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The Sisterhood-Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle-have risked everything in the name of justice. Their most recent mission promised to reward them with the ultimate prize-a presidential pardon and a chance to leave their enforced exile. But life doesn''t always turn out as planned. . .Business titan Ruben Rumson has turned his attention to politics. By throwing the weight of his vast media empire behind one of the presidential candidates, Ruben hopes to gain influence over the highest office in the land. But his chosen candidate is Martine Connor''s opponent, and if her bid for the White House fails, the Sisterhood can kiss their promised pardon goodbye. The only solution: travel to Washington and go toe-to-toe with the worlds most powerful and ruthless media mogul. Armed with Annie''s sizeable chequebook, Alexis''s red bag of tricks, and Maggie''s top-secret folder of dynamite information, the Ladies of Pinewood have a daring plan-and this time, failure is not an option. . .

Günter Grass«Quand on le presse de questions, le souvenir ressemble à un oignon qui voudrait être pelé afin que soit dégagé ce qui, lettre après lettre, est là, lisible. [...] L'oignon a beaucoup de

"Ce livre est un jihad. Une guerre intérieure. Un jihad pour sortir de moi-même, de ma race, de mon sexe, de ma religion, de mes déterminations. Un jihad pour aller vers moi-même. C''est un désir de

A Madagascar, loin des hotels de luxe et des boutiques pour touristes (l''ile en compte encore assez peu), Pierre D''Ovidio est surtout sensible a la misere et a son cortege de gagne-petit, de mendiants et de marchands a la sauvette. Confronte a la rue, puis a la route, il mesure la dure realite de la vie reduite a la survie. Pays abandonne, meprise, Madagascar - qui ne s''est jamais completement remis des ravages de la colonisation - n''est evidemment pas epargne par les terribles effets de la mondialisation... Cet anti-guide de voyage dissipe quelques trompeuses images exotiques, pour les remplacer par d''autres, moins complaisantes et plus en conformite avec le monde et son usage.

Elle se tenait au coin de la rue, comme si elle faisait mine d''attendre quelqu''un. Elle portait une minijupe et des bottes à talons, et son visage était outrageusement maquillé. Je me souviens d''u

Le Dr Jean-Pierre Willem est un des derniers grands médecins explorateurs. Véritable " aventurier du bistouri ", ses premiers souvenirs sont des souvenirs de guerre : il grandit dans les Ardennes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, avant de partir, jeune etudiant en medecine, en Algerie en pleine guerre d''Independance. C''est la premiere etape d''un parcours qui l''amenera a travailler, des-les annees 1950, dans toutes les zones de conflit : Gabon, Rwanda, Vietnam, Cambodge, Jordanie, Thailande, Laos, Liban, Iran, Irak, ou il rencontrera notamment Albert Schweitzer, Mere Teresa et Che Guevarra. Au fil des annees et des voyages, le Dr Jean-Pierre Willem observe et apprend les therapeutiques locales et developpe l'' " ethnomedecine ". Il utilise des huiles essentielles et des plantes medicinales et n''hesite pas a denoncer les exces d''une medecine occidentale eloignee de la realite de ces pays. Ce recit retrace le parcours passionnant d''un chirurgien de guerre forme a la medecine academique, devenu un des plus grands specialistes d''une medecine naturelle, a mille lieues de l''industrie pharmaceutique.

Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé. La quintessence du goût français. Deux esprits visionnaires qui ont créé une collection unique au monde. Les résidences qui abritèrent ces trésors étaient des ?uvr

In the Spring of 1914 a group of students at the Slade School of Art have gathered for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant is easily distracted by an intriguing fellow student, Elinor Brooke, but when Kit Neville — himself not long out of the Slade but already a well-known painter — makes it clear that he, too, is attracted to Elinor, Paul withdraws into a passionate affair with an artist's model. As spring turns to summer, Paul and Elinor each reach a crisis in their relationships until finally, in the first few days of war, they turn to each other. Paul's new life as a volunteer for the Belgian Red Cross is a world away from his days at the Slade. The longer he remains in Ypres, the greater the distance between himself and home becomes, and by the time he returns, Paul must confront the fact that life, and love, will never be the same again.

