Gerard DonovanIn an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Slowly, they begin to talk. Over the course of...

Mohsin HamidAn extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling author of The Reluctant FundamentalistIn a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not...

Lewis NkosiThe novel tells the story, in the first person, of a young black male ex-student's obsession with a young English woman, Veronica Slater, whom he encounters on the segregated...

Uplifting the Colonial Philistine: Florence Philips and the Making of the Johannesburg Art GalleryJillian CarmanUplifting the Colonial Philistine is a thoroughly researched, fascinating account of the unusual circumstances in which...

Gillian SlovoIt is 1884. In Khartoum, General Gordon stands on the roof of his fortress as the city is besieged. He has vowed to fight the Mahdi to the death....

Michael ChabonIn 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother’s home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill...

Jack Groppel, PhD"As Jack Groppel so aptly explains, the rigor of corporate athletics is often even more demanding than that of professional athletes. In my world, one does not have...

Tatiana de Rosnay   Paris, July 1942: Ten-year-old Sarah is brutally arrested with her family in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, the most notorious act of French collaboration with the Nazis....

Michael Crichton and Richard PrestonIn the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company—only to...

Emma Donoghue   To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world....Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother...

Michael Williams   Winner of the 2014 UKLA AwardDeo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good...

Dave and Chana MasonWhat if you could transform your life, your health, your relationships, your finances, and your self-image in just five minutes a day? What if you could learn...