From the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Parable of the Sower—one of the few African-American women writing science fiction—comes a collection of chilling fiction—true parables of the contemporary world. "Butler graces new mansions of...
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When the king decides to go on vacation, he orders Skeeve, a bumbling apprentice sorcerer, to take his...
The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpations, but by the actions of the individual. The strongest city, the largest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals. Their decisions, their passions,...
The Sign of...
When Princess Ozma and all the magic of the Land of Oz are mysteriously stolen away, Dorothy and the other residents of Oz are determined to find their missing ruler and the thief responsible for her...
Maugham’s enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attraction The Magician is one of Somerset Maugham’s most complex and perceptive novels. Running through it is the theme of evil, deftly woven into a story as memorable for its action as for its...
Dolan's...
Tensions have been running high in White River as it approaches the anniversary of a fatal shooting of a black motorist by a local police officer. The racially polarized city is on edge, confronted with angry demonstrations, arson, and looting. In...
"A masterpiece of translation―fluent, elegant, vigorous."
― Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
"Irresistibly readable, Wilson’s Odyssey turns Homeric epic into a poetic feast."
― Froma Zeitlin, Princeton...
Ava's new kitten, Tiger, may be
small but he makes up for it
with his big personality and
sense of adventure. As Tiger
gets up to various escapades
Ava finds herself coming to the rescue, even having to save the
kitten from next-door's dogs
when...