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The Reservoir - John Milliken Thompson
On an early spring morning in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 1885, a young pregnant woman is found floating in the city reservoir. It appears that she has committed suicide, but t... -
The Reivers - William Faulkner
Product DescriptionThis grand misadventure is the story of three unlikely thieves, or reivers: 11-year-old Lucius Priest and two of his family's retainers. In 1905, these three set... -
The Red Thread - Dawn Farnham
Like Chinese silk, The Red Thread is, by turns, gentle and strong, exploring a love that breaks through the divide of race and culture, a love that is both deeply physical and a ma... -
The Prophecy - Chris Kuzneski
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The next exciting, action-packed thriller from the national bestselling author. ** Michel de Nostredame, the French apothecary commonly known as Nostradamus, ha... -
The People's Queen - Vanora Bennett
SUMMARY: Set in late fourteenth century England, Vanora Bennett's rich, dramatic new novel presents an England uncannily like our own.The country is in turmoil, The King is in debt... -
The Oil and the Glory_ The Purs - Steve Levine
Review"... the treat is in the roiling tale of the gambles, bravado, and maneuvering of the dealmakers. ... Like a good scenarist, LeVine develops the characters for each segment b... -
The Neutronium Alchemist - Peter F. Hamilton
Product DescriptionThe ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, b... -
The Masque of Africa_ Glimpses - V. S. Naipaul
SUMMARY: Like all of V. S. Naipaul’s “travel” books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, t... -
The Manual of Detection - Jedediah Berry
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **In this tightly plotted yet mind- expanding debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of c... -
The Man Who Ate Everything - Jeffrey Steingarten
Amazon.com ReviewWhen Jeffrey Steingarten was made food critic of Vogue in 1989, he began by systematically learning to like all the food he had previously avoided. From clams to ....