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How to Choose Good Books
How to Choose Good Books
Good books show their standing through high sales figures and high search figures on the internet. The 5 most popular categories based on these criteria (in descending order of importance) are Children’s books, Management books, Fiction books, Books on Business and, Sales books.
Children’s books are a popular choice as gifts. They are valuable as they help develop the child’s reasoning and imaginative abilities and expand his/her vocabulary. They also aid in instilling sound moral values.
But choosing the right book for a specific child can be a challenge and the following guidelines should help.
Children can be grouped into categories according to their approximate age and a useful grouping is that of preschool, junior school, high school and young adults. This broad grouping should allow the preliminary elimination of certain books.
Next, any book with sensitive content can be eliminated. This would include all books which would not be in line with the family’s values e.g. those which promote a specific religious point of view and those which require maturity to handle such as gratuitous violence and sexuality.
The gender of the child will further eliminate additional types of books.
Management books relate to the effective and efficient activities involved in the operation of a business. They cover the common activities of Business Intelligence Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Information Technology Management, Marketing Management, Production Management, Service Management and, Strategic Management,
It should be noted that most of The Books are either heavily skewed towards theory, which makes it difficult to put their content directly into practice, or are based on case studies of organisations which were successful in the past.
Case-study based books are also normally those which make the bestseller lists but suffer from two basic defects. Firstly, their content reflects the author’s definition of success and success factors. Secondly, they use the past to suggest future “success” managerial actions. These two defects are reflected in the fact that the majority of these so-called successful companies used as examples are usually no longer so successful when looked at today. Further, that the application of these identified “success” factors in similar organisations rarely result in the required improvement.
Management books are nevertheless important and serve a valuable function as long as the reader realises that their content has to be adapted to his/her unique situation and uses their content as broad guidelines.
Fiction books are those which feature invented stories and consist of the following sub-categories:
- Horror fiction whose aim is to frighten the reader by exploiting his/her conscious and/or unconscious fears. The best known authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Clive Barker.
- Mystery fiction which are usually based on a main character trying to solve a crime. It has three sub-categories which are crime, detective and spy. Successful authors in this category are John Sandford, Michael Connolly, Robert B Parker, Sue Grafton, Kathy Reichs and James Lee Burke.
- Romance fiction which usually feature a lover having to overcome great hurdles to be with the love of his life. Authors in this category are Danielle Steele, Barbara Cartland and Daphne Du Maurier.
- Science fiction/Fantasy Books which have stories set in imaginary worlds using advanced technologies. This category has increased in popularity due to films such as Star Wars, Star Trek and, more recently, The Matrix and successful authors include J.K. Rowling, Arthur C. Clark, Ray Bradbury and J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Suspense/Thriller fiction which commonly features a character exposed to constant threat whilst up against a villain. The best known authors in this category are Clive Cussler, Lawrence Sanders, Frederick Forsythe, Richard North Patterson and Tom Clancy.
- Western fiction about life on the American frontier. Louis Lamour is the best known author of western fiction.
- Woman’s fiction which tends to focus on relationships. They usually feature a strong woman character that triumphs in extremely difficult circumstances. Authors in this category are Judith Krantz, Rebecca Wells and Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Books on Business are distinguished from Management books in that they are slightly more of an academic nature and cover subjects which are universal Common recent examples of these are ethics, organisational structuring, the state of the world markets and international financing.
A predicted future factor whose implications will have to be catered for by all organisations is the growing counter-reaction to “Human rights” in the form of “Human responsibilities” for which a Universal Declaration has already been formulated by the InterAction Council of Political and Religious Leaders.
On a local level they also include all the books related to the legalities of running a business which are published by all relevant authorities.
Sales books cover the spectrum from organizing and managing a sales team to sales skills and are especially popular during economic downturns.
An important distinction must be made between the sales activities required when selling an object and when selling a service as it is apparent that there are two totally distinctive skill sets and procedures involved. Would you trust your friendly local car salesperson to obtain and administer your personal financial investments?
Despite this obvious difference many authors tend to adopt a “one size fits all” approach to sales and then e.g. advocate the use of their developed “closing techniques” for all sales types.
Interesting enough when you go back in history you will find that the common sales approach underlying most of the sales models today was developed for pharmaceutical representatives in the past whose job it was to deduct stock level quantities on a pharmacy shelf from their recommended levels and then to replace the sold numbers of items.
A single approach to both types of sales is doomed to failure and this must be kept in mind when buying sales books.
