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The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
SUMMARY:If you are either learning German, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a German speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of The Age of In... -
The African Safari Discovery - Jeff Brown; Josh Greenhut; MacK
Product DescriptionStanley’s not the only flat one! When a flat skull is discovered in Africa, Stanley Lambchop decides to travel there with his brother, Arthur, and their father, ... -
That Awful Mess on the via Meru - Carlo Emilio Gadda; Italo Calvi
Review“The experimental masterpiece modern Italian literature has long been awaiting.… There is a kinship to Joyce, especially in Gadda’s inspired outbursts of comic invective, his... -
Tetrarch - Ian Irvine
SUMMARY: Santhenar is on its knees. The war with the alien lyrinx drags on, and humanity is losing it, but there is worse to come. The Aachim have invaded with an irresistible forc... -
Talking God - Tony Hillerman
From Publishers WeeklyHillerman's latest is not quite up to his best standards, but it's still a wonderfully readable, involving mystery. Here he sets Navajo Tribal Police Lieutena... -
Takeover - Lisa Black
From Publishers WeeklyWhen high-level executive Mark Ludlow is discovered beaten to death in front of his house early one morning, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean and her fiancé... -
Sweet land stories - E. L. Doctorow
From Publishers WeeklyAs one might expect of Doctorow, the title is ironic. In settings that range across the U.S., most of the alienated characters in the five stories here find l... -
Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y’br... -
Sucker bet - James Swain
FromIn the mystery genre, there's always room for a new premise, and Swain has come up with a doozy: his hero, Tony Valentine, is an ex-cop who specializes in catching casino cheat... -
Studs Lonigan - James T. Farrell
Collected here in one volume is James T. Farrell's renowned trilogy of the youth, early manhood, and death of Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and ...