Amazon.com ReviewOn July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared i...
From Publishers WeeklyHiggins's thrillers may evoke a strong sense of deja vu (same basic story, different time frame), but that doesn't seem to diminish the impact of each new nov...
Amazon.com ReviewGreat writing carries this unusual story about the Explorer Corps., the branch of the League of Peoples responsible for investigating planets and contacting new li...
Product DescriptionAs is evident in his many thrilling novels, Alan Dean Foster is a master at creating other worlds in an array of genres. Now he turns his imagination to the shor...
SUMMARY: International bestselling author Stephen King is in terrifying top form with his collection of short stories in almost a decade.In this spine-chilling compilation,King tak...
Each story in this crystalline, spare, oddly moving collection cuts to the quick. Taylor's characters are guided by delusions and misapprehensions that quickly bring them to impass...
John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The Development. George I. Newett a...
SUMMARY: After shooting an episode of Chasing History's Monsters at a dig in Australia, Annja Creed is left feeling mildly unimpressed. The artifacts being uncovered are considered...
English Passengers (2000) A novel by Matthew Kneale Awards: Whitbread Prize The Booker Prize (nominee) This novel tells two parallel stories: one of three eccentric Englishmen who ...