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Check List for a Perfect Wedding
by Barbara Lee FollettThe essential preliminaries, 4 weeks before the wedding, 1 week before the wedding, and what to do on the special day.
The Far Field: Last Poems
by Theodore RoethkeWith Roethke's sudden, tragic death in 1963, a great poetic career was brought to an untimely end. "The Far Field" presents the most rewarding of his many volumes of poetry, both in brilliance of style and inner meaning. All of the poems have appeared previously in periodicals such as "The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Ladies' Home Journal, The New Yorker", and "The Partisan Review".<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award
The Deep
by Peter BenchleyA young couple goes to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship, but they find much more.
The Origin: A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin
by Irving StoneNot only a story about the Darwin's cruise, which started him thinking about natural selection, but also an account of his wide-ranging career, his controversies, and his family.
Full Disclosure
by William SafireWhat would happen if the 41st President, while meeting with Russian leaders in the mid-1980s, were blinded in an assassination attempt?
Cry Wolf
by Wilbur SmithGareth Swales was a dapper English gentleman on the face of it, but he was an unrepentant rogue at heart, with a shrewd eye for shady deals of every description...
Jack Benny
by Mary Livingstone Benny Hilliard Marks Marcia BorieA biography of the famous comedian by his wife.
Smoke Jumpers
by Brent FilsonA high school student spends the summer with her uncle in California fighting fires in the local valleys.
In Quest of Music
by Irving KolodinThe music critic and writer maps out the road that music and musicians have traveled, particularly in the US, since 1900, both in classical music and jazz.
The Island
by Peter BenchleyHow could hundreds of boats, carrying more than 2,000 people, simply disappear? Why does no one know, or care to know? Blair Maynard becomes obsessed with finding out what's going on.
Charleston
by Alexandra RipleyHistorical fiction set in Charleston during the Civil War. Elizabeth Tradd is trained for life in an exclusive world, unprepared for the shattering realities not mentioned at tea time.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective
by Edward L. FermanHardcover reprint of the October 1979 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, including: Introduction by Edward K. Ferman; F&SF at 30, essay by Isaac Asimov; Fondly Fahrenheit, by Alfred Bester (SF Hall of Fame story); And Now the News . . . by Theodore Sturgeon; Not With a Bang, by Damon Knight; Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (winner, 1960 Hugo Award); A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson; The Women Men Don't See, by James Tiptree, Jr.; Born of Man and Woman, by Richard Matheson (nominated, 2001 Retro Hugo); Jeffty Is Five, by Harlan Ellison (winner, 1977 Nebula Award, 1978 Hugo Award, 1978 Locus Poll Award); Ararat, by Zenna Henderson; Sundance, by Robert Silverberg; Dreaming Is a Private Thing, by Isaac Asimov; Poor Little Warrior!, by Brian W. Aldiss; We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, by Philip K. Dick; Selectra Six-Ten, by Avram Davidson; Problems of Creativeness, by Thomas M. Disch; The Quest for Saint Aquin, by Anthony Boucher (SF Hall of Fame story); The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out, by Reginald Bretnor; plus cartoons and poems.
Treasures of Time
by Penelope LivelyThe dark, compelling treasures of time lure and ensnare two young people in a quiet, bitter drama played out in the orderly, civilized society of the English countryside.
Judgment Day
by Penelope LivelyClare agrees to serve on a fund-raising committee to restore an ancient and beautiful church and convinces her colleagues to put on a pageant featuring an unpleasant episode in the church's history.
Flight of the Falcon
by Wilbur SmithRobyn Ballantyne's journey takes her to the Kalahari desert, searching for her long-lost father, and bringing the word of God to the savage tribes along the way. Or so she thought.
10,000 Garden Questions Answered by 20 Experts
by Marjorie J. DietzAnswers on: soils, fertilizers, landscaping, ornamental plants, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbs, tubers, corms, roses, perennials, annuals, biennials, lawns, vegetables, fruits, house plants, weeds, etc.
Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards
by William AbrahamsThis is a collection of contemporary short stories.
Coping with the Fast Track Blues: A Survival Guide for Your Climb to the Top
by Robert M. BramsonCoping methods that can help you deal with the personal and organizational barriers that frequent derail your climb, broad strategies for regaining a better balance between home and work, and more.
A World of Ideas
by Bill MoyersBill Moyers interviews 42 thoughtful men and women about American life today and the ideas shaping our future, as we move toward the millennium
Paint the Wind
by Cathy Cash SpellmanSet in 1864, this is the epic saga of one woman and the 3 strong men who risked everything to possess her.
Goering's List
by J. C. PollockThree wealthy New Yorkers are brutally murdered and specific works from their art collections are stolen.
How Late It Was, How Late
by James KelmanA raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, How Late It Was, How Late opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting, awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Then, things only get worse. Sammy gets in a fight with some soldiers, lands in jail, and discovers that he is completely blind. His girlfriend disappears, the police probe him endlessly, and his stab at Disability Compensation embroils him in the Kafkaesque red tape of the welfare system.<P><P> A masterpiece of black humor, subtle political parody, and Scottish lower-class vernacular.<P> Man Booker Prize winner
Follow Your Heart
by John B. Cullen Susanna TamaroIn all my life, I've told only one lie. With that lie, I destroyed three lives... An elderly woman writes a letter to her estranged granddaughter, to share the secret at last.
The Loop
by Nicholas EvansA wolf biologist is sent to a remote town in Montana to protect wolves from ranchers eager to destroy them.