Miss Silver attempts to save a young girl from her murderous husband Maud Silver, demure private eye, hardly has time to finish one adventure before another demands her attention. ...
From Publishers WeeklySociologists Berger (_The Social Construction of Reality_) and Zijderveld (_The Abstract Society_) inveigh against the dogma of isms that replace humor with c...
SUMMARY:He is perhaps the ultimate human achievement: a sentient artificial life-form -- self-aware, self-determining, possessing a mind and body far surpassing that of his ...
Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to...
SUMMARY: Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is e...
From BooklistNew York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers throu...
This cloth-bound special edition of Danielle Steel’s Hotel Vendôme is enhanced with gold leaf, comes with a special slip case, and is signed by the author. Danielle Steel’s dazzlin...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is faced with her most daunting task yet: bring in the former Special Forces agent Carlos Manoso, the man who taught her everything a...
SUMMARY: He was clinically dead after the accident--but was miraculously revived. Now Hatch Harrison and his wife approach each day with a new appreciation for life. But something ...