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The Confusion - Neal Stephenson
From Publishers WeeklyThe title of Stephenson's vast, splendid and absorbing sequel to Quicksilver (2003) suggests the state of mind that even devoted fans may face on occasi... -
The Commodore - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: The seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His... -
The City of Splendors_ A Waterd - Ed Greenwood; Elaine Cunningham
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon.com Exclusive ContentAmazon.com's Significant SevenEd Greenwood kindly agreed to take the life quiz we like to... -
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
From Publishers WeeklyCanadian Galloway (_Ascension_) delivers a tense and haunting novel following four people trying to survive war-torn Sarajevo. After a mortar attack kills 22 ... -
The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--as far from the Captain's Table as can be--wi... -
The Call of Kerberos_ Twilight - Jonathan Oliver
SUMMARY: Within the call of Kerberos, lies the destiny of humankind!Silus is a fisherman working the Nurn Coast, a simple man leading a simple life. But there is more to Silus than... -
The Butterfly - James M. Cain
SUMMARY:The life of an Appalachian coal miner, who has been separated from his family for years, is drastically changed and complicated as he seeks revenge when his daughter... -
The Burglar in the Rye - Lawrence Block
Amazon.com ReviewLawrence Block is such a gifted writer that even a native New Yorker will be fooled into thinking that the Paddington Hotel, described in the opening pages of Burg... -
The Book of Fires - Jane Borodale
SUMMARY: A stunning historical novel, 'The Book of Fires' is the unforgettable story of Agnes Trussel ' and love, fireworks and redemption.Brought up in rural Sussex, seventeen-yea... -
The Boat - Nam Le
The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection <b>The Boat</b> take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering ves...