Jan
31
2011
Marriage
Christian Marriage Counseling: Avoider Pursuer
In our Marriage Counseling practice, Marriage Rescue Associates, we often hear how one spouse chases and begs the other with unhappy results.
The following illustrates a dynamic common to mankind. It’s even prevalent in the world of nature. Understanding this dynamic will be very valuable in regaining your spouse’s interest.
Relationships are like seesaws. For example, if one person expresses all the optimism and Confidence, the other person is invited to feel all the pessimism and insecurity. One goes up—the other goes down.
Spouses often balance each other in this way in what is called the “Avoider- Pursuer” dynamic. When one person’s position is extreme, it literally forces their spouse to adopt an equally extreme position in the opposite direction.
When one person wants the marriage to work, fairly typical patterns emerge. The spouse who wants to preserve the marriage desperately pursues their mate, trying to reverse the momentum of the alienation. Usually there is pleading, begging, crying, threatening—anything—to try to win back the departing spouse.
“I know deep down inside you still Love me,” she says, in an effort to convince him to keep trying, or “What about all these years together?” We have a history that shouldn’t be thrown away,” she tells him, hoping he will see the light. “I promise I’ll change, I know it can work,” he tells her, praying she will give him one more chance.
Although these acts of desperation are understandable, they unfortunately have the paradoxical effect of increasing the chances of divorce. The more desperate the spouse who wants to keep the marriage alive is, the less appealing he or she becomes. The result? The reluctant spouse becomes more certain that the decision to divorce is the right one and withdraws even further.
Pursuers have other things in common. As the marriage deteriorates, they often become obsessed with wanting to know their mate’s whereabouts and activities.
If separated, they may call many times a day, sometimes to check on their mate, other times to be reassured. These calls are usually met with anger or apathy, hardly the reassurance the caller needed. In fact, the distancing mate feels that the pursuer is try to control him or her, which inevitably leads to resistance.
The more one spouse worries about the breakdown of the marriage, the less the other spouse has to worry about it. The result? If you have been working overtime to convince your spouse that your marriage is worth saving, that you love each other, or you are worried about the children, you make it easy for him or her not to think or feel these things because you are doing it all for them. The solution? Stop the chase! In fact, It’s not enough just to stop the chase, you must do a 180-degree about turn.
Avoid:
Don’t act down and depressed, don’t be clingy, no interrogations, no questions, no persuading, no convincing, be unavailable sometimes.
If separated:
- Stop calling.
- Be unavailable sometimes when he/she stops over.
- Act happy (like your old self) when they visit
- Be more involved with others, children, parents, friends, etc while they are there.
- Make appropriate social plans for yourself.
Be interested but not eager. Stick with it for awhile before you decide if it is working. Resist the impulse to ask for more of a commitment, or of seeming too eager. Allow enough time for the positive interactions to take hold. Don’t get complacent too soon, or you spouse will become distant again.
If still living together:
- Stop calling him or her at work or other places.
- Stop initiating sex or trying to be seductive.
- Make plans for yourself.
- Keep busy around the house when your spouse is present.
- Act happy. (actually become a happier person, this is a decision!)
- Stop questioning your spouse about their whereabouts, or who they are with.
When you focus less on your spouse and more on improving your own life and making yourself happy, you can start making your life enjoyable again. When your own life is in order, you feel better about yourself, which helps you be more clearheaded about your marriage.
About the Author
About Marriage Rescue Associates | Christian Marriage Counseling
With over 23 years of experience, Marriage Rescue Associates have discovered many effective methods for helping couples restore their family and marriages. As Christian Marriage Counselors, Marriage Rescue Associates can help construct solutions to rekindle love and rebuild trust that has been torn down by endless Conflict, indifference, and unmet needs.
Don’t let your marriage or family become another statistic when you can actually do something to change it.
Seek out Marriage Counseling from an experienced Marriage Counselor that understands your situation and makes you feel comfortable with them.
To learn more about Marriage Rescue Associates, visit us online at www.marriagerescue.org
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A Conspiracy of Tall Men By Noah Hawley $24.95 <P>Linus Owen is a young professor of conspiracy theory at a small college just outside San Francisco. He teaches graduate-level classes on JFK and gives seminars on magic-bullet theories and how the symbols on the dollar bill reveal the presence of a secret government that is leading the world to ruin.<P>Linus’ marriage is foundering and his wife, Claudia, an up-and-coming advertising executive, has gone to Chicago to visit her mother. But if Claudia is in Chicago, how is it that two FBI agents show up at Linus’ office and inform him that Claudia has been killed in a plane crash on her way from New York to Brazil? And why did a man named Jeffrey Holden, the vice president of a major pharmaceutical company, buy her ticket and die beside her?<P>Enlisting the aid of Edward and Roy — his friends and fellow conspiracy theorists — Linus heads across the country in search of answers. Along the way, the trio encounters a legion of disturbing and provocative characters and clues, including an irascible talk show host, a mind-controlling drug, and art emerging link between Claudia’s ad agency and the U.S, Government. As their journey progresses, it becomes frighteningly clear they’ve left the realm of the academic and are tangled up in a dangerous, multilayered cover-up. Finally, deep in the heart of the American desert, stunned by an ominous revelation, Linus sees he has a new minion: to try to stay alive.<P>With writing that is electric, whip-smart and suspenseful at each turn, Noah Hawley draws us into a deliciously labyrinthine world of paranoia and plots. |
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A Courtesan’s Scandal By Julia London $7.99 Kate Bergeron is the beautiful and mysterious former mistress of a cloth merchant…and the latest beauty to capture the interest of the Prince of Wales. Mired in a disastrous divorce, the Prince attempts to distract attention from his next amorous pursuit by ordering Grayson Christopher, the eligible Duke of Darlington, to pretend to London society that <I>he</i> is having an affair with Kate. When Grayson reluctantly agrees to his Prince’s demand, he finds the lady no more willing than he is. Kate will grudgingly act the part in public, but her favors are not for sale to any man. As Grayson and Kate mimic ardor for the world to see, they find what started as a deception becoming all too real. And when passion flames into love, their predicament becomes extreme. For while marriage between a duke and a courtesan could never happen, Kate knows in her heart that she is willing to accept nothing less…. |
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A Courtesan’s Scandal By Julia London $7.99 Kate Bergeron is the beautiful and mysterious former mistress of a cloth merchant…and the latest beauty to capture the interest of the Prince of Wales. Mired in a disastrous divorce, the Prince attempts to distract attention from his next amorous pursuit by ordering Grayson Christopher, the eligible Duke of Darlington, to pretend to London society that <I>he</i> is having an affair with Kate. When Grayson reluctantly agrees to his Prince’s demand, he finds the lady no more willing than he is. Kate will grudgingly act the part in public, but her favors are not for sale to any man. As Grayson and Kate mimic ardor for the world to see, they find what started as a deception becoming all too real. And when passion flames into love, their predicament becomes extreme. For while marriage between a duke and a courtesan could never happen, Kate knows in her heart that she is willing to accept nothing less…. |
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A Cry In The Night By Mary Higgins Clark $7.99 Divorcee Jenny MacPartland’s struggle to support herself and her two small daughters is not helped by her irresponsible ex-husband. But suddenly a new man steps into her life. Rich, handsome Erich Krueger sweeps her off her feet and off to his mansion in the country.<P>Everything seems to be perfect, and Jenny feels like a fairy-tale princess. But gradually the fairy-tale turns into a nightmare. Something is very wrong in the great house that has become her prison. Something that threatens her marriage, her life — and her children. |
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A Cry In The Night By Mary Higgins Clark $7.99 Divorcee Jenny MacPartland’s struggle to support herself and her two small daughters is not helped by her irresponsible ex-husband. But suddenly a new man steps into her life. Rich, handsome Erich Krueger sweeps her off her feet and off to his mansion in the country.<P>Everything seems to be perfect, and Jenny feels like a fairy-tale princess. But gradually the fairy-tale turns into a nightmare. Something is very wrong in the great house that has become her prison. Something that threatens her marriage, her life — and her children. |
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A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years By Ruta Nonacs $23.99 Depression affects women almost twice as often as men, with about one in four women suffering from it at some point in her lifetime. While depression may strike at any time, studies show that women appear to be particularly vulnerable during their childbearing years. This comprehensive and empathetic book confronts the seldom-talked-about issue of pregnancy-related depression, identifying symptoms, treatments, and cures for this constellation of serious, underdiagnosed, and surprisingly common emotional conditions. <P>Topics covered include the emotional repercussions of infertility and miscarriage, depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, and the impact of maternal depression on spouse and family. Also addressed are the many aspects of a woman’s life — career, education, marriage, and a host of other factors — that may increase her stress during the span of her childbearing years and make her especially susceptible to emotional difficulties. <P>Straightforward, honest, and sensitive, <I>A Deeper Shade of Blue</i> speaks directly to women at risk of or suffering from depression within the context of childbearing and provides the information they need to get the best care, during pregnancy and beyond. |
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A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years By Ruta Nonacs $12.99 Depression affects women almost twice as often as men, with about one in four women suffering from it at some point in her lifetime. While depression may strike at any time, studies show that women appear to be particularly vulnerable during their childbearing years. This comprehensive and empathetic book confronts the seldom-talked-about issue of pregnancy-related depression, identifying symptoms, treatments, and cures for this constellation of serious, underdiagnosed, and surprisingly common emotional conditions. <P>Topics covered include the emotional repercussions of infertility and miscarriage, depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, and the impact of maternal depression on spouse and family. Also addressed are the many aspects of a woman’s life — career, education, marriage, and a host of other factors — that may increase her stress during the span of her childbearing years and make her especially susceptible to emotional difficulties. <P>Straightforward, honest, and sensitive, <I>A Deeper Shade of Blue</i> speaks directly to women at risk of or suffering from depression within the context of childbearing and provides the information they need to get the best care, during pregnancy and beyond. |
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A Do Right Man By Omar Tyree $15 Finally, a story of a handsome, educated, heterosexual black man and his experiences with careers and relationships in the fast-moving ’90s!<P>Bobby Dallas, a budding radio talk-show host, has no skeletons or kids in the closet. All that’s missing is a talented, sexy, smart black woman by his side. And that should be easy, right?<P>But after a shattering breakup with his first love, Bobby wanders for years between women and jobs, unsure about marriage, family, economics, and his overall stability. Having achieved his dream of becoming a highly successful radio talk-show host, Bobby is a man with the best of intentions not only in his career, but also in love. He learns, though, that being a “do right man” is far from easy. |
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A Do Right Man By Omar Tyree $11.99 Finally, a story of a handsome, educated, heterosexual black man and his experiences with careers and relationships in the fast-moving ’90s!<P>Bobby Dallas, a budding radio talk-show host, has no skeletons or kids in the closet. All that’s missing is a talented, sexy, smart black woman by his side. And that should be easy, right?<P>But after a shattering breakup with his first love, Bobby wanders for years between women and jobs, unsure about marriage, family, economics, and his overall stability. Having achieved his dream of becoming a highly successful radio talk-show host, Bobby is a man with the best of intentions not only in his career, but also in love. He learns, though, that being a “do right man” is far from easy. |
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A Happy Marriage: A Novel By Rafael Yglesias $26 <I>A</I> <I>Happy Marriage</I>, Yglesias’s return to fiction after a thirteen-year hiatus, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, who died in 2004. Both intimate and expansive, it is a stunningly candid novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of the courtship of Enrique Sabas and his wife Margaret and the final months of her life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children—and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together—and what makes a happy marriage. “Anyone in a relationship will be able to relate,” said <I>USA TODAY</I> . <P> Told from the husband’s point of view, with revelatory and sometimes disarming candor, the novel charts the ebb and flow of marriage, illuminating both the mundane moments and the magic. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, Yglesias’s beautiful novel will break every reader’s heart—while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marital love. |
