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In this thrilling story of crime and corruption, three detectives keep their identities secret, and NYPD's Det. Helene Grey is on a mission to unmask them--no matter who gets killed...

Hornblower gets his first independent command in this installment of C. S. Forester's beloved series, "the most popular modern saga of the days when ships were wood and men were...

Horatio Hornblower, only seventeen years old, gets his sea legs in this "absolutely compelling" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) first installment of C. S. Forester's classic naval adventure series. The...

Private Jack Morgan investigates the disappearance of the biggest superstar couple in Hollywood. Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the...

Even before the days of Camelot, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was a difficult act to follow - and no one felt this more than her charming, pretty, younger sister. As...

Over 10 million copies sold! Fierce teen Maximum Ride takes flight to discover the truth about the mysterious genetic experiments that gave her and her friends wings, in the high-octane...

R. W. Apple Jr. was celebrated for his political writing at "The New York Times" as a correspondent and bureau chief. But whenever possible - especially on assignment - he...

This book's philosophy is simple - anyone can make great food that is naturally gluten-free. While there are gluten-free products out there that try to substitute for glutenised food, "Simply...Gluten-Free...

Soon to be adapted into a major motion picture! The final book in the #1 New York Times - and USA Today -Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. As...

Soon to be adapted into a major motion picture! The third book in the #1 New York Times - and USA Today -Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer! The...

Soon to be adapted into major motion picture! The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by the "Queen of fairytale retellings," Marissa...

"It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast "60 Minutes." Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room." Good luck,...

When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts...

The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.

Winner of the Edgar(R) Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Set against the Taiwanese criminal underworld, The Foreigner is Francie Lin's audacious debut novel. A noirish tale...

This work describes how corporate powers have erected a rapacious system of intellectual property rights to confiscate the benefits of creativity in science and culture. This legal system threatens to...

Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for...

This long-awaited biography provides a fascinating and comprehensive picture of Garcia Marquez's life up to the publication of his classic 100 Years of Solitude. Based on nearly a decade of...

Have you ever heard Scripture s truths but wondered where to find those truths in the Scriptures? Or have you ever wondered where to find evidence for belief in God...

In Courage to Soar , the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her...

A one-stop resource for cakes--birthday, chocolate, coffee, Bundt, upside-down, loaf, and more. From pound cake and angel food (with many variations) to genoise and streusel-topped, from comfort classics like red...

Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between...

A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow...

Who is the Holy Spirit, and exactly what does He do? Many people find the Holy Spirit mysterious, confounding--even controversial. Why is the third person in the Godhead--the one Jesus...

The perfect cupcake for every occasion. Swirled and sprinkled, dipped and glazed, or otherwise fancifully decorated, cupcakes are the treats that make everyone smile. They are the star attraction for...

" Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama-love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book."- Los Angeles Times Book Review...

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies : These eight stories take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they...

These fascinating, never-before-published early diaries of Count Harry Kessler--patron, museum director, publisher, cultural critic, soldier, secret agent, and diplomat--present a sweeping panorama of the arts and politics of Belle epoque...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In "one of Morrison's most haunting works" ( The New York Times ), the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But...

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken...

War stories that read like fiction - ideal for the popular market. Highlights famous resourcefulness in the most austere circumstances. Includes British, Allied, German and Japanese escapes Great reading for...

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life "Makoto Fujimura's art and writings have been a true inspiration to me. In this luminous...

A lively intellectual history that explores how prominent midcentury public intellectuals approached Zionism and then the State of Israel itself and its conflicts with the Arab world In this lively...

An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving-or even discussing-divisive issues Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for...

A passionate exploration of language, censorship, and exile by the celebrated Romanian writer Norman Manea "Manea demonstrates that he is an indispensable analyst of what it means to be a...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a clear-eyed exploration of the career of Leon Trotsky, the tragic hero who "dreamed of justice and then wreaked havoc," by a leading expert...

In 1675, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, an unlearned haberdasher from Delft, placed a drop of rainwater under his microscope and detected thousands of tiny animals in it. Leeuwenhoek proceeded to examine...

Pope John Paul II declared the year 2000 a Jubilee year. This book looks at the first holy year in 1300, and the route of a prospective pilgrim, guiding the...

Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children's Czar by the new government. He sells his flat and moves up north to take up the position. However before his first salary...

It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard...

Philip Thiel believes that environmental design and research should be based on the eye-level experience of the users in the course of their movement through the environment. He also argues...