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The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
Amazon.com ReviewAfter Tom Wolfe defined the '60s in The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an "aging enfant terrible."He wasn't aging; he was growi... -
The Blue Notebook - James A. Levine; James Levine
SUMMARY: Dear Reader:Every now and then, we come across a novel that moves us like no other, that seems like a miracle of the imagination, and that haunts us long after the book is... -
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
SUMMARY:The Blind Assassin opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose ... -
The Best of Times - Penny Vincenzi
SUMMARY: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. . . On an ordinary London afternoon, a truck swerves across five lanes of traffic and creates a tangle of chaos and confusion... -
The Battle of Britain - Richard Overy
SUMMARY: 'No individual British victory after Trafalgar was more decisive in challenging the course of a major war than was the Battle of Britain ...In his carefully argued, clearl... -
The Battle for Skandia - John Flanagan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is ta... -
The Authentic Life of Billy the - Pat F. Garrett; Fredrick Nolan
More than twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies, and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they all go back to one source: The Auth... -
The Angry Hills - Leon Uris
A writer moves to Greece just as the Nazis invade, and he soon becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of espionage After the death of his wife, Mike Morrison arrives in Greece simply t... -
The Angel in the Corner - Monica Dickens
An affair with the unpredictable Joe led to a marriage that Virginia was determined would work. But Joe had no reason to trust or respect women. As he drew her into one humiliating... -
The American Gardener - William Cobbett
Back in print after 150 yearsOut of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victori...