James Reston, JrWarriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third CrusadeRichard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. This is a provocative look at two towering...

Alexandria Richie The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was a shocking event in a hideous war. This account recalls the tragedy from both German and Polish perspectives and asks why, when...

Valerie BlockWhen Justine and Barry meet during a plane crash just before the Christmas holidays, the relationship that follows is wild, turbulent, and maybe, just maybe, a keeper.Justine is a...

Esi EdugyanWashington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born.When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be...

Henry James What Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if...

Henry James Penguin Reader - Level 2 Elementary Washington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father’s vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris...

John Harvey January 1, 2003 by Arrow

Jill Dawsom By the author of "Fred and Edie", this is a subtle, superbly written psychological chiller about desire both innocent and warped. Tina Humber is 40 and living in...

Ginger L ClarkeDid you know that the king cobra snake has enough venom in each bite to kill an elephant? Learn all about the world's most dangerous animals--including tiger sharks,...

Nina LaCour Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay. Mila is used to being alone. Maybe...

Dean R KoontzWhen Travis Cornell and Nora Devon meet “Einstein”, they are touched by the dog's intelligence. Einstein is one of two altered life forms escaped from a top-secret lab....

Kate Fox In "Watching The English" anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under...