New Orleans is an incredible, vibrant, bursting at the seams, melting pot of a city. Whether you're visiting for the music, the food, to get to the know people, or to just party all night long (or all
A look behind the scenes at Diana Vreeland’s Vogue, showing the legendary editor in chief in her own inimitable words. When Diana Vreeland became editor in chief of Vogue in 1963, she initiated a tra
In a riveting novel rooted in one of American history’s great “what ifs,” Jim Lehrer tells the story of two men haunted by the events leading up to John F. Kennedy’s assassination. November 22, 196
Hoping to further her dream of becoming a serious journalist by tracking down a reclusive best-selling writer in the Alaskan wilds, gossip columnist Carrie Slayton discovers that her subject, Finn, is
“PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO NOT SUSTAIN FREQUENT REPETITIVE BLOWS TO THE BRAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS.”So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in
Madison Spencer, the liveliest, snarkiest dead girl in the universe, continues the adventures in the afterlife begun in Damned. Having somewhat reluctantly escaped from Hell, she now wanders the Pur
"When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the colorful surroundings, the street food, the elusive guy next door. Her studious roo
From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a pas
From the world’s finest collection, the 100 most significant Colt revolvers are presented in this handsome volume. The Colt Single Action Revolver "won the West" by being the gun of choice on the Ame
Two brothers bound by tragedy. A fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past. A country torn by revolution. A love that lasts long past death. An extraordinary new novel, set in both India and Americ
"For the first time ever--a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genia
Frequently mistaken for one another in spite of very different natures, brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue respective lives in rebellion-torn 1960s Calcutta until a shattering tragedy compels Su
A lavish and unprecedented exploration of Central Park’s extraordinary and beautifully designed spaces, buildings, sculpture, and follies, in historic photographs and exquisitely detailed watercolors
A stand-alone thriller from best-selling Italian crime writer Gianrico Carofiglio, whose work has been translated into twenty-four languages. Every Monday and Thursday, Roberto Marias crosses Rome on
The disturbing fate of a runaway older sister is gradually revealed in a tale told from the perspectives of the Hurst family, including a teen girl whose hallucinogen use has landed her in a mental wa
A beautiful collection of verse--both light and dark, elegiac and affirmative--from one of our most admired poets.The title Nothing by Design is a phrase taken from Salter's villanelle "Complaint for
Investigating the disappearance of an American girl who may be one of several abductees linked to a series of murders, Harris Stuyvesant, a former officer of the American Bureau of Investigation, foll
"A dazzling novel from one of our finest writers--an epic yet intimate family saga about three generations of all-American radicals At the center of Jonathan Lethem's superb new novel stand two extra
When the ringleader of a group of former college friends dies suddenly, the survivors gather at his Catskills estate to memorialize his life, pitting Iraq war protestor Ned against a wife who longs to
Confined to Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage during the Great Depression, Chinese-American boy William Eng becomes convinced that a certain movie actress is actually the mother he has not seen since h
An evocative latest book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers follows the tumultuous inner-life journey of a father grieving the loss of his daughter.
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A series of test-preparation handbooks designed to help students achieve high scores on the various AP exams, which not only test students' knowledge of a subject but allow them to earn credit or adva
A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening"...I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up the reins of the forgotten art of manual graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. I love m
When the daughter of a cult horror film director is found dead in an abandoned Manhattan warehouse, investigative journalist Scott McGrath, disbelieving the official suicide ruling, probes into the st
Commissioned to negotiate the release of papers linked to Frankenstein infamy, London detective Charles Maddox, whose uncle remains haunted by an unsolved mystery surrounding the Romantics literary mo
A passionate novel of unstoppable physical obsession amongst a group of Brussels eurocrats, Illegal Liaisons offers a fascinating insight into the first Polish generation that is truly 'free', but str
A literary account of the author's paratrooper mother's murder in September 2001 explores the crime against a backdrop of a shattering national tragedy, his struggles to become the man his mother want
Taking the case of an extraordinary young patient in her mental health unit, child psychologist Anya observes the sensitive boy's manifestations of deeply disturbing symptoms linked his mother's destr
A follow-up to The Sweetest Dark finds a heartbroken Lora taking summer employment at the Victorian mansion of the mad Duke of Idylling, where roguishly handsome Armand has set up a military hospital
Shunned by his Quaker community for marrying a servant girl, Daniel Dickinson pursues a new life on the early 19th-century Virginia frontier, where his family's values are tested by the challenges of
"In a captivating departure from the Deep South setting of his previous fiction, Steve Yarbrough now gives us a richly nuanced portrait of a marriage being reinvented in a small town in the Northeast,
Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate
A sensitive coming-of-age tale by the award-winning author of Letter to My Daughter finds 14-year-old Alan Broussard swept up by his geeky science teacher father's community-wide comet-watching activi
