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The Vivisector - Patrick White; J. M. Coetzee
Review"One of the great magicians of fiction . . . White's scope is vast and his invention endless."-_The Observer_ (London) Product DescriptionHurtle Duffield, a pai... -
The Valkyries - Paulo Coelho
The enchanting, true story of The Valkyries begins in Rio de Janeiro when Paulo Coelho gives his mysterious master, J., the only manuscript for his book The Alchemist. Haunted by a... -
The Siege of Krishnapur - J. G. Farrell
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly... -
The Heretic Queen - Michelle Moran
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her familyGÇÖs past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed th... -
The Greenlanders - Jane Smiley
From Publishers WeeklyIn this vast, intricately patterned novel, Smiley accurately captures the voice of the medieval sagas. Understated, scattered with dreams and warnings, darken... -
The Evolutionary Void - Peter F. Hamilton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Peter F. Hamilton's startling perspectives on tomorrow's technological and cultural trends span vast tracts of space and time, his stories are as compelling as th... -
The Enchantress of Florence_ A - Salman Rushdie
Amazon.com ReviewThe Enchantress of Florence is about the power of story--whether it is the imagined life of a Mughal queen, or the devastating secret held by a silver-tongued Flo.... -
The Darwin Awards Countdown to - Wendy Northcutt
Product DescriptionThe human race's most "devastatingly" popular humor series returns... With five previous books and more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Darwin... -
The Confusion - Neal Stephenson
From Publishers WeeklyThe title of Stephenson's vast, splendid and absorbing sequel to Quicksilver (2003) suggests the state of mind that even devoted fans may face on occasi... -
Sun in a Bottle - Charles Seife
The author of Zero looks at the messy history of the struggle to harness fusion energy . When weapons builders detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952, they tapped into the vaste...