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The road to Oz - Lyman Frank Baum
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dorothy and Toto are off again on an exciting adventure down *The Road to Oz!* In order to help the lovable, ever-wandering Shaggy Man, Dorothy and Toto must jour... -
The rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris
ReviewPraise for the rise of Theodore Roosevelt ?Magnificent . . . a sweeping narrative of the outward man and a shrewd examination of his character... -
The orchard keeper - Cormac McCarthy
SUMMARY: An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest, most celebrated novelists. Set is a small, remote community in rural Tennessee in t... -
The leper of Saint Giles_ the f - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is... -
The kill-off - Jim Thompson
SUMMARY: Luane Devore is about to be murdered. It's her favorite topic of conversation. Just who will do the murdering is anybody's guess. It could be the young husband she keeps i... -
The incumbent - Alton Gansky
SUMMARY: An abduction a trail of disturbing clues Politics are about to become deadly. As the controversial mayor of the beautiful coastal community of Santa Rita, Madison "Maddy" ... -
The essential writings of Machi - Niccolo Machiavelli; Peter Cons
FromThe synonym for political cynicism, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote much more than The Prince, for which he is (in)famous. It leads off this anthology, which both spans his range of.... -
The devil and Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho
SUMMARY: A new novel of temptation by the author of the international bestsellers "The Alchemist" and "The Zahir," A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecu... -
The demolished man - Alfred Bester
SUMMARY: In the year 2301, the wealthiest man in the universe is determined to commit murder in a world in which telepaths are used to detect possible crimes before they can happen... -
The criminal - Jim Thompson
SUMMARY: A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. A vicious press lord turns justice into a carnival. A terrified boy is railroaded. In the twisted...