Akira Yoshimura   Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of Japan. His people catch barely enough fish to live on,...

Alona Kimhi At 33, obsessive, hypersensitive Susannah Rabin lives with her mother, their cloistered world providing a barrier to the excruciating torment of human contact. But then Susannah's mother tells...

Sam SelvonLooking for a better life a group of West Indians face harsh conditions in London, including racism, bad weather, loneliness, and hard timesPublished January 11th 1989 by Longman Publishing...

George F WillDrawing on extensive interviews, the Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator profiles four key figures in professional baseball--outfielder Tony Gwynn, pitcher Orel Hershiser, shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr., and manager Tony LaRussaPublished...

Willa CatherPerhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artist against the backdrop of the western landscape....

Sabine DurrantIn this page-turning debut from talented crime writer Sabine Durrant, a woman makes a chilling discovery in the woods that changes her life forever.Gaby Mortimer is the woman who...

Shubhangi SwarupAn instant classic, Talking From 9 to 5 brilliantly explains women’s and men’s conversational rituals—and the language barriers we unintentionally erect in the business world. It is a unique...

Deborah Tannen   An instant classic, Talking From 9 to 5 brilliantly explains women’s and men’s conversational rituals—and the language barriers we unintentionally erect in the business world. It is...

PG WoodhouseIn a story set on both sides of the Atlantic, life was always simple for Sally Nicholas until she inherits a fortune. Being unaccustomed to owning a great deal...

Salman RushdieA tall, yellow-haired, young European traveler calling himself “Mogor dell’Amore,” the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the Emperor Akbar, lord of the great Mughal empire, with...

Frank Cottrell Boyce Heart-achingly funny, touching and brilliantly clever, Millions is a fantastic adventure about two boys, one miracle and a million choices.Brothers Damian and Anthony didn't mean to get...

John FowlesThe scene is the village of Lyme Regis on Dorset's Lyme Bay..."the largest bite from the underside of England's out-stretched southwestern leg." The major characters in the love-intrigue triangle...