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Caught by Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben is the bestselling author of sixteen previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Long Lost and Hold Tight. Winner of the Edgar Award, the Shamus Award, and the Anthony Award, Coben lives in New Jersey with his family.
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The Facts by Philip Roth
In the 1990s Philip Roth won America's four major literary awards in succession: the National Book Critics Circle Award for Patrimony (1991), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Operation Shylock (1993), the National Book Award for Sabbath's Theater (1995), and the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for American Pastoral (1997). He won the Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union for I Married a Communist (1998); in the same year he received the National Medal of Arts at the White House. Previously he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Counterlife (1986) and the National Book Award for his first book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959). In 2000 he published The Human Stain, concluding a trilogy that depicts the ideological ethos of postwar America. For The Human Stain Roth received his second PEN/Faulkner Award as well as Britain's W. H. Smith Award for the Best Book of the Year. In 2001 he received the highest award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Gold Medal in fiction, given every six years "for the entire work of the recipient."
Adrian Mole: The Prostate Years by Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend is a British author and playwright whose Adrian Mole series has had a large following in the UK for more than 20 years.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad traveled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Carol Goodman is the author of The Lake of Dead Languages, The Seduction of Water, The Drowning Tree, The Ghost Orchid, The Sonnet Lover, and The Night Villa. The Seduction of Water won the Hammett Prize, and others of her novels have been nominated for the Dublin/IMPAC Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her fiction has been translated into eight languages. She lives in New York State with her family.
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, Publishers Weekly,and USA Today bestselling author of Tell Me Lies, Crazy for You, Welcome to Temptation, Fast Women, Faking It,and Bet Me. Bob Mayer has written thrillers, science fiction, and nonfiction under his own name and the pen name Robert Doherty. He has more than two million books in print and is published in a dozen foreign countries. Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer are the authors of Don't Look Downand Agnes and the Hitman. Visit their website at www.crusiemayer.com
Joyful Wisdom by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, celebrated Tibetan Buddhist master and author of the internationally acclaimed The Joy of Living, is deeply versed in the practical and philosophical disciplines of the ancient tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is perhaps best known for his accessible style, his self-deprecating humor, and his ability to address human weakness with deeply personal understanding and compassion. Eric Swanson is coauthor of The Joy of Living. A graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, he is the author of the novels The Greenhouse Effect and The Boy in the Lake. After converting to Buddhism in 1995, he cowrote Karmapa, The Sacred Prophecy and authored What the Lotus Said, both of which focus on Buddhism within Tibet.
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver's novels include the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, which won the 2005 Orange Prize. Earlier books include Double Fault, A Perfectly Good Family, and Checker and the Derailleurs. Her novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. She lives in London.
*Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Tamim Ansary is the author of the memoir West of Kabul, East of New York, co-author with Farah Ahmadi of the New York Times bestseller The Other Side of the Sky, and has been a major contributing writer to several secondary school history textbooks. Ansary is director of the San Francisco Writers Workshop. Ansary is the director of the San Francisco Writers Workshop and writes for Encarta.com, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.
Second Nature by Michael Pollan
For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine since 1987, his writing has received numerous awards. In 2003, Pollan was appointed the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. In addition to teaching, he lectures widely on food, agriculture, and gardening.
Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong lives in rural Ontario with her husband, three children, and far too many pets. She is the author of nine bestselling Women of the Otherworld novels, as well as a crime series featuring female hitwoman Nadia Stafford, and a young adult trilogy, Darkest Powers.
The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley
James Bradley is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Flyboys and Flags of Our Fathers and the son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. He lives in New York.
Love and Summer by William Trevor
Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in 1928, William Trevor has published fourteen novels and twelve collections of short stories. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.
Tiger: The Real Story by Steve Helling
Steve Helling is a U.S. journalist who has written over a thousand articles for People magazine, including fifty-five cover stories. He lives in Orlando, Florida.
*Heresy by S.J. Parris
S. J. PARRIS (pseudonym of British journalist Stephanie Merritt) is a contributing journalist for various newspapers and magazines including the Observer, the Guardian, and the New Statesman.
*The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) was born in Scotland. He studied engineering and law at the University of Edinburgh and then began writing while traveling in France. The publication of Treasure Island in 1883 brought him fame and entered him on a course of romantic fiction beloved by young and old alike.
*The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas
ALEXANDRE DUMAS (1802–1870), French novelist and playwright, was born the son of an innkeeper’s daughter and one of Napoleon’s generals. He moved to Paris in 1823 to make his fortune in the theater, and at twenty-eight he was one of the leading literary figures of his day. His complete works were eventually to fill over three hundred volumes, and his stories made him the best-known Frenchman of his age.
Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans
Chris Evans was born in Canada and now lives in New York City. As a military historian he has conducted battlefield tours of Europe, and was the historical consultant on a television documentary on the First World War. He's earned degrees in English, Political Science, and a Masters in History. This is his second novel.
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
JODI PICOULT is the author of seventeen novels, including Handle With Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister's Keeper, now a major motion picture. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.jodipicoult.com.
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
Richard Doetsch is the bestselling author of two thrillers The Thieves of Heaven and The Thieves of Faith. He is also the president of a national real estate company based in New York, where he lives with his family.
