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An American chess grandmaster gets involved with a Russian defector in the exciting debut novel from the author of the Mongo Mysteries.

In New York City, a homeless man with amnesia must unravel his past while a serial killer stalks the streets, in this taut thriller from the author of the Mongo Mysteries.

The author of the Mongo Mysteries reveals the interior life of a troubled writer in this deeply personal autobiographical novel. At the age of fifty-eight, author Garth Fugue is adrift.

Two former CIA agents reunite for a dangerous mission in which nothing is as it seems in this seductive thriller from the author of the Mongo Mysteries.

Ned Kelly is the most wanted man in Australia. When the authorities bring in an army of police to catch him, Ned plans an extraordinary showdown at the Inn at Glenrowan.

A daughter of Jewish refugees searches for love and a spiritual home in this novel by the National Book Award-nominated author of Difficult Women.

An action-packed collection of Conan the Barbarian's wild adventures.

A classic collection of American short stories about the lives of the late-nineteenth-century citizens of Maine.

A romance in Egypt in 2000 BC. Tanus, ayoung warrior, loves Lostris, the daughter of Lord Istris, the grand vizier.

Three siblings search for a mystical sword and unearth family secrets in this adventure novel.

A New York Times Notable Book: Darkly comic fables of modern life from a "major discovery" whose "writing gets in your bloodstream like a fever" (The Washington Post Book World)

A dachshund's resilient spirit reveals how precious each day is, in this wise, heartfelt memoir by the author of Lauren's Story: An American Dog in Paris.

A groundbreaking exploration of the enduring bond between humans and their animal companions.

When an actress turns up in the morgue, an ex-cop and a private investigator hunt a vicious killer across Los Angeles in "this hard-hitting crime novel" (Publishers Weekly).

"If history could be taught in the schools the way Berton writes about it, there wouldn't be a more popular subject on the curriculum." -The Globe and Mail Of all the wars fought by