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The Wine-Dark Sea - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strang... -
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Winner of the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel* In this Time Magazine top 10 book of the year, Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand.... -
The Wilt Alternative - Tom Sharpe
In this, the second of Tom Sharpe's chronicles about Henry Wilt, our hero is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Depa... -
The Wild Girls - Ursula K. le Guin
Newly revised and presented here in book form for the first time, this Nebula Award-winning story tells of two captive "dirt children" in a society of sword and silk, whose determi... -
The White Guard - Mikhail Bulgakov
Amazon.com ReviewThe White Guard is less famous than Mikhail Bulgakov's comic hit, ReviewAnother fine Bulgakov work, this is a compassionate and gently satiri... -
The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk
From Publishers WeeklyOne of Turkey's foremost novelists explores the ambivalent relationship between master and slave in this elegant, postmodernist twist on the theme of the dopp... -
The Weight - Andrew Vachss
From Publishers WeeklyAt the start of this tepid stand-alone from Vachss (Haiku), professional thief Tim "Sugar" Caine finds himself in an interesting dilemma--a rape victim has mi... -
The Way Home - George Pelecanos
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Pelecanos (_The Turnaround_) probes the volatile and fragile relationship between a father, Thomas Flynn, and his son, Chris, in this less than sat... -
The Waters of Eternity - Howard Andrew Jones
Dabir and Asim return! From acclaimed historical fantasy writer Howard Andrew Jones comes this collection of the short adventures that launched his career. Venture into the time... -
The Warrior Elite_ The Forging - Dick Couch
FromThere is a pod of good books on the SEALs, but this one is unique. Couch, a Vietnam-era SEAL and retired naval reserve captain, was given the most complete access possible to t...