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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki; Trudy Dixon; Ri
Amazon.com ReviewA respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the maste... -
We Have Always Lived in the Cas - Shirley Jackson
Amazon.com ReviewVisitors call seldom at Blackwood House. Taking tea at the scene of a multiple poisoning, with a suspected murderess as one's host, is a perilous business. For a s... -
Try Fear - James Scott Bell
SUMMARY: For Ty Buchanan, defending a suspected drunk driver named Carl Richess seems routine enough. But when his client ends up dead, an apparent suicide, there's nothing routine... -
The Profiler_ My Life Hunting S - Pat Brown; Bob Andelman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In 1990, a young woman was strangled on a jogging path near the home of Pat Brown and her family. Brown suspected the young man who was renting a room in her hous... -
The Highest Frontier - Joan Slonczewski
One of the most respected writers of hard SF, it has been more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski's last novel. Now she returns with a spectacular tour de force of the college o... -
The Gift of Fear - Gavin J. Becker; Tom Stechschul
A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the door. A disgruntled employee brandishing a gun. These days, no one is safe from the specte... -
The Deeds of the Disturber - Elizabeth Peters
SUMMARY:Can fear kill? There are those who believe so--but Amelia Peabody is skeptical. A respected Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Amelia has foiled felonious schemes from... -
The Concubine's Daughter - Pai Kit Fai
From Publishers WeeklyIn 1906 Southern China, newborn Li-Xia (Li) is nearly murdered by her elderly father because she is a girl, only to be saved by the specter of a fox fairy. Li... -
Scroll of Saqqara - Pauline Gedge
Product DescriptionPrince Khaemwaset is a powerful man. The son of Ramses II and a revered physician, his wisdom is respected throughout Egypt. But Khaemwaset harbours a strong and... -
N is for Noose - Sue Grafton
SUMMARY: Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office--a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townfolk were sad but not surpri...