Calibre library
Cutting for Stone [April 24, 2011]
Abraham Verghese
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Exclusive: John Irving Reviews Cutting for Stone Cutting for Stone: That Cutting for Stone is a remarkable achievement._--John Irving_(Photo © Maki Galimberti)From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Lauded for his sensitive ...
A Discovery of Witches [April 24, 2011]
Deborah Harkness
Amazon.com ReviewA Discovery of Witches is heady mix of history and magic, mythology and love (cue the aforementioned vampire!), making for a luxurious, intoxicating, one-sitting read._ --Daphne Durham_Ten More Books for Readers of A Discovery of Wit...
The Help [April 24, 2011]
Kathryn Stockett
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel (and maiden publication of Amy Einhorn's new imprint) set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted ...
The Last Lecture [April 14, 2011]
Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Amazon.com Review"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "_The Last Lecture_." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to the...
Shadow of the Hegemon [March 13, 2011]
Orson Scott Card
The Ender Saga [6]: The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered...
Shadow Puppets [March 13, 2011]
Orson Scott Card
The Ender Saga [7]: EDITORIAL REVIEW:**A Sequel to *The New York Times* Bestselling *Enders's Shadow***Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.Earth and its society has been changed irrevocably in...
Ender's Shadow [March 13, 2011]
Orson Scott Card
The Ender Saga [5]: Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender'...
The Bluest Eye [March 13, 2011]
Toni Morrison
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to...
The Scarecrow [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Jack McEvoy [2]: Amazon.com ReviewBook DescriptionForced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his c...
The Brass Verdict [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller [2]: Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's client...
The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller [1]: Amazon.com ReviewBest-selling author Michael Connelly, whose character-driven literary mysteries have earned him a wide following, breaks from the gate in the over-crowded field of legal thrillers and leaves every other contender f...
The Closers [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [11]: Three years after leaving the LAPD, Harry is back, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider.Harry and Kiz are assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit. Thesedetectives are the Closers; they put a shovel in the dir...
The Narrows [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [10]: From Publishers WeeklyThere's a gravitas to the mystery/thrillers of Michael Connelly, a bedrock commitment to the value of human life and the need for law enforcement pros to defend that value, that sets his work apart and above th...
Lost Light [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [9]: From Publishers WeeklyAward-winning former crime reporter Connelly (The Black Echo; City of Bones) hits all the right notes with this latest in his Edgar-winning mystery series featuring L.A. detective Harry Bosch. Even though this m...
Chasing The Dime [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Amazon.com ReviewHenry Pierce is about to become very rich--as soon as his firm, Amedeo Technologies, gets an infusion of capital from a big backer. But the brilliant chemist's workaholic habits are disrupted when his lover, the former intelligence o...
City Of Bones [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [8]: A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT: Terry McCaleb's enforced quiet lifestyle is a far cry from the excitement of his former role as an FBI profiler. But when a small-time criminal is found dead, McCaleb becomes embroiled in a disturbing and ...
A Darkness More Than Night [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [7]: Both Terry McCaleb and Harry Bosch are featured in a story that is a murder mystery, a legal thriller, and a psychological drama. Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie d...
Void of Moon [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Void of Moon The Emotional Journey Through Marital Separation Void of Moon, The Emotional Journey Through Marital Separation is based on the author, Denise Falcone's, personal journey and the experiences of many women through this strange and unfamil...
Angels Flight [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [6]: Amazon.com ReviewMichael Connelly, whose novel __ won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated s...
Blood Work [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Amazon.com ReviewMichael Connelly has been attracting fans by the droves with his hard-boiled, edgy thrillers. A former crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Connelly combines a poet's ear for language with a deep understanding of the criminal mi...
Trunk Music [February 16, 2011]
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch [5]: Amazon.com ReviewLAPD Homicide detective Bosch is back from an involuntary administrative leave just in time for the bodies to start turning up. When he finds hints of an mob hit but can't interest the organized crime unit in the mur...
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