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A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition

A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition

by Norman MacLean, Joel Snyder, Barry Moser

Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of "A River Runs through It" that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American stories of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1976, A River Runs through It and Other Stories now celebrates its... (more)

The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition

The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition

by David James Duncan, Dick Hill

This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irreverent young fly fisherman and one of the most appealing heroes in contemporary American fiction. Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus decides to strike out on his own, taking refuge in a secluded cabin on a remote riverbank to pursue his own fly-fishing passion with unrelenting zeal. But instead of finding fishing bliss,... (more)

River Rats

by Caroline Stevermer

A paddle wheeler cruises up the Mississippi, delivering mail and hosting an occasional concert. A scene straight out of the nineteenth century? Not quite. This Mississippi is a toxic brown river. And the paddle wheeler is run by the River Rats, a troop of orphans who survived the Flash, a nuclear holocaust. What were once huge cities are now plague-ridden ruins haunted by gangs of savage children. And the concerts... (more)

Where the River Ends

by Charles Martin

A powerfully emotional and beautifully written story of heartbreaking loss and undying love He was a fishing guide and struggling artist from a south George trailer park. She was the beautiful only child of South Carolina’s most powerful senator. Yet once Doss Michaels and Abigail Grace Coleman met by accident, they each felt they’d found their true soul mate. Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie faces... (more)

Legacy

by James A. Michener

As Major Norman Starr is about to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions, he recalls the heritage of his ancestors and the role they played in the true glory of America. Bestselling author James Michener has painted a timeless family portrait and an eloquent lesson in American history. "Michener is a master storyteller." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL

Mr. Gumpy's Outing (Weekly Reader Children's Book Club)

Mr. Gumpy's Outing (Weekly Reader Children's Book Club)

by John Burningham

Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat. It is such a perfect idea, for such a perfect summer day, that he soon has company: first the children, then the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, and still others until-- Mr. Gumpy's outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion. With Mr. Gumpy's Outing , John Burningham became the first... (more)

The Secret of Sabrina Fludde

by Pauline Fisk

Abren is washed ashore along the Welsh river Sabrina Fludde, inexplicably alone. Who is she? Where did she come from and where is her family? As Abren seeks answers to the unknowns in her life, she encounters several other characters, mysterious in their own right. The thread that weaves their stories together is the mystical river and it is the same river that, in the end, will link Abren to her past. Expertly... (more)

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

The town of Cold Sassy, Georgia is scandalized on July 5, 1906 when E. Rucker Blakeslee, a widower for three weeks, eloped with Love Simpson, a northerner.

Gai-Jin

by James Clavell

In the Japan of the 1860s, Malcolm Struan, the heir to the title of Tai-Pan within the Nobel House, meets a young French woman who will alter his destiny and the entire family legacy. Reprint. NYT. PW.

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (P.S.)

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (P.S.)

by Paulo Coelho

From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist , comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life. Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and... (more)

King Rat

by James Clavell

The first volume in the author's colossal Asian historical saga. By the author of Noble House, Shogun, Gai-Jin, and Tai-Pan. Reissue.

The Road to Omaha

by Robert Ludlum

"A very funny book... no character is minor: they're all hilarious." -- Houston Chronicle . In The Road To Gandolfo , Robert Ludlum introduced us to the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins and his legal wizard, Sam Devereaux, whose plot to kidnap the Pope spun wildly out of control into sheer hilarity. Now Ludlum's two wayward heroes return with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong -- and ... (more)

The Road to Gandolfo

by Robert Ludlum

In this wickedly funny novel, Robert Ludlum combines the explosive pacing of The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy with a bitingly witty send-up of everything from government bureaucrats and pandering military men to the mob, the law, and organized religion. War hero and infamous ladies’ man, General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story had even been sold to Hollywood. But now he... (more)

The Scorpio Illusion

by Robert Ludlum

Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly -- and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived. Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer--one of the best--until the rainswept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an... (more)

The Matarese Countdown

by Robert Ludlum

Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back--and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 6

From Potter's Field

by Patricia Cornwell

In From Potter's Field , #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell enters the chilling world of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta--and a bold, brilliant killer from her past. Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault. She soon realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain... (more)

Stones from the River

by Ursula Hegi

Stones from the River is a daring, dramatic and complex novel of life in Germany. It is set in Burgdorf, a small fictional German town, between 1915 and 1951. The protagonist is Trudi Montag, a Zwerg -- the German word for dwarf woman. As a dwarf she is set apart, the outsider whose physical "otherness" has a corollary in her refusal to be a part of Burgdorf's silent complicity during and after World War II.... (more)

Capital Crimes: Book 4

Murder in the Smithsonian

by Margaret Truman

"Nonstop action and a brillianly evocative setting make this another winner!" BOOKLIST Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian who had stumbled onto an international art scandal, was brutally murdered in front of two hundred guests at an elegant party at the Smithsonian. When his fiancee, Heather McBea, flies in from Scotland to learn more, Mac Hanrahan, the captain in charge of the case, takes a heated interest... (more)

Stalingrad

The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

by Antony Beevor

This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II. Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle. In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold... (more)

Brain

by Robin Cook

Two doctors place their lives in jeopardy to find out why a young woman died on the operating table-and had her brain secretly removed. "Absorbing...provocative." ( Houston Chronicle )

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by Norman MacLean, Joel Snyder, Barry Moser

by David James Duncan, Dick Hill

by Caroline Stevermer

by Charles Martin

by James A. Michener

by John Burningham

by Pauline Fisk

by Olive Ann Burns

by James Clavell

by Paulo Coelho

by James Clavell

by Robert Ludlum

by Robert Ludlum

by Robert Ludlum

by Robert Ludlum

by Patricia Cornwell

by Ursula Hegi

by Margaret Truman

The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

by Antony Beevor

by Robin Cook