"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.
When Boston Police Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn’s barely adolescent daughter asks him to rescue her friend Billy from the cemetery, where he’s been fastened to a tree by a nail through his earlobe,
The three laws of Robotics:1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm2) A robot must obey orders givein to it by human beings except where such o
Moscow, May 1876. What would cause a talented student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public? Decadence and boredom, it is presumed. But young sleuth Erast Fandorin is
Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened t
“Alison McGhee’s is a novel of simple explanations, simple movement, and Faulkner’s favorite, most ferocious question: Can we ever really know one another?”—Los Angeles Times“McGhee has written a love
An original book on the craft of mixology is a rare gem. Gary Regan’s The Joy of Mixology is such a gem, one whose genius lies in Regan’s breakthrough system for categorizing drinks that helps bartend
A time comes when we just don't have anything left over to give. We run out of faith, energy, strength, patience, options, peace, joy, ideas, and even love. So when God's call comes knocking and our r
In this moving and unexpected book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history, and ours. Where I Was From, in Didion’s words, “represents an exploration into my own confusions ab
A brilliant new translation of the centerpiece of The Divine ComedyPurgatory, the mountain that straightens souls made crooked by the world, is Dante’s single most conceptually brilliant creation. Ant
In this groundbreaking new book, a Harvard-trained neurologist shows how you can attain lifelong mental fitness. Utilizing the latest breakthroughs in research, Dr. Jeff Victoroff has developed a defi
Recovering from a brutal physical attack that almost killed her, thirty-five-year-old Charlotte Halsey soon learns that her husband Milo Robicheaux, a famous black actor, is in jail for the crime, for
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide
An astrologer introduces a simple system that uses an ordinary pack of playing cards to answers questions about personal relationships, forecast one's romantic future, and find one's soul mate. Origin
Can life ever be a real adventure without falling in love?Ever since she can remember, India McKnight has craved adventure, dreaming of lands past the horizon. Following her calling, she becomes a tra
Having drifted through thirty-three years of life, Ruby Murphy has put down roots in a rootless place: Coney Island. A recovering alcoholic who is fanatical in her love for animals and her misanthropi
The story of an apprentice chemist whose uncle’s worthless medicine becomes a spectacular marketing success, Tono-Bungay earned H. G. Wells immediate acclaim when it appeared in 1909. It remains a spa
Norman Rockwell’s hundreds of memorable covers for The Saturday Evening Post made him a twentieth-century American icon. However, because of the very popularity of his idealized depictions of middle-c
The fact that Martin Heidegger joined the Nazi party has fueled allegations that a fundamental irrational amorality lies at the heart of his work, whether in his earlier "decisionism" or his later "qu
Sex makes monkeys out of all of us. If you don’t give in to it, you wind up a cold, unfeeling bastard. If you do, you spend the rest of your life picking up the pieces. . . .At the start of senior yea
Five years ago, at the age of forty-six, Trisha Posner was surprised to learn from a blood test that she was in full-blown menopause. Her gynecologist urged her to begin hormones immediately, but, min
Presents eighty condensed lists that can be applied for a simpler life in the face of today's hectic schedules, in a compact-sized handbook that draws on Christian principles. Original.
Moms know that raising children is both a wonderful privilege and a daunting challenge. This contemporary collection of guarantees taken from God's Word encourages discouraged mothers, assuring them t
The Perfect Wedding Is About Elegance—Not How Much You SpendDon't worry. You don't have to spend a fortune to have the beautiful wedding you've always wanted. Although the average cost of a wedding to
For thousands of years, no book has been more shrouded in mystery than the Zohar, yet no book offers us greater wisdom. The central text of Kabbalah, the Zohar is a commentary on the Bible’s narrative
Stop Paying Rent!Are you ready to make the leap into home ownership, but more than a little nervous about taking that big step? Never fear. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House is here to h
Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway utte
Not since their phenomenally successful Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites has Ithaca, New York’s, famed Moosewood Collective assembled such a comprehensive and appealing group of recipes -- all b
A chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge describes how the four expert members of the team took on an adventure that ended in tragedy.
An unforgettable dual memoir that explores an extraordinary friendship ... and illuminates a generation.It began in 1969, when a group of bored Long Island high school reporters wrote, for a lark, an
On July 26, 1996, the United States Supreme Court nullified the single-sex admissions policy of the Virginia Military Institute, the last all-male military college in America. Capturing the voices of
A twenty-nine-year-old high-powered entertainment attorney finds her life turned upside down when she meets a writer, is swept off her feet, and begins planning a wedding.
In the autumn of 1944, during fierce fighting in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France, one of the most amazing incidents in military history occurred: the rescue of two infantry battalions, one Amer
The chakras are a series of seven energy fields or centers of consciousness in the body which harbor latent divine energy known as Kundalini energy. The balance or imbalance of these vortices affects
They call themselves The Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.??One was sent down for tax evasion.??Another, for skimming bingo profits.??The third, for a car
Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier dominated twentieth-century architecture much the way Picasso dominated painting. His outstanding achievements, his vision of a harmonious machine civilization, his
After losing a job, boyfriend, and apartment all within one kick-me-when-I'm-down week, Alice Lewis desperately needs a break. So when an old pal sweeps into London and offers her escape, Alice jumps
The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie
Living in disguise blocks from her home, Francesca Woodbridge, supposedly in Greece, spies on her husband, a lawyer recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted by an intruder; her teenage son; and her l
