Li Rui breathes life into China's monumental modern history in this vibrant saga of the Li and Bai clans - their romances, betrayals, intrigues, and power struggles. Set in Silver City, a provincial s
Emile and Juliette Hazel have just purchased what will be their final home, set in a little clearing an hour's drive from the nearest town. Here, they think, is the place for an idyllic retirement, is
The less-than-innocents abroad in these daring short novels are Americans in Europe, involved in what turn out to be pleasure tours of hell: shocking, bewildering trips that change forever their ideas
Featuring detailed color photographs from the author's own garden for easy identification, a practical guide shows how to grow, prepare, and use a complete range of medicinal herbs in distillations, i
With a raw lyricism all her own, Fredrica Wagman writes of family, of passing generations, of love and striving, of grief and loss and renewal. Her narrator, Marty, begins with a day burned in her mem
This lyrical new novel by acclaimed young Trinidadian author Robert Antoni is told in the haunting voices of two West Indian women, both thirty-three years of age: Lilla, the white mistress of a once
This second novel by Damien Wilkins follows the overlapping paths of two young New Zealanders - Adrian, living frugally in London with his motherless son, and Emily, nanny to the child of an American
When Martha fails at romance once again, she seeks solace from Isis Moonwagon and followers of the ancient matriarchal Goddess, in a novel that examines how men and women differ in their pursuit, and
The protagonist of Siri Hustvedt's astonishing second novel is a heroine of the old style: tough, beautiful, and brave. Standing at the threshold of adulthood, she finds herself tested by circumstance
A late winter snow paralyzes the city. Fred Taylor answers an emergency police summons to identify a seventeenth-century painting of Christ in agony. The painting highlights a murder scene - a decapit
Yeshe Anjur of Padma is losing his eyesight and must journey across the Great Dream Lake and the Tigri Mountains to find the legendary White Bean Lama of Tigristan, who may be the only man who can res
Emphasizing the artistic dimension of gardening, a collection of short essays offers clear, easy-to-grasp definitions of key concepts in gardening and their application to garden design, aimed at the
Sparkling essays on a variety of subjects--literature, art, popular culture, autobiography--by a renowned young American novelist.In her brilliant and daring novels The Blindfold and The Enchantment o
How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America? Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. But in 1991 scientists rediscovered New York's long-ignored Afr
Provides a comprehensive, fact-filled guide that answers more than one-hundred questions regarding the world, the planet, and its inhabitants, such as why tigers have stripes, what the biggest flower
One by one, three young girls vanish in Aurelius, a small town in upstate New York. With the first disappearance, the townspeople begin to mistrust outsiders. When the second girl goes missing, neighb
One of a new series of full-color, magazine-style books about some of history's most fascinating characters offers readers a new and interesting perspective on "Lucy," the prehistoric times in which s
An author of The Art of Planting presents tips on keeping a garden colorful throughout the year, using as examples some famous English gardens, including Powis Castle, Highgrove House, and her own gar
Clinging to the southwest face of Annapurna, the climber cuts another handhold. Suddenly, everything goes still - then the mountain roars, shaking loose its killing load, tumbling the climber before i
