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Sultan's Harem, The

Author: Falconer, Colin
Publisher/Year: Crown (2004)
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0609610309
Item ID: F-15067
Size/Weight: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 / 1.59
Pages: 464
Date Added: 10/31/2006

 Price:  $22.95



From the author of the critically acclaimed When We Were Gods comes a dramatic, unforgettable novel of cruelty and passion set in the great Harem of the Ottoman empire.
In Constantinople there is only one ruler: Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Lord of Lords of this World, Possessor of Men's Necks, Allah's Deputy, absolute ruler of the mighty Ottoman Empire. And at the heart of his palace is the Sultan's vast Harem, the domain of hundreds of scented, pampered women--some wives, some concubines, some merely slaves. Among them is Gulbehar, the Sultan's submissive favorite and mother of his heir; Julia, the daughter of an Italian lord, kidnapped when she attempted to flee Venice with her lover; and Hurrem, a Tartar girl from the Russian steppes, sold into slavery.

All three women are beautiful, but Hurrem is the most dangerous--ruthless in her desire to rule the Harem and, ultimately, Suleyman himself. Endlessly manipulative and clever, she carefully arranges the downfall of her rivals and endears herself to the Sultan, which places her at the center of the Empire's power. It is his obsession with Hurrem--not his enemies--that costs Suleyman his allies, his sons, and finally his dynasty.

Bestselling author Colin Falconer offers an irresistible glimpse into a world of intrigue, sensuality, and violence, where an empire can be controlled not by the might of its ruler, but by the women hidden behind the Harem walls.

 

                                    Immaculate Midnight

                                                                                                             

Item code: F-33585
ISBN: 0312266766
Authors: Ellen Hart.
Pages/Length: 322
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Publication Date: 2002
Format: Cloth
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 1/24/2007
Price: $24.95

Ray Lawless, prominent defense attorney and father of Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless, tries his biggest case yet defending an accused serial murderer and arsonist whom the media has dubbed the "Fireman." Convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, Ray's client kills himself in his cell. But someone in the Fireman's life can't let go, and, blaming Ray for the man's death, plots a meticulous revenge. Both Jane and her brother Peter feel the heat of the avenger's plan. Never one to shrink from a fight, Jane and her best friend Cordelia set out to discover why this person is so determined to undo her family. When she begins to dig into the Fireman's life, the puzzle unravels, leading Jane to a final confrontation with someone bent on making the Lawlesses pay, perhaps with their lives.

 

The Collected Stories

Item code: FIC-52015
ISBN: 1582432619
Authors: Clare Boylan.
Pages/Length: 396
Publisher: Counterpoint
Publication Date: 2002
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 12/03/2006
Price $16.50

 

Irish writer Clare Boylan, the author of six novels including Beloved Stranger, remains after more than twenty years an original and incisive spinner of short stories. This book culls 38 stories from her three previous collections A Nail on the Head, Concerning Virgins, and That Bad Woman. Boylan renders a consummately Irish collection of anarchists, dreamers, and outsiders, but like Alistair MacLeod, Alice Munro, and her compatriot William Trevor, her stories are universal, with "an imagination that transmutes reality into the stuff of magic" . Plumbing the inner workings of marriage, aging, family dynamics, and the cost of love, her richly sardonic humor and acutely merciless observations may seem gentle at first blush, but are edged with razors.

 

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Item code: FIC-70114
ISBN: 1582343047
Authors: Nina Killham.
Pages/Length: 250
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 1/19/2007
Price: $13.95

Cookbook author Jasmine March's life is like a perfect béchamel—rich, satisfying, and drenched in butter. But even a great béchamel can curdle: her husband has taken up with one of his Zone-dieting drama students; her daughter is bent on starving herself; Jasmine's fellow foodies have had enough of her astronomically caloric recipes; and her publisher is threatening to cancel her contract. And then there's the matter of the dead body she finds on her kitchen floor. Filled with descriptions of Jasmine's creations—oyster bisque Cajun-style, venison stew with Madeira and juniper berries, chicken breasts stuffed with goat cheese and mint—former Washington Post food writer Nina Killham's "wickedly funny" (NYTBR) first novel is good enough to eat.

