-
The covenant - James A. Michener
Product DescriptionAdventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hun... -
The clan of the cave bear_ a no - Jean M. Auel
Amazon.com ReviewWhen her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the litt... -
The claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice; A. N. Roquelaure
The first of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty"Something very special...at once so light and yet so haunting." -The AdvocateIn the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Bea... -
The calligrapher's daughter_ a - Eugenia Kim
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This debut novel, inspired by the life of the author's Korean mother, is a beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning 30 years of Kor... -
The brazen gambit - Lynn Abbey; Brom
Pavek of Urik, templar of Hamanu and lower-level bureaucrat, has grown accustomed to the benefits of his station. Neither aggressive nor rebellious, he accepts his position, follow... -
The box garden - Carol Shields
SUMMARY: Charleen, a divorced woman attending her widowed mother's second wedding, makes startling discoveries about other family members attending the reunion and achieves a new u... -
The botany of desire_ a plant's - Michael Pollan
SUMMARY: Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the fl... -
The blue edge of midnight - Jonathon King
Amazon.com ReviewPenzler Pick, This is the first entry in what I hope will be a series by journalist Jonathon King, who has written for the Philadelphia Daily News -
The best early stories of F. Sc - Francis Scott Fitzgerald; Bryan
SUMMARY: Edited and with an Introduction by Bryant MangumForeword by Roxana RobinsonBenediction • Head and Shoulders • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • The Ice Palace • The Offshore Pirate ... -
The art of nonfiction_ a guide - Ayn Rand; Robert Mayhew
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers-now available for the ...