Wilkie Collins was the first great detective novelist. His dark and complex mysteries influenced the work of other writers, such as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, with whom he developed a close personal friendship. Swinburne found his work worthy of serious criticism, and T. S. Eliot credits him even more than Poe with the invention of the modern detective novel and the popular thriller. Before such works as The Woman in White, The Moonstone,...

A remarkable debut from the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, composed in a voice as sure and resonant as that of The Secret Life of Bees. This story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves, will take readers on a heartfelt and heartbreaking journey.

"Young Dixie Dupree is an indomitable spirit in this...

"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson "One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson "His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...

A long-awaited new novel from a National Book Award Finalist, the epic story of a restless young man who is captured during the Vietnam War and pressed into service for a clandestine branch of the United States government. A small boy speaking an unknown language is abandoned by his father at an international airport, with only the clothes on his back and a handful of money jammed in the pocket of his coat. So begins The Volunteer. But in order to...

Historic fiction from East Germany post WWII to after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor's daughter from the city, meets and marries Hans, from a small village in the Thuringian forest. The couple struggle to contend with their different backgrounds, and the emotional...

Une nouvelle édition de la série qui a valu à Louise Tremblay d'Essiambre le titre de «reine de la saga familiale québécoise» avec un demi-million d'exemplaires vendus au Québec et en France! Déjà quatorze années se sont écoulées depuis l'époque o Charlotte découvrait que sa famille était pour le moins inhabituelle. Charlotte a vieilli, elle a connu l'amour, puis la déception de voir partir celui qu'elle aimait. Elle s'est aussi...

Voici le quatrième et dernier tome de la série à succès Les sœurs Deblois, de Louise Tremblay-D'Essiambre. Au moment o nous retrouvons les membres de la famille Deblois, Raymond et sa benjamine tentent tant bien que mal de se remettre des conséquences du retour à Montréal imposé par Blanche, après une année exaltante passée auprès d'Antoinette et de son fils Jason. Était-il trop ambitieux de la part de Raymond de penser qu'il parviendrait...

La fille de Joseph, originalement publié sous Le Tournesol, est le tout premier roman de Louise Tremblay D'Essiambre. Le voici maintenant présenté dans une élégante édition de collection, pour ceux n'ayant pas eu la chance de découvrir cette histoire captivante de passion et d'ambition. La fille de Joseph raconte l'histoire de Julie, que nous suivons dès l'enfance, en 1929, jusqu'à l'âge adulte, en 1955. Confrontée à de nombreuses pertes...

Back in the deep recesses before the time of natural law, it was established the world needed a disinterested panel to oversee the business of mankind...High above the land was a suspended mist that housed a board of wizards, priests, and seers. Under the direction of the Ancient Ones, they were directed to guide the course of man's affairs. When corruption was discovered, they selected from the earth a pair of innocents. Upon the intercession of...

Spanning over a period of sixty-five years, from the 1840s to 1905, The Rainbow by D.H Lawrence follows three generations of the Brangwen family, mapping the change in their romantic relationships amid the industrialization of Great Britain. Their story begins when Tom Brangwen meets a Polish widow named Lydia. The two soon fall in love and get married, though they find that their cultural differences cause more issues than they imagined. Due to a...