Amos Oz "Perhaps most of the essays in this book are substitutes for stories that I have not managed to write," says Amos Oz in the preface to Under This...

Patrick Leigh Fermor In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot—from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is...

Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman Buyer beware," #1 best selling thriller novelist Daniel Silva warns: "Once you crack the cover of SPIES AGAINST ARMAGEDDON, you won't be able to put...

Gavin Maxwell Ring of Bright Water described the pioneering days at Gavin Maxwell's lonely cottage off the West Highland seaboard with his otters.The Rocks Remain, the story of the succeeding years,...

James Herriot January 1, 1976 by Michael Joseph Ltd

CJ Sansom 1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers, and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on...

Anita Desai Anita Desai, in a succession of fine novels and short story collections written over almost 40 years, was one of the first writers from the sub-continent to introduce...

Ian Serraillier The dramatic story of three Polish children during and just after World War II, whose parents are taken away by the Nazis and their house blown up. The...

Rabbi Yechiel Spero Most of the time life seems to lumber along, and one day seems indistinguishable from the next. But then something happens! Something that changes a person. Something...

Charles Spencer On August 18, 1648, with no relief from the siege in sight, the royalist garrison holding Colchester Castle surrendered and Oliver Cromwell's army firmly ended the rule of...

Wayne Johnston Wayne Johnston’s breakthrough epic novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams was published in several countries and given high praise from the critics. It earned him nominations for the...

Martin Gilbert "The most comprehensive account of Israeli history yet published." -- The Sunday Telegraph"An epic history . . . a picture of an Israel that persevered and prevailed, that was determined...