From the Romans who viewed the hedgehog as a weather prophet to modern gardeners who depend on the creature to keep gardens pest-free, the small, spiny animal has had a close connection with humans si
Frank J. Coppa describes the triumphs, controversies, and failures of many Popes, including Pius IX who was criticized for his ?syllabus of Errors” of 1864, his campaign against Italian unification, a
The leopard is the ultimate cat. It makes the lion and the tiger appear overblown and all the other members of the cat family look puny. Where lions hunt in the open and then share their kill, the leo
Long before a rocket hit the Man in the Moon in the eye in Georges Melies’s early film Le Voyage dans la Lune, the earth’s lone satellite had entranced humans. We have worshipped it as a deity, believ
Outside of yoga class, we don’t pay too much attention to the air we take in every day. Long one of the essential elements to life on earth?from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the coal-
Inspector Moises Corvo?jaded, dissolute, yet with an uncanny sixth sense?is on the hunt to discover the identity of a monstrous murderer. His pursuit takes him into Barcelona's underworld, where some
A thrilling and powerful debut.In Terror, Toby Martinez de las Rivas leads us on a high-wire act of verbal dexterity and inventive syntax in pursuit of a new kind of communication. Set against landsca
Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until
An illywhacker is a confidence trickster, and Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of this dazzling comic novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, se
Gogol's surreal masterpiece about a man and his wayward nose "Sir, now the matter is perfectly clear. You... you are my nose!" The Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his n
France's best tale of love and panache, retold for children Cyrano de Bergerac is in possession of a cadet-position in the French Army, a poet's soul and a very, very large nose. He is also in love wi
A young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril. It is the dead of night. Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next da
The classic, PULITZER PRIZE-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. Set in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl bo
'I could get in,' Marianne thought, 'if there was a person inside the house. There has got to be a person. I can't get in unless there is somebody there.' A powerful and haunting classic about a girl
And what does sorry mean? It's a sorry little stick of a word. But beyond the white sand and beautiful sunsets, a storm is gathering.A thriller that explores the cost of integrity, Hotel by Polly Sten
Twenty years ago, British road cycling was in the doldrums: today it is at the top of the world thanks to Bradley Wiggins's Tour de France win, Mark Cavendish's road world title and the dominance o
When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt's musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco's Mission District, the police are convinced it's a simple robbery. But, as Claire knows, nothi
