Frida Kahlo, painter and cultural icon, lived a life of extremes. The subject of an Academy Award(c) nominated film starring Salma Hayek, Kahlo was crippled by polio and left barren by an accident
The former Soviet republics of Central Asia comprise a sprawling, politically pivotal, densely populated, and richly cultured area of the world. In this comprehensive new treatment, renowned politica
The book's title refers to the classic joke in which a father tells his son that anything is better than being a journalist, including being a piano player in the brothel. The Piano Player in the Bro
The MarinesA1 march up to Baghdad, ShermanA1s trail of destruction in Georgia, an army of Missouri volunteers trekking across the Great Plains to MexicoA Starting with the Iraq War, Tim Rood turns ba
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost comic writers. True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring Jo
Lord Emsworth's time with his prized pig, the Empress of Blandings, is cut short when he gets entangled in the trials of his family and their self-invited guests, which include a stolen painting, impo
Throughout their 300-year history, patterned paper wallcoverings have alternated wildly between being absolutely Oof the moment1 or totally out of fashion. Recently, after more than a decade of blank
Mahler is considered one of the foremost composers during his time. The book Mahler's Concerts provides the first complete history of Mahler on the podium with detailed information including the works
The first three books set in Zamonia--the mythical land created by Walter Moers, whose work has been compared to J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein--have achieved raucous critical accl
Hudson Valley Faces and Places takes an excursion into the incomparable Hudson, focusing on personalities who have left their mark on the region, from Ulysses S. Grant to Ed Wood. Revealing ties to th
Upon reading an early draft of Nathaniel Lande's novel, William Styron called it "a lovely confection of unforgettable characters, a gem of a story full of smiles." The Life and Times of Homer Sincer
Robert Bloch's Psycho captivated a nation when it appeared in 1959. The story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual l
"The best novel of the year, and one that hints at greater things to come. . .Bakker has reminded readers why he is in the upper echelon of 21st Century writers."-SFFWorld Widely praised by reviewers
Susan Hill is back! And so is her detective, Simon SerraillerA- A"Crime fans on the look out for intelligent examples of the genre will enjoy The Risk of DarknessA" (Time Out) We met Simon Serrailler
The amazing surprise New York Times bestseller, filled with "breathtaking glimpses into worlds that heretofore have been little explored" (Foreward) They say that history is written by the victors. B
"It's been a long time since I've come across a set of lists quite so piquant and entertaining as Ten Bad Dates With De Niro."-Louis Bayard, Salon (CriticOs Pick) What are the Top Ten movies for maki
The Wodehouse series continuesA-a sparkling story collection from the master of hijinks and social comedy These early stories, first published together in 1917, show Wodehouse perfecting his craft. C
Year of the Horse is a tale of Western America, with a difference. Yen Tzu-lu, a child of immigrants unwillingly pressed into unsavory service beside a gang of roughnecks bent on stealing a gold mine
For the first time, a self-help guide for women recovering from a break-up with their best friend-an indispensable addition to every woman's libraryMen, jobs, children, personal crises, irreconcilabl
P. G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century. His characters and settings have entered our language and our mythology. Launched on the twenty-fifth anni
P. G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century. His characters and settings have entered our language and our mythology. Launched on the twenty-fifth anni
As featured in The New Yorker, Harper's, and The New York Times Book Review. Daniil Kharms has long been heralded as one of the most iconoclastic writers of the Soviet era, but the full breadth of hi
A tome of well-mannered high comedy, from the "unrivaled master of the comedy of manners" (Entertainment Weekly) In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen Bertie Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford
The pioneering bestselling classic by the father of pulp science fiction, and the literary inspiration for ABC's LOST, now back in print and featuring a new introduction by Lynette Porter. Dr. Walte
For more than fifty years, Milton Glaser has designed much of the world we live and experience every day. His posters, books, albums, restaurants, advertisements, and so much more have identified him
Offers an insight into Alistair Cooke's character and life, with his reflections on the great, the good, and the bad, covering everything from Korea, the Civil Rights Movement, JFK, Watergate, the moo
A tale based on the life of the reclusive poet follows Emily Dickinson's precarious relationship with her parents, her hidden passions and aspirations, her secret views on religion and love, and her i
Off the Road tells the intimate story of the legendary Neal Cassady and his remarkable friendships with Jack Kerouac (who immortalized Cassady as Dean Moriarty in On the Road) and Allen Ginsberg.
The Elvis Encyclopedia, the product of over six years of research, was created to help bring order to the massive amount of material written about Elvis Presley. In doing so, it stands as the most co
Over the past ten years photographers Danny Conant and Catherine Steinmann made several journeys to Tibet intending to experience firsthand the magical quality that draws pilgrims the world over to t
A translation of a follow-up to The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard finds young writer Optimus Yarnspinner inheriting from his beloved godfather an unpublished anonymous short story, a bequest that
A follow-up to The Various Haunts of Men finds Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, a case that is influenced by a critically ill disabled woman and
Charts the efforts of a group of "natural philosophers" in seventeenth-century England who were to become the founding fathers of the Royal Society, placing their collaborations against a backdrop of
Working as a projectionist at the Apollo movie theater during a sweltering summer in 1928 Berlin, Sascha Knisch is wrongfully accused of murder when his latest sexual fetish partner is found dead, a c
Haunted by the ghost of his scientist father, young Dutch geologist Alfred Issendorf hopes to win fame by being the first to identify craters in the landscape made by meteorites, joining a small geolo
A book of lists for serious movie aficionados is a celebration of Hollywood's superlatives, from the top ten movies that make cigarettes look cool and the loosest screen adaptations to the dodgiest de
"A lonely woman of vanishes while out on her morning run. The police aren't alarmed. But when a 22-year-old girl never returns from a walk, an old man disappears too, no one can denied that somethin
Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, grows toward maturity when he renounces his inheritance, abdicates his throne, and journeys forth into the unknown world, in the epic conclusion of the Gormenghast t
