The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules...

When her widower father drowns at sea, ten-year-old Gemma Hardy, an only child, is taken from her native Iceland to Scotland, to live with her uncle’s family. But the death of her doting guardian soon after leaves Gemma under the resentful eye of her aunt. When she receives a scholarship to a private school, Gemma believes she’s found the perfect solution, and she eagerly sets out again to a new home. But at Claypoole, she finds herself treated as an unpaid servant.To Gemma’s delig...

When your life changes in a moment, how do you rewrite your story?In 1940s Britain, with the Second World War raging, Alice is working in a laboratory developing a new miracle medicine. Made to leave school at sixteen and abandon her aspiration to be a teacher, she learns instead how curing people may be her destiny.In the present day, Jo, already in a failing marriage, is devastated when she hears her daughter’s life is on a knife edge. At her bedside Jo s...

A seemingly perfect suburban life is shattered when an illicit affair leads to murder in the USA Today–bestselling author's "gripping psychological thriller" ( Booklist).Nora Holliday is not the kind of woman who has an illicit affair with a married man. But Josh Landon is everything Nora's alcoholic husband isn't. And now she and Josh are so infatuated, they can't stay away from one another.Abby Landon, Josh's daughter, is home from college...

“Not just a gripping mystery, The Yellow-Tail Moth weaves wonder from the smallest wings. A gem of a book, one that leaves you breathless...” –– Stephen May, Author of Sell Us the RopeA riveting, literary mystery about two women, their hidden secrets, their friendship and the power of nature to healAccusations levelled against her husband force Lily to flee her pristine London home. She hides away in a rundown cot...

New York Times –Bestselling Author: The enchanting, bittersweet story of a motherless young woman torn between real life and the otherworldly companions only she can see."Livesey is an amazing writer and this is an amazing book!" —Alice SeboldA New York Times Notable Book of the YearAtlantic Monthly Best Book of...

The essential text and classic study of Neo-PaganismSince its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo- Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction.In this edition, featuring an...

A taut emotional thriller about love, obsession and the secrets that pull a family apart.Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optician in suburban Boston, he rests assured that he and his wife, Viv, who works at the local stables, will live out quiet lives with their two children. Then Mercury—a gorgeous young racehorse—enters their lives and everything changes.Viv’s friend Hilary has inherited Mercury from her brother after his my...

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it’s a man’s duty to give back…. So there's going to be an auction!BACHELOR #12NAME:Rex TrowbridgeOCCUPATION: Attorney, and director of Lost Springs Ranch.BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Becoming a wine connoisseur in rural Wyoming.Lindsay Duncan had hastily proposed a camping trip with some of the boys from the ranch, and she wanted-needed-Rex Trowbridge to accompany them....

A twisty, nostalgic, emotionally thrilling novel about a group of estranged college friends who experiment with a secret substance that allows them to re-live their memories—and the fallout when they uncover startling truths about a dark event from their past“A strange, riveting, brilliant fable. Like a fever-dream of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —LEV GROSSMAN“How could you leave the past undistur...

A part of the best-selling Making Sense series, Making Sense in Education is an indispensable guide for students preparing to become teachers. This revised edition includes more education-specific examples throughout, a new appendix with online resources for educators, and an expanded glossary to help students throughout their academic and teaching careers.

It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail and Dara when they meet at university and, despite their differences, become fast friends. Years later, they remain an unlikely pair: Abigail, an actress who confidently uses her charms both on and off stage, is reluctant to commit; Dara, a therapist, throws herself into every relationship with frightening intensity. Yet each seems—another stroke of luck?—to have found “true love”—Abigail with her academic boyfriend, and Dara with a tall, dark vio...