Angus TrumbleIt has been said that supreme enlightenment is reflected in the holy smile of the Buddha. Yet, the Victorians thought of open-mouthed smiling as obscene, and nineteenth-century English and...

Jasper Ridley Beginning with the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army at Milford in 1485 to depose Richard III, and ending with the death of the great Queen Elizabeth...

Stephen W Hawking Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help non-scientists understand fundamental questions of physics and...

Ethan HawkeActor William Harding has been caught cheating on his rock star wife and the press have descended upon him. Amid the headlines and worldwide disdain towards him, he takes...

Magha Majumdar For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power,...

Joshua Ferris Named a best book of the year by NPR, Vogue , and the  New York Times Book Review , the hilarious and profound new novel from National Book Award...

Scott Foresman Introducing A Canary with Hiccups by Scott Foresman, an entertaining and educational book for kids. It tells the story of a brave canary, who discovers the power of...

Walter M Miller, Jrn a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to...

Walter M Miller, Jr In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated...

Graeme SmithSmith takes the reader behind the scenes: from the high drama on the field, where a game can turn on its head in a mere 30 minutes, to the...

Agatha Christie There is no rest or relaxation for Miss Marple. Agatha Christie's most appealing sleuth returns in this classic baffler of a vacation-turned-deadly.Nephew Raymond West has given his favourite...

Michael Crichton   Written as Jeffery Hudson in 1968.A Case of Need is Michael Crichton's award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure...