Product description (from the publisher): A phenomenal pop-up celebration of The Wizard of Oz’s 100th Anniversary! This deluxe pop-up of L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic is an Oz-lover’s dream! The amazing paper engineering and special effects include a twisting cyclone, a wizard’s balloon that sails into the sky, and holographic foil for the Emerald City [...]
Plot summary (from the publisher): Stricken with arthritis, Miss Jane Marple has packed herself off, at the insistence of her nephew, for some rest and relaxation at a resort in the Caribbean. The sea is sublime and the weather is fine in this quiet paradise so far away from bustling St. Mary Mead. But suddenly [...]
Plot summary (with possible spoilers): Maya Lange runs the Red Thread adoption agency, which specializes in helping hopeful American couples adopt baby girls from China. Suffering from pervasive memories of her own baby daughter’s death in a freak accident and the subsequent divorce that left her alone and lonely, Maya uses her work to help [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Marina Gregg is a famous American actress who has just purchased a house in tiny St. Mary Mead with her new husband Jason Rudd. To celebrate the event, Marina and Jason decide to have a party to greet a select few of their new neighbors. Among the guests is Heather Badcock, [...]
Summary: In Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, conservative columnist Ann Coulter addresses several instances of what she believes to be pervasive liberal media bias. This bias, in part, is revealed in the way political stories are presented to the American people and in the way politicians are covered. Specifically, Coulter believes that the [...]
Plot summary (from the publisher): First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. The novel tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch–saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud’s, ether addict and abortionist. This is [...]
Summary (from the publisher): “I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger . . .” writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up “1922,” the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): Before rising to literary fame, Charlotte Brontë lived the life of a poor curate’s daughter in the English countryside. She had seen some of the world thanks to a few years spent studying abroad in Belgium, but she returned to Haworth after a failed love affair with one of her professors. [...]
Plot summary (from the publisher): Mr. Darcy’s Diary presents the story of the unlikely courtship of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy from Darcy’s point of view. This graceful imagining and sequel to Price and Prejudice explains Darcy’s moodiness and the difficulties of his reluctant relationship as he struggles to avoid falling in love with Miss [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): There’s a revolution taking place in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Ramat, which forces Prince Ali Yusuf to flee the country. Before leaving, he gives his best friend/pilot Bob Rawlinson for safekeeping a small bag containing nearly a million dollars in precious stones to smuggle out of the country. Since [...]