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Homicide_ A Year on the Killing - David Simon
SUMMARY: From the creator of HBO's "The Wire," the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every th... -
Hidden Cities - Daniel Fox
From Publishers WeeklyThe conclusion of Fox's trilogy set in a magical version of ancient China (Dragon in Chains; Jade Man's Skin) mixes action with scenes that feel like timeless... -
Gratitude - Joseph Kertes
SUMMARY: March 1944: War’s darkest period descends upon Hungary’s Jews. By the time it ends in January 1945, over half a million Jews will have been murdered. Gratitude tells the s... -
From Here to Eternity - James Jones
James Jones’s epic story of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor—now with previously censored scenes and dialogue restoredAt the Pearl Harbor army... -
Freedom Summer - Bruce W. Watson
A majestic history of the summer of '64, which forever changed race relations in America In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college studen... -
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Amazon.com ReviewFor Whom the Bell Tolls begins and ends in a pine-scented forest, somewhere in Spain. The year is 1937 and the Spanish Civil War is in full swing. Robert Jordan, .... -
Flinx Transcendent_ A Pip & Fli - Alan Dean Foster
From Publishers WeeklyFlinx and his feisty minidrag, Pip, reunite with old friends for one final slam-bang universe rescue in the 14th title of one of science fiction's longest run... -
Fire to fire_ new and selected - Mark Doty
SUMMARY: Mark Doty's Fire to Fire collects the best of Mark Doty's seven books of poetry, along with a generous selection of new work. Doty's subjects—our mortal situation, the eva... -
Feathered Dragon - Douglas Niles
SUMMARY:The greatest city in Maztica lies in ruins, and plague of hideous monsters descends across the land. From the ashes of destruction, a tenuous alliance forms. Legionn... -
Family album - Danielle Steel
ReviewThis is a collection of three stunning, ethereal novellas. Karen, the adolescent protagonist in "The Talisman," is doing poorly in Catholic boarding school. Every time she at...