From Publishers WeeklyThe fantastical Journey of the Catechist series Foster began with Carnivores of Light and Darkness continues, as the plucky herdsman Etjole Ehomba carries on ...
From the host of NPR's Morning Edition, a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all ar...
Product DescriptionSince its launch in 2006, WikiLeaks has rapidly grown into the most powerful and influential whistleblowing organisation ever. Its status as a repository and pub...
One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008—now updated with a new chapter It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II an...
SUMMARY: In the conclusion to the best-selling trilogy that began with Sea Swept and Rising Tides , Philip Quinn's bond to his adopted brother, Seth, is threatened by a young woman...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This stimulating and bruising sequel to Scottish author Duncan's neo-Joycean_ Vellum_ (2006) projects the endless battle between good and evi....
Product DescriptionNot so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the f...
Tom Sharpe's second South African novel and a brilliant follow- up to Riotous Assembly Once again the setting is Piemburgem, the deceptively peaceful- looking capital of Zululand, ...
Review“A stunning exploration of the 'we'_ behind the 'I'. Eagleman reveals, with his typical grace and eloquence, all the neural magic tricks behind the cognitive illusion we cal....
Amazon.com ReviewLust, gluttony, pride, sloth, greed, blasphemy, and anger--the seven deadly sins have all been linked to food. Matching the food to the sin, Stewart Lee Allen's In...