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Kolyma Tales - Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
Product DescriptionIt is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seve... -
Knock 'Em Dead 2011 - Yate Martin
As America starts down the long road of recovery from the worst recession in more than a generation, millions are searching for new jobs. With unemployment peaking at more than 10 ... -
Istanbul Noir - Mustafa Ziyalan; Amy Spangler
From Publishers WeeklyIstanbul straddles the divide of Europe and Asia, and its polyglot population of 12 million seethes with political, religious and sexual tensions, as shown in... -
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn
From Publishers WeeklyQuinn ( Dreamer ) won the Turner Tomorrow Award's half-million-dollar first prize for this fascinating and odd book--not a novel by any conventional definitio... -
Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
From Publishers WeeklyAfter a team of American scientists at Wilkes Ice Station discover what seems to be a spaceship in a four-million-year-old cavern below the ice, two of the di... -
Harry Potter and Philosophy_ If - David Baggett; Shawn Klein
Harry Potter has put a spell on millions of readers, and they all want to find out more about the deeper meaning of his adventures. In Harry Potter and Philosophy, 17 experts in... -
Gratitude - Joseph Kertes
SUMMARY: March 1944: War’s darkest period descends upon Hungary’s Jews. By the time it ends in January 1945, over half a million Jews will have been murdered. Gratitude tells the s... -
First degree - David Rosenfelt
SUMMARY: The mysterious legacy of defense attorney Andy Carpenter's late father has made him a rich man--22 million dollars rich, to be exact. But as Andy relaxes in his office, im... -
Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The Crime: ****Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars**. Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the t... -
Evolution_ a novel - Stephen Baxter
Amazon.com ReviewFollowing up his cosmic Evolution. The book is nothing less than a novelization of human evolution, a mega-Michener treatment of 65 million years starring a host ....