Sarah Silberstein SwartzExcerpts from memoirs, biographies, novels, short stories, religious, ethical, and psychological literature, and visual art provide the bar mitzvah boy with examples from his Jewish heritage.

Beatrice GormleyPresident Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to...

Patrick Robinson He was one of the world's most skillful submariners, trained by the best in the business, the Royal Navy. Now, at the peak of his powers and skill,...

William Finnegan“Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age...

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall...

Bryan Burrough and John HelyarOver six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Barbarians at the Gate is the definitive account of the largest takeover in Wall Street history....

Jonathan Dimbleby A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'The best single-volume account of the Barbarossa campaign to date' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny'A page-turning descent into Hell and...

Barbara Richards When Michelle and Amy try to take a virtual tour of Barbie's house on the computer, something magical happens, and the girls wind up taking a real tour,...

Anthony Trollope   Set in mid-Victorian England, this novel follows the fight for ascendancy among the clergy and dependants of a great English cathedral. 477 pages, Mass Market Paperback Published...

Kathy ReichsDuring one of the hottest summers on record, Dr Temperance Brennan is haunted by a string of horrifying events.First, the bones of a newborn baby are discovered in a...

Leslie Thomas The story of Nelly Luscombe, a 20th century Moll Flanders. Nelly grows up in Devon and from her early wartime days as a friendly child who befriends homesick...

Sylvia DayFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day comes the provocative masterstroke of abandon and obsession that redefined the meaning of desire and became a global phenomenon...Gideon Cross...