 


 

Vanishing Acts

ISBN: 0312869614
Authors: Ellen Datlow, ed.
Pages/Length: 380
Publisher: Tor
Publication Date: 2000
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 1/1/2007
Price: $14.95
 

A winner of six World Fantasy Awards and the Hugo Award for Best Editor, in a career spanning more than 25 years, Omni fiction editor Ellen Datlow consistently assembles top-flight collections of speculative storytelling. The theme of this anthology is "endangered species," loosely interpreted to include in some cases the human race. Here are four reprinted stories and a dozen new ones, including a new novella from Ted Chiang, Seventy-Two Letters, and work by Suzy McKee Charnas, Avram Davidson, Karen Joy Fowler, Paul McAuley, Brian Stableford, and others.

 

 

Waking Samuel

Item code: FIC-70125
ISBN: 1582344426
Authors: Daniel Coyle.
Pages/Length: 243
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 1/23/2007
Price: $13.95

After the loss of her only son, Sara Black finds new purpose in working long hours at the Seattle hospital where she is a nurse, tending to "the tall man," a patient with a gunshot wound, whose identity has remained a provocative riddle. When he finally starts talking, the man, who calls himself Samuel, draws Sara into a strange and chilling story about his past on an Alaskan island, and she realizes she must face some hard truths of her own. Daniel Coyle's debut novel, a Book Sense 76 Pick, explores the power of belief and the path of forgiveness

 
One Last Hit: A Joe Portugal Mystery

ISBN: 0972441204
Authors: Nathan Walpow.
Pages/Length: 377
Publisher: Uglytown
Publication Date: 2003
Format: Paperback
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 1/26/2007
Price: $14.95

It's been 30 years since Joe put away his electric guitar. Maybe that's one reason he's suffering the midlife doldrums. Now he has a chance to put the old band back together—all he has to do is find the lead guitarist, who hasn't been seen since the 70s. But when he begins the search, it's soon apparent that someone doesn't want to see a reunion tour—someone with a gun. Nathan Walpow lists a few of the things this book is about, including a fat, perfect joint; midlife crises; a Gibson SG guitar; fresh-squeezed orange juice; the girl who got away; an eclectic after-hours club; Julie Andrews; local television news; the Berlin Wall; eBay; and one VW Beetle after another.

 

 

                                                                     Dying for Love

                                                                                                                                

ISBN: 0786715030
Authors: Gwen Moffat.
Pages/Length: 221
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Publication Date: 2005
Format: Cloth
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 6/18/2007
Price: $25.00




The English village of Culchet is the picture of Lake District charm, with geese on its shady green and friendly residents going quietly about their business. Bart Milburn is doing up the Old Hall; gourmet pub chef Win Langley is preparing for an anniversary party; her housemate Alice Potter is in the back garden, reviewing a crime thriller for publication. Then two deaths occur within a short space of time, both too sudden and unusual to be accidental, and five-year-old Kim Butler disappears. With a shock everyone realizes there is a kidnapper—or worse—living in their midst, and idyllic Culchet erupts in panic.

 

 

Band of Brothers

                                                                                                     

Item code: 71915
ISBN: 1590131061
Authors: Alexander Kent.
Pages/Length: 144
Publisher: McBooks
Publication Date: 2005
Format: Cloth
Primary Subject: Fiction
Date Added: 7/19/2007
Price: $19.95

Returning to an early part of the Bolitho saga, set in 1774, Alexander Kent depicts Richard Bolitho on the brink of manhood, hoping to pass his examination before the Navy Board to begin his true career as a King's Officer. Along with his friend Martyn Dancer, Bolitho sets sail to deliver the new schooner Hotspur to the Channel Islands, but must confront an abusive lieutenant and also test his mettle against vicious smugglers. He is sent on a perilous mission to cut out the smugglers' brig.

 


 

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