|
2004 Favorites by Established Authors
|
|
Search results: The best new books -
|
|
Page 1 of
4
|
Total books found: 28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
by Melvyn Bragg
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Sep 2006
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Bragg)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review  |
|
| An enthralling story not only of power, religion, and trade but also of people and how they changed, and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English. |
|
|
|
The Darling
by Russell Banks
Hardcover: Oct 2004
Paperback: 1 Oct 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Banks)
Author interview (Banks)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| A political-historical thriller set in Liberia and the USA between 1975 to 1991 that raises serious philosophical questions about terrorism, political violence, and the clash of races and cultures. |
|
|
|
Going Postal: A Discworld Novel
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Oct 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Pratchett)
Author interview (Pratchett)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| Set in Pratchett's wonderfully crazed city of Ankh-Morpork, Going Postal hilariously reflects the plight of post offices the world over as they struggle to compete in an era when e-mail has stolen much of the glamour from the postal trade. |
|
|
|
The Falls
by Joyce Carol Oates
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Aug 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Oates)
Author interview (Oates)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| 'This big, enthralling novel recaptures the gift for Dreiserian realism that distinguishes such Oates triumphs as What I Lived For, and We Were the Mulvaneys. It's her best ever, and a masterpiece.' Kirkus Reviews. |
|
|
|
Birds of a Feather: A Maisie Dobbs Mystery
by Jacqueline Winspear
Hardcover: Jun 2004
Paperback: 1 Aug 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Winspear)
Author interview (Winspear)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| Maisie is as intelligent and engaging a sleuth as one might desire: the period touches, from clothing to manners, are not only elegantly presented but unostentatious. |
|
|
|
The Sunday Philosophy Club
by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 12 Jul 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (McCall Smith)
Author interview (McCall Smith)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| Filled with thorny characters and a Scottish atmosphere as thick as a highland mist, The Sunday Philosophy Club is irresistible, and Isabel Dalhousie is the most delightful literary sleuth since Precious Ramotswe. |
|
|
|
Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: 1 Jul 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Scottoline)
Author interview (Scottoline)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| A stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces Scottoline's hallmark themes of justice and family. |
|
|
|
Birds Without Wings
by Louis de Bernieres
Hardcover: Aug 2004
Paperback: 28 Jun 2005
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (de Bernieres)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
BookBrowse Review |
|
| Epic in its narrative sweep, steeped in historical fact yet profoundly humane, and dazzlingly evocative in its emotional and sensual detail. This is de Bernières' first book since Captain Corelli's Mandolin. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
1
2
3
4
next » |
| |
