In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author
James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and
the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s
most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and
reshaping of earth’s lands and seas to a ridiculous
armadillo’s assault on a bit of Texas real estate that paid
off handsomely.
In this sweeping novel inspired by the Iran-Contra affair, master
storyteller James A. Michener conjures the triumphs and tragedies
of one family and their dynamic role in the history of the United
States and its founding document. Over a tense weekend of
reflection, Major Norman Starr of the National Security Council
prepares to appear before a congressional committee to publicly
account for his covert actions.
Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic--almost mythic--story of
a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern
desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the
Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of
red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and
Indian in custom and belief.
From Sweden’s internationally best-selling crime novelist, the author of Easy Money, comes the riveting second installment of the Stockholm Noir Trilogy. With his trademark live-wire staccato prose and raw energy, Jens Lapidus returns to the streets of Stockholm with an electrifying tale of seedy police officers and vicious underworld criminals.
From the celebrated twenty-nine-year-old author of the
everywhere-heralded short-story collection St. Lucy’s Home
for Girls Raised by Wolves (“How I wish these were my own
words, instead of the breakneck demon writer Karen Russell’s
.
It started as an ordinary school field trip. The bus pulled up; the
kids got off. Their teacher told them where to explore and what to
look out for. But when Code Lightfall spots what appears to be a
tiny metallic bee, his world will never be the same again .
PETER IS THRILLED to leave New York City to accompany his parents
on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has
visions of things that should be too far away for him to see.
Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice.
Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice.
John Perkins has seen the signs of today's economic meltdown
before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry
collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small
businesses across the landscape are all too familiar symptoms of a
far greater disease.
Just as the Nazis are rising to power, Helmuth Hübener, a
German schoolboy, is caught up in all the swashbuckling bravado of
his time. The handsome stormtrooper uniforms, the shiny jackboots
and armbands, the rousing patriotism all serve to draw him into
this bright new world full of promise and hope.
A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the
operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889
Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of
scientific process to track a daring killer
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman.
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman.
Nearly five million men and women have served the United States as
police officers. Only one has been executed for murder.
They called it Satan’s Circus–a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway.
They called it Satan’s Circus–a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway.
When Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body in an evening suit washed up
on the shore, they are certain it has to do with smuggling liquor.
It is spring 1929, Prohibition is in full swing, and many in their
community are involved.
Soon the boys, along with Jeddy’s strong-willed sister, Marina, are drawn in, suspected by rival bootlegging gangs of taking something crucial off the dead man.
Soon the boys, along with Jeddy’s strong-willed sister, Marina, are drawn in, suspected by rival bootlegging gangs of taking something crucial off the dead man.