Used books or second-hand books vs New Books: In the past buying used or second-hand books tended to have a stigma attached to it and it was not the “done thing”. However, if you consider that the only difference between a good quality used book and a new book is the price then it is obvious why these types of stores have mushroomed.
Besides the cost savings, which allow you to buy even more books, an avid reader could use the opportunity to browse the store, whether it is a physical or virtual store, and thereby identify other books by his/her favourite authors. It is also a chance to become acquainted with new authors or new characters by current favourite authors.
It also allows you to buy those books which have been out of print.
Books on sale. If you still choose to buy new books then it is wise to continuously keep an eye out for sales held by the larger bookstores during which they sell new stock at a lower price. This is usually when their sales projections have not been realised and they are left with excess stock. You can either physically visit their stores, or visit their websites, on a regular basis to find out when they are having sales.
About the Author
Mike Wannenburg writes on how to choose good children’s, management, fiction, sales, used/second-hand books and, books on sale. You can get more specific guidelines from my blog
How to Choose Good Books
http://howtochoosegoodbooks.blogspot.com
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Watchers Reborn [VHS] $14.98 … |
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Phantoms [VHS] $4.94 Either Dean Koontz shouldn’t adapt his own bestsellers, or his 1983 novel Phantoms was a pack of horror clichés to begin with, or this movie is 15 years past its due date. What might have seemed fresh at the time of Poltergeist now feels like it was made from a derivative script with pages missing. Plagued by reckless leaps of logic, the movie starts with adequately eerie atmosphere and a pervers… |
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Hideaway [VHS] $4.90 After a near-death experience, a family man (Jeff Goldblum) finds himself psychically linked to a serial killer who’s chosen his next victim: his own daughter (Alicia Silverstone). Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz. Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and Neil Jimenez. Directed by Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man)…. |
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Mommie Dearest (Hollywood Royalty/Special Collector’s Edition) $6.89 The story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford, as she struggles to further her career while battling the inner demons of her private life stars Faye Dunaway in an uncannily effective portrait of the troubled actress. Based on her daughter’s controversial bestselling book. Co-stars Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest. 128 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital … |
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Hideaway $2.65 Jeff Goldblum is an antiques dealer who is brought back from the brink of death after a car accident. After experiencing harrowing hallucinations, Goldblum discovers he’s psychically linked to another near-death returnee, a satanic serial killer who seeks his teenage daughter as his next victim. Based on a Dean Koontz novel, this shocker also stars Christine Lahti and Alicia Silverstone. 106 min. … |
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Frankenstein $1.78 Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, this thrilling reinvention of Mary Shelley’s classic tale follows a New Orleans scientist as he works to populate the world with his genetically modified creations. Staying alive for over two centuries through altering his DNA, he toys with creating life by stealing the organs of local residents. But when his crazed actions gain the attention of a pair of det… |
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The Moonlit Mind: A Tale of Suspense (Kindle Single) $2.99 In this chilling original stand-alone novella, available exclusively as an eBook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz offers a taste of what’s to come in his new novel, 77 Shadow Street, with a mesmerizing tale of a homeless boy at large in a city fraught with threats . . . both human and otherwise.Twelve-year-old Crispin has lived on the streets since he was nine—with onl… |
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Mystery Dance: Three Novels $4.99 MYSTERY DANCE: An omnibus edition containing more than 200,000 words. Features the complete text of the #1 bestselling mystery and suspense novel Disintegration, The Skull Ring, Crime Beat, a short story, a bonus deleted chapter from Disintegration, and an essay about the novels.DISINTEGRATION– Two brothers view for a family empire built on deceit, dark secrets, and blood, and one woman stands be… |
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Bad Radio (The Emergent Earth) $4.99 Sixty years ago Abe Griffin saved the world and gained eternal youth.Or so he thought.Now, a man that Abe believed to be long dead is killing the surviving members of Abe’s old squad in order to reclaim the relics that they have kept hidden for decades. The relics form an ancient beacon that must never be used, in a ritual that must never be completed. But the end of the world requires more than … |
