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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle_ A Y - Barbara Kingsolver; Steven L. H
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. [Signature]Reviewed by Nina PlanckMichael Pollan is the crack investigator and graceful narrator of the ecology of local food and th... -
Ancestor Stones - Aminatta Forna
Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the ... -
Alara Unbroken - Doug Beyer
Product DescriptionOnce upon a time, the plane of Alara was shattered into five planes, each distinctly populated with relative mono-magical culture that reflects each of the five ... -
Airframe - Michael Crichton
SUMMARY: Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. . . . At a moment when the issue of safe... -
Accidentally the Sheikh's Wife - Barbara McMahon
SUMMARY: For Bethanne Saunders, flying Sheikh Rashid al Harum's private plane has its perks. When her feet touch the ground it's on the plush carpet of his sumptuous palace. And ju... -
A World Without Ice - H. N. Pollack
SUMMARY: A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet's imperiled ice. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relati... -
A Simple Plan - Scott Smith
From Publishers WeeklySmith's remarkably adept debut thriller traces the fates of three people and a wrecked plane with $4.4 million. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.... -
A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer
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A Golden Web - Barbara Quick
SUMMARY: Alessandra is desperate to escape. Desperate to escape her stepmother, who's locked her away for a year; to escape the cloister that awaits her and the marriage plans that... -
A Desert Called Peace - Tom Kratman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Five hundred years from now, humankind has found a link to a remarkably Earth-like planet and settled there, dividing –as humans will -- into dozens of nation-sta...