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A Commonwealth of Thieves_ The - Thomas Keneally
From Publishers WeeklyKeneally (_Schindler's List_) offers a novelistic chronicle of the founding of the colony now known as Australia, focusing on the first five years, 1788 to 17... -
A Common Pornography_ A Memoir - Kevin Sampsell
From Publishers WeeklyA memoir in collage form, this frank but fragmented narrative chronicles the author's early life in the Pacific Northwest. Told in a series of small pieces, s... -
A Christmas Promise - Anne Perry
From Publishers WeeklyWhile bestseller Perry doesn't offer much of a puzzle in her seventh Christmas-themed Victorian historical (after 2008's A Christmas Grace), she does a highl.... -
A Bit on the Side - William Trevor
From Publishers WeeklyThe protagonists of this haunting, emotionally bleak collection of stories—a new widow confessing to two surprised Legion of Mary sisters the secrets of her m... -
A Beggar at the Gate - Thalassa Ali
From Publishers WeeklyIn this sequel to A Singular Hostage, native Bostonian and Muslim convert Ali continues the saga of Marianna Givens, a young Englishwoman living in 19th-cent.... -
2030_ The Real Story of What Ha - Albert Brooks
From Publishers WeeklyComedian and filmmaker Brooks welcomes the reader to the year 2030 in his smart and surprisingly serious debut. Cancer has been cured, global warming is an ac... -
2012_ The War for Souls - Whitley Strieber
From Publishers WeeklyStrieber's epic sequel to 2006's The Grays blends equal parts science fiction thriller, supernatural horror and provocative spiritual speculation. As struggl.... -
1635_ Cannon Law - Eric Flint; Andrew Dennis
From Publishers WeeklyFlint and Dennis's solid follow-up to 1634: The Galileo Affair (2004), also set in Renaissance Italy, offers a deliciously Machiavellian plot. The temporally.... -
13, Rue Therese - Elena Mauli Shapiro
From Publishers WeeklyShapiro's debut, an imaginative, sensual rendering of a Parisian woman's life, is told through the voice of Trevor Stratton, a young American scholar and tran...