A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II.Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." So begins the psalm that, for millennia, has been a source of comfort in grief and of courage in fear. Now Harold Kushner discovers what it has to teach u
A retelling of a classic Grimm fairy tale captures all the magic that has made it a favorite for generations, offering illustrations in an enchanting style sure to delight readers of all ages. 15,000
This new gathering of Marge Piercy’s poems—energetic, funny, political, full of vitality—brings us the heart of her mature work, the first selected since Circles on the Water in 1982. Here are poems t
In 2010, Philippe Sands was invited to give a lecture on genocide and crimes against humanity at Lviv University in Ukraine, which he accepted with the intent of learning about the extraordinary city
A Rich, Fascinating Saga of the most influential, far-reaching architectural firm of their time and of the dazzling triumvirate---Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White---who came together,
The first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years; the first to draw upon a wide array of never-before-used material; the first written by a woman, from the widely acclaimed biog
The highly acclaimed girls' guide to adolescence by a Newbery Honor-winning author is now available in a rack-sized paperback edition. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise for this useful and impo
“The idea of verse, of poetry, has always, during forty years spent working primarily in prose, stood at my elbow, as a standing invitation to the highest kind of verbal exercise—the most satisfying,
Comic book geek, deviser of crazy schemes, genius (according to him)—Kit Feeny is here!Kit Feeny is moving and losing his best friend! Who will help Kit make things out of cheeseballs? Who will he go
Comic book geek, deviser of crazy schemes, genius (according to him)—Kit Feeny is here!Kit’s mother’s birthday looms and Kit is determined to get her something way, way better than his sisters, someth
From the day her first Vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers - readers by the hundreds of thousands - have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice. And with the publication of The
Storytelling in the grand manner, The Secret History is a debut remarkable for its hypnotic erudition and acute psychological suspense, and for the richness of its emotions, ideas, and language.These
From the modern master of noir comes a novel about the king of the 1950s Hollywood underground--a tale of pervasive paranoia filled with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut films, and st
NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through th
"It's a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on." --The New York TimesReturn to the parallel world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman's new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust, and discover what comes next for Lyra, "one of fantasy's most indelible characters." (The New York Times Magazine)PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF DUST: LA BELLE SAUVAGE"Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen year wait: The Book of Dust is one of them." --The Washington Post"Reading this novel is like standing in a room in which suddenly all of the windows have blown open at once." --Slate***COMING SOON! A NEW HBO SERIES, HIS DARK MATERIALS, BASED ON PULLMAN'S BOOKS***
A delightful novel of one woman’s transformative journey, from the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a