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A Big Little Life $8.88 In each little life we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all things in the universe. DEAN KOONTZ thought he had everything he needed. A successful novelist with more than twenty #1 New York Times bestsellers to his credit, Dean had forged a career out of industry and imagination. He had been married to his high school sweetheart, Gerda, since the age of twenty, and together they had made a happy life for themselves in their Southern California home. It was the picture of peace and contentment. Then along came Trixie. Dean had always wanted a dog had even written several books in which dogs were featured. But not until Trixie was he truly open to the change that such a beautiful creature could bring about in him. Trixie had intelligence, a lack of vanity, and an uncanny knack for living in the present. And because she was joyful and direct as all dogs are, she put her heart into everything from chasing tennis balls, to playing practical jokes, to protecting those she loved. A retired service dog with Canine Companions for Independence, Trixie became an assistance dog of another kind. She taught Dean to trust his instincts, persuaded him to cut down to a fifty-hour work week, and, perhaps most important, renewed in him a sense of wonder that will remain with him for the rest of his life. She mended him in many ways. Trixie weighed only sixty-something pounds, Dean occasionally called her Short Stuff, and she lived less than twelve years. In this big world, she was a little thing, but in all the ways that mattered, including the effect she had on those who loved her, she lived a big life. |
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A Big Little Life $15 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a profound, funny, and beautifully rendered portrait of a beloved companion, bestselling novelist Dean Koontz remembers the golden retriever who changed his life. A retired service dog, Trixie was three when Dean and his wife, Gerda, welcomed her into their home. She was superbly trained, but her greatest gifts couldn”t be taught: her keen intelligence, her innate joy, and an uncanny knack for living in the moment. Whether chasing a tennis ball or protecting those she loved, Trixie gave all she had to everything she did, inspiring Dean and Gerda to trust their instincts and recapture a sense of wonder that will remain with them always. Trixie lived fewer than twelve years; in this wide world, she was a little thing. But in every way that mattered, she lived a big life. CBS Sunday Morning featured A Big Little Life in a rare interview with Dean Koontz that focuses on his philanthropic efforts with and affection for dogs. View it here: http: //youtu.be/40bWUc6k_J8 |
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All the Pretty Dead Girls $6.99 From a debut author comes a chilling thriller in which a college campus is the setting for a series of depraved, ritualistic murders. If you like Dean Koontz, you”ll love John Manning.–Wendy Corsi Staub. Original. |
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Bliss to You $4.49 Trixie–bestselling author Dean Koontz”s beloved golden retriever–speaks to her devoted fans in this warm, funny, and inspiring book. Photos throughout. |
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Bluebeard’s Castle $17.95 .,. the J.D. Salinger of Siam –George Axelrod, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Breakfast at Tiffany”s S. P. Somtow doesn”t write like anybody else…and when he wants to spook you, he can drive the chill bone deep. –Dean Koontz In an exotic re-telling of the fairytale of Bluebeard, a New Age thirty-something is swept off her feet by an enigmatic Thai millionaire and soon finds herself in Bangkok”s brave new world of shamans, shopping malls, and high society serial killers. Originally written as a cliff-hanging serial for Bangkok”s The Nation newspaper, Bluebeard”s Castle is a roller-coaster novel that leapfrogs from genre to genre and culture to culture, turning the western preconception of Bangkok as a city of temples and prostitutes on its ear. A darkly comic odyssey populated with wild characters, with intimate glimpses into a culture rarely written about. |
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Breathless $0.66 New York Times -bestselling author Koontz delivers a thrilling novel of suspense and adventure, in this story of a world where good itself is an endangered species and one man will risk his life–and more–to save it from extinction. |
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Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts $30.04 From the author of ISABELLA MOON, a dark and gripping novel that”s as scary as Dean Koontz and as sexy as Nora Roberts. The devil comes to Cincinatti in this chilling and fast-paced tale of revenge gone horribly wrong. Three young women, three lives crumbling. Alice, Del, and Roxanne have known each other from childhood- a childhood full of silly games and growing pains, and perhaps a hint of the kind of cruelty only young girls know. Praise for ISABELLA MOON: Haunting…An amalgam of Truman Capote”s In Cold Blood and Peter Straub”s Ghost Story, this mystery/thriller will simultaneously tug at the heart strings and scare the bejesus out of readers. In a word: unforgettable. — Chicago Tribune |
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Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts $36.89 From the author of ISABELLA MOON, a dark and gripping novel that”s as scary as Dean Koontz and as sexy as Nora Roberts. The devil comes to Cincinatti in this chilling and fast-paced tale of revenge gone horribly wrong. Three young women, three lives crumbling. Alice, Del, and Roxanne have known each other from childhood- a childhood full of silly games and growing pains, and perhaps a hint of the kind of cruelty only young girls know. Praise for ISABELLA MOON: Haunting…An amalgam of Truman Capote”s In Cold Blood and Peter Straub”s Ghost Story, this mystery/thriller will simultaneously tug at the heart strings and scare the bejesus out of readers. In a word: unforgettable. — Chicago Tribune |
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Category Five $3.4 - Category 5 is the fourth book in the Tango Key series, featuring psychic Mira Morales.- Out of Sight was the winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best Original Paperback of 2002.- Total Silence, and Black Water, and Out of Sight were all selections of the Mystery Guild.- The Hanged Man and The Seventh Sense have both been optioned for film.- Category 5 will appeal to fans of Dean Koontz. |
