Resultados para "Brains" en Literatura y ficción

Daughter of the Earl of Longwood, a gentleman gambler, and the Countess of Longwood, a society beauty, Lady Yolanda Wood has an exciting if unconventional childhood travelling around the casinos and racecourses of Europe. But life changes dramatically after the tragic death of her father, and she and her ravishing mother are left penniless and alone. In mourning for her husband, and dependent on the kindness of selfmade millionaire Oliver Garrack, the Countess's gratitude swiftly turns to romance and Yolanda finds herself with a stepfather she neither likes nor respects.

Chick Bowdrie, Texas ranger, on the trail of a counterfeiter, investigates a case involving bank robbery and two murders.

Matt was always fond of River Falls after leaving to live in the city. Eager to visit the country side he grew up in, he drove in anticipation to his old home by the lake. The home he loved and to be with family once again. The memories of that warm, summer day by the lake. That special birthday he always cherished...but along the way, he finds a lost child; one who is also making his way to River Falls.

Max, a graduate student, is recruited by Big Brains America (BBA) - a covert megamind created to safeguard world peace and keep Earth from extinction. The US Government and one titan entrepreneur agree to pursue with BBA the most ambitious space mission in history: A bold jaunt through space-time to Jupiter and to Earth’s newly-discovered sister planet, Aoratosia, where supposedly no human has landed before. The crew, with Max as its captain, meets with the unexpected. We are not alone.

Ashton is an electrician. Julie waits tables. Both are broke and trapped in their dead-end jobs, rundown apartment, and bitterly cold hometown of Fridley, Minnesota. There’s nothing they could want more than to escape to someplace warm and sunny. So, when they find an ad in a magazine offering them one thousand dollars each and an all-expenses paid trip to a “tropical destination” for participating in a research study, they both jump at the opportunity.

BLOOD AND BRAINS features two of Judith Sonnet's most extreme novellas, packed together for a double feature that will melt the flesh right off your skull!

Banker Tom Lindsay made a bad decision when he decided to do business with Ross Yerby. Yerby convinced Tom to print a few extra greenbacks to help him trade some cattle in exchange for half the profit. What Tom hadn't figured into the equation was Ross losing the money, and returning --...

This collection of scorching workplace romances proves that when desire collides with deadlines, the results are anything but professional. From late-night projects that turn into dangerous games to cubicle confessions that spiral out of control, these stories strip away the rules and leave nothing but raw attraction and reckless choices. Inside, you’ll find power plays that ignite after hours, flirtations that spiral into forbidden obsession, and coworkers who know better—yet can’t stop crossing the line.

The Road to Casas Piedras In the midst of a lively country dance, gunshots ring out at the stagecoach station and Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie finds the station's master sprawled in a pool of his own blood. Twelve thousand dollars are missing. And an innocent man has been murdered. And it's up to...

Prepare yourself as you enter the Fright Vault, four tales of chilling horror and suspense--tales of ghosts, murder, revenge, and the unknown in a nightmare of reality with "dead time" stories to keep you awake at night. Pleasant screams!

Prepare yourself as you enter the Fright Vault—four tales of chilling horror and suspense—tales of ghosts, murder, revenge, and the unknown in a nightmare of reality with "dead time" stories to keep you awake at night. Pleasant screams!

A lone-wolf former US marine, a CID officer, and an MI6 agent in an African paradise soon grapple with organized crime, human trafficking, trophy hunting, money laundering, corruption, drugs, foreign exploitation, and more. Left with no choice, each understands that iron for iron is what’s needed. Will they collaborate, or will their egos interfere? They have seven days. The clock is ticking.

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Meet Leroi Maquiller: A six-year-old boy is abducted from a train near New Haven, Connecticut, and re-rooted into a family of sinister witches, illusionists, and unorthodox scientists who all seem to have big plans for him. Before long, they will learn that their newly-appointed heir has dreams of his own, and a motive to destroy them all.

In this continuation of the Corporate Takeover saga, rival businessmen enlist the aid of Raquel Benson and the Janus Institute for their own nefarious purposes. What neither realize is that a larger game is being played, one that will change them both forever. Containing a pair of slow male-to-female transformations, this newest story features explicit sexual content and seductive feminization fun!

The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was one of radio’s brightest lights; a hilarious situation comedy featuring a friendly sardonic and sarcastic edge that set it apart from its contemporaries. Featuring Phil Harris, fresh off plying his comedic and musical talents on The Jack Benny Program, and his movie-star wife, Alice Faye. The show also starred Elliott Lewis as the remarkable Frankie Remley - one of radio’s most unforgettable characters - a humorously irresponsible con-artist with an endless thirst for the good stuff.

Bill should know that you never complain in the Troopers. But when his new foot looks like it's turning into something green, scaly, and abundantly clawed, a visit to the medics would seem to be reasonable. But before he can say "Quintiform computer error", he seems to have got himself volunteered again, this time for a suicide mission on Tsuris - the planet nobody ever comes back from.

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami—a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library. Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild...