By Elizabeth Kostova
Late one night, exploring her father’s library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to "My dear...
By Virginia Woolf,
Maureen Howard (Foreword)
In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party preparation while in her...
By Diana Gabaldon
A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.The year is 1772...
By Vladimir Nabokov,
John Ray Jr. (Preface)
Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story...
By Nick Hornby
Will Freeman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient, and...
By Brian Jacques,
Gary Chalk (Illustrations)
Perfect for fans of C. Alexander London's The Wild Ones, and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.The question in this first volume is resoundingly clear...
By Richard Russo
Welcome to Empire Falls, a blue-collar town full of abandoned mills whose citizens surround themselves with the comforts and feuds provided by...
By Don DeLillo
Winner of the 1985 National Book Award, White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler Studies at a liberal arts college in Middle...
By Nick Hornby
Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though...
By William Shakespeare,
Barbara A. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor), Catherine Belsey (Contributor)
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for...