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Qur'An - Tarif Khalidi
A landmark new translation of the sacred text of Islam- in an elegant deluxe editionLiterally "the recitation," The Qur'an is considered within the Muslim faith to ... -
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world wit... -
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit withi... -
Within Arm's Reach - Ann Napolitano
SUMMARY: Gracie McLaughlin is an advice columnist who finds it difficult to live by the advice she gives.Within Arm's Reachfollows three generations of the McLaughlins, an Irish Ca... -
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... -
Tom Clancy's op-center_ Divide - Tom Clancy; Jeff Rovin; Steve R
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Shadowy elements within the State Department secretly cause tensions to flare between Iran and the former Soviet republic of Az... -
Timeline - Michael Crichton
SUMMARY:In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known ass... -
The ode less travelled_ unlocki - Stephen Fry
SUMMARY: I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small... -
The Sherlockian - Graham Moore
From Publishers WeeklyMoore's debut cleverly sets an accidental investigator on the track of an old document within the world of Sherlock Holmes buffs, though the results may pleas... -
The Kommandant's Girl - Pam Jenoff
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau has been married only three weeks when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland. Within days Emma's husband, Jacob, a fiery and indepe...