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City of Night (Frankenstien Book Two) $9.99 From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. The mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic continue. . . . They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created-and they must be destroyed. Not even Victor Helios-once Frankenstein-can stop the engineered killers he”s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Only the one-time monster Deucalion and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O”Connor and Michael Maddison, stand in their way. But as the three race to uncover the true dimensions of an age-old conspiracy, they will discover that Victor”s new, improved models have infiltrated every level of the city”s society . . . and far beyond. |
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Darkfall $7.99 In this Koontz classic tale, a blizzard brings a city to a standstill–and ushers in an evil that defies imagination. This repackaged edition includes a new Afterword by the author. Reissue. |
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Dead and Alive $9.99 From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes. . . . As a devastating hurricane approaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin to spin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and the future of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests with Victor”s first, failed attempt to build the perfect human. Deucalion”s centuries-old history began as the original manifestation of a soulless vision-and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor”s malignant mind could have conceived-an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind”s collective nightmare with powers, and a purpose, beyond imagining. |
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Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night $285.9 From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… DEAN KOONTZ’S CITY OF NIGHT They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created-and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios-once Frankenstein-can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time monster and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as Victor’s first and failed attempt to build the perfect human-and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have imagined-an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us. |
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Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son 2 $16.99 Dean Koontz”s hit series returns! Detectives O”Conner and Maddison delve deeper into the mysterious life of Victor Helios, trying to uncover his ultimate goal, while members of Victor”s New Race begin to show they are not as perfect as he assumed. Randall Six continues his quest to escape from Hands of Mercy, as Officer Harker descends further into madness. And Erika Helios discovers some of her husbands” unfinished creations. Mysteries are revealed and revenge is exacted as this horror epic reaches its apocalyptic conclusion. From the masterly pen of New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz – and featuring an adaptation by legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon and gorgeous illustrations by artists Tim Seely and Scott Cohn – Dean Koontz”s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son is a story filled with fast-paced action, gripping horror, and thrilling adventure. |
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Don’t Close Your Eyes $1.56 KEY SELLING POINTS: – Robert Ross is a terrific storyteller and knows how to build suspense–Don’t Close Your Eyes will appeal to readers of John Saul and Dean Koontz.- Local author publicity in Cape Cod. |
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Eternal Undying Love 2-The Second Coming $40.95 The Apocalyptic sequel to Eternal Undying Love has arrived. A war between Heaven and Hell. A New World Order threatens humanity. Seven Chosen Warriors try to bring the world into a universe of chaos. Will love win in the end, or will evil take its place upon the throne? Will mankind live to see another day, or will Revelations spell the last chapter in our story? Journey through the insane asylum with the mysterious Man in Black. Stand in awe as the dead arise and walk again. Watch in horror as the seas turn to blood. Discover life as it hinges on death. Learn the true meaning of Eternal Undying Love: The Second Coming! Author & cover art: Brett Keane Artwork in book: Ariel Long & Jason Wise My inspirations are: Anne Rice Dean Koontz Stephen King |
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Fear Nothing $7.99 On sale in December! Reviewers agree that Fear Nothing –the chilling atmospheric tale of a young man who is forever united with the night–is Koontz’s best work yet. Christopher Snow has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light. He knows the night as no one else can–its mystery, its beauty, and the silken rhythms that seduce one into believing anything is possible, even freedom. Until the night Christopher witnesses a series of disturbing accidents that sweep him into a violent mystery only he can solve. |
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Fear Nothing 1 $14.99 Fear Nothing tells the story of 28-year-old oddball hero Christopher Snow, who lives in the city of Moonlight Bay, California, along with his hyper-intelligent dog Orson, his best surfing buddy Bobby and his late-night deejay girlfriend Sasha. Snow has XP-xeroderma pigmentosum-a very rare genetic affliction that forces him to avoid light at all costs, and will likely give him cancer later in life. His parents died under mysterious circumstances and he”s now being stalked by the shadowy characters who want Snow to stop trying to find out how they died–or else they”ll bump off his remaining loved ones. Fear Nothing features all the pulse pounding thriller action and great character development Koontz fans have come to expect from his work, as well as a bit of comedy, and yes, even an army of evil mutant rhesus monkeys! |
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Forever Odd $19.99 Koontz takes up once more the story of a unique young hero and an eccentric little town in a tale that is equal parts suspense and terror, adventure and mystery–and altogether irresistibly odd. Unabridged. 7 CDs. |
