Nicholas Sparks   An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of...

Malka Kaganoff Preparing for married life is the most important thing a bride can do, but this entails far more than learning how to cook and run a household. The...

Alice Munro   Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these tales about departures and beginnings, accidents and dangers, and outgoings and homecomings both imagined...

Philip RothPulitzer Prize Winner (1998)In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that is an elegy for all the twentieth century's promises of prosperity, civic order,...

Joseph GallianoThese nuggets of wisdom are offered by an Academy Award–nominated actor (James Woods), a popular comedian (Aasif Mandvi), and a world-famous novelist (Jodi Picoult) to their sixteen-year-old selves. No...

Author: Donna Leon Commissario Guido Brunetti is kicking his heels, pondering the recent lack of crime in Venice, when a beautiful young woman appears at his office door.Now calling herself...

Laura Childs   Meet Theodosia Browning, owner of Charleston's beloved Indigo Tea Shop. Patrons love her blend of delicious tea tastings and southern hospitality. And Theo enjoys the full-bodied flavor...

Vivien Chien Welcome to the Ho-Lee Noodle House, where the Chinese food is to die for. . .The last place Lana Lee thought she would ever end up is back...

John Follian John Follain, who covers Italy for the Sunday Times, tells the definitive inside story of this extraordinary case.Shortly after 12:30 pm on 2 November 2007, Italian police were called...

Anja De Jager Guilty until proven innocent . . .It's hard for anyone to have their work scrutinised in public. For Amsterdam-based detective Lotte Meerman, listening to the Right to...

Sue LeatherEnglish Readers: Level 5Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a 'dojo', a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds...

Thomas Mann "Death In Venice" tells the tragic story of a man who falls into foolish, forbidden love, only to reap his own ruin. While on holiday in Venice, a...