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Bottlemania - Elizabeth Royte
From Publishers WeeklyRoyte (_Garbage Land_) plunges into America's mighty thirst for bottled water in an investigation of one of the greatest marketing coups of the twentieth and ... -
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
SUMMARY: Considered one of Dickens's greatest works, "Bleak House" scathingly portrays his belief: "The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself." Peop... -
Birchwood - John Banville
Review“This is one of the most startling of the century's varied achievements in Irish writing.”—Seamus Deane "John Banville is one of the greatest masters of the English lang... -
Agincourt - Bernard Cornwell
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet — the heroic tale of Agincourt.Young Nichol... -
Ada, Or, Ardor, a Family Chroni - Vladimir Nabokov
Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. It tells a love st... -
A ticket to the circus_ a memoi - Norris Church Mailer
SUMMARY: A great American love story, this warm, funny, revealing memoir introduces the world to Norman Mailer’s greatest inspiration, his wife of more than thirty years. Like Zeld... -
A Star Shall Fall - Marie Brennan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Royal Society of London plays home to the greatest minds of England. It has revolutionized philosophy and scientific knowledge. Its fellows map out the laws o...