Gilbert's spry stories roam from Wyoming to New York City, from Minnesota to Texas. Cowboys, strippers, magicians--her characters are 'everyday people whose...rich exterior lives mask simple, if brave, hopes and dreams' (Detroit Free ...

When Samuel and Martha are sent to Norway to live with their Aunt Eda after their parents' deaths, they soon learn her most important rule: NEVER-UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES-GO INTO THE FOREST. She doesn't offer an explanation, but Samuel...

Sarah Cavell is a brilliant cryptographer with the uncanny ability to crack any code. But her most daunting challenge may be reading the true feelings of Rafferty Lewis, the secretive federal agent to whom she's just been assigned. Ra...

A hilarious and moving memoir in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron about a woman who returns home to her Mennonite family after a personal crisis.The same week her husband of 15 years ditches her for a guy he met on Gay.com, a...

The perennial wisdom teachings tell us that your vocation is not a means of survival in the world-it is a pure expression of your life force. Vocation arises not as a response to external forces, but authentically from within your own...

The Yoga of Work Rick Jarow Why do you work? What motivates you? Should we be searching for our 'true calling,' or should work just be a way to pay our bills? Outside of our cultural perspective, these questions have many answers. On...

Even though a midlife crisis just hit Hap Collins like a runaway pickup truck, he's still got his job as a bouncer at a local club, he knows his best friend, Leonard Pine, will always be there for him, and of course he's got his main ...

Teenager Matt Strong discovers a secret that could expose the indiscretions of the conglomerate who controls the world's food supply. Now he's been framed for murder and is on the run. Matt's father, Cole Strong, enlists the help of M...

Thirteen-year-old Matthew is left alone in the family cabin while his parents are gone on a trip getting provisions. When his rifle is stolen, Matthew is left defenseless and without food, until an Indian boy helps him learn about sur...

Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while creating her own brand of destiny. S...

Easy ways of dealing with difficult people. Psychotherapist Arlene Matthews Uhl offers the most effective strategies for dealing with difficult people—from strangers and co-workers to friends and family—by characterizing t...

A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's most popular and sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love....

'Featuring a bonus interview with the authorAdisgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. The moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events.Within days, he's r...

Cat ONine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller. Ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and Jeffrey Archers trademark of deliciously unexpected conclusions, some of these th...

Seventy-two-year-old, red-haired Winnie - homeless and abandoned time and again by those she's trusted - would say she's no trouble. She is content to let the days go by, minding her own business, bothering no one. Winnie would rather...

Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfill her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leavi...

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private inv...

On this CD program, Joan Z. Borysenko leads you through the specifics of three distinct forms of mediation and discusses the common pitfalls that sabotage meditation practice. With depth and humor, Joan shows you which form of med...

When her adoptive father suffers a life-threatening heart attack, Schyler Crandall returns to her hometown of Heaven, Louisiana, after a six-year absence. It isn't just the heat that's sizzling in Heaven. Schyler's sister hates her e...

Bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most important and thought-provoking book of his prolific career. In a meticulously researched and clearly presented legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial for murder after he ...

In an enchanting performance, two-time Academy Award® winner Sally Field takes us on a topsy-turvy adventure through Wonderland. Irresistibly delightful, fascinating and funny, Ms. Field's stunning interpretation brings Alice, th...

Great companies can fail—not because they do anything wrong, but because they do everything right. Meeting customers' current needs leads firms to reject breakthrough innovations-"disruptive technologies" that create the p...

Sleuth Regan Reilly and her husband, Jack, return to New York from their honeymoon in Ireland and discover that their next-door neighbor has put up his apartment for sale. They decide to buy it and enlarge the loft Jack lived in as a ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer ...

Every day, millions of people in China practice a series of lifegiving exercises based on qi, the vital energy of the universe. The Power of Qi is a complete two-part curriculum on CD for using qi to cultivate strength, vitality, and ...

A portrait based on the author's access to the Reagan family shares information about the marriage between Ronald and Nancy, Ronald Reagan's modest childhood in Illinois, and Nancy Reagan's carefully cultivated social connections.

The critically acclaimed author of And Still We Rise furnishes a behind-the-scenes view of the elite LAPD Homicide Special unit in action as they undertake investigations into the murder of a Russian call girl, the shooting of a gangs...

Unlike many books about the afterlife, Life after Death makes no appeal to religious faith, divine revelation, or sacred texts. Drawing on some of the most powerful theories and trends in physics, evolutionary biology, science, philos...

In the late seventies an extraordinary document came to light which for fifty years had been held on deposit by the bankers of the deceased John Herbert Watson MD - better known to devotees of Conan Doyle as Dr. Watson. A continuous n...

Unabridged CDs • 10 CDs, 12 hoursOne of the smartest suspense debuts since A Simple Plan. "A wonderfully moody and atmospheric story reminiscent of the masters of the noir mysteries. Tightly plotted, sophisticated, and engrossi...