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The Jade Peony - Wayson Choy
Amazon.com ReviewThe Jade Peony, Wayson Choy's first novel and a RUSA Notable Book, is a genre-bending, memoirlike collection of stories about a family in Vancouver's Chinatown be.... -
The Inner Circle - Brad Meltzer
SUMMARY:#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns with a pulse-pounding new novel of lies and deception at the highest levels of government. There are storie... -
The Hummingbird's Daughter_ A N - Luis Alberto Urrea
This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records... -
The Histories (B&N) - Herodotus; Donald Lateiner; G.
Product DescriptionThe Histories, by Herodotus, is part of the *Barnes & Noble Classics *series, which offers quality editions at affordable pri... -
The Historical Christ and the T - Jr. Allison Dale C_
Informally presents and evaluates complexsometimes troublingissues in scholarly discussion of Jesus Christ. / "Whatever one makes of these pages, they are the stammerings neither o... -
The Great War_ Breakthroughs - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyThe historian and the creative writer unite in Turtledove to craft another impressive novel, this one the third in his series about an alternate WWI (American... -
The Great Sea_ A Human History - David Abulafia
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: In this expansive yet detailed historical gem, David Abulafia covers the full course of human history o... -
The Golden Road - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Golden Road is a 1913 novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. As a child, Montgomery learned many stories from her great aunt Mary Lawson. She later used these in The Story ... -
The Garden Party and Other Stor - Katherine Mansfield; Lorna Sage
Product DescriptionInnovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many... -
The Frog Prince and Other Stori - Walter Crane
SUMMARY: Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an English artist. Born in Liverpool, he was part of the Arts and Crafts movement. He produced paintings, illustrations, children's books, cer...