SUMMARY: The first book in a new trilogy, this novel follows archaeologist Dr. Lisa Maxwell, who is looking for three ancient Greek artifacts called the Furies. She's also on the t...
Amazon.com Review_Stiltsville is a story of a marriage that begins with serendipity--that holiest of relationship grails--one warm summer day in Miami. It's 1969 when girl (Frances...
FromCasey Marshall has it all: a successful interior-design business; a handsome, loving husband; wonderful friends; and a boatload of family money at her disposal. But just as she...
SUMMARY: "Still Alice" is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who ho...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The "wonderful first novel about life, love, and lobster fishing" (*USA Today*) from the #1 bestselling writer** In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert's *Stern Men* debute...
From Publishers WeeklyRoughly one-fourth of these essays deals with the response of the media, various governments and Rushdie himself to what he calls the "unfunny Valentine" he r...
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary 'fasting treatment' of ...
SUMMARY: A fascinating expert look at Israel’s meteoric rise in the global economy — with timely hints for a world reeling from financial crisisStart-Up Nation addresses the trilli...
SUMMARY: The Starfishers hope to gain control of Stars' End, an artificial planet which can insure their survival against the Confederation and the forces of the Sangaree
Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author...