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The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americaís greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works p... -
The Ghost Mountain Boys - James E. Campbell
Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world's largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, diseas... -
The Fountains of Youth - Brian Stableford
Credibly written but lacking in emotional range, this third installment in Stableford's Living in the Future series imagines a time when most humans--nearly immortal--aren't much p... -
The Fly on the Wall - Tony Hillerman
Review“Fascinating...breathless suspense.” (Minneapolis Tribune ) “Tony Hillerman’s novels are like no others.” (San Diego Union-Tribune ) “[Hillerman] is a master at hi... -
The First Battle - Otto J. Lehrack
The First Battle is a graphic account of the first major clash of the Viet Nam War. On August 18, 1965, regiment fought regiment on the Van Tuong Peninsula near the new Marine base... -
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In **Snow Crash**, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in **The Diamond Age**, he delivers anothe... -
The Devil's Heart - William W. Johnstone
It was in the summer of 1958 that the horror surfaced in the town of Whitfield, erupting like a festering boil, spewing its corruption on everyone near it. Those who survived the t... -
The Departure - Neal Asher
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The Confusion - Neal Stephenson
From Publishers WeeklyThe title of Stephenson's vast, splendid and absorbing sequel to Quicksilver (2003) suggests the state of mind that even devoted fans may face on occasi... -
The Concubine's Daughter - Pai Kit Fai
From Publishers WeeklyIn 1906 Southern China, newborn Li-Xia (Li) is nearly murdered by her elderly father because she is a girl, only to be saved by the specter of a fox fairy. Li...