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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... -
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
From Publishers WeeklyNovelist Steven Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance; Gates of Fire) goes self-help in The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. Dubbing itself a c... -
The War That Came Early_ West a - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyHaving laid out the course of "the war that came early" in 2009's Hitler's War, Turtledove focuses on turning his characters from stock military figures into ... -
The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf
The Modern Library is proud to include Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out--together with a new Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham. Publ... -
The Vision - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY:With more than 200 million copies of his novels sold, Dean Koontz is an undisputed master. And in The Vision, he once again displays the talent that led the Chicago ... -
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Amazon.com ReviewAfter the spectacular debut of __ in 1976, Anne Rice put aside her vampires to explore other literary interests--Italian castrati in and the Free People of Color ... -
The Vacant Throne - Ed Greenwood
From Publishers WeeklyBest known as the creator of Forgotten Realms, the Dungeons & Dragons-based heroic fantasy series, Greenwood continues to give his audience exactly what they.... -
The Use and Abuse of Literature - Marjorie Garber
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Harvard English professor Garber (Patronizing the Arts) leads an expedition through the archives of literature, rejecting expansion of the ter... -
The Unwanted - Brett Battles
SUMMARY: Jonathan Quinn, freelance operative and professional 'cleaner', is on a mission in Ireland - purely as an observer - but things go wrong when a hidden assassin kills four ... -
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smi - Peter Carey
From Publishers WeeklyCarey, known for his quirkily skewed re-creations of Australian culture (Oscar and Lucinda; The Tax Collector), has outdone himself in this bizarre, uncannily...