Philip Roth   When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household...

Terry Deary From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories...The Great Pyramid is a lively place to work. The only irritation is Antef, the fussy, bullying supervisor who makes everyone feel...

Ellen Marie Wiseman A deeply moving and masterfully written story of human resilience and enduring love, The Plum Tree follows a young German woman through the chaos of World War...

Elizabeth Fremantle In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the country. A celebrity couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He...

Paul Doherty A new novel of murder in the reign of Pharoah Hatusu featuring Judge Amerotke as the crime-solver. At a peace treaty signing between Egypt and Libya in Thebes,...

Barbara Kingsolver "A powerful new epic . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of...

Malka Adler In the eye of the warThat tore the world apartA mother wants a sonA daughter needs a motherWinter 1939: Danusha and her family are forced to flee their home...

Dvora WaysmanWhen Mazal and Ezra ben-Yichya embarked in 1882 on their long journey from Sana'a to the Holy Land, their young hearts were filled with dreams of the glory they...

Lawrence Norfolk In February 1516, a Portugese ship sank with the loss of all hands a mile off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora da Adjuda had sailed 14000...

Julian Barnes In his latest novel, Julian Barnes, author of Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in...

Author: Arthur Millerb Four Plays Complete: Death of a Salesman The Crucible Incident at Vichy The Price The Misfits: 2 Versions Short Stories Other writings, including a poem Introduction and...

Henry James   When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved...