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On Death and Dying" is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and "Life" magazine called it "a profound lesson for the living." This companion volume consists of the questions that are most frequently asked of Dr. Kubler-Ross and her compassionate answers. She discusses accepting the end of life, suicide, terminal illness, e...

The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually small, weird, and "10 percent defiant.” At the ripe age of thirteen, she had already resolved to "keep the crazy i...

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Acclaimed pop culture journalist Jen Chaney shares an oral history of the cult classic film Clueless.

From the man who explained why we love dogs as we do comes a lively guide to the languages, both verbal and physical, that help owners and pets alike get the most out of their cherished relationships. 25 line drawings.

The essential guidebook on helping today's college parents be appropriately involved in their children's lives, now fully revised and updated to include the Great Recession, shifts in technology, and changes in higher education policy and practices. Today, parents of college kids have a tougher time than ever. With the high cost of a college education, new careers emerging while whole occupational fields disappear, and increasing options relat...

Fluent, mordant, authentic, propulsive…wonderfully lit from within" (Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review), this critically acclaimed, stunningly mature literary debut is the darkly comic story of a car thief on the run in the gritty and arid landscape of the 1970s Texas panhandle.In this "stellar debut, " (Publishers Weekly) car thief Troy Falconer returns home after years of wandering to reunite with his younger brother, Harlan. The two...

From the award-winning author of The Personal Librarian​, Greed is the third novel in Victoria Christopher Murray's Seven Deadly Sins series—"the drama of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" (Booklist).You can't put a price on love… Zuri Maxwell isn't happy. Her job is a grind, and money is always tight. Her boyfriend Stephon is the best part of life, but between his income as an artist and her commission-based paycheck, they are barely scra...

In July 1913, 25-year-old Annie Clements has seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She's spent her whole life in the coal-mining town of Calumet, Michigan, where men risk their lives for meager salaries. When Annie decides to stand up for herself, and the entire town of Calumet, nearly everyone believes she may have taken on more than she is prepared to handle.

From the author of book club favorite The Salt House comes a deeply affecting novel about a teenage girl finding her voice and the military wife who moves in downstairs, united in their search for the true meaning of home. Sixteen-year-old Libby Winters lives in Paradise, a seaside town north of Boston that rarely lives up to its name. After the death of her mother, she lives with her father, Bent, in the middle apartment of their triple decke...

In this gripping debut thriller, Mitch Silver brings to life Ian Fleming's world of spies, love, passion, and danger when a young woman inherits Fleming's long-hidden account of spying during World War II and must finish it to find out why people are trying to kill her.1964: James Bond's creator Ian Fleming, himself a World War II British Naval Intelligence officer, seals a manuscript intended for a future reader whom he must trust will serve ...

Two men from disparate worlds search for what constitutes a meaningful life in a searing portrait of honor and masculinity, sport and celebrity, marriage and parenthood in this "rough, tough, and thoughtful" (Phil Mushnick, New York Post) debut from Pulitzer Prize finalist and front-page columnist Mark Di Ionno. Joe Grudeck is a living legend—a first-ballot Hall of Famer beloved by Boston Red Sox fans who once played for millions under the bri...

When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark move back in with Katie's grandmother in Florida, she becomes swept up in a reunion of her grandmother's troupe of underwater performers—finding hope and renewal in unexpected places, in this sweet novel perfect for fans of Kristan Higgins and Claire Cook.Aspiring costume designer Katie gave up everything in her divorce to gain custody of her fearful, faithful rescue dog, Barkimedes. W...

A Washington insider draws on decades of experience to deliver a blistering critique of the state of American government" (Kirkus Reviews) in an authoritative scrutiny of the forces that run our society and a call to fix our democracy before it's too late.If you've been watching the news and worrying that our democracy no longer works, this book, "a cri de coeur from one of our wisest Americans" (Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian), wil...

A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle's secrets—including the identity of the noblewoman Bartolomeo loved until he died.When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate—properties, money, and his position—to his nephew and appr...

A bold and sensible new behavioral approach to dieting—driven by economic principles— that recommends micro-habits and meta-rules to help control impulses to overeat, approach food in a healthier way, and lose weight once and for all.Christopher Payne and Rob Barnett are two formerly obese economists who met while working at Bloomberg. They faced the same problems that so many others face today: long hours, frequently eating out for lunch and ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A charmingly relatable and wise memoir-in-essays by acclaimed writer and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, "the modern day reincarnation of…Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr, and Laurie Colwin—all rolled into one" (The Washington Post), about what happened after she checked off all the boxes on a successful life's to-do list and realized she might need to reinvent the list—and herself. Mary Laura Philpott thought she'd cra...

With a birder's eye for detail, White takes us on [Adrian Mandrick's] painful, near death descent…[her] life-affirming conclusion reminds us that endangered species aren't the only ones that need to change and adapt in order to survive."—The New York Times Book Review H Is for Hawk meets Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in this evocative debut novel about a pill-popping anesthesiologist and avid birder who embarks on a quest to find one of the...

With wry wit and touching humor, Louie Anderson, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning comedian currently starring in Zach Galifianakis's Baskets, shares his journey of turning life's challenges into joy, as well as plenty of wisdom he's still discovering from his late mother. "I started out writing these letters to my mom, but a few friends said I should write a book. I said 'okay' because next to 'we'll see, ' 'okay' is as...

In confronting discrimination, racism, rejection, and alienation, many people of color are turning toward a more spiritual approach to solving the problems that are unique to them. Here is a book of positive meditations that is sure to raise the consciousness of any reader.