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Agincourt - Bernard Cornwell
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet — the heroic tale of Agincourt.Young Nichol... -
Ada, Or, Ardor, a Family Chroni - Vladimir Nabokov
Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. It tells a love st... -
A ticket to the circus_ a memoi - Norris Church Mailer
SUMMARY: A great American love story, this warm, funny, revealing memoir introduces the world to Norman Mailer’s greatest inspiration, his wife of more than thirty years. Like Zeld... -
A Tale of Two Cities and Great - Charles Dickens
Two of the most beloved novels in all of English literature-together in one extraordinary volume. A TALE OF TWO CITIES After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille,... -
A Star Shall Fall - Marie Brennan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Royal Society of London plays home to the greatest minds of England. It has revolutionized philosophy and scientific knowledge. Its fellows map out the laws o... -
A Lion Among Men_ Volume Three - Gregory Maguire
SUMMARY: While civil war looms in Oz, Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—surrenders the story of his life to a tetchy oracle named Yackle. Abandoned as a cub, Brrr's path from infancy in the G... -
A Duty to the Dead - Charles Todd
SUMMARY: The daughter of a distinguished soldier, Bess Crawford follows in his footsteps and signs up to go overseas as a nurse during the Great War, helping to deal with the many ... -
A Dangerous Profession_ A Book - Frederick Busch
Frederick Busch has an enduring love affair with great books, and here he brilliantly communicates his passion to us all. Whether expounding on Melville or Dickens, or celebrating ... -
A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr
Amazon.com ReviewEvery element of great drama--tragic deaths, titanic greed, a flawed hero--already existed in Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. John Shea's reading provides th... -
A Brief History of Britain, 166 - William Gibson
How Great Britain was born - from the restoration to the Great Exhibition. In 1660 England emerged from the devastations of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the...