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The Shadow Wife - Diane Chamberlain
From Publishers WeeklyHealing, be it psychological, physiological or spiritual, informs this humane but too-familiar novel from veteran writer Chamberlain (The Courage Tree, etc.).... -
The Science of Evil - Simon Baron-Cohen
A pathbreaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for our psychological understanding of evil. -
The Ringworld Throne - Larry Niven
SUMMARY: Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and w... -
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
From Publishers WeeklyMcEwan's name will be on everyone's lips with his startling new novel, an impeccably constructed psychological thriller set in Berlin during the Cold War. Bas... -
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson; Laura Miller
Amazon.com ReviewShirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has unnerved readers since its original publication in 1959. A tale of subtle, psychological terror, it has earned it.... -
The God Species - Mark Lynas
We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms an... -
The Fourth Circle - Zoran Zivkovic; Mary Popovic
From Publishers WeeklyTime and space are fluid and perspectives are intriguingly alien and off-kilter in this cosmological first novel from Serbian author Zivkovic. Built from mult... -
The Falcon at the Portal_ An Am - Elizabeth Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season--afterthe marriage of young Ramses' best friend David... -
The Evolutionary Void - Peter F. Hamilton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Peter F. Hamilton's startling perspectives on tomorrow's technological and cultural trends span vast tracts of space and time, his stories are as compelling as th... -
The Everlasting Man (thINKing C - G. K. Chesterton
THIS BOOK NEEDS A preliminary note that its scope be not misunderstood. The view suggested is historical rather than theo-logical, and does not deal directly with a religious chang...