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Born in Britain, Saira Shah was inspired by her father’s dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears knew for 900 years within sight of orchards, snow-topped mountains, and the minarets of Kabul.
This is Saira — part sophisticated and sensitive Western liberal, part fearless (even fierce) life-gulping Afghan, falling in love with her [...]

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In a remote, frozen corner of New Hampshire, a Navy SEAL team and the elite security experts of Troubleshooters Incorporated are going head-to-head as fierce but friendly rivals in a raid-and-rescue training exercise. Despite the frigid winter temperatures, tension smolders between SEAL Petty Officer Mark Jenkins and former cop turned Troubleshooter Lindsey Fontaine after an [...]

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It’s Ellie’s last night in her old bedroom before the big move in the morning. But she cannot fall to sleep because of a popping sound in the night sky. In the morning she discovers something really strange and when the newsreader starts reporting about special measures and emergency numbers, it’s time for Ellie to [...]

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Citizen Soldiers opens on June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends on May 7, 1945. From the high command on down to the enlisted men, Stephen E. Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews and oral histories from men on both sides who were there. He recreates the experiences of the individuals who fought [...]

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Every dreamer has asked questions about why we dream, and what those dreams mean. While every dream is unique to the person who dreams it, the world of dream interpretation is a rich, fascinating and exciting one.
 
Even in today’s world, dream analysis and interpretation continues to be a source of wonder, inspiration and even healing. [...]

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Joyce and Marshall Harriman are in the midst of a contentious divorce, but still sharing a cramped, overmortgaged Brooklyn apartment with their two children.
On the morning of September 11, Joyce departs for Newark to catch a flight to San Francisco, and Marshall, after dropping the kids at daycare, heads for his office in the [...]

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‘Such experience, wisdom and education are unlikely ever again to combine in one journalist’
Mark Lawson
Alistair Cooke was radio’s great observer, the doyen of foreign correspondents and the world’s most famous letter writer From 1946 until 2004. he explained the Americans to the British through his weekly Letter From America, the longest-running one-man series In broadcasting [...]

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“A wise and inspiring fable about the pilgrimage that life should be.” - M. Scott Peck, M. D., author of The Road Less Traveled
Paulo Coelho’s enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his [...]

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Do you want to live longer, happier and healthier? Improving your personal life is essential to living longer and better. Unfortunately, learning how to do that can be difficult.
 
I should know. Until a few years ago my life was in total disarray. Even though I thought I was doing all the things I needed in [...]

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Four Classic Episodes of Nautical Mayhem on Board HMS Troutbridge.
The First Episode
Having Their Fun
The Fairground Lights
The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete
All at sea in the Senior Service were Stephen Murray’s Number One, Petty Officer Jon Pertwee and silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips and the constanly bemused Stephen Murray as “Number One”. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just [...]

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