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The Zahir - Paulo Coelho
Set in Paris and in the enchanting landscape of central Asia, this new novel by the author of the international bestsellers The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes follows the journey of ... -
The Yoga Sutras - Pantajali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in ... -
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & - Paula Guran; Kelley Armstrong;
From BooklistAnthologist and editor Guran has collected 39 thrilling and frightening horror stories published in 2009. While some of the authors will be familiar to readers outside... -
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Many will greet this taut, clear-eyed memoir of grief as a long-awaited return to the terrain of Didion's venerated, increasingly rare persona... -
The Worst Child I Ever Had - Anne Fine
Sniffers, fussy, sneaky, naughty and bad-tempered children are all awful - but who's the worst child ever? Mrs Mackle is sure that it's Susan Solly! But what has snail-mad Susan do... -
The World of Karl Pilkington - Karl Pilkington; Ricky Gervais;
In this pithy and hilarious book, Karl Pilkington is in conversation with (the often bewildered) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the writers and stars of The Office and Extras,... -
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Time* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 *Entertainment Weekly* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award *Salon* Book Awards 2... -
The World According to Bertie - Alexander Hanchett Smith
From Publishers WeeklySmith delivers yet another delightful installment to his Scotland Street series. This time out, he focuses mostly on the irrepressible Bertie Pollock, a preco... -
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins; John Sutherland
SUMMARY: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex ... -
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky - Jennifer Steil
"I had no idea how to find my way around this medieval city. It was getting dark. I was tired. I didn't speak Arabic. I was a little frightened. But hadn't I battled scor...