Richard PowersAn Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic...

Samuel Bjork 'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday ExpressFrom the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling AloneNo one is safe in the...

Jill TomlinsonA heart-warming classic full of animal antics by Jill Tomlinson.Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing – he is...

Jan MarkCovering a vast historical range, this anthology is the only book to document the evolution of the children's story in writing over the last 250 years. Jan Mark, herself...

John Gross "Comic verse," writes editor John Gross, "is verse that is designed to amuse--and perhaps that is as far as any attempt at a definition ought to go." In...

Edited by Patricia Craig This collection of thirty-three stories shows the scope, vigour, and enduring fascination of the detective story, as well as indicating its importance as a barometer of...

Edited by Ilan Stavans In this remarkably wide-ranging anthology, Ilan Stavans has collected the work of more than fifty notable Jewish writers from around the globe, weaving these diverse viewpoints...

Michael D Coogan In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most...

Edited By Kenneth O Morgan January 1, 1989 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

W. E. B. Du Bois Edited by Eric J Sundquist The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Reader encompasses the whole of Du Bois's long and multifaceted writing career, from the 1890s...

Susan Wiggs “Stitched together with love, this is a story just waiting for your favorite reading chair. With her signature style and skill, Susan Wiggs delivers an intricate patchwork of...

Author: Jodi Picoult or eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty—they've grown...