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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 Winds of Khalakovo - Bradley P. Beaulieu
From Publishers WeeklyDebut novelist Beaulieu paints a detailed and realistic portrayal of individual fates bound up in social responsibilities as well-grounded cultures clash. Pri... -
The Wild Things - Dave Eggers
SUMMARY: Max is a rambunctious eight-year-old, living with his mother and his sister, terrorizing the neighborhood on his bicycle. But Max's world is changing around him: His fathe... -
The Weight of Silence - Heather Gudenkauf
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When two seven-year-old girls go missing, all are under suspicion. Calli Clark is a dreamer. A sweet, gentle girl, Callie suffers from selective mutism, brought o... -
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 Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker
From Publishers WeeklyParker's affecting fifth novel mines two historical anecdotes from 1813 and 1970 to draw parallel narratives around island dwellers off the North Carolina coa... -
The Water's Edge - Karin Fossum
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Amarried couple, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert t... -
The Water Clock - Jim Kelly
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Time is running out for Philip Dryden...In the snowbound landscape of the Cambridgeshire fens, a body is discovered, locked in a block of ice. High on Ely Cathedr... -
The Vision - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY:With more than 200 million copies of his novels sold, Dean Koontz is an undisputed master. And in The Vision, he once again displays the talent that led the Chicago ... -
The Valiant - Michael Jan Friedman
Product DescriptionThree hundred years ago, the S.S. Valiant was destroyed during an ill-fated attempt to cross the legendary Galactic Barrier. Starfleet had always assumed t...