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Letters of E. B. White
by E. B. White Dorothy Lobrano GuthThe closest thing to an autobiography we will ever see from White.
Maigret and the Apparition
by Georges Simenon Eileen EllenbogenThe apparition leads Maigret to the highest echelons of the Parisian art world, and the depths of greed and cruelty.
Make It Ahead French Cooking
by Paul MayerThe author has taken a look at more traditional recipes and divided their preparation into several parts so that the busy homemaker can prepare them, if not in their entirety, at least to some point at which the dish can be set aside, and continued again closer to dinner time, without harming the final outcome of the recipe. In many cases, all parts of the dish can be completed entirely in advance.
Making Contact
by Virginia SatirThe path to better communication begins with learning about contact. Understanding techniques to make clear how habits and experiences affect you in subtle ways.
Murder on the Canadian (Tom and Liz Austen Mystery #1)
by Eric WilsonTeenage thriller about Tom Austen, who fell into an unhappy sleep aboard the Canadian train, and woke up to a horrifying scream.
Ox (Of Man and Manta #3)
by Piers AnthonyThe concluding volume of the extraordinary trilogy including 'ORN' and 'OMNIVORE'
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
by Gail SheehyGail Sheehy identifies the predictable crises of adult life.
Secrets of Kundalini in Panchastavi
by Gopi KrishnaPanchastavi is a unique hymn of praise to Kundalini, the Cosmic Life-Force behind Yoga and all the marvelous paranormal phenomena associated with it.
Swords of the Horseclans (Horseclans #2)
by Robert AdamsFor 700 years, the Undying High Lord Milo has been building his Confederation, leading the Horseclans slowly across the lands once known as the United States, absorbing city-states and nomadic tribes alike, some by peaceful means, some by the sword. But now his enemies have banded together into an army far larger than Milo can muster. Led by an ancient and evil intelligence, this wave of destruction is thundering swiftly down upon the Confederation forces.
Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness
by Edward ButscherBiography of the famous, gifted poetess whose short life has become a legend
Terra Nostra
by Carlos Fuentes Margaret Sayers PedenFuentes's greatest novel is concerned with the history of Spain and South America, with the Indian Gods, with Christianity, with the birth, the passion and the death of civilizations.
The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
by Charles Higham"WHO, REALLY, was Dr. Watson? And who was Sherlock Holmes? Both, I discovered in exploring the background for this book, had their parallels in real life. There actually was a Dr. John Watson, who lived in London, had served in the war in India, and had been wounded. And it is well-known that Holmes was very much like Dr. Joseph Bell, a skillfully deductive surgeon who taught at Edinburgh University. But I determined, as I worked on, that in the last analysis, Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, were really different aspects of the same person, in this instance Arthur Conan Doyle. ... He liked sport, and played Rugby and billiards expertly. He loved dogs, and kept a bull pup. He loved Turkish baths. He had a kind of wild courage, and tended to be romantic and gullible. He was loyal, a patriot, faithful to his friends and his wife. Self-effacing and considerate, though capable of being rash and headstrong, he was the perfect Boswell for Holmes. Conan Doyle's resemblances to Holmes are numerous. Holmes was descended from a family of squires, and he had some French blood. He had gray eyes. He had one brother. He suffered from conflicting moods of excitement and depression. He could be impatient and sharp. He had a bizarre sense of humor. He loved to make subtle literary references. He was inordinately excited by murder cases. He was familiar with an extraordinary IO . . . PREFACE range of subjects, including ciphers, medieval manuscripts, and the structure of warships. He went out in society but wi. ... He loved to reflect on philosophy and the course of history. Like Watson, he longed for the country while in London. Holmes had an almost clairvoyant grasp of events, beyond that of any other detective. He made up his own mind about crimes, deliberately acting as an accessory, when necessary, for the ultimate solution of a case, assuming the roles of judge and jury, and sometimes releasing the apparently guilty. He could deduce details of people's lives simply by glancing at them. Conan Doyle's son Adrian wrote of his father that he could sit in a cafe and determine from the hats, coats, shoes, umbrellas, and walking sticks of those who came in virtually their whole life stories."
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
by Isaac Asimov11 short stories from the famed sci-fi author
The Crack in the Sky
by Richard A. LupoffAcross the planet, only a handful of domed cities exist, cities like NorCal where multiple marriages and drug-taking are encouraged. Everyone waits for a technology to save them. IN CASE OF INFERNO ... "Sir, I checked the high-angle video shot again. That fire is just going and going." "Anything else on the condition screen?" "Sir, it says we have to stand by for a complete dome evacuation. How can we do that? That's impossible, it must be some obsolete code. We can't evacuate thirty million people!" The computers had the answer, but the question was: In earth's spoiled atmosphere, could anyone survive outside the dome?
The Crash of '79
by Paul ErdmanThe Shah of Iran has grandiose plans, which people unknowingly contribute to the crash of 1979 and the demise of the industrial West.
The Deep
by Peter BenchleyA young couple goes to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship, but they find much more.
The Glendower Legacy
by Thomas GiffordA 200-year-old document fell into a young student's hands. It soon cost him his life, inflamed a struggle between the CIA and the KGB, and made 2 people the targets of both sides.
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton
by Larry Niven3 novellas from the science fiction writer: Death by Ecstasy, The Defenseless Dead, and Arm.
The Old Time Radio Book
by Ted Sennett"This book is a collection of articles, quizzes, and photographs which attempts to recapture radio's golden years and provide entertainment for those who lived through them. The articles deal with many of the popular programs and versatile people of old-time radio; the quizzes should challenge even the longest memories, and the photographs- well, there were actual people behind all those voices, and they are seen here doing their jobs and doing them well." Bookshare offers many other books about old-time radio.
The Power of Blackness
by Jack WilliamsonBranded a criminal, he sought refuge with a mysterious clan of intergalactic revolutionaries, and found his heritage at last.
The Raj Quartet
by Paul ScottScott's epic saga set in the last years of the British Raj in India: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, and A Division of the Spoils. Historical fiction.
The Shadow of the Winter Palace: Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
by Edward CrankshawA panoramic, illuminating account of a dynasty in decline, that shows how Russia had within it seeds not only of revolution but of many aspects of modern Russia which we think of as peculiar.
The Whisper of the Axe
by Richard CondonShe was beautiful, brilliant, a dazzling lawyer and a glamorous socialite. She was also the mastermind behind a terrorist plot to annihilate 60 million Americans and destroy the US.
Thirteen Against the Bank
by Norman LeighTrue story of how a young English clerk and 12 others won methodically and consistently at Nice, breaking the bank. His simple, easy to understand system is fully explained.