Perhaps no other novel in this century has had a greater impact upon the way we think and talk about our world than George Orwell's classic, 1984. "Big Brother," "doublespeak," and "the thought...
Penny Vincenzi, master of the contemporary blockbuster, returns with a moving, engaging portrait of people coping with a notorious financial disaster and its unpredictable emotional...
The Accidental Tourist is Anne Tyler's best known and most loved novel. Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an...
“Crime is common. Logic is rare,” Sherlock Holmes states in The Adventures of Copper Breeches. Stories of crime have been told since the time of Greek tragedies, and though heroes come and go,...
Mark Twain created one of America's best-loved fictional characters when he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Using realistic language, Twain tells the story of two runaways — Huck Finn and the...
In this joyous tale of growing up in a small town, America’s greatest storyteller introduces readers to two lovable rapscallions: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. With the support of their friends...
Old New York glitters before your very eyes in The Age of Innocence. A study in contrasts, the novel examines with exquisite detail the old and the new in regard to New York’s architecture,...
