Product Description

Based in Stepney, this book is set on a rough and ready council estate, in the heart of London's East End. A story that starts in 1975 ends in 2005, it tells the trials and tribulations of the Hutton family. Maureen - the gutsy mum, separated from her alcoholic husband, she scrimps and saves for years to bring up her children and instil life's good values in them. She tries her utmost, but with only moderate success. Tommy, the eldest son, does ten years for murder. On his release he promises to go straight. The trouble is that the underworld beckons and he struggles to keep his promise. Susan, the daughter, unpopular and spiteful as a child, she finally makes her family proud when she gets pregnant and moves in with her boyfriend. But what has she forgotten to tell him? James, the youngest son. Does mummy's blue-eyed boy stay on the straight and narrow? Or does he get stuck into a life of crime, just like his elder brother? Ethel - gran and mother-in-law. A wise old owl, granny could sense disaster looming all along. What a tragedy that no one would listen to her. And finally, Maria, the girl next door and the love of James's life. Will they? Won't they? Who knows - because Maria holds the biggest secret of them all. Or does she?

About the Author

Kimberley Chambers, one-time DJ and street market trader, is now a full-time author and has also written Billie Jo, Born Evil, The Betrayer and The Feud. She lives in Romford close to her childhood friends and family.

Product Description

Not once had Terry ever been hauled in by old bill. He was sure the filth was aware of him, as he had his fingers stuck in many pies, but he was a background man and that's the way he liked it. He made sure that he kept well away from the dodgy motors, the thieves and the yards...'Terry – the lucky villain with a heart of gold – is riding for a fall. Michelle – the wife he hates and is plotting to leave – knows something is afoot, but not quite what. Billie Jo – their adored only daughter – loathes her parents quarrelling and her mother drinking, but will she understand when Terry tells her the truth: that he is planning to marry his pregnant secretary? Jade is a cut above the rest and waits patiently for the day when she and Terry can live peacefully together on his ill-gotten gains, probably on the Costa del Sol. But fate is about to deal a terrible hand, leaving Billie Jo's protected world in tatters.

About the Author

Billie Jo is Kimberley Chambers's first novel. She has been a disc jockey and a street trader and is now a full-time writer. She lives in Romford.

Product Description

Jason races into Azazel's life--sweaty, tortured, and hunted by covert forces. Even though her football-player boyfriend doesn't like it, Azazel is drawn to Jason. He's so complicated. He gets in fistfights, but always wins them--efficiently and thoroughly. He reads Plato and argues with their AP teacher. But he's also quiet and serious, haunted by a past he won't talk about. Azazel feels obsessed. She can't let anything get in the way of finding out Jason's secrets, not even her boyfriend, her friends, or her parents. Most importantly, no matter how dangerous Jason claims it is for her to be near him, she can't let him leave. As menace begins to surface from even the most trusted and familiar places, Azazel finds herself flung into a whirlwind of sinister motives and clandestine proceedings. Though Azazel evades each escalating danger, her feelings for Jason may prove to be the greatest danger of all.

Product Description

For more than a decade two East End families have been locked in a bitter war.On one side are the Mitchells, a notorious underworld mob from East London’s Canning Town. They have an iron in every fire and will resort to intimidation and violence to get what they want. When Stanley Smith’s lovely young daughter, Jessica, announces that she is to marry Eddie, the son of mob boss Harry Mitchell, Stanley is horrified, but too afraid to stand in their way.On the other side are the O’Haras. The Mitchells’ biggest rivals are a travelling family who live in nearby Stratford. They compete with the Mitchells for pub protection and the two families hate each other.Caught between these two families at war, are two innocent children, who will grow up to love the wrong people and spark the last terrible act in the long-running feud. 1988 was a happy year in many people’s lives. Some called it The Rave Year, others The Second Summer of Love. For Eddie Mitchell and his family it is neither. 1988 is the year in which his whole dangerous, violent world explodes around him.

About the Author

Kimberley Chambers, one-time DJ and street market trader, decided one fine day that she wanted to better herself, and with virtually no formal education and no previous experience, settled down to write her first novel, BILLIE JO. BORN EVIL quickly followed and both were signed up as part of the Preface fiction first list of acquisitions. She lives in Romford, close to her childhood friends and family. For more information please visit www.kimberleychambers.com.

With her mother dead and her father currently in prison awaiting trial for her murder, a pregnant Frankie is blamed for the tragedy and forced to live with her wideboy fiance, Jed O'Hara, in a trailer on his parents' land. Frankie struggles to adapt to their gypsy way of life, but when her daughter, Georgie, is born, things go from bad to worse. Jed's mother is a loud, brazen, domineering woman, who has always yearned for a daughter herself, and she begins to take over her baby granddaughter. Meanwhile Frankie's family and friends know that Jed is cheating on her, but blinded by love and a sucker for his charm, Frankie refuses to believe them. Then one fine day the unthinkable happens. Sick to the stomach at her discovery, Frankie for once sees Jed for what he really is. She realises that the man she loves is not only heartless, but also violent and dangerous. Petrified for the safety of herself and her family, Frankie plots the ultimate revenge. But can she actually go through with it?

