Angela Thirkell In Angela Thirkell's first Barsetshire novel, she sets the plot pattern which will be played out in most of her later books. She also introduces us to specific...

Herman Charles Bosman

Rawbone Malongirst published in 1972, this lighthearted linguistic study of South African spoken English became a well-loved book among South Africans at home and abroad. Unique and humorous, the book...

Jim RuggJesse "Street Angel" Sanchez is a homeless ninja girl on a skateboard! In-between kicking ass and taking sandwiches - she fights bullies, street gangs, ninjas, the man, cocky superheroes,...

Val McDermidYoung girls are disappearing around the country, and there is nothing to connect them to one another, let alone the killer whose charming manner hides a warped and sick...

Stories of Love, Heartbreak and Other Unnatural DisastersKatie Dale, Cathy Kelly, Abby McDonald, Monica McInerney, Sinead Moriarty, Joanna Nadin, Adele Parks, Madhvi Ramani, Dyan Sheldon, Sarah WebbToe-curlingly good (and bad!)...

David Lubar Watch out for the road weenies!A town is overrun by road weenies--a.k.a. joggers--who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween...until she finds a special pair...

Jim Davis

Modechai SchmutterA rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this - some kind of joke?" No, the rabbi routinely hangs out with...

Anne FadimanIn At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth...

Molly KatzNow bigger, better, and with more guilt: a completely revised, updated, and expanded second edition (would it hurt to have a little more?) of Jewish as a Second Language,...

Janet EvanovichIt's Valentine's Day and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum needs a relationship expert. One who goes by the name of Annie Hart. Because Annie is wanted for armed robbery and...