An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this "adventurous and inspiring" historical novel from a New York Times– bestselling author ( Library Journal )."Rich in incident and vivid in historical detail, [ The Physician ] is a pleasure." —( The New York Times ).

All three books together in one collection—the historical saga of a family of healers, spanning from Dark Ages London to Civil War America to modern-day Boston, from a New York Times– bestselling author."Gordon writes with the skill and patience of a good doctor." — The New York Times Book Review on ShamanIn The Physician

A fascinating book that travels effortlessly from biblical times to tomorrow, with stops in Israel, Europe, Africa, and the Diamond Dealers’ Club on New York City’s 47th Street.As Nebuchadnezzar's hordes approach Jerusalem, sacred objects are hidden—the Tablets of Law, the Ark and its cover, the golden cherubim, and the breastplate of the High Priest, bearing twelve precious stones, one from each tribe. The stone from the tribe of Zebulon is a great yellow diamond....

A deadly plot in nineteenth-century Spain threatens the life a vineyard owner's son struggles to build in this novel by the New York Times –bestselling author of The Physician —"So suspenseful that you cannot put it down" ( Leipziger Volkszeitung ).Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulália, in north...

What if hospitals and doctors could quietly bury their mistakes? This fascinating, bestselling novel tells you why they can’t.Three young men from different backgrounds have graduated from medical schools and become surgical fellows at a leading teaching hospital in Boston. They learn to become surgeons, to communicate with patients and families, and to be observed and appraised by their peers and professors on daily rounds. And each month—sometimes with d...

A father; a husband; a lover; a friend; a rabbi. This is the story about the making of a modern rabbi, his coming of age, and how he finds his place in in a confused and confusing world.Michael Kind is raised in the Jewish cauldron of 1920s New York, familiar with the stresses and materialism of metropolitan life. Turning to the ancient set of ethics of his Orthodox grandfather, with a modern twist, he becomes a Reform rabbi. As insecure and sexually needy...

In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict. Many who wish to remain are intimidated by Church and Crown and become Catholics, but several hundred thousand choose to retain their religion and depart; given little time to flee, some perish even before they can escape from Spai...

New York Times Notable Book—a heroic young physician and his family build a life on the Illinois frontier in the nineteenth century in this "thinking person's Western" from a New York Times– bestselling author ( The Press-Enterprise )."What a book! It's a joy to read. Noah Gordon has given those of us who like good, strong, warm-hearted novels a...

A woman physician confronts the moral issues of her time in the third novel in the New York Times –bestselling author's historical medical trilogy—"Perhaps Gordon's best work so far . . . R.J. is a heroine worth caring about" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole is favored to be named associate chief of medicine at a Boston hospital. She is married to a surgeon. They own ...

'Dark, gritty and funny.' STEVE CAVANAGH'A gripping page-turner of a plot' ROZ WATKINS'A corking thriller' ED JAMESWhat happens when a private investigator ends up being the one uncovered?Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Saunders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and her husband, Tim. With Bev's former glittering...

From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" (San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker.Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Southern...

**A sweeping historical novel set in nineteenth-century New Zealand from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.The only son of a poor British coal miner, Robert Coffin sets sail for the far ends of the Earth in search of his fortune, leaving his young bride and infant child behind in England. In the sordid and dangerous South Pacific port of Kororareka, on the sprawling island the native Maori call "the Land of the Long White Cloud," Coffin builds a successful n...