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Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga
Review“As with The White Tiger, [in Last Man in Tower] Adiga describes an India that is avaricious, acquisitive and insecure. His earlier work told the story of a de... -
Iron Lace - Emilie Richards
From Publishers Weekly Named for the trademark elaborate cast-iron grillwork of many New Orleans homes, Iron Lace is more aptly suited to describe the protagonists' lives in Richar... -
How We Decide - Jonah Lehrer
The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisionsSince Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either ra... -
God Is Not Great_ How Religion - Christopher Hitchens
SUMMARY: Christopher Hitchens, described in theLondon Observeras "one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time" takes on his biggest subject yetthe incre... -
Cyclopedia_ It's All About the - William Fotheringham
Review“One of the few books that can genuinely be described as indispensible" —The Washing Machine Post"[a] fact-filled feast ... Top stuff" —Sport Magazine... -
Crossover - Michael Jan Friedman
From Publishers WeeklyVeteran Trek scribe Friedman (All Good Things...) delivers the goods again with the most interesting and ambitious novel to come from this complacent franchis... -
Confession of a Buddhist Atheis - Stephen Batchelor
From Publishers WeeklyBatchelor's Buddhism Without Beliefs (1997) described a secular approach to the Eastern philosophy stripped of doctrines such as karma and rebirth; how a you.... -
Catching the Big Fish_ Meditati - David Lynch
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **In this "unexpected delight,"* filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he ha... -
Book of Sketches, 1952-57 - Jack Kerouac
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Somewhere between diary, verbal sketchbook and play-by-play account of whatever passed before his eyes, this collection of poems transcribed .... -
Beowulf - Anonymous
SUMMARY: Written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., this classic tale describes the adventures of a great Danish warrior of the sixth century