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Why Read the Classics_ - Italo Calvino
Amazon.com ReviewWhy read Italo Calvino's book on the classics? Because it passes his own test for what a classic is, and its brisk prose can blast your concept of the word clean o... -
Why Is Sex Fun__ The Evolution - Jared M. Diamond
Amazon.com ReviewMany of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractive to partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we can continue to have sex with those pa... -
White Noise - Don Delillo
Amazon.com ReviewBetter than any book I can think of, White Noise captures the particular strangeness of life in a time where humankind has finally learned enough to kill itself. .... -
What to Expect When You're Expe - Heidi Murkoff; Sharon Mazel
Amazon.com ReviewAnnouncing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is a perennial New York Times bestsell... -
What the Night Knows - Dean Koontz
Amazon.com ReviewA Letter from Author Dean Koontz Villains and VegetablesReaders ask certain questions over and over again. Such as, "How oft... -
West of Here - Jonathan Evison
Amazon.com ReviewWest of Here, at the Elwha River dam, where over a hundred years since settlers of the fictional town of Port Bonita tamed the river, their descendants gather in .... -
We, the Drowned - Carsten Jensen; Charlotte Barsl
Amazon.com ReviewCarsten Jensen’s debut novel has taken the world by storm. Already hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marsta.... -
We Have Always Lived in the Cas - Shirley Jackson
Amazon.com ReviewVisitors call seldom at Blackwood House. Taking tea at the scene of a multiple poisoning, with a suspected murderess as one's host, is a perilous business. For a s... -
Waiting - Ha Jin
Amazon.com Review"Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu." Like a fairy tale, Ha Jin's masterful novel of love and politics begins with a formul... -
Vittorio, the vampire - Anne Rice
Amazon.com ReviewTired of the same old vampires? Check out Anne Rice's new race of undead bloodsuckers, independent of the Lestat series. Her alterna-vamp books began with __, but ...