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The Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. MWA Grand Master Peters delivers another winner that you can't put down and yet don't want to see end, the 17th entry in her bestselling serie... -
The Pearl - John Steinbeck; Linda Wagner-Ma
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, h... -
The King's Speech - Logue, Mark; Conradi, Peter
The "quack" who saved a king... Featuring a star-studded cast of Academy Award® winners and nominees, The King's Speech won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's C... -
The Jennifer Morgue - Charles Stross
From Publishers WeeklyIn this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, Bob Howard is a computer übergeek employed by the .... -
The High Road - Terry Fallis
A brilliant follow-up to the Stephen Leacock Award-winner The Best Laid Plans, this deeply funny satire continues the story of Honest Angus McLintock, an amateur politician wh... -
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaís greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works p... -
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
SUMMARY:Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore,... -
The Darkest Room - Johan Theorin
SUMMARY: WINNER OF SWEDEN'S BEST CRIME NOVEL AWARD On the idyllic island of Oland, off the coast of northern Sweden, a young couple from Stockholm tries to start life afresh. For J... -
The Cold Light of Mourning - Elizabeth J. Duncan
SUMMARY: "Marriage. Murder. Nail polish...One woman's would-be wedding has an entire Welsh town on edge in Elizabeth J. Duncan's "The Cold Light of Mourning"--winner of the Malice ... -
The Blue Helmet - William Bell
ReviewWinner of the 2007 CLA young adult canadian book awardAn OLA top ten best bet for schools and libraries “William Bell is arguably one of the most wide-...