Philip is an English teacher in Worcester, nearing retirement. Feeling melancholy, as another academic year approaches, he looks back with sadness at his life because, although happy and successful, it has been unremarkable. He compares himself to the characters in the literature he has taught and wishes his life had been more exciting. In this mood, he encounters Jane - a lost love from 40 years ago who dropped him abruptly after they played Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in an outdoor producti...

" A fascinating journey [with] a few salient conclusions: primarily that we'd all be a lot better off if we ate like our great-great-great grandparents." — National PostThere are few areas of modern life that are as burdened by information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health. In 100 Million Years of Food, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries o...

Everyone has a lifestyle that they choose to live with. What is your? Now the only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this SUCCESS?? The decision is in your hand. If your mind can conceive, and truly believe it, then you can achieve it. This book, written by real estate entrepreneur LCK, with Stephen Le, Ph.D., shows you how to bring together your life skills and experiences, and step forward to a healthier, wealthier, and happier life. We will sh...

War had been raging between the American Patriots and the British Army since the opening battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775. The 13 colonies in North America were at war with Great Britain.The Americans (Rebels) demanded independence and the release from the severe restrictions imposed by the British government and the high taxes imposed on the colonies.Major Philip Van Cortlandt and his immediate family are the focus of our story. He came from a wealthy and ...

A Buzzfeed Best Gift Book of the Year"A dark, atmospheric, and feminist story of three women in New York City's Gilded Age, each determined to thrive in a society hell-bent on keeping them down, and using their coven to do so." —BuzzfeedINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERRespectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply.New York in the spring of 1880 is a place...

*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World ...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK----------Jack Reacher is having a bad day.It would be a dumb idea to make it worse.Reacher sees a West Point class ring in a pawn shop window. It's tiny. It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself. Why would she give it up? Reacher was a West Pointer too, and he knows what she went through to get it.All h...

Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESSNEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Summer Reading Pick!The Girly B...

Look for Pam Jenoff’s new novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, an unforgettable story of courage and friendship during wartime.A New York Times bestseller!“Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. “ —Library Journal“Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion…. I read this novel in a headlong rush.” —Christina Baker Kline...

“It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing.” — San Francisco Chronicle“[An] unbelievably accomplished first novel.” — NOW MagazineAmerican Booksellers Association Indie Next List pickShortlisted for the 2017 Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeShortlist...

What happens when the sense you've made of things stops making sense?'Unsettling and bewildering. I was totally hooked' - Sam Baker, The PoolWinner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller PrizeJean Mason has a doppelganger.She's never seen her, but others* swear they have.*others | noun. A peculiar collection of drug addicts, scam artists, philanthropists, philosopher...

- A New York Times and USA Today bestseller- Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year- Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents....