Antoine De Saint-Exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half...

Hildegarde H Swift and Lynd Ward On the Manhattan bank of the Hudson River, a small lighthouse--made of steel and painted bright red--proudly protects boats with his faithful beam. One...

Susan ShermanThe Little Russian spotlights an exciting new voice in historical fiction, an assured debut that should appeal to readers of Away by Amy Bloom or Cold Mountain by Charles...

Jenny Colgan Given a back-room computer job when the beloved Birmingham library she works in turns into a downsized retail complex, Nina misses her old role terribly - dealing with...

Sarah WatersOne postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is...

READERS LOVE THIS BOOK AND YOU WILL TOO!'Bursting at the seams with charm and appeal!''Idyllic...a perfect beach read!''I can't wait to see what Ruth writes next!'Dreaming of your next holiday...

Natalia Ginzburg WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK‘As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones.’Between...

Kate Thompson 'A splendid warm-hearted novel' - Rachel HoreLondon, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only...

Sandy LantonHannah doesn't like being the littlest Levine. She's too short to hang fruit from the sukkah and too young to light the Hanukkah candles by herself. But when Passover...

Theodore Kyriakou and Charles Campion With the current variety of fresh seafood available, every restaurant has several options on its menu. The challenge for home cooks is replicating these exciting recipes...

Arthur Knight Arthur Knight (1916—1991) was a movie critic, film historian, professor and TV host. His book The Liveliest Art, first published in 1957, is a history of the cinema...

Diana Wynne Jones His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through...