In Jane Austen’s works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. Wiltshire, for example, the home county of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, is a clue that this heroine is not as stupid as she seems: according to legend, cunning Wiltshire residents caught hiding contraband in a pond capitalized on a reputation for ignorance by claiming they were digging up a “big cheese”―the moon’s reflection on the water’s surface. It worked. In Jane Austen’s Names, Margaret Doody offers a fascinating and comprehensive study of all the names of people and places―real and imaginary―in Austen’s fiction. Austen’s creative choice of names reveals not only her virtuosic talent for riddles and puns. Her names also pick up deep stories from English history, especially the various civil wars, and the blood-tinged differences that played out in the reign of Henry VIII, a period to which she often returns. Considering the major novels alongside unfinished works and juvenilia, Doody shows how Austen’s names signal class tensions as well as regional, ethnic, and religious differences. We gain a new understanding of Austen’s technique of creative anachronism, which plays with and against her skillfully deployed realism―in her books, the conflicts of the past swirl into the tensions of the present, transporting readers beyond the Regency. Full of insight and surprises for even the most devoted Janeite, Jane Austen’s Names will revolutionize how we read Austen’s fiction.

On a mission of violence throughout the subcontinent, a group of terrorists, determined to wrest Kashmir free from Indian control, set their sights on Air Force One, and Mack Bolan, along with Stony Man warriors John Kissinger and Jack Grimaldi, must wage war on these madmen in order to save the world from utter destruction. Original.

When an old KGB campaign involving sleeper assassins is re-activated, wreaking death and destruction throughout the fifty states, Mack Bolan, along with a gorgeous Russian agent, is forced to place his trust in Burke Barnum, a traitor to the U.S. government who can put a stop to the madness. Original.

With Madam President, current cohost of The View and former White House Communications Director Nicolle Wallace returns with an electrifying portrait of three powerful women on a day that will change the country forever.Charlotte Kramer, the forty-fifth President of the United States, has done the unprecedented in allowing a network news team to document a day in her life—and that of her most senior staff. But while twenty news cameras are embedded with the president, the unthinkable happens: five major attacks are leveled on US soil. Her secretary of defense, Melanie, and her press secretary, Dale, must instantly jump to action in supporting the president and reassuring the country that the safety they treasure is in capable hands. But secrets have always thrived in President Kramer’s White House. With all eyes on them and America’s stability on the line, all three women are hiding personal and professional secrets that could rock the West Wing to its very foundations…and change the lives of the people they love most. With an insider’s sharp eye and her trademark winning prose, Nicolle Wallace delivers a timely novel of domestic and political intrigue that is impossible to put down.

When a fellow Stony Man agent mysteriously vanishes, putting a high-tech prototype in the hands of the Chinese, Mack Bolan must embark on a dangerous mission amidst global tension to rescue his friend, find the prototype, and save the world. Original.

Greed, revenge and world domination are just some of the ingredients in this James Bond adventure. After oil tycoon Sir Robert King is killed in a bombing at MI6 headquarters, his daughter, Elektra, inherits his fortune and the attentions of her father’s killer. His name is Renard. A bullet lodged in his brain has rendered him unable to feel physical pain, and he has but one reason left to live—revenge. There’s only one man who can take the heat between a beautiful heiress, a malicious sociopath and his final diabolical plan, agent 007.

When a diabolical French billionaire unleashes a deadly plan to capture the terrorist who murdered his family, innocent people die in the name of vengeance, and Mack Bolan, going undercover in the Frenchman's army, must race against time to stop the carnage. Original.

When an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) bomb is detonated off the coast of Israel, Lieutenant Commander Blake Murdock and Seal Team Seven must help Israel defend their land from a Syrian invasion and rescue ten American college students who are caught in the crossfire. Original.

DI Jack Pearce is investigating a series of burglaries and brutal attacks on young women which have broken out in Cornwall. Once again his on-off girlfriend Rose Trevelyan finds herself at the heart of the investigation. With her intimate knowledge of the private lives of those connected to the case, Rose must work hard not to jump to conclusions about the innocence of those she knows. As the crimes become more serious, both newcomers to the area and familiar faces become suspects. But who should Rose – and Jack – believe?

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Remo and Chiun are sent in to investigate a hot new company, Raffair, whose stock is going through the roof and that has close ties to a twenty-first-century Mafia, which offers stock options, online trading, and a Web site, in addition to its deadly criminal enterprises. Original.

When China and Pakistan launch an offensive against Nepal and Bangladesh, Lieutenant Commander Blake Murdock and his elite SEAL Team Seven head into action to stop a secret Chinese plan to occupy Pakistan and seize control of their oil reserves. Original.

With tensions continuing to erupt between North and South Korea, Marine Force One is sent in on a recon mission to monitor the situation, but the team soon discovers that North Korea plans to use chemical weapons against the South and become caught in a deadly ambush aimed at hiding the truth. Original.

When one of the Night Angel 9 team is transferred to another station, they discover that their new replacement is an emotionally unstable paramedic who could crack under pressure. Original.

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When the South American country of Mayana discovers a brilliant new device that can bring relief to their poverty-stricken nation by turning actual trash into cash, Dr. Harold Smith, wary of this turn of events, sends Remo and Chiun to Mayana where they uncover a maniacal plan for world domination. Original.

When a diabolical genius begins using the television as a mind control device, turning ordinary people into brutal killing machines, Remo and Chiun must resist the subliminal messages and refrain from killing each other long enough to stop the insanity. Original.

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When two radical Islamic fundamental groups and a Chinese narcobaron take control of the drug trade in Southeast Asia, waging war on the Colombian distribution lines in America and killing innocent people, Mack Bolan and the elite Phoenix Force are called in to destroy the enemy and put an end to a huge herion-producing operation. Original.

The Stony Man team of commandos and cybernetic watchdogs takes on its most challenging assignment when the new president of the United States orders a covert attack on a global terrorist group from war-torn Kurdistan that is plotting an agenda of global violence and devastation. Original.

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When a group of neo-Nazi fanatics called the Temple of the Nordic Covenant begin terrorizing the world in hopes of obtaining global domination, Mack Bolan must race against time to destroy the enemy and save the world for nuclear annihilation. Original.