes. He held her dead body in his arms.  He knows he wept, but he cannot recollect a single other detail. Tormented by the tragedy, Sean relives the horror over and over again. As he struggles to recall what really happened, his imagination serves up an endless chain of scenarios. The truth, however, remains hidden in the vault of his memory, and the key is nowhere to be found.   Nearly two decades later, Sean, now remarried and a father of two, wins a bizarre contest hosted by his eccentric boss. The prize is the Memory Palace, astate-of-the-art black box that purportedly allows its possessor to relive every moment he has ever experienced, playing out all the memories on a screen.While the small machine at first appears to be the answer to the mystery surrounding the death of his wife, it instead upends Sean's life. He pushes his family further and further away as the Memory Palace forces him to confront harsh realities and difficult questions that he lacks the strength to face or answer. Spiraling downward, Sean encounters increasingly harrowing challenges that force him to realize that his memory is not the only thing at stake. To recover the truth about his past, Sean must fight for his very life.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A working girl is found dead in the desert. Can a calendar girl uncover the truth?In this award-winning prequel to GETTING OFF ON FRANK SINATRA, it's Christmastime in Sin City. Aspiring journalist Copper Black meets Victoria McKimber, an outspoken prostitute at one of Nevada's legal brothels. She's offered Copper the exclusive right to tell her story. Not only will the Las Vegas Light's "calendar girl" get a byline, but she can also impress her boyfriend and parents when they arrive for the holidays.Copper is busy with work, Christmas shopping, and fantasizing about a whole week with her long-distance boyfriend. She's also helping her brother, a civic-minded pastor who is spearheading plans for a new center to serve the homeless. Things are hectic but under control when shocking news breaks. Victoria McKimber has turned up dead.As she investigates the violent death, Copper evades enemies, juggles boyfriend, work, and family, and races against time to save her brother from a sinister plot. Unless she can expose the truth about Victoria McKimber, somebody just might get away with murder.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. It takes a guilty bastard to make a justified bitch.When a severed finger appears on her doorstep in a seedy Las Vegas neighborhood, Helen Taylor doesn't panic. After all, her life is already a little unconventional. Her house is crammed with decades of accumulated junk, her collection of cats keeps growing, and she regularly carries on conversations with Bobby, her long-dead husband. The unsettling part? Bobby talks back.But the finger is no figment of Helen's imagination. It points to a brutal murder, and before long, Helen finds herself a prime suspect-and behind bars. Desperate for help, the detective investigating the case summons Helen's sister, Pat, from Phoenix. Pat arrives with two teenage boys in tow, only to discover that her sister's troubles are far more disturbing than she imagined.When Helen disappears from a mental health facility and another gruesome murder comes to light, the mystery takes an even darker turn. As Pat, the boys, and the detective struggle to separate truth from delusion, they uncover secrets that challenge everything they thought they understood.In a world where the dead may speak and madness may conceal the truth, solving the murders will require more than ordinary detective work. Some mysteries demand an explanation that defies reason itself. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. A scorching Las Vegas summer is about to get even hotter. Aspiring journalist Copper Black has just found out that her boyfriend is responsible for his not-quite-ex-wife's pregnancy. An unexpected house-sitting job at a notorious Las Vegas "party house" should provide not only a private swimming pool but also much-needed distraction. While researching a story about an exclusive private school, Copper accidentally discovers the dead body of the school's beloved founder. Now involved in a high-profile murder investigation, Copper turns to her brother, a civic-minded pastor who is overseeing the construction of a center for the homeless. A Paiute medicine man claims the site is a sacred burial ground, attracting hordes of protesters. As she tries to solve the murder, help her brother, advance her career, and sort out her love life, Copper stirs up a world of trouble. Her escapades as she evades a sociopath, a disturbed cowgirl, and a suspicious homicide detective make Megan Edwards' rousing debut Getting Off on Frank Sinatra a nonstop roller coaster of a read.