Changes for Samantha, A Winter Story, 1904, Book Six (6), American Girl Collection(American Girl: Samantha #6) by Valerie TrippSixth in a series of six historical fiction books filled with lessons...

Peter Ackroyd First U.S. edition, an advance reading copy. A novel with three intertwined the story of Thomas Chatterton, the eighteenth-century forger, the story of George Meredith, who posed for...

Wright May 1, 1988 by John Wright

Shirley Temple Black Shirley Temple Black-- the quintessential child star of the 30s and 40s--tells in her own words the colorful story of her life as an actress.Born in 1928...

Ruth Benedict A recognized classic of cultural anthropology, this book explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan from the seventh century through the mid-twentieth, as well as personal...

Nina Bawden The main character is a reputable copier of old master paintings whose sharp, charming wife leaves him. They have a tragic schizophrenic son, and perhaps because of this...

Yoram Kaniuk Part Jewish and part Arab, Yosef Rosenzweig/Shehara is torn by the conflict between two peoples, and he comes to realize now much political events shape one's life, regardless...

Robert Beckman The author analyzes the great financial crashes of modern times, ranging from the South Sea Bubble to Wall Street, in an attempt to prove that recent crises in...

Wilbur Smith The year is 1935, shortly before World War II. The "Wolf of Rome," Italy's army under Mussolini, is poised to invade Ethiopia, whose army is not only ill-equipped,...

Adrian Room A revised and enlarged combination of Adrian Room's previous dictionaries of Confusibles and Distinguishables. This dictionary deals with around 3000 words, sorting out those annoying words that so...

James Salter This short-story collection won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award for James Salter, author of Solo Faces and A Sport and A Pastime. Here, Salter's themes are memory and loss,...

Jay Mathews Chronicles the remarkable life and work of man who, himself and immigrant, coached and inspired underpriviledged Hispanic students thought to be "hopeless" to excel to unprecedented standards in...