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Jeffry A. Frieden - Global Capitalism_ Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century-W. W. Norton & Company (2007)
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unpr... -
Golden Compass, The - Philip Pullman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED."--The Washington Post Book WorldIt was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan Colle... -
Fault in Our Stars, The - John Green
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, January 2012: In The Fault in Our Stars, John Green has created a soulful novel that tackles big subjects--l... -
Devil in the White City_ Murder, Magic & Madness and the Fair That Changed America, The - Erik Larson; Tony Goldwyn
From BooklistStarred Review Larson's ambitious, engrossing tale of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 focuses primarily on two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect who was the... -
Crash Course for the New GRE, 4th Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) - Princeton Review
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Cracking the New GRE, 2012 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) - Princeton Review
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Before I Go to Sleep - S. J. Watson
Review“Watson’s debut novel unwinds as a story that is both complicated and compellingly hypnotic. . . . Watson’s pitch–perfect writing propels the story to a frenzied climax that ... -
At the mountains of madness - Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Review“One of the greatest short novels in American literature, and a key text in my own understanding of what that literature can do.”–MICHAEL CHABON “Lovecr... -
Artemis Fowl files, The - Eoin Colfer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The Artemis Fowl Files* is comprised of two original stories: "LEPrecon": the story of Fairy Police Captain Holly Short's move... -
Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, The - Terry Pratchett
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal ** *One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. A...