A dinner party in the wealthy section of Greenwich, Connecticut, becomes a trap for the powerful, influential guests as murder interrupts the meal and the guests--who include a Catholic nun, a linguistics professor, and a successful novelist--struggle tostay alive

Howard Fast follows the trials and joys of the wealthy Lavette matriarch, Barbara, whose life has been a selfless journey powered by an unshakable faith in the human spirit. Barbara now discovers the unexpected delights of finding love in her later years, even as she encounters the most daunting obstacle of her life.

Dan Lavette's daughter, Barbara,is caught up in a brief, bitter- sweet marriage, an intriguing affair, and thesocialand political turbulence of the 1960s.

A fictional biography of Thomas Paine recreating his emotional sympathy and intellectual response during the days of America's Revolutionary War.

The saga of three families living in San Francisco during the earthquake, World War I and the Depression.

An intimate memoir of an extraordinary time and a revealing look at the workings of the Communist party in America ; the story of one man's rise from poverty, his courage in the face of a hostile government, his struggles of conscience, and the terrible price paid for good intentions.

It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve, Washington will make one of the most courageous decisions in military history. Staking everything on a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington sets out across...

"In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious...

A dying doctor refuses to believe that her patient cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. In the middle of a ferocious firefight outside of Baghdad, soldiers discover a mysterious body they can't identify as human. The seventh-richest couple in the world are anthropoids - each containing a few strands of human DNA, grown into a baby and fused with plastics. Despised minorities are adrift in the darkness of outer space and make an ominous pact...