Daniel Defoe   The story of a woman born and bred in the murky world of seventeenth-century London. Daniel Defoe created a female character-narrator who recounts, from a woman's point...

Tad Williams The third book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods "The Grail Brotherhood...

Ruth Rendell A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's...

AM HomesAs A.M. Homes's incendiary novel unfolds, the Kodacolor hues of the good life become nearly hallucinogenic.Laying bare th foundations of a marriage, flash frozen in the anxious entropy of...

Isaac Stern written with Chaim Potok For sixty-four years, Isaac Stern has been a great--and greatly loved--performing artist, famous for his profound music-making, his gusto for life, his passionate dedication...

Peter Gay In this poignant book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939―“the story,” says Peter Gay, “of...

Dan Merkur Dan Merkur, Ph.D. , is Research Reader in the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at...

  George Gissing A semi-autobiographical novel about a group of novelists and journalists striving to earn a living while dealing with poverty, stress and marital problems. This is considered to...

Debi GlioriA very loving book about setting big worries to rest, by the extremely talented Debi Gliori.Marks and Spencer, 1999

Charles Perrow Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity...

Wade Rowland A road trip in France can be many things. This one involves a pair of precocious teenagers, a meditative author intent on imprinting some of the worthier aspects...

Rabbi Jay Karzen Jerusalem's Bar Mitzvah King The Almighty has provided Rabbi Jay with a keen sense of humor and the ability to appreciate the many absurd moments of life...