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Forever Odd $64.41 Koontz returns to the unique world of Pico Mundo, and to his unforgettable hero who lives always between two doors, between a life with the living and a life with the dead, between transcendence and terror. Evil is coming to Pico Mundo, and there can be no innocent bystanders. |
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Forever Odd $3.97 Koontz returns to the unique world of Pico Mundo, and to his unforgettable hero who lives always between two doors, between a life with the living and a life with the dead, between transcendence and terror. Evil is coming to Pico Mundo, and there can be no innocent bystanders. |
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Frankenstein $16.95 Conceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley”s Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th century literature. The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man, Victor Frankenstein, tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life and how he ended up at the North Pole. Through this simple plot device, Shelley was able to deal with serious real-world issues like acceptance, tolerance, and understanding, as well as the universal human need for companionship and love. The novel, of course, inspired a host of films, from the 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff to Andy Warhol”s Frankenstein, and more recently, a series of novels by Dean Koontz. This version, though slightly abridged, retains much of the original dialogue and remains true to Shelley”s brilliant vision. |
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Frankenstein $16.95 Conceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley”s Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th century literature. The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man, Victor Frankenstein, tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life and how he ended up at the North Pole. Through this simple plot device, Shelley was able to deal with serious real-world issues like acceptance, tolerance, and understanding, as well as the universal human need for companionship and love. The novel, of course, inspired a host of films, from the 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff to Andy Warhol”s Frankenstein, and more recently, a series of novels by Dean Koontz. This version, though slightly abridged, retains much of the original dialogue and remains true to Shelley”s brilliant vision. |
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From the Corner of His Eye $181.95 Bartholomew Lampion is born in Bright Beach, California, on a day of tragedy and terror, when the lives of everyone in his family are changed forever. Remarkable events accompany his birth, and everyone agrees that his unusual eyes are the most beautiful they have ever seen. On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He doesn’t know who Bartholomew is, but he embarks on a search that will become the purpose of his life. If ever he finds the right Bartholomew, he will deal mercilessly with him. And in San Francisco a girl is born, the result of a violent rape. Her survival is miraculous, and her destiny is mysteriously linked to the fates of Barty and the man who stalks him. At the age ot three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons reluctantly remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As the growing boy copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother, an exceptional woman, counsels him that all things happen for a reason, that there is meaning even in his suffering, and that he will affect the lives of people yet unknown to him in ways startling and profound. At thirteen, Bartholomew regains his sight. How he regains it, why he regains it, and what happens as his amazing life unfolds results in a breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure. His mother once told him that every person’s life has an effect on every other’s, in often unknowable ways, and Barty’s eventful life indeed entwines with others in ways that will astonish and move everyone who reads his story. People magazine has said that Dean Koontz has the power to scare thedaylights out of us. In this, perhaps the most thrilling, suspenseful, and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed career, Koontz does that and far more. He has created a compulsive page-turner that will have you at the edge of your seat, a narrative tour-de-force that will chan |
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Gateways $25.7 Following last year’s successful The Haunted Air, F. Paul Wilson returns with another riveting episode in the saga of Repairman Jack, the secretive, ingenious, and heroic champion of those whose problems no one else can solve. As Dean Koontz says, Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. His adventures are hugely entertaining. In Gateways, Jack learns that his father is in a coma after a car accident in Florida. They’ve been on the outs, but this is his dad, so he heads south. In the hospital he meets Anya, one of his father’s neighbors. She’s a weird old duck who seems to know an awful lot about his father, and even a lot about Jack. Jack’s arrival does not go unnoticed. A young woman named Semelee, who has strange talents and lives in an isolated area of the Everglades with a group of misshapen men, feels his presence. She senses that he’s special, like her. Anya takes Jack back to Dad’s senior community, Gateways South, which borders on the Everglades. Florida is going through an unusual drought. There’s a ban on watering; everything is brown and wilting, but Anya’s lawn is a deep green. Who is Anya? Who is Semelee, and what is her connection to the recent strange deaths of Gateways residents-killed by birds, spiders, and snakes-during the past year? And what are the lights Jack keeps hearing about-? Lights that emanate twice a year from a sinkhole deep in the Everglades . . . lights from another place, another reality. If he is to protect his father from becoming the next fatality at Gateways, there are questions Jack must answer, secrets he must uncover. Secrets . . . Jack hasplenty of his own, and along the way he learns that even his father has secrets. |
