Librairie

Best Friends: The Pleasures and Perils of Girls' and Women's Friendships

de Terri Apter & Ruthellen Josselson

Best Friends provides the missing link to understanding and recognizing the impact of some of the most important relationships in girls' and women's lives.

Every woman remembers the sting of betrayal of a girlfriend,...

The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea: Poetry

de Mark Haddon

From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon’s first collection of poems.

That Mark Haddon’s first book after The Curious Incident of the...

The Greatest Course That Never Was: A Novel

de J. Michael Veron

When Charley Hunter first discovered the astonishing golfing prodigy Beau Stedman in The Greatest Player Who Never Lived, he broke the biggest story in golf history. But now, just as Charley is settling down...

The Wicker Man: A Novel

de Anthony Shaffer & Robin Hardy

The emergence of a rabid cult following the film version of The Wicker Man prompted the publication of the novel on which it was based. And a good thing, too. As fine as the film is, the book has its own special...

Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Hometown Heroes

de Jay Atkinson

As kids, we all had passions -- something we loved doing, experienced with our friends, dreamed about every spare moment. For Jay Atkinson, who grew up in a small Massachusetts town, it was hockey. When Bobby...

Tough Talk: How I Fought for Writers, Comics, Bigots, and the American Way

de Martin Garbus

The boisterous  freedom promised by the First Amendment is both the heart of American experiment and the fissure along which it divides itself.  Those who would fight freedom's enemies, from political correctness...

Literary Occasions: Essays

de V.S. Naipaul

Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul brings his signature gifts of observation, his ferocious impatience with received truths, and his masterfully condensed prose to these eleven essays on reading, writing, and identity—which...

The Queen's Secret: A Novel

Queens of England #7

de Jean Plaidy

Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called “Charles the Mad,” given to unpredictable...

The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life

de Laura Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt

Launching a child from home is second only to child-birth in its impact on a family. Parents can end up reeling with the empty-nest blues, while teens find their powers of self-reliance stretched to the breaking...

Songs in the Key of My Life: A Memoir

de Ferentz Lafargue

“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.” —Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke”

In 2003, young professor Ferentz LaFargue traveled to Paris, where his fiancée, Tricia, declared she...

The Misunderstood Child, Fourth Edition: Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities

de Larry B. Md Silver

The fully revised and updated must-have resource to help you become a supportive and assertive advocate for your child

In print for more than twenty years, The Misunderstood Child has become the go-to reference...

Indiscretions

de Elizabeth Adler

The Haven Women--born into Hollywood sin and  scandal, they inherited their mother's passion...  Venetian, Paris, India-three beautiful women, each  named for the city or country in which she'd been  conceived,...

Here's to You!: Creating Your Own Meaningful Toast or Tribute for Any Occasion

de Florence Isaacs

Is your best friend getting married? Is your boss retiring? Are your parents celebrating their thirtieth anniversary?

On these and many other occasions, you’ll probably need to give a toast–and you might...

Marilyn Monroe

de Barbara Leaming

Barbara Leaming's Marilyn Monroe is a complex, sympathetic portrait that will totally change the way we view the most enduring icon of American sexuality. To those who think they have heard all there is to hear...

Death by Pad Thai: And Other Unforgettable Meals

de Douglas Bauer

Food isn’t just a gustatory pleasure; it is the stuff of life. At its best and most memorable, a meal becomes a story—and a story becomes a feast. In this collection of essays by some of the country’s...

Magic Seeds

de V.S. Naipaul

Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s magnificent Magic Seeds continues the story of Willie Chandran, the perennially dissatisfied and self-destructively naive protagonist of his bestselling Half a Life.

Having left...

How to Be a Hollywood Star: Your Guide to Living the Fabulous Life

de Stephen P. Williams

Confidential: For Stars’ Eyes Only

Worried that your air kisses lack panache? Afraid to go to a Lakers game lest you sit too close and annoy Jack Nicholson? Wondering why you don’t have a star on Hollywood’s...

Falling Palace: A Romance of Naples

de Dan Hofstadter

A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling Neapolitan woman.

In Falling Palace Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples, from the dilapidated...

Live It Up!: 50 Cool, Unique, and Worthwhile Ways to Spend Your Time

de Kelly James-Enger

Live It Up! is the perfect book for anyone who wants to get the most out of life. Filled with 50 things you always wanted to do (but never had the nerve to try), this book gives you step-by-step methods for...

The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab

de Gideon Defoe

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

Not since Moby-Dick...No, not since Treasure Island...Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a sea saga to rival The Pirates! In an Adventure with...