Malcolm PryceTo the girls who came to make it big in the town's 'What the Butler Saw' movie industry, Aberystwyth was the town of broken dreams. To Dean Morgan who...

Edward de Bono “This could be a very useful book for teachers and non-teachers alike. Dr. DeBono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Davincis,...

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Victor HugoA thrilling tale of narrow escapes, romance in the midst of a revolution, and battlefield heroism, Victor Hugo's sprawling 1862 novel focuses on the Parisian underworld. Ex-convict Jean Valjean,...

Franz Kafka In no other work does Kafka reveal himself as in the Letters to Milena, which begin essentially as a business correspondence but soon develop into a passionate "letter love."...

Dov IndigDear Dov, You must really be surprised to be receiving a letter from a girl you don't know... Dov Indig was killed on October 7, 1973, in a holding...

Susan Beth PfefferIn this New York Times best-seller, when a meteor knocks the moon closer to earth, Miranda, a high school sophomore, takes shelter with her family in this heart-stopping...

Mark TwainA stirring account of America's vanished past...The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer...Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi.At once a romantic...

William FaulknerLight in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, which features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove,...

Robert M Pirsig In this best-selling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant...

David Herbert DonaldThe year's most important biography -- of a leader who still speaks to our timesIn the bestselling tradition of Truman, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald offers...

AS ByattThis title contains five stories, which are funny, spooky, sparkling and sad. Two women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their childhood fears...