My name is New York, I’m a brick on a brickI’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sickI’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimpYour ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp.—“My Name Is New Yor
How artists from Giotto to Caravaggio have written a visual biography of Christ through the finest masterpieces in the history of art. In the Name of the Son approaches figurative art through the lens
The seminal treatise on the code of the samurai--now available as a Shambhala Pocket Classic. Hagakure is a treatise on the samurai code written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, an eighteenth-century samur
From the author of McMafia and DarkMarket, an unflinching investigation into the tumultuous social, political, and economic landscape of modern-day Brazil.His name
Now titled THE YOUNG MESSIAH (previously published as Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt) and repackaged to tie-in to the Focus Features Easter season movie of the same name—Anne Rice’s novel about Jesus C
The irresistible illustrated diary of one very special London dog--the perfect gift book for dog lovers of all stripes (and spots!)Hello. My name is Plum and I'm a whoosell--a whippet mixed with Jack
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D Strategy Guide includes: FREE eGuide — Includes a code to access the mobile-friendly eGuide, a digital version of the full strategy guide optimized for a second s
Kudo Kazehaya's name evokes the wind; given to warn him that one day he, too, might disappear. He almost thought his time had come, lying in the snow--until he was rescued by the dark, handsome and eq
In this thrilling novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers, Gangster, and Midnight Angels—organized crime goes to war with international terrorism in the name o
From the acclaimed author of My Name Is Bill ("A national treasure"—Kurt Vonnegut) and Home Before Dark ("Moving and brilliantly restrained . . . Intimate, deeply felt, and often harrowing"—The New Yo
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the super
The triumphs and the trials of the men who invented the modern ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed, dark eras--and each other.Laszlo Biro's last name is, in much of the world, a synonym for
Sit in your car in your car and wait or take a walk through the trees.? “Cruising” has always been a part of gay culture; the word itself is a code, innocuous to outsiders, but representing an incogni
Don Quixote. The name is universally known for the idealistic, possibly insane, wannabe knight as much as a masterpiece of literature. Don Quixote, the book, is widely regarded as the first modern nov
My name is Gus Bailey…It should be pointed out that it is a regular feature of my life that people whisper things in my ear, very private things, about themselves or others. I have always understood t
Jack and Annie head to 18th-century Austria, where they must find and help a musician by the name of Mozart. Decked out in the craziest outfits they’ve ever worn—including a wig for Jack and a giant h
"Not only is the costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she wears a skintight and cruelly revealing "supersuit" that only magnifies her body-image insecur
Mike Disfarmer is a true American eccentric. Born Mike Meyer, he changed his name to distance himself from both the surrounding farming community of his native Arkansas and from his own kinfolk&md
Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu s
"A PULSE-QUICKENING,BRAIN-TEASING ADVENTURE...[BROWN IS] A NEW MASTER OF SMART THRILLS."__PeopleWhile in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night.
Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson brings his singular brilliance to this modern re-imagining of one of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable characters: Shylock Winter, a cemetery, Shylock.
In this groundbreaking work of biblical analysis and interpretation, one of the most admired religious leaders of our time shows that religiously inspired violence has as its source misreadings of the
This handsome volume celebrates over forty years of the playful and trendsetting English fashion brand and retailer Paul Smith. Always in fashion, Paul Smith is not only a preeminent fashion designer
