Alan Carlson

"A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the...

In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the...

Winner of the prestigious Aurora Award and Silver Birch Award, WOLF PACK is the inspiration for the highly anticipated original series coming to Paramount+ Nothing gets between a wolf and its pack… Most of the time, Noble, Argus, Harlan and Tora are like any other teenagers. Prowling the halls of their high school in search of new crushes and true friendships, all while trying to keep up their grades. Except these teens are anything but ordinary… Discovered...

Ink and sawdust meets brisket and moxie.I'm a tattooed casualty.A charmer, a fraud, a skeptic, and a carpenter.My name is Tse.I'm cocky enough to believe my own lies, but too oblivious to see the truth is already out there.I'm a cautious perfectionist.A sister, a scrapper, a dreamer, and a workhorse.My name is Sophia.I'm capable enough to plan ahead, yet too powerless to avoid getting blindsided.We're complete oppositesone who plays it safe, the other...

Life can seem to be a serious business. We could also look at it as a game-or a series of games. They include survival, love, power, pleasure, courage, creativity, and the Master Game! In this insightful book, Richard Smoley gives a lively but pro¬found account of these games. He talks about how we play them, the mistakes we make, and how we can play them best. The culmination is the Master Game. Richard explores prac¬tices from the great spiritual...

Among today's most successful businesses are those that have significantly transformed our daily routines. This focus on the consumer experience, not solely on product, has enabled them to drive remarkable growth and customer loyalty and, in many cases, to create totally new marketplace categories. Seeing the How invites you to reimagine your brand, company, or idea through the lens of consumer experience. It gives today's disruptors a path to offering...

It was meant to be a girls' night. No guys allowed. Until one blind kiss had me caught in the devil's web. A monster in Armani. An heir to the underworld. He upends my life, his seduction smooth even as he offers two choices: get in his car or be shoved in his trunk. No, thanks. But when my past comes back to haunt me, there's only one man ruthless enough to stand between me and the threat. The same man who makes my heart race for reasons that...

The bestselling and award-winning Steele Shadows series continues in this new Protector Romance spin-off series, packed with page-turning mystery, steamy angst, exotic locations, and four dangerously attractive mercenaries. She was supposed to be the mission. She became his undoing. When American schoolteacher Samantha Greene goes missing in Mexico, the US government calls on private military firm, Astor Stone Inc., to assist in finding her. Former...

I'm not crazy. I'm the product of a schizophrenic mother who seemed more evil than human, and a bipolar father who didn't love me enough to stay. But I'm not crazy. Now I'm struggling with life and question myself and my decisions every single day. Are these signs? Red flags? I won't let myself look too close. I refuse to be crazy. Then four men swoop in just when I need them. They're protective, supportive, and everything I never...

I came to the Heights with a purpose. Join the Heights Crew. Move up the ranks. Make it implode from the inside out. But more than anything, make them suffer as much as Ive suffered over the years because of them. I planned everythingor so Id thought. I had a contingency plan for my contingency plan, but that was before I met them. The few members of the crew whove already irrevocably changed my life. I thought I knew what I wanted, and I still...