In this extraordinary true story, the haunting of a Long Island household forces a respected writer and editor to reevaluate the mysteries of life and death as he struggles with th...
SUMMARY: A stroke of the pen and history is changed. In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war at any cost, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part...
FromAcclaimed cookbook author Harris (The Africa Cookbook, 1998) tells the story of the African diaspora through food, from the foodstuff brought along with African slaves to barel...
SUMMARY: He was clinically dead after the accident--but was miraculously revived. Now Hatch Harrison and his wife approach each day with a new appreciation for life. But something ...
From BooklistHetty Green (1835-1916) was the only woman to make her mark in the financial markets during the Guilded Age of the late 1800s. She parlayed an inheritance of $500,000 ...
From Publishers WeeklyThis new volume of autobiographical writings (never before translated into English) by Calvino, whose short stories and novels gave him international acclaim ...
Product DescriptionCaptain Shane Schofi eld and his elite team of marines is about to discover . . .There is no hell like a man-made one.It is an island that does...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In her debut novel, Frank (A Brief History of Camouflage) presents a slightly fantastic tale of WWII, concerning an underground German bunker ...
Product DescriptionYou know you're hard up when you have to buy a date... But Annie Davis's big family reunion is looming, and she needs a stand-in man fast or she'll never hear th...