By David McCullough
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the...
By Jeannette Walls
A tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the author the fiery determination to carve out a...
By Zora Neale Hurston
Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's...
By Walter M. Miller Jr.,
Mary Doria Russell (Introduction)
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern...
By Mitch Albom
A classic from the author of
The First Phone Call from Heaven
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
By Bill Bryson
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."After nearly two decades spent on...
By Frank Herbert
Set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire where planetary dynasties are controlled by noble houses that owe an allegiance...
By Stephen King ,
Mark Geyer (Illustrator)
When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's THE GREEN MILE was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the...
By Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of...
By Bill Bryson
In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed...