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Absolute Friends - John le Carre
A ferocious new novel from the master: when a man's good heart is his worst enemy ... By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of ... -
Ablutions - Patrick Dewitt
In a famous but declining Hollywood bar works A Barman. Morbidly amused by the decadent decay of his surroundings, he watches the patrons fall into their nightly oblivion, making n... -
A Wife for a Westmoreland - Brenda Jackson
Product DescriptionFor weeks, Derringer Westmoreland was haunted by memories of a woman whose face he could not recall. But he wanted—he needed—to share that intense passion again.... -
A Victorian Flower Dictionary - Mandy Kirkby
"A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it."Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periw... -
A Singular Hostage - Thalassa Ali
From Publishers WeeklyWhat's a Victorian girl to do? Twenty years old, not quite beautiful, more interested in military history than in conventional female doings, Mariana Givens s... -
A Short History of Myth - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThis is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution through... -
A Place of My Own_ The Architec - Michael Pollan
SUMMARY: "A room of one's own: is there anybody who hasn't at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn't turned those soft words over until they'd assumed a habitable shap... -
A Perfect Evi - Alex Kava
SUMMARY: Nick Morrelli is the Platte City, Nebraska, sheriff who must be smarter than he appears, since there's a framed Harvard law degree hanging on his wall. Not that appearance... -
A More Perfect Heaven - Dava Sobel
By 1514, the reclusive cleric Nicolaus Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory-in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to p... -
A Killing in China Basin - Kirk Russell
First in the brand-new DI Ben Raveneau crime series - Many consider homicide detective Ben Raveneau to be at the tail end of his career - not least his ambitious young partner, Eli...