One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Her quick thinking, and her secret weapon, save her . . . for now. But the monster known in the press as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived...

In a hilarious novel set on an overland journey across Turkey, the narrator encounters sorcerers, cops, and southern evangelists as she and her companion travel from Istanbul to Trebizond on a tourist adventure that quickly runs afoul of an ancient and sometimes unbendable culture.

"Malenʹka Veronichka ne vmii︠e︡ chkhaty tykho. Cherez sviĭ holosnyĭ apchykh vona shcho ne denʹ potrapli︠a︡i︠e︡ v novi kurĭozni pryhody: to rukh usii︠e︡ï vulyt︠s︡i zupynytʹ, to urok u shkoli zirve. Pid chas pokhodu z batʹkamy u zoopark ïĭ spadai︠e︡ na dumku dotepna zabava: a shcho, i︠a︡k poloskotaty slonovi p'i︠a︡tky? Tak moz︠h︡na i v kosmos zaletity! Ale i︠a︡k povernutysi︠a︡ nazad na Zemli︠u︡...

Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red"...

"Kate Wills didn't expect to completely remake her life at 33. But after a divorce, she set out to do just that, alone. As a travel journalist, Kate had been jetting in and out of unfamiliar cities for over a decade, but this time-with no press crew or assistants-she felt strangely ill-prepared. So she turned to other female solo travelers for inspiration. Looking back through history, Kate discovered the astonishing women who paved her way. She set...

A female engineer, Althea, fights for her life when her small spacecraft is invaded by two mysterious terrorists on a dark mission, one of whom is a revolutionary harboring deep secrets.

A journalist and conflicted young mother describes her travels around the world in search of the most extraordinary natural phenomena, during which she discovers unforgettable truths about motherhood, spirituality, and the beauty of nature.

This enduring classic tells of the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon who becomes a castaway in strange and faraway lands. Shipwrecked upon the shores of Lilliput, he encounters the six-inch-high Lilliputians, whose petty wars, civil strife, and vanities are human follies so reduced in scale as to be rendered ridiculous. From there he travels on to Brobdingnag, where he finds himself surrounded by crude giants who cannot...