Steven is cursed. He was already born like this - cursed and invisible. He doesn’t even see himself, just as even his mother never saw the boy. But one girl ...

The dramatic history of the world whaling industry, which lasted about a century, is shown in the book from a Norwegian perspective. As a result of human pre...

Joe is an old man who masterfully performs Beethoven at train stations and airports. Every day, like a man possessed, Joe plays among the crowd of indifferen...

Witty and entertaining, the Montalbano novels by Andrea Camilleri-a master of the Italian detective story-have become favorites of mystery fans everywhere...

Squirrel and Bear are best friends. The bear is patient and silent. He loves to fish and lives in a den by the river. The little squirrel is restless and mis...

Urbane Sicilian police inspector Salvo Montalbano, whose exploits have sold more than four million copies in Europe, makes his long overdue U.S. debut in ...

A deep evocation of the Sicilian temperament, with all its complex darkness and ambiguity, is embodied in Inspector Salvo Montalbano of the fictive town o...

Never has Inspector Montalbano's signature mix of humor, cynicism, compassion, earthiness, and love of good food been more compelling than in The Snack Th...

In his fourth mystery to feature Inspector Salvo Montalbano (The Snack Thief, etc.), Camilleri once again thrills with his fluid storytelling and quirky c...

At the start of Camilleri's wry ninth Insp. Salvo Montalbano procedural (after 2007's *The Patience of the Spider*), the irascible detective is hoping for...

Stanislas is a paleontologist vegetating in a forgotten basement of the University of Paris, a scientist who is saved from boredom only by a wonderful sense ...