Russo

A best-selling and beloved author, at the very top of his game, now returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and the characters who madeNobody's Fool, his third novel, his first great success. The

A best-selling and beloved author, at the very top of his game, now returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and the characters who madeNobody's Fool, his third novel, his first great success. The

A Washington Post Notable Work of NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of 2012Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo turns to memoir in this hilarious and bittersweet account of his lifelong bond with hi

Your parents are growing older and are getting forgetful, starting to slow down, or worse. Suddenly you find yourself at the cusp of one of the most important transitions in your life—and the life of

Following Bridge of Sighs—a national best seller hailed by The Boston Globe as “an astounding achievement” and “a masterpiece”—Richard Russo gives us the story of a marriage, and of all the other ties

Luna Park, the Boardwalk, Deno’s Wonder Wheel: 16 vintage images capture Coney Island, the iconic New York amusement park, in its heyday. Each of our playful postcards contains a wistful or wacky hist

To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-sellin

The questions, discussion topics and reading list that follow are intended to enhance your reading group's discussion of Richard Russo's wonderfully evocative portrait of the small Maine town of Empire Falls. Dominated by the Whiting family, founders of the various mills that provided employment for most of the town's residents, at the turn of the twenty-first century Empire Falls is in sharp decline. Its mills are closed, its stores boarded up, its population dwindling. The families that remain live on memories of the past and the shared fantasy that the mills will reopen and the once-thriving town will experience a renaissance. The formidable Mrs. Whiting, widow of the last Whiting son (and rumored to be the richest woman in central Maine), makes no concession to the community's needs or fantasies, however. As the owner of the few viable businesses left in Empire Falls and a dependable if begrudging source of funds for essential town improvements, Mrs. Whiting wields her power over t

Jokes Every Man Should Know was the sleeper success of Quirk's Spring 2008 list, with 40,000 units shipped in its first three months. Its companion volume, Stuff Every Man Should Know, performed equal

Provides an entertaining and thought-provoking look at some of the most hotly debated controversies in sports history, from who is the best quarterback of all time, to who would win in a confrontation

Art of the Airport Tower is a photographic journey to airports in the U.S. and around the world. This book, the companion volume to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same

In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight, by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum photographer Carolyn Russo, redirects our attention to the often-overlooked simple beauty of aircraft design. With p

After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town the