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Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate
Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate

Spencer Rascoff · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand...
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By the Sea
By the Sea

Brad Pitt · Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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Six Scary Stories
Six Scary Stories

Stephen King · Cemetery Dance Pubns
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology:Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection...
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The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret

Catherine Bailey · Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

For fans of Downton Abbey, this New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWIAfter the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants' quarters of Belvoir...
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre · Random House Inc
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height...
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The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel
The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel

Fannie Flagg · Random House
Pages: 402
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is at her superb best in this fun-loving, moving novel about what it means to be truly alive. Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery. Still Meadows,...
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The Island House: A Novel
The Island House: A Novel

Nancy Thayer · Ballantine Books
Pages: 281
Format: Print book

"Soak up the sun with this delightful novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer! Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself...
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Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts · Viking
Pages: 926
Format: Book

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War - winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest...
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The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

Edmund Bourne PhD · New Harbinger Pub
Pages: 488
Format: Paperback

Now in its sixth edition and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook has been the unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias for almost thirty years. Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like...
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

Chris Kyle · Harper; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD—NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTUREFrom 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with...
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · Dover Publications
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback

Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot · Broadway Books
Pages: 381
Format: Paperback

Soon to be an HBO® Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells - taken without her knowledge in 1951 - became one of the most important tools in medicine,...
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No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

Daniel J. Siegel · Bantam
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe pioneering experts behind The Whole-Brain Child - Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel J. Siegel, the author of Brainstorm - now explore the ultimate child-raising challenge: discipline. Highlighting the fascinating link between a child's neurological development...
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger · Little
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback

Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER...
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Without Warning: A Novel
Without Warning: A Novel

Lynette Eason · Revell
Pages: 346
Format: Print book

Taut Writing and Breakneck Pacing That Will Keep Readers Up All NightKatie Singleton, a partner with the Elite Guardians Protection Agency, stumbles upon her next assignment quite by accident. Spotting blue lights at a familiar restaurant, she stops to investigate, only to discover that...
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