David Dukes

DAVID DUKES was born and raised in Madison, Florida. At the age of seventeen, in 1963, he led the civil rights movement in Madison. He did voter-registration work, sit-ins at restaurants, and recreational facilities, conducted training seminars, and demonstrated in support for freedom, equality, justice, and human rights for blacks in the American South. He was subjected to harassments, intimidations, chased around at high rates of speed, arrested,...

A novel in the guise of an autobiography by the author of Mosquito Coast follows a disaffected novelist's journey from a career in London under the wing of an eccentric mentor to a solitary return to his hometown. First serials, The New Yorker & Granta. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

A young man resurfaces from Spenser's past to seek out the likeable P.I.'s guidance and help to solve the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the boy's mother. The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, the hardboiled yet caring detective faces danger and a reckoning with his own past. Pastime is Robert B. Parker's electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction, both personal and revealing.

Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp hires Spenser to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers high-class scandals and a corpse who might not be dead after all.

This sequel to Aztec returns to the Mexico of the conquistador. The young Aztec leader, Tenamáxtli, courageously refuses to bow to his foreign rulers, vowing revenge on the Spaniards who have conquered and destroyed his society. Driven to rebuild the Aztec Empire, Tenamáxtli secretly recruits an army to fight the seemingly invincible Spanish forces. His quest takes us through high adventure, passionate women, unlikely allies, bright hope, and bitter...

Her name is Lisa St. Clair, and she just married Spenser's long-time pal, a Boston Homicide cop. Now her whereabouts are unknown, and Spenser's friend needs his help to find her. The Boston P.I. thought this case would be easy until he learns the nasty truth about his buddy's new bride.

Hired by an aggrieved Boston aristocrat who believes his wife's brutal slaying to be something other than random violence, Spenser immediately senses that his client's picture-perfect portrayal of his family life is false. For starters, the victim's reputation is too saintly, her house is as lived-in as stage set, and her troubled children don't appear to be products of a happy home. Spenser plungers into a world of grand illusion, peopled with cardboard...

Hawk wants Spenser to wage war on a street gang. Susan wants Spenser to move in with her. Either way, Spenser's out of his element. So why not risk both?

While much of the world watches and waits for signs of extraterrestrial life, a select group of individuals know the truth: alien beings are already here and walking among us in human form. Members of a top-secret agency- an organization known only as " Men in Black" - are dedicated to tracking and policing these aliens. The agency recruits a tough and tenacious New York City cop to help them protect...

In this pioneering contribution to the men's movement, Robert Moore, a Jungian psychoanalyst and Douglas Gillette, a mythologist, examine the inner "King" - one of the four archetypes of the male psyche. The King Within both responds to the needs formulated by the men's movement and addresses the larger questions of male psychology. The inner King integrates power and nurturing, firmness and caring, courage and creativity, self-affirmation and self-sacrifice....