A leading historian examines his faith in God, in the light of the historical evidence and his own personal experiences.

Imagined correspondence of the author with Charles Darwin. Westminster Abbey My Dear DoverEver yours most truly, Charles Darwin

From Leibniz's belief that the "I Ching" illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Umberto Eco offers a dazzling tour of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the ...

From America's top writer of hardboiled crime, the novel that Quentin Tarantino made into the film JACKIE BROWN.

- Is Lisbeth the first true literary heroine of the 21st century? - What changes were made in the plots and translations of the novels after Larsson's death - and why?

Lord Kinross writes of the intrigues of empires, the brutalities of civil war, personal courage - showing us Ataturk, the incarnation of glory - as well as of Kemal's youthful ambition, and his problems with his wife.

An alienated young man attempts to find himself through an examination of modern philosophy.

No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. This first-ever compilation of Leonard's thirty Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre.

"--Observer. "Hayman...brings the jackdaw of Prague sharply to life."--The Times. A brilliant portrayal of the tormented, inspired writer who gave us the eerie and paranoid Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle.

From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories 'These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ...