It is a romantic adventure, filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a sport a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that killed her brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea-otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply, even when it meant battling an octopus

In what has become a landmark of American History and literature, Incidents in the kife of a slave girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813. Her tale gains its importance from her description, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her life - and the life of every other black female slave

Ivanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott published in 1820, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men

A thriller that tells a story of new virus, killing one in four victims, regardelss of their youth or health.

The book aims to tell a story of the author of "Little Women" - Louisa May Alcott, her lifestory and her work as wirter.

The New York Bestseller by Tim Allen. Takes a look at men and their relationship to wives, children, friends, the universe, God, and why it's tough to get a good night's sleep.

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generation

In a lively question and answer format, readers are taken behind the locked doors of the Philadelphia State House during the dramatic Constitutional Convention

A provocative question-and-answer format and a multitude of facts bring to life the Oregon Trail in the 1840s. New larger format with full-color illustrations.

Describes conditions for the civilians in both North and South during and immediately after the war