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An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge
From Publishers WeeklyA Booker Prize nominee, Bainbridge's latest novel is a compelling read, again demonstrating her acuity of observation and darkly comic view of life. In Stella... -
American Empire_ The Victorious - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyThe latest volume in Turtledove's colossal and brilliant saga of an alternate (and disunited) United States may be the strongest and most compelling since the... -
After the prophet_ the epic sto - Lesley Hazleton
SUMMARY: Narrative history at its most compelling, "After the Prophet" relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam. Even as M... -
A Fierce Radiance_ A Novel - Lauren Belfer
SUMMARY: From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "City of Light" comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous... -
1434 - Gavin Menzies
<blockquote>The <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>1421</i> offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of ...