Thomas Pynchon Thomas Pynchon brings us to New York in the early days of the Internet. It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of...

Umberto Eco The perfect gift for book a beautifully designed hardcover in which two of the world's great men have a delightfully rambling conversation about the future of the book...

Simon Schama The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution, and one of the great landmarks of modern history publishing.'Monumental...provocative and stylish, Simon Schama's account of...

Howard Johnson Shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker PrizeSet in the future - a world where the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited -...

Philip Glass Words Without Music is the long-awaited memoir by composer Philip Glass, often described by The New York Times as one of the most prolific and influential composers of...

Charles Bukowski Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and...

Simon Scarrow It is 1565 and the war between Islam and Christianity has raged for centuries. The Ottoman Empire's power threatens to engulf Europe. But first Malta must be taken,...

Sam Byers A debut novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattleIdiopathy (ɪdɪˈɒpəθi): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.Idiopathy: a novel as unexpected...

Author: Danielle Steel #1 "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLERTwo couples, four decades apart. One believes that if lovers die, they find each other again in another life. Or perhaps they wind...

Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger examines how six extraordinary leaders he personally knew shaped their countries and influenced the world. In Leadership, he argues that leaders operate at the intersection of...

Norman Lebrecht The record industry has fallen into the hands of arms producers, music has lost control of its own production. Lebrecht traces the history of the classical music business....

Mary Jane Phillips-Matz Drawing on numerous original documents provided by Verdi's descendants, the Carrara-Verdi family, this long awaited biography presents a reexamination of Verdi's life not only as a composer,...