From Jonathan Raban, the award--winning author of Bad Land_ and _Passage to Juneau, comes this quirky and insightful story of what can happen when one can...
Let it be flour babies. Let chaos reign.When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Explodi...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From the bestselling author of *The Hours* and *Specimen Days* comes a generous, masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy. The epic tale ...
SUMMARY:For three centuries the people of Alaj and the people of Etolos have been bitter enemies. However, when crippling disasters strike both worlds, each planet becomes t...
SUMMARY:Jack Ryan becomes president by sheer accident when the former president, most of Congress, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court are bombed out of existence. Ryan must j...
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced th...
SUMMARY: To observe an eclipse is to witness a rare and unusual event. Under darkened skies the sun becomes a negative image of itself, its corona transforming the landscape into a...
SUMMARY: Thumbing across the west Texas desert, Jack Reacher has nowhere to go. Cruising the same stretch of blacktop is Carmen Greer. But the lift comes with a hitch. She's got a ...
SUMMARY: FBI agent-turned-private investigator Ross Kingsley comes to Diane Fallon for help after his client's family suffers a double tragedy. Nine years ago, the client's son wen...
From Publishers WeeklyIn Berg's understated and promising fiction debut, a 12-year-old "army brat" comes to epitomize the quality that her father prizes: emotional durability. Narr...