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by Heather Barbieri
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009

"Charmingly wry yet evocative, with details and descriptions both telling and vivid.” —Boston Globe “This hopeful, comforting novel is a testament to the power of taking chances and starting fresh and a reminder that life can bring joy after sorrow." — Miami Herald From...

Mondo Desperado

A Serial Novel

by Patrick McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010

Patrick McCabe has long been recognized as a writer of rare talent and unique voice, whose vision of the world is so distinctive that "McCabesque" has become an adjective with multiple meanings, including "exquisitely, beautifully, mad in the head!" He was a Booker Prize...
by Sarah Hall
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

In this stunning novel, Sarah Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils...

State of Wonder

A Novel

by Ann Patchett
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011

“Expect miracleswhen you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”—New YorkTimes Book Review Award-winning, New York Times bestsellingauthor Ann Patchett returns with a provocative andassured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazonrainforest. Infusing the narrative...
by Scott Heim
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009

At the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five–hour period of time. During the following years he slowly recalls details from that night, but these fragments are not enough...
by Joyce Carol Oates
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009

In Salthill-on-Hudson, a half-hour train ride from Manhattan, everyone is rich, beautiful, and -- though they look much younger -- middle-aged. But when Adam Berendt, a charismatic, mysterious sculptor, dies suddenly in a brash act of heroism, shock waves rock the town. But who was Adam Berendt? Was he in fact a hero, or someone more flawed and human?
by Joanna Hickson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

‘A great tale… the golden thread that led to the crown of England’ Conn Iggulden Jasper Tudor, son of Queen Catherine and her second husband, Owen Tudor, has grown up far from the intrigue of the royal court. But after he and his brother Edmund are summoned to London, their half-brother, King...

Twenty-five Books That Shaped America

How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity

by Thomas C Foster
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011

Thomas C. Foster, acclaimed author of the phenomenal bestseller How to Read Literature Like a Professor, returns with a hugely entertaining appreciation of twenty-five works of literature that have greatly influenced the American identity. In a delightfully informative, often wry manner, Twenty-Five...

Everything Is Wrong with Me

A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong

by Jason Mulgrew
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010

“People who grow up like this tend to become agoraphobics, serial killers, or really funny writers. Mulgrew, I think – hope? – is the last of these three things. His stories of childhood made me laugh out loud.” — Rob McElhenney, star, creator, and producer of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “The...

Teaching a Stone to Talk

Expeditions and Encounters

by Annie Dillard
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.

The Heroine's Bookshelf

Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Erin Blakemore
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010

A testament to inspirational women throughout literature, Erin Blakemore’s exploration of classic heroines and their equally admirable authors shows today’s women how to best tap into their inner strengths and live life with intelligence, grace, vitality and aplomb. This collection of unforgettable...

Tell My Horse

Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

by Zora Neale Hurston
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

As a first-hand account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo, Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during...

High Tide in Tucson

Essays from Now or Never

by Barbara Kingsolver
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009

"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain...

In Rough Country

Essays and Reviews

by Joyce Carol Oates
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010

“A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America’s premier authors.” —Kirkus Reviews   In Rough Country is a sterling collection of essays, reviews, and criticism from Joyce Carol Oates that focuses on a wide array of books and writers—from Poe to...
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