-
Dirt_ The Erosion of Civilizati - David R. Montgomery
From Publishers WeeklyMontgomery (_King of Fish_), a geomorphologist who studies how landscapes change through time, argues persuasively that soil is humanity's most essential natu... -
Destiny's Star - Elizabeth Vaughan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A return to the world of the Warlands... ** Bethral, a beautiful warrior, and Ezren, a quick-witted storyteller, are confronted with a civil war and a tribe or ... -
Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian
EDITORIAL REVIEW: First published in 1978 a historical maritime adventure featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin, who are bound for Australia with... -
Death to the Landlords! - Ellis Peters
Dominic Felse and the Swami Premanathanand, a man of peace, unravel a deadly Indian rope trick of hatred and murder when they try to discover who is behind the violent deaths of se... -
Death of an Outsider - M. C. Beaton
SUMMARY: Murder is a Tasty Dish The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or-more accurately-dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All... -
Death of a Sweep - M. C. Beaton
In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinera... -
Death of a Scriptwriter - M. C. Beaton
SUMMARY: HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. ... -
Death of a Chimney Sweep - M. C. Beaton
FromThe Scottish Highlands that Beaton depicts with such skill are beautiful and sinister, a fitting backdrop to her Hamish Macbeth series and especially to this one, her twenty-si... -
Dead over heels - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: What's the world coming to - when you can't relax with an ice-cold beverage in your own backyard without a body falling from the sky and landing in your garden? Part-time ... -
Days of Blood and Fire - Katharine Kerr
From Library JournalA young boy and a blind bard journey to the land of Deverry, home of the ancient conquerors of their people, in fulfillment of an oath--and find themselves swep...