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The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks
SUMMARY:In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-h... -
The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho
An extraordinary mixture of adventure story and guide to self-knowledge, this book recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo and his mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in ... -
The Passion of Artemisia - Susan Vreeland
Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" lif... -
The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
Review'Wholesale murder by black magic!highly ingenious, wholly enjoyable.' Evening Standard 'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction' Observer Product Description... -
The Nomad - Simon Hawke
Armed with Galdra, the fabled sword of elven kings, Sorak has forged his way across the forbidding wilds of Athas, from the peaks of the Ringing Mountains to the shores of the Grea... -
The Network - Jason Elliot
FromThis intriguing first novel takes another look at the world of espionage in Afghanistan. A travel writer with firsthand knowledge of the area, Elliot effectively combines actio... -
The Net Delusion - Evgeny Morozov
ReviewMichael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton“Evgeny Morozov is wonderfully knowledgeable about the Internet—he seems to have studied every use of... -
The Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, di... -
The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston; Mario Spezi
SUMMARY: In 2000, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston fulfilled a long-held dream to move his family to Italy. But after settling in an idyllic village just outside F... -
The Ministry of Pain - Dubravka Ugresic; Michael Henry
SUMMARY: Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other you...