Henry D SpaldingSpalding allows 40 centuries of Jewry to speak for itself, not through tears, but laughter; sometimes with a sigh, but mostly in jubilant fashion.

Jeff Kinney  Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways...

Robert Rankin'Outside the sun shines. Buses rumble towards Ealing Broadway and I'm expected to do battle with the powers of darkness. It all seems a little unfair...'You could say it...

Roald Dahl   “The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda!Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different...

Bradley Trevor GreiveIt's an age-old question that has stumped the great minds of history: What is the meaning of life? In his hilarious and uplifting style, best-selling author Bradley Trevor...

Holly Goldberg SloanJulia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where...

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...

Sophie Kinsella What’s a round-the-world honeymoon if you can’t buy the odd souvenir to ship back home? Like the twenty silk dressing gowns Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) finds in Hong...

Gary Greenberg   Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads   An indispensable survival manual for guys entering the trenches of fatherhood, Be Prepared is loaded with one-of-a-kind insights,...

Ben EliezerThere have been a lot of great Jewish humourists - Woody Allen, Sid Ceasar, Groucho Marx, Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman - but is there such a thing as Jewish...

John van de Ruit   It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling. Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison. And Spud Milton?thirteen-year-old, prepubescent choirboy extraordinaire?is about to start his first year...

Alexander McCall SmithTHE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 11Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier...