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Stalling for Time_ My Life as a - Gary Noesner
From Publishers WeeklyNoesner, a former FBI hostage negotiator for 23 years, was the first person to run the bureau's Crisis Negotiation Unit. Looking back, he recalls some major s... -
Sophie's World_ A Novel About t - Jostein Gaarder
Amazon.com ReviewWanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has ... -
Something Like an Autobiography - Akira Kurosawa
Translated by Audie E. Bock."A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this boo... -
Smonk - Tom Franklin
From Publishers WeeklyE.O. Smonk is an ugly, unwashed, murdering rapist who has terrorized the small town of Old Texas, Ala., for years. In 1911, the town summons Smonk to stand tr... -
Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Review"I believe in Jack and his ability to understand his mother in shades of gray. I believe in his ability to be fiercely independent: to try and try and try . . . and at the sa... -
Silent Killer - Beverly Barton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** In A Town Full Of Secrets** To most people, men like Mark Cantrell are fine, upstanding pillars of the community, completely beyond reproach. But their killer ... -
She Is The Darkness - Glen Cook
SUMMARY: The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force upon the plain of glittering stone. Even shadows are afraid.At the heart... -
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth - Simon R. Green
Product DescriptionPrivate Eye John Taylor is the only thing standing between his not-quite-human mother and the destruction of the magical realm within London known as the Nightsi... -
Shakespeare - Peter Ackroyd
From Publishers Weekly[Signature]_Reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum_At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and ... -
Shadows Linger - Glen Cook
SUMMARY: Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The La...