Doors Open by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is a worldwide bestselling writer, and has won an Edgar Award for a mystery, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excellence, and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughan
Carrie Vaughn had the nomadic childhood of the typical Air Force brat, with stops in California, Florida, North Dakota, Maryland, and Colorado. She is the author of the popular Kitty Norville series, and her short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She holds a Masters in English Literature and collects hobbies --- fencing and sewing are currently high on the list. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Her website is www.carrievaughn.com
Never the Sinner by John Logan
John Logan is an award-winning playwright and film script writer. Never the Sinner, produced for the stage in Chicago in 1986, was Logan’s first play. He is also the screenwriter for the following films: The Aviator (2004); Star Trek: Nemesis, Gladiator (2000); and Any Given Sunday (1999). Founded in 1974, the mission of L.A. Theatre Works (LATW) is to enrich the cultural life of our national community through the use of innovative technologies to produce and preserve significant works of dramatic literature on audio, and to assure the widest public access to these great works.
The Zebra Murders by Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen
Prentice Earl Sanders was the first black police chief of the San Francisco Police Department. He recently retired. Bennett Cohen, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, has worked extensively in both television and film, both as a writer and producer.
Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim by Anne Rice
Anne Rice is the author of twenty-nine books. She lives in Rancho Mirage, California.
The Price of Malice by Archie Mayor
Mayor is the author of the highly acclaimed, Vermont-based series featuring detective Joe Gunther, including Gatekeeper, and St. Alban's Fire.
*An Iron Rose by Peter Temple
Peter Temple is the author of eight crime novels, five of which have won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction (in Australia). He has worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers and magazines in several countries. He lives in Victoria, Australia.
Boy with the Cuckoo Clock Heart by Matthias Malzieu
In addition to being an author, Matthias Malzieu is the lead singer of the French rock band Dionysos. This is his third novel, and the first to be translated into English. Born in 1974 in Montpellier, he now lives in Paris.
*Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian novelist, social reformer and pacifist, whose classic novels include War and Peace and Anna Karenina, widely regarded as masterpieces for the scope, breadth and realism of their depiction of Russian life.
Punter's Turf by Peter Klein
Peter Klein writes with a rare passion and knowledge about the turf, as he's spent a lifetime in horseracing, working for some of Australia's top trainers and was a one-time strapper of champion galloper Kingston Town. He now works in the media as Racing Manager of Australian Associated Press. Klein's racing autobiography, A Strapper's Tale, sold out in three months. Punter's Turf is his second novel.
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg has won five Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, and the prestigious Prix Apollo. He is the author of more than one hundred science fiction and fantasy novels -- including the best-selling Lord Valentine trilogy and the classics Dying Inside and A Time of Changes -- and more than sixty nonfiction works. Among the sixty-plus anthologies he has edited are Legends and Far Horizons, which contain original short stories set in the most popular universe of Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, Orson Scott Card, and virtually every other bestselling fantasy and SF writer today. Mr. Silverberg's Majipoor Cycle, set on perhaps the grandest and greatest world ever imagined, is considered one of the jewels in the crown of speculative fiction.
Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod
PATRICIA NEAD ELROD began her writing career doing gaming modules for the company that created Dungeons and Dragons. A lifelong fan of vampire stories, gangster films, and pulp magazines, she is the author of numerous books including the Vampire Files and the Gentleman Vampire series. She lives in Texas with her dogs and books.
The Zimmerman Telegram by Barbara Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram, and international fame with The Guns of August -- a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. There followed other successes, including The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror, The First Salute, and The March of Folly.
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street Series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He lives in Scotland.
Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger
Jeffrey Siger, born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, practiced law at a major Wall Street law firm and, while there, served as Special Counsel to the citizens group responsible for reporting on New York City’s prison conditions. He left Wall Street to establish his own New York City law firm and continued as one of its name partners. Now he lives and writes full-time in Mykonos, his adopted home of 25 years.
Remarkable Creatures by Sean B. Carroll
SEAN CARROLL is a professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is also the author of The Making of the Fittest and Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo.
Her Deadly Mischief by Beverle Graves
Beverle Graves Myers fell in love with opera at age nine during a marionette production of Rigoletto. A Kentucky native, she studied history at the University of Louisville and went on to earn a degree in medicine. After a career in psychiatry, she devoted herself to writing full-time. Beverle is the author of the Baroque mystery series featuring Tito Amato. www.beverlegravesmyers.com
Entranced by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is truly a publishing phenomenon. Today, she is one of America's leading novelists, with many #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels to her credit. Her books are published around the world, made into films, excerpted in national magazines and translated in over twenty-five different languages.
The Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon’s first novel, Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988) won the Compton Crook Award in 1989. Remnant Population was a Hugo nominee in 1997, and The Speed of Dark was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and won the Nebula in 2004.
Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton is the New York Times bestselling author of the Meredith Gentry novels: A Kiss of Shadows, A Caress of Twilight, Seduced by Moonlight, A Stroke of Midnight, Mistral's Kiss, A Lick of Frost, and Divine Misdemeanors, as well as seventeen acclaimed Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novels. Before Hamilton made a full-time career of blood, guts, murder, and mayhem, she had more humane pursuits -- she volunteered at an animal shelter where she played with unwanted pets. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.
Born Guilty by Ari Roth
Based on actual interviews of children of Nazi parents, this dramatization of those interviews takes place in 1991 in Germany, Austria and London.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano won Italy's prestigious literary award, the Premio Strega, for The Solitude of Prime Numbers, his debut novel. Just twenty-seven years old, he is a professional physicist and is currently working on a doctorate in particle physics.
*The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Among the Mad and An Incomplete Revenge, as well as four other Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California.