"The Lady in the Lake" is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime. Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about [...]

This fifth volume in the "Gandha-ran Buddhist Texts" series (GBT) presents two fragmentary manuscripts of the poem "Songs of Lake Anavatapta." Previously known from versions in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese, the two recently discovered Gandhari-language versions confirm the poem's popularity [...]

Make or personalise lampshades using everything from vintage fabrics to antique laminated postcards. This title includes 50 projects that range from a simple child's night - light to elaborate, embellished shades. Making personalised items for the home is currently very popular and was recently feat[...]

""Dark, gorgeous...feels authentically Chinese and it works like a charm." --"Washington Post Book World" on" A Case of Two Cities
Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party - a week's vacation at a luxurious r[...]

Restaurateur and part-time P.I. Jane Lawless is taking some much-needed time off at her family's lodge when her best friend, Cordelia, arrives with news that Tess, one of their good friends, has taken a nasty fall and needs their help with rehearsals for a play that is set to open in a week. When Te[...]

This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam-into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals More...and monks -and re[...]

"Pearl doesn't mean to be a troublemaker.""Trouble just seems to find her."
Pearl Petal and Ben Silverstein can't wait for their first official day as apprentices of Dr. Woo, veterinarian for imaginary creatures. That is, until they are tasked with clipping the sasquatch's toenails. "Gross "
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The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Tower of Swallows, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games.
After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world.[...]

Trouble has a way of tracking Free Lance down. A knight with a lance and a horse called Jed, Free Lance stumbles into all kinds of challenging situations. These three action-packed adventures follow our hard-bitten hero as he battles dragons, saves damsels in distress, and charges headfirst into tro[...]