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After serving several years in prison, Glenn Davis returns to his rural Mississippi home, where he forges a path of destruction and violence that finally leads him to a stand-off with Sheriff Bobby

Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast.

Looking for Australia is a fascinating collection of essays by author and historian John Hirst.

Mayor delivers an account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome's power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius.

At first, the shooting death of the company chairman seems like an unfortunate hunting accident -- until Lucas investigates the other four executives in the hunting party.

Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.

Heartless opens with a girl who is faced with life

In a London hospital, a talented nurse is found strangled to death. As Inspector Monk searches for the killer, he uncovers a tragic evil that darkens every level of the city's society.

A reporter-turned-private eye moves from muckraking to uncovering murder in a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and a very hungry crocodile.

Joyce records the events of a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin, Ireland, with its three principal characters--Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom, and his wife Molly.

An extraordinary story of courage and survival in the tradition of Angela's Ashes.

Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother who has brain cancer.

A compelling voice for Generation X, Eggers here recounts his early 20s, caring for his younger brother after their parents' unexpected deaths and his endeavors in a variety of media.

Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.

A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds.