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The Chinese in America - Iris Chang
In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people's search for a better lifethe determination of the Chinese to forge an identit... -
The Amateurs - David Halberstam
From Publishers WeeklyThe author of The Powers that Be and The Best and the Brightest tells of the dedication, competition and camaraderie of the athletes who represented the U.S. ... -
Tempest Rising - Diane Mckinney-whetstone
Set in west Philadelphia in the early sixties, Tempest Rising tells the story of three sisters, Bliss, Victoria, and Shern, budding adolescents raised in a world of financial privi... -
Swimming to Antarctica_ Tales o - Lynne Cox
Review'her thrilling new memoir...SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA, in fact, tells two stories: the compellingly reconstructed thrill-ride of her swimming career and also, tucked in the fold... -
Stop This Man! - Peter Rabe
SUMMARY: Published for the first time in 45 years, this pulp classic tells the story of down-and-out thief Tony Catell, who, after stealing 36 pounds of radioactive gold from a lab... -
Something Blue - Emily Giffin
From Publishers WeeklyGiffin's sophomore effort-which tells the story that her bestselling Something Borrowed did from a different character's point of view-stars such an unsympath... -
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
From Publishers WeeklyPalahniuk's audacious ninth novel tells the story of Cassie Wright, an aging porn queen who intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex wi... -
Six Moon Dance - Sheri S. Tepper
Amazon.com ReviewIn Six Moon Dance, veteran fantasy and science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper tells the tale of the strange planet Newholme. An intriguing human society occupies .... -
Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser
SUMMARY: This epic of urban life tells of small- town heroine Carrie Meeber, adrift in an indifferent Chicago. Setting out, she has nothing but a few dollars and an unspoiled beaut... -
Shalimar the Clown_ A Novel - Salman Rushdie
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. [Signature]_Reviewed by William T. Vollmann_The focus of this novel is extremism. It tells the tale of two Kashmiri villages whose inhab...