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From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims.

There are new residents in the Long Island Sound ... and they have a taste for flesh. The first time the creatures tasted human blood, their savagery went undetected.

Williams Burroughs meets Philip K. Dick in this dystopian drug-fueled novel set in the not-so-distant future. Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality.

'Nick Davis first saw Daniela Simonici in the American Bar of the Athenee Palace Hotel in Bucharest in June of 1940. He couldn't take his eyes off her.

Life guidance from a famed Renaissance man.

George Santayana's renowned work of moral philosophy outlines his vision of the ideal life.Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The author of Rights of Man and Common Sense argues for belief in God without religion.My own mind is my own church.

The Founding Father's most influential work: an impassioned defense of democracy and revolution in the name of human rights.Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it b

The original guide to good manners explains why "nothing is less important than which fork you use."Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

The Ancient Greek tale of Odysseus, cursed to wander the perilous world on his epic voyage home.

In 1986, champion cross-country skier Janine Shepherd was training for the Winter Olympics when she was hit by a truck and suffered life-threatening injuries.

The acclaimed Russian novelist's epic morality tale of a young man's horrifying crime and his struggle for redemption. Rodion Raskolnikov, a young man living in St.

We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman.

In a typical English country lane, ten households form a peaceful, if mundane little community.