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A Happy Marriage: A Novel By Rafael Yglesias $12.99 <I>A</I> <I>Happy Marriage</I>, Yglesias’s return to fiction after a thirteen-year hiatus, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, who died in 2004. Both intimate and expansive, it is a stunningly candid novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of the courtship of Enrique Sabas and his wife Margaret and the final months of her life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children—and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together—and what makes a happy marriage. “Anyone in a relationship will be able to relate,” said <I>USA TODAY</I> . <P> Told from the husband’s point of view, with revelatory and sometimes disarming candor, the novel charts the ebb and flow of marriage, illuminating both the mundane moments and the magic. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, Yglesias’s beautiful novel will break every reader’s heart—while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marital love. |
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A Happy Marriage: A Novel By Rafael Yglesias $16 <I>A</I> <I>Happy Marriage</I>, Yglesias’s return to fiction after a thirteen-year hiatus, was inspired by his relationship with his wife, who died in 2004. Both intimate and expansive, it is a stunningly candid novel that alternates between the romantic misadventures of the first weeks of the courtship of Enrique Sabas and his wife Margaret and the final months of her life as she says good-bye to her family, friends, and children—and to Enrique. Spanning thirty years, this achingly honest story is about what it means for two people to spend a lifetime together—and what makes a happy marriage. “Anyone in a relationship will be able to relate,” said <I>USA TODAY</I> . <P> Told from the husband’s point of view, with revelatory and sometimes disarming candor, the novel charts the ebb and flow of marriage, illuminating both the mundane moments and the magic. Bold, elegiac, and emotionally suspenseful, Yglesias’s beautiful novel will break every reader’s heart—while encouraging all of us with its clear-eyed evocation of the enduring value of marital love. |
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A Hot Man Is the Best Revenge: Ellora’s Cave By Beverly Havlir, Shiloh Walker and Delilah Devlin $14 <i><p align=”center”><big>Three erotic stories about women who discover that time might not heal all wounds, but mind-blowing sex can help….</big></p></i><p align=”center”><b>Shiloh Walker</b><BR><i>Good Girls Don’t</i></p><p align=”left”>After girl-next-door Lori dumps her controlling fiancé, she runs into her hard-bodied best friend, Mike, at a sex club and unveils a kinky secret that he never suspected.</p><p align=”center”><b>Beverly Havlir</b><BR><i>Irresistible</i></p><p align=”left”>Unexpectedly snowed in together at the cabin they used to share, feisty Madison and her smoking-hot ex discover that some naughty bedroom play just might heal their broken hearts.</p><p align=”center”><b>Delilah Devlin</b><BR><i>Ride a Cowboy</i></p><p align=”left”>Hardened by a miserable marriage, Katelyn barely trusts the sexy young cowboy who offers to help fix up her new country home — until he uses his strong, skillful hands to make her body tremble with pleasure.</p> |
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A Husband’s Wicked Ways By Jane Feather $7.99 <b><I>When a spymaster proposes marriage as a cover, it might be madness for a lady to indulge in…</i><P>A HUSBAND’S WICKED WAYS<P>Bestselling author Jane Feather beguiles with this sparkling story of the alluring secrets hidden behind the elegance of Regency London, when a lovely young woman discovers the danger…and delight…of risking everything for love.</b><P>Aurelia Farnham believes she is happy living in London’s stylish Cavendish Square. But with her friends Livia and Cornelia both married now, Aurelia is the only one still husbandless, and sometimes she longs for more. Then Colonel Sir Greville Falconer storms into her life, delivering a letter from her late husband, a war hero, which reveals he was a spy — the colonel’s spy. Now Greville needs Aurelia to continue the patriotic mission and partner him as he exposes a ring of Spanish spies who have infiltrated London society.<P>The attentions of the charismatic Greville excite Aurelia as his mock courtship blurs the line between pretense and reality. When the simmering attraction between them ignites into passion and the danger of Aurelia’s double life escalates, Greville insists on marriage as the best way to protect her. Now Aurelia realizes she has more than shadowy antagonists to fear, for she’s lost her heart to a dashing spymaster who will one day slip away as suddenly as he appeared…. |
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A Husband’s Wicked Ways By Jane Feather $7.99 <b><I>When a spymaster proposes marriage as a cover, it might be madness for a lady to indulge in…</i><P>A HUSBAND’S WICKED WAYS<P>Bestselling author Jane Feather beguiles with this sparkling story of the alluring secrets hidden behind the elegance of Regency London, when a lovely young woman discovers the danger…and delight…of risking everything for love.</b><P>Aurelia Farnham believes she is happy living in London’s stylish Cavendish Square. But with her friends Livia and Cornelia both married now, Aurelia is the only one still husbandless, and sometimes she longs for more. Then Colonel Sir Greville Falconer storms into her life, delivering a letter from her late husband, a war hero, which reveals he was a spy — the colonel’s spy. Now Greville needs Aurelia to continue the patriotic mission and partner him as he exposes a ring of Spanish spies who have infiltrated London society.<P>The attentions of the charismatic Greville excite Aurelia as his mock courtship blurs the line between pretense and reality. When the simmering attraction between them ignites into passion and the danger of Aurelia’s double life escalates, Greville insists on marriage as the best way to protect her. Now Aurelia realizes she has more than shadowy antagonists to fear, for she’s lost her heart to a dashing spymaster who will one day slip away as suddenly as he appeared…. |
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A Kiss Remembered By Sandra Brown, Read by Karen Ziemba $14.95 At the age of twenty-six, with a failed marriage already behind her, Shelley Browning decides to go back to school and get her degree. But history is about to repeat itself — ten years earlier, she shared an unforgettable kiss with Grant Chapman, her government teacher, and now she’s his student again. Shelley finds him to be as brilliant as ever, and the chemistry between them unchanged. But the sacred law of the university prohibits the kind of relationship they are longing for. If they break it, they risk losing everything; if they don’t, they risk never knowing what could be. |
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A Lady Never Surrenders By Sabrina Jeffries $7.99 <I>When the youngest Sharpe sister hatches a plan to gain marriage offers, the straight-laced Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter knows he’ll do whatever it takes to ruin her scheme…<P></i><P>Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. And if that plan doesn’t work, at least she’ll have a husband lined up. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. It’s only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents’ murders, plunging them both into danger, that she realizes why–because the only man he wants her to marry is himself! |
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A Lady Never Surrenders By Sabrina Jeffries $7.99 <I>When the youngest Sharpe sister hatches a plan to gain marriage offers, the straight-laced Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter knows he’ll do whatever it takes to ruin her scheme…<P></i><P>Lady Celia Sharpe hopes that if she can garner offers of marriage from several eligible gentlemen and show her grandmother she is capable of gaining a husband, she can convince Gran to rescind the marriage ultimatum for her. And if that plan doesn’t work, at least she’ll have a husband lined up. But Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter seems determined to ruin her plans by disapproving of every suitor she asks him to investigate. It’s only when she and Jackson work together to solve her parents’ murders, plunging them both into danger, that she realizes why–because the only man he wants her to marry is himself! |
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A Lady of the West By Linda Howard $7.99 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory.<P><I>Only true love could redeem….</I><P>Victoria Waverly, noble daughter of the war-ruined South, is sold in marriage to a ruthless rancher. Honor and pride help her endure life as a wife in name only but nothing can quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His gaze is hard, but tenderness he can’t hide promises to unveil to Victoria the mysteries of love. <P><I>Only true love can destroy….</I><P>Jake curses his burning need for Victoria, for he wants nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim Sarratt’s Kingdom — the ranch that is his legacy and obsession. But ancient wrongs and blazing passions will bind together the aristocratic beauty and the powerful cowboy. In a bloody land war, they will fight for Jake’s birthright…and seize at all costs the love that is their destiny. |
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A Lady of the West By Linda Howard $7.99 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory.<P><I>Only true love could redeem….</I><P>Victoria Waverly, noble daughter of the war-ruined South, is sold in marriage to a ruthless rancher. Honor and pride help her endure life as a wife in name only but nothing can quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper. His gaze is hard, but tenderness he can’t hide promises to unveil to Victoria the mysteries of love. <P><I>Only true love can destroy….</I><P>Jake curses his burning need for Victoria, for he wants nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim Sarratt’s Kingdom — the ranch that is his legacy and obsession. But ancient wrongs and blazing passions will bind together the aristocratic beauty and the powerful cowboy. In a bloody land war, they will fight for Jake’s birthright…and seize at all costs the love that is their destiny. |
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A Marcelli Wedding: The Marcelli Bride & The Marcelli Princess By Susan Mallery $15 Together at last—two exquisitely sensual novels of the Marcelli family of California wine country . . . where wedding bells are ringing and love is in the air! <P><B>The Marcelli Bride</B> <P>It takes one strong-hearted woman to make a rebel say “I do,” and for handsome, headstrong former Navy SEAL Joe Marcelli, that woman may just be the commander in chief’s daughter! After a terrifying kidnapping attempt, Darcy Jensen has been placed in hiding at the Marcelli Winery, the family business that Joe defiantly rejected to carve his own path. Now working undercover, Joe begrudgingly does his duty “babysitting” the first daughter. But getting closer to this fearful, fiery beauty soon proves to be the greatest pleasure he’s ever known. Can Joe protect Darcy from danger, when he’s falling dangerously in love? <P><B>The Marcelli Princess</B> <P>Mia Marcelli awakens to find a man in her bed—and nearly faints: four years ago, while working undercover, Diego, the love of her life and father of her unborn child, perished before her eyes. Now he’s come to the Marcelli vineyard where Mia is raising an adorable son and offers a stunning confession: he was never Diego, but Rafael, Prince of Calandria, and Mia’s wary disbelief fades as their passion reignites. She doesn’t know that he intends to give their boy a regal upbringing in Calandria—even if he must seduce Mia into marriage. But as he falls for this luscious beauty, the prince must choose between his royal duties—and the call of his heart. |
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A More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life By Hana Schank $9.99 Hana Schank had never given much thought to her wedding, or to marriage in general, for that matter. That, is until she found herself newly engaged and trying to plan the “Happiest Day of Her Life”: spending weeks crafting save-the-date cards, worrying incessantly about every minute detail — even matching her cocktails to her wedding colors — and obsessively reading Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. Hana soon decides that if she is going to follow traditions like wearing white and walking down the aisle with flowers, she wants to know why. In her search, she turns up several interesting wedding facts and ultimately casts a critical eye on a $72 billion wedding industry that pressures women into becoming obsessive-compulsive Bridezillas. <P>Part confessional memoir, part social critique, <I>A More Perfect Union</i> chronicles a year of wedding planning, capturing as it does not only the stresses but also the undoubted joys of becoming a bride. |
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A Most Dangerous Profession By Karen Hawkins $7.99 <I>Mysterious, elusive, unforgettable.</I> <I>The Hurst Amulet continues to lure lovers into peril as </I>New York Times <I>bestselling author Karen Hawkins spins her newest scintillating tale of danger and desire.</I> <P><B><I>AN ENTRANCING THIEF</I></B> <P>For beautiful, seductive Moira MacAllister, the stakes have become terrifyingly high. Her daughter has been abducted and a priceless ancient relic is the ransom. Moira must acquire it at any cost, even if it means confronting the man she once duped and left, a man who still doesn’t know she has a child . . . and that he is the father. <P><B><I>A DASHING RAKEHELL</I></B> <P>Robert Hurst, an operative in the king’s service, has never forgiven the mysterious spy who seduced him into marriage and then disappeared without a trace. Now, as he pursues the onyx box that will save his brother’s life, their paths cross again. But Robert isn’t sure which he longs for more—to satisfy his lust for revenge or to quench his relentless hunger for this bewitching woman. <P><B><I>A PERILOUS MISSION</I></B> <P>When Moira reveals to Robert her long-kept secret, however, he realizes his burning desires must wait as a treacherous foe closes in, threatening all they hold dear . . . and their second chance at love. |
