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The Star Scroll - Melanie Rawn
EDITORIAL REVIEW: As High Prince and Princess, Rohan and Sioned must keep both the peace and the secret of the dragons. But the legacy of their evil predecessor remains-and as thei... -
The Secret Life of Ceecee Wilke - Diane Chamberlain
SUMMARY: In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the unb... -
The Restaurant at the End of th - Douglas Adams
When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - "Where shall we have dinner?" "The Restaurant at the End of the Un... -
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Amazon.com ReviewThe novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical pract... -
The Pearl - John Steinbeck; Linda Wagner-Ma
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, h... -
The Lady in the Tower_ The Fall - Alison Weir
SUMMARY: Nearly five hundred years after her violent death, Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, remains one of the world's most fascinating, controversial, and tragic heroines.... -
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaís greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works p... -
The Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem
From Publishers WeeklyIf there still remains any doubt, this novel confirms Lethem's status as the poet of Brooklyn and of motherless boys. Projected through the prism of race rela... -
The Dark Remains - Mark Anthony
From Publishers WeeklyOverwritten and overwrought, Anthony's third installment of a projected six-book fantasy series overwhelms readers with a clich‚d magical universe and a crowd... -
Summer Will Show - Sylvia Townsend Warner; Claire
ReviewIt's a wildly leftist novel of love, war and death; Townsend Warner chucks thelot into her simmering story, but it remains skilfully crafted. Brilliantlyentertaining and ...