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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket

February 17, 2012 – 2:01 am

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket

An inspired collection of short stories by an all-star cast of best-selling storytellers based on the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

For more than twenty-five years, the illustrations in the extraordinary Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg have intrigued and entertained readers of all ages. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with these enigmatic pictures. Now we’ve asked some of our very best storytellers to spin the tales. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdick to gather this incredible compendium of stories: mysterious, funny, creepy, poignant, these are tales you won’t soon forget.

This inspired collection of short stories features many remarkable, best-selling authors in the worlds of both adult and children’s literature: Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Kate DiCamillo, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka, Lemony Snicket, and Chris Van Allsburg himself.

Van Allsburg’s Harris Burdick illustrations have evoked such wonderment and imagination since Harris Burdick’s original publication in 1984; many have speculated or have woven their own stories to go with his images. More than ever, the illustrations send off their eerie call for text and continue to compel and pick at the reader’s brain for a backstory—a threaded tale behind the image. In this book, we’ve collected some of the best storytellers to spin them.

Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2011: Sublimely curious, strangely serious, terrifyingly hilarious–the 14 new short stories by authors Stephen King, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers and other bestselling storytellers in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Chronicles of Harris Burdick are a perfect match for the unexplained drawings that inspired them: the beloved, eerie black and white images, accompanied only by a title and caption, in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, originally published by Allsburg in 1984. What could have been a basic writing exercise in the hands of these professionals unfolds as thoughtful, intriguing tales only masters could tell. With an introduction by Lemony Snicket, the stories close the loop on the mysterious drawings, but if they aren’t up to readers’ satisfaction, it can merely serve as another reason to gaze upon Allsburg’s layered pictures once again, 27 years later. –Alexandra Foster

An inspired collection of short stories by an all-star cast of best-selling storytellers based on the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

For more than twenty-five years, the illustrations in the extraordinary Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg have intrigued and entertained readers of all ages. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with these enigmatic pictures. Now we’ve asked some of our very best storytellers to spin the tales. Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdick to gather this incredible compendium of stories: mysterious, funny, creepy, poignant, these are tales you won’t soon forget.

This inspired collection of short stories features many remarkable, best-selling authors in the worlds of both adult and children’s literature: Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Kate DiCamillo, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka, Lemony Snicket, and Chris Van Allsburg himself.

Van Allsburg’s Harris Burdick illustrations have evoked such wonderment and imagination since Harris Burdick’s original publication in 1984; many have speculated or have woven their own stories to go with his images. More than ever, the illustrations send off their eerie call for text and continue to compel and pick at the reader’s brain for a backstory—a threaded tale behind the image. In this book, we’ve collected some of the best storytellers to spin them.

Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2011: Sublimely curious, strangely serious, terrifyingly hilarious–the 14 new short stories by authors Stephen King, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers and other bestselling storytellers in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Chronicles of Harris Burdick are a perfect match for the unexplained drawings that inspired them: the beloved, eerie black and white images, accompanied only by a title and caption, in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, originally published by Allsburg in 1984. What could have been a basic writing exercise in the hands of these professionals unfolds as thoughtful, intriguing tales only masters could tell. With an introduction by Lemony Snicket, the stories close the loop on the mysterious drawings, but if they aren’t up to readers’ satisfaction, it can merely serve as another reason to gaze upon Allsburg’s layered pictures once again, 27 years later. –Alexandra Foster

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
Price: $ 15.71 See update price on Amazon.com

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Alliance of Evil (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 5)

February 17, 2012 – 12:38 am

Alliance of Evil (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 5)

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Navy SEALs finally brought a fitting end to Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror.

Now, in retaliation for Bin Laden’s death, sleeper cells are going live and attacking American citizens on their own soil. With more attacks likely, one has to ask, how did the terrorists get here? And how can they operate so effortlessly behind the scenes?

The answer is simple. They teamed up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel that smuggled them over the border – after they had been educated in the Mexican culture and learned to speak fluent Spanish – making it easier for them to blend in with the more than 37 million Latinos in America.

After ascertaining that the leader of these terrorist cells is based in Mexico, M.H. Sargent’s MP-5 CIA team races to cut off the head of these terrorist cells before they can attack the U.S. again. But this posting will challenge them like no other, as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs between two rival and vicious Mexican cartels.

