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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 Dud Avocado - Elaine Dundy
The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote about the... -
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
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 ... -
The Book of Secrets - Deepak Chopra
SUMMARY:Crafted with all the skills that have made his previous books bestsellers, The Book of Secrets will be essential reading for Deepak Chopra's huge number of followers... -
The Black Raven - Katharine Kerr
For the devoted followers of the dazzling Deverry and Westlands cycle, Katharine Kerr continues the magical epic saga she began in The Red Wyvern.The Black RavenHer l... -
The Ascent of Money_ A Financia - Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Fi... -
The Aeneid - Virgil; Bernard Knox; Robert Fa
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Princeton scholar Fagles follows up his celebrated Iliad and Odyssey with a new, fast-moving, readable rendition of the nat... -
The 7th Month_ A Detective D. D - Lisa Gardner
In Lisa Gardner’s first-ever short story following thirteen bestselling novels, The 7th Month takes readers between the books and into a day in the life of Boston Detective D. D. W... -
Sunset Park - Paul Auster
SUMMARY: Luminous, passionate, expansive, an emotional tour de force Sunset Park follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysteriou... -
Sukkwan Island_ A Novella From - David Vann
SUMMARY:In semiautobiographical stories set largely in David Vann's native Alaska, Legend of a Suicide follows Roy Fenn from his birth on an island at the edge of the Bering...