Bill Bryson Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. "A Short...

Robin Wasserman Tween movie alert! Top teen Hilary Duff stars as a Valley-girl Cinderella!Once upon a Samantha, a San Fernando Valley teen, lived with her widowed dad. Then, he fell...

Noam Sachs Zion and Shawn Fields-Meyer A step-by-step guidebook to the Jewish Sabbath, with blessings and songs, rituals and reflections, stories and lots of art. Full color; designed to work...

JV Jones "Wonderful . . . J.V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up...

Elizabeth Elgin A captivating tale of forbidden passion and wartime friendship from the bestselling author of THE WILLOW POOL and ONE SUMMER AT DEER'S LEAP. It's 1940 and the threat...

Steven Otfinoski Unhappy with how Debbie has been treating her, Eliza refuses to lend her big sister a special necklace given to Eliza by a village elder in Kenya. Soon...

Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn isn't very happy living with a stuffy old widow who tries to "civilize" him. But when his cruel scoundrel of a father steals him back, Huck's...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama In this ground-breaking book, the Dalai Lama advises us to gain familiarity with the process and practices of death so that, when we are physically...

Eva Hoffman"As the Holocaust recedes from us in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the next generation. How should they,...

Author: James Patterson James Patterson's blockbuster Alex Cross series has sold over 100 million copies – and now he's bringing those thrills to a new generation! Alex's son Ali is...

  Ruth Ozeki Yumi Fuller hasn’t set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idaho—heart of the potato-farming industry—since she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal...

Lisa GardnerWho can you turn to when you’re at your most vulnerable?State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff through the scope of his sniper rifle. Dodge has only...