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Navy SEALs finally brought a fitting end to Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror.

Now, in retaliation for Bin Laden’s death, sleeper cells are going live and attacking American citizens on their own soil. With more attacks likely, one has to ask, how did the terrorists get here? And how can they operate so effortlessly behind the scenes?

The answer is simple. They teamed up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel that smuggled them over the border – after they had been educated in the Mexican culture and learned to speak fluent Spanish – making it easier for them to blend in with the more than 37 million Latinos in America.

After ascertaining that the leader of these terrorist cells is based in Mexico, M.H. Sargent’s MP-5 CIA team races to cut off the head of these terrorist cells before they can attack the U.S. again. But this posting will challenge them like no other, as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs between two rival and vicious Mexican cartels.

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Navy SEALs finally brought a fitting end to Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror.

Now, in retaliation for Bin Laden’s death, sleeper cells are going live and attacking American citizens on their own soil. With more attacks likely, one has to ask, how did the terrorists get here? And how can they operate so effortlessly behind the scenes?

The answer is simple. They teamed up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel that smuggled them over the border – after they had been educated in the Mexican culture and learned to speak fluent Spanish – making it easier for them to blend in with the more than 37 million Latinos in America.

After ascertaining that the leader of these terrorist cells is based in Mexico, M.H. Sargent’s MP-5 CIA team races to cut off the head of these terrorist cells before they can attack the U.S. again. But this posting will challenge them like no other, as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs between two rival and vicious Mexican cartels.

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Navy SEALs finally brought a fitting end to Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror.

Now, in retaliation for Bin Laden’s death, sleeper cells are going live and attacking American citizens on their own soil. With more attacks likely, one has to ask, how did the terrorists get here? And how can they operate so effortlessly behind the scenes?

The answer is simple. They teamed up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel that smuggled them over the border – after they had been educated in the Mexican culture and learned to speak fluent Spanish – making it easier for them to blend in with the more than 37 million Latinos in America.

After ascertaining that the leader of these terrorist cells is based in Mexico, M.H. Sargent’s MP-5 CIA team races to cut off the head of these terrorist cells before they can attack the U.S. again. But this posting will challenge them like no other, as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs between two rival and vicious Mexican cartels.

Alliance of Evil (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 5)

Alliance of Evil (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 5)
Alliance of Evil (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 5)
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Lethal Legacy

February 16, 2012 – 11:38 pm

Lethal Legacy

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors who may be willing to kill for their treasures.

Copy and paste the URL below into your browser to download a free pdf of Linda Fairstein’s new novel, Hell Gate, available in hardcover March 2010:
http://knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/Hell_Gate_Chapter_1.pdfBook Description
In Linda Fairstein’s outstanding new novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures—and deadly secrets.

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors.

Eventually Alex connects their internal family rivalries to a priceless edition of Alice in Wonderland, which also contains the world’s oldest map. Would one of the well-bred Hunts be willing to kill for the treasures? The search for the answer takes Alex and her team on a breathtaking chase from Manhattan’s grandest apartments to the secret tunnels and chambers of the New York Public Library, and finally to a nineteenth-century underground vault. There, in the pitch-black darkness, Alex comes face-to-face with the killer who values money more than life.

Featuring a cast of elite, erudite, and downright eccentric characters, and a complex trail of clues that will have you guessing until the final pages, Lethal Legacy is Linda Fairstein’s most beguiling thriller yet.


Amazon Exclusive: Harlan Coben Reviews Lethal Legacy

Harlan Coben, author of the bestselling Myron Bolitar series, reviews Lethal Legacy for Amazon:

Okay, there are two kinds of people reading this review: those who have already read Linda Fairstein and her terrific series featuring sex crime unit ADA Alexandra Cooper and her sidekick, NYPD Detective Mike Chapman, a man so real to me I once had him help out one of my own fictional characters. And those of you who, uh, haven’t.

For those who have, let’s make this quick. Lethal Legacy is great. No worries. It is filled with what you already love about her books–the characters, the plot twists, the suspense, the heightened realism that only someone who has truly walked the walked (for those living in a cave, Linda Fairstein was the ADA who helped create the sex crimes unit in Manhattan) can provide.

