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Uncle Tom's cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
SUMMARY: The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "... -
We, the Drowned - Carsten Jensen; Charlotte Barsl
Amazon.com ReviewCarsten Jensen’s debut novel has taken the world by storm. Already hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marsta.... -
The Ark - Boyd Morrison
SUMMARY: A modern-day international thriller hailed by James Rollins as "one of the best debut I've read this year. . . here is a novel that will have you holding your breath until... -
Shadow and Claw - Gene Wolfe
SUMMARY: The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major wo... -
Programming Ruby_ The Pragmatic - David Thomas; Chad Fowler; Andr
Synopsis:Ruby is an increasingly popular, fully object-oriented dynamic programming language, hailed by many practitioners as the finest and most useful language available t... -
Parallel Stories - Peter Nadas; Imre Goldstein
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A once-in-a-generation literary event: the monumental masterwork being hailed as a “twenty-first-century War and Peace” (Magyar Nemzet)In 198... -
Out of Oz - Gregory Maguire
The stunning conclusion to the smash "New York Times" bestselling series the Wicked YearsHailed as "bewitching," "remarkable," "extraordinary," "engrossing," "amazing," and "delici... -
Operation Mincemeat_ How a Dead - Ben Macintyre
SUMMARY: Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “t... -
One Door From Heaven - Dean Koontz
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Hailed as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (*Rolling Stone*) Dean Koontz has entered a rich new phase of his writing career that is yielding his most im... -
On food and cooking_ the scienc - Harold McGee
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is t...