Samuel Pepys‘With one’s face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops . . .’A selection from Pepys’s startlingly vivid and candid diary. Originally written in...

Jack StackThe Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book ManagementIn the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation (SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a near bankrupt division of...

Peter Hopkirk The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in...

F Scott FitzgeraldGenerally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age"....

Katherine Paterson This timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornary, completely unforgettable young heroine. Now a feature film starring Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Octavia Spencer!Eleven-year-old...

Shashi Tharoor Ved Vyas, India's oldest surviving politician from the days of Raj, reveals behind-the-scenes atrocities in India's struggle for independence February 26, 1993 by Arcade Publishing

Kate Christensen National Bestseller and Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionOscar Feldman, the renowned figurative painter, has passed away. As his obituary notes, Oscar is survived by his wife,...

Jonathan LeeThe ‘Father of Greater New York’ is dead. Shot outside his Park Avenue mansion in the year of our Lord, 1903. In the hour of his death, will the...

Joe Meno Meet the Caspers. Jonathan, Madeline, Amelia, Thisbe and Henry. Each member has their own issues and hang-ups - and their own way of dealing with them - but...

Assouline This book is an invitation to discover and better understand four of the most influential religions that have contributed to shaping our Judaism,Catholicism,Tibetan Buddhism, and Islam... February 4, 2004...

Jan Burchett and Sara VoglerWhen the Sea Wolf stops at a quiet island to make repairs, they are surprised to find the native people in need of help! They've been...

Pat ConroyThe piercing, iconic semi-autobiographical novel of a domineering father and ambitious son, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of TidesStep into the powerhouse life...