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The Hobbit_ Or There and Back A - J. R. R. Tolkien
SUMMARY:Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when first published more than sixty years ago. Now recognized as a timeless ... -
The Highest Frontier - Joan Slonczewski
One of the most respected writers of hard SF, it has been more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski's last novel. Now she returns with a spectacular tour de force of the college o... -
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Han - James Green
THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKER'¬?S HANDBOOK is an entertaining compilation of natural home remedies written by one of the great herbalists, James Green, author of the best-selling THE M... -
The Helmet of Horror_ The Myth - Victor Pelevin
Victor Pelevin, the iconoclastic and wildly interesting contemporary Russian novelist who The New Yorker named one of the Best European Writers Under 35, upends any conventional no... -
The Habitation of the Blessed - Catherynne M. Valente
From Publishers WeeklyIn 1165, a letter ostensibly written by the distant Christian king Prester John describing a kingdom of wonders rocked medieval Europe. In this enchanting ret... -
The Guns of August - Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Review “Fascinating . . . One of the finest works of history written . . . A splendid and glittering performance.” –_The New York Times _ “MORE DRAMATIC THAN FICTION . . ... -
The Great War_ Breakthroughs - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyThe historian and the creative writer unite in Turtledove to craft another impressive novel, this one the third in his series about an alternate WWI (American... -
The Great Divorce - C. S. Lewis
Amazon.com ReviewThe Great Divorce is C.S. Lewis's Divine Comedy: the narrator bears strong resemblance to Lewis (by way of Dante); his Virgil is the fantasy writer Georg... -
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaís greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works p... -
The Good Book - A. C. Grayling
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternativ...