The breakout novel that puts S. Andrew Swann in the techno-thriller ranks of Clancy, Coonts, and Cussler! Veteran writer S. Andrew Swann turns his talents to a mainstream techno-thriller that combines the authentic detail of Tom Clancy, the global intrigue of Jack Higgins, and the sheer adventure of Clive Cussler. Gideon Malcolm was a Washington DC cop who stumbled into the midst of a high-level sting operation gone wrong and nearly paid with his life. Now he wants answers. But the government wants him to forget the whole thing. Yet Gideon wasn't about to give up....
One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole -- and arrives in 'Wonderland'. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. And the Queen wants to cut off everybody's head!
Added by: annabelle_lee | Karma: 428.14 | Fiction literature | 18 May 2010
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The Joke by Milan KunderaAll too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.
The Lake Shore Limitedoriginally from Chicago. There is Leslie, the much older sister of Gus who is the man Billy lived with in Boston and Sam, who is a friend and neighbor of Leslie's. Finally, we have Rafe, the man playing the lead role in the play Billy has written about a man waiting to find out if his wife was on a train that was hit by a terrorist attack.
Before the FrostThis is a terrifying thriller, written by Henning Mankell, a Swedish mystery writer. The book is the first featuring Linda Wallander, his main character's daughter, as a police officer, and I hope he plans on writing more.
![Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll [Graded Reader, Level 2]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2010-05/2010051800033737966.jpg "Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll [Graded Reader, Level 2]")
