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What do readers say about Casino Royale?
violent, sadistic, misogynistic cold war spy novel casinos and gambling short, to the pointThere is only one Bond.
Discover the nation's favourite spy in the addictive first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Catch up on this classic adventure before the release of No Time to Die.
Le Chiffre is a businessman with expensive tastes,... More details on Casino Royale
THE SCENT and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling – a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension – becomes unbearable...
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What do readers say about The Blade Itself?
cynical, dark, high fantasy vivid, visceral prose the characters are well-written compelling and wittyThe first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie.
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead ba... More details on The Blade Itself
Logen opened his eyes a crack. Light, blurry bright through leaves. This was death? Then why did it hurt so much? His whole left side was throbbing. He tried to take a proper breath, choked, coughed u...
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What do readers say about Shogun?
action-intrigue-romance-cultural exchange blockbuster japanese cultural history epic novel of japan engaging and epic story'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' Daily Mirror
This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan... More details on Shogun
Blackthorne was suddenly awake. For a moment he thought he was dreaming because he was ashore and the room unbelievable. It was small and very clean and covered with soft mats. He was lying on a thick...
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What do readers say about The Lions of Al-Rassan?
strong, capable female characters tolerance and civilization loyalties, belief, and love far-reaching and engrossingIn a magnificent setting, hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, The Loins of Al-Rassan is both a brilliant adventure and a deeply moving story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake-or d... More details on The Lions of Al-Rassan
Back in the days before Jehane had begun her own practice, in that time when her father could still talk to her, and teach, he had offered those words to her over and again, speaking of the ruling Ash...
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What do readers say about Abraham Lincoln?
a time sucking vampire american gothic history fiction an alternate history dull and woodenIndiana. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy…" ... More details on Abraham Lincoln
The boy had been crouched so long that his legs had fallen asleep beneath him—but he dared not move now. For here, in a small clearing in the frostbitten forest, were the creatures he had waited so lo...
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What do readers say about Tigana?
totally unique storyline melancholy and tragic feel loss, love and memory heart-wrenching and masterfully writtenA masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate-from the renowned author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Children of Earth and Sky.
Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a peo... More details on Tigana
IN THE AUTUMN SEASON OF THE WINE, WORD WENT FORTH from among the cypresses and olives and the laden vines of his country estate that Sandre, Duke of Astibar, once ruler of that city and its province,...
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What do readers say about The Fabulous Clipjoint?
classic noir mystery pulp, kinda noir great tone and mood post-war1948 Edgar Award Winner Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. He doesn't want to end up like his father, a linotype operator and a drunk, married to a harridan, with a harridan-in-training stepdaughter. Ed wants out, he wants to live, he wants t... More details on The Fabulous Clipjoint
The Central Mutual turned out to be a moderate−sized branch office of a company whose headquarters were in St. Louis. It was a break for us; the smaller the office the more likely they were to remembe...
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What do readers say about The Westing Game?
samuel w. westing's will a possible murderer well written and engaging exciting and thrillingBE CLASSIC with The Westing Game, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett.
A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very stranger will of the very read Samuel W. Westing. They... More details on The Westing Game
Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The letters were signed Barney ...
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What do readers say about Murder At The ABA?
clever and entertaining murder mystern novel a murder mystery an intriguing whodunitWhen the protege of writer Darius Just suddenly turns up murdered at the celebrated annual publishing convention, chaos and suspense sweep the autographing sessions, the buffet tables, the bars, and the famed hospitality suites.
Darius is certain he ... More details on Murder At The ABA
In the particular case in which I was involved, however, we can limit the direct causes to a specific, limited series of events, all of which had to have happened for violent death to have its chance....
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What do readers say about Bridge of Birds?
a journey across china a chinese fairytale chinese fairytale-esque style superb, easily lyrical"Li Kao may have a slight flaw in his character but the book has none. I recommend it unconditionally and I predict Barry Hughart has quite a future as a fantasy writer."-Anne McCaffrey
When the children of his village were struck with a mysterious i... More details on Bridge of Birds
My surname is Lu and my personal name is Yu, but I am not to be confused with the eminent author of The Classic of Tea. My family is quite undistinguished, and since I am the tenth of my father’s sons...
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