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The American Way of Death Revis - Jessica Mitford
"Mitford's funny and unforgiving book is the best memento mori we are likely to get. It should be updated and reissued each decade for our spiritual health."--The New York Review o... -
The Age of American Unreason - Susan Jacoby
From Publishers WeeklyInspired by Richard Hofstadter's trenchant 1963 cultural analysis Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Jacoby (_Freethinkers: A History of American Secular.... -
The 37th Hour - Jodi Compton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a suspense novel of astounding power and depth, Jodi Compton unleashes a haunting tale of secrets and betrayal...and of one woman's search for her missing husb... -
The 30 Greatest Sports Conspira - Elliott Kalb
In The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliott Kalb examines the most notable conspiracies in sports... -
That Awful Mess on the via Meru - Carlo Emilio Gadda; Italo Calvi
Review“The experimental masterpiece modern Italian literature has long been awaiting.… There is a kinship to Joyce, especially in Gadda’s inspired outbursts of comic invective, his... -
Such Men as These - David Sears
In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little known aspect of America's stalemated war: navy aviators. His research-inspired novel about these pilots became an overni... -
Street Magic - Caitlin Kittredge
SUMMARY: Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summo... -
Spitting off tall buildings - Dan Fante
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Bruno Dante -- aspiring playwright, part-time depressive, and full-time drunk -- has hitchhiked cross-country, escaping the sunshine, have-a-nice-day culture of L... -
Spirit Walk_ Enemy of My Enemy - Christie Golden
Captain Chakotay and his sister, Sekaya, are being held captive beneath the surface of Loran II by a Changeling -- an outcast Founder masquerading as Chakotay's second-in-c... -
Spirit Bound - Christine Feehan
Lethally sexy undercover agent Stefan Prakenskii knows a thousand ways to kill a man-and twice as many ways to pleasure a woman. So he's looking forward to his new mission: arri...