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Masscult and Midcult - Dwight MacDonald
A New York Review Books OriginalAn uncompromising contrarian, a passionate polemicist, a man of quick wit and wide learning, an anarchist, a pacifist, and a virtuoso of the slashin... -
Laird of the Mist - Paula Quinn
Review'Quinn captures the aura of the Highlands brilliantly, delivering a tale rife with Scottish lore and infamous feuds. She combines passion, history, danger and intrigue to per... -
Kristin Lavransdatter - Sigrid Undset; Tiina Nunnally;
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In her great historical epic *Kristin Lavransdatter*, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and he... -
Known Dead_ A Novel - Donald Harstad
Amazon.com ReviewDonald Harstad was an Iowa deputy sheriff for 26 years, and only retired so that he could pursue his passion for writing. His first book was a well-received police... -
In Stitches_ The Highs and Lows - Nick Edwards
SUMMARY: Dr. Nick Edwards is an Accident and Emergency (A&E) doctor working in the UK and a passionate believer in the National Health System (NHS). However, the reforms, political... -
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell
In this chronicle of his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with b... -
Hard Rain Falling - Don Carpenter; George Pelecanos
Review"Tarmac-tough dialogue and road-novel deliquent action is customised with a tender intensity about both friendship and sexual passion. Often savage, never cynical, Carpenter ... -
Good Morning, Killer - April Smith
Amazon.com ReviewFBI Special Agent Ana Gray returns in this complex, involving thriller about a dedicated officer's search for a serial rapist that proceeds alongside her passionat... -
Good Daughters - Joyce Maynard
SUMMARY: They were born on the same day, in the same hospital, into families that could hardly have been less alike. Ruth is an artist and a romantic, with a rich and passionate im... -
From Dawn to Deceit - Terry Joseph
SUMMARY: Are the Wall Street players Jasper Cunningham encounters along his quest for power merely a pawn in his murderous passion for wealth? From Dawn to Deceit reveals the saga ...