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Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams

Throughout the world, people have mysteriously disappeared. Theories abound--terrorists, UFOs, aliens from another planet. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun.

Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in t

Shreve (Testimony), who worked in Kenya as a journalist early in her career, returns to that country in her slow latest, the story of a photojournalist and her doctor husband, whose temporary reloc

In the eighth book in the saga of those left behind, those who were left behind after the Rapture must now make a crucial decision.

In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a con

Martin the warrior mouse and Gonff the mousethief set out to find the missing ruler of Mossflower, while the other animal inhabitants of the woodland prepare to rebel against the evil wildcat who h

With great wit and irony and with no insight whatsoever, popular ABC radio personality Eoin Cameron recalls the people, fashions, films, in fact everything that made the Sixties such a fabulous dec

After unscrupulous collector S.

The third book in the saga of those left behind, "Nicolae" follows the adventures of The Tribulation Force, made up of pilot Rayford Steele, Chloe, his daughter, and reporter Buck William

After serving several years in prison, Glenn Davis returns to his rural Mississippi home, where he forges a path of destruction and violence that finally leads him to a stand-off with Sheriff Bobby

Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast.

Looking for Australia is a fascinating collection of essays by author and historian John Hirst.

Mayor delivers an account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome's power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius.

At first, the shooting death of the company chairman seems like an unfortunate hunting accident -- until Lucas investigates the other four executives in the hunting party.