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Dear Reader, If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing you should know is that this next-to-last book is what you should put down first. Sadly, this book presents the next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and unpleasantness. Probably the next-to-last things you would like to... (more)

The Shining

by Stephen King

Terrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane. Reissue.

Suite Scarlett

by Maureen Johnson

Scarlett Martin has grown up in a most unusual way. Her family owns the Hopewell, a small hotel in the heart of New York City. Her nineteen-year-old brother, Spencer, is an out of work actor facing a family deadline to get his career in order. Eighteen-year-old Lola has the delicate looks of a model, the practical nature of a nurse, and a wealthy society boyfriend. Eleven-year-old Marlene is the family terror with... (more)

The Hotel New Hampshire (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

The Hotel New Hampshire (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by John Irving

"The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels." So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered by the family Berry.... (more)

Seduction of Water (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Seduction of Water (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Carol Goodman

Iris Greenfeder, ABD (All But Dissertation), feels the “buts” are taking over her life: all but published, all but a professor, all but married. Yet the sudden impulse to write a story about her mother, Katherine Morrissey, leads to a shot at literary success. The piece recounts an eerie Irish fairy tale her mother used to tell her at bedtime—and nestled inside it is the sad story of her death. It captures the... (more)

Hotel Babylon

by Imogen Edwards-Jones

A luxury-hotel manager reveals what goes on behind closed doors...and sometimes, right out in the hallway. The manager of an exclusive boutique hotel (who shall remain nameless) exposes the low-life styles of the rich and famous. And we're not talking just loud all-night bashes... The anonymous author has encountered lavish drug parties, gorgeous call girls, naked guests falling out of windows,... (more)

Creepers

by David Morrel

From multiple New York Times bestselling author David Morell comes a spine tingling tale of action, suspense, and terror. On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and prepare to break into the Paragon Hotel. The once-magnificent structure is now boarded up and marked for demolition. They are "creepers": urban explorers with a passion for investigating abandoned... (more)

Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet

Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet

by Alec Le Sueur

This is a behind-the-scenes look at the running of the unheated, rat-infested and highly disorganized Holiday Inn in Lhasa, set against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas.

Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence (Vintage)

Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence (Vintage)

by Peter Mayle

Simon Shaw is 42, freshly divorced and tired. As he surveys the desolation of his former home in the wake of his ex-wife, he yearns for a life free of complications. But somehow a short break in the warm seductive air of Provence quickly turns into something more.

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.

Eloise: Book 1

Eloise

A Book for Precocious Grown-Ups

by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight

Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock). She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they... (more)

FOOL FOR LOVE AND OTHER PLAYS

by Sam Shepard

Here are eight of Pulitzer-prizewinning Sam Shepard's most stunning plays. This brilliant American dramatist creates what The New Yorker dubbed "Shepard Country"--a landscape of the imagination, a unique theatrical experience that captures our culture and consciouness, our fears and fantasies. FOOL FOR LOVE * ANGEL CITY * GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER * ACTION * COWBOY MOUTH * MELODRAMA PLAY * SEDUCED *... (more)

Beach Babylon

by IMOGEN EDWARDS-JONES

Greetings from Nowhere (Frances Foster Books)

Greetings from Nowhere (Frances Foster Books)

by Barbara O'Connor

Aggie isn’t expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping up with the bills and repairs has become next to impossible. The pool is empty, the garden is overgrown, and not a soul has come to stay in nearly three months. When she reluctantly places a For Sale ad in the newspaper, Aggie doesn’t know that Kirby and his... (more)

The Innkeepers' Register 1997: A Guide to 315 Distinctive Destinations

The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

by Erik Larson

Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America’s place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with... (more)

Do Not Disturb

Hotel Sex Stories

by Rachel Kramer Bussel

No doubt about it: hotel rooms are hot. The minute you slip the key in the door, you want to strip off your clothes and dive naked between the sheets, whether there’s a lover there to share in the indulgence or not. From luxe, five-star lodgings to seedy no-tell motels, hotels offer the chance to unwind, relax, and if given the chance, become someone else altogether. This steamy collection takes readers behind... (more)

What I Saw And How I Lied

by Jordan Cray, Judy Blundell

When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria, shows up, Evie is suddenly caught in a complicated web of lies that she only slowly recognizes. She finds herself falling for... (more)

UltraLuxe Hotels: The experience awaits...

UltraLuxe Hotels: The experience awaits...

by Veronica Newson

Ultraluxe. A byword for comfort, where the ambience is comprised of carefully crafted interiors, unrivalled amenities and superlative service; in which the most discreet of staff attend to their guest’s every wish - in locations ranging from the international hot spots of Paris and New York to far flung villages in Cambodia, to exclusive island paradises and private villas in the Gulf offering the ultimate in spa... (more)

Hidden Southern California (Hidden Travel)

Hidden Southern California (Hidden Travel)

by Ray Riegert

The ultimate guide for enjoying the Southern California sunshine, with details on over 100 beaches and parks, including more than 250 hiking trails and over 100 surfing spots. In-depth coverage of the area’s two big cities, Los Angeles and San Diego, include its many small jewels such as Santa Barbara, La Jolla, Palm Springs and Santa Catalina Island. Many distinctive lodging options are reviewed including... (more)

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