Alexander McCall Smith Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which...

Yasmina Khadra Set in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, this extraordinary novel "puts a human face on the suffering inflicted by the Taliban" ( San Francisco Chronicle), taking readers into the...

Todd Hasak-LowyStylistically daring, morally perplexing, and outrageously funny, Todd Hasak-Lowy's The Task of This Translator marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary talent. In these seven stories, Hasak-Lowy captures...

Devora Omer January 1, 1991 by B'nai B'rith Books

Enid Blyton Written by Pamela Cox Based upon, and continuing Enid Blyton's St. Clare's series. The holidays are over and twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan are dying to get back to school....

Steve Berry Set in the near future, The Third Secret introduces Jakob Volkner--Pope Clement XV--a German "caretaker pope" who, nearing the age of 80, was elected as John Paul II's successor. But...

Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees   No phone. No electricity. Welcome to one hell of a Christmas. When the Thorne family gather for the festivities–the arguments, jealousies and enmities that...

David MinkoffThis is, quite simply, the most comprehensive collection of Jewish jokes, ever! The author has sourced over 1000 jokes and witty anecdotes that will have your sides splitting. With...

Author: Usborne Offers creative ideas for all kinds of art projects and teaches about brushes, papers, special effects, and using different paints, pastels, inks, crayons, and other media.Publisher : Usborne...

Rose ElliotFinally, the diet vegetarians have been waiting for. Have you been feeling left out lately? Many is the vegetarian or vegan who has watched their meat-eating friends with envy...

Mark Gatiss Meet Lucifer Box: Lucifer has a charming countenance and rapier wit that make him the guest all hostesses must have. And most do. But few of his conquests...

Mark Bittner Like a lot of young people in the 1970s, Mark Bittner took the path of the "dharma bum." When the counterculture faded, Mark held on, seeking shelter in...