Frederick Forsyth It was 1882 when Antoinette Giry, Maitresse du Corps de Ballet at the Paris Opera House, took her small daughter to the funfair at Neuilly. And there, in...

Dan T Carter Combining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wallace, a populist who abandoned his ideals to become...

Author: David Halberstam A description and analysis of the media of the time and their effect on politics, events, and the public at large. It focuses particularly on the CBS...

Alice Munro WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental...

Patrick Redmond Michael Turner is about to make a big mistake. Having struggled for years to escape the demons of his childhood - an orphan lost in a maze of...

Robin Maxwell Could England's 'Virgin Queen', Elizabeth I, have borne her lover, Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a son? Most historians dismiss such tales as idle gossip but others speak...

Beverly Lewis Her future, and the lives of her young siblings, is in the hands of a fancy "Englischer" from Portland...Sarah Cain. Lydia Cottrell, eldest of five Amish orphans, made...

KA Applegate The Animorphs and Ax have to make the most important decision they've ever had to make: Do they continue to fight the Yeerks in secret, or is it...

Laura Miller, Editor Since it began in 1995, Salon.com has been showered with awards and praise. Now, its 150,000 devoted readers can devour The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors...

Patricia Gaffney Meet The Saving Graces, Four Of TheBest Friends A Woman Can Ever Have.For ten years, Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped...

Alfie Kohn In this “lively, provocative and well-researched book” (Theodore Sizer), Alfie Kohn builds a powerful argument against the “back to basics” philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to “raise...

Sophie Kinsella Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that...