Product Description

Lilith's back, and she's got her eye on Jason. Jason doesn't think Azazel's new best friend Jude is really gay. Someone put a bell, engraved with a picture of the sun rising over water, in Azazel's purse. Azazel's worried, but Jason thinks she's paranoid. Jason and Azazel might be at the beach, but the clouds are rolling in. . .

En El Rey de Amarillo. Relatos macabros y terroríficos -título que hace referencia a una obra imaginaria, «El Rey de Amarillo», cuya lectura provoca estupor, locura y tragedia espectral, y de la que el Necronomicón lovecraftiano es deudor- hemos seleccionado los cinco relatos de corte fantástico de la colección original (dejando de lado los que no lo son): La máscara, En el Pasaje del Dragón, El Reparador de Reputaciones, La demoiselle d’Ys y, el más famoso, El Signo Amarillo -obra maestra del cuento macabro de suspense, con un final escalofriante-. El volumen se completa con El Creador de Lunas y Una velada placentera, proc…

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.

Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging . While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

Life aboard the is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.

An American-born girl, Tressa Norne, has been held in bondage in the Temple of Erlik, an Oriental devil-god of Central Asia. After many years of captivity, Tressa finally escapes to America knowing that a worldwide organization of murderous black magicians, made up of Yezidees and Hassani, are plotting to take over and enslave the world. A secret agent, Victor Cleves, protects and loves Tressa, and with his support, Tressa battles the black magicians who are trying to kill her. Will White Magic triumph over Black?

Mr. Gatewood is a grumpy man whose friend wishes to find a woman to entertain him. A soldier continues to see visions of a woman he’d seen once on a train and wishes to find her before he must return to duty. A young man falls in love with the lifelike remains of an Egyptian dancing girl and wishes for her to come to life. Who do they all turn to in order to have their wishes fulfilled? To the Tracer of Lost Persons, of course! And that would be Mr. Keene, the finder of the women of your dreams!

El joven William Ravenscroft recibe un encargo que no puede rechazar: la mujer que siempre ha cuidado de él le pide que encuentre a su hija y, para intentar localizarla, William tiene que adentrarse en un lugar en el que le aguardan peligros, secretos insospechados y toda una galería de personajes que cambiarán su vida en los siniestros barrios del East End londinense. Atrévete a entrar con él.

Robert William Chambers (1865-1933) nació en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Asistió al Polytechnic Institute y después de su graduación estudió pintura en la Academia Julien exhibiendo sus obras en el Salón de París de 1896. A su regreso a Nueva York se convirtió —junto con Charles Dana Gibson— en uno de los más conocidos ilustradores de las revistas de la época. Inició su carrera literaria en 1894, con la publicación de In the Quarter, donde utilizó —como en algunos relatos de este volumen— material de su vida de bohemio en París.Sus obras más importantes en el campo de la fantasía son las siguientes: The King in Yellow (1895), The Maker of Moons (1896), The Mystery of Choice (1897), In Search of Unknown (1904) Police!!! (1915) y The Slayer of Souls (1920).El fulminante éxito de su «Rey de Amarillo» le dio rápida fama y pudo dedicar todo su tiempo a escribir. Al morir había publicado más de setenta libros —la mayoría de ellos olvidados— de todo tipo: fantasía, biografías, temas históricos, deportivos, teatro y poesía.El rey de amarillo, junto con el Necronomicon, de H. P. Lovecraft, es uno de los recursos literarios más felices de la literatura fantástica. Libro dentro de un libro, entra y sale de la narración provocando un efecto de distanciamiento que potencia su horror. Es notable la influencia que le produjo Ambrose Bierce, especialmente «Un habitante de Carcosa». La suya propia se deja sentir dentro del círculo de autores de «Los Mitos de Cthulhu». Incluimos aquí las cinco historias del «Rey de Amarillo» (los otros relatos del libro homónimo son escenas de la vida parisina, carentes por completo de interés): «El reparador de reputaciones» (un extraño relato de ciencia-ficción escrito en 1895 y ubicado en los años 20; una visión devastadora de un Estados Unidos que no existe), «La máscara», «En la Corte del Dragón», «El signo amarillo» y «La Demoiselle d’Ys».Completan el volumen «El hacedor de lunas», con una oscura proyección de «amenaza oriental», relato que anticipa las historias de aventuras de Sax Rohmer, tan populares en la década del ’20; «Una tarde placentera», un tema inusual en Chambers por su toque naturalista; «El mensajero», ubicado en esa campiña bretona que tan bien conocía y amaba; y «La Llave del Dolor», otra muestra de la influencia de Bierce, con su notable parecido —si bien sentimentalizado— con «El puente sobre el río del Búho».Toda la obra de Chambers fue escrita para una generación que ya no existe y es probable que dentro de unas décadas sea completamente olvidado. Pero mientras exista un lector de ficción fantástica, el «Rey de Amarillo» vivirá para siempre.

