There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.

Written by the author of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series and "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency", this is another story about Dirk Gently, the self-styled holistic detective and master of all things alternative.

This is the story of mid-life crisis, and the search for a pastoral idyll, which becomes a sort of "Cold Comfort Farm" of the 1990s as Clea comes to know her new neighbours who include a lesbian teepee commune, some born-again fanatics and the ramshackle Marsh family.

Tells the story of a young woman's sexual awakenings and the sweep of her emotional experience of love and sex, death and loss over a 30 year period. Set in the American South in the 1950s, New York in the 1960s and Paris of the 1970s, the novel weaves together the strands of Jude's life.

The world has changed radically since the first edition of this book was published in 2001. Spammers, virus writers, phishermen, money launderers, and spies now trade busily with each other in a lively online criminal economy and as they specialize, they get better. In this indispensable, fully updated guide, Ross Anderson reveals how to build systems that stay dependable whether faced with error or malice. Here?s straight talk on critical topics such as technical engineering basics, types of attack, specialized protection mechanisms, security psychology, policy, and more.

From the best-selling author of As the Crow Flies comes an action-packed thriller that blends elements of the political and social upheaval of the Middle East, Mafia intrigues, and the machinations of Saddam Hussein. 300,000 first printing.

Hugo Award Winning Science Fiction! Although this is book 3 of the series, the first two are prequels and this is the beginning of the story. "In this, the beginning of the epic, he (Asimov) tells of life in the Galactic Empire, and of Hari Seldon's battle to prevent tens of thousands of years of anarchy through the creation of the Foundation."

The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition. Decorative imitation leather blue Hardcover with gold imprinted spine. Originally available from Doubleday by subscription only.

Combining dark humor, Hitchcock-like suspense, and film-noir prose, these three unique novels—united—form a powerful and thought-provoking puzzle.