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Becoming Madame Mao - Anchee Min
Amazon.com ReviewMany writers have engaged in the project of rescuing female figures from history, but few have tackled such an unsympathetic character as Anchee Min does in her hi... -
Batman and philosophy_ the dark - Mark D. White; Robert Arp
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone's misery? Can we hold the Joker morally responsible for his actions? Is Batman better than Superman? If ev... -
Bamboo and Blood - James Church
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Church once again does a brilliant job of portraying the dysfunctional, paranoid society of modern North Korea in his third novel to feature I... -
Awakening the Buddha Within _ E - Lama Surya Das
Amazon.com ReviewIf you dropped the Buddha into a modern metropolis, would he come off sounding like a 16th-century morality play or more like a drive-time disc jockey? Lama Surya ... -
Awake and Dreaming - Kit Pearson
From Publishers WeeklyThe combination of her own desperate wishes and a dead writer's fantasy propel the nine-year-old heroine into a dream worldAor does it? Ages 8-12. Copyright .... -
Another Life - Michael Korda
In his remarkable memoir, at once frank, audacious, canny, and revealing, Michael Korda, the author of Charmed Lives and Queenie, does for the world of books what Moss Hart did for... -
Amberville - Tim Davys
SUMMARY: What does it mean to be bad? Eric Bear has it all: a successful career, a beautiful wife, a blissful home. He knows he's been lucky; a while back, his life revolved around... -
All the Rage - F. Paul Wilson
SUMMARY: Much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Gia, Repairman Jack doesn’t deal with electronic appliances—he fixes situations for people, situations that usually involve putting ... -
Al Capone Does My Shirts - Gennifer Choldenko
From School Library JournalGrade 6-8--In this appealing novel set in 1935, 12-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island where his father gets... -
Adverbs - Daniel Handler
Can Joe help it if he falls in love with people who don't make him happy? And what about Helena—she's in love, but somehow this isn't enough. Shouldn't it be? And if it isn't enoug...