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Year of wonders_ a novel of the - Geraldine Brooks
SUMMARY: This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village", in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from Lon... -
The Ringworld Throne - Larry Niven
SUMMARY: Come back to the Ringworld . . . the most astonishing feat of engineering ever encountered. A place of untold technological wonders, home to a myriad humanoid races, and w... -
The Habitation of the Blessed - Catherynne M. Valente
From Publishers WeeklyIn 1165, a letter ostensibly written by the distant Christian king Prester John describing a kingdom of wonders rocked medieval Europe. In this enchanting ret... -
Tao Te Ching - Stephen Mitchell
Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at... -
Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman
SUMMARY: Doctor Impossible—evil genius, would-be world conqueror—languishes in prison. Shuffling through the cafeteria line with ordinary criminals, he wonders if the smartest man ... -
Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly
Product DescriptionIt is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, ... -
Ring Around the Sky - Allyn Gibson
The Tellarite colony world of Kharzh'ulla is a planet of many wonders, but its greatest feature is the Ring, a massive orbital construction, serviced by a series of "space ... -
Polar Quest - Alex Archer
SUMMARY: When archaeologist Annja Creed reluctantly agrees to help an old colleague on a dig in Antarctica, she wonders what he's gotten her into. It turns out that her former asso... -
Matter - Iain M. Banks
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two ... -
March - Geraldine Brooks
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's acclaimed Year of Wonders, imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in....