In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code andThe Birth of Venus,an irrepressible young woman in 15th-centuryItalymust flee for her lifeafter stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli...
Month: November 2014
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Inspired by a true story, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the gripping tale of an ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, "The Sealed Letter" is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners.
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
This novel is a violent, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humor, melancholy, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.
The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport
Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of mediaeval loves, lies and loyalties.
The Perfect Sinner by Will Davenport
Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of mediaeval loves, lies and loyalties.
Summertime by J.M Coetzee
Summertime is a 2009 novel by South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee. It is the third in a series of fictionalized memoirs by Coetzee and details the life of one John Coetzee from the perspective of five people who have known him.
Gold by Chris Cleave
It's the ultimate test of a mother's love... IF your dreams pull you in one direction and your heart in another, which should you follow?