In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming ...more
Meg can't help but be worried when her six-year-old brother, Charles Wallace, announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden. He's getting bullied at school, and is also seriously ill. But Charles Wallace is right about the dragons.
In the process of successfully "outing" himself as a vampire via his simultaneous career choices of rock star, author, and actor, Lestat has annoyed much of the vampire "community," who are furious that he has revealed their secrets (even if most of Lestat's fans don't really believe in his bloodsucking ways). More importantly, however, Lestat's an...more
In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the centr...more
A classic novel follows rebellious artist Stephen Dedalus from his days as a student at the Clongowes Wood School to the deep religious conflict he experiences at a day school in Dublin to his college years, during which he challenges the conventions of his upbringing. Reprint.