When America needed a hero, John Paul Jones stood up. During the War of Independence, at the battle of Flamborough Head in 1779, commanding a converted East Indiaman, he tackled a ...
She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as sh...
From the pages of Saveur magazine, one of the world's premier food publications, comes a celebration of the enormous range of regional American and international dishes that have s...
From Publishers WeeklyClearly authored for those who prefer knowing how the sausage is made, Wise (_American Charcuterie_) writes with the gentility of a woman who owned and operat...
FromThings come undone with shocking rapidity when a flu pandemic ravages America. Cole, the son of liberal atheists and a smart, self-contained boy who loves to draw and counts ex...
SUMMARY: This collection of marvelously off-kilter short stories – the American debut of acclaimed Japanese writer Yasutaka Tsutsui – portrays the consequences of a world where the...
Amazon.com ReviewTyler makes things look so easy that she never gets enough credit, yet she portrays everyday Americans with such humor, grace and, ultimately, emotional force that...
Product DescriptionFor fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris...picture this: a landscape of American genocide...5 D A Y S A G O...A rash of bizarre murders swept the...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in...
SUMMARY:One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and c...