A Newbery Honor BookTomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have ..
Post-World War 2, Bernie Gunther investigates the murder of an American Nazi-hunter amongst the ruins of the Third Reich in this riveting thriller in Philip Kerr's bestselling historical mystery series.Vienna, 1947. Bernie Gunther had his first brush with evil as a policeman in 1930s Berlin and came..
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, this #1 international best-seller tells the miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home...but an identity long-since left behind.“Amazing stuff.” -The New York..
A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther series.“Chilling...absorbing...part techno-thriller, part futuristic detective story, part diary of a serial killer.”-The New York Times Book ReviewLONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions-ev..
This treasure-trove of stills and portraits brings to life the pictures and the people who transformed the cinema from a curiosity into a beloved institution. From the earliest Edison kinetoscopes of 1889 to Charlie Chaplin's 'City Lights' and 'Modern Times', the rambunctious, ground-breaking days o..
In this riveting historical mystery novel from New York Times bestselling author Philip Kerr, Bernie Gunther trails a serial killer in 1950’s Buenos Aires...Buenos Aires, 1950. After being falsely accused of war crimes, Bernie Gunther-like the Nazis he has always despised-has been offered a new life..
True friendship can cross any divide.Abe and Willie live across the alley from each other. Willie is black and Abe is Jewish, and during the day, they don't talk. But at night they open their windows and are best friends. Willie shows Abe how to throw a real big-league slider, and Abe gives Willie h..
Acclaimed biographer Jean Fritz writes the remarkable story of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's most influential and fascinating founding fathers, and his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr.Born in the British West Indies, Hamilton arrived in New York as an "outsider." He fought in the Rev..
A gripping historical true crime narrative that "reads like the best of Conan Doyle himself" (Karen Abbott, author of The Ghosts of Eden Park), American Sherlock recounts the riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiositie..
An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. A mix of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbi..
Adopting a shelter dog comes with unconditional love, but also many questions.A little boy imagines what life was like for his new dog before he adopted him from a shelter. Maybe he had a boy who loved him, but the family had to move and couldn't keep him. Maybe he belonged to someone who didn't app..
A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today."History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski"Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger"Captures the drama [with] the 'You are ..
An exciting board book set about asking deep questions in a wonderfully accessibly way.This box set features four board books on prominent philosophers and their main teachings: Imagination with René Descartes, Equality with Simone de Beauvoir, Happiness with Aristotle, and Truth with Socrates. Thro..
What would lead someone to go out in the middle of the night and throw shiploads of tea into a harbor The Boston Tea Party is a familiar tale, but the story leading up to it goes beyond the drama of that one night. Pamela Duncan Edwards' unique take on this event gets to the root of the story as th..
Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona has been loved by generations of children’s book readers, but they’ve never seen her like this!In six spreads of pop-up magnificence, paper engineered by the renowned #1 New York Times bestselling team of Sabuda and Reinhart, Strega Nona shares her words of wisdom for lea..
Mole, who thought he was an ordinary mole with an ordinary but loving family, discovers that he is not so ordinary after all when he proves his bravery during a dragon attack, in a story inspired by the events of September 11, 2001. Author: Jonell, Lynne Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young..
Finalist for the National Book Award in PoetryBrutal Imagination is the work of a poet at the peak of his considerable powers, confronting a crucial subject: the black man in America.“A hymn to all the sons this country has stolen from her African-American families.”-The Village VoiceThis poetry col..
An economic study of the role of slavery in providing the capital for the industial revolution and the role of mature industrial capitalism in destroying the slave system. Author: Williams, Eric Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0399500391 ISBN-13: 978039950..
The classic story of cinderella gets a new twist as a humble chicken goes to a ball and wins a princesses heart. Author: Jan Brett Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Binding: paperback Language: english ISBN-10: 0399255958 ISBN-13: 9780399255953..
Text: English, German (translation) Author: SCHADE, Werner Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0399118314 ISBN-13: 9780399118319..
For readers of Stieg Larsson: the sixth Mallory novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chalk Girl-in trade paperback for the first time.Police Detective Kathleen Mallory recognized the dead call girl. It was someone from her past, a woman who protected her on the streets of New York..
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip--but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted--in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.**Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary novel**When ..
As jockey Alan York looked at the back of Bill Davidson astride the great horse Admiral, one thing was different. Before his rival reached the last hurdle, he was dead. Alan knew racing was dangerous; he also knew Bill's death was no accident. It was the kind of knowledge that could get a man killle..
Dick Francis’s beloved investigator Sid Halley returns in the riveting new mystery by New York Times-bestselling author Felix Francis.Six years ago, investigator Sid Halley retired for good. He’d been harassed, beaten, shot, even lost a hand to his investigating business, and enough was enough. For ..
An unlikely trio heads south for the winter!Moose loves the Great North Woods because they re nice and cold, his buddy Bear lives there, and the pancakes are top-notch. He doesn t usually go south for the winter, but with Bear off hibernating and the Pancake Hut closing until spring, he figures he m..