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Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It i... -
Lethal Passage_ The Story of a - Erik Larson
This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high scho... -
Kisses for Lula - Samantha Mackintosh
This title features the hilarious twisting-turning plots and ludicrous escapades of a brand new star, Lula Bird! Lula Bird is gorgeous, funny and dreading her birthday because you ... -
Istanbul Noir - Mustafa Ziyalan; Amy Spangler
From Publishers WeeklyIstanbul straddles the divide of Europe and Asia, and its polyglot population of 12 million seethes with political, religious and sexual tensions, as shown in... -
Hetty_ The Genius and Madness o - Charles Slack
From BooklistHetty Green (1835-1916) was the only woman to make her mark in the financial markets during the Guilded Age of the late 1800s. She parlayed an inheritance of $500,000 ... -
Going Dutch_ How England Plunde - Lisa Jardine
From Publishers WeeklyEngland's almost bloodless Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which the Dutch king William of Orange overthrew James II, began as a hostile takeover but rapidly ... -
Doctor Who_ The Wages of Sin - David A. McIntee
SUMMARY:From the wastes of Siberia to the intrigue of the imperial court at St. Petersberg, 1916, the Third Doctor, Jo and Liz are involved in the machinations of the mad mo... -
Daughter of Xanadu - Dori Jones Yang
FromThe granddaughter of Khubilai Khan, 16-year-old Emmajin takes more interest in joining the army than in finding a husband. When her grandfather asks her to gather intelligence ... -
Close to Shore - Michael Capuzzo; Mike Capuzzo
Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimme... -
Brian's Return - Gary Paulsen
Amazon.com Review A deer in his canoe, a bear attack, a leg stabbed with an arrowhead--it's just another week in the life of 16-year-old Brian Robeson. In his opinion, this beats a...