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Marcel Proust_ A Life - Edmund White
Amazon.com ReviewMarcel Proust documented his existence so lavishly--albeit in fictional form--that many of his biographers have functioned as little more than code-breakers, dogge... -
Majestic - Whitley Strieber
From Publishers WeeklyStrieber, author of Communion and Transformation , continues to write on the implications of UFO sightings in this novel, a blend of fact and fiction. Working... -
Magic on the Storm - Devon Monk
SUMMARY: Allison Beckstrom is committed to her work tracing illegal spells. Now, there's an apocalyptic storm bearing down on Portland, and when it hits, all the magic in the area ... -
Love, Poverty, and War_ Journey - Christopher Hitchens
From BooklistAgree or disagree with polemicist Hitchens, there is no denying the clarity of his thinking, the depth of his reading, the thoroughness of his inquiries, the independe... -
Lilith's Dream_ A Tale of the V - Whitley Strieber
SUMMARY: An ancient vampire, beautiful beyond words, a vulnerable young man drawn to her by a power beyond his understanding, two desperate parents searching across the world for t... -
Libra - Don Delillo
From Publishers WeeklyDeLillo's ninth novel takes its title from Lee Harvey Oswald's zodiac sign, the sign of "balance." And, as in all his fiction ( Running Dog , The Names , Whit... -
Letters to a Young Contrarian - Christopher Hitchens
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Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The poet in Whitman developed late and slowly while his early writings came only from the surface of his mind. But when he was scarcely in his teens he was publis... -
Lawrence Block - One Night Stands; Lost weekends
SUMMARY: In the era before he created moody private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, sleepless spy Evan Tanner, and the amiable hit man Keller—and years bef... -
Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga
Review“As with The White Tiger, [in Last Man in Tower] Adiga describes an India that is avaricious, acquisitive and insecure. His earlier work told the story of a de...