2019
December
He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.... >>
November
In the early years of their love affair, Romilly was happy. She had worked hard for her stunning, modern house in one of Bristol's most fashionable suburbs. She adored her gorgeous, gap-toothed daughter and her handsome, kind husband. Sure, life was sometimes exhausting.... >>
Boule de suif, La Maison Tellier
Guy de Maupassant
We read a book in French. Boule de Suif is a masterpiece, wrote Gustave Flaubert. Even if this is not the first news from Guy de Maupassant, it is the story that imposed him as a master.... >>
Clandestine in Chile
In 1973, the film director Miguel Littín fled Chile after a U.S.-supported military coup toppled the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende. The new dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, instituted ... >>
Life and Teaching of Masters of the Far East
In 1924 Spalding published the first volume of Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East. It describes the travels to India and Tibet of a research party of eleven scientists in 1894 .. >>
October
Caribbean and African Cookery
The essence of Caribbean cooking lies in using fresh foods, enhanced by spices from the islands, and fresh herbs. Grant captures the rich diversity of her home cooking and its history with lovely anecdotes, delicious recipes and full-color photographs... >>
Little Fires Everywhere
Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down .. >>
My purple scented Novel
Short story published in the March 28, 2016 Edition of The New Yorker. Also available to read online... >>
September
An American Marriage
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as.. >>
Mémoires d’Outre Tombe
François-René de Chateaubriand
The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies. By the time he came to write his extraordinary...>>
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How Playing an instrument benifits your brain by Anita Collins
The Last Resort
Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is a remarkable true story about one family in a country under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and resilience of the human spirit. .. >>
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter…... >>