Devoted to his convict lover, Phillip Morris, con man Steven Russell has used his talent as an escape artist to stage a series of four ingenious jailbreaks from the Texas prison system in order to be
Depraved and entertaining, a delightful collection of short fiction introduces the misfits and visionaries who embody the ambition and insanity of the American entreprenuer, examining such eccentric,
Four high-school friends--Meredith, Brandon, Greg, and Stephen--discover the fragile boundaries between friendship and betrayal as they are torn apart by passion, envy, dark secrets, and two violent d
New York City's "mayor of the world" describes the dynamic management, decision-making, and leadership skills that made him a success as a prosecutor and as mayor of New York City and explains how th
A provocative and poignant novel captures the individual voices of a group of diverse and doomed people who come together in one historical moment in the Windows on the World restaurant on September 1
When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers t
The widow of the former Shah of Iran describes her courtship and loving marriage, her luxurious life at court, the world of Iran under the rule of the Shah, her encounters with world leaders, the rise