Sophie Gee London, 1711. As the rich, young offspring of the city's most fashionable families fill their days with masquerade balls and clandestine courtships, Arabella Fermor and Robert, Lord Petre,...

Leif GW Persson Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke. He is paying the price for a life...

John Man Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring...

Author: Arnaldur Indridason gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective.It is 1979, a few years after Reykjavik Nights closed, and Erlendur...

Edited by Irving Howe and Ruth R Wisse Collects two dozen of the great Yiddish writer's cleverest, funniest, and most profound and touching stories, half of which are newly translated,...

Michael Dobbs "One of the great stories of our time . . . a wonderful anecdotal history of a great drama."--San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewAs Washington Post correspondent in Moscow,...

Judith Lennox Set amid the wealth and beauty of sixteenth-century Europe, Judith Lennox's novel transports her readers to a world of passion, intrigue and bitter rivalry. The du Chantonnay estate...

John Boyne You’ve heard the old proverb about ambition, that it’s like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall.If you look hard...

Philip Mason A study of the characters and public careers of Englishmen who founded and developed British rule in India from 1600 to 1947 January 1, 1985 by W W...

Evan S Connell Walter Bridge is an ambitious lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something, even when what they...

Barbara Trapido The time is 1995, but everybody has a past. Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh...

Christopher Buckley Nick Naylor likes his job. In the neo-puritanical nineties, it's a challenge to defend the rights of smokers and a privilege to promote their liberty. Sure, it hurts...