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A Most Dangerous Profession By Karen Hawkins $7.99 <I>Mysterious, elusive, unforgettable.</I> <I>The Hurst Amulet continues to lure lovers into peril as </I>New York Times <I>bestselling author Karen Hawkins spins her newest scintillating tale of danger and desire.</I> <P><B><I>AN ENTRANCING THIEF</I></B> <P>For beautiful, seductive Moira MacAllister, the stakes have become terrifyingly high. Her daughter has been abducted and a priceless ancient relic is the ransom. Moira must acquire it at any cost, even if it means confronting the man she once duped and left, a man who still doesn’t know she has a child . . . and that he is the father. <P><B><I>A DASHING RAKEHELL</I></B> <P>Robert Hurst, an operative in the king’s service, has never forgiven the mysterious spy who seduced him into marriage and then disappeared without a trace. Now, as he pursues the onyx box that will save his brother’s life, their paths cross again. But Robert isn’t sure which he longs for more—to satisfy his lust for revenge or to quench his relentless hunger for this bewitching woman. <P><B><I>A PERILOUS MISSION</I></B> <P>When Moira reveals to Robert her long-kept secret, however, he realizes his burning desires must wait as a treacherous foe closes in, threatening all they hold dear . . . and their second chance at love. |
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A Proper Affair By Victoria Malvey $8.99 A daring lady turns English propriety on its ear in Victoria Malvey’s witty and delightful novel of love’s surprising twists.<P>Once a connoisseur of beautiful debutantes, Lord Bryce Keene now has more practical concerns as guardian to his headstrong niece. The girl needs the influence of a true and gentle lady…and so Bryce selects Cassandra Hampsted, known as an expert on the rules of polite society, to offer his hand in marriage. But Bryce is about to discover that not all is as it appears.<P>Since penning an etiquette book for young ladies, Cassandra has learned that happy endings are not guaranteed — even for those who follow society’s rules to perfection. Lord Bryce’s offer is enticing indeed, but Cassandra will not risk her heart without concocting fifty-six provisions for marital harmony that Bryce will wish he had read in full! As this strong-willed couple barters and negotiates their way to true happiness, they uncover a blissful union that is far too passionate to be called proper. |
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A Quilter’s Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel By Jennifer Chiaverini $19.99 For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season’s spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent remodeling of the manor’s kitchen unearthed a cornucopia that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom family’s holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place an object that symbolized something he or she was especially thankful for that year. On this quilter’s holiday, Sylvia has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and gratitude.<P>As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge — feelings that are also expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day. Diane is thankful for her two sons, who’ve outgrown their youthful troubles to become fine young men, but she wishes they revered their family’s traditions as much as she does. Anna, in her first holiday season as an Elm Creek Quilter, creates a quilt for her best friend even as she begins to question her feelings for him, which may have grown beyond friendship. Sylvia reflects upon holidays past spent with her beloved, long-lost cousin Elizabeth and wonders whatever became of her. Sarah, pregnant with twins, determinedly sews a Christmas gift for her father-in-law, whose persistent suggestions that her husband, Matt, come to work for his construction company have created tension in their marriage. And as Gretchen pieces a quilt for a charity she has not yet chosen and Gwen completes a project begun by her graduate school mentor, both women lend their talents to those in need.<P>As an early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow, the quilters find new meanings in their best-loved traditions |
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A Quilter’s Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel By Jennifer Chiaverini $9.99 For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season’s spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent remodeling of the manor’s kitchen unearthed a cornucopia that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom family’s holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place an object that symbolized something he or she was especially thankful for that year. On this quilter’s holiday, Sylvia has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and gratitude.<P>As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge — feelings that are also expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day. Diane is thankful for her two sons, who’ve outgrown their youthful troubles to become fine young men, but she wishes they revered their family’s traditions as much as she does. Anna, in her first holiday season as an Elm Creek Quilter, creates a quilt for her best friend even as she begins to question her feelings for him, which may have grown beyond friendship. Sylvia reflects upon holidays past spent with her beloved, long-lost cousin Elizabeth and wonders whatever became of her. Sarah, pregnant with twins, determinedly sews a Christmas gift for her father-in-law, whose persistent suggestions that her husband, Matt, come to work for his construction company have created tension in their marriage. And as Gretchen pieces a quilt for a charity she has not yet chosen and Gwen completes a project begun by her graduate school mentor, both women lend their talents to those in need.<P>As an early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow, the quilters find new meanings in their best-loved traditions |
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A Quilter’s Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel By Jennifer Chiaverini $15 For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season’s spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent remodeling of the manor’s kitchen unearthed a cornucopia that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom family’s holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place an object that symbolized something he or she was especially thankful for that year. On this quilter’s holiday, Sylvia has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and gratitude.<P>As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge — feelings that are also expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day. Diane is thankful for her two sons, who’ve outgrown their youthful troubles to become fine young men, but she wishes they revered their family’s traditions as much as she does. Anna, in her first holiday season as an Elm Creek Quilter, creates a quilt for her best friend even as she begins to question her feelings for him, which may have grown beyond friendship. Sylvia reflects upon holidays past spent with her beloved, long-lost cousin Elizabeth and wonders whatever became of her. Sarah, pregnant with twins, determinedly sews a Christmas gift for her father-in-law, whose persistent suggestions that her husband, Matt, come to work for his construction company have created tension in their marriage. And as Gretchen pieces a quilt for a charity she has not yet chosen and Gwen completes a project begun by her graduate school mentor, both women lend their talents to those in need.<P>As an early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow, the quilters find new meanings in their best-loved traditions |
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A Respectable Trade By Philippa Gregory $12.99 Bristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife.<P>Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves.<p align”left”>Into her new world comes Mehuru, once a priest in the ancient African kingdom of Yoruba, now a slave in England. From opposite ends of the earth, despite the difference in status, Mehuru and Frances confront each other and their need for love and liberty. |
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A Respectable Trade By Philippa Gregory $16 Bristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife.<P>Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves.<p align”left”>Into her new world comes Mehuru, once a priest in the ancient African kingdom of Yoruba, now a slave in England. From opposite ends of the earth, despite the difference in status, Mehuru and Frances confront each other and their need for love and liberty. |
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A Short Guide to a Happy Marriage: The Essentials for Long-Lasting Togetherness By Sharon Gilchrest O’Neill $12.95 <BR>While there are many self-help books addressing marriage issues, none is as pointed and straightforward as O’Neill’s A Short Guide to a Happy Marriage. Like her highly acclaimed short book, Sheltering Thoughts: About Loss and Grief, this book will speak to its readers through its directness and simplicity. It challenges readers to understand and live by the tenets of a committed relationship. In the spirit of the bestselling book, A Short Guide To A Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, author Sharon Gilchrest O’Neill offers readers the same inviting and simple but sensible approach for embracing marriage, and provides the essentials of a long lasting relationship.<BR> |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #1: A Time to Be Born By John Vornholt $7.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>The site of one of the Dominion War’s fiercest battles, the Rashanar Sector now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies.<P>The <I>Enterprise</I> has been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone, while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked warships.<P>To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavenger’s paradise, ripe for salvage. None expect this ship’s graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take — and that will endanger not only the <I>Enterprise,</I> but Picard’s future in Starfleet. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #2: A Time to Die By John Vornholt $7.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I> has never been told.<P>UNTIL NOW.<P>It was supposed to be a mission of mercy, until the unthinkable occurred: the destruction of the <I>U.S.S. Juno,</I> killing all hands on board. Starfleet Command has unjustly assessed the actions of Captain Picard and the <I>Enterprise</I> crew during that fateful assignment to the Rashanar Battle Site — the sector that saw one of the fiercest conflicts of the Dominion War, and which is now a hazardous interstellar graveyard filled with hundreds of devastated starships. While the court-ordered medical evaluation that relieved Picard of command is ongoing, there is growing speculation that his illustrious career may be coming to an end. <P>To clear his former commander, acting captain William Riker and a demoralized skeleton crew agree to conduct a covert operation, and must venture the <I>Starship Enterprise</I> back into Rashanar to track down a mythical menace — one that may already be responsible for the annihilation of countless fully armed starships. Unbridled hostility and the promise of death lurk at every turn, but they could never imagine that their only chance of survival may lie in the unexpected return of a long-absent friend…. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #3: A Time to Sow By Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I> has never been told.<P>Until now.<P>More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people.<P>Or so it was believed….<P>Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the <I>Enterprise-E</I> are stunned to discover the last of the Dokaalan — now only a colony fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism — and placing Picard and the <I>Enterprise</I> in the middle of an escalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #3: A Time to Sow By Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I> has never been told.<P>Until now.<P>More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people.<P>Or so it was believed….<P>Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the <I>Enterprise-E</I> are stunned to discover the last of the Dokaalan — now only a colony fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism — and placing Picard and the <I>Enterprise</I> in the middle of an escalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #4: A Time to Harvest By Kevin Dilmore and Dayton Ward $7.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I>™ has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>Still reeling from the disastrous events that have rocked all of Starfleet and tarnished the career of one of the Federation’s most decorated captains, Picard and his crew must now endure the unthinkable: scandal, ostracism, and an uncertain future. But despite all thathas occurred, none aboard the <I>Enterprise</I> have forgotten theirduty as Starfleet officers….<P>Assigned to assist the imperiled Dokaalan — a small colony of refugees who maintain a precarious existence in a rapidly disintegrating asteroid mining complex — the <I>Enterprise</I> crew must somehow aid this alien race in terraforming a nearby planet so that it might someday providea new home for their kind. But violent acts of sabotage soon turna humanitarian crisis into a deadly confrontation. To save the Dokaalan from extinction, Picard must uncover the presence of an old adversary — and prevent a disaster of catastrophic proportions! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #4: A Time to Harvest By Kevin Dilmore and Dayton Ward $7.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I>™ has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>Still reeling from the disastrous events that have rocked all of Starfleet and tarnished the career of one of the Federation’s most decorated captains, Picard and his crew must now endure the unthinkable: scandal, ostracism, and an uncertain future. But despite all thathas occurred, none aboard the <I>Enterprise</I> have forgotten theirduty as Starfleet officers….<P>Assigned to assist the imperiled Dokaalan — a small colony of refugees who maintain a precarious existence in a rapidly disintegrating asteroid mining complex — the <I>Enterprise</I> crew must somehow aid this alien race in terraforming a nearby planet so that it might someday providea new home for their kind. But violent acts of sabotage soon turna humanitarian crisis into a deadly confrontation. To save the Dokaalan from extinction, Picard must uncover the presence of an old adversary — and prevent a disaster of catastrophic proportions! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #4: A Time to Love By Robert Greenberger $8.