From Publishers WeeklyThis first collection of stories by Stern, author of nine novels ( The Suicide Academy ; Final Cut ) and the recipient of several major literary awards, can be read as a series of homages to five great writers. In six effervescently compelling stories that brim with convincing characters, Stern evokes some specific themes of E. M. Forster, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, Lionel Trillng and (twice) Sigmund Freud. The result is a splendid, impeccably crafted array of short narratives that seize upon their sources as rootstock and grow into flourishing new specimens. Two of the stories, "A Clean Well-Lighted Place By Ernest Hemingway" and "Brooksmith By Henry James," are based on fiction, while the rest, from "The Liberal Imagination By Lionel Trilling" to "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life By Sigmund Freud," are tales that arise from subtle considerations of those classic studies of the human condition. Stern, a one-time cellist with the Indianapolis Symphony, is Director of Humanities at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. These stories show him to be an adroit and versatile writer who succeeds in pulling off a risky literary conceit that in lesser hands could have floundered under the weight of its own concept. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalThe six stories here echo the themes of famous works by Lionel Trilling, Freud, Hemingway, E.M. Forster, and Henry James, and hence they are "twice told." In "Brooksmith," for example, a nurse has a sensibility above her station, like a character in the original James piece; and in "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" two men find their own situation vis-a-vis life and each other comparable to that in Hemingway's classic tale. But the stories are not mere clones, for the characters, often writers, struggle to find their own story, "the shape of a life," amid a world for which they are ill equipped. They find that "what we spend everywhere is not money, stolen or earned, not energy, not talent, not love, but ourselves." And in these intelligent, witty tales, which certainly bear rereading, these spent selves become literature.- Peter Bricklebank, City Coll., CUNYCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Contemporary Romance by Fran Baker Kitty Reardon came from a coal mining family; Ben Cooper from a mine owning one. Then he rear-ended her car on a dark, rainy night--and risked his life to pull her to safety. Kitty felt drawn to this attractive, concerned man, but she had a daughter to raise and a union to represent. And a past that cautioned her about any man... Originally published by Bantam Loveswept

Christopher Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a rag-tag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the alien Ashiyyur. But now, one man believes Sim was a fraud, and Alex must follow the legend into the heart of the alien galaxy to confront a truth far stranger than any fiction. Christopher Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a rag-tag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the alien Ashiyyur. But now, one man believes Sim was a fraud, and Alex must follow the legend into the heart of the alien galaxy to confront a truth far stranger than any fiction. Reissue.

In the heart of a European forest, a young private dreams of home and rock'n roll. At command headquarters. a four-star general pursues a family tradition of military honor that reaches back centuries. They could be any two soldiers in the world. It could be any army — but it's not. The place is the East German border. The time is the 1980's — and the Soviet Army is about to attack…

Sally Hermitage was daughter of the famous solicitor "The Hermit," but unfortunately her father had not left his widow financially secure. So Sally was determined to see her sister married to the man she loved, Lord Derwent. But Derwent had a guardian, Lord Monstuart, who was just as determined to prevent his nephew from throwing himself away on Melanie. But Monstuart exhibited some evidence of attraction to Sally… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published be Fawcett Crest

SUMMARY:Kate is only eighteen when she meets Tom Harper, one of America's biggest pro-football stars.  They share an idyllic and glamorous first love.  But the bullet that suddenly ends Tom's career also ends their life together.  A failed suicide attempt will leave him mentally and physically disabled forever.  Kate will be left alone, heartbroken, and pregnant with their son.  Soon she will have another chance at love, but it will mean learning to let go of the past and learning to trust again.

“ King Stakh’s Wild Hunt is a suspense mystery thriller, set against a historical background,” says the publishing house's website. “The story kicks off from the book’s first pages, throwing the reader into the atmosphere of a dark intense fear before the inevitable. It doesn’t take long for the reader to begin anxiously accompanying Belaretsky on the swamps, meeting strange personae here and there, all of them either mad or scared, or hiding something important, and at times simply miserable. Uladzimir Karatkevich (1930-84) was born in Orsha, Vitsyebsk region. His first published work was a poem that appeared in 1951, which was later followed by three collections of verse. Later, he turned to prose and published a large number of short stories, in collections titled, Chazenia, The Eye of the Typhoon, From Past Ages , and others. He also wrote novels, with King Stakh’s Wild Hunt (Дзікае паляванне караля Стаха, 1964) being the most popular of them. His novels deal predominantly with Belarus' historical past, including the 1863-64 anti-Russian uprising led by Kastus Kalinowski. Karatkevich also wrote a number of plays, essays, screenplays, and detective and adventure stories. His works are marked by romanticism, rich imagery and emotionalism.

