On a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate her fortieth birthday, Laura Fraser confronts the unique trajectory of her life. Divorced and childless in her thirties, she found solace ...
Amazon.com ReviewProduct Description "See that moon up there? You can reach that high. Never be afraid because you can be anything you want to be." <...
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of the Cairo trilogy, comes Akhenaten, a fascinating work of fiction about the most infamous pharaoh of ancient Egypt.<...
ReviewI just finished reading Airel. One of the best books I've ever read, if not the best. I related to Airel. I mean she's just so REAL. I'm blown away that two guys could write ...
They are America's front lines--serving proudly in forward areas around the world. Representing the very best from the Army and Air Force, the Airborne Task Force is an unstoppable...
SUMMARY: Anne BrontA's first novel, Agnes Grey, combines an astute dissection of middle-class social behavior and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to y...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Barker, a British biographer (_The Brontës_) and accomplished medievalist, brings an excellent synergy of academic and literary skills to thi....
"Either the last true masterpiece of the 20th century or the first of our new millenium" —San Francisco ChronicleWilliam Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense a...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Against The Tide Of Years* continues the adventures of the Nantucket residents who have been transported through time to the Bronze Age. In the years since their...
Synopsis:Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans is a novel and narrative almost entirely on its principal character, and is mostly a catalogue of the tastes and inner life of...