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The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett
Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it?...When duty calls. Co... -
The Fiery Trial_ Abraham Lincol - Eric Foner
From Publishers WeeklyA mixture of visionary progressivism and repugnant racism, Abraham Lincoln's attitude toward slavery is the most troubling aspect of his public life, one that... -
The Feast of Love - Charles Baxter
Among literary cognoscenti, Charles Baxter has a well-deserved reputation as one of America's finest writers. Bes... -
The Farming of Bones_ A Novel - Edwidge Danticat
SUMMARY: In 1937, on the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, an orphaned maid to an army colonel's wife, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, but ... -
The Family - Mario Puzo
'We are a family,' Alexander told his children. 'And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. We must learn from each other, protect each other, and... -
The Fall of the House of Zeus - Curtis Wilkie
“Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.” —Douglas Brinkley ... -
The Face - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY: Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotio... -
The Executor - Jesse Kellerman
SUMMARY: Things aren t going well for Joseph Geist. He s broke. His graduate school advisor won t talk to him. And his girlfriend has kicked him out of her apartment, leaving him h... -
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
SUMMARY:Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore,... -
The Ethical Assassin_ A Novel - David Liss
From Publishers WeeklyLiss (_A Conspiracy of Paper_) recycles familiar conventions—drug dealers, missing money, an innocent hero mixed up with bad guys—but salvages his novel from ...