Product DescriptionWarlords, Popes, Poisoners – the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance.The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, n...
SUMMARY: A stunning historical novel, 'The Book of Fires' is the unforgettable story of Agnes Trussel ' and love, fireworks and redemption.Brought up in rural Sussex, seventeen-yea...
From School Library JournalGrade 5-8–At the dawning of the Middle Ages, Thorston, an old alchemist, works feverishly to create gold and to dose himself with a concoction that will ...
SUMMARY: It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. ...
Amazon.com ReviewAuthor Anthony Bourdain is a talented chef whose two previous thrillers (, ) were seasoned with the kind of culinary details that delighted the Food Chann...
The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection <b>The Boat</b> take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering ves...
SUMMARY: From Katrina Kittle, critically acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers, comes a wry and moving story of forgiveness, flexibility, happiness, and the art of moving o...
From Library JournalOliver Metcalf is the editor of the Blackstone Chronicle in Blackstone, NH. His father had been the director of the Blackstone Asylum before his death. Oliver h...