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Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut’s parentsAkhenaten has been the subject of radically different, often contradictory, biographies. He has been the inspiration for an opera by Philip Glass, an academy-award nominated movie, and the face of his wife Nefertiti in her famous bust has been replaced by that of Beyoncé on t-shirts. Akhenaten has achieved fame as the world’s first individual, as the world’s first monotheist, and as the father of Tutankhamun, the king “who gave his life for tourism” in the witty lyrics of Steve Martin on Saturday Night Live. But who is Akhenaten, really? And what can we actually say about someone who lived three thousand three hundred and fifty years ago?Ancient Egypt has remained uniquely popular from antiquity to the present, and “Egyptomania” shows no signs of abating in the twenty-first century. Egypt’s Golden Couple takes the reader on a journey through excavations and museums, reading hier

Bernard Sumner pioneered the post-punk movement when he broke onto the scene as a founding member of Joy Division, and later as the front man of New Order. Heavily influencing U2 and The Cure while pa

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blueprints and Sweet Salt Air, a brand-new novel about a woman in hiding finding the courage to face the world again.Mackenzie Cooper took her eyes off th

Iris Johansen's third book in her latest explosive trilogy starring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan takes readers on a high-energy adventure with Eve fighting to overcome the odds. Protecting Cara Delane

In this utterly sweet and moving women's fiction novel, a celebrity comes to town and sweeps a young woman - who is used to being overlooked - off her feet.Sophie May is content with her life in her s

Hidden in the language of Shakespeare's best-loved comedy Much Ado About Nothingare several clues to an intriguing tale. It seems that the witty lovers Beatrice and Benedick had a previous love affair

In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Sp

Mary Robinette Kowal's Valour in Vanity is a Regency version of a heist movie with a healthy dose of magic sprinkled in.After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple o

There’s something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters—literally! Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the mo

From New York Times bestselling novelist Lindsey Davis comes an epic novel of first-century Rome and the Emperor Domitian, known to all of the Roman world as Master and God Set in the reign of the Emp

For the first time since Robert Massie’s classic Nicholas and Alexandra, comes a penetrating and deeply personal study of the lives of the last Russian Tsar and Tsarina that gives profound psychologi

An epic novel of the turbulent English Civil War seen through the lives of those that fought for peace and struggled for love Set against the terrible struggle of the English Civil War, Rebels and Tr

In this collection, Fred Chappell shows his mastery across a range of genres. Featuring folk fables in the Twain tradition, realistic stories of growing up in remote Appalachia, stories of family, ki

Having shared dangerous adventures on numerous worlds, fourteen-year-old Jack Morgan and poet/warrior Draycos take on their final challenge when the man who killed Jack's parents and destroyed the sco

Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Acclaimed author David Lubar is back with his sixth collection of Warped and Creepy Tales, which have sold more than 1.7 million copiesStranded aliens seek out Earth’s most

Dr. Jeanne Safer has dedicated much of her decades' long career in psychotherapy to exploring taboo subjects that we all think about in private but seldom discuss in public. From conflicted sibling re

“I run into Dave Hill all the time at the coffee shop in our neighborhood. He's always unshaven and badly hungover, with some 16-year-old groupie from Cleveland in tow—and he's just as funny then as h

A boy steals a ticket to an amusement park and gets the ride of a lifetime—literally. The first day of middle school turns into a free-for-all when the gym teacher offers a “get-out-of-gym-free” card.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world.They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the

Can you tell an iamb from a trochee? An anapest from an amphibrach? Why do children always take such delight in dactylic tetrameter? Is a ballad the same as a ballade? What is poetic rhythm? In this c

In Time and Time Again, international best-selling author Ben Elton, takes readers on a thrilling journey through early 20th-Century Europe.It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and c

In Berlin, Max Duncker and his brother, Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business, which owes its success to one woman: the Sibyl, or Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot,who is writing the

The Puzzle Lady embarks on another adventure?involving one classic movie?and featuring new puzzles by Will Shortz??When an elderly boarder at a Bakerhaven bed-and-breakfast drops dead during afternoon

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." The prophetic words of Galadriel, addressed to Frodo as he prepared to travel from Lothlorien to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, are jus

A much-anticipated latest installment in the popular series by the six-time Hugo Award-winning author of Leviathans of Jupiter finds Orion in Britain after the departure of the Romans, where he befrie

A moving account by Auma Obama about her life in Africa and Europe, and her relationship with her brother, Barack Obama. While her younger brother Barack grew up in the U.S. and Indonesia, Auma Obama’

Its Christmas season, a holiday Cadence adores. Her relationship with Patrick has been progressing nicely, and they are beginning to wonder if it might be time to bring their relationship to the next

When we think of vampires, instantly the image arises: fangs sunk deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, Ellen D

Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that it’s actually called the book flap. That sounded dirty, so I giggled for three hours. But it says in my c

The explosive true saga of the legendary figure, Daniel Boone, and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power.It is the mid-18th Century

In this captivating narrative, Chanel's Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century.The Cote d

From the noted authority on '70s baseball and pop culture comes this fun and funky chronicle of the decade's most eventful season.America, 1976: colorful, complex, and combustible, a place of Bicenten

At the time of his death in 1838, Seminole warrior Osceola was the most famous and respected Native American in the world. Born a Creek, young Osceola was driven from his home by General Andrew Jackso

Every year billions of dollars and countless resources are poured into employee training programs. Yet year after year the bottom-line impacts of these initiatives go largely unmeasured. As a result,