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I>™ has never been told.<P>UNTIL NOW.<P>One hundred years ago, the recurring conflicts between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously when both races colonized the distant planet Delta Sigma IV — a world located far from the destructive wars of their people — and quickly became the Federation’s perfect example of interspecies cooperation. But there are now rumblings of trouble in paradise, as an investigation led by Kyle Riker — Commander William Riker’s estranged father — into this harmonious society has discovered a shocking, immutable truth: over the next few generations, the reaction to a native gas will spell the extinction of Delta Sigma IV’s inhabitants.<P>Captain Picard and his crew, still recovering from the tragic events that have tarnished the career of one of the Federation’s most decorated captains, must come to the aid of a world that once knew only peace, but now faces emerging violence and chaos…and Commander Riker must confront the reality that his own father may be held responsible for Delta Sigma IV’s almost certain downfall! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #7: A Time to Kill By David Mack $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I>™ has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>At the height of the Dominion War and unknown to all save those in the highest levels of command, the Federation secretly armed the neutral planet Tezwa with devastating weapons — part of a contingency plan against the Dominion if the front lines collapsed. But Tezwa also lies near the border of the Klingon Empire…making the Federation’s covert strategy in direct violation of their fragile peace treaties,and creating the potential threat of scandal and all-out war.<P>Now Tezwa’s power-hungry prime minister is all too eager to flex his newfound military muscle, menacing a nearby Klingon border world. Sent on an urgent diplomatic mission, Captain Picard and the <I>Enterprise</I> crew are caught in the crossfire as the crisis quickly escalates. With time running out and billions of lives at stake, only one man can avert the looming disaster — Ambassador Worf, who must choose between his oath to the Federation and his loyalty to Martok, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire…. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #7: A Time to Kill By David Mack $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise</I>™ has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>At the height of the Dominion War and unknown to all save those in the highest levels of command, the Federation secretly armed the neutral planet Tezwa with devastating weapons — part of a contingency plan against the Dominion if the front lines collapsed. But Tezwa also lies near the border of the Klingon Empire…making the Federation’s covert strategy in direct violation of their fragile peace treaties,and creating the potential threat of scandal and all-out war.<P>Now Tezwa’s power-hungry prime minister is all too eager to flex his newfound military muscle, menacing a nearby Klingon border world. Sent on an urgent diplomatic mission, Captain Picard and the <I>Enterprise</I> crew are caught in the crossfire as the crisis quickly escalates. With time running out and billions of lives at stake, only one man can avert the looming disaster — Ambassador Worf, who must choose between his oath to the Federation and his loyalty to Martok, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire…. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #8: A Time to Heal By David Mack $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>A cataclysmic war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire has been miraculously averted, and a new government is finally in place on the planet Tezwa. But deadly secrets still threaten the fragile peace accord.<P>Rebels still loyal to the old Tezwa regime have captured Commander Riker and are willing to kill to achieve their goals…the Orion Syndicate is interfering in the rebuilding — and may also be involved in much more than that. But the most devastating revelation of all threatens the very foundations of the Federation itself — leaving Captain Picard to possibly face the very conflict that he labored so hard to prevent…. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #8: A Time to Heal By David Mack $6.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>A cataclysmic war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire has been miraculously averted, and a new government is finally in place on the planet Tezwa. But deadly secrets still threaten the fragile peace accord.<P>Rebels still loyal to the old Tezwa regime have captured Commander Riker and are willing to kill to achieve their goals…the Orion Syndicate is interfering in the rebuilding — and may also be involved in much more than that. But the most devastating revelation of all threatens the very foundations of the Federation itself — leaving Captain Picard to possibly face the very conflict that he labored so hard to prevent…. |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #9: A Time for War, A Time for Peace By Keith R. A. DeCandido $7.99 <P>On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>Following the scandalous Tezwa affair, the Federation president’s resignation forces an election, with the future of the United Federation of Planets to be determined by who emerges victorious from a hotly contested vote. But it is the fate of the entire galaxy that may actually be decided on Qo’noS, as the Federation embassy is seized by terrorists whose actions expose intrigue reaching the highest levels of Klingon government — and it will take all of Ambassador Worf’s skills to keep the fragile Federation-Klingon alliance from collapsing. And while this potential intergalactic chaos looms, Commander Riker finds his plans for command and marriage soured by a brutal, high-level inspection of the ship from which the crew may not escape unscathed….<P>The epic miniseries comes to a shocking conclusion — one that will leave the <I>Star Trek</I> universe changed forever! |
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A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #9: A Time for War, A Time for Peace By Keith R. A. DeCandido $7.99 <P>On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P><B>UNTIL NOW.</B><P>Following the scandalous Tezwa affair, the Federation president’s resignation forces an election, with the future of the United Federation of Planets to be determined by who emerges victorious from a hotly contested vote. But it is the fate of the entire galaxy that may actually be decided on Qo’noS, as the Federation embassy is seized by terrorists whose actions expose intrigue reaching the highest levels of Klingon government — and it will take all of Ambassador Worf’s skills to keep the fragile Federation-Klingon alliance from collapsing. And while this potential intergalactic chaos looms, Commander Riker finds his plans for command and marriage soured by a brutal, high-level inspection of the ship from which the crew may not escape unscathed….<P>The epic miniseries comes to a shocking conclusion — one that will leave the <I>Star Trek</I> universe changed forever! |
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A Time to Hate By Robert Greenberger $8.99 On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the <I>Starship Enterprise™</I> has never been told.<P>UNTIL NOW.<P>The recurring blood feuds between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously a century ago when both races colonized the planet Delta Sigma IV. But, unknown until now, it was a reaction to a naturally occurring gas that led to their harmonious existence…a reaction that would eventually mean certain death for the planet’s inhabitants. What the <I>Enterprise</I> crew believed was a cure for the population — a treatment introduced into Delta Sigma IV’s environment by Kyle Riker, a man at odds with his son, Commander William Riker — has instead triggered worldwide carnage, as long-suppressed aggression and hostility are suddenly and violently unleashed. <P>Caught in a world on the brink of self-destruction, Captain Picard — a man still waging his own personal battle for redemption in the eyes of his commanding officers — must somehow find a way to resolve this catastrophic event and save his crew, even as the implications of his actions may ultimately doom an entire race…. |
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A Trumpet in the Wadi: A Novel By Sami Michael $17.95 Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with <I>A Trumpet in the Wadi</I>, a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting with an honest and heartbreaking story of impossible love and the strength of family.<P>Set in the months preceding the 1982 Israeli-Arab conflict in Lebanon, this beautifully written tale is the coming-of-age story of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live in the wadi — the Arab quarter in the Jewish city of Haifa on the northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual respect unites the sisters — polar opposites from their appearances to their tempers. Huda, the narrator of the story, is thin and withdrawn and, after abandoning her chance at marriage a few years back, has prematurely resigned herself to the monotonous life of an old maid. Her younger sister, Mary, is voluptuous, carnal, and perennially unemployed. Wrapped in the love of their sometimes bitter mother, their iconoclast grandfather, and the cheerful and omnipresent neighbor Jamilla, the sisters’ lives change when a peculiar young Russian Jewish immigrant, Alex, moves into the upstairs flat. The melodies of the soulful trumpet player become the intoxicating theme music for Huda’s unexpected reawakening — and for Mary’s dangerous foray into a love triangle with the heir of the local Muslim mob and her country cousin.<P>Michael’s internationally acclaimed novel is a major achievement, illuminating the vast range of interlocking relationships between Jews and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, men and women. <I>A Trumpet in the Wadi</I> is an honest, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking story — one that draws on the conflicts in the Middle East, but one whose insights into love and family can cross all cultural and political boundaries. |
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A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams By Gioia Diliberto $54 <P><I>The first biography in twenty-six years of Jane Addams — founder of the Hull-House settlement and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize — written with access to hundreds of new family documents.</I><P>”Today, Jane Addams is widely recognized as an extraordinary figure in our nation’s history, one of a roster of great Americans — Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. among them — who made lasting contributions to social justice. But as with the lives of many iconographic figures, the legend often obscures the real story.”<P>Frequently recognized as one of the most influential women of the century — and considered a heroine by nurses and social workers around the globe — Jane Addams had to struggle long and hard to earn her place in history. Born in 1860 on the eve of the Civil War, she lived during pivotal times when women were only beginning to create new roles for themselves (ironically building on the Victorian ideal of women as ministering angels).<P>Focusing on her metamorphosis from a frail, small-town girl into a woman who inspired hundreds of others to join her movement to serve the poor, <I>A Useful Woman</I> delves into the mysterious ailments and other troubles young Jane faced. Examining for the first time Jane’s physical and mental health and the effect of her father’s remarriage after her mother’s death, biographer Gioia Diliberto directly links Addams’s proneness to depression to her inability to conform to the mores of her time. Also, for the first time, she examines in detail Addams’s two marriage-like relationships with women.<P>With hundreds of previously unavailable documents at her disposal, Diliberto has written a fascinating study of one of the most intriguing and important women in history, concentrating on her difficult formative years with compelling — and groundbreaking — results. |
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A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards: A Novel By Ann Bauer $18.99 Edward is nearly four years old when he begins his slow, painful withdrawal from the world. For those who love him — his father, Jack; his pregnant mother, Rachel; his younger brother, Matt — the transformation of this happy, intelligent firstborn into a sleepless, feral stranger is a devastating blow, one that will send shockwaves through every nook and cranny of family life. <P><I>A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards</i> is the story of Edward’s descent into autism, and Rachel and Jack’s struggle to sustain their marriage under this unanticipated strain. Threaded through the novel, too, is the tale of Rachel’s late uncle Mickey, who may have suffered from a similar disorder during a time when society’s notions of parenting, pediatrics, and psychology were dramatically different from today’s. As Rachel delves into her own family history in search of answers, flashbacks to Mickey’s life afford moving insights into both the nature of childhood trauma and the coping mechanisms that families employ. Carefully crafted and deeply entertaining, <I>A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards</i> reveals the author’s remarkable gift for language and offers a striking exploration of domestic life that will resonate with readers everywhere. |
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A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards: A Novel By Ann Bauer $12.99 Edward is nearly four years old when he begins his slow, painful withdrawal from the world. For those who love him — his father, Jack; his pregnant mother, Rachel; his younger brother, Matt — the transformation of this happy, intelligent firstborn into a sleepless, feral stranger is a devastating blow, one that will send shockwaves through every nook and cranny of family life. <P><I>A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards</i> is the story of Edward’s descent into autism, and Rachel and Jack’s struggle to sustain their marriage under this unanticipated strain. Threaded through the novel, too, is the tale of Rachel’s late uncle Mickey, who may have suffered from a similar disorder during a time when society’s notions of parenting, pediatrics, and psychology were dramatically different from today’s. As Rachel delves into her own family history in search of answers, flashbacks to Mickey’s life afford moving insights into both the nature of childhood trauma and the coping mechanisms that families employ. Carefully crafted and deeply entertaining, <I>A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards</i> reveals the author’s remarkable gift for language and offers a striking exploration of domestic life that will resonate with readers everywhere. |
