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Now back in print in a new gift format, the classic field guide to the demons that have never stopped inhabiting our world.If you met a werewolf on the eve of a full moon, would you know how to tell what he really was? Could you resist the dark charms of a vampire or the lure of a fallen angel? Did you know that the razor-sharp tail of the Mbulu of South Africa has a mind of its own? Or that the Kuru-Pira of Brazil has eyes that glow like embe...

** "This memoir seems written directly from Hemp’s soul, as she beautifully shares her moving story of learning to love and trust again after loss."--Booklist ** Christine Hemp's debut work of nonfiction,  Wild Ride Home, is a brilliant memoir, looping themes of finding love and losing love, of going away and coming home, of the wretched course of Alzheimer's, of cancer, of lost pregnancies, of fly fishing and horsemanship, of second chances, ...

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An intertwined tale of a boy's world shattered by suicide and a man's personal story being rewritten by neuroscience. When Richard Brockman found his mother's body, the simple narrative of his childhood ended. As a young man, when he looked back upon his life, it was through the lens of pain and confusion of his mother's death. As a boy, he'd sought only to survive the aftermath of her actions without coming to terms with his shock and grief. ...

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The accaimed historical thriller of the end of World War II that has been called “A masterpiece of empathetic imagination and storytelling flair” (BBC History Magazine, “Historical Novel of the Year”) 1944. Paul Brandt, a soldier in the German army, returns wounded and ashamed from the bloody chaos of the Eastern Front to find his village changed and in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut—a luxurious retreat for officers recuperating from their ...

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Now in paperback with a new foreword, the classic field guide to the demons that continue to inhabit our world. If you met a werewolf on the eve of a full moon, would you know how to tell what he really was? Could you resist the dark charms of a vampire or the lure of a fallen angel? Did you know that the razor-sharp tail of the Mbulu of South Africa has a mind of its own? Or that the Kuru-Pira of Brazil has eyes that glow like embers and fang...

Published on the centenary of Norman Mailer's birth, a timely and urgent call to preserve our democracy. From his bestselling first novel, The Naked and the Dead, to his last work, American democracy was a lifelong project for Norman Mailer. It was his grand theme. Nearly all of his books touched on the pros and cons, the strengths and weaknesses, the grace (to use his word) and fragility of the American experiment as well as the threats to it...

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction-A tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal, from the author of All That RemainsIn her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of it, she offered a primer on the basics of identifying human remains, plenty ...

After leaving the USSR, Adam Gardov arrives in Austria and meets with the Israeli Sokhnut. He plans to immigrate to Israel and start a new life, but his plans change. Instead of Israel, Gardov decides to apply for an American visa-a laborious process that takes six months. To support himself, he finds employment in Vienna, working for the odious Madame Betina. Gardov's decision will have far-reaching consequences. While anxiously awaiting...

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The third book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan Quartet and a Los Angeles Times bestseller-called "Tense, absorbing, highly entertaining" by Library Journal Sexual obsession. Greed. Bitter sibling rivalry. Political ambition unto death. These constitute Henry VIII's foul legacy, his wives and children its victims. But none more able than the young Elizabeth, future Queen of England. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, banishe...

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The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written . . . worth saving and savoring."-Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person and Avenue of Mysteries, Irving began writing when he was fourteen, t...