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The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement--both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their ch... -
The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks
SUMMARY:In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-h... -
The Penguin Book of Card Games - David Parlett
The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players.Auctions, trumpless han... -
The Next Best Thing - Kristan Higgins
SUMMARY: Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks. She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbecue, teach their future children to play... -
The Manning Grooms_ Bride On Th - Debbie Macomber
SUMMARY: Jason Manning is content with his life as a bachelor, a slob and a sports fan. Then a precocious girl named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to he... -
The Life and Opinions of Tristr - Laurence Sterne
Introduction and Notes by Robert FolkenflikRich in playful double entendres, digressions, formal oddities, and typographical experiments, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy,... -
The Last Tsar - Edvard Radzinsky
Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying... -
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
SUMMARY: A New York Times Bestseller In 1949 four Chinese women - drawn together by the shadow of their past - begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, ea... -
The Internet Is a Playground - David Thorne
David Thorne has quickly established himself as the world's leading internet troublemaker. Since his emailed efforts to settle an overdue account with a drawing of a spider achi... -
The Host_ A Novel - Stephenie Meyer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Now in the trade paperback edition: New Bonus Chapter and Reading Group Guide, including Stephenie Meyer's Annotated Playlist f...