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. It takes a guilty bastard to make a justified bitch.When a severed finger shows up on her doorstep in a seedy section of Las Vegas, Helen Taylor does not freak out. She's already crazy, as evidenced by her junk-stuffed house and its ever-growing population of cats. There's also Bobby, her long-dead husband. Helen talks to him regularly, and Bobby talks back.The finger and the brutal murder it reveals are more than a hoarding cat lady with a phantom husband can ignore. Helen's a suspect, and she ends up in jail. Summoned by the detective on the case, Helen's sister Pat arrives from Phoenix with two teen-age boys in tow.While Helen is AWOL from a mental facility, another gruesome murder is discovered. Pat, the boys, and the detective struggle to separate fact from insanity, but it takes power beyond the ordinary to bring the truth to light. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Never trust other people's memories. And be careful of your own.Sean Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He watched the light fade from her eyes. He held her lifeless body in his arms. He remembers weeping.But everything else is gone.Haunted by the tragedy, Sean has spent years desperately trying to reconstruct the moments surrounding his wife's death. His imagination supplies an endless parade of possibilities, each more disturbing than the last. But the truth remains locked somewhere inside his mind, beyond his reach.Nearly twenty years later, Sean has rebuilt his life. Remarried and raising two children, he appears to have found a measure of peace. Then he wins an unusual contest organized by his eccentric boss. The prize is the Memory Palace, a mysterious, state-of-the-art device that promises to retrieve and display every moment its owner has ever experienced.For Sean, it's an irresistible opportunity. At last, he might discover what really happened the night his wife was murdered.But the Memory Palace offers more than answers. As Sean delves deeper into his past, long-buried revelations begin to unravel his present. His obsession drives a wedge between him and the family he loves, while the memories he uncovers force him to confront truths he may not be prepared to accept.With his life spiraling out of control and danger closing in, Sean must confront the terrifying possibility that some memories are buried for a reason. Finding the truth could destroy everything he has left.And remembering may be the most dangerous thing he ever does. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Hunted by monsters. Wanted for questioning. Late for class.Four high-school friends suffer daily humiliation at the hands of three bullies. When the friends accidentally open a portal to another dimension, they unintentionally allow terrifying, other-worldly creatures to invade their small Arkansas town. Discovering that they are now endowed with strangesuperpowers, the four teens dub themselves "Freaks," the very name their tormentors used to ridicule them. The Freaks must fight to save the lives of family and friends now in mortal peril and thwart a secret government task force that appears to be hunting them.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Falling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits.Being a teenager is complicated enough without superpowers-and the Freaks are about to discover just how much worse things can get.Back at school for their sophomore year in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas, the young superheroes are trying to navigate the familiar minefield of teenage life: cliques, cars, crushes, and the ever-changing rules of friendship. On the surface, everything seems almost normal. But appearances have never been more deceiving.A secret government task force knows about their extraordinary abilities and is determined to capture them. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Baltar Sterne offers ancient wisdom and a glimmer of hope, even as something far more terrifying begins to stir in the woods beyond town.Intelligent, relentless, and deadlier than any enemy the Freaks have encountered, a mysterious traveler from another world has arrived. Its powers border on the godlike, and its intentions remain terrifyingly unclear. As the threat grows, the Freaks must confront dangers beyond anything their abilities-or their imaginations-have prepared them to face.With their freedom at risk, their friendships under pressure, and their hometown in the path of an unimaginable menace, the Freaks are running out of time to discover what they're truly capable of.Because having superpowers doesn't mean you can save everyone.