DescriptionAt first there was no reason to link the killings. The first one, months earlier, seemed totally random: a lump of concrete pushed off an overpass onto a passing car. By contrast, the gruesome bludgeoning death of Amber Marshalson, returning home late fro…
DescriptionThe award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspector Wexford novel. A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while. One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with a diligence and humanity that make Ruth Rendell's detective stories enthralling, exciting, and very touching.
DescriptionCuatro mujeres chilenas se reunen a orillas de un lago, donde aparecen las intensas y diversas historias personales de cada una. Todas ellas fueron marcadas de una u otra manera por la experiencia socialista de Allende y el golpe militar de 1973, pero tambien por el amor, el dolor, el desengano, y la compasion. Marcela Serrano involucra las historias de las protagonistas con las de otras mujeres, expondiendo asi los dilemas de la libertad y la sumision, la infidelidad y el matrimonio, el trabajo, y el sexo. Four Chilean women gather at the edges of a lake where the intense and diverse personal histories of each one appear. They were all marked by the socialist experience of Allende and the military coup of 1973. Marcela Serrano involves the histories of the protagonists with those of other women, exposing the dilemmas of the liberty, submission, infidelity, marriage, work, and sex.
DescriptionWas there really a Headless Horseman? This dramatic story will draw you into the life of Ichabod Crane as you ponder the question. The Washington Irving classic has been rewritten as an "edge of your seat" audio production with updated language for today's audience. A thrilling story any time of the year. Not intended for the faint of heart.
DescriptionWhy is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year, the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black, to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.
DescriptionThe Angel Experiment was just a test drive. Now, brace yourself for the maximum ride! James Patterson shifts high action into overdrive in this eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 New York Times best seller. Brave bird-kid Max and her flock fly south on a perilous quest to find their parents, after having rescued Angel and recovered secret documents about their origins. But just when they think they've finally escaped the hungry claws of evil Erasers, they're discovered by an FBI agent and forced to face perhaps an even worse nightmare: going to school. There's no such thing as an ordinary day when Max's "homework" includes decoding documents, deciphering when (and how) she's supposed to save the world, and learning to face what may be her greatest enemy: herself. A clone. Max II.
