Julia Navarro January 1, 2009 by John Murray

Erica Lyon Childbirth is one of the most significant events of any woman's life--and for many, also a source of enormous anxiety and fear. In The Big Book of Birth renowned childbirth...

David W Maurer'Of all the gifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat, ' wrote David Maurer, a proposition he definitively proved in The Big Con. A professor of linguistics who...

Paul Fehribach An original look at southern heirloom cooking with a focus on history, heritage, and variety.You expect to hear about restaurant kitchens in Charleston, New Orleans, or Memphis perfecting...

Douglas Kennedy On the face of it, Ben Bradford is a standard Wall Street hotshot - six-figure income, wife and two young kids straight out of a Gap catalogue. But...

Dick King-Smith

Ronald Asprey 'The Big Short Break' is the first in a series of experience-led travel books. It is a progression from hotel-focused books and combines first-hand specialist knowledge with vibrant...

Nicholas Carr "Future Shock for the Web-apps era.... Compulsively readable―for nontechies, too."― Fast Company Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big...

Beatirce CooganThis monumental historic novel, often described as the "Irish Gone With the Wind", brings to life an entire generation of Irish history. The story opens on the night of...

Louise Erdrich At a crossroads in his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother on the reservation. There he comes to terms with his heritage, his future, and his...

Jeremy Rifkin When two Scottish scientists successfully cloned a sheep in July 1996, the news sparked fierce scientific, ethical, theological, and philosophical debate, momentarily pulling biotechnology from the laboratories and...

Peter Matthiessen “You don’t have to be a ‘craniac’ . . . to appreciate [this book] . . . All you really need is a passion for prose as good...