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The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer; DAVID WRIGHT;
Beyond all doubt the greatest work of English literature before Shakespeare, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Cante... -
The Book of the Dead - John Mitchinson; John Lloyd
The team behind the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance turns conventional biography on its head—and shakes out the good stuff. Fo... -
The Book of Air and Shadows - Michael Gruber
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this ingenious literary thriller from Gruber (_The Witch's Boy_), the lives of two men are changed forever by William Shakespeare and the .... -
The Bartender's Bible_ 1001 Mix - Gary Regan
If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those three bottles of flavored liqueurs gathering dust in your liquor cabinet, you will find ... -
Spider's Web - Agatha Christie
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, her works outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She is re... -
Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: When cleaning lady Lily Bard discovers the dead body of her nosy landlord, her plan of starting a quiet new life may end in her death. -
Shakespeare's Counselor - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories and horrible nightmares, she decides to... -
Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: Determined to move beyonde her violent past, Lily heads to her hometown of Bartley for her estranged sister's Christmas Eve wedding. But there is something in the air besi... -
Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris
SUMMARY: When Lily stumbles upon the well-built corpse of a local body builder-his neck broken by a barbell-the town's underlying racial tension begins to boil over. The white vict... -
Shakespeare - Peter Ackroyd
From Publishers Weekly[Signature]_Reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum_At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and ...