And so begins the HooDoo Western by Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo and one of America's most innovative and celebrated writers. Reed demolishes white American history and folklore as well as Christian myth in this masterful satire of contemporary American life.In addition to the black, satanic Loop Garoo Kid, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down features Drag Gibson (a rich, slovenly cattleman), Mustache Sal (his nymphomaniac mail-order bride), Thomas Jefferson and many others in a hilarious parody of the old Western.

    CLAYBURN WOULD NEED ALL HIS WITS AND A LOT OF BULLETS-TO GET THIS WAGON TRAIN THROUGH.     First a stretch of desert, then the badlands, and after that mountains just crawling with Apache war parties-that was the trail to the gold rush town of Bannock. And if the early snows didn't stop Clayburn, Adler intended to.     Adler was determined to have only one supply train to reap the huge profits from Bannock-his. And Adler was a man used to winning. Trouble was, so was Clayburn.

Amazon.com ReviewThis passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centers on Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures and disillusionment in Southeast Asia. Vann was a field adviser to the army when American involvement was just beginning. He quickly became appalled at the corruption of the South Vietnamese regime, their incompetence in fighting the Communists, and their brutal alienation of their own people. Finding his superiors too blinded by political lies to understand that the war was being thrown away, he secretly briefed reporters on what was really happening. One of those reporters was Neil Sheehan. This definitive expose on why America lost the war won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1989. From Publishers WeeklyKilled in a helicopter crash in Vietnam in 1972, controversial Lt. Col. John Paul Vann was perhaps the most outspoken army field adviser to criticize the way the war was being waged. Appalled by the South Vietnamese troops' unwillingness to fight and their random slaughter of civilians, he flouted his supervisors and leaked his sharply pessimistic (and, as it turned out, accurate) assessments to the U.S. press corps in Saigon. Among them was Sheehan, a reporter for UPI and later the New York Times (for whom he obtained the Pentagon Papers). Sixteen years in the making, writing and re search, this compelling 768-page biography is an extraordinary feat of reportage: an eloquent, disturbing portrait of a man who in many ways personified the U.S. war effort. Blunt, idealistic, patronizing to the Vietnamese, Vann firmly believed the U.S. could win; as Sheehan limns him, he was ultimately caught up in his own illusions. The author weaves into one unified chronicle an account of the Korean War (in which Vann also fought), the story of U.S. support for French colonialism, descriptions of military battles, a critique of our foreign policy and a history of this all-American boy's secret personal liehe was illegitimate, his mother a "white trash" prostitutethat led him to recklessly gamble away his career. 100,000 first printing; first serial to the New Yorker; BOMC main selection ; a uthor tour. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Welcome to the future… Where the cream of humanity has left for the outworlds, leaving the rest behind… Where genetically redesigned T. rexes have supplanted pit bulls… Where population control measures have created an underclass of Urchins, unlicensed children who have no rights — not even the right to exist… Where wireheads with chips in their brains live vicariously through the downloaded experiences of others… Where the UN has been turned into a brothel known as Dydeetown, peopled by clones of famous personalities from history and entertainment… Where a Dydeetown clone of Jean Harlow asks a down-and-out private eye named Sig Dreyer to find her missing lover. Though Sig loathes the idea of working for a clone, Harlow-c is paying in gold, and that's hard to turn down. Just a missing-person case… should be simple enough. But neither realizes that Sig's investigation will tip the first domino in a cascade of events that will turn their world upside down. DYDEETOWN WORLD whips the classic tropes of noir fiction and far-future cyberpunk into a relentlessly paced novel about freedom, friendship, and self-esteem. Beneath its hardboiled voice, its seamy settings, and violent events, are people trying to make a human connection…and changing the world in the process.

Christina Richmond and her sister Jane were opposites. Christina loved books and shunned society, while Jane reveled in being a star. Mr. Richmond had arranged a marriage between Jane and Lord St. Clement, and they were to meet at a ball in Bath. But it was Christina who saw him first, and lost her heart to him. Jane seemed determined to admire a ballonist! Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet

Jeff Moss, one of the original creators of the award-winning Sesame Street, in collaboration with illustrator Chris Demarest, has created this "offering of upbeat poetry that includes the serious and the silly." -- Booklist.From the Hardcover edition.