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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) (Hardc…
Book Stores | October 7th 2008 by watchesshopping
Starred Review. A literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller. In the backwoods of Wisconsin, the Sawtelle family—Gar, Trudy and their young son, Edgar—carry on the family business of breeding and train read more
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation,…
Book Review and Recommendations Online | October 6th 2008 by Admin
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves . Anderson assured readers that his gripping account of the American Revolution from the perspective of a young slave in colonial Boston would contin read more
The Given Day: A Novel
Book Review and Recommendations Online | October 6th 2008 by Admin
The Given Day: A Novel . Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads betwee read more
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
Book Stores | September 16th 2008 by watchesshopping
With its baroque subplots, zany political satire, morbid, cerebral humor and astonishing range of cultural references, Wallace's brilliant but somewhat bloated dirigible of a second novel (after The Broom in the System) will appeal to steadfast reade read more
The Hobbit
Book Review and Recommendations Online | September 1st 2008 by Admin
The Hobbit . "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that mea read more
Beijing (City Guide)
Book Review and Recommendations Online | August 25th 2008 by Admin
Beijing (City Guide). Ever wonder what Peking duck tastes like on its home turf? Always wanted to climb the Great Wall? Or perhaps you'd like something a little more obscure. A ride around town in Madame Mao's old Red Flag stretch limousine, perhaps? read more
Watchmen (Paperback)
Book Stores | July 30th 2008 by watchesshopping
Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark an read more
Weddings By Martha Stewart
Book Review and Recommendations Online | July 27th 2008 by Admin
Weddings By Martha Stewart. Nothing is more thrilling and romantic than a beautiful wedding. Here, in a simply spectacular book, Martha Stewart takes us behind the scenes of some of the most lovely weddings ever. Over 40 weddings and receptions, from read more
Ever After
Book Review and Recommendations Online | July 21st 2008 by Admin
Ever After. Kathy Garver's gentle voice creates vivid personalities in her depictions of 20-year-old Emily Anderson and her fiancé, Justin Baker, an Army Reservist, as he prepares to leave for Iraq. In excited and poignant tones, Garver depicts the read more
How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the…
Book Review and Recommendations Online | July 19th 2008 by Admin
How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form. Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote to the works of Jane A read more
The Last Patriot: A Thriller (Hardcover)
Book Stores | July 17th 2008 by watchesshopping
Brad Thor, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author of The First Commandment, returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operativ read more
Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition
Book Review and Recommendations Online | July 16th 2008 by Admin
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Book Review and Recommendations Online | June 28th 2008 by Admin
The Beach House (Hardcover)
Book Stores | June 21st 2008 by watchesshopping
The perfect title for the perfect beach read from the New York Times bestselling AuthorJane Green is one of the preeminent authors of women’s fiction today, and with each new novel, her audience grows. Green’s avid and loyal fans follow her becau read more
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Book Review and Recommendations Online | June 9th 2008 by Admin
The Host: A Novel (Hardcover)
Book Stores | May 8th 2008 by watchesshopping
The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded read more
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