SUMMARY: Beautifully written and elegantly paced,The Story of Edgar Sawtelleis a coming-of-age novel about the power of the land and the past to shape our lives. It is a riveting t...
SUMMARY: In 1783 London, the destiny of an orphaned boy and girl becomes intertwined as the boy, Cirrus Flux, is pursued by a sinister woman mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seein...
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 ...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Genghis Khan carved out a legacy of bloodshed and conquered kingdoms that has lasted almost eight hundred years. But while his name and deeds live on in the annal...
SUMMARY: In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Throu...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter...
Notes for an examination, Written by Mehgrin, apprentice at Candlekeep, placed, by accident, in Cirian's Concise History and filed with it (The day was very drea...
Review"Puzo is a master storyteller."--USA Today Product DescriptionAfter Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but...
Amazon.com ReviewJimmy Breslin's The Story of Eduardo Gutierrez tells the unspeakably sad tale of a young illegal Mexican immigrant who died working at a New York City constructio....
The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of twentieth-century literature. In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cu...