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The Yellow Admiral - Patrick O'Brian
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of... -
The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna; Pico Iyer; Her
From Publishers WeeklyFirst published in 1975 at the height of the back-to-nature movement, Paasilinna's charming, low-key allegory pursues a journalist abandoning his Helsinki lif... -
The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. *The Year of the Flood* is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. **The times and speci... -
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Many will greet this taut, clear-eyed memoir of grief as a long-awaited return to the terrain of Didion's venerated, increasingly rare persona... -
The Worst Child I Ever Had - Anne Fine
Sniffers, fussy, sneaky, naughty and bad-tempered children are all awful - but who's the worst child ever? Mrs Mackle is sure that it's Susan Solly! But what has snail-mad Susan do... -
The Wolf at the Door - Jack Higgins
SUMMARY: Dillon and company are back in the ultimate blockbuster from the legend that is Jack Higgins'¦THE LEGEND IS BACKSomeone is targeting the members of the elite intelligence ... -
The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare
Amazon.com ReviewForced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the t... -
The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare
SUMMARY: One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, The Winter’s Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth, exploring irrational sexual jealousy, the redemptive wo... -
The Winner Stands Alone - Paulo Coelho; Margaret Jull Cos
The beloved, bestselling international author of The Alchemist returns with another haunting novel—a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fam... -
The Whole World_ A Novel - Emily Winslow
SUMMARY: At once a sensual and irresistible mystery and a haunting work of psychological insight and emotional depth, The Whole World marks the beginning of a brilliant literary ca...