Like the rest of the one per cent who outlived the worldwide sweep of death, they are survivors. But as followers and acolytes of the Dark Man, Randall Flagg, they are enforcers of a nihilistic plan that will reshape the new world in his image.--From back cover.

"When Air One Rescue pilot London Brooks finds herself falsely accused, her reputation tarnished, and her life in danger, she has no choice but to plunge back into the treacherous world of espionage she left behind. Shep Watson already saved London's life once-and he'll do everything in his power to bring her back home"--

Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...

Elliot Brock is devastated when the woman he loves marries his best friend, who happens to be the son of an earl. When the two men are sent to war in 1812, only Elliot survives. The earl's dying wish is to unite his friend with his widow but by the time Elliot returns to England, the countess is courting more than scandal. She's risking her neck – and her life – to preserve a legacy for her son.To find a way round the family trustee with nefarious...

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old...

The story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who pushes and inspires 18 inner-city Hispanic students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.

With the help of their new recruits -- including Beast, Angel, Juggernaut, and Colossus -- the X-Men must face evolution itself in the form of their former teammate, Jean Grey. Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix, the resurrected Jean Grey has become a danger to herself, her mutant comrades, and the entire planet. A potential cure is discovered and processed to treat and ultimately eliminate the genetic mutations, once and for all....

Children are encouraged to resist bullying and stand up for their rights.

It’s the season for produce at its peak of freshness — and we’re all scooping it up from farm stands, farmers markets, and even our own gardens. Now that we’re swimming in all that freshness, we all need some creative new ideas to get it on the table. Farm Stand Recipes delivers more than 85 delightful ideas to do just that. Inside you’ll find fruit-and-veggie smoothies, frozen fruit pops, pickled veggies, melon drinks, root veggie favorites,

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The stand: The U.S. government denies that there's a problem when the horrifying deaths begin, but within a few days, only one percent of the world's population is left alive after a deadly virus escapes from a California research lab. The shattered remnants of humanity face the end of civilization and the beginning of the ultimate battle between good and evil. Golden years: After being exposed to exotic chemicals in a lab explosion, a janitor, his...