A rehearsal dinner brings together two disparate families in
this sparkling, witty novel
“This vital novel offers delicious echoes of Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster, and a touch of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—but its magic is unique.
“This vital novel offers delicious echoes of Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster, and a touch of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—but its magic is unique.
"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read." --Chris Anderson,
owner and curator of TED
A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.
A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond.
New York Times Bestseller
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours of interviews, and two decades of experience advising CEOs and executive boards, Elena L.
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours of interviews, and two decades of experience advising CEOs and executive boards, Elena L.
A journey around the United States in search of the truth about
the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries,
unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that
will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road
trip full of surprises.
Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist for the National Book Award
The Nation's "Most Valuable Book"
“[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right.”—The Atlantic
“This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist for the National Book Award
The Nation's "Most Valuable Book"
“[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right.”—The Atlantic
“This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains.
Sapphira Dodderidge, a Virginia lady of the 19th century, marries beneath her and becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful slave. One of Cather's later works.
When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was
going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the
attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to
the New York Yankees in 1992. Named Rookie of the Year, he helped
the Yankees win the World Series five times, and became team
captain in 2003.
The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund
travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit
their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years,
6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged,
brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique
moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of
these women.
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year. The Guardian, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail
A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Bringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy points toward the ultimate endurance of community, and love.
A Washington Post Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year. The Guardian, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail
A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Bringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy points toward the ultimate endurance of community, and love.
“They called her Water Claire.”
When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen.
Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.
When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen.
Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.
Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir. the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything.
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir. the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything.
What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your
cell phone have in common. The answer is spread-spectrum radio. a
revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of
communications signals among a spread of different
frequencies.
