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The Death of King Arthur - Peter Ackroyd
Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation.The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword... -
The Case for God - Karen Armstrong
SUMMARY: Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it calle... -
The Bourne Objective - Eric van Lustbader; Robert Ludl
SUMMARY: Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne's impaired memory, in ... -
The Borgias - Christopher Hibbert
Product DescriptionWarlords, Popes, Poisoners – the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance.The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, n... -
The Best Travel Writing 2011 - James O'Reilly; Larry Habegger;
This book is our annual collection of the best travel writing of the year, much of it never published before, from big names in travel literature and emerging new writers. "The Bes... -
The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Named 1998 Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America, Elizabeth Peters is also a doctor of Egyptology whose mysteries have sub... -
Talking of Joyce_ Umberto Eco, - Umberto Eco; Liberato Santoro-b
Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, has long been interested in the works of Joyce. Eco's essay, as does Santoro-Brienza's, celebrates joyce's deep... -
Sweet Revenge - Nora Roberts
Review"Move over, Sidney Sheldon: the world has a new master of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts."—Rex Reed"Her stories have fueled the dreams of twenty-five mi... -
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - James Patterson
SUMMARY: Katie Wilkinson has finally found the perfect man - but one day he suddenly disappears, leaving behind only a diary written by a new mother named Suzanne for her baby, Nic... -
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow - Jessica Day George
From BooklistUnnamed and rejected by her mother, a girl (known as the lass) jumps at the chance to leave her meager home after a great white bear offers her a deal: if she accompan...