Archive for the 'Literature & Fiction' Category

Darkfever (Kindle Edition)

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

From Publishers Weekly
Drawing on elements from the paranormal world that bestseller Moning (Spell of the Highlander) created in her earlier romances, this suspense novel takes readers on a darker journey, one dominated by the search for a powerful Faery magic and bereft of the romantic magic Moning’s [...]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader’s Circle) (Paperback)

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

From Publishers Weekly
The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams [...]

The Art of War (Kindle Edition)

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Review”Mair provides insight on how this manual came to exist.” — Indianapolis Star”Lean, clear, all fustian removed.” — Donald Richie, Japan Times”Mair’s excellent new translation of Sunzi’s (Sun Tzu) Art of War… brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text.” — Peter Lorge, [...]

Pride and Prejudice (Kindle Edition)

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Amazon.com Review
In a remote Hertfordshire village, far off the good coach roads of George III’s England, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet — a country squire of no great means and his scatterbrained wife — must marry off their five vivacious daughters. [...]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Kindle Edition)

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-Four short stories of mystery and intrigue by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are performed radio theater style by the St. Charles Players: “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Adventure of the Dancing Men,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Adventure of [...]

That Old Cape Magic (Kindle Edition)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Amazon.com ReviewBook Description Following Bridge of Sighs—a national best seller hailed by The Boston Globe as “an astounding achievement” and “a masterpiece”—Richard Russo gives us the story of a marriage, and of all the other ties that bind, from parents and in-laws to children and the promises of youth.Griffin [...]

The Brass Bed (Kindle Edition)

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

“Funny, frisky, and far out! Jennifer Stevenson’s writing is naughty and irresistible.”–Julie Kistler, author of ScandalTHE CURSE: Satisfy one hundred women or be trapped in a brass bed foreverLord Randall was a lousy lover in 1811, so his magician-mistress turned him into a sex demon. Lucky for him, his bed fell into Clay’s [...]