By Michael Crichton
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud...
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact...
By Joseph Heller
The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier...
By Terry Pratchett,
Террі Пратчетт, Юлія Прокопець (translator), Творча майстерня «Аґрафка» (illustrator)
In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept...
By Carlos Ruiz Zafón,
Lucia Graves (Translator)
The international literary sensation, about a boy's quest through the secrets and shadows of postwar Barcelona for a mysterious author whose book has...
By Roald Dahl,
Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Now that he's won the chocolate factory, what's next for Charlie?Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate...
By Audrey Niffenegger
A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who involuntarily travels through...
By Stephen King
Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their weekends...
By Italo Calvino,
William Weaver (Translator)
Librarian's Note: alternate cover edition for this edition is in here.Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately...
By Nick Hornby
In Nick Hornby's How to Be Good, Katie Carr is certainly trying to be. That's why she became a GP. That's why she cares about Third World debt and...