"I have been a character in academic fiction at least twice," Elaine Showalter writes, "once a voluptuous, promiscuous, drug-addicted bohemian, once a prudish, dumpy, judgmental frump. I hope I am not
Growing up in an African American working-class family in the Midwest, Jon Jeter watched the jobs undergirding a community disappear. As a journalist for the Washington Post (twice a Pulitzer Pri
The spirited Oakland neighborhood of Rockridge has been spotlighted in the national media twice in recent years. Hard-hit by a disastrous fire and named a top livable neighborhood by a nationalmagazin
A new kaleidoscopic itinerary of poems by Albert Goldbarth, twice winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe glass eye = a prosthetic eye.And a telescope lens?—the dream lifeof the glass eye
Sixteen-year-old Shannon McNamara plans to get three things this summer--a driver's license, a job, and a tattoo--until a move to rural Ohio and a handsome Amish boy make her think twice.
An airplane crashes, killing eighty-seven passengers. A cancer patient receives a fatal dose of radiation from a machine designed to be foolproof. The ATMs at a New York bank debit customers twice the
A sharp, funny book about comedy screenwriting from a successful screenwriter that uses recent – as inthis century – movies you've actually seen as examples. Greg DePaul (Screenwriter, Bride Wars, Sav
A sharp, funny book about comedy screenwriting from a successful screenwriter that uses recent – as inthis century – movies you've actually seen as examples. Greg DePaul (Screenwriter, Bride Wars, Sav
A gorgeous Tuscan villa harboring a terrible secret houses this harrowing adventure of ancient mystery and modern intrigue. Archaeologist Richard Keyes and his resourceful young bride Barbara are expe
Bertrice Small’s breathless Border Chronicles continue as a mysterious nobleman and his bartered bride untangle a plot of illicit seduction and dangerous betrayal?. Called the handsomest man in th
A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform? A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother? A Hollywood hopeful anticip
A chilling new mystery from France?s #1 bestselling writer Twice awarded the International Dagger by the Crime Writers? Association, Fred Vargas has earned a reputation in Europe as a mystery author o
A biography of the twice-jailed "champion of the people," shameless grafter, and New Deal pioneer describes how Curley helped transform U.S. governance from a politics of deference to a politics of se
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Susanna Haswell Rowson, a popular and prolific writer, actress, and educator in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, had a truly transatlantic life and career, moving twice from England
A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018 In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Max Ritvo, a student in her playwriting class at Yale University, wa
"It’s a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime.”—Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author o
Shot twice. Plummeted into cardiac arrest. Pulled from the depths of a nasty coma. Attorney Matthew Hope’s had a rough few months. So when a slightly cross-eyed beauty brings him a cushy copyright inf
Joyce is eighteen, a freshman at a fashionable school for girls; suddenly all that matters to her is a woman twice her age. This beautifully written pulp novel from 1957 is widely considered a histori
“Superb . . . his best book!”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch He is a damned good cop—a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle. She is his partner—twice divorce
Three women on the run take refuge in a roadside nightclub and come face-to-face with a lion. One's a runaway bride and kleptomaniac, one's a recovering alcoholic, and one's a housewife who's been mad
The Earl in My Bed, a Valentine novella from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan, is a lively, sexy historical romance that bridges Lessons from a Scandalous Bride and the final installmen
A woman with a dream of romance-and some sparkling summer magic. Incurably romantic dressmaker Sophie Bennet finds her attention divided between the handsome single father of a young bride-to-be, and
From Shana Abe, author of The Truelove Bride and A Kiss at Midnight, comes this exquisitely emotional, beautifully written novel about two warring clans on a Scottish isle united by a fragile pact...
When Lisa St. Claire, the beautiful young bride of a Boston police detective, vanishes mysteriously, Spense joins the search for the missing woman, following a perilous trail that leads him to a socio
A charming, gorgeously illustrated botanical encyclopedia for your favorite romantic, local witch, bride-to-be, or green-thumbed friend.Floriography is a full-color guide to the historical uses and se
Three one-act plays from acclaimed Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch. A chilling psychological thriller,Little One follows adopted siblings and their neighbors, a man and his mail-order bride. InO
When a young investment banker dies under suspicious circumstances, FBI agent John O'Hara pursues a suspicion that the victim's beautiful decorator bride is responsible, but as the evidence mounts, he
Nicholas Haddonfield has something to hide... After a wild youth, Nicholas Haddonfield, Viscount Reston, has promised his ailing father he'll finally take a bride, though doing so will force Ni
Jennifer McQuiston’s debut historical romance, What Happens in Scotland, is a lively, romantic adventure about a wedding that neither the bride or the groom remembers.View the book trailer here: http:
Weaving a spellbinding paranormal tale, Tracy Fobes seals her reputation as an innovative star of distinctive and intriguing romantic novels to treasure. My Enchanted Enemy Posing as a gypsy bride,
Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Now Anthony's mother wants him back a
A lone traveler battles a ghost in a haunted house. A werewolf's bride is on the hunt to feed her husband dinner. A vampire waits outside a girl's window for the perfect moment to pounce. This collect
Welcome to a world ruled by dragons, for fans of The Ancient Magus’ Bride!In a fantastical future ruled by dragonewts, human dominance is a thing of the past. Despite humanity's extinction, Nid, a you
Welcome to a world ruled by dragons, for fans of The Ancient Magus’ Bride!In a fantastical future ruled by dragonewts, human dominance is a thing of the past. Despite humanity's extinction, Nid, a you
“A lovingly detailed portrait of Egypt during the Great War. The result is a bit like a police procedural reimagined by Douglas Adams” Kirkus Reviews on The Bride BoxAtbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man is
Molly: A beautiful bride-to-be, fell hopelessly in love with another man. A man she could never marry....Carey: A world-class horseman and film director, lived a glittering jet-set life that Molly
‘Verbeke has written a bold, busy, textured novel. Read it once and you may well read it twice.’—The Irish TimesWith a sharp and observational eye, Annelies Verbeke takes a funny, imaginative and perc
A whole new generation will be climbing aboard this sunny, psychedelic storybook, while nostalgic Beatles fans of all ages will be clamoring for a ticket to ride.Once upon a time (or maybe twice), som
Once upon a time (or maybe twice), some 80,000 leagues beneath the sea, there lies a colourful land of music and laughter called Pepperland - a place where Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is
