Eleven-year-old Roz (Rosalind) Anthony and her family have just moved to Mills River, Illinois, to escape an abusive situation. Only days after settling into their new home, they a...
SUMMARY: Few recent thriller writers have excited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has, with his novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon. Now Allo...
From Publishers WeeklyIrrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to beha...
An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet's most ferocious and fascinating predators Over the last forty years, bestselling science-fiction writer Ala...
Amazon.com ReviewWorld War II may have ended in 1945, but according to historian Tony Judt, the conflict's epilogue lasted for nearly the rest of the century. Calling 1945-1989 "an...
Amazon.com ReviewOne of the most controversial women of history is brought to brilliant life in Donn Woolfolk Cross's tale of Pope Joan, a girl whose origins should have kept her i...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Geppetto's new puppet can not only dance and turn somersaults, but also talks and misbehaves--and longs to be a real boy. This newly redesigned Puffin Classics ed...
SUMMARY: A daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As...
SUMMARY: Intrepid treasure hunters believe they have discovered the final resting place of Fantome, a legendary warship that wrecked off Nova Scotia almost two hundred years ago. S...
The media has often speculated and sports fans have debated, but until now no one has known the real story. Personal Foul takes an in-depth look at former NBA referee Tim Donaghy a...