As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermee...
Amazon.com ReviewWith such novels as and , Edward Rutherfurd has laid claim to place, in which the characters tend to play second fiddle to the setting. The ...
Review“One of the most interesting and critically underrated novelists we have … The Folklore of Discworld — co-authored with the eminent folklorist Jacqueline Simpson — e...
Review“Fascinating...breathless suspense.” (Minneapolis Tribune ) “Tony Hillerman’s novels are like no others.” (San Diego Union-Tribune ) “[Hillerman] is a master at hi...
When her widower father drowns at sea, Gemma Hardy is taken from her native Iceland to Scotland to live with her kind uncle and his family. But the death of her doting guardian lea...
SUMMARY: In these energetic, exhilarating stories, Ali Smith portrays a world of everyday dislocation, where people nevertheless find connection, mystery, and love. In "Astute Fier...
An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In December 2009, Google began customizing ...
Amazon.com ReviewIn The Fighting Agents, W.E.B. Griffin retells the story (previously told in Behind the Lines) of Wendell Fertig, a U.S. Army officer who promoted himsel...
Amazon.com ReviewMario Vargas Llosa, a former candidate for the presidency of Peru, is better placed than most novelists to write about the machinations of Latin American politics....