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A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice By Malalai Joya $12.99 Malalai Joya has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country’s powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistan’s new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses.<P>Often compared to democratic leaders such as Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, this extraordinary young woman was raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan. Inspired in part by her father’s activism, Malalai became a teacher in secret girls’ schools, holding classes in a series of basements. She hid her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn’t find them. She also helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah. The endless wars of Afghanistan have created a generation of children without parents. Like so many others who have lost people they care about, Malalai lost one of her orphans when the girl’s family members sold her into marriage.<P>While many have talked about the serious plight of women in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya takes us inside the country and shows us the desperate dayto-day situations these remarkable people face at every turn. She recounts some of the many acts of rebellion that are helping to change the country — the women who bravely take to the streets in peaceful protest against their oppression; the men who step forward and claim “I am her <I>mahram,</i>” so the fundamentalists won’t punish a woman for walking alone; and the families that give their basements as classrooms for female students.<P>A controversial political figure in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Malalai Joya is a hero for our times, a young woman who refused to be si |
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A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice By Malalai Joya $16 Malalai Joya has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country’s powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistan’s new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses.<P>Often compared to democratic leaders such as Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, this extraordinary young woman was raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan. Inspired in part by her father’s activism, Malalai became a teacher in secret girls’ schools, holding classes in a series of basements. She hid her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn’t find them. She also helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah. The endless wars of Afghanistan have created a generation of children without parents. Like so many others who have lost people they care about, Malalai lost one of her orphans when the girl’s family members sold her into marriage.<P>While many have talked about the serious plight of women in Afghanistan, Malalai Joya takes us inside the country and shows us the desperate dayto-day situations these remarkable people face at every turn. She recounts some of the many acts of rebellion that are helping to change the country — the women who bravely take to the streets in peaceful protest against their oppression; the men who step forward and claim “I am her <I>mahram,</i>” so the fundamentalists won’t punish a woman for walking alone; and the families that give their basements as classrooms for female students.<P>A controversial political figure in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Malalai Joya is a hero for our times, a young woman who refused to be si |
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Acting Out: A Novel By Benilde Little $9.99 <B>From the bestselling author of <I>Good Hair</I> and <I>The Itch</I> comes a novel about a modern woman living in — and acting out — her role as an upper-class African-American suburban wife.</B><P>Ina West is caught between the life she thought she was supposed to lead and the dreams she gave up long ago. Raised by loving but imperfect parents, Ina grew up a free spirit, getting a fine education and spending her twenty-something years as a photographer in Manhattan. But when family crisis and financial burdens came her way, Ina sought comfort in the arms of Jay Robinson, a hardworking businessman who occupied the safe, privileged world of the African-American upper middle class.<P> As Jay’s wife, Ina has it all: the lavish home, the SUV, the soccer games…until one day Jay walks out of their marriage, leaving Ina with no one left to trust but herself. How she manages to raise three children, take up her old career, rekindle an old flame, and celebrate her newfound independence is what <I>Acting Out</I> is all about. By turns heartbreaking, uplifting, and wry, this novel will resonate for any woman who has struggled to find her path in life.! |
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Addicted: A Novel By Zane $11.99 For successful African-American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip of an overpowering addiction…to sex.<P>Finding a compassionate woman therapist to help her, Zoe finally summons the courage to tell her torrid story, a tale of guilt and desire as shocking as it is compelling. From the sensitive artist with whom she spends stolen hours on rumpled sheets to the rough and violent man who draws her toward destruction,Zoe is a woman desperately searching for fulfillment — and something darker, deeper, and perhaps deadly. As her life spins out of control and her sexual escapades carry her toward a dangerous choice, Zoe is racing against time to uncover the source of her “fatal attraction” — as chilling secrets tumble forth from the recesses of a woman’s mind, and perilous temptations lead toward a climax that can threaten her sanity, her marriage…and her life. |
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Addicted: A Novel By Zane $15 For successful African-American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip of an overpowering addiction…to sex.<P>Finding a compassionate woman therapist to help her, Zoe finally summons the courage to tell her torrid story, a tale of guilt and desire as shocking as it is compelling. From the sensitive artist with whom she spends stolen hours on rumpled sheets to the rough and violent man who draws her toward destruction,Zoe is a woman desperately searching for fulfillment — and something darker, deeper, and perhaps deadly. As her life spins out of control and her sexual escapades carry her toward a dangerous choice, Zoe is racing against time to uncover the source of her “fatal attraction” — as chilling secrets tumble forth from the recesses of a woman’s mind, and perilous temptations lead toward a climax that can threaten her sanity, her marriage…and her life. |
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Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography By Piers Paul Read $36.99 Sir Alec Guinness was one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century. With a talent recognised by discerning critics from his very first appearance on the stage, he gained a world-wide reputation playing roles on the screen such as Fagin in <I>Oliver Twist</I> and Sidney Stratton in <I>The Man in the White Suit.</I> His performance as Colonel Nicholson in <I>The Bridge on the River Kwai</I> won him an Oscar and, in his later years, he captivated a new generation of admirers as George Smiley in <I>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</I> and Obi-Wan Kenobi in <I>Star Wars.</I><P>Guinness was a man who vigorously guarded his privacy and, despite publishing an autobiography and two volumes of his diaries, he remained an enigma to the general public and a mystery even to his family and closest friends.<P>After his death in August 2000, his widow, Merula, asked the author Piers Paul Read, who had been a friend of her husband, to write his authorised biography. Given full co-operation by the Guinness family and free access to Sir Alec’s papers, including his private and unpublished diaries, Read has written an enjoyable, yet penetrating and perceptive account of an intriguing and complex man.<P>Read shows how Guinness’s quirks of character and genius had roots in the circumstances of his early life. His marriage to Merula Salaman, a young actress of great promise, is chronicled by the many hundred letters Guinness wrote to her when serving in the Navy during World War II, while his post-war diaries reveal that readjustment to civilian life was traumatic, with doubts about his talent and a confusion about his sexual nature leading to bouts of severe depression.<P>Guinness’s conversion to Catholicism in 1956 partly exorcised his demons, but he never wholly escaped the contradictions of his life — his domestic ties vying with wayward passions, a yearning for holiness with an intolerance of constraint, a raw sensitivity to the feelings of others with an irascible and domineerin |
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Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field and Change Their Lives Forever By Harvey Araton $18.95 <P>The revolution began with the simple act of a mother kicking a ball to her daughter. An English soccer trainer noticed, and praised her form. “Too bad,” she replied, “there’s no soccer league for mothers.” Who could know that so many lives would change as a result of that simple exchange?<P>In the suburban enclave of Montclair, New Jersey, as in so many communities around America, there was nothing new in the sight of mothers driving their minivans to soccer practice. What was new was that these women were driving to their own practices instead of dropping off their kids and watching from the sidelines. For the generation that grew up before Title IX’s mandate of equal athletic opportunity, the field of play was a male preserve; girls watched and cheered. The lessons that sports are supposed to teach — team spirit, overcoming adversity, playing to win without rancor or anger — were restricted to this young boys’ network; how could women help win the Battle of Waterloo when they’d been kept off the playing fields of Eton? <P>The women of Montclair were mostly of that pre-Title IX generation, and many of them had never played competitive sports in their lives. In <I>Alive and Kicking,</I> Harvey Araton follows these women through their turbulent first two seasons. He turns his keen sportswriter’s eye onto the battles, both on the field and in the psyche, that these women wage as they try to play a sport without compromising their values. He also shows the divisions that wrack the league when a slightly younger generation gets involved in the games, a generation raised without ambivalence about beating an opponent, willing to take a dangerous chance for a winning goal, even if it means running over the woman in their way. But most of all he describes the women who gain in confidence and ambition, like one of the league’s pioneers, who finds the strength to leave a tired marriage, buoyed by her accomplishments on the field — as well as the few who find themselves |
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All You Need is Love: And 99 Other Life Lessons From Classic Rock Songs By Bill Ayres and Pete Fornatale $16.95 <B>It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll! It’s Rock Wisdom</B><P>It’s the insights and messages that come to us from 100 of our favorite rock songs. Love and marriage, family, friendships, self-esteem, spirituality, and community are just some of the themes explored in these healing and uplifting meditations, based on four decades of classic rock by artists like <B>the Beatles, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, the Beach Boys, and dozens more.</B> You’ll also find background information on the songs and artists, as well as suggestions for applying these nuggets of rock wisdom to your everyday life. <I>All You Need Is Love</I> is a visit to our past and a companion for our present and future. |
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All the Women I’ve Loved By Byron Harmon $9.99 CRAZY IN LOVE…OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY?<P>LeBaron Brown would have to be completely nuts to let a vibrant, intelligent, sexy woman like Phoenix Morgan walk out of his life. But after failing to pop <I>The Question</I> that Phoenix was anticipating on their third dating anniversary, he’s been dumped faster than he can say “commitment phobia.” Now, the handsome Washington, D.C., television executive is flat on his back in the office of Dr. Leighton Carter, psychotherapist, in the hopes of understanding his fear of marriage. When Dr. Carter asks him to recall all the women he’s loved, LeBaron recounts his wild, erotic, risky, funny adventures in and out of bed with a bevy of ladyloves. But something is missing. Can LeBaron, who thought he knew everything about women, piece together the puzzle of himself and still salvage his relationship? Or will Phoenix, on business in Paris, discover that when it comes to lovers, the world doesn’t revolve around LeBaron Brown? |
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All the Women I’ve Loved By Byron Harmon $13 CRAZY IN LOVE…OR JUST PLAIN CRAZY?<P>LeBaron Brown would have to be completely nuts to let a vibrant, intelligent, sexy woman like Phoenix Morgan walk out of his life. But after failing to pop <I>The Question</I> that Phoenix was anticipating on their third dating anniversary, he’s been dumped faster than he can say “commitment phobia.” Now, the handsome Washington, D.C., television executive is flat on his back in the office of Dr. Leighton Carter, psychotherapist, in the hopes of understanding his fear of marriage. When Dr. Carter asks him to recall all the women he’s loved, LeBaron recounts his wild, erotic, risky, funny adventures in and out of bed with a bevy of ladyloves. But something is missing. Can LeBaron, who thought he knew everything about women, piece together the puzzle of himself and still salvage his relationship? Or will Phoenix, on business in Paris, discover that when it comes to lovers, the world doesn’t revolve around LeBaron Brown? |
