SUMMARY: With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Booker Prize—winning author Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of i...
Product DescriptionFrom the _ New York Times_ bestselling author-the shooting script to his award-winning film, with an original Introduction and vivid stills from the movie.
Amazon.com ReviewAnnie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having it hit straight on. She remembers playing with the skin on her m...
From Publishers WeeklyNobody plays the what-if game of alternative history better than Turtledove, especially when he has a large-scale subject and when he's working close enough t...
In a deadly game of skill and deception...A master thief is just the first wild card...The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited—and the show...
SUMMARY:After the reading of a will at a Victorian mansion, the sister of the deceased patriarch suspects he met with foul play. But before long, Cora is banished from the f...
From School Library JournalGrade 7 Up-Four short stories of mystery and intrigue by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are performed radio theater style by the St. Charles Players: "The Advent...
SUMMARY: In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys—best friends—are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball tha...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Royal Society of London plays home to the greatest minds of England. It has revolutionized philosophy and scientific knowledge. Its fellows map out the laws o...