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Love Invents Us - Amy Bloom
Amazon.com ReviewIn this first novel, Amy Bloom spins the tale of one Elizabeth Taube, charting her progress from an unloved adolescent to (alas) an unloved, middle-aged mother. To... -
Lateral Thinking - Edward De Bono
SUMMARY: In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this app... -
Julia Child - Laura Shapiro
A biography of Julia Child from the award-winning author of Perfection SaladOne of the most beloved figures in 20th century American culture was Julia Child, the bouyant "French Ch... -
Hot Six - Janet Evanovich
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is faced with her most daunting task yet: bring in the former Special Forces agent Carlos Manoso, the man who taught her everything a... -
Game of Patience - Susanne Alleyn
From Publishers WeeklyAfter A Far Better Rest (2000), an homage to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Alleyn returns to postrevolutionary Paris in her second novel, a taut p... -
Finding Nouf - Zoe Ferraris
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Zoë Ferraris’s electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of men and women there. When sixte... -
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
From Publishers WeeklyFeaturing soap made from human fat, waiters at high-class restaurants who do unmentionable things to soup and an underground organization dedicated to inflict... -
Doctor Who_ Fear Itself - Nick Wallace
Product DescriptionIn the 22nd Century, a few short years of interstellar contact have taught Man a hard lesson: there are powerful, unstoppable, alien forces abroad that are night... -
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell_ - Thomas Kohnstamm
For those who think that travel guidebooks are the gospel truth.The waitress suggests that I come back after she closes down the restaurant, around midnight. We end up having sex i... -
Dinner at the Homesick Restaura - Anne Tyler
Review“Beautiful . . . funny, heart-hammering, wise . . . Superb entertainment.”_–The New York Times _“A book that should join those few that every literate person will have t...