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The Lost World - Michael Crichton
SUMMARY:"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING."--PeopleIt is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of ... -
The Lion, the Witch and the War - C. S. Lewis
SUMMARY:There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia, and the first is about to be told in an extraordinary motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Wit... -
The Library of Shadows - Mikkel Birkegaard
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** **An engrossing Danish literary thriller of intrigue, conspiracy, and the extraordinary power of reading****** Imagine that some people have the power to affec... -
The Last Hero_ A Life of Henry - Howard Bryant
SUMMARY: In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry Aaron's reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (RBIs, total bases, extra-base hits) and set... -
The Last Four Things - Paul Hoffman
The epic story of Thomas Cale-introduced so memorably in The Left Hand of God—continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of hu... -
The Last Camel Died at Noon - Elizabeth Peters
From Publishers WeeklyIf Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson, an archeologist whose extraordinary adventur... -
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaís greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works p... -
The Gold Coast - Nelson DeMille
From Publishers WeeklyWhat happens to a priggish, WASPy, disillusioned Wall Street lawyer when a Mafia crime boss moves into the mansion next door in his posh Long Island neighborh... -
The General's Daughter - Nelson DeMille
Amazon.com ReviewLong before the John Travolta film of The General's Daughter (which the author extols in the foreword), Nelson DeMille's seventh mystery was the breakout hit of h.... -
The Dream of Perpetual Motion - Dexter Palmer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A debut so magical so extraordinary it has to be read to be believed .** Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, ...