Don DeLilloA finalist for the National Book Award, Underworld is Don DeLillo’s most powerful and riveting novel—“a great American novel, a masterpiece, a thrilling page-turner” (San Francisco Chronicle).Underworld is a...

William Makepeace ThackerayA novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native...

Jeffrey EugenidesThe five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and...

Clive Cussler1954. Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the Pacific carrying thirty-six Doomsday bombs — canisters armed with quick-death germs of unbelievable potency — vanishes. Vixen has in...

Harry BowlingWaggoner's Way is a small back street in Bermondsey, home to a close-knit community of predominantly railway folk and their families. The Brennans and Kellys are among those who...

Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan...

Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience.In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own...

Walt Disney When mean Aunt Sarah takes over a cocker spaniel's once-happy home, the dog flees and experiences some dangerous moments before her hero Tramp arrives on the scene

War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples...

Henry James What Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if...

Sir Walter Scott1980, mass market paperback reprint edition (of a work first published in 1814), includes information on the author and other introductory material, Penguin, NY. 608 pages. This was...

Mary Higgins Clark Elizabeth Lange has arrived at Cypress Point Spa in Pebble Beach, California, weary of heart and soul. Still grieving for her beloved sister, a famous actress who...