Angela Carter Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's...

Nicholas SparksFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy; of sacrifice and forgiveness -- a moving reminder that love is...

Author: Tom Clancy Maeve Binchy In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four people meet for the first Fiona, an Irish nurse, Thomas, a Californian...

Marry Higgins Clark"The definition of an owl had always pleased him: a night bird of prey...sharp talons and soft plumage which permits noiseless flight...applied figuratively to a person of nocturnal...

Patrick RobinsonThe most powerful warship in the world, the nuclear-powered U.S. Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier is seen as impregnable. But when the USS Thomas Jefferson suddenly disappears at sea, the Pentagon...

Shaparak Khorsandi Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesn’t?Nina’s mum isn’t so sure. But she’s busy with her new husband and...

Joan Biskupic New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done...

Author: Michael Connelly When Detective Harry Bosch catches the case of a gunned-down liquor-store owner it looks like a slam-dunk. But in the last desperate seconds of his life, Mr...

Ruth Gilligan At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from Lithuania in search of a better life in America, only to land on...

Jiri Langer A wonderful collection of Chassidic tales from central Europe. First published January 1, 1937

RA Lafferty Here at last are the finest of Lafferty's shorter works, stories about - * A man who found one day that he knew absolutely everyone in the world...

William Dalrymple A buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the chinese invasion of tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by...