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The enemy of my enemy is my sister Career criminal Vic Doloro isn't the kind of guy you'd send a card to on Father's Day. Layla Shawn never has. She's spent most of her thirty-two years estranged from her father and haunted by the mysterious death of her mother.Then Vic dies, leaving Layla-an unemployed artist-a tempting inheritance of ill-gotten money. Urging her to take the money is Vic's other daughter, Bette, with whom Layla shares a troubled past. On a cross-country road trip, the two women mend fences, but Layla finds herself caught in the middle of an unsettled and lethal score between her father and a man who knows more than he should about her mother's death.As Layla zeroes in on the truth and wrestles with her own demons, she finds herself face to face with a killer.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Playing cops was just a game until the bullets were real.The gravy train hasn't stopped in the hollers of western Virginia for more than thirty years when Stony Shelor starts his junior year at Jubal Early High. Class divides and racism are still the hardened norms as the Eisenhower years draw to a close. Violence lies coiled under the calm surface, ready to strike at any time.On the high school front, the cool boys are taking their wardrobe and music cues from hip TV private dick Peter Gunn, and Dobie Gillis is teaching them how to hit on pretty girls. There's no help for Stony on the horizon, though. Mary Lou Martin is the girl of his dreams, and she hardly knows Stony exists. In addition, Stony can't seem to stay out of juvenile court and just may end up in reform school. A long, difficult year stretches out in front of him when a new boy arrives in town. Likeable bullshit artist Jack Newcomb dresses like Peter Gunn, uses moves like Dobie Gillis, and plays pretty good jazz clarinet.Jack draws Stony into his fantasy of being a private detective, and the two boys start hanging around the county sheriff's office. Accepted as sources of amusement and free labor, the aspiring gumshoes land their first case after the district attorney's house is burglarized. Later, the boys hatch an ingenious scheme to help the deputies raid an illegal speakeasy and brothel. All the intrigue feels like fun and games to Jack and Stony until a gunfight with a hillbilly boy almost gets them killed. The stakes rise even higher when the boys find themselves facing off against the Ku Klux Klan.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. One jump to save all time.Sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew is an ordinary teenager living an ordinary life-until he accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066. Stranded nearly a thousand years in the past, Dan makes an astonishing discovery: he's descended from a secret lineage of time jumpers, guardians of history who travel through the centuries to correct disruptions in the time stream before they alter the future.But getting home won't be easy. Dan must first restore history to its proper course, and he's landed in one of England's most turbulent years. A Viking army is ravaging the north, Norman forces are preparing to invade from the south, and newly crowned King Harold Godwinson is desperately struggling to defend his throne.Caught between invading armies and the political turmoil of Anglo-Saxon England, Dan must navigate a dangerous world where one wrong move could change history forever. And the greatest threat isn't necessarily the one advancing across the battlefield.A ruthless faction of time jumpers is manipulating the past for wealth and power, threatening to unravel the future itself. To stop them, Dan must confront enemies who know far more about time travel than he does-and discover whether an ordinary teenager has what it takes to become one of history's secret heroes.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Brit Speak for Yanks!Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." One would think, in a world homogenized by technology and social media, that differences between British English and American English would gradually disappear. Ask any recent traveler, though, and you'll learn that plenty of linguistic idiosyncrasies persist, and new ones emerge all the time. Folks on both sides of the pond may be in closer touch than ever before, but we are still, as George Bernard Shaw purportedly noted, "two nations divided by a common language." Blimey, I'm Knackered! is the perfect companion for anyone desiring to bridge the gap between US and UK English or who simply enjoys the evolution of language and culture. American scholar and longtime UK resident Marshall Hall has organized his insightful definitions and explanations of British idioms, colloquialisms, abbreviations, acronyms, and slang into nineteen entertaining and revealing chapters covering everything from transportation and food to politics, education, and wardrobe. Making the book truly comprehensive are sections on pejoratives and "naughty bits." Hall's often amusing explanations make the book an engaging read for language lovers and travelers alike. Charming pen-and-ink illustrations by Mark Cowie add whimsy and humor to this entertaining, useful, and unique