What makes a person creative? IIt's not just a dilemma for artists, or aspiring artists. Creativity enters into so many facets of everyday life--deciding what meal to cook, constructing a persuasive memo, or imparting knowledge to a c...

A whimsical treasury of famous myths, paired with behind-the-scenes trivia on the actual facts, debunks such popularized stories as Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character and McCarthy's actual role in creating the infamous ...

America's worst nightmare has just become a brutal reality. The most unlikely terrorist enemy of all now holds a knife against the country's throat. With both diplomatic and conventional military options swept from the table, the pres...

"Liz Trenow sews together the strands of past and present as delicately as the exquisite stitching on the quilt that forms the centerpiece of the story."—Lucinda Riley, author of The Orchid HouseShe Kept Her Secret for a L...

Cozy murder mystery. When the meanest gossip in Brea Ridge dies mysteriously, suspicions turn to cake decorator Daphne Martin. But all Daphne did was deliver a spice cake with cream cheese frosting--and find Yodel's body. Now Daphne'...

It's the most annoying question and they just can't help asking you. You'll be asked it at family gatherings, weddings, and on first dates. And you'll ask yourself far too often. It's the question that has no good answer. It's the que...

Nikki Turner, the New York Times bestselling "Queen of Hip-Hop Lit" drops dirt on the music biz in her juicy new novelWhen Fabiola Mays hits the stage, all eyes are on her—she has the looks, the moves, and the voice to be ...

Harry Turtledove's second multivolume saga of 20th-century 'alternative history,' How Few Remain, takes place in a world in which the Confederate States win the Civil War and in 1914, allied with England and France, go to war against...

John Updike aims to shape the pastiche portrait of the homegrown terrorist (a la Richard Reid, John Walker, even Timothy McVeigh) into something psychologically rich and artistically profound. A lesser writer would have stumbled into ...

A thrilling-and prophetic-voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea explores the limitless possibilities of the imagination-and the darkest labyrinth of human nature.....

'ONCE UPON A TIME'IS TIMELESSIn a quiet fishing village seventeen years ago, one lone fisherman rescued a child from the sea. He and his wife raised the girl, Pearl, as their own daughter, never allowing themselves to wonder long abou...

Acclaimed as one of 'Generation X''s most talented writers, the author of Infinite Jest presents seven witty, compelling essays on subjects ranging from tennis to literary theory to forced fun aboard an ocean liner. Reprint. Tour. NYT.

Alone in Siberia and on the run from a killer, missionary Grace Benson, armed with a dangerous medical secret, finds safety in the arms of an FSB agent who helps her to navigate through a labryrinth of danger and mystery that leads al...

Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at their very first writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, survivors of the ultra-competitive New York publishing world. Mallory St. James is a workaholic whose bestselle...

Lying helpless during a raging storm in the North Sea, a fleet of medieval ships finds sudden rescue in the arrival of a powerful group of aliens, who offer salvation in exchange for eternal bondage fighting as star soldiers.

This epic fantasy by Margaret Weis, best known for her work in the Dragonlance series, is the sequel to MISTRESS OF DRAGONS and the second book in the Dragonvarld trilogy, set in a world where dragons and humans share a tense, intrigu...

King Severn Argentine's fearsome reputation precedes him: usurper of the throne, killer of rightful heirs, ruthless punisher of traitors. Attempting to depose him, the Duke of Kiskaddon gambles…and loses. Now the duke must atone by ...

When his family is brutally murdered by drug runners, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-fisherman Dusky MacMorgan, calling upon his training in the lethal arts, unleashes a deadly campaign of vengeance against the men responsible, including a corru...

Casey Hatter thought Turin would be a peaceful reprieve, time to heal from her loss. She'd study art, learn Italian, maybe even learn to cook. Meeting a man was the farthest thing from her mind. But when her tyrannical ex-boss Greta p...

Ever since Robert Belton gambled away the money to stake his claim in the Klondike gold fields, he's been stranded in Seattle working as a prostitute. When an attractive customer needs help hauling provisions to the frozen north, Robe...

Monty Bodkin's wooing of Gertrude Butterwick on the R.M.S. Atlantic is not progressing as it should. And the cause of all the trouble is Miss Lotus Blossum, the brightest star in Hollywood's firmament. The easy camaraderie of Miss Blo...

THE FOLK REMEDY ENCYCLOPEDIA lists dozens of effective treatments for a variety of ailments that can all be treated with items in a normal kitchen cuoard or medicine cabinet. Frank Wood is a medical writer and editor at a medical publ...

Stone Barrington must some fend off some very dangerous enemies in the pulse-pounding new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling Stuart Woods. In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart ...

National Book Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookA Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, New York magazine, Slate, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, People, Publishers ...

Though she might not always follow her own advice, Elizabeth Wurtzel knows certain things to be true: Doing copious amounts of drugs leads nowhere you want to be; trying to be friends with your ex is always a bad idea; if you can̵...

Jordan McKell thinks he's pretty unlucky, but most of us would gladly trade places with him. He's a freelance star-freighter captain who plies the hyperspace folds between worlds, trading exotic goods and meeting bizarre aliens. His l...

Sooner or later, each of us must face the day we develop a disturbing new interest in lawn care; the day we order sauvignon blanc instead of Rolling Rock; the day we refuse to see any concert where we cannot sit down. Sooner or later,...

Mack's Bar is one of those nice, friendly places where everybody knows your name. That's great when someone's buying you a round, but not so hot when you find yourself at the top of a list of murder suspects - with your fingerprints o...

A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. Notoriously cunning and ...

The first book in a sexy and sophisticated series of erotica, with a new twist: this time, women control their fantasies and men will do anything to satisfy themCassie Robichaud is thirty-five and widowed. After a life filled with dis...