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Therese Raquin - Emile Zola; Robin Buss
In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenl... -
The witching hour - Anne Rice
Amazon.com ReviewIn this engrossing and hypnotic tale of witchcraft and the occult spanning four centuries, we meet a great dynasty of witches--a family given to poetry and incest,... -
The winner - David Baldacci
EDITORIAL REVIEW: From the author of the phenomenally bestselling "Absolute Power" and "Total Control" comes a thrilling new novel of suspense and excitement. When LuAnn Tyler is a... -
The wedding - Nicholas Sparks
From Publishers WeeklySparks's 1996 debut novel, The Notebook, was a fast and easy read that sold millions upon millions of copies. Other bestselling love stories followed (Message... -
The wandering fire - Guy Gavriel Kay
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A mage's power has brought five university students from our world into a realm where an ancient evil has freed itself from captivity to wreak revenge on its enem... -
The terror_ a novel - Dan Simmons
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Hugo-winner Simmons (_Olympos_) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written.... -
The shadow of the wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Lucia Graves
SUMMARY: The international literary sensation-a runaway bestseller in Spain, rights sold in more than 20 countries-about a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Ba... -
The seamstress - Frances de Pontes Peebles
SUMMARY: Emília and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstr... -
The romantic manifesto_ a philo - Ayn Rand
Review''Bernadette Dunne is a good match for Rand's voice, delivering the novelist's passionate convictions with a metered cadence. Dunne's clear conveyance of Rand's essays is imp... -
The road - Cormac McCarthy
SUMMARY:A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravage...