The Crown Crime CompanionThe Top 100 Mystery Novels Of All TimeSelected by theMystery Writers Of AmericaAnnotated by 0tto Penzler and Compiled by Mickey FriedmanFor The Crown Crime Companion, the Myst
This collection of fifteen articles and talks by Tulku Thondup constitutes a manual on how to transmute the situations encountered in daily life, whether external or internal, into spiritual disciplin
Twenty or more stories are selected by William Abrahams each year from a broad range of American magazines both large and small, offering the reader the full sweep and variety of today's fiction. Also
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Make every Trip an Adventure with Penny Whistle They say getting there is half the fun, but all too often the stress of being away from home and the frustration of being confined in a car, plane, tra
Looks at famous business blunders, including the new Coke and Ed Rollins' election claims, suggests common causes for such mistakes, and suggests ways to avoid them
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Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, Marion Winik has captivated thousands of listeners on NPR's All Things C
An exploration of fidelity and identity, Lopate’s novel follows the lives of three young New Yorkers caught in a tangled love triangle. Eric, returning to the Big Apple after years on the west coast,
For years universities have been restive sounding boards for those who talk of revolution, of a new system, of freedom for every man. This chilling tale begins with a university, and a student riot
"The nightmare was one from which I could not waken. I was caught upon a chessboard, a helpless pawn in a game of life and death, and the green rook was hunting me. That tall rook of green-black yew w
In 1973, less than a hundred years after Henry James’s Daisy Miller compared the innocence of Americans with the decadence of Europeans, Jim and Artie Mitchell arrived at the Cannes Film Festival for
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American Jihad is the only popular book??available about the religious experience of Muslims,??both black and white, in America. With over one??billion faithful worldwide, and over six rnillion in??th
"Anyone interested in baseball can not fail??to be captivated by Boswell's penetrating look at??the game, and by his graceful??prose."--USA Today Thomas??Boswell, longtime Washington Post??syndicated
This is the passionate story of a true epistolatory love affair between a Victorian lady and a German prince. In the early 1830s, an unhappily married Englishwoman falls in love with a man she has nev
She was in a stranger's bed, hating him . . . and wanting him. Each time Jeanette thought of the Frenchman, she tingled with reluctant delight. He was a mercenary with no morals, no ethics --- a man o
According to ancient Black Forest legend, on the Night of the Seventh Moon, Loke, the God of Mischief, is at large in the world. It is a night for festivity and joyful celebration. It is a night for s
"Everything in this book happened. These are real nurses and real patients. . . ."And the true stories that nurse Carolyn Fink gathers here are the real stuff of life, as lived by some unforgettable h
Three Chinese armies swarmed across the trace, with T-59s providing covering fire. The Chinese armor,T-60 tanks 85mm guns and 90,000 PLA regulars rush in. Through the downpour the American A-10 Thurnd
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Are you one of the millions of people searching for natural ways to improve yourself and eliminate bad habits? Hypnosis is a highly effective tool for behavior modification-and this practical and insp
In a world that thrives on aggression and physical force, male violence has become an all-too-frequent response to the frustrations and anxieties that fill men's lives. As a result, the lives of women
TILL DEATH DO THEM PART . . .Doran Fairweather and her husband, ex-vicar Rodney Chelmarsh, are both secretly relieved when she decides to sublet a friend's London apartment for a while. Maybe the sepa
"It seems you have acquired about you a field that affects the links between multiple parallel worlds, causing objects and individuals from these worlds to slip into yours . . . or you to sli
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"A professional memoir of a gifted, good-humored and gracious man...The book has the feel of good conversation on a long trip."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWJohn Charles Kuralt on the journey of his l
The shipwrecked, vacationing passengers of the ill-fated freighter,?Morris,?are picked up by the?H.M.S. Pandora?and sail into a cruise of metaphysical terror, madness, and death.
New York Times bestselling author returns with a powerful novel about marriage, friendship, betrayal and good intentions.Lynn Schuster didn’t expect the phone call from Marc Cameron, the other woman’s
The Scientists and Theologians who play parts in Soul: God, Self and the New Cosmology:‧Stephen Hawking‧Matthew Fox‧Ilya Prigogine‧Paul Davies‧John Polkinghorne‧David Griffin‧John Rodwell‧David Schram
For this history, Dos Passos returns to the American colonial period and early nationhood, exploring the personalities who won the nation’s independence from England: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
This selective history of Portugal reflects the author’s fascination with his own Portuguese/Madeiran heritage. The work tracks the nation’s rise and fall as a world power, drawing from the author’s t
With his cash flow down to a slow drip, times are tight for Nashville gumshoe Harry James Denton. Things are tough all over Music City, U.S.A. And in some instances, they're murder, as Harry finds out
"FASCINATING . . . The dialogue is, as always, elegant and polished."--Los Angeles TimesWhile guest-teaching a semester at Schuyler Law School, Kate Fansler gets to know an extraordinary secretary nam
"Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street JournalIn this extraordinary work of insight and interviews, bestselling author Gay Talese shares with us the lives of those we don't kn
Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cl
