Hughes: 1804 books

Kenneth James Hughes explores the history of language as a made thing. Signs of Literature is a linguistic and structuralist primer – and an excellent companion to glossaries of literary terms and introductory critical texts. The surprise of the book for the lay reader is that it is so richly entertaining.

Alchemists did more than try to transmute base metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines and advocated the regeneration of matter and spirit. This book illustrates how this new branch of thought became increasingly...

BONE MOUNTAIN is the first in a series of thrillers starring ex-FBI agent Brian McKay and his intrepid niece, college student Darcy McKay. The McKays team up to defeat a violent gang shadowing the excavation of the world's first intact T. Rex skeleton. The action jumps between the mean streets of...

Samson Valentine is the best private eye ever to wear a fedora–or at least he was, before he became a washed-up booze hound. There simply isn't demand for a whiskey-swilling Welsh gumshoe who insists he's living in 1940's Chicago. Everything changes when a massive diamond falls into his lap. Before...

A homeless body on Toronto's streets lives in mythic ruminations, passes through death, and resurrects fully here, now – there being nowhere else to BE. Hughes' writing is poetically rich, literary, replete with allusion, and mysteriously elusive. The title Faces refers to false faces, our terrifying...

In 1937 a group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to fight the dark threat of dictatorship in Spain. In the olive groves of Jarama, near Madrid, they achieved the first victory against Franco's army. It was Fascism's first defeat. Hardly remembered today, it proved a crucial military...

Jack Black is thrilled when his father, the captain of the largest airship in the world, invites him on the ship’s maiden voyage. Once aloft, Jack overhears a plot to sabotage the ship. But before he can tell his father, Jack falls, plummeting through the air to be caught in the sails of a pirate...

A Midlife Crisis in Africa is the story of a couple in their late 40's joining the Peace Corps. Leaving family and friends behind, Lonnie and Kathy venture to Uganda where they hope they will be able to help others in need. Along the journey they develop life-long friendships with other volunteers,...

It’s the beginning of 2003, a few months after the end of TEMPLAND. Melanie Evers is back as she struggles under the insane demands of her long-sought Permanent Job. Now a human resources executive at Marquette Bank, what started out as a cushy well-paid job turns into a nightmare when her company...

For people with diabetes, especially the 15.8 million people in the United Sates on medication or insulin, eating a consistent amount of carbohydrates at every meal is an essential part of meal planning. Unfortunately, carb-counting requires either a lot of math or reliance on vague meal-planning...

Survival always comes at a price. Nineteen-year-old Evie Rose knows that price and has paid it in the past... and will in the future. On the run from criminals and the crooked cops, she races towards a one-way collision course that will tear her heart apart. Sacrifice, lies and haunting decisions...

Kevin and his dragon friend Splinter are about to discover a hidden treasure that’s more valuable than gold… but in order to uncover the truth they will have to return to Castle Mountain and face the Blue Dragon. Little do they know that the fate of a lost species of dragon hangs in the balance, and what they do next will change everything… Ages 7+

In this series of BDSM eBooks by Susanna Hughes, having fulfilled her need for revenge on Gianni, a gangster, Stephanie can now fully enjoy exploring the delights of being Mistress of Devlin's castle in Italy. And when the business associates of Devlin come to visit, Stephanie has a few surprises...

In this series, Dean Hughes tells the gripping story of four young cousins — Gene, Kathy, Diane, and Hans — who experience a time of turmoil and trial, of growth and discovery as they find their own paths in life. If you're interested int he lessons of history, or simply looking for powerful...