A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship
among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings,
and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and
profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.
Originally published in 1986 in the Vintage Contemporaries
paperback series—and reissued now in hardcover alongside his
masterful new novel, Empire Falls—Richard
Russo’s Mohawk remains today as it was described then.
A first novel with all the assurance of a mature writer at the peak
of form and ambition, Mohawk is set in upstate New York and
chronicles over a dozen lives in a leather town, long after the
tanneries have started closing down.
Mindfulness--the quality of attention that combines full awareness
with acceptance of each moment, just as it is--is gaining broad
acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to
treatment. This little book is a very appealing introduction to
mindfulness meditation for children and their parents.
An NPR Best Book of 2017
Heiress to the nearly forty-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the fourteenth wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade.
Heiress to the nearly forty-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the fourteenth wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade.
Following the best-selling Everybody's Fool, a new
collection of short fiction that demonstrates that Richard
Russo--winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls--is
also a master of this genre.
Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels.
Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels.
From the author of Crossed Over, another masterful
account of a horrible crime. the murder of four girls, countless
other ruined lives, and the evolving complications of the justice
system that frustrated the massive attempts--for twenty-five years
now--to find and punish those who committed it.
Do you want to stop thinking negatively. Are you looking for
greater happiness and more confidence.
Optimism is an attitude that sets us up for life success by helping us focus on what works and how we contribute to what works. Optimistic people have more fun, are healthier and achieve more of their potential.
Optimism is an attitude that sets us up for life success by helping us focus on what works and how we contribute to what works. Optimistic people have more fun, are healthier and achieve more of their potential.
An unforgettable and unpredictable debut novel of guilt,
punishment, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive
Noa P. Singleton never spoke a
word in her own defense throughout a brief trial that ended with a
jury finding her guilty of first-degree murder.
Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she
did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother,
she wrote a novel based on a very real, generation-old love story
that ended in tragedy. On the other side of town, Emily is about to
set fire to her life.
A remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai
Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last
Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer.
"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife.
"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife.
