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The Masque of Africa_ Glimpses - V. S. Naipaul
SUMMARY: Like all of V. S. Naipaul’s “travel” books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, t... -
The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer
From Publishers WeeklyJournalist Leamer (The Kennedy Women) provides a stirring narrative of the Kennedy men but comes up short as regards analysis of the byzantine motivations, co... -
The Hindus - Wendy Doniger
From one of the world's foremost scholars on Hinduism, a vivid reinterpretation of its historyAn engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers ... -
The Eden Hunter_ A Novel - Skip Horack
From Publishers WeeklyLouisiana-born Horack's novel (after The Southern Cross collection) offers a stylish, fast-paced, historical narrative based on an 1816 slave insurrection. Sp... -
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
SUMMARY: Long narrative poem originally titled Commedia (about 1555 printed as La divina commedia) written about 1310-14 by Dante. The work is divided into three major sections--In... -
The Dick Gibson Show - Stanley Elkin; Chirs Lehmann
From Library Journal"Most of Elkin's prose is alive, with its wealth of detail and specifically American metaphors, and the surreal elements in the narrative are tightly controlled... -
The Day We Found the Universe - Marcia Bartusiak
Book Description From one of our most acclaimed science writers: a dramatic narrative of the discovery of the true nature and startling size of the universe, delving back past the ... -
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
SUMMARY:Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part... -
The Cobra - Frederick Forsyth
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **An extraordinary cutting-edge thriller from the *New York Times*-bestselling grandmaster of international suspense. ** Meticulous research, crisp narratives, pl... -
The Civil War, a Narrative_ For - Shelby Foote
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1954, Shelby Foote was a young novelist with a contract to write a short history of the Civil War. It soon became clear, however, that he had undertaken a long-...