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Cadillac Desert_ The American W - Marc Reisner
Amazon.com ReviewThe definitive history of water resources in the American West, and a very illuminating lesson in the political economy of limited resources anywhere. Highly recom... -
Brigid of Kildare_ A Novel - Heather Terrell
From Publishers WeeklyBookish appraiser Alexandra Patterson uncovers the secret history of a renegade saint in Terrell's subdued third novel (after The Map Thief). In need of fund.... -
Bones_ Recipes, History, and Lo - Jennifer McLagan
Amazon.com ReviewThere's a lot more going on in Bones than the glorification of beef marrow. True, you will want to serve roasted marrow bones after even a casual reading. Je... -
Blue Belle - Andrew Vachss
Burke is one of the most cold-blooded yet strangely honorable heroes in the history of crime fiction, an outlaw who makes his living by preying on the most vicious of New York City... -
Blood, Iron, and Gold - Christian Wolmar
From Publishers WeeklyThis spirited, dramatic history of the most important invention of the second millennium celebrates railroads as the central innovation of the industrial revo... -
Bleak History - John Shirley
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **CLASSIFIED: APPARENT SUPERNATURAL** **Subject: Gabriel Bleak. Status: Civilian. Paranormal skills: Powerful. Able to manipulate AS energies and communicate with... -
Beyond Bin Laden - Jon Meacham
Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history--an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called "a day of fire," and ushered in a new era o... -
Beyond Bin Laden - Bing West
Osama bin Laden was the most wanted man in American history—an enemy who brought the United States what President George W. Bush called “a day of fire,” and ushered in a new era of... -
Becoming Madame Mao - Anchee Min
Amazon.com ReviewMany writers have engaged in the project of rescuing female figures from history, but few have tackled such an unsympathetic character as Anchee Min does in her hi... -
Bad Business - Robert B. Parker
SUMMARY: One of the great series in the history of the American detective story gets even better when Spenser is hired by a jilted bride to follow a cheating husband, only to cross...