Penelope Farmer British children's author Penelope Farmer was born in 1939, in Westerham, Kent, the daughter of Hugh Robert MacDonald and Penelope Boothby Farmer. She published her first book, The China...

Lyndon Hardy September 12, 1984 by Del Rey

Salman RushdieThe novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is “not quite Pakistan.” In...

Jennifer Roberson   The first book in the Chronicles of the Cheysuli spins a tale of magical warriors and shapeshifters as they battle the sorcerers that threaten their existenceThey were...

John Rockwell Traces the life and accomplishments of America's greatest popular singer, and also examines Sinatra's career as an actor January 1, 1984 by Random House/Rolling Stone

Pauline Gedge At the earliest dawn of a universe the sun-lords have been tempted by the Worldmaker with forbidden knowledge. One by one they have fallen from power and had...

Author: Robert A Heinlein Following the first Earth people landing on Mars, the surviving son of two of the astronauts returns to Earth with powers he gained from the Martians...

Philippa and Peter WaringTo millions of people around the world the Teddy Bear is far more than a cute soft toy. Bears given to people in childhood often stay with...

David S Wyman "Why Auschwitz Was Never Bombed," a chapter from this book, appeared in the May 1978 issue of Commentary and aroused a major controversy in the press here...

Author: Chaim Herzog Herzog re-creates Israel's turbulent military history from the 1948 Civil War in Palestine to the 1982 war in Lebanon. 100 photographs, 50 maps. January 1, 1984 by...

John Gardner "John Gardner was famous for his generosity to young writers, and (this book) is his . . . gift to them. The Art of Fiction will fascinate anyone...

Rolf Toman (Editor) First published January 1, 1984