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The Bay at Midnight - Diane Chamberlain
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Her family's cottage was a place of innocence for twelve-year-old Julie Bauer - until her sister was murdered. It's been many years since that August night, but J... -
The Battle of Britain - Richard Overy
SUMMARY: 'No individual British victory after Trafalgar was more decisive in challenging the course of a major war than was the Battle of Britain ...In his carefully argued, clearl... -
The Basque History of the World - Mark Kurlansky
Amazon.com ReviewThe buzz about the Guggenheim Bilbao aside, the Basques seldom get good press--from the 12th-century Codex of Calixtus ("A Basque or Navarrese would do in a Frenc.... -
The Ascent of Money_ A Financia - Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Fi... -
The Art of Conversation - Catherine Blyth
Reclaim the pleasures and possibilities of great conversation with this sparkling guide from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise to its art Every day we use cell p... -
The Archimedes Effect - Tom Clancy; Steve Perry; Steve
SUMMARY:When terrorists launch an attack on Army bases throughout the U.S., Net Force must partner with Army Intelligence and the National Guard to take down a cunning oppon... -
The Apocalypse Reader - Justin Taylor
Product DescriptionThese are the ways the world ends. Thirty-four new and selected Doomsday scenarios: an enthralling collection of work by canonical literary figures, contemporary... -
The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Named 1998 Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America, Elizabeth Peters is also a doctor of Egyptology whose mysteries have sub... -
The American Plague - Molly Caldwell Crosby
From Publishers WeeklyIn a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tenn., fled the raging yellow fever epidemic, which finally waned when coole... -
The Amazing Maurice and His Edu - Terry Pratchett
Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very ow...