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A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail IUr'evich Lermontov; Na
Review"Natasha Randall's English, in her new translation, has exactly the right degree of loose velocity. . . . (Nabokov's version, the best-known older translation, is a bit more ... -
A Gate at the Stairs - Lorrie Moore
SUMMARY: In her best-selling story collection, Birds of America (“[it] will stand by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability” —James M... -
A Fable - William Faulkner
Product DescriptionThis novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 195. An allegorical story of World War I, set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensi... -
A Devil Is Waiting - Jack Higgins
A devil is indeed waiting . . . The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate ... -
A Desert Called Peace - Tom Kratman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Five hundred years from now, humankind has found a link to a remarkably Earth-like planet and settled there, dividing –as humans will -- into dozens of nation-sta... -
A Cut Above - Ginny Aiken
Product DescriptionAt the behest of her boss Mona, Andie Adams is on her way to Colombia to broker a deal on some emeralds (despite her negligible negotiating skills) and she is go... -
A Civil Action - Jonathan Harr
Amazon.com ReviewEvery element of great drama--tragic deaths, titanic greed, a flawed hero--already existed in Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. John Shea's reading provides th... -
A Book of Mediterranean Food - Elizabeth David
SUMMARY: Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of reci... -
A Big Little Life - Dean Koontz
SUMMARY: Dean Koontz's first ever nonfiction book, the deeply moving story of his life with his good dog TrixieDean Koontz is known for exploring the dark side of human nature in h... -
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....