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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST * "A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free." --Vanity Fair Eleven-year-old George Washington...

Four lost hikers are about to discover they're capable of something extraordinary. Nola has gone up the mountain to commemorate her wedding anniversary, the first since her beloved husband passed. Blonde, stick-thin Bridget is training for a triathalon. Vonn is working out her teenage...

Jack London's adventurous nature, intuitive feeling for animal life, and superb storytelling skills give his tales a striking vitality and force. Thrilling action and a sense of justice characterize the classic stories in this collection. White Fang In the desolate, frozen wilds of northwest Canada,...

Out of the searing heat and sandstorms of the infamous summer of 2003 in Baghdad comes The Witch of Babylon, a gripping story rooted in ancient Assyrian lore and its little-known but profound significance for the world. John Madison is a Turkish-American art dealer raised by his much...

When the reclusive mathematician Jeremy Grady is murdered, it's up to his estranged brother Jack to find out why. Jack's search leads him on a far-flung journey -- from Brazil, India, Peru, and beyond -- as he unravels the mystery that links the Seven Wonders of the World, and discovers that Jeremy...

James Morrow'sGalápagos Regained centers on the fictional Chloe Bathurst, an unemployed Victorian actress who finds work on Charles Darwin's estate, nurturing the strange birds, exotic lizards, and giant tortoises he brought back from his trip around the world. When Chloe gets wind of the...

A rip-roaring sequel to Treasure Island--Robert Louis Stevenson's beloved classic--about two young friends and their high-seas adventure with dangerous pirates and long-lost treasure.   It's almost forty years after the events of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island<...

At the crossroads of high finance and international terrorism, a New York hedge-fund manager searches for the truth behind his father's murder. The master of the financial thriller returns. "Christopher Reich is a superstar."--Lee Child Bobby Astor is a...

Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Christina Hendricks Driver works as a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. He drives, that's all--until he's double-crossed. "One stark and stunning tale of murder, treachery, and...

Hailed by bestselling writer William Kent Krueger as "the year's best thriller debut," this furiously paced ride into harm's way features a drifter with lethal skills, whose mission to rescue his abducted sister pits him against a ruthless meth kingpin and his army of killers. Sixteen...

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA group of men set sail to solve the mystery of a sea monster in this amazing underwater adventure.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information- A chronology of the author's...