On top of that, Fairstein had done some wonderful research on the New York Public Library. She weaves the lore of this legendary edifice into a nifty mystery that starts off as a harrowing missing-person-homicide case–but blossoms into something far deeper. I think I dug the parts involving the NYPL most of all.

In short, stop wasting your time reading this and dive in. You already know what to expect.

To those who haven’t read Fairstein and thus haven’t yet “chilled” with Cooper and Chapman, well, what’s the deal? Lethal Legacy is a great place to start–my personal favorite in this New York Times bestselling series. Don’t you love finding a new author with a big backlist? Me too.

So here’s what you do. See that yellow box up in the right-hand corner? Click it now and see what the fuss is all about. You’ll thank me later.

(Photo Credit Beatrice LeGrand)
When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors who may be willing to kill for their treasures.

Copy and paste the URL below into your browser to download a free pdf of Linda Fairstein’s new novel, Hell Gate, available in hardcover March 2010:
http://knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/Hell_Gate_Chapter_1.pdfBook Description
In Linda Fairstein’s outstanding new novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures—and deadly secrets.

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors.

Eventually Alex connects their internal family rivalries to a priceless edition of Alice in Wonderland, which also contains the world’s oldest map. Would one of the well-bred Hunts be willing to kill for the treasures? The search for the answer takes Alex and her team on a breathtaking chase from Manhattan’s grandest apartments to the secret tunnels and chambers of the New York Public Library, and finally to a nineteenth-century underground vault. There, in the pitch-black darkness, Alex comes face-to-face with the killer who values money more than life.

Featuring a cast of elite, erudite, and downright eccentric characters, and a complex trail of clues that will have you guessing until the final pages, Lethal Legacy is Linda Fairstein’s most beguiling thriller yet.


Amazon Exclusive: Harlan Coben Reviews Lethal Legacy

Harlan Coben, author of the bestselling Myron Bolitar series, reviews Lethal Legacy for Amazon:

Okay, there are two kinds of people reading this review: those who have already read Linda Fairstein and her terrific series featuring sex crime unit ADA Alexandra Cooper and her sidekick, NYPD Detective Mike Chapman, a man so real to me I once had him help out one of my own fictional characters. And those of you who, uh, haven’t.

For those who have, let’s make this quick. Lethal Legacy is great. No worries. It is filled with what you already love about her books–the characters, the plot twists, the suspense, the heightened realism that only someone who has truly walked the walked (for those living in a cave, Linda Fairstein was the ADA who helped create the sex crimes unit in Manhattan) can provide.

On top of that, Fairstein had done some wonderful research on the New York Public Library. She weaves the lore of this legendary edifice into a nifty mystery that starts off as a harrowing missing-person-homicide case–but blossoms into something far deeper. I think I dug the parts involving the NYPL most of all.

In short, stop wasting your time reading this and dive in. You already know what to expect.

To those who haven’t read Fairstein and thus haven’t yet “chilled” with Cooper and Chapman, well, what’s the deal? Lethal Legacy is a great place to start–my personal favorite in this New York Times bestselling series. Don’t you love finding a new author with a big backlist? Me too.

So here’s what you do. See that yellow box up in the right-hand corner? Click it now and see what the fuss is all about. You’ll thank me later.

(Photo Credit Beatrice LeGrand)

Lethal Legacy

Lethal Legacy
Lethal Legacy
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The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

February 16, 2012 – 10:38 pm

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

Now in paperback, this breakthrough book on the new psychological science of time by one of the most influential living psychologists—the New York Times bestselling author of The Lucifer Effect—and his research partner launched on the front page of USA TODAY “Lifestyle” with a Time Survey and on CBS Morning Show.

This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and world, yet you seldom recognize it. Our goal is to help you reclaim yesterday, enjoy today, and master tomorrow with new ways of seeing and working with your past, present, and future.

Just as Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences permanently altered our understanding of intelligence and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink gave us an appreciation for the adaptive unconscious, Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd’s new book changes the way we think about and experience time. It will give you new insights into how family conflicts can be resolved by ways to enhance your sexuality and sensuality, and mindsets for becoming more successful in business and happier in your life. Based on the latest psychological research, The Time Paradox is both a “big think” guide for living in the twenty-first century and one of those rare self-help books that really does have the power to improve lives.

