“One of the Finest Memoirs Ever Written” –The New Yorker The highly acclaimed memoir of one of the most original American storytellers of the rural SouthA Penguin ClassicHarry Crews grew up as the son of a sharecropper in Georgia at a time when “the rest of the country was just beginning to feel the real hurt of the Great Depression but it had been living in Bacon County for years.” Yet what he conveys in this moving, brutal autobiography of his first six years of life is an elegiac sense of community and roots from a rural South that had rarely been represented in this way. Interweaving his own memories including his bout with polio and a fascination with the Sears, Roebuck catalog, with the tales of relatives and friends, he re-creates a childhood of tenderness and violence, comedy and tragedy.  

The economy is in freefall. Inflation skyrockets. Crime and violence are out of control. Countless millions of illegal immigrants, representing votes for the entrenched administration and cheap labor for its ally, Big Business, flow unimpeded across the southern border. America's enemies gleefully watch and plan as what was once the world's only superpower descends to Third World status.The American government fears China soon will achieve its four-thousand-year-old goal of world dominion. In its naivety, it adopts the philosophy, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," and secretly agrees to share global governance with Beijing. That requires the transformation of a capitalist democracy into a totalitarian Marxist state. To avoid insurrection and eliminate a dissident citizenry, the US administration asks China to develop a much more virulent and deadly pathogen than COVID-19. It trusts China to provide a vaccine so the administration can inoculate its supporters.Seven...

The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. Philip Roth concentrates on five episodes from his life: his secure city childhood in the thirties and forties; his education in American life at a conventional college; his passionate entanglement, as an ambitious young man, with the angriest person he ever met (the "girl of my dreams" Roth calls her); his clash, as a fledgling writer, with a Jewish establishment outraged by Goodbye, Columbus; and his discovery, in the excesses of the sixties, of an unmined side to his talent that led him to write Portnoy's Complaint. The book concludes surprisingly—in true Rothian fashion—with a sustained assault by the novelist against his proficiencies as an autobiographer.

Agent Llewyn Finch journeys to a remote island, where a great and terrifying secret lies in the heart of the jungle... for those intrepid men of vision uncompromising enough to find it.Llewyn investigates former black-ops specialist Elias Cobb, a charismatic man known for his dabbling in the arcane arts. Under Cobb's tutelage, a paramilitary organization called the Sons of Darkness strives to create a new paradise on Earth, one obedient to his unified vision. Cobb seeks the mythical fruit of the Wellspring Tree, a medicinal wonder capable not only of curing any disease, but of enhancing various bodily functions to superhuman levels.Llewyn races to find the fruit of the Wellspring Tree before Cobb and his minions do, but troubled waters guard the hallowed ground of the Whispering Isle.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the third installment in the "This Fallen World" series of dark, creepy, horror thrillers. Better turn on all the...

Lyssa Spencer is the apple of the Maverick Billionaire's eyes, the sister they adore and vow to protect. But Lyssa isn't a little girl anymore, and she wishes they could see she's a grown woman who is perfectly able to take care of herself. Thankfully, her new boss, Cal Danniger, certainly appreciates and respects her abilities. And she appreciates Cal...in every way possible. Yet she can't imagine he'd ever consider dating her, not when her brothers would rip him limb from limb if he so much as looked at her the wrong way. But boy, does she ever want him to look at her exactly that way. The Mavericks are Cal Danniger's best friends, as well as his business partners. So when they ask him to watch over Lyssa by giving her a job in the San Francisco Bay Area, of course he agrees. While she impresses him with how smart, dependable, hard-working, and dedicated she is, he's not at all prepared for the sizzling attraction that takes everything in him to try to fight....

The start of Lee Burrows and I was a college girls' biggest fantasy. Campus' most popular guy, the starting quarterback, the same guy I've crushed on forever, notices me—the quiet introvert. Although, he never would've noticed me if he didn't need my help passing our biology class. I didn't think I had a chance with him until he started flirting with me and asking me questions like, "Who was the guy you were talking to?" and "Do you have a boyfriend?" It took a few tutoring sessions before we ditched the library to "study" at Lee's apartment. It was a fantasy come true until I found out the truth and vowed that Lee Burrows would never get another chance with me again. Note: This is the prequel to the Kingsmen Football Stars Series and does not have to be read to enjoy, You had your Chance, Lee Burrows.

In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide.   Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past. While Meena’s fate hangs in the balance, Smita tries in every way she can to right the scales. At the same time Smita finds herself increasingly drawn to Mohan, an Indian man she meets while on assignment. But the dual love stories of Honor are as...

The Girl, the Boy and the WitchfinderWhen Hugh and Megan's sudden arrival from the second century is witnessed by a young boy, it puts them on the radar of the local witchfinder in 17th century Chester, and they are forced to flee. Avoiding Oliver Cromwell's Roundhead troops along the way, they secure passage on a ship crossing the Irish Sea.Shortly after arriving in Dublin, things go from bad to worse, when they are accused of murdering a young girl. When a kindly old Irish gentlemen offers his assistance; being accused of a murder they didn't commit turns out to be is the least of their problems.

Brea I'm finally free from the constraints of my large family. I have a great job at the most amazing resort. I'm finding myself and I'm learning so much from the other employees. I've never known about this lifestyle before, but I think I'm Little. And the man who has come to work on the basement might be my Daddy. But his lifestyle is so different from mine. I could never fit into his world. Niko I've retired from pro football and run a philanthropy in Seattle. My sneaky friend has asked me to do some construction at Blossom Ridge. He knows I have a soft spot for broken souls. It's been a long time since I've had a Little of my own. My heart seizes when I meet her. I already know she's mine. I just have to convince her she's become my world.

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its twelfth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or, more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series.Hamish's new constable, Dorothy McIver, may be the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Completely bewitched by her sparkling blue eyes, Hamish spends the summer traveling with her up and down Sutherland until finally, he can take it no longer. He gets down on one knee beside the Land Rover and begs her to marry him—and to his amazement and delight, she says yes.But just as the town of Lochdubh gets ready to celebrate, Hamish finds himself with a new murder on his hands. If he doesn't find the killer fast, Hamish's dream wedding could become a nightmare.

To paraphrase Poe: They loved with a love that was more than love. Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, loved Antinous in life, and after his lover's death, worshipped him as his god. This is a romantic, fictionalized account of one of history's greatest love stories. Antinous refuses reincarnation until he can be fully reunited with Hadrian. Almost two thousand years pass before he returns to modern Egypt to profess his undying love to Hadrian's restored soul. Can Antinous, a god, on the 1892nd anniversary of his passing and ascent, convince an ex-pat tour guide that they belong together...again?

THE SECOND TITLE IN THE EXPLOSIVE NEW SERIES BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRIS BRADFORD'I saw him die right in front of my eyes.''That you did,' replies Damien.'But you underestimated his power. Tanas is back and stronger than ever . . .'When Genna's parents are murdered, the police put the tragedy down to a burglary gone wrong. But Genna knows the truth: the Soul Hunters are back and her nightmare is far from over.With home no longer safe, she flees to America to find Phoenix, the only one who can help her - or so she thinks. While searching for her Soul Protector, Genna meets other First Ascendants like her, and Soul Warriors tasked with protecting the Light.But the Hunters are on her trail and it's only a matter of time before Genna comes face-to-face with their leader once more. For Tanas has miraculously incarnated into a new body, and is hungry for her soul.Genna must look to her past lives to survive. But how...