Ngaio Marsh A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's 1930s novels.The season had begun. Debutantes and chaperones were planning...

Ronald Sutherland Ronald Sutherland's Frederick Philip Grove is a comprehensive biography drawing upon numerous archival sources to provide an in-depth look at the life of one of Canada's most influential...

Richard Hofstadter Volume II gathers documents from the period of the Revolution through the Jacksonian era, up to the Civil War and the Emancipation. To fit both Colonial and Early...

Piers Anthony In the days of Sinbad, the handsome young merchant Hasan quests forth from Bassorah, seeking great wealth. But Lo! The hand of Allah sets the youth upon a...

Maya AngelouMaya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American...

Jack Higgins   In the world of the Mafia, sometimes death is the only way out....   First published January 1, 1969

Piers Anthony Throughout history, man has been searching for better ways to gather information about his universe. But although they may have longed for it, not even the most brilliant...

Eli Ben-hananFirst published January 1, 1969

Author: Robert Jastrow Numerous illustrations, photos & drawings."The author blends a crisp style with an unusual selection of photographs to reveal the birth & death of stars & planets &...

Author: Lloyd Alexander Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, and his friends are led into a mortal struggle with Arwn and his deathless warriors. Taran must wrest the black cauldron from them,...

Fay WeldonEsther Wells goes on a diet and the scales fall from her eyes. Depriving themselves of fatty foods, both husband and wife have new perspectives on each other, and...

Ursula K Le Guin Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold...