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Higher_ A Historic Race to the - Neal Bascomb
From Publishers WeeklyThe 1920s "race" to build the world's tallest building has been extensively chronicled. A former literary agent and former St. Martin's editor, Bascomb center... -
Doctor Who_ Blue Box - Kate Orman
Product DescriptionThe Nineteen-Eighties; as we enter the Age of the Personal Computer, the newborn 'Internet' spreads across America, and the computer invasion enters our homes. A... -
Anna Karenina (Penguin) - Leo Tolstoy
ReviewNovel by Leo Tolstoy, published in installments between 1875 and 1877 and considered one of the pinnacles of world literature. The narrative centers on the adulterous affair ... -
An Ermine in Czernopol - Gregor von Rezzori
A New York Review Books OriginalSet just after World War I, An Ermine in Czernopol centers on the tragicomic fate of Tildy, an erstwhile officer in the army of the now-defunct Aust... -
American Chica_ Two Worlds, One - Marie Arana
From Publishers WeeklyThough this memoir of growing up in America and Peru centers on Arana's parents' turbulent marriage, her real focus is the way cultures define, limit and enri...