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American Adulterer: A novel By Jed Mercurio $11.99 <b>”The subject is an American citizen holding high elected office, married, and father to a young family…”</b><P>From its opening line, <I>American Adulterer</i> examines the psychology of a habitual womanizer in hypnotically clinical prose. Like any successful philanderer, the subject must be circumspect in his choice of mistresses and employ careful calculation in their seduction; he must exercise every effort to conceal his affairs from his wife and jealous rivals. But this is no ordinary adulterer. He is the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.<P>JFK famously confided that if he went three days without a woman, he suffered severe headaches. Acclaimed author Jed Mercurio takes inspiration from the tantalizing details surrounding the President’s sex life to conceive this provocatively intimate perspective on Kennedy’s affairs. Yet this is not an indictment. Startlingly empathetic, darkly witty and deft, <I>American Adulterer</i> is a moving account of a man not only crippled by back pain, but enduring numerous medical crises, a man overcoming constant suffering to serve as a highly effective Commander-in-Chief, committed to a heroically idealistic vision of America. But each affair propels him into increasingly murky waters. President Kennedy fears losing the wife and children to whom he’s devoted and the office to which he’s dedicated. This is a stunning portrait of a virtuous man enslaved by an uncontrollable vice and a novel that poses controversial questions about society’s evolving fixation on the private lives of public officials and, ultimately, ignites a polemic on monogamy, marriage and family values. |
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell $9.99 Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation’s religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. <I>American Grace </I>is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the role that religion plays in contemporary American society. <P>Although there is growing polarization between religious conservatives and secular liberals today, at the same time personal interfaith ties are strengthening. Interfaith marriage has increased, and religious identities have become more fluid. More people than ever are friendly with someone of a different faith or no faith at all. Putnam and Campbell show how this denser web of personal ties brings greater interfaith tolerance, despite the so-called culture wars. <P>Based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America (and with a new epilogue based on a third survey), <I>American Grace </I>is an indispensable book about American religious life, essential for understanding our nation today. |
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell $30 Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation’s religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. <I>American Grace </I>is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the role that religion plays in contemporary American society. <P>Although there is growing polarization between religious conservatives and secular liberals today, at the same time personal interfaith ties are strengthening. Interfaith marriage has increased, and religious identities have become more fluid. More people than ever are friendly with someone of a different faith or no faith at all. Putnam and Campbell show how this denser web of personal ties brings greater interfaith tolerance, despite the so-called culture wars. <P>Based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America (and with a new epilogue based on a third survey), <I>American Grace </I>is an indispensable book about American religious life, essential for understanding our nation today. |
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell $19.99 Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation’s religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. <I>American Grace </I>is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the role that religion plays in contemporary American society. <P>Although there is growing polarization between religious conservatives and secular liberals today, at the same time personal interfaith ties are strengthening. Interfaith marriage has increased, and religious identities have become more fluid. More people than ever are friendly with someone of a different faith or no faith at all. Putnam and Campbell show how this denser web of personal ties brings greater interfaith tolerance, despite the so-called culture wars. <P>Based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America (and with a new epilogue based on a third survey), <I>American Grace </I>is an indispensable book about American religious life, essential for understanding our nation today. |
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American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy By C. David Heymann $34.99 <I>From the moment of their births, John and Caroline Kennedy occupied a central position in what is generally regarded as the most famous family in the United States, if not the world. Even as young children growing up in the White House, their most subtle gestures and actions made headlines…. Yet until now they have not been the subject of a dual biography. In that sense, this volume represents a first.</i><P>In <I>American Legacy,</i> #1 <I>New York Times</i> bestselling author C. David Heymann draws upon a voluminous archive of personal interviews to present a telling portrait of John and Caroline Kennedy. A longtime biographer of various members of the Kennedy clan, including Jackie and Robert Kennedy, Heymann covers John’s and Caroline’s childhood in the White House, the dark aftermath of their father’s assassination, their uneasy adolescence, and the many challenges they faced as adults, all under the glaring eye of the media. He reveals John’s and Caroline’s loving but at times trying relationship with their larger-than-life mother, as well as Jackie’s own emotional struggles, romantic relationships, and financial concerns following JFK’s death.<P>Other revelations brought to light for the first time in <I>American Legacy</i> include the assassination attempt made on Jackie just before she gave birth to John; JFK Jr.’s romantic escapades prior to marrying Carolyn Bessette and accounts of the predominantly happy marriage they shared despite criticisms from questionable sources; the shocking report of the autopsy performed on John following the tragic plane crash that killed him, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren; Caroline’s rise to become one of the wealthiest women in America and her life now as the sole keeper of her family’s magnificently complex legacy.<P>Utterly compelling and full of new and fascinating details, <I>American Legacy</i> overturns much of what we thought we knew about two of the most talked-about members of the Kennedy family. |
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American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy By C. David Heymann $12.99 <I>From the moment of their births, John and Caroline Kennedy occupied a central position in what is generally regarded as the most famous family in the United States, if not the world. Even as young children growing up in the White House, their most subtle gestures and actions made headlines…. Yet until now they have not been the subject of a dual biography. In that sense, this volume represents a first.</i><P>In <I>American Legacy,</i> #1 <I>New York Times</i> bestselling author C. David Heymann draws upon a voluminous archive of personal interviews to present a telling portrait of John and Caroline Kennedy. A longtime biographer of various members of the Kennedy clan, including Jackie and Robert Kennedy, Heymann covers John’s and Caroline’s childhood in the White House, the dark aftermath of their father’s assassination, their uneasy adolescence, and the many challenges they faced as adults, all under the glaring eye of the media. He reveals John’s and Caroline’s loving but at times trying relationship with their larger-than-life mother, as well as Jackie’s own emotional struggles, romantic relationships, and financial concerns following JFK’s death.<P>Other revelations brought to light for the first time in <I>American Legacy</i> include the assassination attempt made on Jackie just before she gave birth to John; JFK Jr.’s romantic escapades prior to marrying Carolyn Bessette and accounts of the predominantly happy marriage they shared despite criticisms from questionable sources; the shocking report of the autopsy performed on John following the tragic plane crash that killed him, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren; Caroline’s rise to become one of the wealthiest women in America and her life now as the sole keeper of her family’s magnificently complex legacy.<P>Utterly compelling and full of new and fascinating details, <I>American Legacy</i> overturns much of what we thought we knew about two of the most talked-about members of the Kennedy family. |
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An Angel for Emily By Jude Deveraux $7.99 Emily Jane Todd has just found her guardian angel. Actually, the small-town librarian had just been stood up by her fiancé when she ran into the errant angel with her car. And while he appears to be unscathed, “Michael” continues to insist that his pedigree is quite legitimate. Emily just hopes his brain hasn’t been scrambled in the accident; besides, she’s not inclined to believe that an angel could be so dangerously sexy.<P>Yet Michael quickly reveals the most astounding things about her, and makes her laugh in a way she never has before. What’s more, he declares that he’s been sent to save her. At this point, the only rescue Emily has in mind is her upcoming marriage, and she’s ready to bid her most attractive angel good-bye. But when he lets slip that he also looks at souls — and hers is a rare beauty — Emily’s ready to risk heaven in his arms. Their journey will break every angelic and earthly rule before it yields her one wish: a love divine. |
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An Angel for Emily By Jude Deveraux $7.99 Emily Jane Todd has just found her guardian angel. Actually, the small-town librarian had just been stood up by her fiancé when she ran into the errant angel with her car. And while he appears to be unscathed, “Michael” continues to insist that his pedigree is quite legitimate. Emily just hopes his brain hasn’t been scrambled in the accident; besides, she’s not inclined to believe that an angel could be so dangerously sexy.<P>Yet Michael quickly reveals the most astounding things about her, and makes her laugh in a way she never has before. What’s more, he declares that he’s been sent to save her. At this point, the only rescue Emily has in mind is her upcoming marriage, and she’s ready to bid her most attractive angel good-bye. But when he lets slip that he also looks at souls — and hers is a rare beauty — Emily’s ready to risk heaven in his arms. Their journey will break every angelic and earthly rule before it yields her one wish: a love divine. |
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An Empty Lap: One Couple’s Journey to Parenthood By Jill Smolowe $19.95 <P><I>”Joe and I had been forthright about children. I was pretty sure I wanted them, Joe was pretty sure he didn’t. Since we each perceived in the other some room for movement, the difference didn’t worry us. Then priorities shifted, needs changed….”</I><P>In her late thirties, journalist Jill Smolowe’s life and career at <I>Time</I> magazine was on track. Her husband, Joe, was still her most trusted confidante and best friend. And now that she and Joe had decided finally to have a child, Jill assumed the pregnancy that had come so easily to all the women in her family would be her own next chapter. But nature had a different script in mind.<P>As her quest for a child swerved from the roller coaster of infertility procedures toward the baffling maze of adoption options, Jill’s desperation deepened — while Joe’s resistance to children only hardened. In the fog of depression, disappointments, and dead ends, their marriage began to founder. Then, halfway around the world, in Yangzhou, China, she encountered a future she’d never imagined might be hers.<P>Honest and intimate, <I>An Empty Lap</I> is as much a window on a marriage as on a high-stakes baby chase. Compelling, beautifully told and as insightful as a novel, it’s filled with emotions that anyone who has yearned for a child will recognize. |
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An Unexpected Family By Joan Medlicott $14 <p align=”center”><b>Can an old betrayal turn into a brandnew beginning? National bestselling author Joan Medlicott pens a heartwarming tale of a family found.</b><P>Widowed Amelia always portrayed her marriage to Thomas Declose as complete perfection. They lived in Paris and entertained widely for a glittering crowd; only the tragic loss of their little girl marred what appeared an ideal existence. So when Miriam Smith arrives with her daughter Sadie on Amelia’s doorstep in a snowstorm, claiming to be the illegitimate child of the long-dead Thomas, Amelia reacts with shock and fury. Could Thomas possibly have had a secret life he hid from her — a life that would have made their marriage vows a lie?<P>Rebuffing the wise counsel of her housemates, Grace and Hannah, Amelia dismisses the possibility of a family of her own and buries herself in the pain of betrayal and humiliation. Little Sadie is the spitting image of Amelia’s own lost daughter, though, and she cannot help taking mother and child into her heart. But danger stalks Miriam, and it looks as if Amelia might lose this family, too. When Mother’s Day arrives, will she be left with empty arms…or with her deepest longings fulfilled?<P>This beautiful tale of mothers and daughters is an enchanting addition to Joan Medlicott’s <I>USA Today</i> bestselling Covington books. |
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An Unexpected Family By Joan Medlicott $10.99 <p align=”center”><b>Can an old betrayal turn into a brandnew beginning? National bestselling author Joan Medlicott pens a heartwarming tale of a family found.</b><P>Widowed Amelia always portrayed her marriage to Thomas Declose as complete perfection. They lived in Paris and entertained widely for a glittering crowd; only the tragic loss of their little girl marred what appeared an ideal existence. So when Miriam Smith arrives with her daughter Sadie on Amelia’s doorstep in a snowstorm, claiming to be the illegitimate child of the long-dead Thomas, Amelia reacts with shock and fury. Could Thomas possibly have had a secret life he hid from her — a life that would have made their marriage vows a lie?<P>Rebuffing the wise counsel of her housemates, Grace and Hannah, Amelia dismisses the possibility of a family of her own and buries herself in the pain of betrayal and humiliation. Little Sadie is the spitting image of Amelia’s own lost daughter, though, and she cannot help taking mother and child into her heart. But danger stalks Miriam, and it looks as if Amelia might lose this family, too. When Mother’s Day arrives, will she be left with empty arms…or with her deepest longings fulfilled?<P>This beautiful tale of mothers and daughters is an enchanting addition to Joan Medlicott’s <I>USA Today</i> bestselling Covington books. |
