Sir Arthur Conan DoyleUndoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary...

Michael LernerJewish culture, identity, and spirituality through the eyes of the brightest and best authorsBest Contemporary Jewish Writing is a treasure trove of short stories, poetry, and essays from such...

James Lowder   From the secret annals of Realms history come eleven never-before-published tales of valor, featuring the greatest heroes of that magical world -- Drizzt Do'Urden, Arilyn Moonblade, Adon,...

Author: Colin Dexter "Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all ....

Aravind AdigaThis is a collection of short stories from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning "White Tiger". Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare...

Ian McEwanIan McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely...

James SurowieckiA year ago it would have been difficult to conceive of an anthology of stories soley devoted to corporate malfeasance. Today, the challenge has been to keep it confined...

Hans Christian AndersonHans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales are like exquisite jewels, drawing from us gasps of recognition and delight. Andersen created intriguing and unique characters -- a tin soldier with...

Mirish KisznerMeet some ordinary people... People like Ephraim Lerner, a businessman traveling to Miami to clinch a profitable real estate deal. Women like Sarah Davidson, who takes in a child...

James PettersonTHE WORLD'S #1 BESTSELLING WRITER - 3 pulse-pounding thrillers in 1 book!The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of three Laura Sherman was thrilled when her new...

Jhumpa Lahiri   Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise.A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as...

Primo Levi The Periodic Table by Primo Levi is an impassioned response to the Holocaust: Consisting of 21 short stories, each possessing the name of a chemical element, the collection...