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Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen L. Carter
The Barnes & Noble ReviewYale law professor Stephen L. Carter -- widely known for his keenly insightful works of political, social, and legal commentary -- offers a stunning fictio... -
Elisha's Bones - Don Hoesel
Product DescriptionEvery year, professor of antiquities Jack Hawthorne looks forward to the winter break as a time to hide away from his responsibilities. Even if just for a week o... -
Eater - Gregory Benford
From Publishers Weekly Benford (The Martian Race), a physics professor at UC-Irvine and a Nebula winner for his novel Timescape, is one of the leading exponents of hard SFAwhich, n... -
Dead Waters - Anton Strout
Product DescriptionSimon Canderous, of the Department of Extraordinary Affairs, is used to fighting vampires and zombies. But the strange murder of a professor has everyone stumped... -
Covering_ The Hidden Assault on - Kenji Yoshino
In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law... -
Collapse_ How Societies Choose - Jared Diamond
"A magisterial effort packed with insight and written with clarity and enthusiasm. It's also the deal of the year---the equivalent of a year's college course by an engaging, brilli... -
Briefing for a Descent Into Hel - Doris May Lessing
In this ambitious novel of madness and release, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Doris Lessing imagines the fantastical "inner-space" life of an amnesiac.Charles Watkins, a Profes... -
Brains_ A Zombie Memoir - Becker
EDITORIAL REVIEW: College-professor-cum-zombie Jack Barnes is a different breed of undead—he can think. In fact, he can even write. And the story he has to tell is a truly disturbi... -
Black Rain_ A Thriller - Graham Brown
SUMMARY: Covert government operative Danielle Laidlaw leads an expedition into the deepest reaches of the Amazon in search of a legendary Mayan city. Assisted by a renowned univers... -
Banquet for the Damned - Adam Nevill
SUMMARY: A hair-raising tribute to the classic British ghost story. Few believed Professor Coldwell was in touch with an unseen world and could commune with spirits. But in Scotlan...