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The Art of Travel - Alain De Botton
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to -
The Accident Man - Tom Cain
From Publishers Weekly The pseudonymous Cain, a British journalist, has come up with a clever premise for his first novel. One summer night in 1997, Samuel Carver, an extremely cap... -
Sword and Citadel - Gene Wolfe
SUMMARY: I Master of the House of Chains “It was in my hair, Severian,” Dorcas said. “So I stood under the waterfall in the hot stone room—I don’t know if the men’s side is arrange... -
Stuff White People Like - Christian Lander
EDITORIAL REVIEW: They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday *New York Times*, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all a... -
Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Review"I believe in Jack and his ability to understand his mother in shades of gray. I believe in his ability to be fiercely independent: to try and try and try . . . and at the sa... -
Singapore Sling Shot - Andrew Grant
In book two in the Daniel Swann series, former British agent Daniel Swann is living in semi-retirement in Hong Kong when he receives a call for help from his old friend Thai drug l... -
Shadow Men - Jonathon King
From Publishers WeeklyThough moody ex-Philadelphia cop Max Freeman has found a measure of peace in life, he faces some of the same challenges in King's third stellar outing as he d... -
Sh_t My Dad Says - Justin Halpern
EDITORIAL REVIEW: After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam Halpern,... -
Secret Weapon Spouse - B. J. Daniels
EDITORIAL REVIEW: WEDDING PLANNER UNDER COVER By day, quiet and reserved Samantha Peters worked for a high-end wedding planner. By night she was a top-notch agent with Miami Confid... -
Savor_ Mindful Eating, Mindful - Thich Nhat Hanh; Lilian Cheung
From Publishers WeeklyIf Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master Nhat Hanh says the same thing over and over, it could be because not enough people have heard him, and those who have need a...