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Helen of Troy - Margaret George
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. George (Mary, Called Magdalene) depicts with bravado, grace and eloquence the grand spectacle surrounding Helen of Troy. ... -
Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
SUMMARY: In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fr... -
Enslave_ The Taming of the Beas - Cathy Yardley
SUMMARY: Nadia Bessonova's career-criminal father has deadly enemies—and to save him, his devoted daughter is willing to make a bargain with the devil himself. She will surrender c... -
Doctor Who_ The Resurrection Ca - Justin Richards
Product DescriptionStarfall - a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work. The pioneers who used to be drawn by... -
Designing Embedded Hardware - John Catsoulis
Synopsis:Embedded computer systems literally surround us: they're in our cell phones, PDAs, cars, TVs, refrigerators, heating systems, and more. In fact, embedded systems ar... -
Dawn of Night - Paul S. Kemp
Product DescriptionThis is the final title in a new trilogy featuring the most popular character from the Sembia series. The author of Resurrection concludes the tale of the Forgot... -
Brief Encounters With Che Gueva - Ben Fountain
The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught—to both disastrous and hilarious effect—in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding ... -
Billy Bathgate - E. L. Doctorow
Amazon.com ReviewIn the Bronx of the 1930s, 15-year-old Billy Bathgate hooks up with a legendary mobster, Dutch Schultz. Schultz becomes an unlikely surrogate parent to the boy, in... -
And the Bride Wore Plaid - Karen Hawkins
Product DescriptionDevon St John has never had a problem in his life—until now. Born to wealth and privilege, surrounded by a warm and loving family, he has pursued a life of leisu... -
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been st...