Amazon.com ReviewIn 1954, Shelby Foote was a young novelist with a contract to write a short history of the Civil War. It soon became clear, however, that he had undertaken a long-...
ReviewAcharya S has done a superb job in bringing together this rich panoply of ancient world mythology and culture, and presenting it in a comprehensive and compelling fashion. Sh...
From Publishers WeeklyIn his 13th book, bestselling Sparks (At First Sight, etc.) limns the far-reaching implications of several seemingly ordinary choices made by Beaufort, N.C. v...
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misu...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In bestseller Berry's fourth thriller to feature ex–Justice Department agent Cotton Malone (after The Venetian Betrayal), Malone embarks on a....
From Publishers WeeklyCanadian Galloway (_Ascension_) delivers a tense and haunting novel following four people trying to survive war-torn Sarajevo. After a mortar attack kills 22 ...
From Publishers WeeklyThe discovery of a fragment of a prehistoric cave painting stirs up old passions in modern Europe in this busy, fact-driven fourth novel by commentator and jo...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions!** Since *The Book of Three* was first published in 1964, young readers have...
From Publishers WeeklyVeteran British author Stableford's Emortality series of future history novels (Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality and Fountains of Youth, which star...
From Publishers WeeklySignature_Reviewed by_ Greg BearCaryatids, in Greek architecture, are stone women who support massive buildings. The Caryatids of Bruce Sterling's shimmering ...