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A morbid taste for bones - Ellis Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Murder in the twelfth century is no different from murder today. There is still a dead body, though this time with an arrow through the heart instead of a bullet.... -
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
From Publishers WeeklyRecent retiree George Hall, convinced that his eczema is cancer, goes into a tailspin in Haddon's (_Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time_) laugh-out-... -
A More Perfect Heaven - Dava Sobel
By 1514, the reclusive cleric Nicolaus Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory-in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to p... -
A Map of Glass - Jane Urquhart
Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel weaves two parallel stories, one set in contemporary Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, the other in the nineteenth century on the northe... -
A Journey to the Center of the - Jules Verne
SUMMARY: When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adv... -
A House for Mr. Biswas - Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career, A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentiet... -
A Hole in the Universe - Mary McGarry Morris
From Publishers WeeklyWhat happens when a 43-year-old man returns to live in his hometown after serving a 25-year prison sentence for murder? That is the dramatic question at the c... -
A Beginner's Guide to Reality - Jim Baggott
ReviewJim Baggott has done a real service to the community of questing souls. He gives a lucid, thoughtful, and helpful account of one of this century’s great conundrums. (Times Li... -
A Beggar at the Gate - Thalassa Ali
From Publishers WeeklyIn this sequel to A Singular Hostage, native Bostonian and Muslim convert Ali continues the saga of Marianna Givens, a young Englishwoman living in 19th-cent.... -
2061_ Odyssey Three - Arthur C. Clarke
SUMMARY: Centenarian Heywood Floyd, survivor of two encounters with mysterious monoliths, once again confronts Dave Bowman, an independent HAL, and an unseen alien race