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Ghosts and Grisly Things $2.36 This chilling collection of the best of Ramsey Campbell’s recent short fiction includes suspenseful horror stories never before available in the United States in any form. From the Publisher Ramsey Campbell’s novels have justly won him acclaim as one of the best writers of the age. Dean Koontz says, Ramsey Campbell is highly regarded for his sensitive use of the language and his ability to create psychologically complex characters . Robert R. McCammon call him a powerhouse of a writer who molds images into reality . A three-time winner of the World Fantasy Award and an eight-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, Campbell may be the genre’s most decorated writer. The Washington Post Book World says, Ramsey Campbell continues to break new ground, advancing the style and thematic content of horror fiction far beyond the works of his contemporaries . The Cleveland Plain Dealer writes, Campbell produces serious horror fiction of consistently high quality . The San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle calls Campbell one of the world’s foremost horror writers , and Publishers Weekly hails him as a master of the horror genre , adding, He does more than jar the nerves and chill the spine; he assails one’s very grip on reality . Ghosts and Grisly Things is a chilling collection of the best of Campbell’s recent short fiction, most of it never before available in the United States in any form. |
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Hideaway $7.99 Koontz’s classic novel is now repackaged and includes a new Afterword from the author. Miraculously revived after being killed in an accident, Hatch Harrison approaches each day with a new appreciation of life. But something has come back with Hatch from the other side. Reissue. |
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House Of Odd $10.99 Koontz, the #1 New York Times -bestselling maestro of macabre suspense, plunges everyone”s favorite spirit-spotting fry cook into his most frightening encounter yet, in the thrill-packed third Odd Thomas graphic novel. |
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Jeffrey Jones $49.99 Over the past 40 years, there have been few artists who have received as much acclaim and garned as much attention as Jeffrey Jones. From his early comic book work for Heavy Metal and National Lampoon to his popular book covers for such authors as Dean Koontz and Andre Norton to his move into fine art, Jones has inspired generations of painters and artists. This beautiful volume of his personal favorites will only enhance his reputation and cement his standing as one of America”s greatest living artists. |
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Jeffrey Jones $79.99 Over the past 40 years, there have been few artists who have received as much acclaim and garned as much attention as Jeffrey Jones. From his early comic book work for Heavy Metal and National Lampoon to his popular book covers for such authors as Dean Koontz and Andre Norton to his move into fine art, Jones has inspired generations of painters and artists. This beautiful volume of his personal favorites will only enhance his reputation and cement his standing as one of America”s greatest living artists. |
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John Paul II and the New Evangelization: How You Can Bring the Good News to Others $10.4 Pope John Paul II urged the church repeatedly and persistently to proclaim the gospel to all humanity. This summons to a new evangelization characterized his papacy. But what does the new evangelization mean? And who is supposed to evangelize? What is the role of the parish? Of married couples? How do we evangelize teens? And what are the ecumenical dimensions of evangelism? In this book twenty-two authors address these and many other issues. Cardinal Avery Dulles describes the evangelical shift in the church since Vatican II; those involved in day-to-day evangelism provide practical tips for evangelizing the poor (Sr. Linda Koontz), street evangelism (Leonard Sullivan), using spiritual gifts (Peter Herbeck) and much more. |
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Life Expectancy $27 With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Koontz returns with an emotional rollercoaster tale of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy–a story that will challenge the way readers perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between.From The Publisher:Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers’ waiting room and his dying father’s bedside. It’s a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm’s fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the frist and last time since his stroke. What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson–five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his twentieth year; the second in his twent-third year; the third in his twenty-eighth; the fourth in his twenty-ninth; the fifth in his thirtieth. Rudy is all too ready to discount his father’s last words as a dying man’s delusional rambling. But then he discovers that Josef also predicted the time of his grandson’s birth to the minute, as well as his exact height and weight, and the fact that Jimmy would be born with syndactyly–the unexplained anomal of fused digits–on his left foot. Suddenly the old man’s predictions take on a chilling significance. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five dark days? What nightmares will he face? What challenges must he survive? As the novel unfolds, picking up Jimmy’s story at each of these crisis points, the path he must follow will defy every expectation. And with each crisis he faces, he will move closer to a fate he could never have imagined. For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days when his world turns i |