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Angelfire By Linda Lael Miller $21.99 <b><P>The New Zealand wilderness is no place for an innocent young girl escaping an arranged marriage….</b><P>Shocked by the threat of being forced to marry an aging magistrate, Bliss Stafford flees her New Zealand home. But a chance encounter — and the barrel of her father’s pistol — wed her to Jamie McKenna, a handsome, headstrong rancher whose bold touch inflamed her innocent senses. Yet Jamie’s heart was captive to another — and to a hidden, bitter sorrow. But young, courageous Bliss is determined to face the secrets of his past — to claim the radiant prize of a lifetime of tomorrows.<P>Passion, heartache, and the power of romance set New Zealand aflame with <I>Angelfire</i> in Linda Lael Miller’s lush tale of a young woman audacious enough to settle for nothing less than love. |
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Angelfire By Linda Lael Miller $7.99 <b><P>The New Zealand wilderness is no place for an innocent young girl escaping an arranged marriage….</b><P>Shocked by the threat of being forced to marry an aging magistrate, Bliss Stafford flees her New Zealand home. But a chance encounter — and the barrel of her father’s pistol — wed her to Jamie McKenna, a handsome, headstrong rancher whose bold touch inflamed her innocent senses. Yet Jamie’s heart was captive to another — and to a hidden, bitter sorrow. But young, courageous Bliss is determined to face the secrets of his past — to claim the radiant prize of a lifetime of tomorrows.<P>Passion, heartache, and the power of romance set New Zealand aflame with <I>Angelfire</i> in Linda Lael Miller’s lush tale of a young woman audacious enough to settle for nothing less than love. |
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Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy $7.99 ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP <P><P>In this extraordinarily rich and complex novel, Anna Karenina defies the conventions of nineteenth-century Russian society and embarks on a love affair that has tragic consequences. Tolstoy’s work is a powerful meditation on love and marriage, envy and retribution, and the desire for happiness. <P><P>THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: <P><P>• A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information <P> <P>• A chronology of the author’s life and work <P><P>• A timeline of significant events that provides the book’s historical context <P><P>• An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader’s own interpretations <P> <P>• Detailed explanatory notes <P><P>• Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work <P><P>• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction <P><P>• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader’s experience <P><P>Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world’s finest books to their full potential. |
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Another Man’s Wife: A Novel By Shonda Cheekes $10.99 <B>Men and women test the limits of love and devotion in this sexy and suspensful first novel, which evokes the emotional honesty and moral complexity of real life.</B><P>Newcomer Shonda Cheekes makes her contemporary debut in a hip, wonderfully wise story about letting go and moving on.<P>When Yani Fenton married Jarrin Miller, she thought it would last forever. But five years ago, her husband of fifteen years walked out on his family without a backward glance. Since then, Yani and her two children have played a waiting game, certain that he is coming back. Now, with the help of her friends and her sister Asia, Yani is finally over her “love hangover” and ready to get on with her life. At a party, she meets Alex Chance, a prominent New York businessman who’s looking for a relationship with a woman who isn’t out for everything she can get. Their powerful attraction leads to a whirlwind courtship and a fairy-tale like wedding. But their happy ending is threatened by Jarrin’s sudden reappearance, which forces Yani to face the truth about her marriage — and the life-altering choice she will have to make as another man’s wife.<P>With generous helpings of affection, humor, and romantic suspense, Shonda Cheekes has created a story that crackles with wit and the rifs and rhythms of modern life. Alternating between the first-person outlooks of Yani and Alex, <I>Another Man’s Wife</I> captivates readers with a sassy tale of brothers and sisters on the move andsearching for love and fulfillment. Imbuded with the author’s fresh, unique voice, it is a provocative and seductive look at relationships in the twenty-first century. |
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Another Mother’s Life By Rowan Coleman $11.99 <I><b><big><p align=”center”>Can you ever mend a shattered friendship?</big></b></i><b><p align=”center”>From Rowan Coleman, author of the acclaimed bestseller <I>The Accidental Mother</i>, comes a deeply moving novel for every woman who was ever a teenager in love, a mother, or made a heartbreaking decision.</b><P>For wealthy Alison James, moving with her family to her hometown of Farmington presents more than a case of relocation jitters. Fifteen years ago, she fled town, eloping with her best friend’s boyfriend. Now, blessed with three children, but uneasy in her marriage, she wonders if that decision led her away from the life she was meant to lead.<P>Catherine Ashley, broke, the mother of two and almost divorced, can’t help but wonder the same thing. Although she’s content with her children, she finds herself returning again and again to those few weeks fifteen years ago when she fell deeply in love, only to be betrayed by her most trusted friend.<P>Now, once more living in the same town, Alison and Catherine are about to find out just how different their lives could still be. But this time around they are adults, and while their own happiness is at stake, so is their children’s.<P>Wise and warmhearted, <I>Another Mother’s Life</i> will make you laugh and cry — and think about what you would do when confronted by some of life’s most difficult choices. |
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Another Mother’s Life By Rowan Coleman $15 <I><b><big><p align=”center”>Can you ever mend a shattered friendship?</big></b></i><b><p align=”center”>From Rowan Coleman, author of the acclaimed bestseller <I>The Accidental Mother</i>, comes a deeply moving novel for every woman who was ever a teenager in love, a mother, or made a heartbreaking decision.</b><P>For wealthy Alison James, moving with her family to her hometown of Farmington presents more than a case of relocation jitters. Fifteen years ago, she fled town, eloping with her best friend’s boyfriend. Now, blessed with three children, but uneasy in her marriage, she wonders if that decision led her away from the life she was meant to lead.<P>Catherine Ashley, broke, the mother of two and almost divorced, can’t help but wonder the same thing. Although she’s content with her children, she finds herself returning again and again to those few weeks fifteen years ago when she fell deeply in love, only to be betrayed by her most trusted friend.<P>Now, once more living in the same town, Alison and Catherine are about to find out just how different their lives could still be. But this time around they are adults, and while their own happiness is at stake, so is their children’s.<P>Wise and warmhearted, <I>Another Mother’s Life</i> will make you laugh and cry — and think about what you would do when confronted by some of life’s most difficult choices. |
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Aphrodite’s Blessing By Clemence McLaren $10.99 The goddess Aphrodite was adored and feared by gods and mortals alike; none were immune to her power. Young lovers offered gifts and prayers to her, the goddess of love and beauty, in hopes of receiving her blessings….<P>Content as one of the best athletes in her father’s kingdom, Atalanta rebels against attempts at an arranged marriage. What she doesn’t know is that Aphrodite has given her blessing to a race that will change everything.<P>Then there is Andromeda whose beauty rivals that of any goddess. She is devastated by her father’s choice of a husband but Aphrodite has another plan for her too.<P>Finally, nobody wants to marry the beautiful Psyche. A mysterious suitor is finally found, but Aprhrodite decrees that Psyche must descend into Hades to earn his love.<P>In three love stories spun from Greek myths, Clemence McLaren, author of <I>Inside the Walls of Troy</i> and <I>Waiting for Odysseus,</i> presents these new retellings — with all their longing, hope, fear, and love — from the woman’s point of view. |
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Arson and Old Lace: A Far Wychwood Mystery By Patricia Harwin $5.99 “You’re a librarian, not a detective,” Catherine Penny’s daughter reminds her. But Catherine, suddenly single in her sixties, finds it easy to slip into sleuthing mode when she leaves behind New York City and a failed marriage for a lovely 17th century cottage in the idyllic English village of Far Wychwood.<P>But behind the town’s quaint stone walls and lace-curtained windows lurk dark secrets and whispers of witchcraft. And when her crusty neighbor George Crocker dies in a tragic fire, Catherine alone suspects arson. Lacking hard evidence, the police pay little attention, and the villagers swear she must be mistaken. Catherine, however, is one feisty expatriate American who leaves no stone unturned when circumstances point to murder. She may not be Miss Marple–yet–but her ingenious knack for uncovering the truth is about to take Far Wychwood by storm! |
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As Husbands Go: A Novel By Susan Isaacs $25 <b>A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, along with characters who leap from the page to speak directly to the reader — a moving story about a love that just won’t give up, <I>As Husbands Go</i> is the latest from critically acclaimed, bestselling author, Susan Isaacs.</b><P>Call her superficial, but Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was great — and why not? Jonah Gersten, M.D., a Park Avenue plastic surgeon, clearly adored her. He was handsome, successful, and a doting dad to their four-year-old triplets Dashiell, Evan, and Mason. But when Jonah is found in the Upper East Side apartment of second-rate “escort” Dorinda Dillon, Susie is overwhelmed with questions left unanswered. It’s bad enough to know your husband’s been murdered, but even worse when you’re universally pitied (and quietly mocked) because of the sleaze factor. None of it makes sense to Susie — not a sexual liaison with someone like Dorinda, not the “better not to discuss it” response from Jonah’s partners. With help from her toughtalking, high-style Grandma Ethel who flies in from Miami, she takes on her snooty in-laws, her husband’s partners, the NYPD, and the DA (is the person arrested for the homicide the actual perp, or just an easy mark for a prosecutor who hates the word “unsolved”?), as she tries to prove that her wonderful life with Jonah was no lie. Susan Isaacs brilliantly turns the conventions of the mystery on end as Susie Gersten, suburban mom, floral designer, and fashion plate, searches not so much for answers to her husband’s death as for answers to her own life. |
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As Husbands Go: A Novel By Susan Isaacs $15 <b>A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, along with characters who leap from the page to speak directly to the reader — a moving story about a love that just won’t give up, <I>As Husbands Go</i> is the latest from critically acclaimed, bestselling author, Susan Isaacs.</b><P>Call her superficial, but Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was great — and why not? Jonah Gersten, M.D., a Park Avenue plastic surgeon, clearly adored her. He was handsome, successful, and a doting dad to their four-year-old triplets Dashiell, Evan, and Mason. But when Jonah is found in the Upper East Side apartment of second-rate “escort” Dorinda Dillon, Susie is overwhelmed with questions left unanswered. It’s bad enough to know your husband’s been murdered, but even worse when you’re universally pitied (and quietly mocked) because of the sleaze factor. None of it makes sense to Susie — not a sexual liaison with someone like Dorinda, not the “better not to discuss it” response from Jonah’s partners. With help from her toughtalking, high-style Grandma Ethel who flies in from Miami, she takes on her snooty in-laws, her husband’s partners, the NYPD, and the DA (is the person arrested for the homicide the actual perp, or just an easy mark for a prosecutor who hates the word “unsolved”?), as she tries to prove that her wonderful life with Jonah was no lie. Susan Isaacs brilliantly turns the conventions of the mystery on end as Susie Gersten, suburban mom, floral designer, and fashion plate, searches not so much for answers to her husband’s death as for answers to her own life. |
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As Husbands Go: A Novel By Susan Isaacs $7.99 <b>A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, along with characters who leap from the page to speak directly to the reader — a moving story about a love that just won’t give up, <I>As Husbands Go</i> is the latest from critically acclaimed, bestselling author, Susan Isaacs.</b><P>Call her superficial, but Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was great — and why not? Jonah Gersten, M.D., a Park Avenue plastic surgeon, clearly adored her. He was handsome, successful, and a doting dad to their four-year-old triplets Dashiell, Evan, and Mason. But when Jonah is found in the Upper East Side apartment of second-rate “escort” Dorinda Dillon, Susie is overwhelmed with questions left unanswered. It’s bad enough to know your husband’s been murdered, but even worse when you’re universally pitied (and quietly mocked) because of the sleaze factor. None of it makes sense to Susie — not a sexual liaison with someone like Dorinda, not the “better not to discuss it” response from Jonah’s partners. With help from her toughtalking, high-style Grandma Ethel who flies in from Miami, she takes on her snooty in-laws, her husband’s partners, the NYPD, and the DA (is the person arrested for the homicide the actual perp, or just an easy mark for a prosecutor who hates the word “unsolved”?), as she tries to prove that her wonderful life with Jonah was no lie. Susan Isaacs brilliantly turns the conventions of the mystery on end as Susie Gersten, suburban mom, floral designer, and fashion plate, searches not so much for answers to her husband’s death as for answers to her own life. |
