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If the Dead Rise Not © 2011 Phillip Kerr 464 pages             Bernie Gunther would be your standard-issue world-weary detective wer...

We're in the last week of National Novel Writing Month, and I can cheerfully report that I am not woefully behind, having faithfully pl...

Martin Eden © 1908 Jack London 381 pages For its first two thirds, Martin Eden  is a uplifting tale of art and romance about a man o...

The Man Who Cycled the World © 2011 Mark Beaumont 400 pages Why did Mark Beaumont decide to try and break the world record for circu...

"Here was something to live for, to win to, to fight for -- ay, and die for. The books were true. There were such women in the world...

Today I made my monthly trip to my university library, where under skies threatening thunderstorms I happily lost myself in the stacks for...

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 291 pages © 1997 Jon Krakauer When Outside magazine dispatched Jon Kr...