When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves almost exactly like her. While everyone else is fooled by this imposter, Leo...
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Author: Galchen, RivkaSummary:Genre: General fiction -
Author: Erickson, SteveSummary:When the Twin Towers suddenly reappear in the badlands of South Dakota, nobody can explain their return. To the tens of thousands drawn to the "American Stonehenge," the Towers seem to sing, even...
Genre: Dystopian fiction -
Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:This National Book Award winning novel traces five days in the life of a man whose wife has recently left him for his best friend. Through letter writing, Herzog movingly portrays both his own...
Genre: Classic fiction -
Author: Coll, SteveSummary:This 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning work details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden, and America's efforts to find and...
Genre: History, Political science -
Author: Cockburn, AndrewSummary:Assassination by drone is a subject of enduring fascination, yet few understand why it has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain takes the listener inside the world of national...
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Author: Bellow, SaulSummary:In this collection of more than thirty essays originally published in the New York Times, Esquire, and the New Republic, Saul Bellow ranges fluidly across topics as various as the talents of...
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Author: Hoy, BenjaminSummary:Often described as the longest undefended border in the world, the Canada-US border was born in blood, conflict, and uncertainty. At the end of the American Revolution, Britain and the United...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History, Political science -
Author: Jin, Ha.Summary:
National Book Award-winner Ha Jin brings us a collection of stories that delve into the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America. All of Ha Jin's characters struggle in situations that...
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Wright, James EdwardSummary:This book recounts the experiences of the young Americans who fought in Vietnam and of families who grieved those who did not return. By 1969 nearly half of the junior enlisted men who died in...
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Author: Kaplan, Fred M.Summary:As cyber attacks dominate front-page news, Fred Kaplan probes the most secretive government agencies to tell the never-before-told story of the policymakers, scientists, and spies who devised a...
Genre: Computer science -
Author: White, E. B.Summary:Covering a large number of subjects, this classic collection features thirty-one of White's most memorable essays.
Genre: Essays -
Author: Tougias, Mike, Sherman, CaseySummary:The true story of the valiant attempt to rescue those inside two oil tankers that split in half during the brutal nor'easter in New England in the winter of 1952.
Genre: History, True adventure stories -
Author: Stark, PeterSummary:A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of...
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Author: Surui, BS, Almir NarayamogaSummary:
Almir Narayamoga Surui, the Amazonian tribal chieftain of the indigenous Surui people, is a leader in the fight to save the rainforest not only for the preservation of his land and people, but for...
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Author: Molloy, J. T., Donohue, JohnSummary:
Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story."--Malachy...