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Lee Donne's family is gifted. Her mother has three doctorates, her father is an economics genius, and her grandfather is a world-renowned Shakespearean scholar. Lee's own gift, if you could call it that, is an eidetic memory that seems to maintain a visual representation of everything she's ... மேலும்

At her father's graveside, Abby vows to find out why her father was gunned down in his own home where there were three large vicious dogs that would bark loudly at any intruder they didn't know.... மேலும்

Quiet--that's what the town of Spender's Ferry is. The lake, the abandoned mill, the woods behind the house-- everything is so rural and peaceful, not at all like the clamor and constant street noise of the Bronx. For all of the picturesque beauty of this rural retreat from New York Citymthe ... மேலும்

"Wilhelm really knows students and knows how to teach them to craft a professional story. "--The Oregonian Part memoir, part writing manual, Storyteller is an affectionate account of how the Clarion Writers' Workshop began, what Kate Wilhelm learned, and how she passed a love of the written word on ... மேலும்

In this compilation of three previously published novels Kate Wilhelm offers three riveting tales of mystery and murder. In The Hamlet Trap, the presence of an new theater director dredges up the alarming past of a set designer and murder stalks the theater company. In Smart House, Constance and Cha... மேலும்

[from the back cover] "PROGRAMMED FOR DESTRUCTION In a way, they were the same, the man and the machine. Both had been ordered to do one thing--kill. The robot had been created to wreak revenge on the humans who had brutally conquered its planet. The man was the product of years of training by... மேலும்

Attorney Barbara Holloway has given up on her father's dream for her to become a successful lawyer. The deaths of both Barbara's mother and her lover have deeply affected her, and now she lives on the tiny salary she makes helping the poor who can't pay for "real" legal services. When Lucille Reine... மேலும்

The Sumner family can read the signs: the droughts and floods, the blighted crops, the shortages, the rampant diseases and plagues, and, above all, the increasing sterility all point to one thing. Their isolated farm in the Appalachian Mountains gives them the ideal place to survive the coming break... மேலும்

With the McNair's it's family first, so what are 4 children to do when they are traumatized by 2 tragedies which will surely pull them apart unless they can sustain a mounting number of lies and keep uncountable secrets until they are grown up, or maybe even forever? They have been good children for... மேலும்

OPERATION VANISHED: The plane is down somewhere off the North Carolina coast. No sign of wreckage or of survivors can be spotted. A group of this country's leading biochemists (including the brilliant, beautiful Dr. Stella Thayer) were aboard the flight. Consequently, sabotage cannot be ruled out as... மேலும்

PROGRAMMED FOR DESTRUCTION In a way, they were the same, the man and the machine. Both had been ordered to do one thing - kill. The robot had been created to wreak revenge on the humans who had brutally conquered its planet. The man was the product of years of training by an Earth that had set ou... மேலும்

A collection of short stories from the award-winning author, Kate Wilhelm. Contains the following:The Mile-Long Spaceship Fear Is a Cold Black Jenny with Wings A Is for Automation Gift from the Stars No Light in the Window One for the Road Andover and the Android The Man without a Planet The Apostol... மேலும்

What happens when . . .An all-powerful killing machine is equipped with a human brain on the brink of madness?A group of apes are injected with human intelligence and build their own strange empire?A child with an other-worldly intellect is locked in mortal combat with his own down-to-earth father?A... மேலும்

"My lover, my protector, my friend, my doctor, my brother - they're all killing me."Peter Roos cannot help knowing the thoughts of those around him. A rare physical condition has given him that power. Now he has "heard" about the government's secret plan to give up control of America to the military... மேலும்

Susannah runs away from her husband, loses her memory, and - with new innocence - rediscovers life in America, becoming involved with thieves and terrorists, relating to people on disconcerting levels, and falling for a most unlikely Mr. Right...... மேலும்

Abyss Anyone? Enter Kate Wilhelm's realm of extrasensory perception, alternate universes, alien monsters, and something else, something much more strange...the abyss that lurks near each of us, ready to destroy us...or set us free.... மேலும்

The dozen stories in this delightful volume span the career of Kate Wilhelm, showcasing the wide-ranging works of this exceptional stylist. These stories include:"The Look Alike", in which a grieving young mother encounters a doppelganger of her lost daughter."Forever Yours, Anna", recipient of the ... மேலும்

This book contains four striking novellas, and the author's own philosophy of fiction writing expressed in her speech as a guest of honour at the 38th World Science Fiction Convention."The Winter Beach" turns what might be a spy story into suspense of a far different order."Julian" begins when its y... மேலும்

The more man learns, the more dangerous he becomes. The greater the civilization, the greater the chaos it eventually unleashes… If you discovered the secret of immortality, to whom would you give it? To the scientists, the politicians, the military? To the Americans? The Russians? The Chinese? If y... மேலும்

This collection assembles in one volume five works by Kate Wilhelm, masterful fantasist and one of science fiction's premier storytellers:In 'Children of the Wind', identical twins J-1 and J-2 play subtle games with their parents' lives. Are the boys just precocious, or are they far more strange - a... மேலும்

Why is Lauren Steele being followed around by a mysterious red-haired ghost? Why is the Pentagon after her? And why doesn't anyone believe her?As a psychologist at the Waycross Clinic in Seattle, she has enough problems. Her clients never seem to listen to anything she says, and her co-workers could... மேலும்

The Sumner family can read the signs: the droughts and floods, the blighted crops, the shortages, the rampant diseases and plagues, and, above all, the increasing sterility all point to one thing. Their isolated farm in the Appalachian Mountains gives them the ideal place to survive the coming break... மேலும்

Kate Wilhelm has a reputation as one of the 20th century's finest SF writers. Winner of the Hugo Award for Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, she has produced an impressive body of work in the fields of SF and crime, and - along with her late husband, Damon Knight - has had a profound influence beyond... மேலும்

Man reached for the stars - and failed to keep the Earth in his grasp. With the western United States devastated by drought, the survivors huddle in squalid concentration camps in the east.And still the dream won't go away. In high orbit, an artefact is found that may be man's first contact with a... மேலும்

Suppose you could enter the mind of a beautiful woman; see what she sees, feel what she feels, and control her completely. Suppose you could turn back the hands of your watch, and relive your life. Suppose the stories you wrote kept coming true.... மேலும்