The eighteenth-century picaresque masterpiece- now in a new editionA triumph of English satire, Humphry Clinker was published just three months prior to its author's death in 1771....
From BooklistNew York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers throu...
From School Library JournalGrade 6–10—In New Avalon, most everyone has a personal fairy. Charlie, 14, has a parking fairy; if she is in a car, a perfect parking spot is found on th...
According to The New York Times, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive.” But he isn’t easy to read . . . or at least he wasn’t until these books came alon...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The hardcover publication of *How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone* launched Stanisic as an exciting and important new voice in literary fiction and earned exub...
A new edition covering the latest scientific research on how the brain makes us believers or skepticsRecent polls report that 96 percent of Americans believe in God, and 73 percent...
SUMMARY: From the writer whose first novel,Bright Lights, Big City, defined a generation, a collection of twenty-six stories, new and old, that trace the arc of his career for near...
From Publishers WeeklyOver the past decade or so, numerous studies have suggested that prayer and meditation can enhance physical health and healing from illness. In this stimulati...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The astonishing new novel from #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Jodi Picoult about a family torn apart by an accusation of murder.** *They tell me I'm luc...
This cloth-bound special edition of Danielle Steel’s Hotel Vendôme is enhanced with gold leaf, comes with a special slip case, and is signed by the author. Danielle Steel’s dazzlin...