DescriptionBuckle up and hit the road with these entertaining modern radio mystery dramas, none long or boring. Meet a couch potato forced at gunpoint to confront his obsession with television, a hen-pecked wimp who buys a Harley to spite his mother-in-law, and a thief who robs a casino only to find getaway impossible, and more. Each tale is larger than life, and yet you are there, hearing everything, and so it must be happening, right?
DescriptionKatie Bagshaw, Gary Coleman, and Matt Rudge all take to the stage of Studio 7 Leicester Square. Katie is perhaps Tyneside's funniest woman, while Gary Coleman is definitely funnier than any coalman you might meet. And as for Matt Rudge, what can we say about him? Erm, well, nothing really. Except he's funny.
DescriptionIt's an unusual case, but Fred Carver, a disabled Florida P.I., takes it anyway: a married woman pays him a $1, 000 retainer to follow her and her lover. Minutes later, a speeding truck strikes her down. It looks like suicide, but Carver smells murder. When the woman's husband kills himself and the lover disappears, Carver knows he's right. Soon he's groping in a maze of escort services and blackmail where death may be penance for the guilty. And a dangerous attraction he's drawn into may lead to his own demise.
DescriptionCertainly, all the writing in The New Yorker is memorable, and this collection is no exception. The authors include such best sellers as Malcolm Gladwell, Seymour Hersh, and Jonathan Franzen - and the subjects range from the lives of short-order co…
DescriptionShe's as magical as the desert sky. As strange as her pet rat. As mysterious as her own name. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock's heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different. And Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.
DescriptionBuddhist philosophy tells us that all personal unhappiness and interpersonal conflict lie in the "three poisons": craving, anger, and delusion. It also provides antidotes of astonishing psychological sophistication - which are now being confirmed by moder…
