Amazon.com ReviewKeith Jeffery on Writing The Secret History of MI6The British Secret Intelligence Service—popularly known as MI6—is the oldest established...
Stunning, hypnotic, spare, The Seal Wife is the masterly new novel by Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts" (Tobias Wolff). Set in Alaska in 1915, it tells the sto...
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair wi...
E-book exclusive special feature: This PerfectBound e-book contains "Virtualism," an essay on consumerism in a wired time - written especially by the author to help to encourage yo...
SUMMARY:For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien’s peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written.No other writer has created a w...
Katharine Kerr's richly imagined cycle of novels set in Deverry and the Westlands has earned a devoted following--and a reputation as the finest Celtic fantasy being written today....
SUMMARY: The magnificent conclusion of Maureen Howard's ambitious quartet of novels. Maureen Howard is one of America's most esteemed authors, beloved both for the lyricism of her ...
SUMMARY: Jonathan Dee is the author of four novels, most recently Palladio. He is a staff writer for "The New York Times Magazine," a frequent contributor to "Harper's," and a form...
From Publishers WeeklyWhile writing a biography of Graham Hayward, the upright and highly regarded former president of the United States, journalist Simon Keller, the books rather ...
Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's cle...