Includes books by first time authors and first novelists

The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares

Hardcover: Sep 2001 | Paperback: Mar 2003

A fresh, lively look at the friendship of four teenagers facing the possibility of growing apart. Poignant, funny, and real, this story will remind you of all the best parts of being best friends.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

by Dai Sijie

Hardcover: Sep 2001 | Paperback: Oct 2002

From within the hopelessness and terror of one of the darkest passages in human history, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening and the magical power of ...

Embers

by Sandor Marai

Hardcover: Sep 2001 | Paperback: Aug 2002

The first English translation of a brooding, densely atmospheric Hungarian novel written in 1942. Mesmerizing. A small, beautifully fashioned masterpiece.

In The Footsteps of Mr Kurtz

Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Michela Wrong

Hardcover: Apr 2001 | Paperback: Jun 2002

"Provocative, touching, and sensitively written ... an eloquent, brilliantly researched account and a remarkably sympathetic study of a tragic land". "This book will become a classic"

Bread Alone

by Judith Ryan Hendricks

Hardcover: Jun 2001 | Paperback: May 2002

Inspiring and beautifully rendered, Bread Alone is an uplifting debut novel -- dusted in the gentlest of magic, full of humor, and guaranteed to warm the heart.

Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of The All American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

Hardcover: Jan 2001 | Paperback: Jan 2002

A groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.

The Death of Vishnu

A Novel

by Manil Suri

Hardcover: Dec 2000 | Paperback: Jan 2002

Suffused with Hindu mythology, this story of one apartment building becomes a metaphor for the social and religious divisions of contemporary India. "Vibrantly alive, beautifully written, full of wonderfully rich and deeply human characters

La Cucina

A Novel of Rapture

by Lily Prior

Hardcover: Nov 2000 | Paperback: Sep 2001

Exuberant and touching, La Cucina is a magical evocation of life's mysterious seasons and the treasures found in each one. It celebrates family, food, passion, and the eternal rapture of romance.

The Good American

A Novel Based On True Events

by Ursula Maria Mandel

Paperback: Feb 2001

The story of a young American pilot and a destitute but spirited young mother who, in 1948, takes the courageous decision to rescue her sister's small daughter out of Berlin on the very day the Russians blockade the city.