Caleb's Crossing

Calamity and Other Stories

SUMMARY: A finalist in the American Title Contest sponsored by Dorchester and "Romantic Times." When Jayne Turner mistakenly drives away from a parking lot in the wrong car, finding a body in the trun...

The novelist's camera pans from the dome of King Fuad University (now Cairo University) to students streaming out of the campus, focusing on four students in their twenties, each representing a differ...

"A TRIUMPH . . . A model of the richness and subtleties of relationships, characters, and story construction."--Chicago Sun-TimesIn his family life, Angus Stonefield had been gentle and lov...

Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: In his final slim novel, the late José Saramago gives a cheeky modernist update to a timeworn biblical tale....

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Amazon.com ReviewThe definitive history of water resources in the American West, and a very illuminating lesson in the political economy of limited resources anywhere. Highly recommen...

Inspired by his From the Ground Up New York Times blog, a beautifully written memoir about building and brotherhood.Confronted with the disappointments and knockdowns that can come in mid...

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