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The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris
SUMMARY: Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, ageing with the grace of a matinée idol. He loves his work. He loves his family. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stand... -
The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends usi... -
The Story of Stuff - Annie Leonard; Ariane Conrad
From Publishers WeeklyLeonard examines conspicuous consumption and its human and environmental costs in an expansion of her short documentary of the same name. The analysis is acce... -
The State of Jones - Sally Jenkins; John Stauffer
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best of the Month, July 2009: Make room in your understanding of the Civil War for Jones County, Mississippi, where a maverick small farmer named ... -
The Spirit Banner - Alex Archer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Genghis Khan carved out a legacy of bloodshed and conquered kingdoms that has lasted almost eight hundred years. But while his name and deeds live on in the annal... -
The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie
AGATHA CHRISTIE is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious ... -
The Sheriff of Yrnameer - Michael Rubens
SUMMARY: In the spirit of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett,The Sheriff of Yrnameeris sci-fi comedy at its best-mordant, raucously funny, and a thrilling page-turner. Meet Cole: ha... -
The Secret of Chimneys - Agatha Christie
SUMMARY:AGATHA CHRISTIE is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception... -
The Real Charlotte - Edith Somerville
The Real Charlotte is the masterpiece of Somerville and Ross (the pen names of Edith Somerville and her second cousin, Violet Martin) ... -
The Queen of Stone - Keith Baker
Product DescriptionIn the land of monsters, you'll want her by your side. Nyrielle Tam--better known by her code name, Thorn--is a Dark Lantern sent undercover to a summit in the m...