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Murder at the Library of Congre - Margaret Truman
From Publishers WeeklyThe theft from a private museum in Miami of a painting by 19th-century artist Fernando Reyes of Columbus offering his book of privileges to Ferdinand and Isab... -
Murder Is Easy - Agatha Christie
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Agatha Christie is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name ... -
Measuring the World - Daniel Kehlmann
SUMMARY: Loosely based on the lives of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt and a contemporary, mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, Kehlmann's novel, a German bestseller wi... -
Master of the Crossroads - Madison Smartt Bell
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1995 Madison Smartt Bell published __, earning both critical plaudits and a National Book Award nomination for this fictional account of Haiti's 18th-century sl... -
Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinventio - Manning Marable
Product DescriptionYears in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps ... -
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
SUMMARY: The lives and adventures of the four March sisters--Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy--are set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century New England while their father is off fighti... -
Letters to Jackie_ Condolences - Ellen Fitzpatrick
EDITORIAL REVIEW: It is perhaps the most memorable event of the twentieth century, a moment that left a family and a nation mourning, one that many Americans recall as their first ... -
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo; Norman Denny
From Library JournalHugo's classic tale set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 19th-century France retains its timeless appeal in this notably condensed rendition of the... -
Kristin Lavransdatter - Sigrid Undset; Tiina Nunnally;
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In her great historical epic *Kristin Lavransdatter*, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and he... -
Julia Child - Laura Shapiro
A biography of Julia Child from the award-winning author of Perfection SaladOne of the most beloved figures in 20th century American culture was Julia Child, the bouyant "French Ch...