P. D. James is the author of 17 previous books, most of which have been filmed for television. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain s Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes ... more »

In 1997, P. D. James decided to undertake a book unlike any she had written before: a personal memoir in the form of a diary. Structured as the diary of a single year, it roams back and forth through time, illuminating James's extraordinary, sometimes painful and sometimes joyful life. Here, interwoven ... more »

Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All immediately went out of print and could be ... more »

Hailed by Ann Rule as one of the masters of the kind of suspense that goes beyond stark terror, Donna Anders returns with an electrifying thriller about a woman whose fame attracts a fan's murderous attention.... Home-shopping fans everywhere adore Carolyn Langdon: she's the beautiful, outgoing hostess ... more »

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN MARIO PUZO'S LANDMARK MAFIA TRILOGY Mario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta, the concluding installment in his saga about power and morality in America. In The Godfather, he introduced us to the Corleones. In The Last Don, he told the wicked tale of the Clericuzios ... more »

PUZO IS IN TOP FORM. *Time The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafia novel since The Godfather *a masterful saga of the last great American crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. THE MOST ENTERTAINING READ SINCE THE GODFATHER. *The New York ... more »

The Sky Is Falling A spellbinding novel of glamour, sex, power,and murder that spans the globe If America had a royal family, the Winthrops would wear the crown. The popular, charismatic Winthrops have captured the imagination of the world with their public service, their enormous charity, and their ... more »

It isn't every day a movie star steals your husband. When that day comes for Chiffon Butrell, of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, she looks to the Bottom Dollar Girls to help her out of one fine mess. As a waitress at the local Wagon Wheel restaurant, Chiffon pegs her fortunes to a winning entry in a local ... more »

There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects McGraw-Hill's Demystified titles are the most efficient, interestingly written, brush-ups you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end ... more »

Manhattan in the 1950s. Expelled from boarding school, Gabriel Gibbs joins his older brother Spencer's world of white-gloved Park Avenue, weekend house parties filled with tennis and cocktails, and literary Greenwich Village -- where Gabriel first glimpses the elusive Lillian Dawes, who will also captivate ... more »

An epic and hauntingly topical geopolitical thriller spanning six decades and three continents, The Human Pool confirms the journalist and award-winning filmmaker Chris Petit as the heir to John le CarrA and Robert Harris. THE HUMAN POOL Rumors about Willi Schmidt's actions during the Second World War ... more »

Understand the principles, applications, and limitations of a cutting-edge material Based on the author's 26 years of experience in the field of Nanotechnology, this reference offers researchers and materials scientists a complete reference to the physical concepts, techniques, applications and principles ... more »