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The Burglar in the Library - Lawrence Block
SUMMARY: Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and curre... -
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... -
The Burglar Who Thought He Was - Lawrence Block
SUMMARY: Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr's in love—with an exotic Eastern European beauty who shares his obsession with Humphrey Bogart movies. He's in heaven, munching popcorn with h... -
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza - Lawrence Block
From Library Journal In this classic Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery, long out of print, sneaky thief Bernie turns up a 1913 V-nickel that gets his Spinoza-reading fence, Abel, murdered.... -
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote - Lawrence Block
From Publishers Weekly Those who long for another new exploit of the immortal Bernie Rhodenbarr, Greenwich Village bookseller by profession and burglar by avocation, should be warn... -
The Book of Basketball_ The NBA - Bill Simmons
EDITORIAL REVIEW: There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-... -
The Battle for Christmas - Stephen Nissenbaum
Amazon.com ReviewThis scholarly analysis of our modern celebration of Christmas pulls together a thoroughly convincing case for the widely accepted notion that it is a 19th-century... -
Shaq Uncut_ My Story - Shaquille O'Neal; Jackie Macmul
ReviewShaq was the most unique player in the history of the NBA. He was bigger than life in every way. The dominant game, the dominant personality, his work behind the scenes for c... -
Shakespeare - Peter Ackroyd
From Publishers Weekly[Signature]_Reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum_At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and ... -
Personal Foul - Tim Donaghy
The media has often speculated and sports fans have debated, but until now no one has known the real story. Personal Foul takes an in-depth look at former NBA referee Tim Donaghy a...