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The claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice; A. N. Roquelaure
The first of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty"Something very special...at once so light and yet so haunting." -The AdvocateIn the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Bea... -
The cave - Kate Mosse
SUMMARY: A QUICK READ - part of the WORLD BOOK DAY 2009 literacy initiative for emergent readers.March 1928. Freddie Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains of south west F... -
The calligrapher's daughter_ a - Eugenia Kim
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This debut novel, inspired by the life of the author's Korean mother, is a beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning 30 years of Kor... -
The botany of desire_ a plant's - Michael Pollan
SUMMARY: Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the fl... -
The blue edge of midnight - Jonathon King
Amazon.com ReviewPenzler Pick, This is the first entry in what I hope will be a series by journalist Jonathon King, who has written for the Philadelphia Daily News -
The assassin - W.E.B. Griffin
SUMMARY: A perfectly typed bomb threat makes its way to the Philadelphia Police Department--the calling card of a political assassin on the loose. It couldn't happen at a worse tim... -
The art of nonfiction_ a guide - Ayn Rand; Robert Mayhew
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers-now available for the ... -
The art of fiction_ a guide for - Ayn Rand; Tore Boeckmann
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A newly published resource taken from a famous lecture course given by Ayn RandIn 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as *At... -
The angel's game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the international phenomenon **The Shadow of the Wind**, comes **The Angel’s Game** — a dazzling new page-tur... -
The amazing adventures of Kaval - Michael Chabon
SUMMARY: This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist...