Search Results: "Sebastian Stuart"


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DEAD BY ANY OTHER NAME by Sebastian Stuart
MYSTERY THRILLER
Released: Oct. 1, 2011

"The mystery and its solution, sketched out rather than worked out, are mainly a pretext for introducing you to some amiable misfits, some exotic pets and Janet's supremely gossipy narration."
A dead singer/songwriter looking for a comeback is at the center of this second case for a Hudson Valley psychotherapist-turned-antiques dealer and her big, happy, dysfunctional, non-biological family. Read full book review >

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THE MENTOR by Sebastian Stuart
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Nov. 9, 1999

"As Charles's own beloved mentor, a saintly writing teacher retired from Dartmouth, tells him: Too commercial. (Book-of-the-Month Club alternate)"
Stuart's high-rent, low-plausibility debut thriller pits three New York sharpies against one another to see who can be most ruthless. Read full book review >

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TO THE MANOR DEAD by Sebastian Stuart
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Oct. 1, 2010

"Stuart's (The Hour Between, 2009, etc.) aristocratic characters will charm and disgust you—and make you grateful that you're more sane than wealthy."
A retired psychotherapist who's departed the city can't leave the nut jobs behind. Read full book review >

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24-KARAT KIDS by Judy Goldstein
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: June 13, 2006

"Nice dialogue and pacing by Goldstein and Stuart (The Mentor, 1999) keep this Nanny clone racing along."
This summer's Nanny Diaries features a newly minted pediatrician working among the wacky rich on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Read full book review >

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WAITING FOR WINTER by Sebastian Meschenmoser
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009

"A perfect marriage of words and pictures. (Picture book. 4-10)"
Squirrel usually sleeps through winter, "[b]ut not this year!" Read full book review >

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THE SECRET SCRIPTURE by Sebastian Barry
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: June 16, 2008

"Barry beautifully braids together the convoluted threads of his narrative."
A subtle study of psychology, religion, family and politics in Ireland. Read full book review >

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PUG MAN'S 3 WISHES by Sebastian Meschenmoser
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2016

"Wonderfully grouchy, with a touch of wickedness and a soupçon of warmth and color. (Picture book. 4-10)"
Introducing Pug Man, a wrinkled sack of grump…when things aren't going his way. Read full book review >

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REMEMBERING CRYSTAL by Sebastian Loth
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2010

"This simple, honest presentation deserves room on the shelf. (Picture book. 3-8)"
Friendship can live forever. Read full book review >

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CLEMENTINE by Sebastian Loth
ANIMALS
Released: May 1, 2011

"Gently inviting. (Picture book. 3-6)"
A scientific-minded snail enters the Space Race. Read full book review >

BOOK REVIEW

NON-FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2004

"A worthy essay in institutional dynamics as much as financial history and international development. Sure to be widely read inside the Beltway."
A swiftly moving tale of what goes on behind the vaults at the World Bank, an institution led by a vigorous, cantankerous, and polarizing boss. Read full book review >

BOOK REVIEW

SAVIOUR'S GATE by Tim Sebastian
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: May 1, 1991

"Well done."
Leftists and Rightists battle for the soul of Russia, while Americans and Britons squabble over the bonesin a melancholy thriller by the author of Spy Shadow and The Spy In Question. Read full book review >
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