In New York City, an average of eleven fires are reported every hour of the day and night, 365 days a year. Now, hear the stories behind the news reports, as America's courageous fire fighters tell their stories in their own words This is the real story of the men whose lives are dedicated to answering ... more »

With over 10 million copies sold, bestselling author Robert James Waller returns with the haunting, evocative story of a small town, a beautiful and mysterious woman, and the man forever changed by both. The wild places are where no one is looking anymore. Out there on the high plains, among the Sioux ... more »

The third volume of Thomas Merton's journals chronicles Merton's attempts to reconcile his desire for solitude and contemplation with the demands of his new-found celebrity status within the strictures of conventional monastic life. more »

Working her way through NYU, Nanny takes a post with the super-wealthy X family of Park Avenue. She immediately adores their four year old son Grayer, and just as quickly learns the insane amount of work it takes to insure a worry-free day for Mrs. X, a mother who, by all appearances, does not work or ... more »

Join renowned historian Max I. Dimont in his exploration of the history and roots of Judaism. Among many provocative subjects he investigates are: · The Transformation of the British Anglicans into Hebraic Puritans · The Rise and Fall of German Scientific Judaism · The Tidal Waves of Russian Immigration ... more »

If you thought the only thing Ellison writes is speculative fiction, craziness about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit or invaders from space who look like pink eggplant and smell like chicken soup, this dynamite novel of the emergent days of rock and roll will turn you around at least three times ... more »

Ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant, Theft is two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey's master class on the things people will do for art, for love . . . and for money. "I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly ... more »

Alentejo Blue is the story of a village community in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a place from which to escape. For the dysfunctional Potts ... more »

With the deep emotion and insight of "a true storyteller" (Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times ), Christopher Tilghman, the author of the acclaimed Mason's Retreat and In a Father's Place , has written a powerful new novel of men and women, fathers and families. Eric Alwin has gone to visit his ... more »

A fearless, unsentimental novel about a mother's devotion to her autistic child, by the bestselling author of Dying Young . Simultaneous international publication. Smart, resilient, engaged with the world, Melanie Marsh has already weathered the suicide of her father, the death of her mother, and the ... more »

Some women shop. Some eat. Dora cures the blues by bingeing on books--reading one after another, from Flaubert to bodice rippers, for hours and days on end. In this wickedly funny and sexy literary debut, we meet the beguiling, beautiful Dora, whose unique voice combines a wry wit and vulnerability as ... more »

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