The Haunted Cave

The Haunted Cave

Christopher Pike

Young Adult / Horror / Science Fiction & Fantasy

There is a famous cave located just outside of Spooksville. Many stories surround the dark place: scary ones as well as exciting ones. Hearing the amazing tales, Adam is tempted to explore the cave with his new friends: Watch, Sally, and Cindy. But thte moment they enter the cave, the entrance closes behind them. And they are trapped in the dark. They walk deeper into the cave, frantically searching for a way out. The batteries in their flashlights begin to run low. Then they realize something is following them. Something that has been in the cave for a very long time. Something big and black and hungry.
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The Destiny of Nathalie X

The Destiny of Nathalie X

William Boyd

Literature & Fiction

This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World War I in Vienna, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters. Artful, witty, moving, The Destiny of Nathalie X is a confirmation of Boyd's standing as a master storyteller. 208 pp. Author tour. 15,000 print. From the Hardcover edition.
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My Point... And I Do Have One

My Point... And I Do Have One

Ellen DeGeneres

Humor and Comedy / Biography / Memoir

With the unpredictable wit and engaging warmth that has won her a loyal following, and the undeniable star quality that has made her television series an instant hit, Ellen DeGeneres brings her unique comic perspective to the page in a book of simple yet brilliant observations, outrageous dreams, and hilarious life stories.
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Matters of Choice

Matters of Choice

Noah Gordon

Historical Fiction / Literature & Fiction

A spirited and gifted physician forgoes a stellar career at a prestigious hospital for a small town private practice, and finds even greater challenges than those of the big city. Now she faces her hardest test as a doctor and a woman: whether to keep the medical secret of a girl who has desperately turned to her for help, or to betray that trust to keep the love of the man who has filled her life with unexpected joy....
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The Soldier and the Baby

The Soldier and the Baby

Anne Stuart

Romance / Mystery & Thrillers

Had he unwittingly fallen for a nun? Rescuing a late army buddy's baby was a last request Reilly couldn't refuse. But he also found himself rescuing - and falling for - his buddy's wife! At least, that's who he thought the stubborn lady trudging behind him in the jungle was.... Novice Carlie Forrest was used to convents, not hard-loving, shirtless soldiers. And while she'd long resisted the temptations of the flesh - those temptations had never taken male form and slipped inside her sleeping bag! In the jungle, Reilly juggled baby bottles as dexterously as his swearwords, and angelic Carlie fought to maintain her false identity as a grieving widow. But Reilly's every move made Carlie long to experience just one night of passion.…
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Riding the Rap

Riding the Rap

Elmore Leonard

Mystery & Thrillers / Western

E-book extras: "Martin Amis Interviews 'The Dickens of Detroit'"; Elmore Leonard's "If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It"; "All By Elmore: The Crime Novels & The Westerns"; Selected FilmographyDebt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz takes a rich man hostage. The trouble is he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno -- an expert scammer with a U.S. Marshal on his tail. When everybody's got a gun, someone's gonna get hurt.
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The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life

Steven Pressfield

Nonfiction / Language / Writing

In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game - Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen - meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six hole showdown. They are joined by another player, a troubled war hero called Rannulph Junah. But the key to the outcome lies not with these golfing titans but with Junah's caddie and mentor, the mysterious, sage and charismatic Bagger Vance - for he is the custodian of the secret of the Authentic Swing... Written in the spirit of Bernard Malamud's The Natural and sharing the magic of the celebrated Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams, Steven Pressfield's first novel - never before published in the UK - reveals the true nature of the game. Page-turning, spellbinding and affecting, it is a novel for golfers and non-golfers alike - a story in which the search for the Authentic Swing becomes a metaphor for the search for the Authentic Self. 'A marvellous, life-affirming book' Mark McCormack 'Golf and mysticism...a dazzler and a thought-provoker' Los Angeles Times 'Good stuff...a philosophical fantasy imagined on a golf course, heavy with fog, storm, fireworks and the howling winds of supernatural forces' New York Times Book Review 'Memorable...a page-turner...golf played a foot or so from Alice's looking glass, with mystical realms poised to engulf the reader at every turn' Sports Illustrated
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Move Heaven and Earth

Move Heaven and Earth

Christina Dodd

Thriller / Suspense / Romance

Miss Sylvan Miles dreaded the moment she'd see Lord Rand Malkin again. Once a dashing rogue, he's returned from battle a changed man. Sylvan, too, has suffered. Sharpened by scandal and tragedy, she vows to heal Rand's body and spirit. But when Sylvan arrives at Clairmont Court, the man she encounters is far from the great pleasure in taunting her with stolen kisss and the legend of his ancestor's ghost. But Sylvan isn't fooled by his bravado and sets out to break down his defenses...while she fortifies her own against temptation.
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My Point... And I Do Have One

My Point... And I Do Have One

Ellen DeGeneres

Humor and Comedy / Biography / Memoir

With the unpredictable wit and engaging warmth that has won her a loyal following, and the undeniable star quality that has made her television series an instant hit, Ellen DeGeneres brings her unique comic perspective to the page in a book of simple yet brilliant observations, outrageous dreams, and hilarious life stories.
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Geis of the Gargoyle

Geis of the Gargoyle

Piers Anthony

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Since Xanth began, the gargoyles of that magical place have been under a magical compulsion to protect the purity of the Swan Knee River which flows into Xanth from dreary Mundania. But recently the pollution from the outside world has grown ever greater, and young Gary Gar, latest in a long line of gargoyle guardians, is finding it ever more difficult to fulfill his responsibilities. So Gary does what any sensible Xanth resident with a dire dilemma would do. He goes to see the Good Magician Humfrey, who sends him on a peculiar quest--to transform himself into human shape, tutor a precocious child with more than her share of wild magical talents, and find a philter which can restore the river to its previous pristine state.
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