If society has the B-list celebrities it deserves, it now has a killer to match. Except that Simon Darcourt is a great deal more successful in his career choice than the average talent show contestant. He''s also got the media taped - by the simple expedient of by-passing them completely and posting real-time coverage of his killings on the internet. He''s got viewing figures to make the world''s TV executives gasp in envy, and he''s pulling the voyeuristic strings of every viewer by getting them to ''vote'' to keep his captives alive. Angelique De Xavier, his previous nemesis, is drafted onto the police team trying to bring this one-man celebrity hate-fest to an end. But she can''t do it alone, she needs the magical skills of her lover, only she doesn''t know where Zal is and meanwhile a whole load of celebs are, literarly, dying to be famous. An intelligent satire, a thriller with exhilarating pace - Christopher Brookmyre at his best.

'She looked sharply up at him 'And who might you be?' 'My name's Bond, James Bond' This book celebrates the greatest of all post-war British fictional icons For too long the films of the Bond novels have overshadowed their literary source - the bizarre, baroque imagination of Ian Fleming... "Ella le dedico una aguda mirada '¿y entonces tu eres ?' 'Mi nombre es Bond, James Bond' Este libro es una celebracion de el mayor icono britanico de posguerra Demasiado tiempo han estado eclipsando las peliculas de James Bond a su verdadera fuente literaria, la barroca y extravagante imaginacion de Ian Fleming...

Four million captivated viewers watched Charley Boorman complete his last adventure - LONG WAY DOWN - which took him from John O'Groats to Cape Town. Along with Ewan McGregor he achieved not only this amazing feat, but also circumnavigated the globe on the LONG WAY ROUND. In between these two incredible journeys, he found the time to compete in the Dakar Rally, telling his story in his bestselling book RACE TO DAKAR.

La pedra, el fred, els futurs que no van esdevenir-se o que van ser negats, el mirall on no sempre s’hi reflecteix la imatge del poeta, però també la tendresa entesa com una improbable metamorfosi de

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "In for the Kill" comes a lightning-paced thriller in which former NYPD detective Frank Quinn faces his most chilling adversary yet. Original.

Maggie Lane is the author of Jane Austen''s World and Jane Austen and Food , and is a former Honorary Secretary of the Jane Austen Society. Her introductions to The Winchester Austen cover aspects of Jane Austen''s social and economic world, including religion and food.Dr John Wiltshire is Reader in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University in Australia, and is one of the world''s leading Austen scholars. He has published three books on Austen, including Recreating Jane Austen , and is presently working on Austen and England: Critical Politics . His introductions to The Winchester Austen look at modern ways of understanding and interpreting the novels.Josephine Ross is the author of The Men Who Would be King , and has written television drama scripts and a number of histories and biographies, including The Winter Queen and The Tudors . Her most recent publication is Jane Austen: A Companion . Her introductions to The Winchester Austen cover the historical and social context, including the role of women and women and fashion.Caroline Sanderson is a devotee of Jane Austen and has made many trips visiting the locations of various periods in Austen''s life and the possible basis of the places in her novels. Caroline''s journey in search of Jane Austen is recounted in her latest book A Rambling Fancy . She is also a writer and reviewer for Bookseller magazine, and has written a travel book for children called Pick Your Brains About Greece . Her introductions to The Winchester Austen explore the geographical settings of the novels.

Nichts hat sich Moderatorin Kim Lange mehr gewunscht als den deutschen Fernsehpreis. Nun halt sie ihn triumphierend in den Handen. Schade eigentlich, dass sie am selben Abend von den Trummern einer russischen Raumstation erschlagen wird. Im Jenseits erfahrt Kim, dass sie in ihrem Leben viel mieses Karma gesammelt hat. Die Rechnung folgt prompt. Kim wird als Ameise wiedergeboren. Gutes Karma muss also her, damit es auf der Reinkarnationsleiter wieder aufwarts geht!

Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's elite guards, but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to - Porthos, Athos and Aramis, inseparable friends: the Three Musketeers.

Devil May Care will be published in May 2008 to celebrate the Centenary of Ian Fleming''s birth. This new instalment in the adventures of the world''s most iconic spy has been written by one of Britain''s most admired novelists, Sebastian Faulks. "My novel is meant to stand in the line of Fleming''s own books, where the story is everything." said Faulks, "In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in the morning, then go snorkelling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another thousand words in late afternoon, then more Martinis and glamorous women. In my house in London, I followed this routine exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch and the snorkelling." Picking up from where Fleming left off in 1966 with The Living Daylights / Octopussy, Faulks has written the perfect continuation of the James Bond legacy. Devil May Care is set during the Cold War and features all the glamour, thrills and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving Bond . . . James Bond.

