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No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 2

The Laughing Corpse

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Animator and vampire hunter Anita Blake is about to discover that some secrets are better left buried—and some people better off dead…

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 14

Danse Macabre

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cynthia Holloway

These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: she may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, werewolf, or something else entirely, it's clear that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and being a vampire executioner is no way to bring up a baby.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 12

Incubus Dreams

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cynthia Holloway

Anita is pushed to her limits-both professionally and passionately-when she is called in on what appears to be a case involving a vampire serial killer preying on strippers.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 15

The Harlequin

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cynthia Holloway

Readers haven't seen anything yet-new in the "fabulously imagined series" ( Publishers Weekly ) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Anita Blake is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world-a world already overflowing with power-have come creatures so feared that powerful, centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you've... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 11

Cerulean Sins

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cynthia Holloway

Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Master Vampire Jean Claude and leopard shapeshifter Micah. When a centuries-old vampire hits St. Louis, Anita finds herself needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 6

The Killing Dance

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Dating both a vampire and a werewolf isn't easy. But just to complicate Anita's already messy life, someone has put a price on her head. Love cannot save her this time, so she turns to Edward, hitman extraordinaire, for help. But finding the person behind the threat won't be easy, because as both a vampire hunter and zombie reanimator, Anita has made a lot of enemies-both human and otherwise.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 13

Micah

by Laurell K. Hamilton

There are lots of reasons to raise the dead - some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job. But I’m not alone. Micah is with me. Micah, head of the St. Louis wereleopard pard. King to my Queen. The only one of my lovers who can stir... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 8

Blue Moon

by Laurell K. Hamilton

New hardcover edition with a new afterword in the “wildly popular paranormal series” ( Entertainment Weekly ). When she chose master vampire Jean- Claude over her ex-fiancé, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman, Anita learned that sometimes love is not enough. But though she and Richard won’t be walking down any aisles, she can’t turn her back on him when he’s arrested on a rape charge in Tennessee. Anita knows... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 7

Burnt Offerings

by Laurell K. Hamilton

In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, it's often hard to tell the good from the evil. Just ask Anita Blake. She seems to be developing a soft spot in her heart for vampires-one in particular. So, when an arsonist's fires begin licking at St. Louis's undead, it's up to Anita to save the very monsters she's sworn to destroy.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 5

Bloody Bones

by Laurell K. Hamilton

In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Anita Blake, vampire hunter and animator, takes a bite out of crime-of the supernatural kind. But even someone who deals with death on a daily basis can be unnerved by its power... When Branson, Missouri, is hit with a death wave-four unsolved murders-it doesn't take an expert to realize that all is not well. But luckily for the locals, Anita is an... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 4

The Lunatic Cafe

by Laurell K. Hamilton

In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Vampire Hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems-especially in matters of the not-so-human heart... Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 10

Narcissus in Chains

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cynthia Holloway

The "steamy" ( Booklist ) Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel that took Laurell K. Hamilton to a whole new level is now in paperback. Includes a bonus excerpt from the next Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Cerulean Sins , coming in January 2003.

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 9

Obsidian Butterfly

by Laurell K. Hamilton, Laurell K. Hamilton, Laurell K. Hamilton

There are a lot of monsters in Anita Blake's life. And some of them are human. One such individual is the man she calls Edward, a bounty hunter who specializes in the preternatural. He calls her to help him hunt down the greatest evil she has ever encountered. Something that kills and maims and vanishes into the night. Something Anita will have to face alone... Praise for the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels: ... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 3

Circus of the Damned

by Laurell K. Hamilton

In Circus of the Damned -now in hardcover for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans. And to make matters worse, Anita takes a hit to the heart when she meets a stunningly handsome junior high science teacher named Richard Zeeman. They're two humans... (more)

The Penny: A Novel

by Joyce Meyer

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever--Miss Shaw. Together they form a friendship that dares both of... (more)

Help! I'm Falling For The Vampire Next Door

Help! I'm Falling For The Vampire Next Door

by Celine Chatillon

Valentine Drakul longs for a mate, someone to share eternity with who won't be totally grossed out living on a diet of steak tartar. Could the sexy girl living upstairs fulfill his every fantasy?

Ms. Etta's Fast House

by Victor McGlothin

Essence ® bestselling author Victor McGlothin delivers a stirring novel about a player who's down on his luck only to receive help from the most unlikely source--the very women whose hearts he broke... The year is 1947, and Ms. Etta's Fast House is the hottest nightclub this side of Chicago. The city's fastest-talking street hustlers rub elbows here with the rich and famous, and anyone with enough cash in... (more)

Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West

Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West

by Ethan Rarick

In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the... (more)

Tell No Lies

by Julie Compton

Jack Hilliard has the perfect life. A family man with two young sons and a supportive wife that he has loved since the day they met, he’s also on the verge of being elected District Attorney of St. Louis. As secure at home as he is in the courtroom, he has plenty to fight for and nothing to hide. But everything in Jack’s life is not nearly as perfect as it seems, as he learns when he finally admits... (more)

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