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Aesop's Fables (Penguin Classic - Aesop
Product DescriptionSardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop... -
Act of Passion - Georges Simenon; Louise Varese;
Review“Open any of his major novels: at once, a magic takes effect. From the first paragraph, you are gripped as if by the jaws of a steel trap that will not release its hold until... -
About Schmidt - Louis Begley
Amazon.com ReviewAlbert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feel... -
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L' - Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet) -
A War Like No Other - Victor Hanson
One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the... -
A Trick of the Light - Louise Penny
Review"The superbly gifted Louise Penny is on my secret shortlist of must-read authors, and A TRICK OF THE LIGHT proves why. Artist Clara Morrow is about to have a prestigious show... -
A Touch of Dead - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her job as a cocktail waitress in Merlotte's, a small-town bar in small-town Bon Temps, deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and, thanks to h... -
A state of disobedience - Tom Kratman
SUMMARY: In the long war against terrorism, the US Government had taken on extraordinary powers. And now that the war was won, powerful forces in the government had no intention of... -
A conspiracy of paper_ a novel - David Liss
Amazon.com ReviewA fool and his money are soon parted--and nowhere so quickly as in the stock market, it would seem. In David Liss's ambitious first novel, A Conspiracy of Paper, .... -
A Singular Man - J. P. Donleavy
SUMMARY: Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George Smith appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money,...