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The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk
From Publishers WeeklyOne of Turkey's foremost novelists explores the ambivalent relationship between master and slave in this elegant, postmodernist twist on the theme of the dopp... -
The Weight - Andrew Vachss
From Publishers WeeklyAt the start of this tepid stand-alone from Vachss (Haiku), professional thief Tim "Sugar" Caine finds himself in an interesting dilemma--a rape victim has mi... -
The Wealth of Nations (Books 4- - Adam Smith
The Wealth Of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is th... -
The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
EDITORIAL REVIEW: For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. A... -
The Way Home - George Pelecanos
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Pelecanos (_The Turnaround_) probes the volatile and fragile relationship between a father, Thomas Flynn, and his son, Chris, in this less than sat... -
The Watery Part of the World - Michael Parker
From Publishers WeeklyParker's affecting fifth novel mines two historical anecdotes from 1813 and 1970 to draw parallel narratives around island dwellers off the North Carolina coa... -
The Water Room - Christopher Fowler
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring th... -
The Water Clock - Jim Kelly
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Time is running out for Philip Dryden...In the snowbound landscape of the Cambridgeshire fens, a body is discovered, locked in a block of ice. High on Ely Cathedr... -
The Warrior Elite_ The Forging - Dick Couch
FromThere is a pod of good books on the SEALs, but this one is unique. Couch, a Vietnam-era SEAL and retired naval reserve captain, was given the most complete access possible to t... -
The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells
SUMMARY: This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that...