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At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the onsequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with his eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.

Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel, the inspiration for the award-winning film, opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all 12 questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion?

Ambrose Ashley, Philip's cousin, guardian, and god, married Rachel in Italy and died there....

At age 17, Chris Stewart retired as the drummer of Genesis, his schoolboy band, and launched a new career as a sheep shearer and travel writer....

Captivating readers with astounding insights into humanity, Alice Munro delivers some of her finest prose in this stunning collection of short stories.

After the failure of her African coffee farm, Karen Blixen returned to Denmark, where she wrote this classic account of her experiences....

From their dreamy dreams to their work-day gossip, Dylan Thomas' lyrical masterpiece traces the lives of a group of villagers in a tiny Welsh seaport....

Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming...

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined....

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work--originally published in English in 1929--continues to remain a classic of modern literature.