A subtle and entertaining tragicomic love story. Julian as a small boy is taken on the perfect Cornish holiday. When glamorous American cousins unexpectedly swell the party, however, emotions run high and events spiral out of control. Though he has been brought up in the forbidding shadow of the prison his father runs, though his parents are neither as normal nor as happy as he supposes, Julian's world view is the sunnily selfish, accepting one of boyhood. It is only when he becomes a man - seemingly at ease with love, with his sexuality, with his ghosts - that the traumatic effects of that distant summer rise up to challenge his defiant assertion that he is happy and always has been.

Rough Music

GALE, Patrick

Ballantine Publishing Group

The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle

Literature & Fiction

Tolkien, J. R. R. (poetry by) / Donald Swann (music)

Poetry

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings Ser.)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Tolkien.J.R.R.

Fantasy

The Lord of The Rings (Unicorn S.)

Genre Fiction

New cover reissue of Book One of the classic ELENIUM series introducing the Pandion Knight Sparhawk and his horse Faron, a sleeping queen, and a jewel that can save her...After a long spell of exile, Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and the Queen's champion, returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil and intrigue - and his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk and his allies - who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child - seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they feared...Truly a gem of epic fantasy from the modern master of the genre, THE DIAMOND THRONE is a must for Eddings fans - and an excellent introduction for those who have yet to discover the delights of his work.

The Diamond Throne (The Elenium Ser., Bk. 1)

EDDINGS, DAVID

Garfield At Large

Arts & Photography

jim-davis

Graphic Design

The Paris Vendetta: Book 5 (Cotton Malone)

Steve Berry

Parrish

SAVAGE, Mildred

Non-Fiction, Literary Studies, Autobiography

Another Part of the Wood : A Self Portrait

Kenneth, Clark

Chance Awakening

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

MARKSTEIN, George

Thrillers & Suspense

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