Now in paperback, this breakthrough book on the new psychological science of time by one of the most influential living psychologists—the New York Times bestselling author of The Lucifer Effect—and his research partner launched on the front page of USA TODAY “Lifestyle” with a Time Survey and on CBS Morning Show.

This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and world, yet you seldom recognize it. Our goal is to help you reclaim yesterday, enjoy today, and master tomorrow with new ways of seeing and working with your past, present, and future.

Just as Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences permanently altered our understanding of intelligence and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink gave us an appreciation for the adaptive unconscious, Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd’s new book changes the way we think about and experience time. It will give you new insights into how family conflicts can be resolved by ways to enhance your sexuality and sensuality, and mindsets for becoming more successful in business and happier in your life. Based on the latest psychological research, The Time Paradox is both a “big think” guide for living in the twenty-first century and one of those rare self-help books that really does have the power to improve lives.

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
Price: $ 3.98 See update price on Amazon.com

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Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life

February 16, 2012 – 9:38 pm

Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life

A proven process for changing the way you behave–used by a renowned executive coach for more than 25 years

Are you able, ready, and willing to permanently change your behavior?

Permanently replacing deeply ingrained behaviors with new ones is one of the hardest challenges to overcome. But in Coach Yourself to Win, master executive coach Howard Guttman combines his own expert insight and deep extensive coaching experience to create a step-by-step process that you can follow to change the behaviors that have been holding you back from what you truly want.

Unlike many self-help books offering advice on how to improve either your career or your personal life, Coach Yourself to Win bridges the two worlds in order to help you improve your performance–whether you’re earning your living or living your life.

Coach Yourself to Win is written for the vast number of people who seek to create a new future for themselves. To help you achieve breakthrough performance on the job and in your life, you will learn to master a practical, tested self-coaching process that will enable you to:

  • Clarify, set, and stay committed to realistic intentions
  • Zero in on what holds you back
  • Find the support you’ve been lacking
  • Develop a path for change
  • Evaluate yourself along the way
  • Make necessary corrections to your plan
  • Realize your intention to achieve a “new you”

Coach Yourself to Win provides an easy-to-follow seven-step plan that will generate lasting, positive change in your professional and personal life. To help you implement the plan, Guttman provides a dedicated Web site–www.coachyourselftowin.com–where you will find all the supporting materials you will need as you go through the process, because you are the key to the happy ending you desire.

A proven process for changing the way you behave–used by a renowned executive coach for more than 25 years

Are you able, ready, and willing to permanently change your behavior?

Permanently replacing deeply ingrained behaviors with new ones is one of the hardest challenges to overcome. But in Coach Yourself to Win, master executive coach Howard Guttman combines his own expert insight and deep extensive coaching experience to create a step-by-step process that you can follow to change the behaviors that have been holding you back from what you truly want.

Unlike many self-help books offering advice on how to improve either your career or your personal life, Coach Yourself to Win bridges the two worlds in order to help you improve your performance–whether you’re earning your living or living your life.

Coach Yourself to Win is written for the vast number of people who seek to create a new future for themselves. To help you achieve breakthrough performance on the job and in your life, you will learn to master a practical, tested self-coaching process that will enable you to:

  • Clarify, set, and stay committed to realistic intentions
  • Zero in on what holds you back
  • Find the support you’ve been lacking
  • Develop a path for change
  • Evaluate yourself along the way
  • Make necessary corrections to your plan
  • Realize your intention to achieve a “new you”

Coach Yourself to Win provides an easy-to-follow seven-step plan that will generate lasting, positive change in your professional and personal life. To help you implement the plan, Guttman provides a dedicated Web site–www.coachyourselftowin.com–where you will find all the supporting materials you will need as you go through the process, because you are the key to the happy ending you desire.

Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life

Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life
Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life
Price: $ 15.83 See update price on Amazon.com

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Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation Into 9/11

February 16, 2012 – 8:38 pm

Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation Into 9/11

In one volume, Mounting Evidence provides the most important evidence accumulated over many years that calls into question the government’s account of 9/11. Any citizen of conscience reading it will demand a new investigation. -Mike Gravel, United States Senate, 1969-1981 There’s little doubt the tragic attacks on 9/11 soon became the defining events of our time, shaping much of what has followed. But even now, over a decade later, how well does the public actually understand them? Other researchers have written about key facets of 9/11-the fall of World Trade Center buildings, the air-defense failures, the backgrounds of the hijackers, or the role of the Saudi funders. This impressively researched volume, however, is the first comprehensive treatment of the many different angles. It connects the dots to reveal disturbing patterns. Years after many of us thought the Crime of the Century was solved, “case closed” additional evidence demands a closer look. These findings, which Dr. Rea presents in a lively, accessible way, call out for a new investigation. In Mounting Evidence, Dr. Rea shows how, by understanding the shattering events of that dark day, Americans can end seemingly endless wars, take back personal liberties they’ve lost, and restore their democracy.
In one volume, Mounting Evidence provides the most important evidence accumulated over many years that calls into question the government’s account of 9/11. Any citizen of conscience reading it will demand a new investigation. -Mike Gravel, United States Senate, 1969-1981 There’s little doubt the tragic attacks on 9/11 soon became the defining events of our time, shaping much of what has followed. But even now, over a decade later, how well does the public actually understand them? Other researchers have written about key facets of 9/11-the fall of World Trade Center buildings, the air-defense failures, the backgrounds of the hijackers, or the role of the Saudi funders. This impressively researched volume, however, is the first comprehensive treatment of the many different angles. It connects the dots to reveal disturbing patterns. Years after many of us thought the Crime of the Century was solved, “case closed” additional evidence demands a closer look. These findings, which Dr. Rea presents in a lively, accessible way, call out for a new investigation. In Mounting Evidence, Dr. Rea shows how, by understanding the shattering events of that dark day, Americans can end seemingly endless wars, take back personal liberties they’ve lost, and restore their democracy.

Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation Into 9/11

Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation Into 9/11
Mounting Evidence: Why We Need A New Investigation Into 9/11
Price: $ 21.61 See update price on Amazon.com

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The Thirteenth Chime (A Sense of Truth)

February 16, 2012 – 7:38 pm

The Thirteenth Chime (A Sense of Truth)

HATRED NEVER DIES… Destiny has finally found the life that she has always wanted. She is about to finish college, has a fiancé that loves her, and a great summer on the West Coast planned with her friend, Stephanie. But her world is turned upside down when an antique clock mysteriously chimes thirteen times and someone attacks them, sending Stephanie and her mother to the hospital. Alone, and without any help from the police, Destiny has no choice but to turn to the one man she had left behind a year ago – her ex-boyfriend, David. Together, they must solve the riddle of the thirteenth chime before the clock strikes thirteen again. Yet as they face their own past and hearts, a trap over half a century old is waiting for them to become its prey. For revenge, fifty years is never too long… “The Thirteenth Chime” A spine-tingling debut novel from the hottest new author to the scene. Reviews: “Will draw you in and have you hanging on every word!” – Black Fingernailed Reviews http://blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com/ “A glimmer of light to this otherwise dank, dark world.” -Book Crazy http://www.book-crazy.com “Masterful work!” -Star Shadow http://www.starshadowblog.com “Friday the Thirteenth is a day you should remember because after reading The Thirteenth Chime, it is a day that you will never forget.” -Tales of a Teenage Book Lover http://alexreadsbooks.blogspot.com/
HATRED NEVER DIES… Destiny has finally found the life that she has always wanted. She is about to finish college, has a fiancé that loves her, and a great summer on the West Coast planned with her friend, Stephanie. But her world is turned upside down when an antique clock mysteriously chimes thirteen times and someone attacks them, sending Stephanie and her mother to the hospital. Alone, and without any help from the police, Destiny has no choice but to turn to the one man she had left behind a year ago – her ex-boyfriend, David. Together, they must solve the riddle of the thirteenth chime before the clock strikes thirteen again. Yet as they face their own past and hearts, a trap over half a century old is waiting for them to become its prey. For revenge, fifty years is never too long… “The Thirteenth Chime” A spine-tingling debut novel from the hottest new author to the scene. Reviews: “Will draw you in and have you hanging on every word!” – Black Fingernailed Reviews http://blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com/ “A glimmer of light to this otherwise dank, dark world.” -Book Crazy http://www.book-crazy.com “Masterful work!” -Star Shadow http://www.starshadowblog.com “Friday the Thirteenth is a day you should remember because after reading The Thirteenth Chime, it is a day that you will never forget.” -Tales of a Teenage Book Lover http://alexreadsbooks.blogspot.com/

