Author: James Gunn
Publisher: Pocket
Keywords: immortals
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-09-13
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0671534866
ISBN-13: 9780671534868

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF IMMORTALITY?For nomad Marshall Cartwright, the price is knowing that he will never grow old. That he will never contract a disease, an infection, or even a cold. That because he will never die, he must surrender the right to live.For Dr. Russell Pearce, the price is eternal suspicion. He appreciates what synthesizing the elixir vitae from the Immortal’s genetic makeup could mean for humankind. He also fears what will happen should Cartwright’s miraculous blood fall into the wrong hands.For the wealthy and powerful, no price is too great. Immortality is now a fa

Author: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: immortals
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-08-25
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 030727022X
ISBN-13: 9780307270221

The award-winning author of A New World now gives us an incantatory novel—at once plaintive and comic—about the powerful undercurrent of cultural and familial tradition in a society enthralled with the future.Bombay in the 1980s: Shyam Lal is a highly regarded voice teacher, trained by his father in the classical idiom but happily engaged in teaching the more popular songs to well-to-do women, whose modern way of life he covets. Sixteen-year-old Nirmalya Sengupta is the romantically rebellious scion of an affluent family who wants only to study Indian classical music. With a little push fr

Author: Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffi
Keywords: immortals, shadowland
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-11-17
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 031259044X
ISBN-13: 9780312590444

Enter the realm of the Immortals—the #1 New York Times bestselling series that’s been acclaimed as breathtaking, mesmerizing, flawless and extraordinary. Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives—and fought off the world’s darkest enemies—so they could be together forever. But just when their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon Damen…one that could destroy everything. Now a single touch of their hands or a soft brush of their lips could mean sudden death—plunging Damen into the Shadowland. Desperate to break the curse and save

Author: Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffi
Keywords: immortals, evermore
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-02-03
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 031253275X
ISBN-13: 9780312532758

Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s thoughts, and know a person’s life story by touch.   Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste . . . Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition.  He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets.  Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking—and he’s the

Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: immortals
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-10-09
List price: $29.75
ISBN-10: 0559225873
ISBN-13: 9780559225871

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III It was a warm evening in the latter part of May. Augustus had said nothing of the result of the experiments he had been making during the past weeks, intending to surprise the three ladies by showing them the astounding results of his work all at once. The party sat at dinner in the vaulted hall and talked upon indifferent subjects. " You seem to be revolutionising this part of the world, Augu

Author: Eva Wong
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: immortals, taoist, tales
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2001-07-24
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1570628092
ISBN-13: 9781570628092

As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kong’s finest professional storytellers, by actors on the radio, and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas. The stories are of famous characters in Chinese history and myth: a hero’s battle with the lords of evil, the founder of the Ming dynasty’s treacherous betrayal of his friends, a young girl who saves her town by imitating rooster calls. Entertaining and often provocative, these tales usually include a mor

Author: Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: immortals, flame
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-06-22
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0312590970
ISBN-13: 9780312590970

In Alyson Noel’s most darkly seductive Immortals novel yet, Ever fights for control of her body, her soul—and the timeless true love she’s been chasing for centuries.Ever is trying to help Haven transition into life as an immortal.  But with Haven drunk on her new powers and acting recklessly, she poses the ultimate threat—exposing their secret world to the outside.  As Ever struggles to keep the Immortals hidden, it only propels Haven closer to the enemy—Roman and his evil companionsAt the same time, Ever delves deeper into dark magick to free Damen from Roman’s power. But when her