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The Price of Everything - Eduardo Porter
Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for a coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar.... -
The Postman - David Brin
SUMMARY: This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as "War Day" or "Alas, Babylon, " David Brin's "The Postman... -
The Phantom of Manhattan - Frederick Forsyth
SUMMARY: The stunning continuation of the timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera.In The Phantom of Manhattan, acclaimed, bestselling suspense novelist Frederick Forsyth pens a m... -
The Penguin Book of Card Games - David Parlett
The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players.Auctions, trumpless han... -
The Name of the Star - Maureen Johnson
Review"Johnson fearlessly takes readers from . . . a cool innocent-abroad-with-iPod story to supernatural thriller. The tension ramps up exquisitely among cups of tea, library visi... -
The Mystery of the Headless Hor - William Arden
SUMMARY:When three junior detectives search for a valuable old Spanish sword lost since the Mexican War, the headless statue of a horse yields a clue. -
The Moons of Jupiter - Alice Munro
In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and re... -
The Memoirs of a Survivor - Doris Lessing
SUMMARY: "An extraordinary and compelling meditation about the enduring need for loyalty, love and responsibility."-- Time "A brilliant fable." -- Maureen Howard, front page, The N... -
The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookb - Kim O'Donnel
Founded by Johns Hopkins University, the Meatless Monday” campaign counts among its fans Michael Pollan, Sheryl Crow, and Paul McCartney. From Baltimore Public Schools to the city... -
The Manhattan Hunt Club - John Saul
Amazon.com ReviewIn Manhattan Hunt Club John Saul plumbs the depths of the Manhattan underground--the network of subway tunnels and secret caverns and chambers where the homeless ....