The Cruel Way

This newly reissued 1947 travel classic recounts two Swiss women driving from Geneva to Kabul, daring to discover strange lands and customs in an era when few Westerners ever crossed into the Middle East.

A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik

A Marker to Measure Drift Written by Alexander MaksikHardcover, 240 pages | Knopf | Fiction – Literary; Fiction – Contemporary Women; Fiction – Psychological | $24.95 | July 30, 2013 | 978-0-307-96257-7 (0-307-96257-1)A hypnotic, spellbinding novel...

The Night of the Comet by George Bishop

The Night of the Comet A NovelWritten by George BishopHardcover, 336 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction – Contemporary Women; Fiction – Family Saga; Fiction – Literary | $25.00 | July 30, 2013 | 978-0-345-51600-8 (0-345-51600-1)From the acclaimed...