Angela Thirkell In Angela Thirkell's first Barsetshire novel, she sets the plot pattern which will be played out in most of her later books. She also introduces us to specific...

Karen Baicker March 27, 2007 by Hooked On Phonics

Author: Francesca Simon There's a snowman-building contest in town and the grand prize is a year's supply of free ice cream Horrid Henry just has to beat Moody Margaret and...

Jerome Groopman, MD On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best...

Karen Hawkins It's hardly the type of wedding Fiona MacLean dreamed of. No family, no guests, just a groom who's been dragged -- literally -- to the altar. But if...

Jonathan Tropper "How to Talk to a Widower" by Jonathan Tropper is a contemporary fiction novel that follows the life of Doug Parker, a widower who is struggling to navigate...

Danielle Steel The conflict between the old world and the new...between responsibility and freedom...between duty and love...Princess Christianna, happier in jeans and a sweatshirt than in the formal life of...

Robert B Parker April Kyle, a prostitute from Spenser's past, comes back into his life-with deadly complications. September 4, 2007 by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Douglas Hofstadter What do we mean when we say “I”? Can thought arise out of matter? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an “I” arise out of mere matter?...

Linda Green Sarah Roberts used to be good. Then she did something bad. Very bad.Now, years later, she's living a good life. She works as a local newspaper reporter and...

Sue Grafton   Lonnie Kingman is in a bind. He's smack in the middle of assembling a civil suit, and the private investigator who was doing his pretrial legwork has...

Amy Sedaris Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair....