Roald Dahl I bet you think you know this story.You don't. The real one's much more gory.From Cinderella and Goldilocks to Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs,...

Jonathan Coe   Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may...

Peter MayleIn Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, sets off once more, traveling the world...

Jerome K JeromeIntroduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in...

Marian Keyes'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.''A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'If only.Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her.He still loves her, he's just taking a...

Matt GroeningPicking up where The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family left off, The Simpsons Forever! brings all the history, tidbits, and cold hard facts on every episode...

Jonas Jonasson Just because the world ignores you, doesn’t mean you can’t save itNombeko Mayeki is on the run from the world's most ruthless secret service - with three Chinese...

PZ ReizinWhen Tom and Jen, two lonely people, are brought together by an intriguing email, they have no idea their mysterious benefactor is an artificial intelligence who has decided to...

Julie PowellNearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a single year, every one of the...

Joanna Trollope   Rose Woodrowe is getting married to Tyler Masson—a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for...

Roald DahlWho needs a ladder when you’ve got a giraffe with an extended neck?The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don’t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican...

Author: Fredrik Backman Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus-crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa...