By Thomas L. Friedman
A timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.When...
By David Sedaris
David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of SantaLand Diaries...
By Anne Rice
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereIn 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic...
By Abraham Verghese
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’...
By Alice Walker
The Color Purple is a classic. With over a million copies sold in the UK alone, it is hailed as one of the all-time 'greats' of literature, inspiring...
By Terry Pratchett
'A foot on the neck is nine points of the law'There are many who say that the art of diplomacy is an intricate and complex dance. There are others...
By James Patterson
James Patterson, bestselling author of the Alex Cross novels Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, and Pop Goes the Weasel, offers the first of a new...
By John Steinbeck
The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded...
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,
Edith Grossman (Translator), Harold Bloom (Introduction)
Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the...
By Michael Ende,
Ralph Manheim (Translator), Roswitha Quadflieg (Illustrator)
The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human...