From Kirkus ReviewsBrilliant, funny, penetrating observations on life and culture in N.Y.C. after WW II from critic Broyard, who died of cancer in 1990 (Intoxicated by My Illness, ...
Review"A macabre and thoroughly entertaining world."-Jim Butcher, New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden FilesProduct DescriptionThere's a...
SUMMARY: How many minutes should you cook green beans? Is it better to steam them or to boil them?What are the right proportions for a vinaigrette?How do you skim off fat?What is t...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. At the start of Smith's superb third thriller to feature Ana Grey (after 2003's Good Morning, Killer), the FBI special agent, who's still rec....
Author Joseph Wheelan has marvelously captured the story of America’s war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the nations that supported it. Two centuries...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: After her brilliant detective debut in *Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor*, there can be no doubt that Jane Austen would have made aremarkable sleuth...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ***“Smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow is one of the most interesting writers of his generation.”—Peter Straub ***“I...
Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, "I know of no other account...
SUMMARY: When a tsunami hit a Spanish treasure galleon, all trace of a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh's vanished into history. Until NUMA agent DIRK PITT® dives into...