These eleven masterful stories—the first collection from acclaimed author Jennifer Egan—deal with loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egan’s characters—models and housewives, bankers and school
Here is Jack Kerouac's story, as recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the proph
Drawn from interviews with an economically and geographically wide variety of Americans, a journalist reveals the real human cost of our economic decline and demonstrates the resilience of ordinary Am
When she is kicked out of her home and everyone in town thinks she is a thief, Ali Winters begs for help from sexy police detective Luke Hanover who is her only chance for redemption.
Describes the little-known truths behind the legendary feud between two Appalachian families that ultimately killed thirteen members in a dispute that became newspaper fodder and eventually went to th
Describes how to replace modern fruits and vegetables, which are high in starch and sugar and lower in nutrients than earlier generations of the plants, with different varieties, easily located in gro
A 7th generation member of the Great Wallendas shares his very personal story of how the support of his family and his faith in Jesus Christ keep him balanced as a death-defying stunt performer.
Between Parker’s 1961 debut and his return in the late 1990s, the world of crime changed considerably. Now fake IDs and credit cards had to be purchased from specialists; increasingly sophisticated po
Moving with her husband from New York City to the affluent community of Clairmont, Texas, pregnant Emily Page is swept into a world of opulent privilege and shifting loyalties only to have secrets fro
Toni Langston has been in love with Simon, her best friend, for years. The night Simon breaks up with his long time girlfriend, he and Toni make love. Toni is devastated and humiliated when, in the he
Life is close to perfect for the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte—except their son Matthew and his girlfriend, Racquel, are about to become parents at the tender age of eighteen. Plus, Ch
Things are going well for young filmmaker Evan Casher—until he receives an urgent phone call from his mother, summoning him home. He arrives to find her brutally murdered body on the kitchen floor and
The first book in a heart-pounding, thought-provoking, and romantic new sci-fi series.Your heart beats only with their permission.Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day
Romantics everywhere have been enthralled by Emily Bronte's classic novel of the tragic love between beautiful, spirited Catherine Earnshaw and dark, brooding Heathcliff. The restrained desire between
Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.That was all before she
In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newly-wed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live there simply, to fish the lake, to
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American
Will Rees feels at home. It’s been a long time since he last felt this way?not since before his wife died years ago and he took to the road as a traveling weaver. Now, in 1796, Rees is back on his Mai
Managers As Mentors is a rapid?fire read and a provocative guide to helping associates grow and adapt in today's tumultuous organizations. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Chi
Hired to authenticate and purchase an original draft of Bram Stoker's Dracula on behalf of a reclusive member of the oldest family in Transylvania, manuscript expert Joseph Barkeley becomes a prisoner
When sixteen-year-old Abigail's mother dies in Scotland?leaving a faded photo, a weirdly cryptic letter, and a one-way ticket to America?she feels nothing. Why should she? Her mother abandoned her as
One morning before school, two children find the naked bodies of five men hanging from the gym ceiling. The case leads detective Konrad Simonsen and his murder squad to the school janitor, who may kno
Eleven-year-old cousins catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League
In The Do-It-Yourself Bailout, Kenny Golde explains how he completely and legally eliminated $222,000 in credit card debt, without filing for bankruptcy or destroying his credit score. Golde provides
#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey’s golden anniversary novel is a passionate novel of hidden identities, family secrets, and love that transcends a fifty-year feud set in the 1880s
Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad" but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wro
Gym Candy explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success under the always glaring – and often unforgiving – stadium lights. Running back Mick Johnson has
One man’s search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki that is struggling with ruthless climate changeIt’s two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catas
An ancient family name hides sinister secrets of love and betrayal. The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degro
New York Times bestselling author and renowned prosecuting attorney Robert K. Tanenbaum provides the first insider’s account of the historic Wylie-Hoffert case, from the shocking double-murder to the
Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena re
Stewardship was a provocative, even revolutionary, book when the first edition was published twenty years ago, and it remains as relevant and radical today as it was then. We still face the challenge
A young writer, living abroad, returns home to his native Argentina to say goodbye to his dying father. In his parents’ house, he finds a cache of documents?articles, maps, photographs?and unwittingly
It’s 1895 in New York City. Hard times have hit, and life isn’t going to get noticeably better any time soon. Almost thirteen?year?old Chipper Carey is running with the Midnight Rats kid gang just to
Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s no
Over his acclaimed career, Cook’s novels have haunted, riveted, and spellbound readers across the world, and his short stories are equally acclaimed. They range from the intensely focused world of "Fa
It was supposed to be a vacation??and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky, jungle island in the midd
Freddie Threepwood is engaged to marry Aline, delightful daughter of Mr. Peters, a wealthy American and passionate collector of Egyptian scarabs. In a moment of absentmindedness, Lord Emsworth helps h
Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for the New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates argume
It’s the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK?47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunm
