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The Privileges_ A Novel - Jonathan Dee
SUMMARY: Jonathan Dee is the author of four novels, most recently Palladio. He is a staff writer for "The New York Times Magazine," a frequent contributor to "Harper's," and a form... -
The Passion of Artemisia - Susan Vreeland
Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" lif... -
The Master of Rain - Tom Bradby; Adam Mansbach
SUMMARY: Shanghai, 1926: a sultry city lousy with opium, warlords, and corruption at the highest levels. Into this steamy morass walks Richard Field, an idealistic Brit haunted by ... -
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic - Mike Ashley
The last sixty years have been full of stories of one or other possible Armageddon, whether by nuclear war, plague, cosmic catastrophe or, more recently, global warming, terrori... -
The Last Novel - David Markson
SUMMARY: In recent novels, which have been called “hypnotic,” “stunning,” and “exhilarating,” David Markson has created his own personal genre. In this new work, The Last Novel, an... -
The Kings of Clonmel - John Flanagan
SUMMARY: Mankind puts its faith in many things—gods, kings, money—anything for protection from the world’s many dangers. When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to... -
The Jungle Effect - Daphne Miller
From Publishers WeeklyFamily physician Miller had seen countless cases of chronic illness and weight gain, but it wasn't until she saw a patient recently returned from Brazil that ... -
The Harvest Gypsies_ On the Roa - John Steinbeck; Charles Wollenb
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Recently listed in the Top 100 List of the Century's Best American Journalism Gathered in this important volume are seven newspaper articles on migrant farm worke... -
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
SUMMARY: Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their weekends together. Trisha's mom is ... -
The English Way of Death - Gareth Roberts
SUMMARY:The Doctor, Romana and K9 are in 1930s London, planning to rest after their recent adventures. But what connects the Sussex resort of Nutchurch with the secret socie...