Charles Horne, who stuck his neck out to solve the puzzle of the Chinese doll, sticks it out again in Wilson Tucker’s second mystery, TO KEEP OR KILL. In fact, he sticks his whole head out of his office window and becomes one of the victims of a...
The Thirteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.
It is the year 1357, and the University at Cambridge is in a sorry state.
Careful examination of the University’s finances reveals serious shortfalls. Meanwhile, the town’s...
Gregori Rasputin is probably one of the best known, but least understood of the key figures in the events which ultimately led to the downfall of the Russian Tsars some 90 years ago. His political role as the power behind the throne is as much...
The Barracuda, the most advanced attack submarine in the U.S. undersea arsenal.
The Potemkin, a shattering breakthrough in Soviet underwater weaponry.
Facing each other in a deadly contest, vessel against vessel becomes man...
The Forsyte Saga is John Galsworthy's monumental chronicle of the lives of the moneyed Forsytes, a family whose values are constantly at war with its passions. The story of Soames Forsyte's marriage to the beautiful and rebellious Irene, and its...
To Let, the final volume of the Forsyte trilogy, chronicles the continuing feuds of the two factions within the troubled Forsyte family. The shadow of the past returns to haunt the lives of a new generation, as Irene's son Jon falls in love with...
An award-winning, internationally acclaimed Chinese bestseller, originally banned in China but recently named one of the last decade's ten most influential books there, "To Live" tells the epic story of one man's transformation from the spoiled...