By Mark Twain,
Everett H. Emerson (Afterword)
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys...
By Boris Pasternak,
Max Hayward (Translator), Manya Harari (Translator), John Bayley (Introduction)
This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987....
By Scott Lynch
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.In this stunning debut, Scott Lynch delivers the thrilling tale of an audacious...
By Neal Stephenson
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of...
By Arthur Golden
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true...
By Roald Dahl,
Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
A little magic can take you a long way.After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two...
By Mark Twain,
Guy Cardwell (Annotations), John Seelye (Introduction)
An adventure story for children, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fun-filled book that shows life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s. Written...
By Sue Monk Kidd
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the...
By Dr. Seuss
For out-starting upstarts of all ages, here is a wonderfully wise and blessedly brief graduation speech from the one and only Dr. Seuss. In his...