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Yann Martel, CC (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published...

"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a short story by the 20th-century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentinian...

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback...

Destination Unknown is a work of spy fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1954 and in US by...

Armed Services Editions (ASEs) were small paperback books of fiction and nonfiction that were distributed in the American military during World War II...

No Highway is a 1948 novel by Nevil Shute. It formed the basis of the 1951 film No Highway in the Sky. A scientist has been claiming that certain parts...

The Fortunate Pilgrim is a 1965 novel by American author Mario Puzo. Mario Puzo considered the novel his finest, most poetic, and literary work.[citation...

The Ethics of Ambiguity (French: Pour une morale de l'ambiguïté) is Simone de Beauvoir's second major non-fiction work. It was prompted by a lecture she...

The Kingdom of Speech is a critique of Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky written by Tom Wolfe. The book's criticisms of Chomsky are outlined in an article...

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror is a book written by Bernard Lewis. The nucleus of the book was an article published in The New Yorker...

Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, first published in 1968, is a book by Edward Luttwak examining the conditions, strategy, planning, and execution of...

Queen Sugar is the debut novel of American writer Natalie Baszile, published by Penguin in 2014. Set in contemporary Louisiana, it tells the story of Charley...

Ransom, is the second in the series of three historical romance novels by American author Julie Garwood. It was published in 1999 by Pocket Books. It is...

Brazil, 1964-1985: The Military Regimes of Latin America in the Cold War is a book by historians Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna published by...