The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Jude Deveraux

Bestselling romance writer Hayden Lane just lost the “perfect” man. But what real man could compete with the dark intriguing character she writes about? When a psychic tells her that Hayden has had a past life, she yearns to know more. Despite the psychic’s warnings, Hayden gets hypnotized and comes to in Edwardian England where she immediately faints. Upon awakening, Hayden embarks on an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. She gets a chance at love so rapturous that it defies the boundaries of time…

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Donald S. Johnson

"Henry Hudson's life as we know it is compressed into the four years from 1607 to 1610, when he made four momentous voyages in search of the passage to Asia, journeys that greatly expanded geographical knowledge of the world. And while his beginnings will remain a mystery, we can be quite certain he died shortly after being set adrift in a small boat by a mutinous crew in the frigid waters of the bay that bears his name."--BOOK JACKET. "One of the foremost explorers of the Age of Discovery, Hudson was a captain-for-hire who served both his native England and archrival Holland, making arduous northern passages to the east to Russia and Siberia and to the west to Greenland and beyond."--BOOK JACKET. "In 1609, under the Dutch flag, he explored America's east coast from the Chesapeake to Penobscot Bay, including a push up the Hudson River as far north as Albany.^ His accounts of the land's richness led to the Dutch colonization of America, from which sprang much of our religious, philosophical, and governmental ideals, including the concepts of freedom of religion, separation of Church and State, and a free public school system."--BOOK JACKET. "Yet historians have virtually ignored Henry Hudson, a far cry from the admiration he inspired in no less a contemporary than Captain John Smith, who wrote "...the bounds of America doth stretch many thousand miles: into the frozen partes whereof one Master Hutson did make the greatest discoverie of any Christian I knowe of, where he unfortunately died.""--BOOK JACKET. "Author Donald Johnson became fascinated by this mysterious explorer while sailing his schooner in the high latitudes near Hudson Bay, and later while working on the 1989 replica of Hudson's Half Moon. Frustrated by the lack of biographical material, Johnson set out to uncover what he could of Henry Hudson."--BOOK JACKET.^ "Charting the Sea of Darkness brings into focus the world as Henry Hudson knew it. Using Hudson's original logs, those of his mate, Robert Juet, and a passenger, Abacuck Prickett, Johnson rebuilds the man and his times, bringing new insight to an explorer whose influence on history is far out of proportion to his recorded place in it."--BOOK JACKET.

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G. P. Taylor

The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Shadowmancer.In this thrilling, much-anticipated sequel to the runaway hit Shadowmancer, G. P. Taylor once again takes readers on a gripping journey. Kate and Thomas have barely escaped the evil sorcerer Demurral, and are sailing to London to make a fresh start. But someone knows they are coming, and is lying in wait to lure them into the darkest heart of the city. Meanwhile, Raphah, who has had a narrow escape of his own, sets out on a terrifying journey to find his friends, all the time haunted by a shadowy beast. Eventually, the friends' paths meet on a cursed street, hidden from the world-a place where fates are decided and old enemies seek revenge. They thought it was over . . . but can evil ever be destroyed?

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Michael Palin

"A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the bulk of the 1980s, a decade in which the ties binding the Pythons loosened-they made their last film Monty Python's Meaning of Life in 1983. For Michael, writing and acting took over much of his life, culminating in his appearances in A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken, and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. Halfway to Hollywood follows Palin's torturous trail through seven movies and ends with his final preparations for the documentary that was to change his life-Around the World in 80 Days. During these years he co-wrote and acted in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits as well as spearing in Gilliam's follow-up success Brazil. Palin co-produced, wrote and played the lead in The Missionary opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A Private Function, written by Alan Bennett. In television the decade was memorable for East of Ipswich, inspired his links with Suffolk. Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live. He filmed one of the BBC's Great Railway Journeys as well as becoming chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His life with Helen and the family remains a constant, as the children enter their teens. Palin's joy of writing is evident once more in Halfway to Hollywood as he demonstrates his continuing sense of wonder at the world in which he finds himself. A world of screens large and small"-- "As in Halfway to Hollwyood and The Python Years, Travelling to Work contains a decade's worth of unedited, unabridged diary entries from multi-talented funnyman Michael Palin. In this volume, the last Palin has agreed to publish, the former Python documents his expereince hosting a series of BBC travel documentaries even as he continues to develop new dimensions as a writer and actor. Python faithful will love Palin's candid comments and wry wit even as they are awed by his dogged work ethic and myriad accomplishments. From his work for the BBC to his dramatic portrayal of the headmaster on Alan Bleasdale's award-winning drama GBH, to his success as screenwriter, playwright and novelist, these pages display a true modern-day Renaissance Man. Included as well are behind the scenes stories from the making of Fierce Creatures, the tumoltuous follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, along with Palin's reflections on dealings with his manager, editors and publishers--enough insider information to please any show business enthusiast. In short, Travelling to Work is a roller-coaster ride driven by the Palin hallmarks curiosity, a sense of adventure and unflappable cool demonsrating he is truely 'someone grounded and safe who can be tempted into almost anything.'"--