A WONDROUS MAZE After the sudden cancellation of their school's cultural festival, Gekkoukan High School's own S.E.E.S. look to relieve some stress by beating some shadows in Tartarus. But a visit to
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia is a history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia. The history of northern peopl
From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the em
Over four decades and a multitude of books, “Colonel” Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own—slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a
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Inspired by the mid-century memoirs of Frances Conway, Enchanted Islandsis the dazzling story of an independent American woman whose path takes her far from her native Minnesota when she and her husba
“The laws of Smoke are complex. Not every lie will trigger it. A fleeting thought of evil may pass unseen; a fib, an excuse, a piece of flattery. Next thing you know its smell is in your nose. There i
From the author of the classic Watson-Guptill best seller Problem Solving for Oil Painters comes an essential guide demonstrating the universal oil painting techniques that allow art
In The Passage and The Twelve, Justin Cronin brilliantly imagined the fall of civilization and humanity’s desperate fight to survive. Now all is quiet on the horizon—but does silence promise the night
THE CRIMSON AVENGER RETURNSThe wicked ninja soul, Naraku, has been sealed away deep within Fujikido, but the flames of vengeance still burn bright! And despite the staggering setback caused by losing
What if writer's block became your most precious teacher? An empowering new process for writers who struggle with the seemingly insurmountable middle of a project, from the author ofWriting Begins wit
A leading geneticist explores what promises to be one of the most transformative advances in health and medicine in historyAlmost every week, another exciting headline appears about new advances in th
A stunning first novel--of patriotism, heroism, and profound humanism--that will immediately take its place on the shelf of classics about what it truly means to be at war.Captain Tom Barnes, leading
A narrative account profiling the ordinary men and women who live, work, and dream on the author's street in Shanghai, inspired by his enormously popularMarketplace series of the same nameIn 2010, NPR
Eight full years later, the key lessons from the biggest financial downturn since the Great Depression still remain unlearned. But not only do the misguided financial practices that nearly t
The more than 125 inventive, repertoire-building recipes in Plated will help you cook and eat food you love without having to think so hard about it. Every dish here will work no matter how much (or l
New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer whisks readers back to the beloved island of Nantucket in this delightful novel about two single parents who accidentally rent the same summer house—and
The story of two women--both mothers--in love with the same daughter, Samuel Shem'sAt the Heart of the Universe is an epic novel set deep in rural China against the backdrop of an ancient mountain mon
A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich--Julian Barnes's first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prize-winningThe Sense of an Ending 1936: Shostakovich, just
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change—a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long,
In this sweeping novel inspired by the Iran-Contra affair, master storyteller James A. Michener conjures the triumphs and tragedies of one family and their dynamic role in the history of the United St
In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspiredTales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove
A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece in the tradition ofCloud Atlas.One of the most audacious and confident debuts in years, The Mirror Thief is a masterful puzzle: a genre-h
Policing has become one of the urgent issues of our time, the target of dramatic movements and front-page coverage from coast to coast in the United States, and, indeed, across the world. Now a star-s
Did you know that most self-help programs that follow the standard success blueprint have a 97% failure rate? The truth is that the typical personal improvement mantra of tapping into your willpower a
Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time andA Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short storiesIn the prize-winni
The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized, and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs--and what role humans have played in the transformation. &
From the creator of the popular blog Dinner: A Love Story and author of the New York Times bestseller Dinner: The Playbook comes a handy guide to turning holidays, birthdays, and everyday occasions in
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The deeply reported story of two supremely ambitious figures, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton—archrivals who became partners for a time, trailblazers who share a common sense of their historic destin
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
Early in her literary career Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya, born in St. Petersburg in 1872, adopted the pen-name of Teffi, and it is as Teffi that she is remembered. In prerevolutionary Russia she was a liter
Based on the life of George Eliot, famed author of Middlemarch, this captivating account of Eliot’s passions and tribulations explores the nature of love in its many guises Dinitia Smith’s spellb
Bavarian glaciologist Zeno Hintermeier is taking his last voyage to the Antarctic as a lecturer on board an international cruise ship. He attends to the curiosity of a privileged few as they marvel at
Set in Salé, Morocco—the hometown Abdellah Taïa fled but to which he returns again and again in his acclaimed fiction and films—Infidels follows the life of Jallal, the son of a prostitute witch docto
No one embodies the decadent spirit of throwing a great Southern party more than Julia Reed, the consummate hostess and go-to food and lifestyle expert. Thrown everywhere from lush gardens and graciou
From an esteemed geneticist and director of the Personal Genome Project at Harvard Medical School comes a revolutionary plan for curbing memory loss and improving cognitive longevity that will forever
You were born to make an impact in this world and you know it. You feel it deep down in your bones. Apathy is your nemesis and your hunger to change the world keeps you up at night. But no matter how
The most up-to-date, comprehensive treatment guide to fibromyalgia, by a renowned physician who has the condition herself If you suffer from fibromyalgia and are struggling to get help from y
