A quest for the Holy Grail unlike any you’ve ever seen begins here- in a world where the American Civil War ended in a stalemate, the Catholic Church controls Europe, and sorcery determines political power! When a medieval scroll disappears from a Paris church, Doctor Julien Saunière investigates, uncovering a series of horrific ritual murders and an ancient secret society. Julien cannot let these shadowy figures retreat into the darkness, lest they take up their killing once again. His investigation turns into a one-man quest into the bizarre secrets of Catholicism.

Welcome to Pippi. An absurd and rollicking story of Pippi who lives without any grownups in a little house at the edge of the village. Not that she lives alone-Mr. Nilsson, the monkey, and Horse live there too; and Tommy and Annika from next door spend as much time with her as possible. And who wouldn’t, for with Pippi around you just never can tell what may happen next. The matter-of-fact way in which her absurd adventures are related is one of the chief charms of this story, full of the kind of hilarity that appeals to children.

Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Gulliver’s Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.

From the icy blast of reveille through the sweet release of sleep, Ivan Denisovich endures. A common carpenter, he is one of millions viciously imprisoned for countless years on baseless charges, sentenced to the waking nightmare of the Soviet work camps in Siberia. Even in the face of degrading hatred, where life is reduced to a bowl of gruel and a rare cigarette, hope and dignity prevail. This powerful novel of fact is an eloquent affirmation of the human spirit.

Un-abridged versions of Lewis Carroll’s classic works Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass with hundreds of annotations by Martin Gardner, one of the world’s leading authorities on Carroll. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition fulfills the vision Gardner has had since the appearance of the first Annotated Alice, published over forty years ago. Perfect for children, families, and scholars, this charming and magnificent annotation of Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece should find a place in every household.

For centuries, the legend of the Queen Jade has captivated the minds of explorers and scholars of the New World. The legend recounts the tragic tale of a king, a witch, and a giant blue jade stone whose beauty is intoxicating and whose possessor is said to be granted a life filled with power. Lola Sanchez’s archaeologist mother Juana believes that she has discovered the key to unlocking the mystery and has gone into the jungles of Guatemala to find the stone-the same week that Hurricane Mitch tears through Central and South America, uncovering a Rhode Island-sized mine of blue jade and accelerating the centuries-long hunt for the Queen Jade.

Ruby Kincaid is busy these days, running her late husband’s bowling alley, wrangling her pistol of a sister, Loralva, and chasing after the two grandchildren abandoned by her runaway daughter, Violet-to say nothing of keeping up with life in Devine, Texas, population 894. When she sees Violent dressed as a milkmaid starring in a TV commercial, there’s only one thing to do-it’s Hollywood or bust.

A tale of adventure told in twenty-five illustrated plates. Delilah Dirk, English-Greek heroine and master of forty-seven different sword-fighting techniques, has been captured breaking into the palace in Constantinople. Her goal: to “repatriate” several of His Majesty’s prized ancient scrolls. But how will she accomplish that from the dungeon? And what does her arrival mean for mild-mannered, dutiful and loquacious Captain Selim?