King of the poker players from his suburban enclave in Maryland to Washington, D.C., Joey Moore faces a crisis in his life when an gambling opponent commits suicide and an unwanted baby is forced on him.
Small World
Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge's satirical...
A thriller in which a woman wakes up in a strange bedroom and in a strange body.
Eventually, Nanda’s studies lead her to become an astronaut and see the small, round shape of Earth far away. A geometric meditation on wonder, Small World is a modern classic that expresses our big and small place in the vast universe.
Exciting, educational collection includes figure of famous Egyptian ruler, plus a peel-and-apply wardrobe of royal apparel and authentic artifacts.
Only the King of Little Things stands between King Normous and his goal of conquering the world.
She remembers that while working as a youth on one of black mayor Tom Bradley's campaigns in Los Angeles , she heard about a black woman columnist in Chicago who'd written an essay , during a racially divisive election , about why she ...
Whether it's in a pick-up game on the Royal court in Bhutan, in the heart of a former female college player of the year turned cloistered nun, in the tragedy of the legendary junior national team in war torn Yugoslavia, or in the life's ...
Feeling lonely in a well-guarded, oversized castle where he eats sumptuous meals he cannot finish alone, rides on a horse that throws him and sleeps poorly at night, a tiny king marries a big princess and becomes the father of several ...
There are several books that are especially important to understanding the early Muhammad Ali. Foremost are Thomas Hauser's excellent oral biography, Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times; John Cottrell's The Story ...