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Life Expectancy $7.99 In his latest New York Times bestseller, Koontz tells an emotional tale of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy–a story that challenges the way readers perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between. |
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Life Expectancy $44.95 With his bestselling blend of nail-biting intensity, daring artistry, and storytelling magic, Dean Koontz returns with the story of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy–a story that will challenge the way listeners perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between. Unabridged. 9 CDs. |
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Lightning $16 Now repackaged, this Koontz classic features a new Afterword by the author. When a bolt of lighting brings a blond-headed stranger into Laura Shane”s life, she wonders if he”s the guardian angel he seems–or the devil in disguise. Reissue. |
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Love of Goldens $8.6 Stories by Dean Koontz, Timothy Foote, and Karyn Kay Zweifel tell of the joy of owning a Golden Retriever. Diverse photos capture the breed’s easy-going temperament and good looks at play, work, and rest. 120+ color photos. |
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Mr. Murder $7.99 Now repackaged with new cover art, this classic features a new Afterword by Koontz. Mystery writer Marty Stillwater’s idyllic life is shattered when a stranger breaks into his house claiming to be the real Martin Stillwater and begins a terrifying campaign to eliminate Marty. Reissue. |
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Odd Hours $27 Odd Thomas’ fourth adventure breaks new ground, taking this utterly unique hero to undreamed of new places, where both the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights surpass all that has come before. From The Publisher: Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz s Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all that he has known. The legend began in the obscure little town of Pico Mundo. A fry cook named Odd was rumored to have the extraordinary ability to communicate with the dead. Through tragedy and triumph, exhilaration and heartbreak, word of Odd Thomas s gifts filtered far beyond Pico Mundo, attracting unforgettable new friends and enemies of implacable evil. With great gifts comes the responsibility to meet great challenges. But no mere human being was ever meant to face the darkness that now stalks the world not even one as oddly special as Odd Thomas. After grappling with the very essence of reality itself, after finding the veil that separates him from his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, tantalizingly thin yet impenetrable, Odd longed only to return to a life of quiet anonymity with his two otherworldly sidekicks his dog Boo and a new companion, one of the few who might rival his old pal Elvis. But a true hero, however humble, must persevere. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have bothofficial sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority and in this dark night o |
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Odd Thomas $15 In this New York Times bestseller, Koontz delivers a haunting tale of love and terror, suspense and self-discovery. Odd Thomas is an unassuming young man–a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death, who serves as the reluctant confidant of the dead. |
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Pale Gray for Guilt $7.99 With an introduction by CARL HIAASEN JOHN D. MacDONALD .. .the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller. –STEPHEN KING .. .a master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer. –MARY HIGGINS CLARK .. .a dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character. –SUE GRAFTON .. .my favorite novelist of all time. –DEAN KOONTZ .. .the consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer. –JONATHAN KELLERMAN .. .remains one of my idols. –DONALD WESTLAKE THE TRAVIS McGEE SERIES .. .one of the great sagas in American fiction. –ROBERT B. PARKER .. .what a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again. –ED McBAIN |
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Prodigal Son $9.99 From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of . . . Every city has its secrets. But none as terrible as this. He is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who has traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives in New Orleans as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Deucalion”s path will lead him to cool, tough police detective Carson O”Connor and her devoted partner, Michael Maddison, who are tracking the slayer but will soon discover signs of something far more terrifying: an entire race of killers who are much more-and less-than human and, deadliest of all, their deranged, near-immortal maker: Victor Helios-once known as Frankenstein. |
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Relentless $0.64 #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz delivers a mesmerizing new thriller that explores the razor-thin line between the best and worst of human nature and the anarchy simmering just beneath society s surface as a likeable, successful family man is drawn into a confrontation with a foe of unimaginable malice . Bestselling novelist Cullen Cubby Greenwich is a lucky man and he knows it. He makes a handsome living doing what he enjoys. His wife, Penny, a children s book author and illustrator, is the love of his life. Together they have a brilliant six-year-old, Milo, affectionately dubbed Spooky, and a non-collie named Lassie, who s all but part of the family. So Cubby knows he shouldn t let one bad review of his otherwise triumphant new book get to him even if it does appear in the nation s premier newspaper and is penned by the much-feared, seldom-seen critic, Shearman Waxx. Cubby knows the best thing to do is ignore the gratuitously vicious, insulting, and inaccurate comments. Penny knows it, even little Milo knows it. If Lassie could talk, she d tell Cubby to ignore them, too. Ignore Shearman Waxx and his poison pen is just what Cubby intends to do. Until he happens to learn where the great man is taking his lunch. Cubby just wants to get a look at the mysterious recluse whose mere opinion can make or break a career or a life. But Shearman Waxx isn t what Cubby expects; and neither is the escalating terror that follows what seemed to be an innocent encounter. For Waxx gives criticism; he doesn t take it. He has waysof dealing with those who cross him that Cubby is only beginning to fathom. Soon Cubby finds himself in a desperate struggle with a relentless sociopath, facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life. Fearless, funny, utterly compelling, Relentless is Dean Koontz at his riveting best, an unforgettable tale of the fragile bonds that hold together all that we most cherish and of thos |
