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Sea Glass_ A Novel - Anita Shreve
Amazon.com ReviewFrom its opening pages, Anita Shreve's Sea Glass surrounds the reader in the surprisingly rich feeling of the New Hampshire coast in winter. Vividly evoking the l.... -
On China - Henry Kissinger
Review"Nobody living can claim greater credit than Mr. Kissinger for America's 1971 opening to Beijing, after more than two decades of estrangement, and for China's subsequent open... -
Nothing but Money_ How the Mob - Greg B. Smith
SUMMARY:True financial crimefrom the author of Mob Cops and Made Men. The eye-opening, untold story of one of the most elaborate conspiracies to rock Wall Streeta scheme inv... -
Nanjing Requiem_ A Novel - Ha Jin
Review“Since Ha Jin won the National Book Award for Waiting, his writing keeps opening up like a big, beautiful fan; this book sounds as far-reaching as anything he has ever writt.... -
Liberating Atlantis - Harry Turtledove
FromStarred Review Followers of Turtledove’s Atlantis trilogy (Opening Atlantis, 2007; The United States of Atlantis, 2008; and this book) won’t be surprised that it concludes wit.... -
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami; J. Philip Gabr
Amazon.com ReviewThe opening pages of a Haruki Murakami novel can be like the view out an airplane window onto tarmac. But at some point between page three and fifteen--it's page t... -
Ghost in the First Row - Gertrude Chandler Warner
A dusty old theater that was shut up for years is coming to life again, and the Aldens are there for opening night! The Boxcar Children are excited to help out backstage with a bra... -
Doctor Who_ The Tomorrow Window - Jonathan Morris
Product DescriptionThere is a gala opening for a new exhibition at the Tate Modern - "The Tomorrow Windows." The concept behind the exhibition is simple - anyone can look through a... -
Creep - Jennifer Hillier
Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radiohead's song 'Creep,' this taut thriller - Jennifer Hillier's superb debut - rockets from its seductive opening to a heartpounding climax not... -
Cranioklepty_ Grave Robbing and - Colin Dickey
Beginning dramatically with the opening of Haydn s grave two days after his death in October 1820, Cranioklepty takes us on an extraordinary history of a peculiar kind of obsession...