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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eatin - Elisabeth Tova Bailey
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter... -
The Quiet Room - Lori Schiller; Amanda Bennett
At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child -- the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the stree... -
The Love You Make - Peter Brown
Here is the national bestseller that Newsday called the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal livesof the oft-scrutinized group. In The Love You Make, Peter Brown,... -
The Loser - Thomas Bernhard; Jack Dawson; M
Amazon.com ReviewFor music lovers, perfectionists, and estheticians, Thomas Bernhard's The Loser (1983) poses an irresistible drama of failed excellence. In 1953 three friends, am.... -
The Honourable Schoolboy - John le Carre
"As the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose.The mole has been eliminated, but th... -
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, ... -
The Eleventh Man - Ivan Doig
From Publishers WeeklyIn the solid latest from veteran novelist Doig (_The Whistling Season_), 11 starters of a close-knit Montana college championship football team enlist as the ... -
The Devil's Closet - Stacy Dittrich
Multiple Amber Alerts for missing girls bring Detective CeeCee Gallagher onto the case of a serial child abducter and murderer. Time is running out as Gallagher and her partner rac... -
The Children's Book - A. S. Byatt
From the renowned author of Possession, The Children’s Book_ is the _absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: t... -
The Burglar in the Closet - Lawrence Block
Review Secrecy and a deft touch are the hallmarks of every successful burglar. Or so thinks Bernie Rhodenbarr before he gets a shocking proposal from his dentist. Sitting back in t...