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Uncover the dark agenda and forbidden conspiracy in The Lost Throne, find out how Goldman Sachs rose to power in The Partnership, be protected in any ambush using Guerrilla Warfare, and the witches are back in The Widows of Eastwick…

» Circle of the Dead

Ingrid Black

Back home in New England, they used to have these things called winters. Still do have them, probably. The world doesn’t stop just because you’re not there to keep an eye on it anymore.

» The Widows of Eastwick

John Updike

Those of us acquainted with their sordid and scandalous story were not surprised to hear, by way of rumours from the various localities where the sorceresses had settled after fleeing…

» The Ascent of Money

Niall Ferguson

Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: call it what you like, money matters. To Christians, the love of it is the root of all evil.

» The Disinherited

Henry Kamen

The attempted assassination was carefully planned. In the streets of Barcelona it was a crisp, clear December in the year 1492, the seventh day of the month and bright with Mediterranean sunshine.

» Arctic Drift

Clive Cussler

The cry rattled through the ship like the howl of a wounded jungle beast, a mournful wail that
sounded like a plea for death. The moan incited a second voice, and then a third, until a ghoulish chorus echoed through the darkness.

» The Lost Throne

Chris Kuzneski

The monk felt the wind on his face as he plummeted to his death, a journey that started with a scream and ended with a thud.

» At Large and At Small

Anne Fadiman

When I was a sophomore in college, I drank coffee nearly every evening with my friends Peter and Alex. Even though the coffee was canned; even though the milk was stolen…

» Guerrilla Warfare

Yank’ Levy

History never repeats itself. But there are many things which some of us thought belonged wholly to the past which recur, from time to time, throughout the centuries…

» The Partnership

Charles D. Ellis

On November 16, 1907, an unremarkable event took place that would have remarkable importance for Goldman Sachs: Looking for a job, sixteen- year- old Sidney Weinberg headed back to Wall Street.

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» Breakdowns

Art Spiegalman

Look into Art Spiegelman's world - his nervous breakdown, his experiments with psychedelic drugs and his participation in the underground comix world - in vivid detail, in this autobiographical comic memoir.

» The Art of Simple Food

Alice Waters

Alice Waters has started a delicious revolution with her book of simple recipes, advice on stocking your kitchen, basic cooking techniques and making your pantry your own.