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England, 1535. Katherine of Aragon is dying and rumors of Anne Boleyn's infidelity are flying around court. Thomas Cromwell is…
charged with deposing Anne so King Henry VIII can marry Jane Seymour. Sequel to Wolf Hall (DB 70074). Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Man Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2012
Millions disappear in a Rapture-like instant--and not just Christians. Those left behind react in different ways. Laurie Garvey joins the…
Guilty Remnant, a silent cult; her son follows a prophet; and her daughter and husband--the town's mayor--are left to flounder. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Thomas Cromwell, a closet Protestant and blacksmith's son who becomes advisor to Henry VIII of England, realizes that he can…
accumulate power and wealth by assisting the king in obtaining an annulment and simultaneously help commoners and his country by destroying the corrupt Catholic clergy. Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2009
An evangelical church's complaint forces high school sex-education teacher Ruth Ramsey to adopt an abstinence curriculum. Meanwhile, soccer coach and…
born-again Christian Tim Mason angers Ruth by leading her daughter's team in an impromptu prayer. Their differences create an uneasy acquaintanceship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007
Well-mannered Londoner Edith Lavery lands Charles, the decent but decidedly dull earl of Broughton. Edith grows tired of their marriage…
and her priggish but polite in-laws, so when a television company arrives to film a period drama, Edith dallies with the leading man. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2004
Following one of their mothers around the neighborhood, two British schoolboys during World War II imagine that she is a…
German spy. Stephen and Keith soon enter the world of grownups and become entangled in events beyond their comprehension. Whitbread Award. Bestseller. 2002
On St. Valentine's Day, 1989, forty-four-year-old singer Vina Apsara dies in an earthquake in Mexico. Her childhood chum from Bombay,…
the photographer Rai, tells of the music career Apsara shared with her great love, Ormus Cama. Rai reveals that he also loved her. Some strong language. Bestseller
Inspired by the New Jersey nuns who in 1995 donated a large Norway spruce to Rockefeller Center for its official…
Christmas tree. The Center's chief gardener tells this tale of his yearly search for the perfect Christmas tree and of what happens when the one he wants is the best friend of an elderly nun. Bestseller
Collection of thirty-seven short stories depicting places, experiences, and acquaintances in White's life. One story tells of a family member's…
desire to "reunite" the Chippendale chairs that are now scattered throughout the family. Another portrays a woman who feels she has the right to pick from the town's rose garden because she was once the rose queen. Bestseller
Isabelle de Luna, whose mother was murdered and whose father was accused of the crime, was raised as a sister…
to Nina Duran, who was adopted as a baby by the Durans. When Nina learns the truth about her past, she flees to New York, becoming a TV celebrity. Isabelle becomes a world-renowned artist. Both women are haunted by a past that must be understood before they can find true love. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller
A collection of White's tales, some of which have been heard on "All Things Considered," regarding life in rural south…
Georgia. They include "Turkeys," which tells of the time an ornithologist used her 102-degree temperature to help hatch sixteen wild turkeys, and "Porsche," which describes the car White's father left home in, that now sits on the porch with other accumulated items. Bestseller
Gaby Cocroft, just divorced, moves to New York to start a new life. She becomes known as Gabrielle Didier--a wealthy…
French widow--and enters the world of antiques. Her past may be the creation of her imagination, but her knowledge of antiques is real and she soon becomes a force to reckon with. Descriptions of sex. Bestseller
When Cordy's marriage to a former football player disintegrates, she flees Chicago with her young daughter for the comforts of…
home in Savannah. There she takes refuge with her grandmother, the sharp-tongued but loving matriarch whose strong will has molded her family and her city. Cordy soon finds herself caught between family and freedom, rebellion and tradition, and reality and the myths of gentility. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex
Steinem records her own education as a feminist and charts the growth of the burgeoning women's movement. She traces her…
journalism career, from posing as a Playboy Bunny to serving as the editor of 'Ms.' Bestseller 1983