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The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
SUMMARY: "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised," wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard in a deceptively jaunty intr... -
The Women - T. Coraghessan Boyle
From "America's most imaginative contemporary novelist" (Newsweek), a novel of Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life. Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harve... -
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins; John Sutherland
SUMMARY: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex ... -
The Wolf of Wall Street - Jordan Belfort
From Publishers WeeklyBelfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went ... -
The Wives of Henry Oades - Johanna Moran
SUMMARY: In 1899 Henry Oades discovers he has two wives ' and many dilemmas'ŚIn 1890, Henry Oades decided to undertake the arduous sea voyage from England to New Zealand in order t... -
The Wishing Trees - John Shors
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From "master storyteller"* John Shors, bestselling author of *Beneath a Marble Sky*, comes a remarkable novel about a father and daughter on a life-changing journ... -
The Winner Stands Alone - Paulo Coelho; Margaret Jull Cos
The beloved, bestselling international author of The Alchemist returns with another haunting novel—a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fam... -
The William Monk Mysteries_ The - Anne Perry
Review“Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon.”–_The_ Atlanta Journal-Constitution <... -
The Wildwater Walking Club - Claire Cook
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "Lively and inspiring!"--*Hartford Courant* "A great feel-good story."--*Philadelphia Examiner* *Just one step at a time. * After losing her boyfriend and her job... -
The Wild Zone_ A Novel - Joy Fielding
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The Wild Zone, a South Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.) bar filled with lusty men—specifically, charismatic personal trainer Jeff Rydell; his cute vi...