Here on Earth

All We Know of Heaven

This unusual novel tells the tale of young Paul, who is determined to become a monk. His entry into the ascetic life at the monastery is described in detail. When he becomes enamored of an older monk he is horrified at his feelings, but he finds the ...

Jubilee

This classic tale, which takes place during the Civil War, tells the story of the daughter of a white plantation owner and his black slave mistress.

The Fourth Hand

Patrick Wallingford, a TV reporter, is good looking, successful, and a hit with women. On an assignment, his hand is bitten off by a lion, making him into an instant media celebrity. He meets a childless woman who offers him the hand of her dead husb...

A Lesson Before Dying

A story of injustice and redemption set in rural Louisiana during the late 1940s. Grant Wiggins, a backwoods schoolmaster, is asked visit a young black prisoner on death row. Jefferson, the prisoner, was falsely accused and convicted of murder and i...

Open House

This charming novel from Elizabeth Berg tells the story of a recently divorced woman who opens her heart and her home. In the process, she reclaims the person she used to be.

Black House

Part science fiction, part adventure, and part murder mystery, this is the story of gruesome violence and unsettling evil. It s written by celebrated authors Peter Straub and Stephen King.

The Map That Changed the World

Winchester, acclaimed for THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, tells the story of William Smith, who in 1815--despite his lower-class status--laid the foundations for modern geology. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

Daughter of Fortune

During the California Gold Rush, Eliza Sommers, raised as an adopted daughter in a wealthy Chilean family, follows her flamboyant lover to California--partly as a way of beginning her life over again. Allende`s historical adventure novel touches on f...

To Kill a Mockingbird

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is about the crisis of human behavior and conscience arising from the racism and prejudice that exist in the small Southern town during the Depression. Scout Finch, age 8, who lives with her brother, Jem, and their lawyer father...

Back When We Were Grownups

Anne Tyler`s 15th novel takes us into the life of Rebecca and the noisy, rowdy, difficult members of the Davitch family. When Rebecca marries Joseph Davitch, she becomes the stepmother of his three kids, then has a daughter of her own. Her husband di...