In this riveting debut of breathtaking scope, a young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could -- to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula. When a motherless American girl living in Europe finds a medieval ... more »

Product Info The Painted Kiss is a moving love story that is as sensual and compelling as a work by Klimt himself. more »

A skipper plies the waters of the South Pacific, running ammunition and passing the time with navy buddies McHale and Jack Kennedy. A New York millionnaire reunites with his prep-school classmate Alger Hiss and journeys to an unusual downtown cafe to meet a bearded friend. A young woman and her confidante ... more »

This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today. All manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now slowly decaying ... more »

Divorce therapist Mel Krantzler approaches the subject of divorce from a unique perspective and offers an optimistic outlook and hopeful opportunities for personal growth to those struggling to recognize and renew their individuality. CREATIVE DIVORCE draws parallels between the relationship and the ... more »

A collection of works from more than fifty African-American fiction writers. Edited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, this collection spans new and previously published work from writers such as: Edwidge Danticat, Eric Jerome Dickey, Kenji Jasper, John Edgar Wideman, Terry McMillan, David Anthony ... more »

" Sweet and Vicious is funny, cool, surprisingly and wonderfully violent, has great characters, a ridiculously beautiful love story, a perfect ending. Read it." --James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces Think Bonnie and Clyde as it might have been written by Tom Robbins --Publishers Weekly ... more »

Havoc's Sword , the eleventh novel in the acclaimed historical-naval adventure series by Dewey Lambdin, cuts a wide and wicked swath through the privateer-infested waters of the Caribbean. Lambdin's irrepressible Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, must uphold a friend's honor in a duel to the death, handle ... more »

Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters-Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia-at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent school's beautiful seaside campus, over which Honor's sister-in-law, mother superior Bernadette Ignatius ... more »

Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington was one of jazz's greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy-five. Interviewing Duke's friends, fans and fellow musicians, Gutman documents the progress ... more »

When Elizabeth Bennet first met Mr. Darcy, she found him proud, distant, and rude&#8212despite the other ladies' admiration of his estate in Derbyshire and ten thousand pounds a year. But what was Mr. Darcy thinking? Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice has long stood among the most beloved ... more »

E-book extra: Like a Man with His Hair on Fire (A Note to the Reader from Lawrence Block). In the shadows of a city reeling from tragedy, an unlikely killing machine wages a one-man war. Infused with the raw cadence, stark beauty, and relentless pace of New York City, Small Town is a tour de force Block ... more »