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To End All Wars - Adam Hochschild
A sweeping history of World War I, showcasing the war's critics as dramatically as its heroes and victims. -
The tale of the body thief - Anne Rice
SUMMARY: "A wonderfully mesmerizing adventure, delving into the convoluted mind of one of modern fiction's most famous anti-heroes, the vampire Lestat. Rice's writing is elegant an... -
The amazing adventures of Kaval - Michael Chabon
SUMMARY: This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist... -
The Twisted Citadel - Sara Douglass
Tencendor is no more. The land is gone. But a few SunSoars remain, and a new foe walks the world.In a time of magic and danger, three new heroes have stepped forward—Ishbel Brunell... -
The Secret Warriors - W.E.B. Griffin
From Kirkus ReviewsSecond volume in the Men at War saga, begun with The Last Heroes (1997), a paperback originally published (in 1985) under the pseudonym Alex Baldwin. Griffin has... -
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection of a three-day battle is set in the same world as Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy (The Blade... -
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt - Aimee Bender
Amazon.com ReviewIn conventional fiction, war heroes return home minus an arm or a leg--or, to take Hemingway's worst-case scenario, the family jewels. In Aimee Bender's deeply unc... -
The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards, here is epic fantasy as only Step... -
The Double Agents - W.E.B. Griffin
From Publishers WeeklyActors David Niven and Peter Ustinov, along with James Bond creator Ian Fleming, all of whom actually served Britain in WWII, help the heroes of Griffin's Men... -
Superheroes and Philosophy_ Tru - William Irwin; Tom Morris; Matt
Review"Superman's costume always bugged me when I was a kid... So you need a secret identity – cool. But what’s the deal with all the rainbow-hued Spandex masks and costumes?... I ...