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Published Apr 2012
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Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA startlingly original first novel by "this generation's answer to Alice Munro" (The Vancouver Sun) - a bold reimagining of one of history's most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.
by Josh Bazell
Published Sep 2009
Read ReviewsDr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital; Pietro "Bearclaw" Brwna is a hitman for the mob.
And Nicholas LoBrutto, Dr. Brown's new patient who has three months to live, has a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brwna might - just might - be the same person ...
by Anne Rice
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsA novel about the early years of Christ, based on the Gospels and on respected New Testament scholarship.
by J.R. Lankford
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsThe story of a momentous undertaking -- an attempt to clone Christ. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, this soaring novel is a triumph, and a touching and unexpected love story, born amid swirling events.
by Christopher Moore
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsThe early life of the Son of God, including the missing years as told by his childhood friend Biff. "An instant classic...terrific, funny and poignant".
by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Published Aug 1997
Read ReviewsA masterwork of suspense and passion that has as its center an unforgettable woman, the 9th Century Pope Joan. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.
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