Master of mystery Robert Barnard, internationally acclaimed for his suspenseful, witty literary gems, cleverly mixes past and present in A Cry from the Dark, an intriguing tour de force sweeping from 1930s Australia to contemporary London. Bettina Whitelaw has come a long way from...

David Martin has proved to be an unusually versatile writer, both of acclaimed thrillers like Lie to Me and of love stories like The Crying Heart Tattoo. Now, in Crazy Love, Martin has created remarkable characters and his richest story yet: a chronicle of...

From bestselling and award-winning author Davis Bunn comes a story about a mother struggling to get back on her feet after a loss leaves her family living on the street. Amy Dowell had always considered herself a very good mother. But when she loses...

From national bestselling author Carol Cassella comes the story of one doctor's struggle to hold her family together through a storm of broken trust and questioned ethics. Claire is at the start of her medical career when she falls in love with Addison Boehning,...

Miami Herald prize-winning journalist Fabiola Santiago tells the story of a woman who switches perfumes every time she changes lovers along her journey to heal from the loss of family and country. An exuberant poet and historical archivist living in contemporary Miami, Marisol, like...

Now available in paperback from the critically acclaimed author whose writing is "soulful and unsentimental" (Kirkus Reviews)-- a profound story that reflects on the true meaning of beauty. From the moment she was born, Jamilet's gruesome birthmark frightened the superstitious villagers in her rural...

A magnetic debut novel from world-renowned violinist Eugene Drucker Set during the final weeks of World War II, The Savior is the story of Gottfried Keller, a young German violinist. Exempted from military service, Keller is burdened with the demoralizing task of playing for...

London, 1711. As the rich, young offspring of the city's most fashionable families ll their days with masquerade balls and clandestine court-ships, Arabella Fermor and Robert, Lord Petre, lead the pursuit of pleasure. Beautiful and vain, Arabella is a clever coquette with a large...

A fading English finishing school gets a twenty-first-century makeover in this modern-day fairy tale (Romantic Times Book Reviews) from New York Times bestselling author Hester Browne, whose sparkling novels are charming and feel-good (Author: Hester BrowneISBN-10: 1416540083ISBN-13: 9781416540083Publisher: Pocket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2010Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Robin Romm's arresting and resonant stories take on the fundamental themes of the human condition: mortality, loyalty, and love. In fresh and irreverent prose, Romm captures the mo-ments before and after loss, mining the depths of grief with wit and grace. The stories in...

In this acclaimed fiction debut, "a rich, often ironic homage to Yiddish culture and language" (Publishers Weekly), Peter Manseau weaves 100 years of Jewish history, the sad fate of an ancient language, and a love story shaped by destiny into a truly great American...

Based on the author's own experiences a "heartrending" (People) and haunting story about a magazine editor and mother whose life is changed by a phone call revealing that her husband has vanished without a trace. On a steamy August morning, Sarah Larkin drops her...

The story of the Pyncheon family, residents of an evil house cursed by the victim of their ancestor's witch hunt and haunted by the ghosts of many generations. The House of the Seven Gables has been home to many generations of the Pyncheon family,...

From the nationally bestselling and Hurston/Wright award-winning author Tracy Price-Thompson comes a heartbreaking story of loyalty and love that goes beyond the ultimate sacrifice. Coming of age in the heart of crime-ridden Brooklyn, Shyne Blackwood is one in a set of triplets born into...

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work....

This story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution. Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in Hard Times, written in 1854, a broader concern with...

Gold Pen Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley returns to the Houston congregation of her #1 Essence magazine bestseller, Let the Church Say Amen, in this warm and powerful sequel. When her husband hears God's call to become a preacher, Rachel Jackson Adams is distressed--she...

Acupuncture is a metaphor for life-- you find the point that is the most painful and drive a needle into it, piercing it with finely-honed consciousness. Randolph Mayer is a failed man in his own eyes. He had been an accomplished photographer and internationally...

Samuel Richardson's massive seven volume history appeared in 1754, and even Jane Austen could not resist the charms of Sir Charles Grandison. The book is referenced in Northanger Abbey, and Austen herself re-wrote Sir Charles Grandison for an audience of her peers. Now, in...

Author: Kathleen RooneyISBN-10: 1410499669ISBN-13: 9781410499660Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/2017Pages: 434Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00dLarge Print

From the bestselling author of You Should Have Known and Admission, a twisty new novel about a college president and a student protest that mirrors today's campus unrest. Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a once conservative school now known...

-Thorndike Press large print basic.---Title page verso.Author: George SaundersISBN-10: 141049747XISBN-13: 9781410497475Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2017Pages: 633Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.10dLarge Print

Get bound up in murder in the first Lighthouse Library mystery For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family's social whorl or her sort-of-engagement...

The latest novel in the national bestselling Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery series Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is at a historic farm in Blue Plum, Tennessee, volunteering for the high school program Hands on History. But when a long-buried murder is uncovered on the...

"Before he rode a black stallion, young Yakima Henry was a scout for the Arizona cavalry outpost Fort Hell, so named for its unforgiving desert locale and the many fearsome dangers that were all but routine...." When Chiricahua Apaches attack a stagecoach bound for...

First in a new series WHO WOULD RESORT TO MURDER? Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the storybook resort of Storyton Hall, catering to book lovers who want to get away from it all. To increase her number of...

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn Jane Austen's third published novel after Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice' young Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt' Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram' at Mansfield Park. Raised among her four...

Lazarus and The Gentleman from San Francisco, while fairly typical of Slavic literature, nevertheless contain few of the elements popularly associated with the work of contemporary Russian writers. They have no sex interest, no photographic descriptions of sordid conditions and no lugubrious philosophizing. These...

In Miss Mackenzie Trollope made a deliberate attempt 'to prove that a novel may be produced without any love, but as he candidly admits in his Autobiography, the attempt "breaks down before the conclusion." In taking for his heroine a middle-aged spinster, Trollope chose...

A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981. Its author Gu Hua was brought up in the Wuling Mountains of south Hunan. He presents the ups and downs of some families in a small mountain...

The triumphant final volume in the epic series - a series of monumental battles, fascinating history and action-packed adventure. The vast and deadly conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals as they battle for control of his empire has reached a tense stalemate. No...

This delightful book aimed at children, tells exciting and heart-warming tales about a great Grizzly. Ideal for bedtime reading, this collection would make for a worthy addition to any personal collection, and it is not to be missed by fans of Seton's work. Ernest...

This thrilling adventure novel is a whirlwind tour of the globe and the source of inspiration for many famed explorers. Phileas Fogg leads a comfortable life and has a well-versed daily routine, so when he makes a bet with his friends that he'll be...

Cal McGill is a unique investigator and oceanographer who uses his expertise to locate things--and sometimes people--lost or missing at sea. His expertise could unravel the haunting mystery of why, 26 years ago on a remote Scottish beach, Megan Bates strode out into the...

Book 4 in the Heart of the Jaguar SeriesAn impossible mission...A lifetime of possibilitiesJAG Special Forces agents Huntley Anderson and Melissa Overton are hot on the trail of poachers when they're suddenly saddled with two jaguar shifter cubs. They have to locate the parents,...

Nonstop action and hair-raising storytelling done well. This series gets better and better.--RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 StarsLeaving him was Impossible...It took everything she had for FBI Special Agent Danica Beckett to walk away from the man she loved. But if she wants to...

Book 2 of The Amoveo LegendSHE SHOULD BE SEEN, BUT NEVER TOUCHED...Kerry Smithson's modeling career ensures that she will be admired from afar, which is essential since mere human touch sparks blinding pain and terrifying visions.EVERY GOOD MODEL NEEDS A HEAVENLY BODYGUARD...Dante Coltari is...

Vlad: The Last Confession is a novel about the real man behind the Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the lover, the torturer, the survivor and, ultimately, the hero.Dracula. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the...

"A powerful and beautifully written novel."*The Morlands' rise to power, as tenuous as it was unexpected, now faces its greatest threat. Elizabeth I is on the throne and Protestantism is sweeping the land, threatening the position of the Catholic Morlands and forcing them to...

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"The best writer of medieval fiction currently around."--Historical Novels ReviewRoyal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.12th century, England: A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry...

From Michael Dobbs, author of the book that inspired the smash hit Netflix series House of Cards, comes Winston's War, a thrilling novel about the dawn of WWII and Winston Churchill's rise to power.At the beginning of WWII, Neville Chamberlain believes he has bought...

Spanning three generations and narrated in the voices of both the living and the dead, A Chain of Voices is reminiscent of William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!; it is a beautiful and haunting illustration of racism's plague on South Africa.On a farm near the Cape...

Washington Post Best Books of 2005.Philadelphia Inquirer Top 10 Fiction Pick, Fall 2005At age 67, Artie Rubin finds his world shaken to its foundation by events he cannot control. His tale his both universal and unique; it is the story of the end of...

Sent to live in the humidity of rural Florida with his grandparents and his sixteen-year-old Aunt Delia for the summer, twelve-year-old Travis becomes absorbed in the closed ways of small-town life. Captivated by Delia, Travis watches her attempt to find a place for herself...

Award-winning author Michael Malone's The Last Noel is a beautiful gift to American fiction.In a deeply touching tale, The Last Noel captures the exuberance and poignance of a lasting friendship between a man and a woman from very different backgrounds. Noni Tilden and Kaye...

For the three people tortured by their secret complicity in a young man's untimely death, redemption is what they most long for . . . and the last thing they expect to receive.It has been twenty years since Philip McBride's body was found along...

A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament. "If you didn't know better you'd think this city had gone crazy. The streets of Paris are full of celebrities and media, and out at...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A riotous, bitingly funny, and supremely clever novel of a twenty-year-old literature student in 1970 who's about to discover the liberating possibilities and haunting consequences of social change. "A nearly perfect comic novel." --New York Magazine The year is 1970, and...

At twenty-six, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture into the wider world. This entails not only breaking free from a claustrophobic relationship with her mother,...

From the Orange Prize-winning author of Property comes a vital and heartbreaking collection of short stories that turns an unflinching eye upon artists--driven and blocked, desired and detested, infamous and sublime--as they struggle beneath the tyranny of Art to reconcile their audience with their...