This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin and Theodore Dreiser.

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.

The first case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard and P.I.

A novel by the author of Caramelo .

The second case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard and private investigator who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

Follows Bigger Thomas, a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman's death, he is hunted relentlessly, baited by prejudiced officials, charged with murder and driven to acknowledge a strange pride in his crime.

Petra and Calder live in a neighbourhood where strange things have started to happen. Seemingly unrelated events connect, a sharp old woman seeks their company - and a priceless Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two children are drawn into an international art sensation where no one is above suspicion.

The third case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

The fifth case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about; Carl Garbedian, secretly taking someone else's medication; Marcia Dwyer, whose hair is stuck in the eighties; and Benny, who's just - well, just Benny.

'When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse.' The tale of Carrie Meeber's rise to stardom in the theatre and George Hurstwood's slow decline captures the twin poles of exuberance and exhaustion in modern city life as never before. The ...

The fourth case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

The seventh case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

The sixth case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

Harry Dresden, PI, is a modern-day wizard with a bad habit of getting into danger. His most recent case looks set to follow the trend - and this time it's personal . . .

The eighth case file from Harry Dresden, a modern-day wizard who gets into some seriously challenging situations.

When a 91-year-old woman in the wealthy town of New Solway becomes suspicious of goings-on in her old home, Larchmont Hall, private investigator V.I. Warshawski is called in.

The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life.

Augie March is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A 'born recruit', he latches on to a wild succession of occupations, then proudly rejects each one as too limiting. He goes on to recruit himself to even more outlandish projects, but always ducks out in time to continue improvising his unconventional career.