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The Taliban Shuffle_ Strange Da - Kim Barker
FromWar correspondent Barker first started reporting from Afghanistan in 2003, when the war there was lazy and insignificant. She was just learning to navigate Afghan culture, one ... -
The Street Philosopher - Matthew Plampin
SUMMARY: There was another war, some 150 years ago, which was unpopular at home ā the death rate shocking, the military strategy confused ā and the first on which the media had a m... -
The Spy Who Loved Me_ A James B - Ian Fleming
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A beautiful girl with a sensual past, Vivienne Michell is different from all the women Bond has known before. When she is confronted with two evil killers there i... -
The Siege of Krishnapur - J. G. Farrell
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly... -
The Seventh Witch - Shirley Damsgaard
SUMMARY: Small-town librarian and psychic Ophelia Jensen hails from a long line of wise and wonderfully gifted women. There's her grandmother, Abby, a talented witch, and her great... -
The Seven Basic Plots - Christopher Booker
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a ... -
The Secret Life of Ceecee Wilke - Diane Chamberlain
SUMMARY: In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the unb... -
The Russian Dreambook of Color - Gina Ochsner
In a crumbling apartment building in post-Soviet Russia, there's a ghost who won't keep quiet.Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried, so he sticks around to heckle... -
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 Regulators - Stephen King
SUMMARY:There s a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It s called Poplar Street. Up until now it s been a nice place to live.The idling red van around t...