Helen NaylorA tragic love story is uncovered as journalist Clare Crowe goes to Switzerland to bring home a relative's body. Clare's grandfather has been found frozen in a glacier, 74...

John L Stephens This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc....

VS Naipaul This book provides a critical evaluation of the successes and failures of Indian government at many levels. Jayanta Kumar Ray argues that India cannot claim to have reached...

Jon Krakauer   In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher...

Jon Krakauer When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the...

Frank DelaneyIn the winter of 1951, a storyteller arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. The last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, the Seanchai...

Isak Dinesen's Africa: Images of the Wild Continent from the Writer's Life and Words   Isak Dinesen   In her memoir, Out of Africa, and in short stories, Danish-born writer...

Nigel Barley Many men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter Spies did more than dream. He actually did it....

Aviva Bar-Am and Yisrael Shalem Israel's Southern Landscapes is the first comprehensive, English language travel guide devoted entirely to the Negev, Israel's extraordinary southern region. There are over 300 pages...

Think Israel Discover Israel through the expert lens of ThinkIsrael.com with "Israel: The Hidden Gems Trilogy." This comprehensive collection explores the unique landscapes, culture, and attractions of Israel’s North, Centre,...

John Mole Intoxicated with dreams of a Greek paradise, John Mole inflicts upon his family a tumbledown ruin on a hillside with no water, no electricity, no roof, no floor,...

James HerriotJames Herriot lived and worked in North Yorkshire, England, for over fifty years, first and foremost as a vet, but in his later years as one of the world's...