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Daughter of Xanadu - Dori Jones Yang
FromThe granddaughter of Khubilai Khan, 16-year-old Emmajin takes more interest in joining the army than in finding a husband. When her grandfather asks her to gather intelligence ... -
Darwin's Island_ The Galapagos - Steve Jones
SUMMARY: The Origin of Species may be the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure much of Charles Darwin's other works. His visit to the Galapagos lasted just ... -
Dark Space - Marianne de Pierres
From Publishers WeeklyOvercoming a slow start, de Pierres (Nylon Angel) presents an engaging space opera with plenty of action. Sheltered baronessa Mira Fedor, a minor noble ... -
Country Driving_ A Journey Thro - Peter Hessler
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From the bestselling author of *Oracle Bones* and *River Town* comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy, on the human side of the economic revolution in ... -
Cool Hand Luke - Donn Pearce
From Library JournalPearce's 1965 novel depicts the lives of chain gang convicts with brutal honesty. The story, of course, was the basis for the film Pearce also wrote the screenp... -
Committed_ A Skeptic Makes Peac - Elizabeth Gilbert
SUMMARY: At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indon... -
Clapton_ The Autobiography - Eric Clapton
SUMMARY:“I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came alon... -
City of Bones - Michael Connelly
Amazon.com ReviewSince his first appearance in 1992's Edgar-winning __, Detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch has joined In City of Bones, Connelly's eighth Bosch title,... -
Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones
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Cathedral of the Sea_ A Novel - Ildefonso Falcones; Nick Caisto
From Publishers WeeklyMedieval Spain's caste system can't keep a good man down in this absorbing epic, a Spanish-language bestseller. Arnau Estanyol, son of a fugitive peasant, sta...