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The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
ReviewAcclaim for Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic“Poetic . . . Otsuka combines the tragic power of a Greek chorus with the intimacy of a confession. She conjur... -
The Brothers' Lot - Kevin Holohan
ReviewKevin Holohan's strange yet disconcertingly recognizable world has echoes of Flann O'Brien's and Monty Python's, but there is rage as well as absurdist comedy. THE BROTHERS' ... -
The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, *The Broom of the System* stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the c... -
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare
Review"A dramatic, deeply felt narrative whose characters and message will long be remembered." Booklist, ALAAbout the Author"I was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on Novem... -
The Broken Teaglass - Emily Arsenault
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The dusty files of a venerable dictionary publisher . . . a hidden cache of coded clues . . . a story written by a phantom author . . . an unsolved murder in a gr... -
The Bridge_ The Life and Rise o - David Remnick
EDITORIAL REVIEW: No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that*... -
The Bride's Awakening - Kate Hewitt
EDITORIAL REVIEW: He-s going to teach her how to be a woman! Vittorio Ralfino, the Count of Cazlevara, is back in Italy to find a traditional wife. Anamaria Viale, a good local gir... -
The Bricklayer - Noah Boyd
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *People are dying* . . . Each victim has been a thorn in the side of the FBI, and, inexplicably, domestic terrorists who claim to be anti-Bureau are claiming resp... -
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
EDITORIAL REVIEW: This work was set in Berlin, 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has receiv... -
The Bowl of Light - Hank Wesselman
In 1996, a revered Hawaiian elder befriended an American anthropologist, and from their rare and intimate rapport, something miraculous emerged. Through the words and teachings of ...