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Thoughts Without Cigarettes_ A - Oscar Hijuelos
Review"Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Hijuelos proves himself again with his autobiography... Readers who enjoyed Hijuelos' novels will enjoy his memoir, a revelation of the perso... -
The cave - Kate Mosse
SUMMARY: A QUICK READ - part of the WORLD BOOK DAY 2009 literacy initiative for emergent readers.March 1928. Freddie Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains of south west F... -
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & - Paula Guran; Kelley Armstrong;
From BooklistAnthologist and editor Guran has collected 39 thrilling and frightening horror stories published in 2009. While some of the authors will be familiar to readers outside... -
The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells
SUMMARY: This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that... -
The Ten Most Beautiful Experime - George Johnson
From Publishers WeeklyAward-winning science writer Johnson (A Fire in the Mind; Strange Beauty) calls readers away from the industrialized mega-scale of modern science (w... -
The Stranger - Max Frei; Polly Gannon
From Publishers WeeklyFirst published to wide acclaim in Russia in 1996, the intriguing first Labyrinths of Echo novel introduces readers to protagonist, narrator and pseudonymous ... -
The Stranger - Albert Camus
SUMMARY: Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first novel, The Stranger (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through... -
The Stand - Stephen King
In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. Th... -
The Secret Fiend - Shane Peacock
ReviewPRAISE FOR EYE OF THE CROW:"The first intriguing volume in an ambitious new series ... plenty of readers will ... find themselves irresistibly drawn into his t... -
The Sea Fairies - Lyman Frank Baum
SUMMARY: Enchanting fantasy by creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure! They'll meet a school of beguiling mermaids and an ari...