Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom...

Author: Nicholas Sparks Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three...

Cathy Lamb I wrapped up my grandmother's tea cup collection and my mother's china, then grabbed a violin I'd hidden way back in my closet that made me cry, a...

Ronda and David Armitage  Ronda and David Armitage take us back to the charming, warm-hearted world of the lighthouse keeper in this brand-new visit to the Lighthouse - and Mr...

Tim Harford “Life often seems to defy logic. When a prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary, or a smoker lights another cigarette, we...

Michael Dobbs The State Opening of Parliament. The most magnificent royal occasion of the year. The Queen, her Cabinet and all the most powerful people in the land are gathering...

Author: Julia Quinn Will the real Duke of Wyndham please stand up? Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is...

Farahad ZamaFarahad Zama's debut novel transports listeners to faraway India for a story brimming with endearing characters, homespun wisdom, and blossoming love.After Mr. Ali retires, he launches a matchmaking service...

Mark KurzemThe spellbinding (The New York Times) true story of a Jewish boy who became the darling of the NazisWhen a Nazi death squad massacred his mother and fellow villagers,...

Julia Stuart A perpetual breeze blows through Amour-sur-Belle, a village so ugly that even the English refuse to live there.Guillaume Ladoucette the barber is forced to give up his business...

Anne Zouroudi When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then...

Nathan EnglanderFrom its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, Nathan Englander's debut novel The Ministry of Special Cases casts a powerful spell. In...