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The World According to Bertie - Alexander Hanchett Smith
From Publishers WeeklySmith delivers yet another delightful installment to his Scotland Street series. This time out, he focuses mostly on the irrepressible Bertie Pollock, a preco... -
The Woman in the Dunes - Kobo Abe
One of the premier Japanese novels of the twentieth century, The Women in the Dunes combines the essence of myth, suspense, and the existential novel. In a remote seaside village, ... -
The William Monk Mysteries_ The - Anne Perry
Review“Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon.”–_The_ Atlanta Journal-Constitution <... -
The Wild Girls - Ursula K. le Guin
Newly revised and presented here in book form for the first time, this Nebula Award-winning story tells of two captive "dirt children" in a society of sword and silk, whose determi... -
The Whitechapel Conspiracy - Anne Perry
Amazon.com ReviewAfter a less-than-impressive outing with the more-turgid-than-tense Half Moon Street, Anne Perry is back on familiar--and entertaining-- turf with The Whitech... -
The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
EDITORIAL REVIEW: For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. A... -
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
From Publishers WeeklyNovelist Steven Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance; Gates of Fire) goes self-help in The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. Dubbing itself a c... -
The Upside Of Irrationality - Dan Ariely
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The provocative follow-up to the *New York Times* bestseller *Predictably Irrational* Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing direction... -
The Unicorn Hunt - Dorothy Dunnett
With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The ... -
The Tudor Secret - C. W. Gortner
From Publishers WeeklyIn Gortner's latest riveting historical (after The Last Queen), the influential Dudley family sends orphan servant Brendan Prescott to serve their cruel son, ...