Michael Morpurgo A heart-warming tale of courage and warmth, set against the backdrop of the second world war, about an abandoned village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat!‘Classic...

Robert LudlumOn Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, lies a psychiatric facility. Far from prying eyes, it is a government-run hospital for former intelligence employees in possession of highly...

Jerome Groopman, MD Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their...

Victoria Mather Victoria Mather and Sue Macartney-Snape are at it again, observing the social scene with delicious and hilarious accuracy. January 1, 2003 by John Murray Pubs Ltd

Mordecai Richler The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the novel that established Mordecai Richler as one of the world’s best comic writers. Growing up in the heart of Montreal’s Jewish ghetto,...

Deborah Lawrenson In 1944 Tom Wainwright, a British soldier, arrives in the small Italian town of Petriano. The war is nearly over, and in the lull before the Allied troops...

Elizabeth Berg   NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Revelations about a seemingly ordinary mother force her adult children to reexamine their lives in this “absorbing novel about family secrets” ( The Dallas Morning...

Kate Long "The Bad Mother's Handbook" is the story of a year in the lives of Charlotte, Karen and Nan, none of whom can quite believe how things have turned...

William R Callahan 1941. Wartime Newfoundland.Keeping vigil on the easternmost point of North America, and providing a strategic haven to battle-ready U.S. troops during World War II, the island colony...

Robert Atwan (Series Editor) The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable...

Gerard DeGroot This is the life story of the atom bomb from its birth at the turn of the century to a childhood in the New Mexico desert of the...

Jeanne Kalogridis Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her...