Paul Auster'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not believe there would ever be a future. I wanted...

Doris LessingFrom Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the sequel to one of her most celebrated novels, ‘The Fifth Child’.‘The Fifth Child’, Doris Lessing’s 1988 novel, made...

Ernest HemingwayThe quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style....

Pat ConroyPAT CONROY has created a huge, brash thunderstorm of a novel, stinging with honesty and resounding with drama. Spanning forty years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo,...

Harriet Wittels and Joan GreismanLists of synonyms, antonyms, sample sentences, parts of speech, and definitions accompany each alphabetically arranged entry word, in an easy-to-use revision of a popular reference title.

Omar KhayyamTranslated by Edward FitzGeraldIn the eleventh century, in Persia, there lived a mathematician named Ghiyathuddin Abulfath Omar bin Ibrahim al-Khayyami--or, Omar, son of Abraham, the tent-maker. Omar wrote poetry,...

Jane Goodall with Phillip BermanHer revolutionary studies of Tanzania's chimpanzees forever altered our definition of "humanity." Now, intriguing as always, Jane Goodall explores her deepest convictions in a heartfelt memoir...

Charles DarwinPresents contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general public of the 1850s, this title provides an account of the scientific...

RumiEdited and Translated by Reynold A NicholsonMawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. The Mathnawi was...

VS NaipaulA magnet to the poets, philosophers, teachers, troubadours and misfits who people the town of Port of Spain, Miguel Street is a place where tales of glory and debauchery...

Erich FrommThe fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for loveMost people...

Thomas H CookShortlisted for the 2014 Edgar Award and Barry Award for Best NovelThomas H. Cook is peerless in finding the humanity behind crime. In one of his greatest novels...