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In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo-Tartar emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon.

Recovering from despair, Sophie Michelli leaves her close-knit Bronx family for her brother's villa in California's wine country.

As the murders pile up in Crozet, Virgina, it seems the ones who can shiff out the clues best are a cat and a dog.

After a shocking archaeological find at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home sparks controversy, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen goes hunting for the truth. Her friends Mrs.

The Odyssey of the West series concludes with a fascinating look at the twentieth century and a discussion of the major works and strains of thought that ushered in the modern age and shaped Wester

Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side.

After their English aunt dies, listless American twins Julia and Valentina travel to London to live in their aunt's now empty flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery.

With starvation stalking, Leah welcomes her brother Jacob's dogsled full of supplies.

In a classic Bernie Rhodenbarr thriller, the buglar-turned-bookseller plots to steal the lost manuscript of a Kipling poem, but an unexpected twist leaves the police hot on his trail.

Bernie Rhodenbarr and his dog-grooming partner in crime, Carolyn, are planning the perfect crime.

Bernie's passion for Humphrey Bogart movies leads him to a beautiful damsel in distress, a dangerous international conspiracy, and more than a few incriminating bodies.

Kurlansky discusses the history of commercial cod fishing and the plight of the Atlantic fish and fisheries today as the cod faces extinction.

A concise summation of years of thinking and writing about the world's fastest growing religion, by one of the foremost international scholars on religious affairs.

In a covert operation, the U.S. Navy must intercept and destroy Russian submarines being sold to China. The submarines are of an advanced design and would enable China to attack Taiwan.

A picture-perfect Tenessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing.