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Alvin Journeyman - Orson Scott Card
SUMMARY: Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in ... -
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, *All the Sad Young Literary Men* charts the lives of Sam, Mark, an... -
All Good Children - Catherine Austen
It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxw... -
Agape Agape - William Gaddis
"Either the last true masterpiece of the 20th century or the first of our new millenium" —San Francisco ChronicleWilliam Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense a... -
Afterlife - Douglas Clegg
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Stoker-winner Clegg (_The Hour Before Dark_) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters' perilous descents ... -
Afghanistan_ A Cultural and Pol - Thomas Barfield
Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to th... -
Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher
SUMMARY:For centuries, the people of Alera have relied on the power of the furies to protect them from outside invaders. But the gravest threat might be closer than they thi... -
About Schmidt - Louis Begley
Amazon.com ReviewAlbert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feel... -
A tree grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
SUMMARY:A novel about a young girl, her family and friends, and their life in the slum section of Brooklyn in the early years of the twentieth century. -
A Widow's Story_ A Memoir - Joyce Carol Oates
From Publishers WeeklyEarly one morning in February 2008, Oates drove her husband, Raymond Smith, to the Princeton Medical Center where he was admitted with pneumonia. There, he de...