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Beowulf - Anonymous
SUMMARY: Written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., this classic tale describes the adventures of a great Danish warrior of the sixth century -
Beijing Welcomes You - Tom Scocca
A FASCINATING INSIDE LOOK AT THE ENIGMATIC CAPITAL OF THE FUTURE-BEIJING, CHINACan an ancient city rule the twenty-first century? The People's Republic of China is ascendant as a g... -
Awakening the Buddha Within _ E - Lama Surya Das
Amazon.com ReviewIf you dropped the Buddha into a modern metropolis, would he come off sounding like a 16th-century morality play or more like a drive-time disc jockey? Lama Surya ... -
Another Life - Peter Anghelides
SUMMARY: High-profile new Doctor Who-inspired drama created by Russell T. Davies. The 21st century is when it all changes, and you've got to be ready. Separate from the government;... -
An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray
From Publishers WeeklyIf Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster were plopped into the 21st century, his adventures might resemble those of Charles Hythloday, the buffoonish hero of Murray's in... -
Alvin Journeyman - Orson Scott Card
SUMMARY: Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in ... -
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, *All the Sad Young Literary Men* charts the lives of Sam, Mark, an... -
All Good Children - Catherine Austen
It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxw... -
Agape Agape - William Gaddis
"Either the last true masterpiece of the 20th century or the first of our new millenium" —San Francisco ChronicleWilliam Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense a... -
Afghanistan_ A Cultural and Pol - Thomas Barfield
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to th...