At thirty-six, Prudence Whistler has begun to notice a trend of which she is not a part. Her girlfriends have tied the knot and had babies. Her gay best friend is discussing marriage with his partner. Even her irresponsible younger sister has become a single mom. So when Pru is dumped by her lackluster boyfriend of two years, she panics, fearing she's lost her chance at the traditional family she'd always planned to have. But as she sets about changing her life, Pru begins accumulating an ad-hoc family around her, stumbling onto something better: a new definition of family and happiness, one that will inspire her to realize her dreams-and just may deliver true love in the bargain.

Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces the twin threats of both divorce and unemployment. His misery is compounded further with the sudden death of his father.He is then asked to come and ''sit Shiva'' for his newly deceased parent with his angry, screwed up and somewhat estranged brothers and sisters in his childhood home. It is there he must confront who he really is and - more importantly - who he can become.Funny, moving, powerful and poignant. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is the fabulous follow up to HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER and Jonathan Tropper at his best.

Longlisted for the Baileys Women''s Prize for Fiction 2014Littlefield, Massachusetts: home to psychologists, college professors and their over-achieving children, and recently lauded as one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America. If happiness had a home it would be here.Then the first dog is poisoned. At first, there is shock and disbelief: who would commit such a cruel act - and why? As more dogs die, residents notice other signs that something''s not right in their home: the appearance of menacing grafitti, the persistent triggering of fire alarms at the middle school and the haunted looks neighbours begin exchanging.For the Downings, Margaret, Bill and daughter Julia, Littlefield''s gathering darkness hints at flaws in their own lives. What is wrong? What can save them?''Well-observed shrewd satire . . . sharp, funny and painful. Berne takes the domestic and turns it into the majestic'' Sunday Telegraph

Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says. 'I need to send a message.' This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

A unique blend of crime thriller, paranormal love story and horror saga, which only No. 1 bestselling author and master of criminal psychology Jonathan Kellerman could create. The in world of superheroes and monstrosities, the Golem towers. The Golem to accrue the greatest mystique is the terrifying colossus said to have been fashioned by the 16th century Czech Rabbi Judah Loew. What if this Golem survived centuries of inactivity only to be awakened by serial murderer's attempt to destroy an innocent young woman? What if the Golem is embarking on a journey of retribution, carrying out its self-appointed 'duties' in an unspeakably hideous manner? And what if the Golem finds its match in an unlikely hero and lineal descendant of its creator? Self-styled heretic and burnt-out L.A. homicide detective Jacob Lev, whose assignment to a baffling homicide plunges him to the depths of depravity...

Judith, in her mid-thirties and single, meets Hannes when he steps on her foot in a crowded supermarket. Before long he turns up in the exclusive little lighting boutique that Judith runs with the help of her assistant Bianca.Hannes is an architect - single and in the prime of life. Not only is he every mother-in-law''s dream, but Judith''s friends are also bowled over by him. At first Judith revels in being put on a pedestal by this determined man who seems to have eyes only for her. But as time goes by, she finds his constant displays of affection increasingly wearying and his intensive attention becomes oppressive and overwhelming.In the end she feels cornered, controlled and stifled. All her attempts to get him out of her life fail. He seems to follow her all the way into her dreams, and when she wakes up he''s already waiting on her doorstep to pamper her afresh...

THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUTWho are you?What have we done to each other?These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy''s friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn''t true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren''t made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick''s beautiful wife?

At the end of a particularly gruelling summer day, Ash Rashid is heading home to his wife and kids when he discovers a pair of bodies, shot execution style, in the front seat of a crashed vehicle. As the first officer on the scene, Ash finds himself and his department twenty minutes behind a killer in a race where every second counts.With two victims down and a third unaccounted for, the clock is ticking and Ash must find the killer before he strikes again.

For fans of E. L. James, Sylvia Day and J. Kenner. Are you ready to surrender to the powerful sensuality and erotic romance of No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks and her sensational new trilogy?Chessy and Tate have been married for several years. In the beginning, their passionate relationship was everything she wanted. She offered her submission freely and Tate cherished her gift with a tenderness that made her feel safe and loved. But as Tate has become more immersed in his business, Chessy knows that something has to give or they stand to lose it all.Tate has always loved his wife. Sensing her unhappiness, he arranges for a night together that will reignite the fire that once burned like an inferno between them. But a business call at the wrong time threatens everything - Chessy''s safety, his concentration, his wife''s faith in him as her husband sworn to love and protect her. Determined to win her back Tate readies for the fight of his life to show her that nothing is more important than her love and that he''ll give her all of himself and his heart in return.The exciting, steamy and emotional Surrender trilogy began with Giving In and Letting Go.

When Niccolo Rosselli, the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement, collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his long time partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Sandro Cellini is drafted in to investigate. The trail leads to a tired sea-side town and a modest hotel, where Flavia chose to end her life. But Cellini isn't satisfied - why would one so young and with so much to live for, walk away from all she loves? As he digs into Flavia's secret world, however, Sandro uncovers the hidden life of a woman consumed with private passions and a deadly, dark obsession. And as the private and public realms intersect, he cannot forget that life in modern Italy has a perilous edge - fuelled as much by rage as desire.

Claude is a Frenchman who lives in Dublin. His birth place is famed as the city of lovers, but so far love has always eluded him. Instead his life revolves around the investment bank where he works. And then one day he realises he is being followed around, by a pale, scrawny man. The man''s name is Paul Murray.Paul claims to want to write a novel about Claude and Claude''s heart sings. Finally, a chance to escape the drudgery of his everyday office life, to be involved in writing, in art! But Paul himself seems more interested in where the bank keeps its money than in Claude- and soon Claude realises that Paul is not all he appears to be....

It is December 6 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. Los Angeles has been a haven for loyal Japanese-Americans - but now, war fever and race hate grip the city and the Japanese internment begins. The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. William H. Parker is a captain on the Los Angeles Police. He's superbly gifted, corrosively ambitious, liquored-up and consumed by dubious ideology. He is bitterly at odds with Sergeant Dudley Smith - Irish emigre, ex-IRA killer, fledgling war profiteer. Kay Lake is a 21-year-old dilettante looking for adventure. Hideo Ashida is a police chemist and the only Japanese on the L.A. cop payroll. The investigation throws them together and rips them apart. The crime becomes a political storm centre that brilliantly illuminates these four driven souls - comrades, rivals, lovers, history's pawns. Perfidia is a novel of astonishments. It is World War II as you have never seen it, and Los Angeles as James Ellroy has never written it before. Here, he gives us the party at the edge of the abyss and the precipice of America's ascendance. Perfidia is that moment, spellbindingly captured. It beckons us to solve a great crime that, in its turn, explicates the crime of war itself. It is a great American novel.

Gurasoek egindako traizioek bultzatuta, Hiritik Herrira alde egin zuen Txikik. Gustura dago bertan Txapas eta Jonekin asteei agurra garagardo artean ematen, herri dinamiketako bileretan parte hartzen eta, batez ere, Luziarekin elkarbizitzen.Batzuetan baino ez da nahigabetzen: ipuin lehiaketa bat irabazi zuenetik, besterik ezin duela sortu konturatzean eta gurasoei konpromisozko bisita egin behar dienean. Eskerrak txakalaldi horiek baretzeko ondoan izaten dituen Paradisu zinemak.

A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from prison. Jamey Dixon comes back to Jericho preaching redemption, and some believe him; but for the victim's family, the only thought is revenge. Another group who doesn't believe him - the men in prison from Dixon's last job, an armored car robbery. They're sure he's gone back to grab the hidden money, so they do the only thing they can: break out and head straight to Jericho themselves. Colson and his deputy, Lillie, know they've got their work cut out for them. But they don't count on one more unwelcome visitor: a tornado that causes havoc just as events come to a head. Communications are down, the roads are impassable-and the rule of law is just about to snap.

Part of Alma Classics Fitzgerald Collection, Babylon Revisited is presented here with a selection of other tales published in the same period, such as 'Crazy Sunday' an account of alcoholism and infidelity in Hollywood which showcase the author at his creative best. Set in the year after the 1929 crash and incorporating many autobiographical elements, 'Babylon Revisited' tells the story of the widower Charlie Wales, a reformed alcoholic and successful businessman returning to Paris to convince his in-laws to give him back the daughter he abandoned. As the old haunts of the city he used to carouse in seem more and more alien to him, he finds himself assailed by feelings of guilt and regret.

