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The River - Gary Paulsen
From Publishers Weekly In a boxed review, PW praised the "terse, heart-stopping prose" of this follow-up to Hatchet : "The new adventure is as riveting as its predecessor . . . the... -
The Rise of the Iron Moon - Stephen Hunt
ReviewPraise for THE RISE OF THE IRON MOON: 'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' Daily Mail 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concept... -
The Rise of Endymion - Dan Simmons
Amazon.com ReviewThis conclusion of the Hyperion saga ( FromThe latest episode (following last year's Endymion) of Simmons' Foundation-like saga of the far future ... -
The Right Hand of Sleep - John Wray
From Publishers WeeklyThe ghost hovering over this assured and astonishingly mature first novel is that of Joseph Roth, the great interwar Austrian novelist. Perhaps this reflects ... -
The Revisionists - Thomas Mullen
A fast-paced literary thriller that recalls dystopian classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, from the award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth. -
The Reverse Of The Medal - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: Returning from his duties protecting whalers off South America, Jack Aubrey is persuaded to make investments in the city. It is the first step into the half-worlds of the ... -
The Reluctant Vampire - Lynsay Sands
Product DescriptionHas this immortal finally met her match? Rogue hunter Drina Argenis (from the Spanish side of the Argeneau family) has been many things in her years as an im... -
The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman
From Publishers WeeklyHoffman brings us 200 years in the history of Blackwell, a small town in rural Massachusetts, in her insightful latest. The story opens with the arrival of th... -
The Raven in the Foregate - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: It is Christmas, A.D. 1141, Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the vacant living of Holy Cross, also known as the Foregate. The new priest ... -
The Rational Optimist_ How Pros - Matt Ridley
From Publishers WeeklyIdeas have sex, in Ridley's schema; they follow a process of natural selection of their own, and as long as they continue to do so, there is reason to retire ...