| Author | : Robert Silverberg |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Automobiles |
| ISBN | : 9780380453931 |
" ... the future of man and the automobile ..."--Front wrapper. Each story preceded by 1-3 paragraphs of commentary.
Rebel
| Author | : Donald Spoto |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2000-08-22 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1461741661 |
This authoritative biography of film icon James Dean offers a clear-eyed look at the actor who crossed America's cinematic landscape with the brilliance and brevity of a meteor.
Harry Harrison
| Author | : Paul Tomlinson |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2002-04-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1587154013 |
The definitive Harry Harrison bibliography, with lengthy annotations and a special bonus--the Harrison story written for Harlan Ellison's unpublished "Last Dangerous Visions" anthology.
The Red Pick-Up Truck Mystery
| Author | : George S. Haines |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 2010-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1452067252 |
Kidnapped? A 16 year-old farm boy abducted from his neighbor's house in broad daylight? No, this hideous crime couldn't happen in peaceful rural Indiana! A man's corpse is found in his dilapidated house. Counterfeit money, stolen paintings, secret coded messages and international intrigue during the Second World War are all revealed as two teen-aged mechanics-turned sleuths attempt to breathe life back into an old rusted and grimy red pick-up truck. A county sheriff and an agent of the F.B.I. join forces to assist the two amateur detectives in their attempts to solve this complex mystery. Together they try to sort out the mind-boggling series of events involving an evil dentist who is a fugitive from the law, two dangerous escaped convicts and an odd pair of strange men--a seven-foot giant and a his puny partner. Will all the twisted threads of this exciting thriller be untangled so that justice can prevail? You will be enthralled as this spell-binding novel, the third in the Sam and Howie series, unfolds bringing suspense page by page.
Castle of Days
| Author | : Gene Wolfe |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 1995-03-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1429966246 |
The Washington Post has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume, Castle of Days, joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and The Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Gene Wolfe
| Author | : Joan Gordon |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 126 |
| Release | : 1986-01-01 |
| Genre | : Science fiction, American |
| ISBN | : 0930261186 |
An annotated bibliography and criticism on Wolfe's science fiction and non-fiction writing.
Shadows of the New Sun
| Author | : Peter Wright |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1846310571 |
This collection of interviews and essays places under one cover an amazing selection of difficult-to-find resources for the avid Gene Wolfe reader and scholar. The essays concern the nature of writing, including character, structure and the profession of the writer. Also included are a series of interviews with Wolfe and the holy grail of 'New Sun' aficionados: Books in the Book of the New Sun, previously only available in a rare small-press volume.
Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In
| Author | : T. Jefferson Parker |
| Publisher | : The Countryman Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2011-09-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1581578474 |
Original short stories by best-selling mystery writers about their favorite pastime—fishing. Sixteen of America's favorite author-anglers spin tales of mystery and fishing in this collection. From the tragic to the comic with many stops in between, these stories reflect the authors' passions for both making stories and catching fish. Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, John Lescroart, Don Winslow, Melodie Johnson Howe, Victoria Houston, and others all share a mysterious affection for things piscatorial when not busy writing best-selling books. This collection of all-original short stories will entertain even the most discriminating mystery reader. Proceeds from this book will help support two charitable groups, Casting For Recovery, which helps women cancer survivors to heal body and soul through fly-fishing, and Project Healing Waters, which does the same for our returning veterans. Contributing authors include • Ridley Pearson • Mark T. Sullivan • Michael Connelly • John Lescoart • Andrew Winer • Dana Stabenow • Don Winslow • Melodie Johnson Howe • James W. Hall • C.J. Box • Victoria Houston • William Beall • Spring Warren • Brian M. Wiprud • William Tapply • T. Jefferson Parker
