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The Journey Home

Olafsson`s novel takes place in the 1960s, when Disa, a cook at a country hotel in Somerset, discovers she has a terminal illness. Determined to return to her native Iceland to die, she makes the hazardous journey, at the end of which she must face n...

The Crusader

At the Santes Creus monastery in Spain, Brother Francisco returns from the Crusades a changed man: he is full of grisly tales of his adventures, and he is possessed by demons. Brother Lucas is assigned the task of exorcism; if he succeeds he will bec...

Flesh and Blood

Psychologist Alex Delaware tries to unravel the events that led up to the brutal murder of a troubled young woman, Lauren Teague, who was briefly Delaware's patient.

Gods & Generals

Here is Thomas Stonewall Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian. His fierce exterior hides a compassionate soul that few - students and soldiers alike - will ever see, and he becomes the greatest commander of the...

Buffett

The author provides a coherent account of how Buffett went on to make his current fiefdom the most expensive equity on the New York Stock Exchange, thanks to sizable, shrewdly timed positions in American Express, Capital Cities/ABC, Coca-Cola, and ot...

All the Pretty Horses

The first volume in McCarthy`s Border Trilogy, this novel tells the story of John Grady Cole, a teenage cowboy; Lacey Rawlins, his sidekick; and Alejandra Roche y Vilareal, the woman he loves.

Eisenhower

This in-depth life of Eisenhower is an original, provocative, and authoritative portrait of the man, both as soldier and as president.

From Dawn to Decadence

Barzun unpacks a lifetime of learning in this comprehensive overview of history and culture. The distinguished historian reexamines major themes in Western civilization from the Renaissance through modern times.

Mad for Words

The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.

Prodigal Summer

Set in Appalachia, Kingsolver`s very pastoral novel tells the stories of three women who live close to the land. A wildlife biologist studying coyotes is fascinated by a young man with a passion for hunting. An intellectually inclined farmer`s wife f...