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The Daemon Knows: Literary Greatness and the American Sublime
Harold Bloom · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHailed as "the indispensable critic" by The New York Review of Books, Harold Bloom - New York Times bestselling writer and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University - has for decades been sharing with readers and students his genius and passion... |
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Gabriel: A Poem
Edward Hirsch · Knopf
Format: Hardcover |
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Longlisted for the National Book Award Never has there been a book of poems quite like Gabriel in which a short life a bewildering death and the unanswerable sorrow of a father come together in such a sustained elegy This unabashed sequence speaks directly from Hirschrsquos heart to our own without... |
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Faithful and Virtuous Night: Poems
Louise Glück · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Winner of the 2014 National Book Award for PoetryA luminous, seductive new collection from the "fearless" (The New York Times) Pulitzer Prize-winning poetLouise Glück is one of the finest American poets at work today. Her Poems 1962-2012 was hailed as "a major event... |
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A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction
Terry Pratchett · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover |
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Terry Pratchett has won the hearts and minds of readers around the globe with his bestselling Discworld series of novels. But what his many fans may not realize is that he has been writing nonfiction throughout his career. Some of it relates to Discworld, of course, but much of it - especially... |
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The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
Zach Dundas · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
A wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sleuth
Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than... |
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Unfriending My Ex: Confessions of a Social Media Addict
Kim Stolz · Scribner,
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback |
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"In this candid and insightful new memoir, Kim Stolz discusses the trials and tribulations of our obsession with social media and mobile technology...a Tweet-worthy, share-worthy, Instagrammable look into our society and the lives we create online." - Harper's Bazaar An incisive,... |
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Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions
Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 290
Format: Print book |
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The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities,... |
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The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases
Deborah Halber · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover |
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Solving cold cases from the comfort of your living room ... The Skeleton Crew provides an entree into the gritty and tumultuous world of Sherlock Holmes-wannabes who race to beat out law enforcement - and one another - at matching missing persons with unidentified remains. In America today,... |
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101 Two-Letter Words
Stephin Merritt · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A one-of-a-kind celebration of the 101 two-letter words allowed in Scrabble.Rolling Stone has called singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields the Cole Porter of his generation O, The Oprah Magazine has hailed cartoonist Roz Chast as the wryest pen since Dorothy Parkers.... |
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