On 21 December 2012, the Mayan calendar will end. Many see it as an apocalyptic sign. But is it? In THE TWELFTH INSIGHT, the long-awaited fourth book in the beloved Celestine serie...
From Publishers WeeklySet 12 years after A Meeting at Corvallis (2006), Stirling's latest novel of a chaotic near-future U.S., crippled when the mysterious Change rendered most te....
BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Anne Perry's Treason at Lisson Grove and Execution Dock.Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence...
From Publishers WeeklyDrawing on a range of sources, in addition to The Odyssey, Atwood scripts the narrative of Penelope, the faithful and devoted wife of Odysseus and her 12 maid...
From Publishers WeeklyThe solar system's entry in 2020 into a supernova's atmosphere threatens the future of life on Earth in Strieber's over-the-top sequel to 2012: The War for So...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes is back!Sherlock Holmes, the world's first--and most famous--consulting detective, came to the world's attention more than 120 years ago through S...
From Publishers WeeklyAt 12, Monica Winters is forced to exchange her privileged life in El Salvador as the daughter of the beautiful and headstrong heiress (and amateur marine bio...
Amazon.com ReviewIn a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver ...
From Publishers WeeklySet in the 1950s, Steel's account of a family coming to terms with a child's death spent 12 weeks on PW's bestseller list. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Inform...
SUMMARY: It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever ...