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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... -
Summer Secrets - Barbara Freethy
From Publishers WeeklyEight years ago, Duncan McKenna and his three daughters won a punishing around-the-world-sailboat race. Though Kate, Ashley and Caroline McKenna are haunted b... -
Street Smarts_ An All-Purpose T - Norm Brodsky; Bo Burlingham
From Publishers WeeklyBrodsky and Burlingham, both Inc. magazine columnists, offer a host of advice to budding businesspeople in this thoughtful guide. Having seen businesses fail.... -
Strangled - Brian McGrory
From Publishers WeeklyNewspaper reporter Jack Flynn, last seen in McGrory's Dead Line (2004), investigates a series of contemporary murders that parallel the terrifying Boston Stra... -
Storm Prey - John Sandford
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. At the start of bestseller Sandford's superb 20th Lucas Davenport thriller (after Wicked Prey), the getaway vehicle from a botched early... -
Stone's Fall_ A Novel - Iain Pears
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. British author Pears matches the brilliance of his bestselling An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998) with this intricate historical novel, whi.... -
Step Across This Line_ Collecte - Salman Rushdie
From Publishers WeeklyRoughly one-fourth of these essays deals with the response of the media, various governments and Rushdie himself to what he calls the "unfunny Valentine" he r... -
Starbound - Joe Haldeman
From Publishers WeeklyThe workmanlike sequel to 2008's Marsbound continues the adventures of red planet colonist Carmen The Mars Girl Dula and her pilot husband, Paul Collins, as .... -
Star Wars_ Survivor's Quest - Timothy Zahn
From Publishers WeeklyHugo winner Zahn, author of five previous Star Wars novels (Heir to the Empire, etc.), serves up another G-rated crowd-pleaser in the bestselling franchise se... -
Star - Danielle Steel
From Publishers WeeklyThough Steel's ( Zoya ) novels showcase glamorous settings and turbulent romances, she writes convincingly about universal human emotions. Her latest book beg...