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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book.

Parable: Book 2

Octavia E. Butler continues the compelling story of Lauren Olamina and her struggle for survival in a socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her quiet community, Acorn, should chart humankind's destiny by leaving Earth and peacefully colonizing the stars, Lauren and her faithful followers make preparations. But the sudden collapse of society and the reckless rise of fanatics... (more)

By The Great Horn Spoon

by Sid Fleischman

It is 1849 and Jack Flagg stows away on a ship headed for the California gold fields where he plans to recoup his Auntie Arabella's fortune.

Kindred (Bluestreak Black Women Writers)

Kindred (Bluestreak Black Women Writers)

by Octavia E. Butler

The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the classic novel that has sold over 250,000 copies Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back again and again for... (more)

Wake Up, Sir!: A Novel

by Jonathan Ames

Alan Blair, the hero of Wake Up, Sir! , is a young, loony writer with numerous problems of the mental, emotional, sexual, spiritual, and physical variety. He's very good at problems. But luckily for Alan, he has a personal valet named Jeeves, who does his best to sort things out for his troubled master. And Alan does find trouble wherever he goes. He embarks on a perilous and bizarre road journey, his destination... (more)

Xenogenesis: Book 2

Adulthood Rites

by Octavia E. Butler

The second in a critically acclaimed trilogy follows the life of Akin, the son of the heroine of Dawn, who struggles to cope with the isolation of being neither human nor alien. Reissue.

Bloodchild and Other Stories: Second Edition

Bloodchild and Other Stories: Second Edition

by Octavia E. Butler

"An outstanding short story collection . . . <Butler> is an impressive writer whose work displays how science fiction readily transcends the perceived stylistic limitations of the genre."- St. Petersburg Times " Bloodchild is a compelling and horrifying novella . . . <by an> exceptionally talented writer."- Publishers Weekly "The title story is justly famous . . . splendid pieces, set forth in... (more)

Patternist: Book 1

Patternmaster

by Octavia E. Butler

A telepathic race is ruled by the strong mind of the Patternmaster, but his ruthless son craves the ultimate power of the position and has murdered everyone who stands in his way except a final victim--his younger brother. Reprint. PW.

Patternist: Book 5

Clay's Ark

by Octavia E. Butler

Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so destructive that they exile themselves to the desert to avoid contaminating others, but their compulsion to infect others is overwhelming and, in a desperate plea for help, kidnap a doctor and his two daughters. Reprint. PW.

Xenogenesis

Lilith's Brood

by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn: After nuclear war destroys the world, Earths survivors are rescued by the miraculously powerful Oankali aliens- who survive by merging genetically with primitive peoples without their permission. Adulthood Rites: Desperate to regain their world, childless humans seek to cleanse the alien taint by kidnapping hybrid children. But the raiders are blind to the truth of Earths new children. Imago: The futures of... (more)

Carry On, Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

There seems to be little Bertie Wooster can do without the help of Jeeves these days. Formidable aunts, unbidden guests, and other headaches are small potatoes for the ever-resourceful Jeeves. Here is another heavenly dose of humor and intrigue from "the greatest comic writer ever" (Douglas Adams). "P. G. Wodehouse at his shining best." --John Mortimer

Artemis Fowl: Book 2

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident

by Eoin Colfer

Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help...

Dying to Please

by Linda Howard

Loyal. Beautiful. Professional. Impeccably organized. Potentially lethal. Sarah Stevens is a woman with many distinct qualities. First and foremost a butler par excellence, skilled at running large households smoothly and efficiently, she is also a trained bodyguard and expert marksman–indispensable to her elderly employer, a courtly gentleman whom Sarah has come to respect and love as a father. Then one night... (more)

Erewhon

by Samuel Butler

In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere,' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited.

Fledgling: A Novel

by Octavia E. Butler

"Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction--period. . . . A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."- The Washington Post Book World "Readers familiar with . . . Parable of the Sower and Bloodchild will recall that <Butler> never asks easy questions or settles for easy... (more)

Patternist: Book 4

Wild Seed

by Octavia E. Butler

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu... (more)

Xenogenesis: Book 1

Dawn (Xenogenesis)

by Octavia E. Butler

Known for her African-American feminist perspective, the author presents the first installment of a trilogy exploring the death of the earth as we know it and the advent of interbreeding between humans and extraterrestrials. Reissue.

Imago (Book Three of the Xenogenesis Series)

Xenogenesis: Book 3

Imago (Book Three of the Xenogenesis Series)

by Octavia E. Butler

The conclusion of the Xenogenesis trilogy chronicles the life of Jodahs, the offspring of human parents and an alien whose mission is to function as a gene trader in a human world increasingly hostile to aliens. Reissue.

The Slavonic Dances of Josef Vidich

by D.E. Butler

An inexplicable convergence of lovers threatens to complicate Josef's life, when a student from Paris arrives and presents him with a volume of Russian folktales. The addition of her libidinous intent and hallucinatory text, sets the stage for peculiar destruction. The Slavonic Dances of Josef Vidich, a novel framed in a fragmented and unflinching "Don Juan" story, follows the fancy footwork of a confused... (more)

Patternist: Book 2

Mind of My Mind

by Octavia E. Butler

A young ghetto telepath launches a psychic struggle against the four-thousand-year-old immortal who has been her father, lover, master, and creator to free her fellow telepaths. Reprint. PW. K.

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