Lawrence Hill Based on a true story, "The Book of Negroes" tells the story of Aminata, a young girl abducted from her village in Mali aged 11 in 1755, and...

Edward LearThe owls, hen, larks, and their nests in his beard, are among the fey fauna and peculiar persons inhabiting the uniquely inspired nonsense rhymes and drawings of Lear (20th...

Gregory Stock, PhDAsk Yourself.Ask your friends. Ask your parents. Ask someone you hardly know. THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS gives you permission to ask those things that are too bold, too...

Dan BorgeLearn the art--and science--of risk managementIn this exceptionally lucid, accessible book, one of the most highly regarded industry experts illuminates the delicate process of making decisions in an uncertain...

Monique Turong "[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper. It began captivatingly for those 'Two American ladies wish...'" It was these...

Tom HarperIn a snowbound village in the German mountains, a young woman discovers an extraordinary secret. Before she can reveal it, she disappears. All that survives is a picture of...

Deepak ChopraThe Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your LifeWe all want to know how to find a soul mate, what career would be most fulfilling, how to...

  Deepak Chopra Crafted with all the skills that have made his previous books bestsellers, The Book of Secrets will be essential reading for Deepak Chopra's huge number of followers worldwide, and...

Gene WolfeRecently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic,...

Cecelia AhernTamara Goodwin has always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. Until a traveling library arrives in her tiny village, bringing with it...

Jodi Picoult Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She's on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself...

Tim Glynne-Jones Words have come a long way since they were invented as a nifty tool to help us communicate. We have played with them, made up rules for them,...