In the Heart of the Sea
: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: May 2001
Tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever - an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick.
In the Kingdom of Ice
: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides
Hardcover: Aug 2014
Paperback: May 2015
New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. Winner of the 2014 BookBrowse Award for Nonfiction.
In the Kingdom of Men
: A Novel
by Kim Barnes
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: Feb 2013
From the PEN USA Award-winning author of A Country Called Home, a richly imagined new novel about a young woman who leaves the dusty farmland of 1960s Oklahoma to follow her husband to the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and finds a world of wealth, ...
In the Kitchen
: A Novel
by Monica Ali
Hardcover: Jun 2009
Paperback: May 2010
Amid the fading glory of the Imperial Hotel, embattled Executive Chef Gabriel Lightfoot tries to maintain his culinary integrity in the hotel's restaurant, while managing an unruly but talented group of immigrant cooks.
A wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of the dead author, and - in the best tradition of Frame - a fascinating exploration of the complexity and the beauty of language.
New York Times and worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn ...
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