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The Spy Game - Georgina Harding
SUMMARY: On a freezing January morning in 1961, eight-year-old Anna's mother disappears into the fog. That same morning, a spy case breaks in the news. Obsessed by stories of espio... -
The Spring of the Ram - Dorothy Dunnett
With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The ... -
The Split Second - John Hulme; Michael Wexler
SUMMARY: Now thirteen years old and still a Fixer in the parallel universe called the Seems, Becker Drane is called upon to repair the damage caused by an enormous bomb planted in ... -
The Spirit Banner - Alex Archer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Genghis Khan carved out a legacy of bloodshed and conquered kingdoms that has lasted almost eight hundred years. But while his name and deeds live on in the annal... -
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eatin - Elisabeth Tova Bailey
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter... -
The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
"I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire. . . . I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of... -
The Song Before It Is Sung - Justin Cartwright
On July 20, 1944, Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. He had the main conspirators brutally strung up on meat hooks. Among the executed was Axel von Gottberg, a... -
The Sonderberg Case - Elie Wiesel; Catherine Temerson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From the Nobel laureate and author of the masterly *Night,* a deeply felt, beautifully written novel of morality, guilt, and innocence.Despite personal success, Y... -
The Sleepwalkers - Hermann Broch; Willa Muir
From Publishers WeeklySpanning some 20 years, Broch's epic trilogy of daily life in Germany established him as an important modernist innovator. Copyright 1996 Cahners Business... -
The Sleeping God - Violette Malan
SUMMARY: Masters of weapons and martial arts, Mercenaries Dhulyn Wolfshead and Parno Lionsmane have just saved one of the Marked, those gifted with special powers, from a mob that ...