By Mitch Albom
A classic from the author of
The First Phone Call from Heaven
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
By Bill Bryson
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."After nearly two decades spent on...
By Terry Pratchett
Librarian's Note: For alternate cover edition for same ISBN published later, click here.When her dear old Granddad -- the Grim Reaperhimself -- goes...
By John Irving
It has been said before, and it shall be said 1,000 times again: John Irving is the American Dickens. Rich in characterization, epic in scope, The...
By A.A. Milne,
Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrations)
The Bear of Very Little Brain and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood have delighted generations of readers since Winnie-the-Pooh was first...
By Zadie Smith
Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-suffering professor at Wellington, a liberal New...
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...
By Jonathan Safran Foer
A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his...
By Sherman Alexie,
Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take...