Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he beca
The latest case in Donna Leonas bestselling Brunetti mystery seriesaaone of the most exquisite and subtle detective series evera ("The Washington Post") The "Philadelphia Inquirer" called Leonas inco
Lisbeth Zwerger is one of the world’s preeminent children’s book artists, and one of the most original interpreters of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytales. This handsome collection, originall
The daughter of England's greatest dramatist, angered over her father's callousness regarding a family tragedy and her own grief, heads for London, intent on sabotaging his new play.
An Oscar-winning female film producer provides an insider's view of Hollywood, detailing the glittering public functions, the bedroom and boardroom games, drugs, stars, agents, directors, gangsters, a
Features parallel German and English texts of eight short stories that range in style from the classical method of Ernst Penzoldt to the montage technique of Alexander Kluge
The eight stories in this collection, by Moravia, Pavese, Pratolinin and other writers, have been selected as representative of twentieth-century Italian writing. The English translations provided are
Mr. Bear has much difficulty getting to sleep one night as a result of Mrs. Bear's snoring, Baby Bear's airplane noises, the clock's ticking, and the refrigerator's hum.
From the author of the international bestseller The Solitude of Prime Numbers, an exquisite portrait of marriage, adulthood, and the meaning of familyPaolo Giordano’s prizewinning debut novel, The Sol
Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse Novels and the Harper Connelly Mysteries, andNew York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden present an origina
The international bestselling author of Into the Wilderness makes her highly anticipated return witha remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York and the transcendent power
New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder delivers his next breakneck stand-alone thriller about the secrets families can keep, and the danger of their discoveryWhen former investigative reporte
Matthew Palmer returns with another gripping, all-too-real thriller deeply entrenched in real-world global intrigue and international politics, this time examining the world’s most dangerous yet overl
From Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl, comes a brilliant new novel about a literary couple. The unlikely marriage between Nathaniel Hawthorne, the celebrated novelist, and Sophia P
A first book by the writer behind the successful LaineyGossip.com blog shares nine parenting principles distilling the unconventional advice, warnings and messages of love imparted by her eccentric Ch
A fact-filled introduction to helicopters combines vibrant photography with engaging facts about their versatile flying capabilities and how they are used for a wide range of needs. Simultaneous.
A fact-filled introduction to helicopters combines vibrant photography with engaging facts about their versatile flying capabilities and how they are used for a wide range of needs. Simultaneous.
Many generations ago, a mysterious cataclysm struck the world. Governments collapsed and people scattered, to rebuild where they could. A mutation, "the Change,” arose, granting some people unique pow
This newly revised, expanded 2015 edition of the bestselling reference book by one of America’s most trusted family physicians gives you the information you need and can depend on.
Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today’s ?Patrick O’Brian for a new generation” (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles H
In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.
"A unique romance novel whereby readers are prompted to choose how to proceed with the plot, leading them to one of eleven different love interests and thirteen possible endings"--
Babies 3 months or older can practice counting to 10 with this adorable $6.99 board book featuring bright illustrations, simple text, and a flap to lift on each page.
It’s a tentacled, inventive, gooey, world in there. . . . Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000?
Howard Stern’s celebrated sidekick, Robin Quivers, presents her vegan cookbook and manifesto with more than 90 healthy recipes for the home cook.Known for her levelheaded, deadpan comebacks to Howard
Big personalities, high drama?the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of the Food Network, now about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary: the business, media, and cultural juggernaut that changed
Experience the warmth and wonder of Jan Brett with this delightful collection of blank cards featuring the gorgeous artwork of bestselling children’s book author / illustrator Jan Brett. These playful
"Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
The editors of Many Bloody Returns, including New York Times best-selling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister and Jeaniene Frost, present 12 original tales featuring supernatural beings going o
Edie Kiglatuk’s discovery along Alaska’s Iditarod trail leads to a massive, far-reaching conspiracyM. J. McGrath’s debut novel, White Heat, earned both fans and favorable comparisons to bestselling Sc
Now a major motion picure, adapted from the acclaimed Broadway musical, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Sacha Baron CohenVictor Hugo’s tale of injustice, hero
The first major biography of the most influential, powerful, and controversial film critic of the twentieth centuryPauline Kael was, in the words of Entertainment Weekly's movie reviewer Owen Gleiberm
Benjamin Franklinstein's most electrifying adventure yetVictor Godwin and his very old friend, 200-year-old reanimated Benjamin Franklin, are back for more madcap fun! After releasing the Wright Broth
Dead Stars is Bruce Wagner’s (I'm Losing You) most lavish and remarkable translation yet of the national zeitgeist: post-privacy porn culture, a Kardashianworld of rapid-cycling, disposable narrative
After deserting the army, former Confederate lieutenant James Dunn and a former sharecropper from his family's plantation journey to Mexico in hopes of finding rumored treasure. Original. 35,000 first
The early African National Congress consisted mainly of a few educated and politically conscious blacks who made polite protests, fearful of offending white liberal sympathies. United under Nelson Man
"A highly entertaining, vivid evocation of love and marriage" (The New York Times Book Review) It's been decades since Nick cast off his divorced, contentious, embarrassingly working-class parents,
Fourth in Charlaine Harris's acclaimed Aurora Teagarden mystery series. Wealthy businessman Martin Bartell gives Aurora exactly what she wants for their wedding: Julius House. But both the house and
The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of this century's most groundbreaking writers, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exp
