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Happy Families_ Stories - Carlos Fuentes; Edith Grossman
SUMMARY: The internationally acclaimed author Carlos Fuentes, winner of the Cervantes Prize and the Latin Civilization Award, delivers a stunning work of fiction about family and l... -
Guns, germs, and steel_ the fat - Jared M. Diamond
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples... -
Freedom Summer - Bruce W. Watson
A majestic history of the summer of '64, which forever changed race relations in America In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college studen... -
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Amazon.com ReviewFor Whom the Bell Tolls begins and ends in a pine-scented forest, somewhere in Spain. The year is 1937 and the Spanish Civil War is in full swing. Robert Jordan, .... -
Finding Atlantis - David King
The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilizationan epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the... -
Failsafe - David MacK
When a cultural observation probe malfunctions and crash-lands on a pre-warp world, the S.C.E. is sent in to destroy it before the technology falls into the hands of a civilization... -
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Drink - Iain Gately
A spirited look at the history of alcohol from the dawn of civilization to the twenty first century For better or worse, alcohol has helped shape our civilization. Throughout histo... -
Doomsday Prophecy - Scott Mariani
A deadly conspiracy'Ś An ancient prophecy'Ś A race to prevent Armageddon'ŚA thrilling, high-octane race to save civilisation that will engross fans of Dan Brown and Sam Bourne.W... -
Doctor Who_ Vanderdeken's Child - Christopher Bulis
SUMMARY:It is 3123, and traveling in the Tardis into deepest space, the Doctor and Sam find three spacecraft. One is a Ximosian warship, the other an Emindaran civilian star...