In this powerful addition to the legend of a sex-prone sergeant, Horatio Stubbs finds himself in trouble with women - and not for the first time. However, quite uncommonly, Stubbs seems to be enjoying a period of success, with a bevy of eager women who all want a piece of him. The whoring, boozing and army horseplay of this novel take place in serious surroundings. The year is 1946, and British, Dutch, Indian, Japanese, Chinese and Indonesian forces confront each other for possession of the island of Sumatra.

A story of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. Reverend Martin comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious "meeting" with the Reverend.

During a CIA budget war, a group of assassins mistakenly triggers an ingenious CIA plot originally planned in the 1950s – and a long-dormant network of government-sanctioned assassins are unleashed upon the capitals of Europe. A worldwide killing spree of top-level Russian officials begins. Only the Destroyer, with the all-wise Chiun and the ever-wild CIA Agent Rub Gonzalez, can stop them from reaching their primary target – the Soviet Premier. Remo must protect him, and keep the fragile, cold peace intact . . . or else risk a catastrophic world war.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Stories and reminiscences about his early life, times, and associations as a pulp writer in the 1920's and 1930's.Collects 11 early stories, with autobiographical introduction and remarks between stories. Contents: Introduction, essay by Jack Williamson; Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science, essay by Jack Williamson. Stories: The Metal Man; The Girl from Mars (excerpt), novelette by Jack Williamson and Miles J. Breuer, M.D.; The Cosmic Express; The Meteor Girl; Through the Purple Cloud; The Doom from Planet 4; Twelve Hours to Live!; The Plutonian Terror; Salvage in Space; "We Ain't Beggars;" Dead Star Station.

The Parker children's home becomes a battlefield because they want a pet while their mother declares that she will have no gerbils in her house.

One of the Grand Masters of SCi-Fi relates tales of the early days of the genre becoming important.

These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom. The multimillion-copy bestsellers that capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War -- and that constitute Wouk's crowning achievement -- are available for the first time in trade paperback.

Sinister SS killer Ernest Wohldorf received his orders direct from Martin Bormann himself. The Allies were closing in, the Third Reich was doomed. Shipment 11372 was to reach South America no matter what... Set against the chilling splendour of the raging Atlantic, "the Wohldorf Shipment" traces the long perilous voyage of Submarine U501 and her cargo, the growing rivalry and personal vendettas amongst those on board, culminating in a blazing and unexpected climax.

Jaxom, a rebellious young aristocrat, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg, thereby averting a dragonrider war, and find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall.

The extraordinary testimony of a daring Caribbean writer-activist, determined to expose injustice and defend the dignity of migrant workers In the 1960s, hundreds of women traveled from French colonies in the West Indies to become domestic workers for white families in France. Lured by the French government with the false promise of economic opportunity, these women instead found themselves subjected to racial discrimination, deplorable living conditions, overwork, and no pay until they “earned backâ€? the cost of the trip to France.After hearing the shocking stories of Caribbean domestic workers, Françoise Ega took a position as a cleaning woman in wealthy French homes in order to chronicle these abuses. Structured as a collection of unsent letters to the Brazilian writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, Notes to a Black Woman weaves the story of Ega’s experiences in France with her memories of Martinique, her observations on the joys and...

Raven Out of the bonds of slavery arose a beautiful warrior...Feared across the land, her blade was stained with the blood of thousands... Raven Accompanied by her mysterious teacher, Spellbinder, she was invincible. Together they would face the savage butchery of battle and the gathering forces of evil. Raven The lovely Krya, wife of Kahrsaam's ruler, has been abducted. Held captive in a strange and distant land. Raven and Spellbinder and her only hope. But they must withstand the foraces of a powerful new evil and conquer the wrath of an old enemy--the dark sorcerer Belthis. As swords clash in fearsome battle, Belthis leads them deep into the frozen regions of the North, where his magic holds rule...even over the dead. A Time of Ghosts

Civilization as we know it has been annihilated. The decay and chaos of the multiverse have left Europe in a surreal, yet ever-fashionable, mess. Jerry Cornelius finds himself in an increasingly futile series of guises, part of a cast of characters dancing the Entropy Tango towards oblivion. Will the legendary Cornelius ever be united with his true beloved, his sister Catherine? And will balance ever be restored to devastated London?Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, The Condition of Muzak is the fourth, climactic novel in the Cornelius Quartet. But this is by no means the last we will see of Jerry Cornelius—an indelible spirit of counter-culture who continues to inspire writers and artists to this day.

Raven Out of the bonds of slavery arose a beautiful warrior...Feared across the land, her blade was stained with the blood of thousands... Raven With her mysterious companion-mentor, Spellbinder, and a great black bird to watch over them, she was invincible. Together they would face the savage butchery of battle and the gathering forces of evil. Raven Deep intot he lost land of Quwhon she rode, her desinty written in blood-stained ice and carved in the distorted faces of the dead. Along with her loyal companions sh ewoudl battle men and demons to challenge her mortal foe, the evil weaponmaster Karl ir Donwayne. While beneath the snow and ice, Tanash, the Frozen God and enemy of all that lives, is imprisoned. Soon he will be free and men shall know the horror of true evil... The Frozen God

Never trust your heart to the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King. Especially with an anthology that features the classic stories "Children of the Corn," "The Lawnmower Man," "Graveyard Shift," "The Mangler," and "Sometimes They Come Back"-which were all made into hit horror films. "Unbearable suspense." (Dallas Morning News) From the depths of darkness, where hideous rats defend their empire, to dizzying heights, where a beautiful girl hangs by a hair above a hellish fate, this chilling collection of twenty short stories will plunge readers into the subterranean labyrinth of the most spine-tingling, eerie imagination of our time. Contents: · Introduction · John D. MacDonald · in · Foreword · fw · Jerusalem’s Lot · nv Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978 · Graveyard Shift · ss Cavalier Oct ’70 · Night Surf · ss Cavalier Aug ’74 · I Am the Doorway · ss Cavalier Mar ’71 · The Mangler · nv Cavalier Dec ’72 · The Boogeyman · ss Cavalier Mar ’73 · Gray Matter · ss Cavalier Oct ’73 · Battleground · ss Cavalier Sep ’72 · Trucks · ss Cavalier Jun ’73 · Sometimes They Come Back · nv Cavalier Mar ’74 · Strawberry Spring · ss Ubris Fll ’68; Cavalier Nov ’75 · The Ledge · ss Penthouse Jul ’76 · The Lawnmower Man · ss Cavalier May ’75 · Quitters, Inc. · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978 · I Know What You Need · nv Cosmopolitan Sep ’76 · Children of the Corn · nv Penthouse Mar ’77 · The Last Rung on the Ladder · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978 · The Man Who Loved Flowers · ss Gallery Aug ’77 · One for the Road · ss Maine Mar ’77 · The Woman in the Room · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978