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Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

Published: 2004-07-01

Mass Market Paperback: 369 pages

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In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and domination of others. Not yet king at the start of the play, Richard presents himself as an enterprising villain as he successfully plans to di...

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The Stories of Eva Luna

by Isabel Allende

Published: 2001-11-13

Paperback: 352 pages

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Isabel Allende is one of the world's most beloved authors. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Retruning to this tale, Alle...

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Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852

by Rory Muir

Published: 2015-06-09

Hardcover: 728 pages

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Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool’s cabinet, and b...

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Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814

by Rory Muir

Published: 2015-04-14

Paperback: 744 pages

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The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain’s greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became the stuff of British national legend. Wellington was much more: a man of vision beyond purely military ma...

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The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

by Alison Weir

Published: 2016-01-12

Hardcover: 576 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT • From New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography of Margaret Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England who used her sharp ...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Published: 2015-11-19

Kindle Edition: 0 pages

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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells ...

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Lavender Morning (Edilean)

by Jude Deveraux

Published: 2009-11-17

Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages

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Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider -- until she...

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King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels)

by Sharyn McCrumb

Published: 2014-09-09

Paperback: 336 pages

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John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution; he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatens his settlement, the war becomes personal. That officer is the charmingly antagonistic Patrick Ferg...

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Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage

by Lisa Beamer

Published: 2006-06-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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2003 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! The best-seller that has brought comfort and hope to millions in the wake of 9/11 is now available in softcover! Let's Roll!?the moving, behind-the-scenes story of United Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer and his widow, Lisa?is so much more than a tribute. A...

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Panic

by Sharon M. Draper

Published: 2014-04-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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This gripping, chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, “by turns pulse-pounding and inspiring” (Kirkus Reviews), shows that all it takes is one bad decision for a dream to become a nightmare.Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger.B...