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Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
SUMMARY: Anne BrontA's first novel, Agnes Grey, combines an astute dissection of middle-class social behavior and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to y... -
After the fire, a still small v - Evie Wyld
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Set in the haunting landscape of eastern Australia, this is a stunningly accomplished debut novel about the inescapable past: the ineffable ties of family, the wa... -
Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner
"Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll abs... -
A Tale of Two Cities (B&N) - Charles Dickens; Gillen D'arcy
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and th... -
A Short History of Myth - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThis is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution through... -
A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
EDITORIAL REVIEW: This stunning new novel from Tatiana de Rosnay, author of the acclaimed *New York Times* bestseller *Sarah’s Key*, plumbs the depths of complex family relationshi... -
A Portrait of the Artist as a Y - James Joyce; Kevin J. H. Dettma
About the AuthorKevin J. H. Dettmar is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author or editor of a half-dozen boo... -
A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King
SUMMARY: A Monstrous Regiment of Women continues Mary Russell's adventures as a worthy student of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and as an ever more skilled sleuth in her own... -
A Map of Glass - Jane Urquhart
Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel weaves two parallel stories, one set in contemporary Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, the other in the nineteenth century on the northe... -
A History of God - Karen Armstrong
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost ...