Ishmael the sailor narrates the story of Ahab, the captain of the Pequod, who is obsessed with avenging the mythic...

Maneuvering, machinations, and manipulation in the time of Ferdinand, Isabella, and their Inquisition.

Three sisters-in-law bound by marriage, politics, friendship, and tragedy.

While the Executive Mansion is a flutter with preparations for a classified conference to be attended by General Eisenhower and...

Adventures in New York--mostly on foot, by the author of84, Charing Cross Road.

A murderer selects his victims from the women who answer his personal ads.

Loving stories about the author's wife who died of cardiac arrest on 9/11.

A memoir about how melody has quieted horrific memories–including surviving the Holocaust.

A lifetime of jokes, anecdotes, and show business stories; the late actor's autobiography.

In 1939 a twelve year old boy gets separated from his boy scout troop, and survives nine harrowing days in...

A fourteen-year-old girl meets the famous general.

Rage, revenge, and forbidden love in a 1930s Texas town.