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The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace . . . the best of its kind this season." - Detroit News"[S]pine-chilling . . . a far-reaching plot linking the horror camps of the Nazis, the frozen wastes of Russia and the work of British Secret Intelligence. . . . [T]his is 'must' reading for horror fans." - Calgary Herald"I began to read: and then read and read and read." - John Creasey, Books of the Month"Good, insomnia...

If you still think "the customer is king, " you're falling behind. Today's most powerful growth engine is users-people who interact with a company through digital media and technology even if they have never spent a dime. Become indispensable to users and the profits will follow.As CEO of the digital marketing agency HUGE, Aaron Shapiro goes inside blue-chip companies to advise them on how to thrive in this new business reality. He led an exte...

Hailed by The New York Times for writing "with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along, " nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet's living and nonliving spheres. With an astrobiologist's imagination, a historian's perspective, and a naturalist's eye, Hazen calls upon twenty-first-century discoveries that have rev...

From the most important Vietnamese author writing today, a powerful, ambitious novel about the thirst for absolute powerWidely considered today's preeminent Vietnamese novelist, Duong Thu Huong has won acclaim for her exceptional lyricism and psychological acumen, as well as for her unflinching portraits of modern Vietnam and its culture and people. In her latest book, she offers a sweeping tale of thwarted love, political intrigue, and treach...

Nearly 25 years ago, Howards Chaykin brought the '80s to a close, and comics to the brink, with his landmark erotic thriller, Black Kiss. Now, after years of anticipation, he's back with Black Kiss II, telling the story behind that legendary story -- like the original, in glorious black and white. And really, now -- does it have to be so dirty?

A remarkable novel. Witty, even cynical, observation leads to a conclusion profoundly moving.' - Graham Greene'Read is undoubtedly one of the most talented novelists of our generation.' - Francis King'[A] profoundly serious contemporary writer whose merits . . . are consistently underrated.' - D. J. Taylor'All dark velvet and dry ice . . . If you are caught up by it, as I was, you will devour it at a single sitting and savor its resonances.' -...

Entheogens and the Development of Culture makes the radical proposition that mind-altering substances have played a major part not only in cultural development but also in human brain development. Researchers suggest that we have purposely enhanced receptor sites in the brain, especially those for dopamine and serotonin, through the use of plants and fungi over a long period of time. The trade-off for lowered functioning and potential drug abu...

The Instant New York Times Bestseller!James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet.Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep.When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship that has been charming readers from Thailand to Turkey.A Street Cat Named Bob is an international sensation, landing on the bestseller list in England for 52 consecutive weeks and selling in 26 countries around the world.When s...

Lynne Cox has set open water swimming records across the world, and now she has focused her decades-long experience and expertise into this definitive guide to swimming. Cox methodically addresses what is needed to succeed at and enjoy open water swimming, including choosing the right bathing suit and sunscreen, surviving in dangerous weather conditions, currents, and waves, confronting various marine organisms, treating ailments, such as bein...

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New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a breathtaking Lords of the Underworld tale about a warrior trapped by darkness and the woman determined to save him Having endured weeks of torture in the bowels of hell, Kane wants nothing to do with his beautiful rescuer, Josephina Aisling. The half-Fae female threatens to awaken the demon of Disaster inside him-a beast he's determined to kill, no matter the price. Josephina ...

On a school trip to snowbound Scotland, several students become infected and turn into hungry zombies, leaving a small band of survivors to take refuge in the school bus. Combining the chill of "The Shining, " the humor of "Shaun of the Dead, " and the angst of "The Breakfast Club, " this novel is a funny, frighteningly good debut.

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One of the great comic novels of the century." - Anthony Burgess"[A]n exuberant romp with a parcel of grotesques in a truly horrible nor'-nor'-easterly suburb of London . . . great fun." - Manchester Guardian"Rabelaisian, vigorous, readable, inventive and bizarre." - Simon Raven"The very best of his works." - Harlan EllisonIn the worst, poorest, most benighted corner of London is Fowlers End, one of the most godforsaken spots on the face of th...

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The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft." - Los Angeles Herald-Examiner"Outstanding in the genre." - August Derleth"In the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood." - Michael and Mollie Hardwick"One of the last great traditionalists of English fiction." - Colin WilsonFrederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany his research team in search of "The Gre...

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Uses research and real world case materials to examine how market performance can be sustained, even during a period of austerity, by the implementation of innovation-based growth opportunities and the exploitation of technology.