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In twelve graceful, sensual stories, William Henry Lewis traces the line between the real and the imaginary, acknowledging the painful ghosts of the past in everyday encounters. Written in a style

The saga of five generations of a Mandarin family in China, ranging from the turbulence of war-torn China during the late nineteenth century to the 1970s is revealed through the adventures of

An exploration of the complex relationship between artists and their muses profiles nine women, including Alice Liddell, who inspired Lewis Carroll; ballerina Suzanne Farrell, for her impact on George Ballanchine; and Yoko

A daily guide by the author of the popular 100 Simple Secrets series gathers data from more than one thousand scientific studies on everyday aspects of life to provide a year's worth

After years of writing award-winning cookbooks, Cheryl and Bill Jamison were ready to take a break. They packed their bags, locked up their house in Santa Fe, and set off on

Shy FactsShy children are not destined to be shy adults.Shyness does not equal low self-esteem.Shyness is not a "disease," personality deficit, or character flaw. Humans aren't the only species to experience shyness.

The infomercial star and author of From Panic to Power shows readers how to clarify their dreams, create an action plan, cultivate a postive attitude, acquire an attitude of empowerment and success,

Preparing to deal with a war-weary ex-soldier in Lord Rand Malkin, Sylvan Miles is astonished when a cocky Rand arrives, determined to taunt her with kisses and stories about the family ghost.

A sensitive young man from the Midwest embarks on an often bumpy odyssey from worshipping pop culture to becoming a part of it as he searches for fame, fortune, and freedom in

Having devotedly cared for a lone elephant at a dilapidated zoo for more than forty years, Samson hopes to be able to retire when he hires promising assistant Neva, who forces Samson

Imagines a diary by the quintessential nineteenth-century writer that considers the disadvantaged and unconnected life she shares with her sisters, their father's encroaching blindness, her brother's struggles with addiction, and her dramatic

The author offers a new look at the classic Jane Austen story, showing the two parallel loves that complicate the romance between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet: Darcy's controlling affection for the

Inspired by the iconic rock band Sonic Youth, a diverse collection of short fiction by some of today's leading writers includes contributions from Mary Gaitskill, Eileen Myles, Arthur Nersesian, Rebecca Godfrey, Katherine

Kurt Cobain, Anne Sexton, Mark Rothko, Ernest Hemingway, Adolf Hitler . . . all famous, some rich and powerful, some beloved, some abhorred. But when life and circumstance got to be too

A former Coca-Cola marketing czar argues that a well-honed strategy is more important to success than what ads say, that marketing isn't an art but a science, and that feel-good marketing is

This novel tells the explosive story of the beautiful and ambitious Leslie Stewart, who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac; and of Oliver Russell, the handsome governor of

In this pathbreaking study, Douglas Kellner offers the most systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television yet published in the United States. Focusing on the relationship among television, the state,

A young and very accommodating boy discovers you can never tell where it will stop if you give a lively, but demanding, mouse a cookie

Succumbing to sin . . . Bethany Munro was once madly in love with the dashing Ian Rockwell. Then Ian left on a mission for the Crown, and Bethany

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the outrageous shenanigans of the Herdman siblings, or the worst kids in the history of the