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First Contact_ Or, It's Later T - Evan Mandery
SUMMARY: A satirical joyride in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, First Contact introduces us to the hyper-intelligent Rigelians, who admire Woody Allen movies and ... -
Empire of the Summer Moon - S. C. Gwynne
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the Ame... -
De Profundis - Oscar Wilde
SUMMARY: Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, "De Profundis" explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and of... -
Butterfly's Shadow - Lee Langley
In a Japan still rigid with tradition, an apprehensive fifteen-year-old tea-house girl prepares to welcome her first client. In his gleaming white uniform, Lieutenant Pinkerton wal... -
Black Pearls - Louise Hawes; Rebecca Guay
From BooklistSeven gems based on traditional fairy tales make up this collection of unique short stories. In these beautifully written, sometimes harsh retellings, Cinderella crave... -
Beyond Mindfulness in Plain Eng - Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Product DescriptionEvery meditation tradition explains that there are two aspects to any effective meditation practice: insight and concentration. In Mindfulness in Plain English,.... -
Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions... -
Before the Storm - Michael P. Kube-McDowell
In the blockbuster bestselling tradition of Heir to the Empire comes this thrilling addition to the Star Wars(r) saga, as peace gives way to a new threat...It is a time of tra... -
Back to the Moon - Travis S. Taylor
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Praise for Travis S. Taylor * “[Warp Speed*] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum. . . .You won't want to put it down.” —**John Ringo** “In the tradition of... -
At Bertram's Hotel - Agatha Christie
SUMMARY:Miss Jane Marple is on vacation and loving every minute of her stay at London's eminently expensive bastion of tradition. Bertam's Hotel. but its impeccable old-worl...