From Publishers WeeklyWhen most readers hear the words E. coli, they think tainted hamburger or toxic spinach. Noted science writer Zimmer says there are in fact many different st....
SUMMARY: Every year, NPR asks a writer to compose an original story with a Christmas theme. In 2008, Gregory Maguire reinvented the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Matc...
'Aubrey-Maturin - book 1' Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever...
SUMMARY: Martin Eden, written by legendary author Jack London is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new g...
A portrait of New York City, drawn by describing the interconnected lives of dozens of people - bankers, chefs, bums, cabdrivers and others. Written in an impressionistic style, wi...
Product Description"Man and Superman" is George Bernard Shaw's response to the request of his fans to write a Don Juan themed play. This four-act drama often preformed without or w...
From Publishers WeeklyStrieber, author of Communion and Transformation , continues to write on the implications of UFO sightings in this novel, a blend of fact and fiction. Working...
Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack K...
Amazon.com ReviewThe consequences of media saturation are the basis for an urban nightmare in Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk's darkly comic and often dazzling thriller. Assigned to writ....