A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: thinkAlias Grace.Margaret Atwood turns to short fictio
Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of w
The New York Times bestseller by the author of Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize | Named One of the Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year byTime, Entertainment Weekly, and O: The Oprah Mag
This heroic true story of the three youngest children of a bourgeois Catholic family who worked together in the French Resistance is told by an American writer who has known and admired the family for
With her "choose-your-own-adventure" approach to sewing, Tanya Whelan offers an invaluable collection of patterns that empowers sewers to become designers. The trick is a set of patt
Oxford private detective Zoe Boehm turns up dead in Newcastle, launching her friend Sarah Tucker into an investigation with several leads—but no one she can trust.When a body is hauled from the River
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glo
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ‧ Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.Friendship takes center stage in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer’
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The wizard scholars of Unseen University wrestle with the popularity of a theory of theological design put forth by a man named Darwin, in another addition to the Discworld alternate history universe,
“Why did Lorrie Ann look graceful in beat-up Keds and shorts a bit too small for her? Why was it charming when she snorted from laughing too hard? Yes, we were jealous of her, and yet we did not hate
You saw his work in Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute...depicting the truth about Rei with great sensitivity...wait, that's not the right word. What's the opposite of "great sensitivity&
With the rise of urban living and the digital age, many North American healers are recognizing that traditional medicinal knowledge must be recorded before being lost with its elders. A Cree Healer an
Squeezed between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Chileoffers something for everyone. Whether travelers are interested infirst-rate vineyards, glittery beach resorts, desert adventures, spra
In this new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces.At the Water’s Edge is a gripping and poignant love story abo
An African safari is considered the trip of a lifetime for many, and recentcontinent-wide expansion of low-cost airfares has made many Africandestinations more affordable to reach. Fodor's The Complet
With cutting-edge architecture, chic restaurants, and hip hotels alongsideancient temples, outdoor markets, and hole-in-the-wall dim sum joints,Hong Kong is an intoxicating destination. Whether travel
THERE SHE IS, MISS…It’s time for the school Culture Festival, and Yamato seems like a shoo-in to as the male School Idol Contest winner. But Megumi’s entered the contest too, and the prize is a date n
The images in Lin Dan—never before published and taken specially for this book—portray the young man in a previously unseen dimension, at times even brazen and unprincipled. In each of these photograp
No. 1 internationally bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns to her beloved Shopaholic series with Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed. She and her two-year-ol
An examination of how mainstream feminism has been mobilized in support of racist measuresFeminist Christine Delphy co-founded the journal Nouvelles questions feministes with Simone de Beauvoir in the
An examination of how mainstream feminism has been mobilized in support of racist measuresFeminist Christine Delphy co-founded the journal Nouvelles questions feministes with Simone de Beauvoir in the
The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, Learn
“In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.”—Charlie BrownOf all the Charlie Browns in the world, he’s the Charlie Browniest. Now celebrate sixty-five years of that round-headed kid with thi
"Awkward Noel thinks he's been allowed into the inner circle of his elite boarding school when he discovers his senior-year roommate is to be handsome, athletic Julius. Julius, in turn, cares only for
Leaving New York in the wake of a breakup to take a job in a futuristic Dubai at the height of its metropolitan self-invention, a young man struggles with growing feelings of being trapped while navig
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Da
""Are we to go on until we are old, with just these odd moments here and there and danger always so narrowly evaded? Love draining away our vitality, our hold on life, never adding anything to us." B
When WikiLeaks first came to prominence in 2010, releasing millions of top secret State Department cables, the world saw for the first time what the US really thought about national leaders, friendly
A twenty-something American model, Amy Denum, disappears in Paris. Her father turns for help to his old friend Hugo Marston, the security chief at the American Embassy. Marston makes some enquiries an
From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling biographer H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the first full life of Ronald Reagan since his death.Ronald Reagan today
"Knowing how to cook healthfully--without sacrificing flavor--is an important step towards improving heart health, weight, and overall well-being. For the first time, American Heart Association offers
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Da
An introduction to Zen chanting practice, with new accurate and chantable translations of the texts used in Zen centers and monasteries throughout the English-speaking world—by the renowned translator
A Christian classic on cultivating intimacy with God through life's everyday tasks.This enduring classic of devotion consists of the letters and recorded conversations of a simple seventeenth-century
The final installment of Catherine Banner's sweeping Last Descendants trilogy.Harlan's family left the capital city when he was just eight days old, fleeing the outbreak of war, taking with them only
New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded AgeIn the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the
The first publication of the Barnes Foundation’s important and extensive African art collection. The Barnes Foundation is renowned for its astonishing collection of Postimpressionist and early Modern
The owner of the largest collection of Elsa Schiaparelli garments in the world writes about his lifelong love affair with the work—and the entire persona—of the iconic designer. At age fourteen, desig
This masterwork was inspired by Paul Brunton's years spent with wise sages in Asia, who recognized that he had a significant role to play in the transmission of Hindu Vedanta and Buddhism to the West.
