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The Hijack - Duncan Falconer
SUMMARY: From London to the Gaza Strip, from Riga in Latvia to Jerusalem--compelling authentic, at breakneck speed Palestinian freedom fighter Abed Abu Omar and 20 men are preparin... -
The Girl in the Green Raincoat_ - Laura Lippman
From Publishers WeeklyOriginally serialized in the New York Times Magazine, Lippman's Tess Monaghan novella turns the intrepid Baltimore PI's at-risk late-pregnancy bed rest into a... -
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets - Stieg Larsson
SUMMARY: In the third volume in the explosive trilogy that has sold more than 24 million copies worldwide, Lisbeth Salander confronts political corruption from her hospital bed whi... -
The First Men in the Moon - H. G. Wells
When penniless businessman Mr. Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr. Cavor, an absentminded scientist on the brink of developing ... -
The Family Arsenal - Paul Theroux
Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for... -
The Fall of the House of Zeus - Curtis Wilkie
“Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.” —Douglas Brinkley ... -
The Darkest Secret - Gena Showalter
From Publishers WeeklyShowalter's seventh Lords of the Underworld novel (after 2010's The Darkest Lie) focuses on Amun, one of the dozen immortal warriors who absorbed evil demons ... -
The Confession of Brother Halui - Ellis Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: On his deathbed, Brother Haluin confesses to a shocking act in his past--and then recovers. To atone, Haluin determines to make a journey of expiation with Brothe... -
The Complete Novels Of George O - George Orwell
SUMMARY: Animal FarmBurmese DaysA Clergyman's DaughterComing Up for AirKeep the Aspidistra FlyingNineteen Eighty-FourDescribed by Anthony Burgess as 'the best-loved of all twentiet... -
The Collected Stories - William Trevor
William Trevor is one of the renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' by the New Yorker and a...