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Ivanhoe - A Romance - Walter Scott
SUMMARY: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic ... -
In Defense of Food_ An Eater's - Michael Pollan
SUMMARY: What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Micha... -
How to Travel With a Salmon and - Umberto Eco
In these "impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" essays (Atlantic Monthly), "the Andy Rooney of academia" (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats,... -
How to Get a Job in a Museum Or - Alison Baverstock
SUMMARY: Getting your dream job in the arts is no mean feat these days. In this book, the author explores the world of museums and galleries, focusing on contemporary issues and cu... -
How the World Works - Noam Chomsky; Arthur Naiman; Da
According to The New York Times, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive.” But he isn’t easy to read . . . or at least he wasn’t until these books came alon... -
Horselords - David Cook
SUMMARY:For centuries, the civilized people of the eastern and western realms have dismissed the nomadic inhabitants of the vast middle land as barbarians, but now these nom... -
Heavy Water_ And Other Stories - Martin Amis
Amazon.com ReviewThese nine stories span a period from 1975 to 1997 and are a good reflection of the range of Martin Amis's writing, which is always skillful and consistently seduc... -
Half Moon Street - Anne Perry
Amazon.com ReviewSecrets and lies, calumnies and evasions: in Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries, these elements, rather than a hat or gloves, a bustle or a watch fob, are the usual ... -
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl - Yiyun Li
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner and acclaimed author of A Thousand Years of Good Pr... -
Gaslight Grimoire_ Fantastic Ta - Barbara Hambly; Kim Newman; Bar
From Publishers WeeklyIn his foreword, David Stuart Davies asserts that the authors of these 11 stories pitting Holmes against the supernatural are very well-versed in the world of...