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The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson
An epic novel that elevates its acclaimed author to a whole new level, The Orphan Master's Son is a stunning work of fiction that follows a young man's undercover journey in the wo... -
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes - Jamyang Norbu
SUMMARY: Recording the adventures of Sherlock Holmes as he travelled in Tibet with Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, this novel follows Holmes's brush with the Great Game, with Colonel Cre... -
The Lace Makers of Glenmara - Heather Barbieri
SUMMARY: "You can always start again," Kate Robinson's mother once told her. "All it takes is a new thread."Overwhelmed by heartbreak and loss, Kate follows her mother's advice and... -
The Good Terrorist - Doris May Lessing
The Good Terrorist follows Alice Mellings, a woman who transforms her home into a headquarters for a group of radicals who plan to join the IRA. As Alice struggles to bridge her id... -
The Frog Princess - E. D. Baker
From Publishers WeeklyThis debut novel follows the adventures of 14-year-old Princess Emeralda and the talking frog she meets one day in a swamp. The frog begs her to give him a ki... -
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 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 Ascent of Money_ A Financia - Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Fi... -
The Aeneid - Virgil; Bernard Knox; Robert Fa
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Princeton scholar Fagles follows up his celebrated Iliad and Odyssey with a new, fast-moving, readable rendition of the nat... -
Sunset Park - Paul Auster
SUMMARY: Luminous, passionate, expansive, an emotional tour de force Sunset Park follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysteriou...