Going Postal

"Africa belongs to the Africans; the sooner they take it back the better. But—a country also belongs to those who feel at home in it. Perhaps it may be that love of Africa the country will be stron...

From Publishers WeeklyEngland's almost bloodless Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which the Dutch king William of Orange overthrew James II, began as a hostile takeover but rapidly tur...

"To call <b>Going After Cacciato</b> a novel about war is like calling <b>Moby-Dick</b> a novel about whales."<br><br>So wrote the <i>New York Times</i> of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. ...

Amazon.com ReviewOne could argue that the war novel is an essentially timeless genre. Weapons are subject to long and increasingly lethal refinement--but from Gods Go Begging, is ...

Gods and Generals

ReviewPraise for GODDESS OF VENGEANCE: "No one paints a more tawdry -- and delicious -- portrait of Hollywood than prolific novelist Jac...

From Publishers WeeklyReaders will be fascinated by the setting of this slow-starting but compelling far-future debut. On a planet settled by Muslims and ravaged by constant war and pollut...

God's Gold explores the fate of the greatest biblical treasure in history, the central icons of the Jewish faith looted from the Temple of Jerusalem. The golden candelabrum, silver trumpets,...

SUMMARY: Missionary work in Africa was the most difficult and faith-affirming labor James Graham had ever faced, and warm, homey presents from a Good Samaritan back home gave him hope to carry on. But...