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The Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, di... -
The Mosquito Coast - Paul Theroux
In a breathtaking adventure story, the paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the... -
The Kingdom by the Sea - Paul Theroux
After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the Briti... -
The King's Rose - Alisa M. Libby
Life in the court of King Henry VIII is a complex game. When fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard catches the king’s eye, she quickly transforms from pawn to queen. But even luxury be... -
The First Person_ And Other Sto - Ali Smith
SUMMARY: In these energetic, exhilarating stories, Ali Smith portrays a world of everyday dislocation, where people nevertheless find connection, mystery, and love. In "Astute Fier... -
The Family Arsenal - Paul Theroux
Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for... -
The Dragon's Mark - Alex Archer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Archaeologist Annja Creed and her sword have never been outmatched— until now. When a surprise party for her mentor Roux includes some uninvited guests, Annja fin... -
The Book of Xen - Chris Takemura; Luke S. Crawfor
Xen allows administrators to run many virtual operating systems on one physical server, including Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, and Microsoft Windows. The Book of Xen explains everythin... -
The Acts of King Arthur and His - John Steinbeck
Steinbeck's only work of fantasy literature-in an illustrated deluxe editionJohn Steinbeck's retelling of Malory's beloved Arthurian stories will capture the attention and i... -
Sword Quest - Nancy Yi Fan; Jo-Anne Rioux
From School Library JournalGrade 4–6—In this good-versus-evil story, a prequel to Swordbird (HarperCollins, 2007), readers see a legend taking shape as evil forces attempt to conq....