compendium. No American need ever be befuddled again. Cowie, Mark (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: New. EVERY SECOND COUNTS IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE ALL TIMESeventeen-year-old Dan Renfrew never asked to be a time jumper. Saving history is a responsibility no teenager should have to shoulder. But when the ruthless Victor Stahl threatens to reshape the world to serve his own ambitions, Dan and his time-jumping partner, Sam, must once again venture into the past to stop him.Their journey takes them to the Celtic island of Anglesey in 60 CE, where ancient traditions, powerful druids, and dangerous secrets stand between them and the answers they desperately need. The islanders who offer them refuge seem to be hiding something, and even the druids who hold sway over Anglesey cannot be trusted.Meanwhile, two Roman legions are advancing toward the island, determined to destroy everything in their path. With an invasion looming and Victor's plans still unfolding, Dan and Sam must uncover the truth before history-and their own futures-are lost forever.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Every second counts in the fight to save all time. Dan Renfrew hates that he's a time jumper-seventeen-year-olds should not be stuck with the responsibility of saving history. But with no one else stepping up to stop Victor Stahl's plot to take over the world, Dan and his time-jumping partner Sam have no choice but to jump back into history again. They land on the Celtic island of Anglesey in 60 CE, hoping to find answers on how to stop Victor. Their task isn't easy. Everyone seems to be hiding something, from the druids who rule Anglesey to the Celts who take the time jumpers in. As two Roman legions-intent on wiping out everyone on the island-draw closer, time is running out for Dan and Sam.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. MISSION: SAVE THE WORLDDESTINATION: ANCIENT MONGOLIASeventeen-year-old Dan Renfrew has more to worry about than the usual challenges of teenage life. He's a time jumper, a member of a secret organization charged with repairing disruptions in history before they change the future. And when rogue time jumpers threaten to plunge the world into chaos, Dan and his partner, Sam, must travel centuries into the past to stop them.Their destination: Mongolia in the year 1179, a land of fierce warriors, shifting alliances, and deadly rivalries. There, they encounter a courageous young man determined to rescue his kidnapped wife. But what begins as a desperate personal quest soon becomes entangled with a far greater struggle-one that will shape the destiny of the Mongol Empire.As danger closes in and the consequences of failure become increasingly clear, Dan and Sam must navigate a treacherous world where every decision could alter the course of history. With ruthless enemies working to reshape the past for their own purposes, the two young time jumpers face a race against time to preserve the future of the entire world.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Brett Riley's COMANCHE is the best western-horror-thriller-ghost story-PI novel ever written."-Tod Goldberg, author of GangsterlandLike a cylinder in a six-shooter, what goes around, comes around.In 1887 near the tiny Texas town of Comanche, a posse finally ends the murderous career of The Piney Woods Kid in a hail of bullets. Still in the grip of blood-lust, the vigilantes hack the Kid's corpse to bits in the dead house behind the train depot. The people of Comanche rejoice. Justice has been done. A long bloody chapter in the town's history is over.The year is now 2016. Comanche police are stymied by a double murder at the train depot. Witnesses swear the killer was dressed like an old-time gunslinger. Rumors fly that it's the ghost of The Piney Woods Kid, back to wreak revenge on the descendants of the vigilantes who killed him.Help arrives in the form of a team of investigators from New Orleans. Shunned by the local community and haunted by their own pasts, they're nonetheless determined to unravel the mystery. They follow the evidence and soon find themselves in the crosshairs of the killer.