Creating Characters

Throughout her blockbuster career, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult has seamlessly blended nuanced characters, riveting plots, and rich prose, brilliantly creating stories that “not o

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review??Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps

The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard under

Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid imagination and invention that proves his talent for creating brilliant speculative fiction is sharper

A captivating debut novel for readers of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep—The Most Dangerous Place on Earth unleashes an unforgettable cast of characters into a re

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

Maeve Binchy imagined a street in Dublin with many characters coming and going, and every once in a while she would write about one of these people. She would then put it in a drawer; “for the future,

This story of a proud rural beauty and the three men who court her is the novel that first made Thomas Hardy famous.Despite the violent ends of several of its major characters, Far from the Madding Cr

An enchanting and staggeringly original debut novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, rebellious nine-year-old who also happens to b

One of Tom Clancy's most storied characters, Dominic Caruso, is the only one who can stop America's secrets from falling into enemy hands in this blockbuster new novel written by Clancy's longtime coa

While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Ever

When Helen Fielding first wrote Bridget Jones’s Diary, charting the life of a thirtysomething Singleton in London in the 1990s, she introduced readers to one of the most beloved characters in modern l

The NPR radio essayist and award-winning author of Fraud presents an edgy novel in verse that traverses the experiences of characters linked by acts of generosity or cruelty throughout major historica

A sharply observed tale inspired by the highs and lows of marriage explores the marital foibles of such characters as a long-time wife who looks back on the dissolution of her previous marriage, a par

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new series based in the Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, where a charming cast of characters finds love, forgiveness

A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder a

Return to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . ten years later?From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touch

The events are real, the characters are fictional, the suffering and sacrifice are authentic–and unforgettable On January 21, 1942, more than five thousand exhausted German soldiers– fragments of r

Get your little dinosaur fan reading with these five LEGO(R) Jurassic World(TM) Step into Reading leveled readers--all in one amazing book! Tag along with Owen and Claire on their thrilling dinosaur adventures as the T. rex, Blue the velociraptor, and other dangerous dinosaurs romp and stomp through this deluxe bind-up of five LEGO(R) Jurassic World(TM) Step into Reading leveled readers. Children ages 5 to 8 who are ready to go on reading adventures with minimal help will love the stories and dynamic pages of full-color art! Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics for children who are ready to read on their own. Look out for these other great books: - LEGO(R) Jurassic World(TM) Chapter Book #1 (c)2022 The LEGO Group and Universal City Studios LLC and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group.

THE UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM A LEGENDARY CEOIn 1967, Charles Koch took the reins of his father’s company and began the process of growing it from a $21 million start-up into a global corporation

From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world-a road-map to becoming a conscientious global citizen. Soon

Arianna Huffington’s personal wakeup call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye – the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. The co-founder and edi