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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach

In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.... In ... (more)

Thinner

by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

When an old Gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, six weeks later he's 93 pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble...that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.

Shadowland

by Peter Straub

The #1 New York Times bestselling author's all-time horror classic Now with a new introduction by Peter Straub Few modern horror novels have been able to stand the test of time like Shadowland . Now, with a new introduction from Peter Straub, this classic becomes a collectible for his insatiable fans-and for new readers who have just discovered Straub through the bestselling Black House , co-written with... (more)

The Man with the Golden Gun

by Ian Fleming

A brainwashed James Bond has tried—and failed—to assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly freelance hit men in the world: Paco "Pistols" Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his license to kill, 007 is no assassin, and on finding Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica, he decides to infiltrate the... (more)

Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin

by Terrance Dicks

Red Shift

by Alan Garner

When Alan Garner's first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen , was published he was hailed by reviewers as a great new writer. The Weirdstone and its sequel The Moon of Gomrath are magic-fiction stories set around Alderley Edge in Cheshire, which is his home. The next book, Elidor is of the same genre, but here the setting is Manchester (where Alan Garner went to school), and the magic is seen only through... (more)

Frank Miller's Ronin

by Frank Miller, John Costanza

Doctor Who and an Unearthly ChildTerrance Dicks

Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child

by Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who And The Daleks

by David Whitaker

William Russell, Ian in the original "Doctor Who" series, narrates the novelization of the 1964 season, a retro sci-fi adventure of two average Brits caught up in the mysterious doctor's travels. On the planet Skaro they intervene to save the pacifist Thals from the evil Daleks. Russell reads with earnest breathlessness, making Ian a sturdy, if querulous, hero. He differentiates other voices adequately, with... (more)

The StandStephen King

The Stand

by Stephen King

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides... (more)

The Dead Zone

by Stephen King

John Smith awakens from an interminable coma with an accursed power-the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in...the dead zone.

Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (The Doctor Who Library, No. 47)

Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (The Doctor Who Library, No. 47)

by Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Leisure HiveDavid Fisher

Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive

by David Fisher

DOCTOR WHO AND THE DINOSAUR INVASIONMalcolm Hulke

DOCTOR WHO AND THE DINOSAUR INVASION

by Malcolm Hulke

Martin Jarvis narrates this novelization based on a serial from the original TV series. The Doctor and Sarah arrive back in the TARDIS to find London completely deserted - except for the dinosaurs. Has the return of these prehistoric creatures been deliberately planned and, if so, who can be behind it all?

Doctor Who And The Doomsday Weapon

by Malcolm Hulke

Psycho

by Robert Bloch

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates Motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty buy clean and the plumbing worked. Norman Bates, the manager, seemed nice, if a little odd....

Solo

by Jack Higgins

Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

by Terrance Dicks

Hurlyburly

The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage

The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage

by Robert Lindsey

Tense, intriguing, and darkly compelling, The Falcon and the Snowman is a uniquely American story of betrayal. On the face of it, there was nothing to indicate that Andrew Dalton Lee and Christopher James Boyce were anything but two devout Catholic boys growing up in happy, warm families in one of the most affluent suburbs in America, living one version of the American Dream and facing nothing but the best of... (more)

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by Stephen King

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by David Fisher

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by Malcolm Hulke

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