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The Vampire Armand - Anne Rice
The Barnes & Noble ReviewAnd That's Why the Teenager Is a Vamp Luxurious this is the best word I can think of to describe Anne Rice's hot-blooded fiction. The Vampire Armand foll... -
The Valiant - Michael Jan Friedman
Product DescriptionThree hundred years ago, the S.S. Valiant was destroyed during an ill-fated attempt to cross the legendary Galactic Barrier. Starfleet had always assumed t... -
The Vacant Throne - Ed Greenwood
From Publishers WeeklyBest known as the creator of Forgotten Realms, the Dungeons & Dragons-based heroic fantasy series, Greenwood continues to give his audience exactly what they.... -
The Use and Abuse of Literature - Marjorie Garber
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Harvard English professor Garber (Patronizing the Arts) leads an expedition through the archives of literature, rejecting expansion of the ter... -
The Upside Of Irrationality - Dan Ariely
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The provocative follow-up to the *New York Times* bestseller *Predictably Irrational* Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing direction... -
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smi - Peter Carey
From Publishers WeeklyCarey, known for his quirkily skewed re-creations of Australian culture (Oscar and Lucinda; The Tax Collector), has outdone himself in this bizarre, uncannily... -
The Untouchable - John Banville
Amazon.com ReviewA brilliant, engaging, and highly literate espionage-cum-existential novel, John Banville's The Untouchable concerns the suddenly-exposed double agent Victor Mask.... -
The Unquiet - J. D. Robb; Mary Blayney
Product DescriptionFive New York Times bestselling authors-five superlative stories. From J.D. Robb: Eve and Rourke return to invest... -
The Unkindest Cut - Honor Hartman
SUMMARY: Emma Diamond, a recent widow with a passion for bridge, takes a retreat to the Texas Hill Country with her friends. The trip proves to be quite a thrilling spectacle in wa... -
The United States of Fear - Tom Engelhardt
The creator of TomDispatch dissects America's endless urge to go to war.