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The Lighthouse Stevensons - Bella Bathurst
Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.'Whenever I smell salt water, I know ... -
The Last Vampire - Whitley Strieber
SUMMARY: She lives. Miriam Blaylock's insatiable hunger has never ceased. Her incomparable beauty has made her a legend among the Keepers. Her many lovers have come and gone, crumb... -
The Last Tsar - Edvard Radzinsky
Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying... -
The Last Gentleman - Walker Percy
A jaded young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of an unusual familyWill Barrett has never felt at peace. After moving from his native South to New York City... -
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
From School Library JournalGrade 9 Up—Todd Hewitt lives in a world in which all women are dead, and the thoughts of men and animals are constantly audible as Noise. Graphically rep... -
The Island of Dr. Moreau (Pengu - H. G. Wells
Amazon.com ReviewA shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never w... -
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
SUMMARY: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny--one she could never have imagined...Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before he... -
The Illustrated Gormenghast Tri - Mervyn Peake
Review"Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experien... -
The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea - Michael Harney
FromEver since the Boston Tea Party, Americans have never exhibited the same passion for tea that so many others in the world cultivate. Much of the tea consumed here is iced tea. ... -
The Gossamer Plain - Thomas M. Reid
Product DescriptionEver wonder what could bring a demon to the gates of heaven? Aliisza and Kaanyr Vhok have returned from their attempted invasion of Menzoberranzan and turned...