From Publishers WeeklyA breadth of experience and setting distinguishes this somber first collection of 18 very short stories by New York-based Van Booy. "Little Birds" is narrated...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. Meet Baba Seg...
SUMMARY: In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the unb...
David Mamet has been a controversial, defining force in nearly every creative endeavor-now he turns his attention to politics. In recent years, David Mamet realized that the so-cal...
The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret Histo...
Amazon.com ReviewKeith Jeffery on Writing The Secret History of MI6The British Secret Intelligence Service—popularly known as MI6—is the oldest established...
Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement--both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their ch...
SUMMARY: A spoiled and sickly orphan blossoms into a creature of loving kindness in this unforgettable classic of childhood. At her uncle's forbidding Yorkshire estate, Mary joins ...
ReviewPRAISE FOR EYE OF THE CROW:"The first intriguing volume in an ambitious new series ... plenty of readers will ... find themselves irresistibly drawn into his t...