Dune

The first volume of a series co-written by Frank Herbert`s son, examining the prehistory of the legendary planet of Arrakis, more commonly known as Dune.

Lasher

Rowan Mayfair, queen of a coven of witches, flees the compelling, irresistible Lasher, the demon father of her child. By the author of The Witching Hour. 700,000 first printing. $700,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Main. Tour.

The Testament

Nate O`Riley, a high-powered D.C. lawyer and recovering alcoholic, must fight both a morally corrupt legal system and his own recurring addiction to find Rachel Lane, a young woman working as doctor deep in the Brazilian wetlands. Rachel has inherite...

The Pelican Brief

When the Supreme Court's most liberal and most conservative justices are gunned down, law student Darby Shaw builds a case against a powerful suspect, whose threats send her underground. By the author of The Firm. 250,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo. Tour.

The Rainmaker

Memphis lawyer Rudy Baylor thought his law degree would be his ticket to the good life. Now without a job, he pins his hopes on an insurance dispute that has left a family devastated and opened a door to a lawsuit. By the time he gets to court, a hea...

The Chamber

Twenty-two years after the bombing of a Mississippi law office in which Marvin Kramer's two sons died, Klan member Sam Cayhill, the accused killer, has nearly exhausted his death row appeals, until young lawyer Adam Hall takes the case. 1,750,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.

The Client

An 11-year-old boy, Mark Sway, witnesses the suicide of a Mafia lawyer who unburdens himself of his client`s murderous secret before he pulls the trigger. Now Mark is stuck with the knowledge of the whereabouts of a missing body and a killer who want...

Schmidt Delivered

In this sequel to ABOUT SCHMIDT, Begley's eponymous hero is trying to convince his absurdly young girlfriend to marry him. At the same time, his maddening daughter's marriage has unraveled and she returns home in need of money. But when Schmidt meets...

The Journey Home

Olafsson`s novel takes place in the 1960s, when Disa, a cook at a country hotel in Somerset, discovers she has a terminal illness. Determined to return to her native Iceland to die, she makes the hazardous journey, at the end of which she must face n...

The Crusader

At the Santes Creus monastery in Spain, Brother Francisco returns from the Crusades a changed man: he is full of grisly tales of his adventures, and he is possessed by demons. Brother Lucas is assigned the task of exorcism; if he succeeds he will bec...

Flesh and Blood

Psychologist Alex Delaware tries to unravel the events that led up to the brutal murder of a troubled young woman, Lauren Teague, who was briefly Delaware's patient.

Buffett

The author provides a coherent account of how Buffett went on to make his current fiefdom the most expensive equity on the New York Stock Exchange, thanks to sizable, shrewdly timed positions in American Express, Capital Cities/ABC, Coca-Cola, and ot...

All the Pretty Horses

The first volume in McCarthy`s Border Trilogy, this novel tells the story of John Grady Cole, a teenage cowboy; Lacey Rawlins, his sidekick; and Alejandra Roche y Vilareal, the woman he loves.

Eisenhower

This in-depth life of Eisenhower is an original, provocative, and authoritative portrait of the man, both as soldier and as president.

From Dawn to Decadence

Barzun unpacks a lifetime of learning in this comprehensive overview of history and culture. The distinguished historian reexamines major themes in Western civilization from the Renaissance through modern times.

Mad for Words

The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.

Prodigal Summer

Set in Appalachia, Kingsolver`s very pastoral novel tells the stories of three women who live close to the land. A wildlife biologist studying coyotes is fascinated by a young man with a passion for hunting. An intellectually inclined farmer`s wife f...

Fleeced

Private investigator Regan Reilly tries to track down some priceless diamonds, which were to have been bequeathed to a down-on-its-luck Manhattan social club but which have mysteriously disappeared.

Angela`s Ashes

After years of teaching creative writing, Frank McCourt published his first book, thus obliging his many friends who had been urging him to write about his childhood--a subject they knew from the many uproarious and affecting stories he told about it...

Moral Compass

The Moral Compass, the inspiring and instructive companion volume to The Book of Virtues, offers many more examples of good and bad, right and wrong, in great works from literature and in exemplary stories from history. Organized by the stages along ...