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The Fiery Trial_ Abraham Lincol - Eric Foner
From Publishers WeeklyA mixture of visionary progressivism and repugnant racism, Abraham Lincoln's attitude toward slavery is the most troubling aspect of his public life, one that... -
The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Amazon.com ReviewThe stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in From Publishers WeeklyThis densely plotted book concludes the futuristic tale begun in Hyperi... -
The Face of the Assassin - David Lindsey
From Publishers WeeklyForensic artist Paul Bern uses his impressive talents as a sculptor to reconstruct a face on an anonymous skull brought to him under mysterious circumstances ... -
The Ethical Assassin_ A Novel - David Liss
From Publishers WeeklyLiss (_A Conspiracy of Paper_) recycles familiar conventions—drug dealers, missing money, an innocent hero mixed up with bad guys—but salvages his novel from ... -
The Enterprise of Death - Jesse Bullington
From Publishers WeeklyA Moorish slave cast out of her Spanish home by war, Awa is captured by a necromancer who forces her to learn his skills. When she eventually flees, she disco... -
The Eleventh Man - Ivan Doig
From Publishers WeeklyIn the solid latest from veteran novelist Doig (_The Whistling Season_), 11 starters of a close-knit Montana college championship football team enlist as the ... -
The Edge - Dick Francis
From Publishers WeeklyThe British author's 27th novel boasts the combination of subject matter and prose style that have made him an international bestseller: thoroughbred horses a... -
The Eden Hunter_ A Novel - Skip Horack
From Publishers WeeklyLouisiana-born Horack's novel (after The Southern Cross collection) offers a stylish, fast-paced, historical narrative based on an 1816 slave insurrection. Sp... -
The Dragon's Doom - Ed Greenwood
From Publishers WeeklyForgotten Realms creator Greenwood's fourth Band of Four book (after 2002's A Dragon's Ascension), with its gory and repetitive battle scenes, will please the... -
The Draco Tavern - Larry Niven
From Publishers WeeklyThe cantina scene in Star Wars, as Niven (_Ringworld_) points out in his introduction, partakes of "a hoary old tradition," as do the 27 Draco Tavern st...