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Le Freak_ An Upside Down Story - Nile Rodgers
Amazon.com ReviewA Letter from Author Nile Rodgers: The Reason I Wrote *Le Freak* I started writing Le Freak to answer some questions I had abo... -
Known Dead_ A Novel - Donald Harstad
Amazon.com ReviewDonald Harstad was an Iowa deputy sheriff for 26 years, and only retired so that he could pursue his passion for writing. His first book was a well-received police... -
Jennifer's Diary - Anne Fine
Jennifer has a diary and Iolanthe doesn't. But Iolanthe does have a vivid imagination and a gift for writing stories. When she sees empty pages in Jennifer's diary, she can't help ... -
It Chooses You - Miranda July
In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to ob... -
Interesting Times_ A Twentieth- - Eric J. Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, "I know of no other account... -
If I Die in a Combat Zone - Tim O'Brien
Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to... -
Hermit in Paris_ Autobiographic - Italo Calvino; Martin McLaughli
From Publishers WeeklyThis new volume of autobiographical writings (never before translated into English) by Calvino, whose short stories and novels gave him international acclaim ... -
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... -
Green Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
Amazon.com ReviewKim Stanley Robinson has earned a reputation as the master of Mars fiction, writing books that are scientific, sociological and, best yet, fantastic. Green Ma... -
God Is Red - Liao Yiwu
“Liao'scoverage of Christians allows truth to shine in the darkness. That's the beautyof his writings.” —Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010Nobel Peace PrizeChinesedisside...