The basis of Martin Scorcese's acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city's dark past.Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and...
"The best book I read this decade." -Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone"Boy Swallows Universe hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak.... Eli's remarkably...
STRICTLY PRIVATE. KEEP OUT ON PAIN OF DEATH. I'm Tracy Beaker - have you heard of me? I'm stuck in The Dumping Ground just at the moment, but I'm sure my Mum will come and get me soon....
Perhaps only someone who has worked for almost a decade as a medic in New York City's Hell's Kitchen--as Joe Connelly has--could write a novel as riveting and fiercely authentic as Bringing...
Featuring the stories and artwork by }Spawn{ creator Todd McFarlane that laid the groundwork for the most successful independent comic book ever published.
From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in...
The new edition of The Photography Handbook builds on previous editions' illuminating overview of the history, theory and practice of the creation and consumption of photographic images, and...
The Arnolfini portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. This haunting gem of medieval art, a subtle and beautiful portrait of a wealthy Bruges...
This book tells the story of NATO's secret anti-communist stay-behind armies that had been set up aby the CIA and MI6 after World War II in all countries of Western Europe and in some countries...
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Thousandth FloorNew York, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marv
Colloquial Cambodian is easy to use and completely accomplishable. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written...
Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece aby Caravaggio in #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva's latest action-packed tale of high stakes...
An American granddaughter embarks on a journey back through her family's Armenian history, uncovering a story of love, loss--and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the last thirty years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent diet. While some...
A sex therapist and neuroscientist describes anhedonia, the inability to feel a satisfactory amount of pleasure--and provides the pathway back to fully enjoying sex, food, time with family and...
When the market is flooded with competition, and the authorities are always on your tail, what's an all-American super villain to do? Go to Spain, of course Johnny Bolt convinces his villainous...
The richest book yet in the phenomenal PostSecret series: Frank Warren showcases the project s most profound and stunning postcards, revealing secrets that have haunted their creators for a lifetime.