After thirty-five riveting, internationally acclaimed novels of psychological suspense, Jonathan Kellerman returns with his most stunning thriller to date. Killer is a mesmerizing L.A. noir portrayal of the darkest impulses of human nature carried to shocking extremes.The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware. Despite that, Constance Sykes, a sophisticated, successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. Then, at the behest of the court, he becomes embroiled in a bizarre child custody dispute initiated by Connie against her sister and begins to realize that there is much about the siblings he has failed to comprehend. And when the court battle between the Sykes sisters erupts into cold, calculating murder and a rapidly growing number of victims, Alex knows he''s been snared in a toxic web of pathology.Nothing would please Alex more than to be free of the ugly spectacle known as Sykes v. Sykes. But then the little girl at the center of the vicious dispute disappears and Alex knows he must work with longtime friend Detective Milo Sturgis, braving an obstacle course of Hollywood washouts, gangbangers, and self-serving jurists in order to save an innocent life.Killer is Kellerman - and Delaware - at their finest.Praise for Killer" Killer is well plotted and paced. . . . One of [Kellerman''s] best." - Bookreporter"As usual, the rapport between Alex and Milo is a show-stealer, and longtime fans . . . will love the well-executed flashbacks to Alex''s professional past." - Booklist"Kellerman kicks this one up to a whole new level." - RT Book ReviewsPraise for Jonathan Kellerman"Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller." - People"Kellerman really knows how to keep those pages turning." - The New York Times Book Review - See more at: http://www.buchhaus.ch/bpm/detail/ISBN-9780812999150/Koontz-Dean/Innocence#sthash.9fBpYygT.dpuf

The gift of heaven on earth.It will become the biggest story in the world . . .When the residents of a small town on Lake Michigan start receiving phone calls from the afterlife, they all become the subject of widespread attention. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out. This is a story about the power of belief -- and a page-turner that will touch your soul.The internationally bestselling and inspirational author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, returns with his most moving, surprising and compelling novel yet. The perfect introduction, or re-introduction, to the masterful storytelling of one of the best-loved writers of our time.

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller.THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd was selected as an Oprah Book Club 2.0 pick on December 10, 2013.From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women.Sarah Grimke is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah''s eleventh birthday, Hetty ''Handful'' Grimke is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next will unleash a world of trouble. She also knows that she cannot accept. And so, indeed, the trouble begins ...A powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events, and set in the American Deep South in the nineteenth century, THE INVENTION OF WINGS evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of righteous people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognise; and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the odds.

''He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn''t hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy''s voice. But you''d have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.''While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns.Set over the course of one year of Johnsey''s life, The Thing About December breathes with his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is.Donal Ryan''s award-winning debut, The Spinning Heart, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and The Thing About December confirms his status as one of the best writers of his generation.

THE REVOLUTIONS is a fantasy of the occult scene in fin de siecle London, the celestial spheres, and mystical Martian exploration. It follows two young lovers separated by the schemes and blundering of rival occultists, from the drawing rooms of spiritualist societies, through shady enterprises in Deptford warehouses, and magical war on the Isle of Dogs, and out to a hallucinatory, doomed Mars drawn from the fantasies of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the imaginings of Aleister Crowley, and the speculations of Victorian astronomers.Praise for Felix Gilman:"[Gilman] takes the brutality of the wild west and twists it into an epic fantasy that left me staggered. It brings the sense of wonder back to fantasy by creating a complex and visceral world unlike anything I''ve read... stunning." Mary Robinette Kowal, author of Shades of Milk and Honey"Refreshingly unlike any other novel I''ve read. Felix Gilman writes like a modern-day Dickens drunk on rich invention and insane war." Stephen Donaldson, author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"A fantasy that Mark Twain would have been proud to write...Never has fantasy been darker, cleverer, more sly, or more touching in its refraction of our own world. I scratch my head in awe." Francis Spufford, author of Red Plenty"Gilman is one of the essential modern fantasists, and his latest book lives up to the expectations generated by his previous successes." Benjamin Wald, SF Revu"Like The Half-Made World that came before it, The Rise of Ransom City brings us a re-imagined tale of America''s Old West, mixing steampunk and magic realism to great effect." Kirkus Reviews"Felix Gilman has a sly wit and an assured hand. He is a fresh and original voice in fantasy." Lavie Tidhar, author of Osama"Vivid and accurate prose, a gripping, imaginative story, a terrifically inventive setting, a hard-bitten, indestructible hero, and an intelligent, fully adult heroine---we haven''t had a science-fiction novel like this for a long time." Ursula K. Le Guin

The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson s most recent novel electrifying and hilarious. but if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty years before he wrote the epic Cryptonomicon, it s back-to-school time. Back to The Big U, that is, a hilarious send-up of American college life starring after years our of print, The Big U is required reading for anyone interested in the early work of this singular writer.