EL KonigsburgMEET THE SOULS-- Noah, who quite by accident was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather-- Nadia, a hybrid with a halo of red hair,...

Martha Gellhorn First published in 1959, but now offered in a revised and expanded edition, The View from the Ground presents over six decades of Gellhorn's ruminations on political, civil,...

John Lescroart Payback is murder.A beautiful woman paid it with her body.  A seedy lawyer used somebody else's money.  It's the vig--the exorbitant interest mob loan sharks take on their money.  Now, in...

Rosanna Ley When Tess Angel receives a solicitor’s letter inviting her to claim her inheritance – the dilapidated but beautiful Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she...

Mark Roseman At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened....

Gayle and Joe Ortiz with Louisa Beers Since opening 25 years ago, Gayle’s Bakery and Rosticceria in Capitola, California, has grown from a humble 800-square-foot shop to one of the...

Edward SteinbergThe making of a great wine in the new tradition

Edited by Tobias WolffThe thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff, they...

edited by Helen ByattIn this examination of the whole of Selden's works and thought, Reid Barbour brings a new perspective to Selden studies by stressing Selden's strong commitment to a...

Vanessa GreeneAt a car boot sale in Sussex, three very different women meet and fall for the same vintage teaset. They decide to share it - and form a friendship...

Flannery O'ConnorFirst published in 1955, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing...

Brendan Scocumb Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional...