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Scenes from Provincial Life - J.M. Coetzee
Scenes from Provincial Life opens in a small town in the South Africa of the 1940s. We meet a young boy who, at home, is ill at ease with his father and stifled by his mother's unc... -
Scenes From Village Life - Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange
ReviewA "thought provoking collection... Filled with tension and allegory, Oz's perceptive tales explore the nuance and alienation of transitioning states."--Booklist... -
Hidden Cities - Daniel Fox
From Publishers WeeklyThe conclusion of Fox's trilogy set in a magical version of ancient China (Dragon in Chains; Jade Man's Skin) mixes action with scenes that feel like timeless... -
From Here to Eternity - James Jones
James Jones’s epic story of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor—now with previously censored scenes and dialogue restoredAt the Pearl Harbor army... -
Don't Cry - Beverly Barton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Nowhere To RunThe crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocki... -
California Hit - Don Pendleton
The sunny Golden Gate city finds out what the Executioner is all about when he explodes into their midst, hot on the trail of the inner enemy and "Mr. King," the behind-the-scenes ... -
Asking for Trouble - Leslie Kelly
Review4 1/2 stars--an October Top Pick! -- Romantic Times Bookreviews, October 2006 Readers who love a good romantic suspense mixed with some blistering love scenes sh... -
And if I Die - John Aubrey Anderson
ReviewPraise for Abiding Darkness(Book 2 of 'The Black or White Chronicles')Great detail, intense scenes, and wonderful characters make Abiding Darkness a genuine p... -
American Tabloid - James Ellroy
We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassinationin the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . . Wher...