Nostromo Originally published in 1904, Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement. Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, the novel reveals the effects of unbridled greed and imperialist interests on many different lives. Although each character's potential ... more »

England, 1810. Lady Gabriella Banning learns her half-brother MArcus, the Earl of Wickham, has died on his tea plantation in Ceylon. She and her sisters, Claire and Elizabeth, are penniless. The family's riches will pass to a distant cousin -- unless Gabby pretends Marcus has not died. Until... who but ... more »

eBook Special Feature: Includes comments from Nicholas Sparks on writing Nights in Rodanthe and A Bend in the Road Chapter excerpts from Nights in Rodanthe and A Bend in the Road After 30 years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun (of The Notebook ) is forced to admit that ... more »

A TRIP TO DIE FOR... Accompanying her grandmother on a seniors tour of Switzerland, Emily Andrew had envisioned a vacation straight out of a travel brochure: spectacular scenery, great food, and a classy European hotel, all worlds away from her rural Iowa hometown. But her dream trip quickly snowballs ... more »

Published in 1916, James Joyce's semiautobiographical tale of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, is a coming-of-age story like no other. A bold, innovative experiment with both language and structure, the work has exerted a lasting influence on the contemporary novel. 'Joyce dissolved mechanism in literature ... more »

Ulysses is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. It was not easy to find a publisher in America willing to take it on, and when Jane Jeap and Margaret Anderson started printing extracts from the book in their literary magazine The Little Review in 1918, they were arrested and charged ... more »

Special eBook Feature:  Excerpts from HELL TO PAY and SOUL CIRCUS Derek Strange is a rookie cop, the job he's dreamed of since he was a boy. His brother, Dennis, has not been as fortunate; home from the service with a disability pension and zero prospects, he is man with good intentions but bad ... more »

With Commentary by E. M. Forster, Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, Rebecca West, Sherwood Anderson, Malcolm Cowley, Alfred Kazin, Constance Rourke, and Mark Schorer Main Street is the climax of civilization, Sinclair Lewis declared with a typical blend of seriousness and irony. That this ... more »

Ariana Costas may have moved to Vermont, but the college professor's still a Jersey girl at heart-at least according to her wacky Greek family, a lovable clan of eccentrics that includes one spirited, foot-stomping monkey. The Costas's latest moneymaking caper-impersonating members of that other peculiar ... more »

Special eBook Feature: Excerpts from THE UP AND COMER Dr. David Remler is a 38-year-old Manhattan psychologist.  He's also the author of a bestselling book that explores the fragile line between rational and irrational behavior.  He wrote it soon after his wife was killed in a car accident ... more »

from the introductory: Thoughts he sends to each planet, Uranus, Venus, and Mars; Soars to the Centre to span it, Numbers the infinite Stars.               --Courthope's Paradise of Birds CONTENTS: I. SHIPWRECK. II. OUTWARD BOUND. III. ... more »

It should have been the night that launched a new pop idol. Tamar Valparaiso is young and beautiful, with the body and voice of an angel, and the stage is set for her to launch her debut album, Bandersnatch, on a luxury yacht in the heart of the city. But halfway through her performance, while the partygoers ... more »