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All Souls' Rising - Madison Smartt Bell
SUMMARY: In this first installment of his epic Haitian trilogy, Madison Smartt Bell brings to life a decisive moment in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The slave upris... -
All Hell Let Loose_ The World a - Max Hastings
Review“This is the book he was born to write: a work of staggering scope and erudition, narrated with supreme fluency and insight, it is unquestionably the best single-volume histo... -
All Good Things__ - Michael Jan Friedman
From Library JournalThis audio adaptation is based on the series finale of Star TrekR: The Next GenerationTM, the most successful syndicated show in television history. As the titl... -
Alan Lomax - John Szwed
SUMMARY: Writer, musicologist, archivist, singer, DJ, filmmaker, record, radio and TV producer, Alan Lomax was a man of many parts. Without him the history of popular music would h... -
After the prophet_ the epic sto - Lesley Hazleton
SUMMARY: Narrative history at its most compelling, "After the Prophet" relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam. Even as M... -
Aesop's Fables (Penguin Classic - Aesop
Product DescriptionSardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop... -
Absurdistan - Gary Shteyngart
“Absurdistan is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly. No one is more capable of dealing with the transition from the hell of ... -
A Tale of Love and Darkness - Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This memoir/family history brims over with riches: metaphors and poetry, drama and comedy, failure and success, unhappy marriages and a wealth... -
A Singular Hostage - Thalassa Ali
From Publishers WeeklyWhat's a Victorian girl to do? Twenty years old, not quite beautiful, more interested in military history than in conventional female doings, Mariana Givens s... -
A Short History of Tractors in - Marina Lewycka
SUMMARY: An amusing, astonishing debut . . . about how a family learns to let go of the past and live and love in the present. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution With this wise, tend...