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Lincoln's Dreams - Connie Willis
From Publishers WeeklyAs a researcher for a popular historical novelist, Jeff Johnston finds himself immersed in the minutiae of the Civil War, tracking down the name of a general'... -
Linchpin - Seth Godin
There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make ... -
Lightning Man_ The Accursed Lif - Kenneth Silverman
From Publishers WeeklyThe New York Herald may have eulogized the inventor of the telegraph in 1872 as "perhaps the most illustrious American of his age," but Samuel Morse may have ... -
Light on snow_ a novel - Anita Shreve
From Publishers WeeklyAn after-school stroll leads to a life-altering event for widower Robert Dillon and his 12-year-old daughter, Nicky, in this delicate new novel by acclaimed a... -
Lifeguard - James Patterson; Andrew Gross
From Publishers WeeklyBeach bum Ned Kelly, a part-time lifeguard, pool guy and errand runner in Palm Beach, Fla., has just scored with beautiful, rich Tess McAuliffe. Life sure is ... -
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit - Tom Holt
From Publishers WeeklyHolt's latest comic fantasy gently twists the reader's mind like a wet dishrag. Polly Mayer thinks she's going crazy: her coffee keeps disappearing, someone e... -
Life in a Medieval Village - Frances Gies; Joseph Gies
From Publishers WeeklyAccording to the authors of Life in a Medieval City , the vast majority of medieval Europeans lived in villages--"permanent communities organized for agricult... -
Life in a Medieval City - Joseph Gies; Frances Gies
For students, researchers, and history lovers, a look at day-to-day life in a rarely explored era. "About life and death, midwives and funerals, business, books and authors, and to... -
Libra - Don Delillo
From Publishers WeeklyDeLillo's ninth novel takes its title from Lee Harvey Oswald's zodiac sign, the sign of "balance." And, as in all his fiction ( Running Dog , The Names , Whit... -
Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou
From Publishers WeeklyFrom the mellifluous voice of a venerable American icon comes her first original collection of writing to be published in ten years, anecdotal vignettes drawn...