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The Heavenly Table: A Novel
Donald Ray Pollock · Doubleday
Pages: 365
Format: Print book |
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From Donald Ray Pollock, author of the highly acclaimed The Devil All the Time and Knockemstiff, comes a dark, gritty, electrifying (and, disturbingly, weirdly funny) new novel that will solidify his place among the best contemporary American authors. It is 1917, in that sliver of border... |
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Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Print book |
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A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale On the Roadcrossed with Henderson the Rain King Deeply affecting. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Longlisted foran Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A captivating, often hilarious novel of family and wilderness from... |
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Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future.Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed.... |
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 528
Format: Print book |
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"Writing about yourself is a funny business ... But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." - Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band... |
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The Guineveres
Sarah Domet · Flatiron Books
Pages: 342
Format: Print book |
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"A first novel whose tone echoes that of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides ... This phenomenal, character-driven story is mesmerizing." --Library Journal (starred review) To four girls who have nothing, their friendship is everything: they are each other's confidants,... |
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The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
Marcus Samuelsson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson's iconic Harlem restaurant. When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant.... |
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A Life in Parts
Bryan Cranston · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when... |
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Melissa Sweet · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 161
Format: Print book |
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A New York Times Bestseller"SOME PIG," Charlotte the spider's praise for Wilbur, is just one fondly remembered snippet from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. In Some Writer!, the two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera... |
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Be Frank With Me: A Novel
Julia Claiborne Johnson · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where'd You Go, Bernadette.Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi"... |
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong · Ecco
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin - a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that reveals... |
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The gene : an intimate history
Siddhartha Mukherjee · Scribner
Pages: 592
Format: Print book |
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THE #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of "The Emperor of All Maladies" a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to read and write... |
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Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood · Hogarth Shakespeare
Pages: 301
Format: Print book |
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William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional... |
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Murder on the Quai
Cara Black · Soho Crime
Pages: 328
Format: Print book |
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"The world knows Aimee Leduc, heroine of 15 mysteries in this New York Times bestselling series, as a tres chic, no-nonsense private investigator the toughest and most relentless in Paris. Now author Cara Black dips back in time to reveal how Aimee first became a detective. November... |
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Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse , and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide
Josh Katz · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can reveal where you grew up? In December 2013,... |
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Crosstalk
Connie Willis · Del Rey
Pages: 512
Format: Print book |
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Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, and the comedic flair of P. G. Wodehouse in Crosstalk - a genre-bending novel that pushes social media, smartphone technology, and twenty-four-hour availability to hilarious and chilling extremes... |
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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Joshua Foer · Workman Publishing
Pages: 470
Format: Print book |
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It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South... |
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Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments
Bonnie Mackay · Penguin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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A beautifully illustrated look at Christmas ornaments and the memories they hold on our treesFirst highlighted in the New York Times, Bonnie Mackay's annual Christmas tree showcases a lifetime collecting almost 3,000 ornaments. Now, through beautiful photography and illuminating vignettes,... |
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