Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route ...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Meeting at Midnight by Eileen WilksSeely Jones had secrets, hidden talents and a shadowed past. In Ben’s arms she wasn’t the elusive earth mother she seemed, but ...
Amazon.com ReviewIn this first novel, Amy Bloom spins the tale of one Elizabeth Taube, charting her progress from an unloved adolescent to (alas) an unloved, middle-aged mother. To...
SUMMARY: Louise de la Valliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with T...
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best of the Month, July 2008: Maarten Troost is a laowai (foreigner) in the Middle Kingdom, ill-equipped with a sliver of Mandarin, q...
Product DescriptionCan you win an election and cover up murder at the same time? In the middle of a General Election, someone is targeting former members of the ultra-exclusive Mer...
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--the Magic Tree House! "Where are the lions?"Jack wonders when the Magic Tree House...
For students, researchers, and history lovers, a look at day-to-day life in a rarely explored era. "About life and death, midwives and funerals, business, books and authors, and to...
Product DescriptionBy virtue of her profession as a midwife, Tabitha Eckles is the keeper of many secrets: the names of fathers of illegitimate children, the level of love and harm...