SUMMARY: Just why do humpback whales sing?That's the question that has marine biologist Nate Quinnand his crew poking, charting, recording andphotographing very big, wet, gray mari...
SUMMARY: Babette Robinson changes careers and lovers as easily as she changes hairstyles. But after losing her last job, she's beginning to see that her feather-to-the-wind mentali...
How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conund...
"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago TribuneTwo-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in ...
SUMMARY: Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-hero of Ender's Game -winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel-and enter his Universe through this co...
SUMMARY: The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of "Founding Brothers" and "His Excellency "brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating n...
SUMMARY: Winner of six Nebula and five Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Zoë Ferraris’s electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of men and women there. When sixte...
The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq from a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Thomas E. Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for the Washington...
Amazon.com ReviewIn the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of and , two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain h...