From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary ci
An incisive fictional portrait of a consumer society gone mad looks behind the scenes of sellevision, a shop-at-home network, where the slick facades of the popular hosts slowly crumble as one celebri
We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but th
A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands se
New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power. The source of
Ntokaze Shange's Most Beloved Novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a po
National BestsellerWinner of the Whitbread Book of the YearKate Atkinson’s dazzling debut novel is a deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness.Ruby Lennox begins
In The Romantic Movement, Alain de Botton explores the progress of a love affair from first meeting to breaking up, intercut with musings on the nature of art of love. The relationship between Alice
Dr. Samuel Johnson observed that everyone's life is a subject worthy of the biographer's art. Accused by a former girlfriend of being unable to empathize, the narrator of Kiss & Tell takes Johns
A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA groundbreaking,unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account tracesthe decline of the city of Naples under the rule of th
John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? What were the factors that helped Coltrane become
Includesa New Afterword by the AuthorA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA USA Today Best Book of 2007A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2007What does it mean to teach liter
A New York Times Notable Book of 2007"A tremendous achievement."--The Sunday Times (London)The Whisperers is a triumphant act of recovery. In this powerful work of history, Orlando Figes chronicles t
Detective, polyglot, chef, eunuch--Investigator Yashim returns in this evocative Edgar® Award–winning series set in Istanbul at the end of the Ottoman EmpireIstanbul, 1838. In his palace o
From the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow comes this highly imaginative novel, "wonderful in scope . . . crammed with Danish history, social realism, satire, magic realism, high romance, and sexual g
John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE CRIME BOOKPatrick Rush is a single father, unhappy with his career, devoted to his young son buthaunted by the loss of his wife, when he joins a local writing group. In
Dancer isthe erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev as told through the cast of those who knew him: there is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her p
"Laura and Lila were college roommates -- one brooding and Jewish, the other the epitome of golden WASP-dom -- at the center of a close-knit group of witty, warm, quirky friends. Now it's ten years la
Central Park in the Dark explores a natural world that flourishes in the midst of a crowded and mechanized city. These exuberant essays lead the reader through the cycle of seasons as experienced by