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Brett Riley's COMANCHE is the best western-horror-thriller-ghost story-PI novel ever written." -Tod Goldberg, author of GangsterlandA chilling blend of Western horror, supernatural suspense, and detective fiction, in which a team of New Orleans investigators hunts a killer who may be the vengeful ghost of an outlaw gunned down more than a century earlier.In 1887, near the small Texas town of Comanche, a posse brings the murderous career of the Piney Woods Kid to a violent end in a hail of bullets. But death isn't enough for the bloodthirsty vigilantes. They drag the outlaw's body to the dead house behind the train depot and hack his corpse to pieces. The townspeople rejoice. Justice has been served, and a bloody chapter in Comanche's history appears to be closed.More than a century later, in 2016, a brutal double murder at the same train depot leaves local police baffled. Witnesses insist the killer was dressed like an Old West gunslinger. As fear spreads through the town, so do whispers that the Piney Woods Kid has returned from the grave to exact revenge on the descendants of those who killed him.When a team of investigators arrives from New Orleans, they encounter a community reluctant to reveal its secrets. Haunted by their own troubled pasts and increasingly isolated from the townspeople, the investigators follow a trail of evidence that leads deeper into Comanche's violent history. But as they close in on the truth, they discover that the killer may already have them in his sights.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. A humorous guide to British English for Americans-idioms, slang, abbreviations and rhyming slang-from an American scholar who has lived in the UK for more than three decades.Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." One would think, in a world homogenized by technology and social media, that differences between British English and American English would gradually disappear. Ask any recent traveler, though, and you'll learn that plenty of linguistic idiosyncrasies persist, and new ones emerge all the time. Folks on both sides of the pond may be in closer touch than ever before, but we are still, as George Bernard Shaw purportedly noted, "two nations divided by a common language."Blimey, I'm Knackered! is the perfect companion for anyone desiring to bridge the gap between US and UK English or who simply enjoys the evolution of language and culture. American scholar and longtime UK resident Marshall Hall has organized his insightful definitions and explanations of British idioms, colloquialisms, abbreviations, acronyms, and slang into nineteen entertaining and revealing chapters covering everything from transportation and food to politics, education, and wardrobe. Making the book truly comprehensive are sections on pejoratives and "naughty bits." Hall's often amusing explanations make the book an engaging read for language lovers and travelers alike. Charming pen-and-ink illustrations by Mark Cowie add whimsy and humor to this entertaining, useful, and unique compendium. No American need ever be befuddled again. Cowie, Mark (illustratore). …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Winner of the Ben Franklin Award for Best New Voice in FictionA coming-of-age novel set in small-town western Virginia in 1959, where two teenage boys playing detective find themselves up against moonshiners, a gunfight and the Ku Klux Klan.The gravy train hasn't stopped in the hollers of western Virginia for more than thirty years when Stony Shelor starts his junior year at Jubal Early High. Class divides and racism are still the hardened norms as the Eisenhower years draw to a close. Violence lies coiled under the calm surface, ready to strike at any time. On the high school front, the cool boys are taking their wardrobe and music cues from hip TV private dick Peter Gunn, and Dobie Gillis is teaching them how to hit on pretty girls. There's no help for Stony on the horizon, though. Mary Lou Martin is the girl of his dreams, and she hardly knows Stony exists. In addition, Stony can't seem to stay out of juvenile court and just may end up in reform school. A long, difficult year stretches out in front of him when a new boy arrives in town. Likeable bullshit artist Jack Newcomb dresses like Peter Gunn, uses moves like Dobie Gillis, and plays pretty good jazz clarinet. Jack draws Stony into his fantasy of being a private detective, and the two boys start hanging around the county sheriff's office. Accepted as sources of amusement and free labor, the aspiring gumshoes land their first case after the district attorney's house is burglarized. Later, the boys hatch an ingenious scheme to help the deputies raid an illegal speakeasy and brothel. All the intrigue feels like fun and games to Jack and Stony until a gunfight with a hillbilly boy almost gets them killed. The stakes rise even higher when the boys find themselves facing off against the Ku Klux Klan.…

Hardback. Condizione: New. Falling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits.Now high school sophomores, the self-styled "Freaks" are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force-fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired-is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Sterne shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town. Clever, inexorable, and far more lethal than the Freaks' first superhuman foe, this traveler from another world possesses powers that can only be described as godlike. The Freaks and their town will be tested in horrific ways they are powerless to predict or even imagine.…