Based on a Balinese epic poem, The Painted Alphabet is a tale of magic, depravity, spiritual ambition and love. Hailed by the New Yorker as "dazzling little gem of a novel," Diana Darling's novel follows the adventures of two Balinese brothers, Siladri and Made Kerti who make very different choices in life. Siladri, driven to find an explanation for his era's evil, seeks the teaching of a holy …
Jesse is a teen boy working out who he is, how he feels about girls and what the future of his family might be. In journalistic form perfectly suited to this novel, Jesse tells us what's happening to him and he gives us his opinions--intelligent and often hilarious--about life and the particularly difficult task of being a teenager. What's refreshing about Jesse is that he is smart and, despite…
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness... He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily... Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirro…
The third novel in this witty and risqué series takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. Upper East Side blueblood Anna Percy came to L.A. to learn how to have a good time. Then Princeton prince Ben Birnbaum and his amazing disappearing act turned out to be anything but. Anna finally begins to understand that telling true love from true lust us is f…
When Daniel finally becomes accustomed to the changes in his life since his brother Timon's death six years earlier, his brother reappears and Daniel is plunged into a world of intrigue and danger as he tries to unravel the mystery surrounding Timon's demise.
David and Leigh Eddings were mythmakers and world builders of the first order. With The Redemption of Althalus, the authors of the Belgariad and Malloreon sagas created a thrilling stand-alone epic—boldly written and brilliantly imagined. It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an…
Belgarath the Sorcerer: The Prequel to the Belgariad Eddings, David and Eddings, Leigh
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of The Man…
When an aging Soviet submarine becomes caught under the polar ice cap while being escorted by one of the best submarines in the Soviet Navy, a high-tech game of cat and mouse involving the US ensues to see who can get to the submarine—and the dangerous propulsion system it’s carrying—first.