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The Fiery Trial_ Abraham Lincol - Eric Foner
From Publishers WeeklyA mixture of visionary progressivism and repugnant racism, Abraham Lincoln's attitude toward slavery is the most troubling aspect of his public life, one that... -
The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa; Edith Gross
Amazon.com ReviewMario Vargas Llosa, a former candidate for the presidency of Peru, is better placed than most novelists to write about the machinations of Latin American politics.... -
The Feast of Love - Charles Baxter
Among literary cognoscenti, Charles Baxter has a well-deserved reputation as one of America's finest writers. Bes... -
The Family Arsenal - Paul Theroux
Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for... -
The Fall of the House of Zeus - Curtis Wilkie
“Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.” —Douglas Brinkley ... -
The Face - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY: Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotio... -
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
SUMMARY:Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore,... -
The Everlasting Hatred_ The Roo - Hal Lindsey
Bestselling author Hal Lindsey explains how, on September 11, an ancient fighttothedeath conflict exploded on the shores of the U.S. Though most Americans didn't realize it, we wer... -
The Dud Avocado - Elaine Dundy
The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote about the... -
The Dragon Done It - Eric Flint
SUMMARY: Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered ...