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"Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners …
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young …
Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to …
"A smart, tight, provocative techno-thriller straight out of the very near future--by an iconic visionary writer Some people call it …
When we first meet the extraordinary young actress Suzanne Vale, she’s feeling like “something on the bottom of someone’s shoe, …
4 1/2 stars...I liked it better the second time I read it. Anticipating the rest of the books in this series.
5 stars...re-read it again, and liked it even more in the context of Winter and Spring.
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends …
Excellent prologue. After that, it was difficult to sustain interest in the satire. (It was satire, right?)
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of …
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
A series of timely, short essays that all Americans should read. Really.
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF …
