SUMMARY:AGATHA CHRISTIE is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception...
David Mamet has been a controversial, defining force in nearly every creative endeavor-now he turns his attention to politics. In recent years, David Mamet realized that the so-cal...
The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret Histo...
SUMMARY: A spoiled and sickly orphan blossoms into a creature of loving kindness in this unforgettable classic of childhood. At her uncle's forbidding Yorkshire estate, Mary joins ...
SUMMARY:Full of energy and short of funds, old chums Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley decide to form the "Young Adventurers," and advertise themselves as willing to "go a...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *A fast-paced, genre-blending adventure—now in paperback! *The Tapestry series continues to weave threads of fantasy, mythology, science fiction, and mystery into...
SUMMARY: Enchanting fantasy by creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure! They'll meet a school of beguiling mermaids and an ari...
In a novel featuring Outlander hero Jamie Fraser in a major role, #1 bestselling author Diana Gabaldon continues the Lord John series.Jamie Fraser, a Scottish Jacobite officer paro...
Blink meets The Culture of Fear in a provocative look at the new brain science of risk: how hard-wired fears misguide and manipulate us every day. From terror attacks to the war on...
E-book exclusive special feature: This PerfectBound e-book contains "Virtualism," an essay on consumerism in a wired time - written especially by the author to help to encourage yo...