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It’s the spring of 2001. Drew Hagel has spent the last decade watching things slip away—his marriage, his real estate brokerage, and his beloved daughter, Shannon, now a distant and mysterious high sc

A therapist looks at life's ups and downs (with a bit of help from Charlie Brown and his friends).From the author of Waking Up Just In Time and Life's Too Short.A down-to-earth and inspirational guid

The most popular occult work of the twentieth centuryThe Kybalion has long fascinated readers with its exploration of hermetic wisdom. Credited to the mysterious Three Initiates, The Kybalion is an es

Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Surete du Quebec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he s

Don't miss a beat with the fourth and final novel in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Stage Dive series from Kylie Scott.One by one, the members of Stage Dive are falling in love. David, M

"An intelligent, erotically charged thriller with deep moral implications. Yvonne Carmichael, renowned geneticist, public authority, happily married mother of two, sits in the accused box. The charge

Stay up all night with the sexy rockers in Stage Dive, the epic New Adult series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, author of Lick and Play.As the lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is

IN THE BEGINNING, EVERYTHING WAS ALIVE. THE SMALLEST OBJECTS WERE ENDOWED WITH BEATING HEARTS, AND EVEN THE CLOUDS HAD NAMES. Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter

Abandoning the world of her literary education to move to her husband's California citrus ranch, Claire Nagy forges an all-consuming bond with her family's land that eventually supersedes her relation

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes.There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There ar

Winner of the Commonwealth Regional Prize, Africa For eleven-year-old Jack Viljee, apartheid Johannesburg is a rational and simple place. Whether he’s picking fights with his little sister or frettin

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A REAL TOUR DE FORCE [AND] A BEAUTIFUL FABLE...THE READER IS SWEPT ALONG BY SLOAN'S ENTHUSIAM."—GEORGE SAUNDERS, BLIP MAGAZINE"A book about passion—for books, for history, for the future...There is nothing about Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore that I didn't love."—Cory DoctorowThe Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco Web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few and never seem to buy anything; instead, they "check out" obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. Clay concludes the store must be a front for something larger and engineers a complex analysis of the clientele's behavior with the help of his variously talented friends. But when they bring their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the bookstore's secrets extend far b

Renowned channeler Paul Selig brings forth the wisdom of the Guides

"Shortly after her college graduation, Frances flees a painful breakup and her claustrophobic childhood home in Manhattan, which has become more airless in the aftermath of two family announcements: h

"The Bone Orchard [is] both a rich exploration of character and a satisfying mystery." --Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press"Excellent . . . Thoughtful plotting and strong chara

A sequel to the best-selling A Street Cat Named Bob describes the author's transition from a street musician to an international celebrity and the moments of friendship, bravery and humor he has share

"A savannah florist is about to score the wedding of a lifetime--one that will solidify her career as the go-to-girl for society nuptials. Ironically, Cara Kryzik doesn't believe in love, even though

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal, but when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, he and Katy may lose everything to ensure the survival of man

An insider's profile of Silicon Valley identifies the practices that render it a productive example of entrepreneurship and innovation, noting how the region has demonstrated continued growth and inve

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011 A USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2011 Title One of NPR’s 10 Best Novels of 2011 What if—whoosh,

In a frightful world of dark magic and savage beauty, two sisters are about to discover that love is the most powerful weapon of all. Don’t miss Elegy, the mesmerizing final chapter of the Watersong

Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell’s classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the r

Fall under the spell of Wake—the first book in an achingly beautiful new series by celebrated author Amanda Hocking—and lose yourself to the Watersong. Gorgeous. Fearless. Dangerous. They're the kind

From the creator of the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey... “Damian Baxter was a friend of mine at Cambridge. We met around the time when I was doing the Season at the end of the Sixties. I int

Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England’s Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found herself

From the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, to the grand estates of the British aristocracy, the richest heiress in America learns what money can—and can’t—buy in this irresistible New York

“What happened here last night isn’t allowed,” said Madame Dubois.It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on bag

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his ge

In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitati

A Year of Little Things is a gentle guide to making every moment count, inviting you to slow down and embrace the simple pleasures of daily life. Beautifully illustrated with evocative photographs in

The Victorian Internet tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from the eighteenth-century French

A dreamy and adrenaline-fueled new novel from a two-time Granta Best Young NovelistLurid & Cute is a kind of machine for the reader's corruption. It opens with all the things we've come to exp

"Forced into an early retirement at the age of sixty-something, Mimi Malloy enjoys the simple things in life: True Blue cigarettes, her apartment in the heart of Quincy, and an evening with Frank Sina

"It begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-ye

Readers adored James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful. Now here's a third delightful volume of memoirs rich

"We are undergoing a historical transformation in the way we create and disseminate energy. Together, Internet technology and the reality of renewable energy are creating a new type of electrical grid

“They’re so human!” we emote. But recent scientific findings point to dogs being very different than us humans.Dogs can do many things that we can’t, including things th

The third volume in the multimillion copy bestselling seriesReaders adored James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Be

Riddle Me This!Can you name four things you eat with a spoon? The largest state in the USA? The sound made by a lion? If so, this brand-new collection of word searches, fill-in-the-blanks, crossword p

Catalog Text141815What's sexier than an Irish farmer? Well, lots of things, actually, but they certainly aren't as cool, funny, or bring such infectious joy. For six years, Ciara Ryan's hilariousIrish