S.J. Parris
S.J. Parris writes about her inspiration for Heresy, which masterfully blends true events with fiction into a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.
Adam Haslett
A conversation with Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic, a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century.
An underwater graveyard in the Pacific Northwest... A mysterious seaport in the bayous
of Louisiana... A diabolical plot to destroy America!
Unknown waters, 1948. The Princess Dou Wan, a sea-weary cruise ship covertly seized by
Chiang Kai-shek, slams into a devastating storm that tears the hull apart and sends it and
a mysterious cargo down into the depths, lost to all searchers for more than fifty years.
Pacific Northwest, 2000. Dirk Pitt® rescues a beautiful undercover immigration agent
from Qin Shang, an insatiably greedy smuggler whose vast fortune is made selling Chinese
immigrants into slavery around the globe. Shang's campaign contributions have bought him a
collection of powerful U.S. politicians, but Pitt finds the secret behind Shang's vast and
mystifying seaport in the Louisiana bayou to be shockingly sinister. From an
adrenaline-pumped race against time and tide up the Mississippi River to a desperate dash
to recover Chinese treasures, Dirk Pitt faces one of his most formidable foes -- a madman
bent on killing hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children with a
catastrophic surge of mass destruction.
Book Reviews
School Library Journal
The vividly described action takes readers from the ports of Hong Kong to picturesque Washington State and to the final showdown on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. As each problem seems to be solved, larger and more dangerous events occur, such as the seemingly unexplainable smuggling of thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants....The eye-catching cover of this novel should entice readers to open its pages, where they will soon find themselves engrossed in this enthralling adventure.
Kirkus Reviews
Speedy storytelling and great fun.
Booklist
This bombastically scripted tale will satisfy Cussler faithfuls.
Publishers Weekly
Fresh from battling an evil diamond merchant in Shock Wave, Dirk Pitt,
Cussler's perennial hero, and his sidekick, Al Giordino, are out to catch a
Chinese shipping magnate who smuggles illegal Chinese immigrants into
countries around the world to be worked as indentured slaves..... Some
readers will wince at the way Cussler heightens the drama by tapping into
right-wing fears of a flood tide of nonwhite immigrants. Still, series fans
will delight in the well-executed plot twists and revel in Cussler's
portrayal of a shipwreck laden with tons of Chinese antiquities.
When his daughter, Amy, died suddenly of a heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife moved in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. His story tells how a family makes the possible out of the impossible.
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family.
The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during wartime, when those we cherish leave. And how every story-of love or war-is about looking left when we should have been looking right.
Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.
Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.
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Lisa See has written a great book! This story is satisfying on many levels, some scenes horrifying, but seemingly truthful, and her handling of the ...
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Amazon 'buy button' rumors abound(Mar 18 2010) Rumors swirled today that Amazon could revoke the buy buttons for books by Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Penguin, or Hachette if the major publishers can't...
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Amazon's e-pricing threats(Mar 18 2010) With Apple's iPad launch just weeks away, Amazon raised the stakes again when it threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online...
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