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Rosshalde "is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society. Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union. Veraguth's love for his young son and his fear of drifting rootlessly keep him bound within the walls of his opulent estate, Rosshalde. Yet, when ...

Paul Auster's Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure is a fascinating and often funny memoir about his early years as a writer struggling to be published, and to make enough money to survive. Leaving high school with "itchy feet" and refusing to play it safe, Auster avoided convention and the double life of steady office employment while writing. From the streets of New York City, Dublin, and Paris to a surreal adventure in a dusty villag...

As Howey copes with a turbulent adolescence, her father begins to metamorphose into the loving parent she had always longed for--only now outfitted in pedal pushers and pink lipstick. of illustrations.

In the American Southwest, in 1930, Trude Mason and his mother ride out into the predawn quiet, hoping to escape Trude’, s brutal, violent father and an equally violent past. They plan on reaching Colorado, a place they believe holds the biggest ranches, the most limitless promise, and lives of the greatest ease. What Trude finds in a small border town in New Mexico, however, is brutality and lawlessness in the form of a cruel, pitiless s...

In this heartfelt and absorbing novel, the author opens up the lives of six upwardly mobile Latina friends in their late 20s. Filled with humor, drama and the redemptive power of friendship, the book promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

Award-winning journalist Fen Montaigne brings together Russia, fly-fishing, and history in this dynamic narrative.

With an experienced journalist's eye, La Guardia offers a close look at the Israelis as they come to terms with the "post-Zionist" demolition of national myths and the Palestinians as they try to build their own state. 16 illustrations.

James W. Hall is the critically acclaimed author of eleven crime novels, including "Body Language" and "Blackwater Sound, " He's also published four books of poetry. And several of his short stories have appeared in magazines like the "Georgia Review" and "Kenyon Review, " Now, writing in the spirit of Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Hall wins a new kind of reader with this collection of essays that run from insightful to opinionated, funny ...

Often scathingly funny, frequently tender, and always completely engaging, "The Gatekeeper" is Terry Eagleton's memoirs, his deep-etched portraits of those who influenced him, either by example or by contrast: his father, headmasters, priests, and Cambridge dons. He was a shy, bookish, asthmatic boy keenly aware of social inferiority yet determined to make his intellectual way. "The Gatekeeper" mixes the soberly serious with the downright hila...

Set in the mountainous tea plantations of Darjeeling, India, and Manhattan, this is the story of a family torn apart when two sisters fall in love with the same man.

Bestselling novelist Tsukiyama moves from Asia to America in this stunning contemporary debut. Set in present day California, "Dreaming Water" is a wrenching portrait of mothers, daughters and friends.

With more than 1 million copies in print, the "New York Times" bestseller is now available in a trade paperback edition.

America's favorite cheapskate returns with her best advice ever on how you can be debt-free painlessly and in less time than you ever dreamed possible

What is it with women and cats? The Feline Mystique is the first serious examination of the intense relationship between woman and their cats and of the repercussions that bond can have on others. Richly researched and searchingly personal, The Feline Mystique uses history, science, art, and literature as touchpoints to explain and explore contemporary women's lives with their cats.From a glamorous tiger trainer to a feral-cat rescuer, from a ...

One the heels of the top-selling "Sun, Sand, and Crosswords" comes a wonderful second collection of 75 solvable, summery puzzles from the pages of "The New York Times.

With spirited humor and empathy, Landis intertwines the stories of Rose, who is in denial of her terminal illness, and Ruth, who possesses the energy of rose in her younger days.

As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Here he shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict.

Becky, Hugh, Dahlia, and Max. Friends who have formed a dysfunctional but necessary surrogate family. And then there is Callie, the crisis-prone, vivid, manipulative chameleon whose friendship has damaged them all individually but who still haunts their waking and sleeping dreams. Set in the art-world of New York’, s East Village, Karen McKinnon’, s dissection of Becky and Callie’, s lethal emotional rivalry and manipulation of...

A deftly drawn masterpiece-well written, with a contemporary twist." --"City Life" "As it happens I knew these streets for nearly twenty years, and this tough, fabulous, smart-mouth novel captures them perfectly. The Sopranos meets The Jackal in a part of England Agatha Christie knew absolutely nothing about. This is hard, funny, and scary--try it." --Lee Child, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Without Fail" and "Running Blind" "This ...

Firsthand advice on how to survive business school, including an exclusive interview with the #1 business school in America, "Business School Confidential" uses the same format that made "Law School Confidential" such a success.