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Originally published by Random House in 1969, Nog became a universally revered cult novel and a symbol of the countercultural movement. In Rudolph Wurlitzer's signature hypnotic and haunting voice, Nog tells the tale of a man adrift in the American West, armed with nothing more than his own three pencil-thin memories and an octopus in a bathysphere.

Delicious Christmas Eggnog Recipes in This Cookbook Nothing reminds of us of the Christmas Season quite like eggnog. Eggnog was originally a drink for the aristocracy. Fresh milk and eggs, and sherry and cinnamon and nutmeg were foods and spices of the wealthy, so eggnog was often used to toast prosperity and good health. Those who could afford milk and eggs and costly spirits mixed it the eggnog with brandy, Madeira wine or sherry to make a drink similar to modern alcoholic egg nog. Today eggnog represents the celebrations of Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years and the rest of the Holiday ...

Krissy Hancock is staying in her adopted hometown of Pine Hills, Ohio, for Christmas this year - and she even has a whole week off from her combination bookstore-cafe. Unfortunately, she's been roped into filling in for a sick elf in the local holiday musical extravaganza. With a demanding director, backstage gossip, and two men in fierce competition for the starring role, it isn't all sweetness and Christmas lights. Then a murder puts a stop to the production, and Krissy is faced with a pageant of suspects.

It's Christmas in Honey Hollow! Santa is on his way—and so is a killer. A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. Murder in the Mix is a USA TODAY Bestselling Series! Humor with a side of homicide. From New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Addison Moore. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" This book can be enjoyed on its own without reading the other books in the series so dive on in! Includes Recipe! My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely ...

Meet Kelsie Butler. Coffee addict. Dog lover. Mystery buff. It’s days before Christmas and all of Fairwood is celebrating in the Christmas spirit, except for members of the Mapleton Crime Club, a group of senior-citizen mystery lovers who reside at the Mapleton, an independent living home. When Kelsie and her friend Angela are invited to join the club’s Christmas party, they readily accept, but at the party, they’re immediately struck by the friction between club members. So when one of those members dies in a bizarre fashion and the police determine there’s been no foul play, ...

Christmas is coming to Cape Cod, but when Sam Barnes finds a very dead Santa in a very hip restaurant, it’s up to her to sift out suspects who have been naughty vs. nice…. Professional foodie Samantha Barnes has a simple Christmas list: a quiet holiday at home with her dog and a certain...

Dana Snyman is volksbesit. Met Die binneland in verken hy ons land en sy mense vandag. Dana reis landin, op soek na sekerheid en lig. Hy rou oor dié wat weggeval het, soos Fred Mouton. Hy gesels met die karwag wat Adriaan Vlok onthou en oom Bok Horn wat ’n leeu uitoorlê het. In die nadraai van die pandemie, met beurtkrag, oorlog in die Oekraïne, en die politiek, begin mense opgee, ook op hulself. Maar Dana vind hoop, liefde – en veral geloof.

"Eggnog Murder": When a gift-wrapped bottle of eggnog proves to be a killer concoction for a Tinker's Cove local, all Lucy Stone wants for Christmas is to find the murdering mixologist who's stirring up trouble. "Death By Eggnog": Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell has never cared much for Bar Harbor's grouchy town librarian, Agatha Farnsworth. But after the Scroogy senior has a fatal - and suspicious - allergic reaction to supposedly non-dairy eggnog, it's up to Hayley to ladle out some justice.

Tis the season for hot cocoa, twinkling lights, and... murder? At Belle Mountain Lodge, Tilly is excited to rub elbows with glamorous actress Victoria Van Der Woodsen at a holiday gala. But the celebration chills when Victoria is found lifeless in her room, sparking a yuletide mystery. As Tilly delves into the lavish lodge's secret corners—from the ice-glazed pond to the relaxing outdoor hot tub—she uncovers a naughty list of suspects. Yet, the icing on this mystery is the shocking revelation of an unexpected suspect, hiding like a forgotten present under the lodge's towering Christmas ...

