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"Call me Ishmael." Thus starts the greatest American novel. Melville said himself that he wanted to write "a mighty book about a mighty theme" and so he did. It is a story of one man's obsessive revenge-journey against the white whale, Moby-Dick, who injured him in an earlier meeting. Woven into the story of the last journey of The Pequod is a mesh of philosophy, rumination, religion, history, and a mass of information about whaling through the ages.

The year is 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers - a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young American - find a way to take their shot at the top.

Arrogant. Scornful. Full of pride. Darnuir, prince of dragons, cares nothing for the damage he's doing to the faltering alliance against the Shadow. He thinks himself invincible - right up till a mortal wound forces him to undergo a dangerous rebirthing spell, leaving him a helpless babe in human hands.

A house that turns boys into girls? A college student is looking for a house to rent and comes across an unbelievable deal. According to the gorgeous girl vacating it, the place is enchanted and has a closet with women’s clothing and accoutrements that can never be emptied. She also claims it turned her from a boy into a very special girl while she lived there.

Carson has always wanted a big family, but his wife, Katie, insists that she's not ready to put her body through all of the hassle of having one yet. Carson can't let it go, though. Women are made for this sort of thing, he figures. She probably just needs a little push. So one day, he swaps out her birth control pills for fakes, and hopes that by the time she realizes what's going on, she'll just get used to things! He didn't count on her having a magic spell that swaps their places, though! Now, he's stuck dealing with the consequences of his own actions...all nine months of them.

Louis never imagined himself as a sissy movie star, but why wouldn’t he jump at the opportunity? It’s a little weird to have to wear girly clothes and makeup for the role, but for the cash they’re offering, he’ll do just about anything...Faced with the choice between making some quick cash or being evicted from his apartment, Louis is desperate and willing to do just about anything to make ends meet.