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The Wings of the Dove - Henry James
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **An incomparable Henry James’s novel in a new edition ** Featuring a new introduction, it is a brilliant and sophisticated satire of manners and morals in the be... -
The Wine-Dark Sea - Patrick O'Brian
SUMMARY: At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strang... -
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Winner of the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel* In this Time Magazine top 10 book of the year, Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand.... -
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
SUMMARY: Since 1903, the escapades of Mole, his friend Water Rat, shy Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall have delighted children, and adults, too. Follow the winning foursome through th... -
The Wilt Alternative - Tom Sharpe
In this, the second of Tom Sharpe's chronicles about Henry Wilt, our hero is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Depa... -
The Wildwater Walking Club - Claire Cook
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "Lively and inspiring!"--*Hartford Courant* "A great feel-good story."--*Philadelphia Examiner* *Just one step at a time. * After losing her boyfriend and her job... -
The Wild Zone_ A Novel - Joy Fielding
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The Wild Zone, a South Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.) bar filled with lusty men—specifically, charismatic personal trainer Jeff Rydell; his cute vi... -
The Wild Things - Dave Eggers
SUMMARY: Max is a rambunctious eight-year-old, living with his mother and his sister, terrorizing the neighborhood on his bicycle. But Max's world is changing around him: His fathe... -
The Wild Girls - Ursula K. le Guin
Newly revised and presented here in book form for the first time, this Nebula Award-winning story tells of two captive "dirt children" in a society of sword and silk, whose determi... -
The Wild Child - Mary Jo Putney
Amazon.com Review When Dominic Renbourne is visited by his identical twin Kyle, he steels himself for the sort of bitter confrontation that has marked their meetings for years. But...