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House of Illusions - Pauline Gedge
From Kirkus ReviewsAncient history comes alive and stays that way as Thu, the Egyptian peasant in Lady of the Reeds (1995) who became a pharaoh's concubine and was then banished, n... -
History of the Decline and Fall - Edward Gibbon
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, all six volumes, with active table of contents, improved 2/1/2011 -
Half Moon Investigations - Eoin Colfer
Meet Fletcher Moon. Half-pint schoolboy and fully qualified private investigator. Since graduating online, he has solved all sorts of minor mysteries at school and at home. It was ... -
Germline - T. C. Mccarthy
Review"Compelling debut" and "a portrait of the effects of battlefield stress that is difficult to bear but impossible to put down" - Publishers Weekly "Gritty and fur... -
Fun Inc_ - Tom Chatfield
"An ambitious overview of the videogaming industry, from its beginning to today's immersive online games." —Wall Street Journal -
Follow the Stars Home - Luanne Rice
SUMMARY: Acclaimed novelist Luanne Rice "touches the deepest, most tender corners of the heart" (Tami Hoag, author ofA Thin Dark Line). Her stories remind us how precious and fragi... -
Five Weeks in a Balloon - Jules Verne
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva, Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">The first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredient... -
Everything Here Is the Best Thi - Justin Taylor
Each story in this crystalline, spare, oddly moving collection cuts to the quick. Taylor's characters are guided by delusions and misapprehensions that quickly bring them to impass... -
Eve of Darkness - S. J. Day
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel... All in a day's work. For Evangeline Hollis, a long ago fling with a bad boy from the wrong side of th... -
Enemy Lines II_ Rebel Stand - Aaron Allston
From the Inside FlapNot since Emperor Palpatine have the Jedi battled such monstrous evil. Unless they succeed against staggering odds, the galaxy is doomed.