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And the Rat Laughed - Nava Semel
SUMMARY: On the last day of 1999, a survivor grandmother in Tel Aviv shares with her granddaughter her tragic life story as a child hidden in a pit, with only a rat for company. Th... -
An Impartial Witness_ A Bess Cr - Charles Todd
EDITORIAL REVIEW: World War I nurse Bess Crawford, introduced in *A Duty to the Dead*, returns in an exciting new mystery in which a murder draws her inexorably into the sights of ... -
Alpine for You - Maddy Hunter
SUMMARY: A TRIP TO DIE FOR... Accompanying her grandmother on a seniors tour of Switzerland, Emily Andrew had envisioned a vacation straight out of a travel brochure: spectacular s... -
Across the Universe - Beth Revis
Amazon.com ReviewAcross the Universe challenges readers to consider the impact of unchecked power, blind trust, and the ability of one dissenting voice to make a difference.-- -
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
SUMMARY: 在线阅读本书 This is the first book in a new epic trilogy that has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to The Lord of the Rings.... -
A Matter of Principle - Conrad Black
"I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it."—Con... -
A History of God - Karen Armstrong
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost ... -
A Guide to the Good Life - William B. Irvine
Review"Another valuable ally in your personal morale campaign can be found in William B. Irvine's A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, which removes the gr... -
A Death in the Family - James Agee
Forty years after its original publication, James Agee's last novel seems, more than ever, an American classic. For in his lyrical, sorrowful account of a man's death and its impac... -
1001 People Who Made America - Alan Axelrod
Who are the pivotal figures in American historythe men and women who have helped shape who we are as a people and how we look at ourselves as Americans? In this companion to his p...