It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham," wrote Gore Vidal. "He was always so entirely there...
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham," wrote Gore Vidal. "He was always so entirely there...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of ...
Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich O...
Amazon.com ReviewThe evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to ...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author.** "Box's series is the gold standard," wrote *Library Journal* about *Below Zero*, ...
From Publishers WeeklyKate Talkingtree, the 57-year-old writer protagonist of Walker's latest concoction, is a lifelong seeker after enlightenment in the carnal, political and reli...
When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, heís worried. Frannieís a great mother. Turns out thereís a good explanat...
Review"'I worry that he thinks he doesn't need friends because he's got fans instead' Jeremy Clarkson, Sunday Times" Product DescriptionTop Gear presenter and columnist for...
From Bookmarks MagazineReviewers lauded Naylor’s "meticulously reported" account (Oregonian). It includes in-person observations during the operation (Naylor was imbedded with the....