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World War Z_ An Oral History of - Max Brooks
EDITORIAL REVIEW: “The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie WarThe Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the ... -
Work Song - Ivan Doig
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Doig affectionately revisits Morris "Morrie" Morgan from the much-heralded The Whistling Season. Now, 10 years later, in 1919, Morrie lands in... -
Woodrow Wilson_ a biography - John Milton Cooper
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.A Democrat who reclai... -
Wizard and Glass (Revised Editi - Stephen King
From Kirkus ReviewsAfter a five-year lapse, King's gargantuan cowboy romance about Roland of Gilead (the Gunslinger) hits volume four, with three more planned. King's behemoth was ... -
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
EDITORIAL REVIEW: This book comes with an introduction by Christine Baker. Focusing on two families, the Gibsons and the Hamleys, this novel describes the habits, loyalties, prejud... -
Without Mercy - Lisa Jackson
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The murder of Julia Jules Farentino's father creates a bond with her younger half-sister, Shaylee Stillman in this juicy creep-a-thon from bes... -
With the Old Breed_ At Peleliu - E. B. Sledge
Review"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in... -
Wiseguy_ life in a Mafia family - Nicholas Pileggi
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy... -
Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor
Amazon.com ReviewWise Blood is a comedy with a fierce, Old Testament soul. Flannery O'Connor has no truck with such newfangled notions as psychology. Driven by forces outside thei.... -
Wireless - Charles Stross
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **Science fiction guru Charles Stross "sizzles with ideas" (*Denver Post*) in his first major short story collection.** The Hugo Award-winning author of such grou...