Angela Davis-Gardner Bottles of homemade plum wine link two worlds, two eras, and two lives through the eyes of Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching at a Tokyo university. When...

James A MichenerMichener's novel covering Poland's recent history, with its conflict between Church and State, worker and leader, and the Poland of centuries gone by, struggling to retain its land...

Eleanor H Porter   As soon as Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The 'glad game'...

Fred Mustard StewartAgainst the background of the Civil War, the tempestuous lives of Adam and Lizzie are shaped by history's forces, moving from Imperial India to London's salons and New...

Robert HarrisAll along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at...

Donna Woolfolk Cross   A world-wide bestseller, major motion picture and upcoming "Director's Cut" TV mini-series exclusively for the U.S!For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is...

Lindsey Davis Returning to Rome after his mission to Germania, Falco finds that his mother is being harassed by a centurion named Censorinus, who says he is chasing a debt...

Alice WalkerPossessing the Secret of Joy is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a...

AS Byatt Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of...

E Annie Proulx   Reproduced as graphics that preface narrative sections, the postcards in this novel -- communications between the Blood family and their son Loyal, as well as other...

Wilbur Smith Across the goldfields of South Africa to the 1930s Olympics in Berlin, this is an astonishing novel of adventure from one of the world’s most celebrated novelistsThey were...

Scott SimonThe universally respected NPR journalist and bestselling memoirist Scott Simon makes a dazzling fiction debut. In Pretty Birds, Simon creates an intense, startling, and tragicomic portrait of a classic...