Diana Bletter Through a largely hidden ceremony…four friends discover the true meaning of life.It's 2006 in a seaside village in Israel, where a war is brewing. Lauren, Emily, Aviva and...

Wendy Shalit Where once a young woman had to be ashamed of her sexual experience, today she is ashamed of her sexual inexperience. Where not long ago an unmarried woman...

EM Forster Wit and intelligence are the hallmarks of these two probing portraits of the English character written by E.M. Forster. Both are stories of extreme contrasts--in values, social class...

Jane Juska'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope...

Louise Penny In the height of summer, the guests descended. . . .Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are celebrating their anniversary at the luxurious, isolated Manoir Bellechasse....

Allis Radosh and Ronald Radosh “[This] revelatory account of Truman's vital contributions to Israel's founding. . .is told. . . with an elegance informed by thorough research."— Wall Street Journal...

Elizabeth Elgin A captivating tale of forbidden passion and wartime friendship from the bestselling author of THE WILLOW POOL and ONE SUMMER AT DEER'S LEAP. It's 1940 and the threat...

Ida Fink Stories recount the harrowing experiences of ordinary people facing various aspects of the Holocaust in Poland. January 28, 1989 by Schocken

Tatiana de RosnayIt all began with a seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing their childhood. Antoine thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister Melanie's birthday: a weekend...

Jennifer PaddockJennifer Paddock's incandescent debut novel spans fifteen years in the lives of friends Leigh, Sarah, and Chandler, beginning one fateful day in high school that forever connects them. While...

Gustave Flaubert Frederic Moreau, a provincial young man who dreams of wealth and fame, falls in love with Madame Arnoux and cultivates a friendship with her husband in order to...

John Knowles An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its...