Secret Desires of a Gentleman by Laura Lee Guhrke Maria Martingale was going to elope. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans when he learned his younger brother intended to marry a cook's daughter. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that the man who holds her fate in his hands is none other than the haughty gentleman who sent her packing—and he's as handsome and arrogant as ever.
The Legs Are the Last to Go by Diahann Carroll It's conventional wisdom that Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty. So it's a good thing that Diahann Carroll—whose winning, sometimes controversial career breached racial barriers—is anything but conventional. Here she shares her life story with an admirable candidness of someone who has seen and done it all.
Nation by Terry Pratchett Internationally revered storyteller Terry Pratchett presents a breathtaking adventure of survival and discovery, and of the courage required to forge new beliefs.
The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan In his debut bestseller, Marley & Me, John Grogan showed how a dog can become an extraordinary presence in the life of one family. Now, in his highly anticipated follow-up, Grogan again works his magic, bringing us the story of what came first. Filled with revelation and humor, The Longest Trip Home will capture your heart and make you want to reach out to those you love.
Perennial bestseller Julia Quinn loves to dispel the myth that smart women don't read (or write) romance, and in 2001 she did so in grand style, competing on the game show The Weakest Link and walking away with the $79,000 jackpot. She displayed a decided lack of knowledge about baseball, country music, and plush toys, but she is proud to say that she aced all things British and literary, answered all of her history and geography questions correctly, and knew that there was a da Vinci long before there was a code. Her most recent novel, The Lost Duke of Wyndham, reached #2 on the New York Times bestseller list.
You Are Here by Thomas M. Kostigen Despite the recent prominence of "green" issues in the news, the direct relationship between our actions and the earth is too often ignored. In this groundbreaking book, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Green Book reveals the vital missing link in today's environmental crisis: how we as individuals are connected to the most tenuous geography on the planet.
Reading the OED by Ammon Shea In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the Oxford English Dictionary, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word, and revealing the most obscure, hilarious, and wonderful gems he discovers along the way.
Amarcord by Marcella Hazan Marcella Hazan is known as America's godmother of Italian cooking. The owner of her own cooking schools, and author of bestselling and award-winning cookbooks, she has collected invitations to cook at top restaurants around the world. Marcella, now eighty-four, looks back on the adventures of a life lived for pleasure and a love of teaching, and the twists and turns that brought her love, fame, and a chance to forever change the way we eat.
A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire Since Wicked was first published in 1995, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.
