The election of Don Albino Luciani to the papal throne in 1978 threatens the Vatican status quo in this routine thriller from Portuguese author Rocha, his first novel. John Paul I'...
In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young em...
Amazon.com ReviewProduct DescriptionAn Italian antiquities squad discovers a woman's preserved corpse inside an ancient column. Pages torn from priceless ma...
Life in the court of King Henry VIII is a complex game. When fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard catches the king’s eye, she quickly transforms from pawn to queen. But even luxury be...
In the Iraqi desert (combat soundtrack of choice: Metallica and Prodigy), Patrick Hennessey and a handful of his military academy pals form the Junior Officers' Reading Club, stavi...
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...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Joanna had been head over heels in love with her convenient fiance, Gustavo Ferrara, when he fell in love with - and married - someone else! Twelve years on, Gust...
SUMMARY: A Killer Without A ConscienceThe crimes are barbaric. The victims are found in desolate rural areas, naked and impaled on long wooden stakes. There are no clues. No DNA ev...
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...