On New Year's Day, Fran takes her dog Latte on a walk. Luck of all luck, she finds a dead blonde on the sidewalk - right outside Ryan's house. Sammy, Fran's best friend, has been staying with Ryan, and she becomes the police's number-one suspect. The victim was Ryan's ex-girlfriend, an out-of-towner who has been secretly terrorizing and stalking Sammy. Sammy's DNA has been found on her body, so the police think she has motive for killing the ex.

The town's annual Christmas pageant is the highlight of the season, and Abby Hirsch is thrilled to be catering for the festivities. But when local star turned Broadway legend Katherine Kirby makes a dazzling return to Sugar Creek to headline the show, the holiday spirit turns frosty. Rehearsals unravel into chaos, old rivalries flare up, and just days before opening night...Katherine's sister is found dead.

Mae West is busy this Christmas season. She's running around Normal getting the town ready for the first Winter Festival, which she hopes will become an annual event for the tourist town. The freshly fallen snow sure does make the Daniel Boone National Park beautiful and ready for Santa's arrival, but it also makes the curvy roads through the forest very slick. Unfortunately, Mae finds out just how slick the roads are after her car slides off the road and hits a tree, putting Mae into a deep coma.

From Dennis Lehane, the award-winning author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and the Kenzie-Gennaro series, comes a surprisingly different collection of five short stories: ""Running Out the Dog"" ""ICU"" ""Gone Down to Corpus"" ""Mushrooms"" ""Until Gwen"" At turns suspenseful, surreal...

Being Sugarplum Falls' most sought-after nanny was something that I prided myself on. I was great with kids, and I hadn’t met a parent who I didn’t have a great relationship with. That was until I met Elliott Weston.

The extended Stamer/Hanmer family flies to Australia for Christmas to celebrate Eve and Julien’s big day. At the beach resort with its attached private club, old passions are indulged and new ones discovered as all five couples prepare to enter the next phase of their lives. Things aren't always easy, but with the right person at their side, they'll never have to face it alone. When pleasure prevails, could this be the best Christmas ever?

Meister Aki und sein junger Schüler Cornelis begeben sich auf die Suche nach den letzten Geheimnissen der Welt. Sie treffen auf kleine schwarze Puppen, die den Verstand ihrer Wirte beherrschen, auf Metamorphen, die die Gestalt ihrer Opfer annehmen, auf eine furchtbare Kreatur sowie auf eine Gruppe Unsterblicher, die vor dem Untergang der Erde Zuflucht am ungewöhnlichsten Ort des Universums gefunden hat: auf der geheimnisvollen Insel Tír na nÓg.

Als het gruwelijk toegetakelde lichaam van een man wordt gevonden, komt rechercheur Kim Stone er met een schok achter dat ze het slachtoffer kent: het is dokter Cordell, de man die ook betrokken was bij een eerdere zaak rond de dood van een schoolmeisje. Maar hoewel zijn verleden misschien niet brandschoon is, lijkt er geen enkele reden om hem dood te wensen.

Will Nog succeed in his dream? And will his hedgehog friends be able to help him make his dream a reality? A delightful tale for children and parents alike.

Seriously...Christmas used to be my favorite time of year. The presents, the spiked eggnog, kissing handsome men under mistletoe. And then he came into my life. Or rather, I came into his life, under a little bit of a pretense.

Nina Rodriguez would rather die than submit, but that choice isn't hers. Because whoever kills her will take her death curse, a fate worse than death, and no one is willing to risk that. When she saved the lives of the vampire king and his mother, she didn’t do it for glory, but she’d be a liar if she didn’t think it would mean freedom. Instead, all it did was reveal her for who she is - a blood mage, the most feared creature in the world. Now, the vampires who rule the world have taken her as a slave to use her as a weapon. With her under their thumb, there’s nothing they can’t do.