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The Belly of Paris - Emile Zola; Mark Kurlansky
Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga,The Belly of Parisis the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil's Island. Retur... -
The Battery - Henry Schlesinger
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and David Bodanis's E=MC2, The Battery is the first popular history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest s... -
The Basque History of the World - Mark Kurlansky
Amazon.com ReviewThe buzz about the Guggenheim Bilbao aside, the Basques seldom get good press--from the 12th-century Codex of Calixtus ("A Basque or Navarrese would do in a Frenc.... -
The Bane of the Black Sword - Michael Moorcock
"High in the wintry sky climbed the dragons as Elric urged his charges westwards. Thoughts of love, of peace, of vengeance even were lost in that reckless sweeping across the glowe... -
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse th... -
The Adolescent - Fyodor Dostoevsky; Richard Peve
Review“The Adolescent is the most captivating of Dostoevsky’s novels.” —Konstantin Mochulsky, author of Dostoevsky: His Life and Work_ _Praise for ... -
Street Smarts_ An All-Purpose T - Norm Brodsky; Bo Burlingham
From Publishers WeeklyBrodsky and Burlingham, both Inc. magazine columnists, offer a host of advice to budding businesspeople in this thoughtful guide. Having seen businesses fail.... -
Star Wars_ The New Jedi Order_ - Aaron Allston
As the Yuuzhan Vong’s spectacular conquests continue unchecked, Luke Skywalker, Han and Leia Solo , and Wedge Antilles are forced to destroy what they have risked their lives to cr... -
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Star Wars_ Shadows of the Empir - Steve Perry
It is a time of crisis. Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, is being taken to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. As Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission including Luke Skywalker, Lan...