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As I am By Patricia Neal $23.99 Throughout her triumphant career, Patricia Neal faced a series of devastating challenges and losses, sometimes privately, sometimes before an audience of millions. By age twenty-one, the self-confident, determined, Southern-bred actress had starred in a Broadway hit, won a Tony, was “the toast of New York” and was featured on a <I>Life</i> cover—only the first of many triumphs in a celebrity life. <P> “In this account, Neal writes candidly about her numerous love affairs, both transient and profound, such as a liaison with Gary Cooper and her twenty-five-year marriage to writer Roald Dahl. More arresting are the tragedies that beset her, including the deaths of two of her five children and, at age thirty-nine, a massive stroke suffered when she was at the peak of her career and carrying her fifth child. Her heroic struggle to regain her speech, mobility, and mental capacities adds another dimension to an already courageous human being” (<I>Publishers Weekly</i>). |
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Assassin: A Novel By Ted Bell $9.99 <B>Alex Hawke is back. In this explosive,jaw-tightening follow-up to Ted Bell’s “”rich, spellbinding, and absorbing”" (Clive Cussler) debut national bestseller, <I>Hawke,</I> fearless intelligence operative Lord Alexander Hawke matches wits with a cunning and bloodthirsty psychopath in a desperate race to avert an American Armageddon.</B><P>In an elegant palazzo on the Grand Canal, an American ambassador’s tryst turns deadly. In the seamy underbelly of London, a pub-crawling killer is on the loose. And in a storybook chapel nestled in the Cotswolds, a marriage made in heaven turns to hell on earth. Isolated incidents? Or links in a chain of events hurtling towards catastrophe? So begins Assassin, the tour de force thriller that heralds the return of every terrorist’s worst nightmare, Alex Hawke.<P>A shadowy figure known as the Dog is believed to be the ruthless terrorist who is systematically and savagely assassinating American diplomats and their families around the globe. As the deadly toll mounts inexorably, Hawke, along with former NYPD cop and Navy SEAL Stokely Jones, is called upon by the U.S. government to launch a search for the assassin behind the murders.<P>Hawke, who “”makes James Bond look like a “”slovenly, dull-witted clockpuncher”" (Kirkus Reviews), is soon following a trail that leads back to London in the go-go nineties, when Arab oil money fueled lavish, and sometimes fiendish, lifestyles. Other murky clues point to the Florida Keys, where a vicious killer hides behind the gates of a fabled museum. And to a remote Indonesian island where a madman tinkers with strains of a deadly virus and slyly bides his time.<P>Hawke must call upon resources deep within himself. He must enter a race against time to stop a cataclysmic attack on America’s most populous cities and avengethe inexplicable and horrific crime that has left him devastated.<P>Brimming with relentless action and stylish detail, and featuring a hero that readers wil” |
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Assassin: A Novel By Ted Bell $9.99 <B>Alex Hawke is back. In this explosive,jaw-tightening follow-up to Ted Bell’s “”rich, spellbinding, and absorbing”" (Clive Cussler) debut national bestseller, <I>Hawke,</I> fearless intelligence operative Lord Alexander Hawke matches wits with a cunning and bloodthirsty psychopath in a desperate race to avert an American Armageddon.</B><P>In an elegant palazzo on the Grand Canal, an American ambassador’s tryst turns deadly. In the seamy underbelly of London, a pub-crawling killer is on the loose. And in a storybook chapel nestled in the Cotswolds, a marriage made in heaven turns to hell on earth. Isolated incidents? Or links in a chain of events hurtling towards catastrophe? So begins Assassin, the tour de force thriller that heralds the return of every terrorist’s worst nightmare, Alex Hawke.<P>A shadowy figure known as the Dog is believed to be the ruthless terrorist who is systematically and savagely assassinating American diplomats and their families around the globe. As the deadly toll mounts inexorably, Hawke, along with former NYPD cop and Navy SEAL Stokely Jones, is called upon by the U.S. government to launch a search for the assassin behind the murders.<P>Hawke, who “”makes James Bond look like a “”slovenly, dull-witted clockpuncher”" (Kirkus Reviews), is soon following a trail that leads back to London in the go-go nineties, when Arab oil money fueled lavish, and sometimes fiendish, lifestyles. Other murky clues point to the Florida Keys, where a vicious killer hides behind the gates of a fabled museum. And to a remote Indonesian island where a madman tinkers with strains of a deadly virus and slyly bides his time.<P>Hawke must call upon resources deep within himself. He must enter a race against time to stop a cataclysmic attack on America’s most populous cities and avengethe inexplicable and horrific crime that has left him devastated.<P>Brimming with relentless action and stylish detail, and featuring a hero that readers wil” |
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At Paradise Gate By Jane Smiley $16.95 In this brilliant novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author Jane Smiley delves into the domestic drama of the Robison family. While seventy-seven-year-old Ike Robison is dying in his bedroom upstairs, his wife defends the citadel of their marriage against an ill-considered, albeit loving, invasion by their three middle-aged daughters and their twenty-three-year-old granddaughter. Amply fulfilling the expectations raised by Smiley’s other celebrated works, <I>At Paradise Gate</I> is a compelling, gracefully wrought portrait of intergenerational strife and family survival. |
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Babes in Captivity By Pamela Redmond Satran $21.95 <B>They’ve satisfied their biological clocks.</B><P>They met six years ago in a mom’s group. Deirdre, Juliette, Anne, and Lisa are each living The Dream in the suburbs outside of New York City: beautiful wedding, big house, picture perfect family. What more could a woman want? Plenty, though none of them has ever admitted it. Out loud, anyway. It all starts with Deirdre….When she learns that her ex-lover, musician Nick Ruby, has moved back East, she confides in her girlfriends that she regrets her lost singing career, and her lost love affair with Nick. And since there doesn’t seem to be a “what’s next” in her life, she’s more than a little curious about “what if…?” <P><B>So what’s that ticking sound?</B><P>Deirdre’s confession — and her plan to revive her dreams and make them reality — has a startling ripple effect. It turns out none of the four is as happy as she seems: Anne fears her marriage is in jeopardy. Juliette desperately wants to have another baby but can’t. And Lisa’s facing decisions that her life — literally — depends on. The doors swing wide when these babes start breaking out…but at what price? There’s no satisfaction guarantee for any one of them, but taking chances together sure beats going it alone. |
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Babes in Captivity By Pamela Redmond Satran $10.99 <B>They’ve satisfied their biological clocks.</B><P>They met six years ago in a mom’s group. Deirdre, Juliette, Anne, and Lisa are each living The Dream in the suburbs outside of New York City: beautiful wedding, big house, picture perfect family. What more could a woman want? Plenty, though none of them has ever admitted it. Out loud, anyway. It all starts with Deirdre….When she learns that her ex-lover, musician Nick Ruby, has moved back East, she confides in her girlfriends that she regrets her lost singing career, and her lost love affair with Nick. And since there doesn’t seem to be a “what’s next” in her life, she’s more than a little curious about “what if…?” <P><B>So what’s that ticking sound?</B><P>Deirdre’s confession — and her plan to revive her dreams and make them reality — has a startling ripple effect. It turns out none of the four is as happy as she seems: Anne fears her marriage is in jeopardy. Juliette desperately wants to have another baby but can’t. And Lisa’s facing decisions that her life — literally — depends on. The doors swing wide when these babes start breaking out…but at what price? There’s no satisfaction guarantee for any one of them, but taking chances together sure beats going it alone. |
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Bachelor Party Confidential: A Real-Life Peek Behind the Closed-Door Tradition By David Boyer $13.99 <big>First comes <b>love</b>; <P>then comes <b>marriage</b>. . . .<P>But in between there’s the <P><b><big>bachelor party.</big></b></big><P><b>Lesbian strippers, dwarf tossing, boozy confessions, missing grooms</b> — modern bachelor party lore is enough to terrify any jittery bride. But what’s real and what’s testosterone-fueled legend? For the first time, <I>Bachelor Party Confidential</i> offers an uncensored and comprehensive look at what men do when women aren’t invited.<P><b>You may think you’ve heard the stories . . . but you have no idea.</b><P>Filled with unforgettable firsthand accounts culled from totally anonymous interviews with more than a hundred men from around the globe, <I>Bachelor Party Confidential</i> journeys to the heart of one of man’s last and most closely guarded secrets. To get the whole story, David Boyer talks to everyone from Vegas revelers mid-party, religious grooms, horny best men, and unconventional bachelors to reluctant wives, pricey strippers, bachelor party planners, and other behind-the-scenes players. The result is alternately hilarious, sexy, poignant, and truly eye-opening. |
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Bachelor Party Confidential: A Real-Life Peek Behind the Closed-Door Tradition By David Boyer $16.95 <big>First comes <b>love</b>; <P>then comes <b>marriage</b>. . . .<P>But in between there’s the <P><b><big>bachelor party.</big></b></big><P><b>Lesbian strippers, dwarf tossing, boozy confessions, missing grooms</b> — modern bachelor party lore is enough to terrify any jittery bride. But what’s real and what’s testosterone-fueled legend? For the first time, <I>Bachelor Party Confidential</i> offers an uncensored and comprehensive look at what men do when women aren’t invited.<P><b>You may think you’ve heard the stories . . . but you have no idea.</b><P>Filled with unforgettable firsthand accounts culled from totally anonymous interviews with more than a hundred men from around the globe, <I>Bachelor Party Confidential</i> journeys to the heart of one of man’s last and most closely guarded secrets. To get the whole story, David Boyer talks to everyone from Vegas revelers mid-party, religious grooms, horny best men, and unconventional bachelors to reluctant wives, pricey strippers, bachelor party planners, and other behind-the-scenes players. The result is alternately hilarious, sexy, poignant, and truly eye-opening. |
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Batista Unleashed By Dave Batista, with Jeremy Roberts $12.99 People around the world know Dave Batista as World Wrestling Entertainment’s “the Animal,” the rope-shaking, spine-busting World Heavyweight Champion, one of the most popular Superstars in recent years.The crowd turned Batista from heel to babyface after they were electrified by his awesome physique and physical wrestling style.<P>Few fans, however, know that Batista didn’t join the profession until he was thirty years old — an age at which many wrestlers are thinking about hanging up their boots. Nor do most fans know the tremendous toll the climb to the top has taken on Batista’s personal life. While successfully staying away from hard drugs and — usually — liquor, he found sex too tempting to resist.<P>”Women were my drug of choice,” the Animal confesses. That addiction cost him his marriage, destroying a relationship that had helped him climb from poverty to the pinnacle of sports entertainment in less than two years.<P>Now, in <I>Batista Unleashed</i>, the WWE Superstar comes clean about the choices he made and the devastating effects they had on his family. He talks about the injury that stripped him of his title — an injury he blames on Mark Henry’s carelessness. While being sidelined cost Batista untold hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income, it also set the stage for a tremendous comeback that cemented the Animal’s reputation as a true champion.<P>Batista talks about growing up in the worst part of Washington, D.C., where three murders occurred in his front yard before he was nine. He speaks lovingly about his mother — a lesbian — and how hard she worked to keep the family not just together but alive. He talks candidly about his own criminal past: a conviction on a drug charge and another, since overturned, on assault. He speaks of his days as a bouncer and a lifeguard, and tells how bodybuilding may have saved his life.<P>Once he made it to the WWE, Batista realized he wasn’t really ready for the big time. His career seemed headed for a fall |
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Batista Unleashed By Dave Batista, with Jeremy Roberts $16 People around the world know Dave Batista as World Wrestling Entertainment’s “the Animal,” the rope-shaking, spine-busting World Heavyweight Champion, one of the most popular Superstars in recent years.The crowd turned Batista from heel to babyface after they were electrified by his awesome physique and physical wrestling style.<P>Few fans, however, know that Batista didn’t join the profession until he was thirty years old — an age at which many wrestlers are thinking about hanging up their boots. Nor do most fans know the tremendous toll the climb to the top has taken on Batista’s personal life. While successfully staying away from hard drugs and — usually — liquor, he found sex too tempting to resist.<P>”Women were my drug of choice,” the Animal confesses. That addiction cost him his marriage, destroying a relationship that had helped him climb from poverty to the pinnacle of sports entertainment in less than two years.<P>Now, in <I>Batista Unleashed</i>, the WWE Superstar comes clean about the choices he made and the devastating effects they had on his family. He talks about the injury that stripped him of his title — an injury he blames on Mark Henry’s carelessness. While being sidelined cost Batista untold hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income, it also set the stage for a tremendous comeback that cemented the Animal’s reputation as a true champion.<P>Batista talks about growing up in the worst part of Washington, D.C., where three murders occurred in his front yard before he was nine. He speaks lovingly about his mother — a lesbian — and how hard she worked to keep the family not just together but alive. He talks candidly about his own criminal past: a conviction on a drug charge and another, since overturned, on assault. He speaks of his days as a bouncer and a lifeguard, and tells how bodybuilding may have saved his life.<P>Once he made it to the WWE, Batista realized he wasn’t really ready for the big time. His career seemed headed for a fall |
