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Jackdaws is one of the most stirring, successful, and popular thrillers of Ken Follett’s career-a patriotic adventure that has won the hearts of readers and critics alike. But perhaps People magazine said it best: “Returning to the World Wa… more

Ken Follett had the purest of motives when he began writing fiction: he did it for the money. But after ^IEye of the Needle^R catapulted him to success and secured his reputation as a master of the spy thriller, he both built on that succes… more

“It’s not the wild, primitive place some people imagine it to be. But yes, sure there’s fear… . I don’t know what the odds are, how Vegas would tease out the probabilities, how much fear is justified. I’m here, want to be here, don’t wa… more

A Traveler from Altruria is a Utopian novel by William Dean Howells first published in installments in The Cosmopolitan, Vol. XIV, No.1 (November 1892) to Vol. XV, No.6 (October 1893), and eventually in book form during 1894.Inspired by the… more

              Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; in Japan alone close to a thousand works have taken the ancient warrior as their subject. Unfortunately, our modern portrait... <a class="more" href="/books/detail/B00960UBOA/#editorial-review">more</a>

The turn of the century gave way to a new style in American Literature: American Realism. In these books, writers reflected what was happening in their time and culture. This is a collection of American realists. An active table of contents… more

On the eve of the Six Day War, in the divided city of Jerusalem, a young rabbinical scholar falls in love with a beautiful Mossad agent twice his age, breaks off the shackles of religious observance, and volunteers for a dangerous mission t… more

Over 20 from the American Realist period makes up this huge anthology with an active table of contents.Authors and works include:Horatio Alger:Ragged Dick: Street Life in New York with the Boot-BlacksStephen Crane:Maggie: A Girl of the Stre… more

CORREGIDOR, 19 APRIL, 1942, EMPEROR HIROHITO’S BIRTHDAYOUTNUMBEREDBataan has fallen and Japanese forces loose a hideous round-the-clock artillery barrage on this tiny island at the mouth of Manila Bay. Life is miserable for 11,000 brave hol… more