From the highly acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns (“Dazzling . . . One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith’s White Teeth”—San Francisco Chronicle; “An astonishment of a debut”—Juno
The American debut of an enthralling new voice: a vivid, indelibly told work of fiction that follows four generations of a family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century—a novel about inheritance
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resu
“I hope we’re as good friends when you finish your book as we are now,” Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, told Jeff Himmelman in March 2010. “But I don’t give
Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin’s theory of evolution works on a mathematical level. For years it has been received wisdom am
WWII has ended… But the danger has just begun for a spy caught between political superpowers.Book 5 in the John Russell historical thriller series.Paris, November 1945. John Russell is walking home al
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of
From the author of New York Times bestselling Rock Paper Tiger comes the most electrifying thriller of the summer. Michelle Mason tells herself she’s on vacation. A brief stay in the Mexican resort to
Nearly twenty years ago, thanks to a raw food diet, Carol Alt cured a world of headaches, stomach issues, and fatigue and became healthier, more energetic, and slimmer than she’s ever been. In Easy Se
Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, ER, Cheers, Law & Order, Will & Grace…Here is the funny, splashy, irresistible insiders’ account of the greatest era in television history -- told by the actors, wr
Over a career spanning six decades, architect Paul Revere Williams came to define what gracious living looked like for the Hollywood elite. Williams mastered an array of architectural idioms—including
The Fire Starter Sessions is an apathy-kicking, integrity-infusing guide to defining success on your own terms. ? As the creator of DanielleLaPorte.com--deemed “the best place online for kick-ass spi
THIS BOOK JUST MIGHT SAVE THE PLANET ? “When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. The second best time? Today.”—Chinese proverb ? Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nu
"Viral is a world-class thriller." -Vince FlynnTwo brothers race to stop a political mastermind's massive bioterrorist plot in this terrifying espionage thriller.In remote pockets of the Third World,
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers. ?The intimate atmosphere
Gathered in this volume readers will find more than fifty years of poems by the incomparable Jack Gilbert, from his Yale Younger Poets prize-winning volume to glorious late poems, including a section
Nearly fifty years after being sworn in as president of the United States in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson remains a largely misunderstood figure. His force of per
Traditional culinary skills are enjoying a widespread revival as more home cooks reject fast-food culture in favor of heirloom, artisanal, and organic “slow” foods. Home-produced delicacies taste even
We each came to a moment of brokenness;what we found there was God.And he was enough.?It was the subject of headlines around the world:? Three Mexican fishermen in a small open boat without any suppli
From Kathryn Harrison, one of America’s most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia’s Romanov Empire. St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasp
How did white bread, once an icon of American progress, become “white trash”? In this lively history of bakers, dietary crusaders, and social reformers, Aaron Bobrow-Strain shows us that what we think
Aimee Leduc is happy her long-time business partner Rene has found a girlfriend. Really, she is. It’s not her fault if she can’t suppress her doubts about the relationship; Rene is moving way too fast
In the forty years since the first Magnavox Odyssey pixel winked on in 1972, the home video game industry has undergone a mind-blowing evolution. Fueled by unprecedented advances in technology, boundl
獲2011年布克獎本書是Barnes對回憶的沉思，一位看似平凡的中年男人，在生命的後半段意外獲得一項「遺產」。他發現長久以來的回憶都被掩蓋了一半，而隨著其他記憶浮現，他也必須面對生命的真相。今年的評審主席Dame Stella Rimington稱本書「擁有一切英語經典必備的素質，寫法精緻、情節細微、每次重讀都呈現不同的深度。」~~文匯報Winner of the 2011 Man Booker
The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carol
One of the most visited galleries of the National Portrait Gallery is “America’s Presidents,” the collection of portraits of the elected leaders of the United States that is at the heart of the Galler
In early October 1959, thirty-two-year-old Allan Kaprow presented a performance piece entitled "18 Happenings in 6 Parts." This unique conjunction of visual, aural, and physical events, performed for
A daring new departure from the inspired creator of The Vampire Chronicles (“unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable”—The Washington Post), Lives of the Mayfair Witches (“Anne Rice will live on throu
Carrie Bradshaw adored them; Beyonce sang about them; princesses wear them. From the first time a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes graced the red carpet, the brand has been favored by Hollywood stars, British
Complete Japanese is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package. At the core of Complete Japanese is the Living Language Method?, based on linguis
Once again, Ben Kella has his hands full. A sergeant in the Solomon Islands Police Force, as well as an aofia, a hereditary spiritual peacekeeper of the Lau people, he’s called to investigate acts of
A visual celebration of the iconic car of Italy’s fashionable ‘dolce vita’ boom years. The Fiat 500, which began production in 1957, is the iconic car of Italy’s free-spirited ‘boom years’, when Itali
From early 2009 to mid-2010, the Underbelly Project was the world’s best-kept urban art secret. This is the only book documenting the project, during which the world’s leading urban artists, such as S
Following studies in architecture at the University of Illinois, Lebbeus Woods (b.1940) worked in the studio of Eero Saarinen/Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates. After 1976, he abandoned the profess
Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined street in Brooklyn, New York, is One Girl Cookies: a charming bakery and cafe whose owners have created what they call an Urban Mayberry. Little do most people know
If you need to know it, it's in this book. The Princeton Review's Cracking the PCAT, 2012-2013 Edition gives you everything you need to master all seven sections of the Pharmacy College Admissions Tes
Re‧lent‧less (ri lent/lis): an attitude or posture that is resolute, uncompromising, persistent, unyielding, constant, unstoppable, ruthless. The opposite of slacken, waver, or concede. If ever there
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest
In this masterly, highly original narrative history, Peter Englund takes a revelatory new approach to the history of World War I, magnifying its least examined, most stirring component: the experience
