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The Winds of Khalakovo - Bradley P. Beaulieu
From Publishers WeeklyDebut novelist Beaulieu paints a detailed and realistic portrayal of individual fates bound up in social responsibilities as well-grounded cultures clash. Pri... -
The Theory of Moral Sentiments - Adam Smith; Amartya Sen
The 250th-anniversary edition of the influential treatise on social responsibility that has shaped leaders from Bill Gates to Barack Obama Best known for his revolutionary free-mar... -
The Taliban Shuffle_ Strange Da - Kim Barker
FromWar correspondent Barker first started reporting from Afghanistan in 2003, when the war there was lazy and insignificant. She was just learning to navigate Afghan culture, one ... -
The Secret of the Dread Forest - Gillian Summers
SUMMARY: Now that she has (sort of) defeated a diabolical elf, Keelie Heartwood reluctantly joins her father in the Dread Forest. Her "real" friends are gone, her dad is preoccupie... -
The Road to Dune - Frank Herbert; Brian Herbert; K
From Publishers WeeklyThis companion volume to Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction classic collects manuscript material, correspondence and cut chapters related to Dune as well as... -
The Quality of Mercy - David Roberts
A murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne. When the Nazis seize Austria in March 1938, Verity Browne - the New Gazette's correspondent in Vienna - is one of ... -
The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle
SUMMARY:Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, De... -
The Memoirs of a Survivor - Doris Lessing
SUMMARY: "An extraordinary and compelling meditation about the enduring need for loyalty, love and responsibility."-- Time "A brilliant fable." -- Maureen Howard, front page, The N... -
The House of Green Turf - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: A famous singer wakes up in hospital after a car crash, haunted by the certainty that she has been responsible for a death at some time in the past. She hires an private i... -
The Fire in Ember - DiAnn Mills
John Timmons is a responsible rancher who saves a young woman from hanging and begins to let her into his heart. When she brings danger into the lives of his family, he fears that ...