Eliminate everyone who knows...Off the island of Crete an illicit diver finds a 30-year-old aircraft on the seabed. He recovers a steel case containing four sealed flasks from amongst the corpses stil
A CIA agent faces off against a sadistic SS officer in this Cold War spy thriller that âwill have readers on the edge of their seatsâ (Bookmarks Magazine). It is the late 1930s, and a young Christ
When Charles McCarry's The Better Angels was first published almost 30 years ago, its premise--that terrorists would use passenger-filled airliners as tools of terror--seemed incredible. In retrospect
From ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial an
A selection of the Literary Guild, it was published in more than a dozen languages and sold over two million copies. Later made into an Academy Award-nominated film directed by Otto Preminger and star
In this revelatory history, Mark Derr looks at the ways in which we have used caninesâas sled dogs and sheepdogs, hounds and Seeing Eye dogs, guard dogs, show dogs, and bomb-sniffing dogsâas he tr
Titus is expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects. But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established order is thrown into disarray.
Ali and Nino, two lovers from vastly different backgrounds, grow up together in carefree innocence in Baku on the Caspian Sea. Here, where Eastern and Occidental collide, they are inevitably drawn int
The play revolves around wealthy middle-aged couple Agnes and Tobias, who have their complacency shattered when their longtime friends Harry and Edna appear at their doorstep. Claiming an encroaching,
When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we probably donât give a second thought about where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far mo
An enchanting underground world hides sinister secrets in this YA fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge An ALA/ALSC Notable Childrenâs Book In the underground city of Caverna, the world
Originally published in four volumes nearly fifty years ago, Cities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. Named after the migrant workers of America'
