This National Book Award nominee takes us to a not-so-fictional place, Tinieblas, where intrigue, violence, and military coups occur as often as fruits fall from the trees. Kiki, the son of a twice-ex-president, has inherited his father's thirst for power and the presidency. But to become president of Tinieblas takes a Machiavellian intelligence, for one must outwit not only political foes but the strong American interests. An insightful, furious, and funny depiction of twentieth-century Latin America, The Prince is an essential novel for readers of history and magical realism alike. Review"The writing is tender, careful and smart — Koster's attention to tone extends even to some awkward English dialogue that mirrors natural-sounding Spanish — and the satire hits its mark…In these stories, Koster's touch for the absurd and ear for pith come out…It's unclear at what point you start to feel the depth behind Koster's acrobatic balance of elegant narration, disgusting violence and acerbic satire. It's the subtlety that takes the book beyond caricature and into complexity." —Full Stop "The Prince got to me. I liked its swaggering adventuresomeness, its magnificent vanity, its almost comic sense of cruelty." --Christopher Lehmann–Haupt, The New York Times "The most extraordinary novel." --Life "Pynchon, Barth, Vonnegut, and Koster may be an acquired taste, but once the palate is trained, other American novelists can seem bland and pallid." --Los Angeles Times "Koster's creation of Tinieblas is a remarkable achievement." --The New York Times Book Review"The value of a well-chosen reprint should go beyond merely reminding us of a good book that we might have forgotten—-it should reengage us with a former state of the world and that world’s reflection in literature…It may be odd to call extreme violence in literary fiction “refreshing,” but reading The Prince reminds us of its notable absence in much of today’s work." --The Daily BeastAbout the AuthorR. M. Koster is a journalist who has been published in the New Republic, Harper's, Quest, and Connoisseur, among others.

Review'An absorbing and haunting novel' -- Daily Mail 'A fascinating novel, a richly woven tapestry presented with a vividness that brings the characters from myth to real life' -- Evening Standard 'Mary Stewart, enchantress ... an ability to evoke a situation, a mood or a season with a few phrases of prose that are almost verse' -- Daily Telegraph 'A perfect trip out of the present.' -- New York Times Book Review From the PublisherIf you haven't read Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga, you don't know what you're missing. They are must reads for any romance reader, for any lover of Arthurian legend, for any history buff, for any voracious reader, and may be the books to get non-readers started. Basically, they should be read by everyone! Mary Stewart's research for these books is phenomenal. Her understanding of myth and its relationship to fact is remarkable. The books are complex, yet incredibly inviting and you will absolutely love the characters. They also weave together so beautifully that you won't be able to read only one. Two things I find particularly interesting in this series is the portrayal of Arthur and the fall of Camelot. Arthur represents all of humanity in these books as opposed to the more mythical figure you usually see. And the fall of Camelot is more internal rather than external--more about the passions and lusts in the heart rather than a more obvious loss of power. The books go in this order: The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Wicked Day. Shauna Summers, Senior Editor

Thomas C. Squire, creator of the hit documentary series Frankenstein Among the Arts, one-time secret agent and founder of the Society for Popular aesthetics, is attending an international media symposium in Sicily. It is here that he becomes involved with lovely, but calculating Selina Ajdina. Alongside the drama of the conference is the story of Squire's private life - the tale of his infidelity, the horrifying circumstances surrounding his father's death and the threatened future of his ancestral home in England. Selected by Anthony Burgess as one of the 99 best novels since 1939.

The tragedy and violence of Gallipoli provide the climax to this very personal, moving and surprisingly romantic story. With remarkable skill and in achingly beautiful prose, Roger McDonald takes the reader on an archetypal Australian journey which parallels the nation's progress from its country childhood, through the adolescent exuberance of its young cities, to initiation on one of the world's ancient battlefields. It is a vital journey, haunted by menace and disillusionment, one embedded in our national mythology. This astonishing first novel, published to great critical acclaim in 1979 and since then selling over 100,000 copies, tells the story of two boys from the bush, the thoughtful and awkward Walter and his knowing friend Billy Mackenzie, and their girls Frances and Diana. Together they discover a future which seems full of promise, drawing them into the exciting turmoil of passion and war. But theirs is a fateful alliance, in a world all too quickly passing, with an...

MAKE IT HAPPEN!That's what shy secretary Eleanor Perrie was determined to do! She was fed up with Curry Matherson's treatment of her. His nontreatment, that is. Her tall, dark Texan boss--the man who consumed her every thought--barely even looked at her. It was a situation that called for drastic measures. It was a situation that called for...a makeover! Gone were the prim-and-proper outfits, the owlish glasses, the demure hairdo... Out came the stylish dresses, and down came the hair! Curry was stunned. Was this fabulous, sexy vision really Eleanor?

When tragically widowed opera singer, Anne Paget, is told by a doctor that she has only a few months to live she is devastated. Instead of withering quietly into her fate she decides to take a risk and a final challenge, accepting a surprise offer to perform in an opera to be staged in a hidden principality in the Alps, to celebrate an international peace conference.But as she rises quickly from an understudy to a star, she realises that her life is not only threatened by her illness but also by mysterious intrigues and dangerous crosscurrents that underline the high society of Lissenberg. There is sabotage and murder and Anne soon realises that nothing is as it seems, and that she cannot trust any of the men that offer her protection.In Last Act, first published in 1979, Jane Aiken Hodge combines all the elements of a thrilling romance – her heroine is enchanting, the setting glittering, and the men are handsome but dangerous...

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love.

The newest BATTLESTAR GALACTICA adventure THE CYLON DEATH MACHINE Starbuck and Apollo battle a planet of lost clones, mind-slaves of the Cylon warrior Vulpa, who are aiming the ultimate weapon at the embattled starfleet of humankind!

"I'M NOT ATTRACTED TO THIN MICE."So stated the urbane Baron Tiele Raukema van den Eck—and as Rebecca Saunders was both thin and mouse-like, she knew exactly where she stood with him! But he had been very kind, rescuing her when she was virtually destitute. He had even found her a job—nursing his mother. The job was enjoyable and well paid, and it took her to Norway and Holland. The result was inevitable—Rebecca fell in love with the baron, and not even the presence of his girlfriend, Nina, could stop her from dreaming.

CITY UNDER SIEGE!His name is Ian Forester. He is America’s foremost newscaster, the most trusted man in this country. Now he is running for Mayor of New York City, and he is certain to win.So why is he so worried?Is it because he is being controlled against his will by the man they call THE KINGPIN? The man who controls New York’s Underworld, who rules a nest of vipers with the power of his massive fists!Is it because he knows the Kingpin is ultimately planning to destroy New York City?Or is it because the only one who can save him is the AMAZING SPIDER-MANwho is himself being hunted—for a crime he did not commit!CRIME CAMPAIGN: THE WEB-SLINGER’S LATEST AND GREATEST NOVEL!

When three Terrans — a space pilot, a planetary queen and an obese tycoon — crash-landed on Diomedes, they realized that the chances for survival were quite slim. The native food was totally poisonous to humans, and the survivors had only six weeks’ worth of supplies to get them across thousands of miles of unmapped territory to the one Terran outpost. Their only hope was to enlist the aid of the winged inhabitants of Diomedes, and these barbarian tribes cared only for battle and glory. There was little that could induce them to worry about the lives of three humans.