-
An Education - Lynn Barber
Review[Barber’s] a suburban girl who’s frightened that she’s going to get cut out of everything good that happens in the city. That, to me, is a big story in popular culture. It’s ... -
American Passage_ The History o - Vincent J. Cannato
From School Library JournalStarred Review. Using a variety of primary sources, Cannato (_The Ungovernable City_) describes Ellis Island as a place and as an experience for the appr... -
Alligator - Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore's Alligator moves with the swiftness of a gator in attack mode through the lives of a group of brilliantly rendered characters in contemporary St. John's, Newfoundland—a... -
Alice's Adventures in Wonderlan - Lewis Carroll
First published in 1865, these endearing tales of an imaginative child's dream world by Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, are written with charming simplicity. ... -
A Thief in the Night - David Chandler
Product DescriptionCircumstance made him a criminal. Destiny may make him a hero. As a thief, Malden is unparalleled in the Free City of Ness, and happy there. But by saving the li... -
A Question of Belief - Donna Leon
SUMMARY: As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti prepares to escape the city and spend time with his family in the mountains. For Ispettore Vianello, ho... -
A Perfect Evi - Alex Kava
SUMMARY: Nick Morrelli is the Platte City, Nebraska, sheriff who must be smarter than he appears, since there's a framed Harvard law degree hanging on his wall. Not that appearance... -
A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail IUr'evich Lermontov; Na
Review"Natasha Randall's English, in her new translation, has exactly the right degree of loose velocity. . . . (Nabokov's version, the best-known older translation, is a bit more ... -
A Fierce Radiance_ A Novel - Lauren Belfer
SUMMARY: From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "City of Light" comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous... -
A Cup of Tea - Amy Ephron
Amazon.com ReviewA Cup of Tea adds a touch of class--and a love triangle--to the classic theme of parallel lives and their accidental crossing. New York City, in the uncertain day....