by Stephen King · Putnam
Roberta Anderson, while searching for firewood in the forest, stumbles upon a buried ship and with the help of her onetime lover, Jim Gardener, excavates an artifact that changes the townspeople of Haven.
by Scott Turow · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades, PRESUMED INNOCENT brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trial--including his own life. It's a book that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder, as well as the hidden depths of the human heart. And it will hold you and haunt you...long after you have reached its shattering conclusion.
by Toni Morrison · Knopf
Toni Morrison prétend être entrée en littérature par effraction. Pourtant, en 1993, elle devient la huitième femme et le premier écrivain noir américain couronné par le prix Nobel. C'est en 1988 qu'elle reçoit une première consécration - le prestigieux prix Pulitzer - pour son cinquième roman, Beloved. " Beloved est une inscription gravée sur une tombe : le nom d'un fantôme. Celui d'une petite fille égorgée par sa mère, une esclave noire évadée d'une plantation en 1870. Un crime commis au nom de l'amour et de la détresse pour que l'enfant ne retombe pas aux mains du maître. A travers la malédiction d'un bébé qui revient hanter sa mère, le roman de Toni Morrison conte la folie de l'esclavage bien plus puissamment que les Racines les plus noires. " Christophe Tison, Glamour, 1990
by James A. Michener · Random House
As Major Norman Starr is about to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions, he recalls the heritage of his ancestors and the role they played in the true glory of America. Bestselling author James Michener has painted a timeless family portrait and an eloquent lesson in American history. "Michener is a master storyteller." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL "From the Paperback edition.
by Arthur C. Clarke · Del Rey/Ballantine
Travel by wire -- Retreat from Earth -- The awakening -- Whacky -- Castaway -- History lesson -- Hide and seek -- Second dawn -- The sentinel -- The star -- Refugee.
by Patrick F. McManus · Holt
"Fans of McManus will welcome these 27 little excursions into the life of the narrator 'Pat,' the author's alter ego . . . good, clean, old-fashioned fun." — Publishers Weekly America's favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers to many exotic locales outdoors and indoors. This hilarious collection of tales from the Field & Stream and Outdoor Life columnist includes "Muldoon in Love," a story that features a teacher who wore the same suit to school for thirty years. "McManus' anthology is a loony look at human foibles in the backwoods and byways of life, but it is more universal than that. The outdoors and activities thereof are, for McManus, vehicles for showing the crazy side of human nature . . . These short pieces with long laughs should have special appeal for reluctant readers." — School Library Journal Praise for Patrick F. McManus "Patrick McManus is a treasure." — The Atlantic "Everybody should read Patrick McManus." — The New York Times Book Review "A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor." — People "Describing Patrick F. McManus as an outdoor humorist is like saying Mark Twain wrote books about small boys . . . the funniest writer around today—indoors or outdoors." — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
by Barbara Raskin · St. Martin's
New York Times Bestseller: This "landmark women's novel" about female friendship and women's lib is "something akin to Mary McCarthy's The Group" ( People). Diana Sargeant is a menopausal anthropology professor whose hot flashes often produce insights into life, love, and what it means to be a woman. Diana belongs to a generation of A-list females: well-educated jet-setters who overcame their fear of flying in the fifties, became leftist protestors in the sixties, and were glamorous seductresses on birth control in the seventies. But in the eighties, they're middle-aged matrons who are afraid of their own mortality and must come to terms with the fact that even though they obtained everything they desired, they're still unfulfilled. When Diana's close friend Sukie Amram suffers a fatal brain hemorrhage, the professor rushes to Washington, DC, to mourn and commemorate the woman she so loved. There, she reunites with her lifelong pals: flashy magazine writer Joanne Ireland and divorced English teacher Elaine Cantor. The three soon discover Sukie's journal, which details her battle with despair after her husband abandoned her for a younger lover. As they read through the details of Sukie's postdivorce anguish, the friends revisit difficult moments in their own pasts and discover themselves anew. Called "a feminist version of The Big Chill" by the Washington Post, Hot Flashes is an irreverent, witty, and emotionally engaging novel about four intelligent, trailblazing women that provides a compelling, honest look at female fears and desire during the late twentieth century.
by Gail Godwin · Morrow
The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics -- evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her among the ranks of Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, and Carson McCullers, firmly establishing Godwin as a Southern literary novelist for the ages. In A Southern Famiy, the celebrated author of A Mother and Two Daughters, The Finishing School, and Father Melancholy's Daughter once again explores the shattering dynamics of parents' relationships with their children and themselves. It is the story of the Quick family and the reunion that leads to tragedy -- a masterful tale of anger and pain, of love and hatred, and of the understanding that ultimately heals.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
