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After his final trip up the river, Jerome sat down to write a serious book about the Thames, but in the process, his humor took over and gave birth to this masterpiece of unquenchable comedy.

One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire.

To launch his own newspaper, Sam Flint must face competition from the corrupt editor of the Silver City Democrat.

On a single, fateful day in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, 1938, a former British consul wrestles with his demons as his wife tries to rescue their marriage from his drinking problem.

When an unexpected accident cuts Chris' life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie, the divided soul mates will do anything to reach each other across the boundaries between life and d

On the Day of the Dead, at the Solona Music Hall, Altagracia Quintero meets John Burns--just two weeks too late.

Fundamentalist minister Alexander Hergensheimer knew that Armageddon was near.

Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera.

On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is annually reenacted.

Wayne Castine was found brutally murdered and the murderer remains at large.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

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.

A truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains.

A young marine in Vietnam has big ambitions to command a company, but two other soldiers stand in his way.

A young woman and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall.