Shan Sa Alexander and Alestria is the imaginative tale of the dramatic love affair between Alexander the Great and Alestria, queen of the Amazons, when both are at the height...

Doris Lessing In this illuminating, moving memoir Doris Lessing, the Nobel laureate, gives us a tale of two halves, of fiction and memory. She revisits her parents' lives as they...

Melissa Gray Melissa Gray is National Public Radio's Cake Lady. Every Monday she brings a cake to the office for her colleagues at NPR to enjoy. Hundreds of Mondays (and...

Andrew Bennett Fresh, original and compelling, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies.The market-leading introduction to literature, criticism and theory, this book provides a comprehensive...

Neal Stephenson For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world....

Marian Keyes After catching her husband having an affair and being fired from her job, Maggie Walsh suddenly finds her perfectly organized existence has become a perfect mess. She decides,...

Peter Singer Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism"—our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals—inspiring a worldwide movement to...

Marie BrennerA TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR--MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMESA ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEARINCLUDES AN AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH LESLEY STAHLMarie Brenner's extraordinary...

Veronique Tadjo The narrative of this wonderful gem of a novel weaves together a rich tapestry of characters who are both nameless and faceless, representing everyman and everywoman, to tell...

John Man The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the...

Christopher Kelly Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. This book reveals the history of Attila the Hun as...

Barbara Walters #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An inspiring and riveting memoir from the most important woman in the history of television journalism.“A delightful tale of the golden age of television.......