In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-694-52579-0
Author:  Andre Dubus III

The extraordinarily evocative stories depict the generation born in a small-town America during the Depression and growing up in a world where.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-06-057721-5
Author:  John Updike

When Prince Edward, heir to the throne, meets Tom Canty, a pauper boy, he is astonished that he and Tom... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Mark Twain

PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author T. Coraghessan Boyle weaves together the stories of two families in Southern California: one affluent, the other destitute.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7887-6244-3
Author:  T Coraghessan Boyle

Spanning 50 years, this is a story about human relationships and how they affect one another on global and local scales.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4025-3548-1
Author:  Don DeLillo

This is a condensed collection of the values of the Sioux Indians, presented in a style that is at once both direct and engaging.... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Charles Eastman ,  Elaine Goddale Eastman

A professor shows a colleague a painting that he has kept secret for decades... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-56511-544-9
Author:  Susan Vreeland

Jessie`s Cafe is a staging place for a group of amusing, entertaining, sometimes raucous but always very real people.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-56511-824-3
Author:  Anne Lamott

In this classic, romantic ghost story, a governess on a remote country estate begins to believe her... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55800-689-3
Author:  Henry James

Lawrence explores love, sex, passion, and marriage through the eyes of two sisters.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-2333-8
Author:  DH Lawrence

In 1970, a California commune pulls up stakes and moves to the harsh interior of Alaska.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4025-3631-3
Author:  T Coraghessan Boyle

Before he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-743-52717-8
Author:  Ernest Hemingway

The hero is anyone who has ever longed for escape to a better life.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-2008-8
Author:  Edward Bellamy

This is the moving and powerful story of Edna Pontellier, a beautiful young wife and mother who discovers her true feelings and identity through her love for Robert Lebrun... ... Read More

ISBN:  9-626-34108-4
Author:  Kate Chopin

Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7393-0637-5
Author:  David Guterson