Edith WhartonJohn Durham, while he waited for Madame de Malrive to draw on her gloves, stood in the hotel doorway looking out across the Rue de Rivoli at the afternoon...

Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle   If headmasters were honest a prospectus would be a book which sa how many kanes he hav, contane a warning about the skool dog...

Elisabetrh BeresfordThe Wombles, who tidy up Wimbledon Common, plan a dangerous rescue when one of them is left outside with a human in the vicinity.30 pagesPublished November 30th 1975 by...

Steven EriksonIn Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but...

John SteinbeckA quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California’s Monterey PeninsulaTo hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to...

Joseph B Soloveitchik   oseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force...

Yigael Yadin The excavation from 1963 to 1965 of the Judean desert rock-fortress of Masada, has taken its place as one of the most exciting and significant archaeological events of...

Author: SY Agnon Israeli Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon's famous masterpiece, his novel Only Yesterday, here appears in English translation for the first time. Published in 1945, the book tells a...

Author: William Shakespeare King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play...

William FaulknerIn this feverishly beautiful novel— subsequently titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem and now published in the authoritative Library of America text—William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing...

Sandra BoyntonThis whimsical first concept book, featuring a delightful read-aloud text that showcases animals, colors, and clothes, is sure to elicit giggles from little ones as they happily chime in...

Robin HobbAs Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city's inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit,...