Review“Agatha Christie has made it awfully hard for the rest of us, because whenever we think of a clever twist—she’s already done it.” (Elizabeth Peters, New York Times bestsellin...
ReviewWinner of the 2007 CLA young adult canadian book awardAn OLA top ten best bet for schools and libraries “William Bell is arguably one of the most wide-...
From Library JournalOliver Metcalf is the editor of the Blackstone Chronicle in Blackstone, NH. His father had been the director of the Blackstone Asylum before his death. Oliver h...
From School Library JournalGrade 9–11—Connelly Sternin, 16, moves through her New York City high school on cruise control. She is an average student who doesn't get into trouble, d...
From Library JournalDr. Lazlo Kreizler, protagonist of The Alienist (LJ 3/1/94), is back with his idiosyncratic companions in Carr's latest mystery thriller. Set in 1897 New York a...
Amazon.com ReviewGordon S. Wood's The American Revolution, part of the Modern Library Chronicles series, is an erudite, concise summary of the events and circumstances surrounding....
Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, has long been interested in the works of Joyce. Eco's essay, as does Santoro-Brienza's, celebrates joyce's deep...
HE'S BACK.AND HE'S THE BIGGEST THING IN POLITICS.He is the perfect presidential candidate. Conservatives love his hard-hitting Republican résumé. Liberals love his peaceful, progre...
From School Library JournalGrade 4–6—In this good-versus-evil story, a prequel to Swordbird (HarperCollins, 2007), readers see a legend taking shape as evil forces attempt to conq....