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Seize the Night $7.99 After more than nine weeks on The New York Times bestseller list in hardcover, Seize the Night is now in paperback. Suspense master Dean Koontz returns to Moonlight Bay in this stand-alone novel that is also a sequel to the critically acclaimed bestseller, Fear Nothing. In picturesque Moonlight Bay, California, children are disappearing. From their homes. From the streets. The police cannot be trusted to solve the mystery, because this town has been profoundly corrupted. In Moonlight Bay, the purpose of the police is often to conceal the crime, rather than to catch the perpetrator. Christopher Snow, whose rare genetic disorder — xeroderma pigmentosum, XP — leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light, sets out the find the missing five-year-old son of a former sweetheart…and then the other lost children. Chris believes they are still alive. The disappearances have something to do with clandestine scientific experiments at a nearby, abandoned military base, Fort Wyvern. And now time is running out. With his exceptional dog, Orson, and his friends, Chris challenges the powerful and violent people who would conceal even the most heinous crimes in order to keep the secrets of Fort Wyvern. His greatest advantage is that, forced by XP to live a life in shadows, he knows the night world better than anyone — better even than his adversaries, who seem at one with the darkness. |
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Seize the Night $9.22 Christopher Snow, the protagonist of Fear Nothing , returns and is on the trail of missing children in Koontz’s newest thriller. Snow believes the children are still alive and that their disappearances have something to do with clandestine scientific experiments at a nearby abandoned military base. Unabridged. |
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Shadowfires $50.01 A woman”s relief over the death of her husband gives way to mind-numbing terror, in this shockingly suspenseful thriller from New York Times -bestselling author Koontz. Unabridged. 2 MP3 CDs. |
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Shadowfires $10.4 A woman”s relief over the death of her husband gives way to mind-numbing terror, in this shockingly suspenseful thriller from New York Times -bestselling author Koontz. Unabridged. 14 CDs. |
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Strangers $7.99 They are from different towns across the country, with different backgrounds. They have nothing in common but their dreams–full of a terror that turns night into hell and day into living nightmares. The strangers are drawn to the Tranquility Motel, deep in the heart of the desert, where they will discover a shocking truth. This repackaged classic contains a new Afterword by Koontz. |
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Strangers $23.61 A Koontz classic is back. They are from different towns across the country, and have nothing in common but their dreams–full of a terror that turns night into hell and day into living nightmares. The strangers are drawn to the Tranquility Motel, where they will discover a shocking truth. Unabridged. 22 CDs. |
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The Bad Place $58.74 Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name – and that he is in great danger. Having taken refuge in a motel, he wakes again only to find his hands covered in blood. As far as he knows, he’s no killer. But whose blood is this, and how did it get there? Over the next few days Frank develops a fear of sleep, because each time he wakes he discovers strange objects in his hands and pockets – objects far more frightening than blood. Husband-and-wife detective team Bobby and Julie Dakota specialize in high-ticket corporate security investigations, but when a distraught and desperate Frank Pollard begs them to watch over him, they can’t refuse. Out of compassion – and curiosity – they agree to get to the bottom of his mysterious, amnesiac fugues. It seems a simple job: just follow a client who wants to be watched and tell him where he winds up. But as the Dakotas begin to discover where their client goes when he sleeps, they are drawn slowly into ever-darkening realms where they encounter the ominous figure stalking Frank. Their lives are threatened, as is that of Julie’s gentle, Down’s-syndrome brother, Thomas. To Thomas, death is the bad place from which there is no return. But Julie and Bobby – and their tortured client – ultimately learn that equally bad places exist in the world of the living, places so steeped in evil that in contrast death seems almost a relief… Praise for Dean Koontz A master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns. – The San Diego Union-Tribune One of our finest andmost versatile suspense writers. – The Macon Telegraph & News His prose mesmerizes…Koontz consistently hits the bull’s-eye. – Arkansas Democrat An exceptional novelist…top-notch. – Lincoln Journal-Star |
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The Darkest Evening of the Year $7.99 The latest New York Times bestseller from Koontz–a heart-gripping, transcendent thriller for all seasons featuring a dedicated dog rescuer, a very special golden retriever she saves, and the murderous adversaries they must face together. |
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