Bernard Cornwell June 11, 2009 by Harper

Gary Jennings Gary Jennings's Aztec Autumn recreates a forgotten chapter of history in all its splendor and unforgettable passion. The magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heal of...

Gary Jennings The fascinating history of Mexico that began in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Aztec continues . . . .Don Juan de Zavala was the most skilled...

Josephine Cox Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others, until he has a change of heart and decides to go back for them....

Ali Almossawi“One of the more clever ways of introducing computational thinking to the general public.” —Vint Cerf, Turing Award winner, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, a 'Father of the Internet'Bad...

Aharon AppelfeldIt is the spring of 1939. In months Europe will be Hitler's, and Badenheim, a resort town vaguely in the orbit of Vienna, is preparing for its annual summer...

Jose Saramago As the Inquisition rages, an extraordinary trinity struggle to realise a creation that will fly in the face of the monstrous vanity of Church and State.In early 18th-century...

Amin Maalouf There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, is it possible that there is a secret one-hundredth name?In this tale of magic and mystery, of love and...

Lawrence DurrellBalthazar, is the second volume of Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 1940s. The events of each lush and sensuous novel are seen through the...

Dai Sijie   In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for...

Charles DickensCharles Dickens’s first historical novel–set during the anti-Catholic riots of 1780–is an unparalleled portrayal of the terror of a rampaging mob, seen through the eyes of the individuals swept...

Bernard Cornwell Third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862. Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for...