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Water_ The Epic Struggle for We - Steven Solomon
From Publishers WeeklyThis sprawling text reconstructs the history of civilization in order to illuminate the importance of water in human development from the first civilizations ... -
Artemis Fowl files, The - Eoin Colfer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The Artemis Fowl Files* is comprised of two original stories: "LEPrecon": the story of Fairy Police Captain Holly Short's move... -
Vrin_ Ten Mortal Gods - J. Michael Hileman
SUMMARY: Jason Tardin is trapped within a virtual world. He is sure of this- because he has seen the program. But if this is a computer generated world, how can he reconcile the co... -
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 Moons of Jupiter - Alice Munro
In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and re... -
The Hidden Man - Charles Cumming
Mark and Benjamin Keen have not seen their father, Christopher, for 20 years. When he reappears hoping for a reconciliation, he has only begun to shed light on his shadowy past bef... -
The Face of the Assassin - David Lindsey
From Publishers WeeklyForensic artist Paul Bern uses his impressive talents as a sculptor to reconstruct a face on an anonymous skull brought to him under mysterious circumstances ... -
The Artemis Fowl files - Eoin Colfer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The Artemis Fowl Files* is comprised of two original stories: "LEPrecon": the story of Fairy Police Captain Holly Short's move... -
Swimming to Antarctica_ Tales o - Lynne Cox
Review'her thrilling new memoir...SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA, in fact, tells two stories: the compellingly reconstructed thrill-ride of her swimming career and also, tucked in the fold... -
Skeptics and true believers_ th - Chet Raymo
SUMMARY: Years ago, noted science teacher and writer Chet Raymo embarked upon his own quest to reconcile the miracle stories he learned as a child with the science he learned as an...