The Thirteenth Chime (A Sense of Truth)

The Thirteenth Chime (A Sense of Truth)
The Thirteenth Chime (A Sense of Truth)
Price: $ 8.51 See update price on Amazon.com

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The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind

February 16, 2012 – 6:38 pm
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind
Price: $ 6.99 See update price on Amazon.com

A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books—organized by weekends and topic

Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since? Always wondered who really invented the World Wide Web? Here is the book for you, with all the answers you’ve been looking for: The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday is based on the premise that there is a recognizable group of topics in history, literature, science, art, religion, philosophy, politics, and music that educated people should be familiar with today. Over 100 of these have been identified and arranged in a way that they can be studied over a year’s time by spending two hours on a topic every weekend.

The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind

The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind
Price: $ 6.99 See update price on Amazon.com

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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

February 16, 2012 – 5:38 pm
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Price: $ 10.00 See update price on Amazon.com

A riveting memoir of a girl’s painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

A Chinese proverb says, “Falling leaves return to their roots.” In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline’s affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. She and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for — the love and understanding of her family.

Following the success of the critically acclaimed adult bestseller Falling Leaves, this memoir is a moving telling of the classic Cinderella story, with Adeline Yen Mah providing her own courageous voice.Chinese Cinderella is the perfect title for Adeline Yen Mah’s compelling autobiography in which, like the fairy-tale maiden, her childhood was ruled by a cruel stepmother. “Fifth Younger Sister” or “Wu Mei,” as Yen Mah was called, is only an infant when her father remarries after her mother’s death. As the youngest of her five siblings, Wu Mei suffers the worst at the hands of her stepmother Niang. She is denied carfare, frequently forgotten at school at the end of the day, and whipped for daring to attend a classmate’s birthday party against Niang’s wishes. Her father even forgets the spelling of her name when filling out her school enrollment record. In her loneliness, Wu Mei turns to books for company: “I was alone with my beloved books. What bliss! To be left in peace with Cordelia, Regan, Gonoril, and Lear himself–characters more real than my family… What happiness! What comfort!” Even though Wu Mei is repeatedly moved up to grades above those of her peers, it is only when she wins an international play-writing contest in high school that her father finally takes notice and grants her wish to attend college in England. Despite her parent’s heartbreaking neglect, she eventually becomes a doctor and realizes her dream of being a writer.

Teens, with their passionate convictions and strong sense of fair play, will be immediately enveloped in the gross injustice of Adeline Yen Mah’s story. A complete glossary, historical notes on the state of Chinese society and politics during Yen Mah’s childhood, and the legend of the original Chinese Cinderella round out this stirring testimony to the strength of human character and the power of education. (Ages 10 to 15) –Jennifer Hubert

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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An Empty Sky

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Cecil Clemenzi grew up in a Cleveland suburb where he was taunted and bullied from early childhood through adolescence. By the time he graduated from NYU and landed his first job as a runner for the New York Commodity Exchange, he was on his way to becoming an emotionally fragile yet surprisingly determined floor trader. One morning, following a freeze in Florida that sends the price of Orange Juice futures sharply higher, he loses everything in just one trade. Cecil blames another more successful floor trader for his loss and is determined to inflict as much retribution as possible on him. First, through one of his ‘connected’ relatives, Cecil tries to have the trader’s daughter killed. Then he goes after some of his closest family friends. Finally, consumed with paranoia once he realizes his nemesis is now ruthlessly seeking his own revenge, he embarks on a desperate yet somewhat comical road trip that takes him to Laramie, Wyoming, where he unsuccessfully tries to start a new life. Alone, confused, and very afraid, he decides to go back home and meet his fate.

An Empty Sky

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