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Walden and on the Duty of Civil - Henry David Thoreau
SUMMARY: Thoreau, a sturdy individualist and nature lover, lived a spare existence in a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, from 1845 to 1847. "Walde... -
Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong
SUMMARY: Columbus is a small, fading town, untouched by the twenty-first century. But when three young women are found dead - victims of what appear to be ritual murders - things s... -
Waiting - Ha Jin
Amazon.com Review"Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu." Like a fairy tale, Ha Jin's masterful novel of love and politics begins with a formul... -
Virtual Light - William Gibson
Chevette rides as a courier, banging her paper laminate-framed bike through the streets of a future 'Frisco - she lives for it. On an impulse, she's risked everything; stolen a pai... -
Violin Virtuosos - Strings Magazine Editors
An exceptional variety of dynamic violin soloists is making its mark on the world's stages at the dawn of this new century. Violin Virtuosos takes you into their world. In these co... -
Vintage Stuff - Tom Sharpe
Peregrine Roderick Clyde-Brown, a bumbling British public schoolboy, has a penchant for taking the most innocent commands literally. His adventures whisk him to a French castle, wh... -
Viking Ships at Sunrise - Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--the Magic Tree House! "Beware of Vikings!"warns Morgan. Then Jack and Annie are wh... -
Veteran - Gavin Smith
SUMMARY:Three hundred years in our future, in a world of alien infiltrators, religious hackers, a vast convoying nation of Nomads, city sized orbital elevators, and a cyborg... -
Vertical Burn - Earl Emerson
Amazon.com ReviewThis fact-based thriller is more facts than thrills, as Earl Emerson, a lieutenant in the Seattle Fire Department who's penned a series of solid mysteries featurin... -
Vanishing Tower - Michael Moorcock
The swashbuckling and fantastic adventures of the moody albino prince -- Elric -- and his soul-drinking runesword, called Storm-bringer. The two are on a quest for The Vanishing...