J Ryan Stradal When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on...

Federico de Roberto The Viceroys tells the story of a noble family of Catania, of Spanish origins. This family, the Uzeda princes of Francalanza, were during the previous Spanish rule "Vicerè"...

Alice Hoffman This fierce and beautiful story charts the histories of two women: Rae, young and unmarried and far from home, awaits the birth of her first child. Lila, a...

Len Deighton Long-suffering spy Bernard Samson has, against all the odds, enticed a Soviet agent to defect to London - but this proves to be the start of something even...

Nikolai Tolstoy The Coming of the King takes us into the world of Merlin, into the bright daylight and the deep shadows of Britain in what we call the Dark...

Margaret Atwood Exploring the paradox of female villainy, this  tale of three fascinating women is another peerless  display of literary virtuosity by the supremely  gifted author of Cat's Eye and   The Handmaid's Tale...

Gus Lee Kai Ting is the only American-born son of an aristocratic Mandarin family that has fled China in the wake of Mao's revolution. Woefully unprepared for life on the...

Peter Hoeg National BestsellerStrange things are happening at Biehl's Academy when this elite school opens its doors to a group of orphans and reform-school rejects, kids at the end of...

Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris A very pregnant anthropologist finds the diary of Columbus in the basement of the Dartmouth library and travels to the Bahamas with her lover and...

Robert Demaria Tragedy follows Gruoch, whose husband, father, and brother were killed in battle, and whose new husband, MacBeth is crowned King of Scotland in 1040 March 12, 1985 by...

Su Tong  February 1, 2004 by Hyperion

Bailey White Anyone who has read the best-selling Mama Makes Up Her Mind or listened to Bailey White's commentaries on NPR knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable wit and charm....