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“Reading How Literature Saved My Life is like getting to listen in on a really great, smart, provocative conversation. The book is not straightforward, it...

From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" (The New York Times)--a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an ...

A Collection Of Essays Offers A Humorous Look At The Ups And Downs Of Being A Woman Of A Certain Age, Discussing The Tribulations Of Maintenance And Trying ...

Mia Alvar's ... Debut Gives Us A Vivid ... Picture Of The Filipino Diaspora: Exiles And Emigrants And Wanderers Uprooting Their Families To Begin New Lives ...

Here Are Fifty Favorite Recipes Created By Rosie Daley, Oprah's Cook - Dishes That Oprah Loves Because They Have Helped Her Lose Weight And Feel Good. The R...

The ... Author Of Hourglass Now Gives Us A New Memoir About Identity, Paternity, And Family Secrets--a Real-time Exploration Of The ... Discovery She Made L...

national Bestseller New York Times Notable Book chicago Tribune, christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post And los Angeles Times Best Book Of The Ye...

"seductive Magic...spellbinding...rice Stages Her Scenes In A Wide Variety Of Times And Locales, Tapping Deeply Into The Richest Veins Of Mythology And Hi...

Expanded And Updated For Graduates Just Entering The Workforce, A Latest Edition Of A Best-selling Guide To Finding And Getting The Most Out Of A First Job ...

Twelve Early Pieces Never Before Collected Offer An Illuminating Glimpse Intothe Mind And Process Of The Bestselling Author.Categories: Literature & Fic...

Richard Fortey. A Borzoi Book--t.p. Verso. Originally Published In Great Britain As Life : An Unauthorized Biography By Harpercollins Publishers, London, In...

From The New York Times Best-selling Author Of Reconstructing Amelia, A Gripping, Moving Novel About A Daughter Racing To Uncover The Truth About Her Mother...

Douglas Is Born Into Wealth, Privilege, And Comfort. His Father A Superstar, His Mother A Beautiful Socialite, His Grandfather A Legend. But By The Age Of 3...

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. Originally Published In Great Britain By Jonathan Cape, London--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [739]-790) And...

Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Katharine Hepburn is an American classic. Now Miss Hepburn break...

Gabriel García Márquez ; Translated From The Spanish By Edith Grossman. Translation Of: Memoria De Mis Putas Tristes. Originally Published: Spain ; Barcel...

Designed to help parents avoid the miseducation of young children. Dr. Elkind shows us the very real difference between the mind of a pre-school child and t...

Chronicles the life of the man whose accomplishments included his appointment as one of the three Supreme Allied Commanders of World War II, terms as last V...

An Instant American Icon--the First Hispanic On The U.s. Supreme Court--tells The Story Of Her Life Before Becoming A Judge In An Inspiring, Surprisingly Pe...

President Bill Clinton’s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political ...

I: La Belle France -- Le Cordon Bleu -- Three Hearty Eaters -- Bouillabaisse À La Marseillaise -- Ii: French Recipes For American Cooks -- Mastering The A...

Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraord...

An American painting dynasty is portrayed in this biography of N.C. Wyeth. His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children...

Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida belongs in the home of every Florida reside...

Tree peepers everywhere will enjoy these two guides which explore the incredible environment of our country's forests-including seasonal features, habitat,...

more Than Twenty-five Years After The Appearance Of His First selected Poems, We At Last Have A Magnificent New Gathering Of Mark Strand’s Work, One That ...

Thirteen Transfixing New Stories From One Of The Most Innovative Writers Of His Generation And One Of The Most Vital And Original Voices Of Our Time--for Fa...

Presents An Exploration Of Child Genius Through The Stories Of Fifteen Exceptionally Gifted Young People, From Cybernetics Founder Norbert Wiener And Chess ...

After The Sudden Death Of Her Husband, Sheryl Sandberg Felt Certain That She And Her Children Would Never Feel Pure Joy Again. I Was In 'the Void, She Write...

Hardcover in a Slipcase. Novel of Outrage and mystery in a small Oklahoma town. Nobel Prize-winning author.Categories: Literature & Fiction World Litera...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIt is December 6, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered...

The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world—-and back in the nineteenth century, a great man held that office. William Lee...

From Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat, an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopian visio...

Is The Universe Actually A Giant Quantum Computer? According To Seth Lloyd--professor Of Quantum-mechanical Engineering At Mit And Originator Of The First T...

One of America's most purchased and beloved books. An excellent gift for people of any age, full of wisdom and simple poetry, addressing twenty seven topics...

Essays Examine Rock Performers And Bands Including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Chicago, The Clash, James Taylor, And Iggy Pop. By Lester Bangs ; Edited By Greil ...

From Ethan Hawke, four-time Academy Award nominee—twice for writing and twice for acting—an unforgettable fable about a father's journey and a timeless ...

Ruth smiles, but beneath the surface nurses a hatred as powerful as the sea, and as sharp as the coldest of blades. The object of Ruth's malevolence is her ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imagination...

In This Revolutionary Book, Dr. Andrew Weil, One Of The Most Authoritative, Articulate, And Important Voices In The Field Of Health And Healing, Makes Clear...

Arguing that fundamentalism is complex and innovative, and yet a failure in religious terms, Armstrong, a commentator and author on religious affairs, exam...

Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic ...

[a] Novel Of Family, Fame, And Religion That Tells The Emotionally Stirring, Wildly Captivating Story Of The Seventeen-year-old Daughter Of An Evangelical P...

Michael Goldhaber, writing in Wired, said, "If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won't get noticed an...

A provocative, intellectually vibrant, eloquently written look at recent advances in the war on cancer that will challenge everything you thought you knew ...

Dark Continent Is A Searching History Of Europe's Most Brutal Century. Stripping Away The Comforting Myths And Illusions That We Have Grown Up With Since Th...

a Magisterial Work Of Narrative History, Hailed In Britain As “the Best One-volume Account Of The British Empire” And “an Outstanding Book” (the Times Lit...

In This Propulsive Medical Thriller--from The Pulitzer Prize Winner And Best-selling Author--dr. Henry Parsons, An Unlikely But Appealing Hero, Races To Fin...