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Becoming Madame Mao - Anchee Min
Amazon.com ReviewMany writers have engaged in the project of rescuing female figures from history, but few have tackled such an unsympathetic character as Anchee Min does in her hi... -
Batman and philosophy_ the dark - Mark D. White; Robert Arp
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and end everyone's misery? Can we hold the Joker morally responsible for his actions? Is Batman better than Superman? If ev... -
Ballet Shoes_ A Story of Three - Noel Streatfeild
SUMMARY:Relates the fortunes of three adopted sisters who take dancing and stage training, one to become an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix. -
Backup & Recovery - W. Curtis Preston
Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete... -
As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
Amazon.com ReviewFaulkner's distinctive narrative structures--the uses of multiple points of view and the inner psychological voices of the characters--in one of its most successfu... -
Artemis Fowl_ the time paradox - Eoin Colfer
SUMMARY: Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making th... -
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis C - Eoin Colfer
SUMMARY: ARTEMIS FOWLS CRIMINAL WAYS HAVE FINALLY GOT THE BETTER OF HIM . . . Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activi... -
Anything Goes_ A Biography of t - Lucy Moore
FromThe term Roaring Twenties connotates an era of uninhibited excess, characterized by drinking, shameless flappers, jazz, and gangland wars. All of these aspects are covered in t... -
Annie Dunne - Sebastian Barry
Amazon.com ReviewThe central character in Sebastian Barry's novel Annie Dunne is a woman who has been pushed to the margins, a woman whom life has given few chances of happiness a.... -
And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave
From Publishers WeeklyAustralian rock musician, lyricist and actor Cave's first novel is an innovative, if wildly idiosyncratic, tall tale satirizing religious fanaticism. Euchrid ...