Thomas BulfinchThis work brings together the stories of the gods and goddesses of Greece, Rome and Northern mythology. It demonstrates how these images have helped enrich the development of English...

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern A major history of the shtetl's golden ageThe shtetl was home to two-thirds of East Europe's Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet it has long been...

Steven LindblomFor more than 300 million years, reptiles have slithered over land and have swum their way across water. Now, young readers can meet the wide variety of reptiles in...

Louis Untermeyer A collection of poems about innocence, animals, famous people, and holidays by such authors as William Blake, Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, and David McCord Published July 22, 1998

Henry James'A thing to marvel at, a thing to be grateful for.'A rich American art-collector and his daughter Maggie buy in for themselves and to their greater glory a beautiful...

Philip Pullman   The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller hailed as one of the best books of all time, is now the basis for an HBO original series beginning...

Martha Hall Kelly From the New York Times–bestselling author comes a gripping tale of two spies who risk everything to track down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of...

Author: Donna Leon Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the twenty-second Brunetti novel of this bestselling series,...

Eloise Jarvis McGraw In this exciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue, Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith...

The British Library The "Golden Haggadah" is one of the outstanding works among the British Library's collection of Hebrew manuscripts. The Haggadah, a type of prayer book, is the order...

Maiya Williams Now available in paperback, the first book in a thrilling, critically-acclaimed time-travel seriesIn this "page-turner debut" ( Kirkus Reviews ), thirteen-year-old Rowan and his friends, twins Xanthe and...

Salman Rushdie When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman' names, and move into...