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Nocturnes_ Five Stories of Musi - Kazuo Ishiguro
From Publishers WeeklyThis suite of five stories hits all of Ishiguro's signature notes, but the shorter form mutes their impact. In Crooner, Tony Gardner, a washed-up American sin... -
No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay
From Publishers WeeklyBarclay (_Bad Guys_) tugs hard on the heartstrings with the tragic tale of Cynthia Bigge, whose parents and brother vanished without a trace the day after she... -
New Orleans Noir - Julie Smith
From Publishers WeeklyThe excellent 12th entry in Akashic's city-specific noir series illustrates the diversity of the chosen locale with 18 previously unpublished short stories fr... -
My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass; Brent Hayes
ReviewProfessor John S. Wright My Bondage and My Freedom is Frederick Douglass's most accomplished rendering of his life on literary and philosophical terms. It is also his m... -
Mice - Gordon Reece
Product DescriptionAn electrifying psychological thriller about a mother and daughter pushed to their limits. Shelley and her mom have been menaced long enou... -
Mercy Kill_ A Mystery - Lori Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyIn Armstrong's sharp second mystery to feature former army sniper Mercy Gunderson (after 2010's No Mercy), Mercy stumbles late one night on the shot and slash... -
Max_ The Greatest Air and Sea B - James Patterson
SUMMARY: Nobody said saving the world would be easy. Until now, Max and the flock have lived a lonely existence: hunted down, tortured and pushed to the fringe of society; always o... -
Master of the Crossroads - Madison Smartt Bell
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1995 Madison Smartt Bell published __, earning both critical plaudits and a National Book Award nomination for this fictional account of Haiti's 18th-century sl... -
Magister Ludi_ The Glass Bead G - Hermann Hesse
Das Glasperlenspiel, The Glass Bead Game, is the last work & magnum opus of Swiss-German author Hesse. Begun in '31, published in Switzerland in '43, it's mentioned in his citation... -
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
SUMMARY: Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were si...