Rosemary Harper se une a la tripulación de la Peregrina, una vieja nave tuneladora, sin saber muy bien qué esperar de su primer trabajo. Aunque la nave ha visto tiempos mejores, le proporciona un pequeño lugar al que llamar hogar durante un tiempo, algo de aventura en los confines más alejados de la galaxia y, lo que es más importante para ella, la oportunidad de dejar atrás su pasado. Hasta que les ofrecen el trabajo de sus vidas: la oportunidad de construir un túnel hiperespacial a un lejano planeta. Si completan el encargo, ganarán el suficiente dinero para vivir sin preocupaciones durante años… Sin embargo, antes deberán sobrevivir a un largo viaje a través del espacio. Pero Rosemary no es la única persona a bordo con secretos que ocultar, y la tripulación pronto descubrirá que, aunque el espacio sea un lugar inabarcable, las naves espaciales son muy pequeñas.

A Tuan Kiadó új novelláskötetsorozatának első és minden tekintetben hiánypótló darabja ez a könyv. A Magyarországon méltatlanul ismeretlen amerikai művész és író, Robert William Chambers századfordulón írt, furcsa, gyakran groteszk és szürreális alkotásai egyfajta „irodalmi hidat” képeznek Poe romanticizmusa és Lovecraft realizmusa között; ötvözve a hátborzongatót és a megmagyarázhatatlant. Kortársa és utóda Howard Philips Lovecraft sok ötletet, elemet vett át az ő műveiből. Igazi kulturális csemege a műfaj kedvelői számára. Lovecraft több alkalommal is felhasználta Chambers ötleteit horrortörténeteiben, így a szerző közvetetten akár a híres-hírhedt lovecrafti Mítosz egyik ihletőjének is tekinthető.

En un monasterio aislado, en los confines de Olkrann, un libro que se escribe solo anuncia un nuevo tiempo para el reino. Un tiempo de tinieblas, pues entre el rey Krojnar y su hermanastro se desata una cruel batalla por el trono; pero también de esperanza, pues la misma noche en la que Olkrann cae nace el auténtico heredero de la corona. Pasan los años sin que nadie haya logrado encontrar al sucesor, que crece lejos sin conocer ni su identidad ni su destino, y a la vez, muy cerca, crece un joven que se prepara para vengarse de quienes destrozaron su vida... La guerra no ha hecho más que empezar.

En la ciudad donde vive Miguel hay bombardeos y gente que muere asesinada. También hay personas que viven con miedo y en silencio. El protagonista de esta historia pertenece a este grupo de personas; y mientras crece, además de vivir la Guerra Civil y la posguerra, también vivirá intensamente el amor y la amistad.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the newest Mac operating system, with even better performance and more efficient use of hard drive space as well as cool features like MobileMe, the iWork productivity suite, and improved media technology. And Mac OS X Snow Leopard All-in-One For Dummies is your one-stop reference for all its features.

Eight self-contained minibooks cover OS X basics, customizing and sharing your Mac, the digital hub, iWork, Internet features, networking, expanding your system, and advanced Mac OS X (for those with more techie inclinations). You'll learn to:

• Determine whether your hardware can handle upgrading to Snow Leopard
• Navigate Snow Leopard, find things with Spotlight, control your Mac with Front Row, and make backups
• Explore the digital hub and its applications: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, GarageBand, QuickTime, and...

  The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.

El trato estaba hecho. Cindy trabajaría para Alan, el célebre autor de libros para niños, quien también creía tener el derecho a conquistarla porque le había salvado la vida. A ambos les aguardaban sorpresas. El trabajo, además de bien pagado, era un ofrecimiento que ella no podía rechazar. Pero, ¿sería capaz de mantener a raya a su impulsivo jefe? Cindy había sabido defenderse de su primer asalto, pero no estaba tan segura de lograr lo mismo si él cambiaba de táctica.

Pendant des millénaires, Asdrubael Vect a régné sans partage sur la sinistre cité de Commorragh éliminant tous ses rivaux sans la moindre pitié. Son influence est grande, et sa position incontestée… c’est du moins ce qu’il croit. Yllithian, un ambitieux Archon, s’associe à un haemonculus dans le but de ressusciter un guerrier d’une puissance légendaire et ainsi renverser Asdrubael. Mais le temps presse, car un cataclysme approche, dont Yllithian pourrait bien être la cause…