Book Summary An entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. There’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick cottages, some public housing, and a few larger houses dotted about. Voices rise up, as they might anywhere, speaking […]
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A Woman of No Importance
Book Summary The never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine.
Tip of the Iceberg
Book Summary From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America’s last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Expedition.
The Female Persuasion
Book Summary An electric, multilayered novel about ambition, power, friendship, and mentorship, and the romantic ideals we all follow deep into adulthood, not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be To be admired by someone we admire – we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being […]
Fake Like Me
Book Summary At once a twisted psychological portrait of a woman crumbling under unimaginable pressure and a razor-sharp satire of the contemporary art scene, Fake Like Me is a dark, glamorous, and addictive story of good intentions gone awry, from the critically acclaimed author of I’ll Eat When I’m Dead.
Microsoft’s Encarta 2007
While Microsoft Encarta Premium 2006 marked Microsoft’s commitment to the Web – Microsoft Encarta Premium 2007 marks its commitments to its own technology. The new Encarta relies on Microsoft’s powerful, flexible, scalable, and adaptable .Net Framework 2.0. There is a price to pay, of course: the time it takes to install the product is much […]