The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child ?unwound, ? whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into[...]

Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully ? he's ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he's asked his friend Atticus O?Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down thi[...]

The CliffsNotes study guide on Coehlo's The Alchemist supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an ed[...]

?When I was just nine years old, I began learning how to become rich by playing the game of Monopoly?. If I?d just been lectured to about money management, financial responsibility, and investing, I doubt I would have listened and I doubt I would have achieved financial freedom early in life. Instea[...]

A haunted house in Key West Hannah O'Brien, who grew up in the house and now runs it as a B and B, has always had a special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts. But when a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help. FBI agent Dal[...]

When a merchant appears at the Catalonian chapter house of the Shield-Brethren, seeking to hire guards for his caravan, young Andreas is suspicious. Knights with his martial prowess are above protecting mere cargo wagons. Yet Andreas's wanderlust outweighs his concern, and soon the group is headed t[...]

In The Watchman and The First Rule, Robert Crais put Joe Pike front and center for the first time, to remarkable effect: ?A beautifully crafted piece of story-telling? (The Seattle Times); ?A high-octane thriller... Pike's unshakable belief in right and wrong provides a moral center? (South Florida [...]

""Shadow Catcher" will keep you guessing, on the edge of your seat, and eager for more." ?Raymond Benson, author of The Black Stiletto series From James R. Hannibal?a veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. government?comes an electrifying high-tech thriller in the great traditi[...]

In Wyoming, a little girl reads people's darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They?re called ?brilliants, ? and since 1980, one percent of[...]

?Nexus is the most brilliant hard SF thriller I?ve read in years. It's smart, it's gripping, and it describes a chilling reality that is all-too-plausible? Ramez Naam is a name to watch for.? - Brenda Cooper, author of The Silver Ship and the Sea and The Creative Fire Mankind gets an upgrade In the [...]

Albinus, a respectable, middle-aged man and aspiring filmmaker, abandons his wife for a lover half his age: Margot, who wants to become a movie star herself. When Albinus introduces her to Rex, an American movie producer, disaster ensues. What emerges is an elegantly sardonic and irresistibly ironic[...]

If there's anyone who can prevent a bar or restaurant from going belly-up, it's Jon Taffer. Widely considered the greatest authority in the food and beverage, hotel, and hospitality industries, he runs the biggest trade show in the business and has turned around nearly 1,000 bars and at least that m[...]

An "io9" Can't Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy title in March 2014.Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little tweaks ha[...]