NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully...
An intense high-stakes story about five friends and the deadly secret that could send their lives up in flames, perfect for fans of Karen McManus and E. Lockhart.In Gap Mountain, California,...
"It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."--The New York Times Book ReviewIntroduction by David Handler It wasn't Leonard Dykes's writing...
From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels poets, novelists, philosophers who, through their epic quarrels,...
From the New York Times bestselling author of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a tale of two sisters one as beautiful as the other is monstrous who must fight to save each other when a betrothal contest...
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fifth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire struggle to reunite and face the Napoleonic army on...
From grape to glass, this highly readable, charmingly illustrated guide will teach you everything you need to know to enjoy wine. "How to Drink Wine demystifies this topic, taking out the BS...
The chef and co-owner of New York's acclaimed Gramercy Tavern presents not just recipes, but rather the skills and confidence to improvise in the kitchen, the surest path to creating true...
Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America?In looking at the forces that brought our current administration to power one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is...
A mind-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics that offers proof of how our brains and bodies are transformed when we participate in the arts and aesthetic experiences, and how this...
Providing unique, accessible lessons on engineering, this title in the bestselling 101 Things I Learned(R) series is a perfect resource for students, recent graduates, general readers, and even...
In his follow-up to the award-winning "Think Like a Chef," Colicchio takes readers behind the scenes at Craft, his James Beard Award-winning restaurant, a place famous for its intriguing a...
Tim Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against Communism, finds his first love affair with a handsome State Department official. As Joe McCarthy...
Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them,...
Along with olive legends, lore, and fascinating history, Firenze shares the myriad practical uses of olive oil--as everything from a food to a health and beauty aid to a household cleaning and...
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken aby a sitting...
"Sugars that heal" it sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it's the key to one of the most important breakthroughs in recent medical science. We've all been bombarded with...
The basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America. When Ludwig van Beethoven...
In 1855, an unknown but wildly ambitious young poet self-published the first edition of Leaves of Grass, consisting of twelve untitled poems and an explanatory preface. Walt Whitman spent the rest...
Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and...
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSICWho are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which...
"The first cookbook to present authentic versions of beloved Mexican sweets plus a creative selection of new recipes rooted in traditional flavors and ingredients"--Provided by publisher.
Henry Ford, a major architect of modern America, has lived on in the imagination of his fellow citizens as an enduring figure of fascination, an inimitable individual, a controversial personality,...