Browse by Categories - Book Clubs
Philippa GregoryWhen Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family¹s ambitious plots as the king¹s interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king, and take her fate into h
ZaneDear G-Spot is New York Times bestselling author Zane's long-awaited guide to what she knows better than anyone else: love and sex. Dear G-Spot includes real letters from real people, both women and men, who have sought Zane's advice over the years -- the preacher's wife worrying about being judged, the virgin, the guy next door, the gay man next door, the woman with low self-esteem, and the other woman with a sex drive over the moon.
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins ClarkAlvirah Meehan, lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and private investigator Regan Reilly are guests, along with their spouses, on the "Santa Cruise." The cruise is a gift from Commodore Randolph Weed to a select group that "has made the world a better place." His largesse is prompted by the desire to create a buzz about his new cruise ship, the Royal Mermaid, as she sets out on her maiden voyage. Alvirah, Regan, and her new husband, Jack -- head of the NYPD Major Case Squad -- are joined as g
Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about a court ruled by the gallows and three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Philippa Gregory is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance. A writer and broadcaster for radio and television, she lives in England.
Marianne WigginsThe Shadow Catcher dramatically inhabits the space where past and present intersect, seamlessly interweaving narratives from two different eras: the first fraught passion between turn-of-the-twentieth-century icon Edward Curtis (1868-1952) and his muse-wife, Clara; and a twenty-first-century journey of redemption.
Aryn KyleFrom an award-winning and talented young novelist comes one of the most exciting fiction debuts in years: a breathtaking and beautiful novel set on a horse ranch in small-town Colorado. A wise and astonishing novel about the different guises of love and the often steep tolls on the road to adulthood, The God of Animals is a haunting, unforgettable debut.
Jeannette WallsIn The Glass Castle, Walls chronicles her upbringing at the hands of eccentric,
nomadic parents--Rose Mary, her frustrated-artist mother, and Rex, her brilliant,
alcoholic father. To call the elder Walls's childrearing style laissez faire would
be putting it mildly. As Rose Mary and Rex, motivated by whims and paranoia,
uprooted their kids time and again, the youngsters (Walls, her brother and two
sisters) were left largely to their own devices. But while Rex and Rose Mary
firmly believed children learned best from their own mistakes, they themselves
never seemed to do so, repeating the same disastrous patterns that eventually
landed them on the streets. Walls describes in fascinating detail what it was to be
a child in this family, from the embarrassing (wearing shoes held together with
safety pins; using markers to color her skin in an effort to camouflage holes in
her pants) to the horrific (being told, after a creepy uncle pleasured himself in
close proximity, that sexual assault is a crime of perception; and being pimped by
her father at a bar). Though Walls has well earned the right to complain, at no
point does she play the victim. In fact, Walls' removed, nonjudgmental stance is
initially startling, since many of the circumstances she describes could be
categorized as abusive (and unquestioningly neglectful). But on the contrary,
Walls respects her parents' knack for making hardships feel like adventures,
and her love for them--despite their overwhelming self-absorption--resonates from
cover to cover.
Posie Graeme-EvansAs England tears itself apart in the War of the Roses, Anne de Bohun lives far from the intrigues of cities and courts. Once King Edward IV's mistress, Anne has found safety with their son in Brugge. But now Edward himself is a hunted fugitive, and Anne's real father, King Henry VI, rules again from Westminster. Summoned by an enigmatic message from her lover, Anne is drawn once more to the passion, the excitement, and the deadly danger that Edward brings into her life. But now, the girl who was- Philippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance. A writer and broadcaster for radio and television, she lives in England.
Jodi PicoultIn nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge. Jodi Picoult received an A.B. in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award f
