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The Illustrated Gormenghast Tri - Mervyn Peake
Review"Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experien... -
The House of Wittgenstein_ A Fa - Alexander Waugh
SUMMARY: The modern obsession with celebrity began with the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites who romped... -
The Giver - Lois Lowry
Amazon.com ReviewIn a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver ... -
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
SUMMARY: Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their weekends together. Trisha's mom is ... -
The Frog Princess - E. D. Baker
From Publishers WeeklyThis debut novel follows the adventures of 14-year-old Princess Emeralda and the talking frog she meets one day in a swamp. The frog begs her to give him a ki... -
The Elephant to Hollywood - Michael Caine
Review“. . . Caine has known, befriended, worked or partied with everyone from John Huston to Heath Ledger, and has the kind of life where a Rolling Stone waits patiently while he ... -
The Dark Symphony - Dean Koontz
Mutants from the atomic bomb ridden Earth meet Mankind from the stars who escaped just before the destruction. The mutants won't give up and let space-man rule Earth once again. -
The Commodore - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: The seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His... -
The Cold War - John Lewis Gaddis
From Publishers WeeklyGregory and Sklar, reading Yale history professor Gaddis's study of the American-Soviet standoff, give voice to their inner television announcer, their twin b... -
The Blessings of the Animals_ A - Katrina Kittle
SUMMARY: From Katrina Kittle, critically acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers, comes a wry and moving story of forgiveness, flexibility, happiness, and the art of moving o...