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The Road to Rome_ A Forgotten L - Ben Kane
SUMMARY: The third novel in The Forgotten Legion trilogy takes the main protagonists from North Africa back to Rome in the build-up to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Having su... -
The Road to Disunion_ Secession - William W. Freehling
Synopsis:It is one of the great questions of American historywhy did the Southern states bolt from the Union and help precipitate the Civil War? Now, acclaimed historian Wi... -
The Road - Vasily Grossman; Robert Chandle
Review"Grossman's unsparing, literary account of the horrific ways Nazi Germany implemented its ethnic-cleansing program at Treblinka was one of the first reports of a death camp a... -
The Rise of the Iron Moon - Stephen Hunt
ReviewPraise for THE RISE OF THE IRON MOON: 'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' Daily Mail 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concept... -
The Rise and Fall of a Dragonki - Lynn Abbey
SUMMARY: The much-feared sorcerer-king of Urik, Hamanu joins a plot to force a transmutation that will allow him to avoid his own corruption but that will destroy all of Urik in th... -
The Right Hand of Sleep - John Wray
From Publishers WeeklyThe ghost hovering over this assured and astonishingly mature first novel is that of Joseph Roth, the great interwar Austrian novelist. Perhaps this reflects ... -
The Riddle of Gender - Deborah Rudacille
Review“Sympathetic and well-researched. . . . Lively enough to be a good introduction for the educated lay reader and documented enough for the scholar.” –_Publishers Weekly_ “Amaz... -
The Reverse Of The Medal - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: Returning from his duties protecting whalers off South America, Jack Aubrey is persuaded to make investments in the city. It is the first step into the half-worlds of the ... -
The Reversal - Michael Connelly
SUMMARY: Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted... -
The Revenge of the Radioactive - Elizabeth Stuckey-French
This lively, intricately plotted, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly touching family drama combines the wit of Carl Hiaasen with the southern charm of Jill McCorkle. Seventy-s...