New York: Donald Fine, 1991. First edition - Novel spanning 50 years in a Mafia family.

New York: Pantheon, (1989.). First edition - Irish writer's first novel, highly praised upon its' original publication in the UK.

New York: St Martin's, 1995. First edition -

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. SIGNED first edition - Author's sixth novel - blackly humorous, with violence underlying the day-to-day details. SIGNED on the title page. Although Ruben has received many awards for her writing, including the prestigious Booker Prize, she is not nearly as well known in the United States as she deserves to be - this title is one of her more elusive books, and advance issues of her work are only rarely seen. Very uncommon.

New York: Henry Holt, 1999. First edition - His 7th novel, the first to be set in large part in the US, and one of his most significant books. On one level this can be called a 'rock'n roll love story', on another it is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and on still another level it is about the flawed encounters between East and West. Publisher's letter laid in and audio tape of Rushdie reading selections from this book included.

New York: Henry Holt, 1999. First edition - His 7th novel, the first to be set in large part in the US, and one of his most significant books. On one level this can be called a 'rock'n roll love story', on another it is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and on still another level it is about the flawed encounters between East and West.

New York: Hyperion, 1995. SIGNED first edition - Author's highly praised first novel. SIGNED by author.

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by author. His second novel, a twisted tale of the abduction of a 7 year old girl from the barrio of El Paso, Texas, by a "respected" Chicago academic, who raises her for the next 20 years..

New York: Arbor House, 1985. First novel by the well-known lyricist and songwriter.

New York: Doubleday, 1993. First edition - Second novel by the author of 'White Palace,' the story of an unlikely friendship between three strong-minded people, a novel that strikes a balance between comedy and drama as it explores the depths of love.

New York: Villard, 1997. Author's first novel, a story of greed, obsession and desperation set in the small Kansas town of Wishbone.

Boston: Little Brown, 1995. A story of passion, self-discovery, and sacrifice from an accomplished storyteller.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. A novel , set 300 years into the future among the survivors of the nuclear war which almost destroyed the world, which transcends the science fiction genre. Thought-provoking and a great read. My favorite of all her books.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Author's first book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. A 40 year old woman, vacationing at the beach with her family, decides to walk away from it all. Chosen by Time Magazine as one of the10 best books of the year.

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First edition - Novel of greed, goldfever, black magic and feuding families set in a remote mountain town of South Africa. Winner of the WA Hofmeyer Prize for best Afrikaans literature. Translated by Catherine Knox.

New York: Picador, 2000. At the turn of World War II, David Halifax is a young American painter who receives a scholarship to come to Paris and work under the tutelage of the brilliant Russian painter, Alexander Pankratov. Halifax is quickly subjected to Pankratov's rigid will, and beguiled by the nude model who poses before them.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Described as a novel 'with gentle wit and a sure eye for the essence of life' this is the story of the Woolman family of Ann Arbor, Michigan during the last few months of Jessie Woolman's life.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. SIGNED first edition - First novel by this actor (who was in two Star Wars movies, among others) and an Edgar award winning writer - the story of a former Air Force Major who had been used as a 'psychic spy' and found his marriage and his life ruined as a result - and now his past is returning and threatening to damage him again.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. Irish writer's first novel.

New York: Morrow, 1994. First edition - Highly praised first novel - James Ellroy called it "a stunner...maybe the greatest prison novel ever." The story of an uprising in a mean East Texas prison by an English writer and practising psychiatrist who specializes in treating heroin addicts - the writing is sometimes uneven, and is definitely not for squeamish readers, but the overall effect is compelling and powerful.

New York: Morrow, 1994. First edition - Highly praised first novel - James Ellroy called it "a stunner...maybe the greatest prison novel ever." The story of an uprising in a mean East Texas prison by an English writer and practising psychiatrist who specializes in treating heroin addicts - the writing is sometimes uneven, and is definitely not for squeamish readers, but the overall effect is compelling and powerful.

New York: Morrow, 1994. First edition - Highly praised first novel - James Ellroy called it "a stunner...maybe the greatest prison novel ever." The story of an uprising in a mean East Texas prison by an English writer and practising psychiatrist who specializes in treating heroin addicts - the writing is sometimes uneven, and is definitely not for squeamish readers, but the overall effect is compelling and powerful.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. The study of different types of leaders from electoral (Roosevelt) to radical (Harriet Tubman), artistic (Martha Graham), military, religious, etc. Also includes examples of antitypes to clarify what is involved in being a leader. Photographs.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Much less common than the first printing of this novel which was 100,000 copies. SIGNED on the title page.