Stephen W Sears The Battle of Antietam was pivotal to the course of the war. The author used newly discovered diaries and other documents to give a vivid picture this...

Bil KeaneCartoons poke fun at the domestic life of a family and the mischief of the children.First published January 1, 1983

Howard Fast Here, in a marvelously gripping and rewarding novel, is the story of the tycoons who created and built the motion picture industry -- not in Hollywood, but in...

Piers Anthony Although the Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth, Mare Imbrium discovered that ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle...

Rumi Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is considered by most to be the greatest of the Sufi mystical poets and one of the most highly regarded saints from any tradition. January 1,...

Ludovico Ariosto The only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso - a witty parody of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France - this version faithfully recaptures...

Dean Koontz The unsuspecting citizens of a small California town become the victims of a devastating evil, in another suspenseful thriller by the author of Intensity and The Eyes of...

Geoffrey LeechOver the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as...

Dr Thomas Lickona"Raising Good Children: From Birth Through The Teenage Years" by Thomas Lickona is a comprehensive guide to parenting and child-rearing. The book covers all stages of a child's...

Elmore Leonard “Constant action and top-notch writing.”—New York TimesA Palm Beach playboy who amuses himself with murder finds himself on a collision course with a vacationing Motown cop in Elmore...

David Brin   David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War—a New York Times bestseller—together make up one of the most...

John McGahern Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness, marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, this...