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Sky of Stone - Homer Hickam
From Publishers WeeklyRetired NASA engineer Hickam became a minor mass market celebrity in 1994 after a last-minute 2,000-word filler for Air & Space magazine (he spent three hours... -
Ship of the Line - Diane Carey
From Library JournalIt's Captain Picard vs. a rabid Klingon in this latest Trekfest.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product DescriptionShip Of T... -
River Town_ Two Years on the Ya - Peter Hessler
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1996, 26-year-old Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town on China's Yangtze River, to begin a two-year Peace Corps stint as a teacher at the local college. Alo... -
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscriptthrough centuries of exile and warIn 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert,... -
Pale Fire_ A Novel - Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
In Pale Fire Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreword and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswe... -
Mr. China - Tim Clissold
From Publishers WeeklyA British businessman with a background in accounting and auditing, Clissold joined up with an entrepreneur in the early 1990s and set out to buy shares of Ch... -
Moscow, December 25, 1991_ The - Conor O'Clery
ReviewPublishers Weekly, June 15, 2011“Shrewd political history.... O’Clery presents a colorful human-scale saga, full of pathos and pettiness. (As Gorbache... -
Millennial Rites - Craig Hinton
SUMMARY:It's New Year's Eve, 1999. The world is waiting to launch into the greatest celebrations it has ever known. The sixth Doctor and Mel are keen to join in - but someon... -
Master of the Crossroads - Madison Smartt Bell
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1995 Madison Smartt Bell published __, earning both critical plaudits and a National Book Award nomination for this fictional account of Haiti's 18th-century sl... -
Love Is a Dog From Hell - Charles Bukowski
Review$$$$$$103 Degrees12:18 A.m.225 PoundsThe 2nd Novel462-0614A 56 Year Old PoemThe 6 Foot Goddess99 To OneAbout CranesAfter T...