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Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card
A withdrawn eight-year-old in a troubled family invents imaginary friends who bear the names of missing children in this absorbing thriller. Science fiction writer Card ( Abyss , P... -
Loser's Town - Daniel Depp
From Publishers WeeklyScreenwriter Depp's inspired if uneven debut, the first in a new crime series, introduces Hollywood PI David Spandau, a former stunt man too old and beat up t... -
Look at the birdie_ unpublished - Kurt Vonnegut
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **Look at the Birdie** is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction. In this ... -
Long for This World_ The Strang - Jonathan Weiner
SUMMARY: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Jonathan Weiner comes a fast-paced and astonishing scientific adventure story: has the long-sought secret of eternal youth a... -
London Bridges - James Patterson
From Publishers WeeklyAny thriller writer, wannabe or actual, would do well to study Patterson's 10th Alex Cross novel. A sequel to last year's The Big Bad Wolf, the book is ... -
London - Edward Rutherfurd
Amazon.com ReviewEdward Rutherfurd belongs to the James Michener school: he writes big, sprawling history-by- the-pound. His novel, London, stretches two millennia all the wa... -
Live From New York - James H. Miller; Tom Shales
WHEN A YOUNG WRITER named Lorne Michaels talked NBC executives into taking a chance on a new weekend late-night comedy series, nobody really knew what to expect-not even Michaels. ... -
Little Hoot - Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Jen Corac
ReviewWRITING AND RUMINATING BLOGYou simply must read this book. MUST, do you hear me?THE WALL STREET JOURNALAmy Krouse Rosenthal neatly appeal[s] to the sensibili... -
Literary Occasions_ Essays - V. S. Naipaul; Pankaj Mishra
From Publishers WeeklyOne imagines many readers are still absorbing The Writer and the World, Naipaul's magisterial collection of deeply opinionated global political reports and cu... -
Lines and Shadows - Joseph Wambaugh
Review"With each book, it seems, Mr. Wambaugh's skill as a writer increases . . . . In Lines And Shadows he gives an off-trail, action-packed true account of police work and ...