“Danger,” whispered Marlene. “How exciting!”“Danger from some of your guests.” Anna Mae Wong's eyes were dark with foreboding.“That is quite possible,” said Marlene. “I've invited the Marx Brothers.” New Year's Eve, 1931: Marlene Dietrich, as the reigning queen of Hollywood, sees fit to throw a royal bash in order to show off her legendary legs— and her secret-recipe potato pancakes. Gloria Swanson. Joan Crawford, and Jean Harlow are only a few of the luminaries who grace Marlene's star-studded guest list, and an astrologer's warning of danger serves only to heighten the Blue Angel's spirits. The only danger Marlene foresees avoiding is Groucho Marx after a bit too much Revelry.The danger, however, centers upon the astrologer herself, who upstages her hostess with a dire prediction about a new world war—and is subsequently murdered. But while death may be a show-stopper in some houses, it makes Marlene a detective for the prosecution.Marlene is convinced that the culprit lies among the astrologer's clientele of show-biz greats and political heavies, and with Dietrich determination, the screen siren takes on Hollywood gossips, European power brokers, and Nazi sympathizers in order to find a star-crossed killer. In the barbed and wickedly witty style for which he is known, George Baxt has brought Marlene Dietrich to life in all her riveting charm, lively humor, and hausfraulich love of cooking.

The author of The Forever War presents a collection of writings ranging from our past in Southeast Asia to our future among the stars. Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author Joe Haldeman burst onto the literary scene with the hugely popular novel The Forever War, but his career also took off on the strength of his short fiction. This brilliant collection brings together examples of his science fiction as well as his writing on Vietnam—and reveals the inexorable connections between the two. The works included in Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds are united by its title essay, in which Haldeman explains how his past informs his envisioned futures. One of these futures is a grouping of four stories from the Confederación universe, which includes his novels All My Sins Remembered and There Is No Darkness. An anthropological expedition goes awry as a research team’s subjects become murderous, and trade negotiations fall apart, comically lost in translation. The collection closes with one of Haldeman’s most affective works about Vietnam—the moving narrative poem “DX.” Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds proves to be an anthology as versatile and multifaceted as the author who wrote it. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author’s personal collection. 

Four boys. One game that changed everything. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. None of these boys were weak. Go back to where it all began. Welcome to the Power Chain, the underworld built on an unbreakable bond. Authors Chelsea Camaron and Ryan Michele have teamed up again to bring an explosive new romance series. Series Order: Power Chain PowerHouse Power Player PowerLess OverPowered

After failing a surprise math quiz, Karen cheats on the next few quizzes, but soon feels guilty and confesses to her teacher.

The plays in this collection reveal in combination the 'frivolous' and 'serious' aspects of Tom Stoppard's talent: his sense of fun, his sense of theatre, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire. The author rounds off his brief introduction, giving the genesis of each piece, with the comment: 'The role of the theatre is much debated (by almost nobody, of course), but the thing defines itself in practice first and foremost as a recreation. This seems satisfactory'.Leading off is The Real Inspector Hound, the ultimate country-house whodunnit; Dirty Linen moves a Whitehall farce to Parliament Square; Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth subverts Shakespeare; and After Magritte explains the inexplicable.

The three stories presented here were written specially for this book. They are the outcome of an unusual sort of literary challenge.Arthur C. Clarke, one of the world's best-known science-fiction authors, whose works include the novel Childhood's End and the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey, was asked to write a brief essay setting forth a general theme for a science-fiction story. Clarke's theme then was offered to Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, and James Blish, three award-winning science-fiction writers; each was told to use it as the basis for a short novel, and each was given no hint of the approaches the others were taking.The result is a trio of stories that differ markedly in style, technique, and tone, while demonstrating in three individual ways the uncomfortable possibilities that the future may hold for us.

Crippled by obsession... Broken and barely healed, Andrea has finally escaped the man who instead of loving, honoring and obeying her, beat, tortured and terrorized her. Uninterested in anything other than finding herself again, she is blind-sided by Brax who holds the power to heal her shattered and distrusting heart... Perfect for fans of J.R. Ward, Larissa Ione, Patricia Briggs and Laurell K Hamilton. Love Unbound is the final novel in The Helheim Wolf Pack series, and was originally published under the title HALF BOUND. If you like strong-willed female characters, you'll love Lauren Dawes's thrilling Helheim Wolf Pack Series.

Who is trying very hard to put Piccolo's Pizzeria out of business?

Karen becomes Pizza Queen and gets to wear a crown, be on a billboard, and star in a Pizza Express commercial.

Troubled Girls Find Love is a collection of stories both long and short about young women who chase after charming men, only to find out that not all that glitters is gold, and sometimes, those they perceive as true love can be deadly. Stories in this Collection:Murder in Miami: A high schooler who can't seem to fall in love with just one guy, and her choices can cost one of them their lifeThree Little Words: A woman who goes looking for love on a dating app before realizing that she's merely one of many pawnsIn Love with my Best Friend: A mother and wife who reminisces about a past flame she still loves, and wonders whether her marriage is worth all the painThree Dates: A college student who begrudgingly goes on an arranged date, just to find out that the man she's pushing away may be her one true love

"Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie." –Suzanne J. Willis, "A Silver Thread Between Worlds"Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages of this collection of fairy stories. Within these tales you'll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you already love about fairies and a few new tricks as well.A dusting of dragons, shapeshifters and ogres accompany these tales which include feminist fairies overcoming trauma, Norse fairies breaking the rules to interfere in human affairs, intergalactic fairies hitching a ride to a new home, political satire featuring an idiot king and talking animals, a new Robin Archer story, fairy run nightclubs and so, so much more.Altogether this collection...

Searching for missing jewels, Nancy finds the perfect setting for murder. An urgent message from Bess draws Nancy to beautiful Carmel, California. Fading movie star Joanna Burton has accused jeweler Marcia Cheung of replacing the diamonds in her necklace with fakes. But the case of the missing stones turns even more sinister when Ms. Burton ends up on the rocks -- at the bottom of a cliff! What led the actress to such a tragic final scene? Who pushed her over the edge? For Nancy, it's a murder mystery with more twists and turns than the Pacific Coast Highway, and she knows she's in a race against time. She must find the stolen diamonds before the killer strikes again -- perhaps to put her on ice!