Alison Lurie Originally published in 1974, a humorous novel set against an American academic background, telling of how a professor's stable relationship and family life comes apart when he embarks...

Henry James Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince who is repudiated by her husband in favour of a state marriage. With her artist brother Felix she goes...

Charles Dickens Introducing young readers to literary classics will be easy with each of the twelve titles in the Treasury of Illustrated Classics series. Each title contains short, concise chapters...

Mary Higgins Clark Elizabeth Lange has arrived at Cypress Point Spa in Pebble Beach, California, weary of heart and soul. Still grieving for her beloved sister, a famous actress who...

Anthony Trollope When shrewd and poor Lizzie Greystock marries she is fully aware of her wealthy husband's approaching death. November 19, 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA

Einhard A vivid life of Charlemagne, written ca A.D. 830 by a member of his court.ForewordEinhard's PrefaceThe Life of the Emperor CharlesNotesGenealogical TableMap First published January 1, 818 May 15,...

Sheri S Tepper Jinian journeys with her forbidden love Peter to the location of the deadly crystals--and into a terrifying secret. March 15, 1986 by Tor Books TRANSLATE with x...

Sheri S Tepper When the world of Lom seems mysteriously bent on its own destruction, Jinian and Peter enter the Great Maze, which holds all the memories of the world,...

O Henry A young woman makes a drastic decision—and her husband has a Christmas surprise in return. A dying girl attaches her fate to that of a leaf. A writer...

Retold by Andrew Matthews These eight Shakespeare plays, retold in prose by British author Andrew Matthews and beautifully illustrated by Angela Barrett, make a perfect introduction to the most famous...

Robert McCrum, William Cran, and Robert MacNeil The marvelous saga of the English language--from its origins as a dialect of a small European tribe to its present status as the...

Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn isn't very happy living with a stuffy old widow who tries to "civilize" him. But when his cruel scoundrel of a father steals him back, Huck's...