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The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
SUMMARY: A spoiled and sickly orphan blossoms into a creature of loving kindness in this unforgettable classic of childhood. At her uncle's forbidding Yorkshire estate, Mary joins ... -
The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair wi... -
The Sea Runners - Ivan Doig
ReviewPRAISE FOR THE SEA RUNNERS "Brilliant and original . . . A remarkable evocation of the human spirit in contest with inhuman forces."--_The Boston Globe_ "_The ... -
The Scarab Path - Adrian Tchaikovsky
SUMMARY: The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself crippled in ways... -
The Scar - China Mieville
SUMMARY:A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sp... -
The Russian Concubine - Kate Furnivall
SUMMARY: A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia... -
The Ruined Map - Kobo Abe
Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative sus... -
The Romanov Prophecy - Steve Berry
From Publishers WeeklyWith this second Russian suspense novel, which focuses on the restoration of the Romanov dynasty, Berry shows he's honed his craft since his somewhat shaky de... -
The Rolling Stone interviews - Jann Wenner; Joe Levy
Product DescriptionThe greatest interviews with the greatest rock stars, movie stars, and cultural icons--uncensored and unfiltered--are published together in one remarkable volume... -
The Road to Ubar - Nicholas Clapp
No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found-if it even existed. Buried in the desert without a trace, it had become known as "the Altantis...