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The Hyde Park Headsman - Anne Perry
Not since the bloody deeds of Jack the Ripper have Londoners felt such terror as that aroused by the gruesome beheadings in Hyde Park. And if newly promoted Police Superintendent T... -
The Forest - Edward Rutherfurd
Amazon.com ReviewWith such novels as and , Edward Rutherfurd has laid claim to place, in which the characters tend to play second fiddle to the setting. The ... -
The Feng Shui Detective - Nury Vittachi
SUMMARY: Mr. Wong is a feng shui consultant, but his cases tend to involve a lot more than just interior decoration. You see, Wong specializes in a certain type of problem premises... -
The Eyes of a King - Catherine Banner
SUMMARY: FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD LEO NORTH’S prospects in life are limited. He attends military school, lives with his fearful grandmother, and looks after his brother Stirling. He resist... -
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
SUMMARY:The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining ward. Rescued by Be... -
The Dragon Turn_ The Boy Sherlo - Shane Peacock
Product DescriptionSummer 1869, and Sherlock Holmes and his friend Irene celebrate her sixteenth birthday by attending the theater to watch a celebrated magician make a real dragon... -
The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you ... -
The Bartender's Bible_ 1001 Mix - Gary Regan
If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those three bottles of flavored liqueurs gathering dust in your liquor cabinet, you will find ... -
Tender is the night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
EDITORIAL REVIEW: With an Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury Tender is the Night is a story set in the h... -
Tender is the Night - Francis Scott Fitzgerald
SUMMARY: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a friend's copy of "Tender is the Night, " "If you liked "The Great Gatsby, " for God's sake read this. "Gatsby" was a tour de force but this ...