Another brilliant and out-of-the-ordinary murder mystery by the author of Year of the Hyenas, with an unusual and interesting detective, this time trying to pursue and rescue his own ex-wife, sold into slavery in the city of Babylon (in modern times, near Baghdad) at a time of violence and great danger ... more »

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as the girls. They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday ... more »

When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn?t happen. In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious ... more »

In her fourth book, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, best-selling author Candace Bushnell re-creates a real-life world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and the City. In LIPSTICK JUNGLE, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it. Victory Ford -- single, beautiful, creative and unconventional -- has ... more »

THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD! A POLITICAL RIVALRY THAT ENDED IN TWO EXECUTIONS AN INTRICATE LOVE TRIANGLE THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY A RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Two thousand years ago, Mary Magdalene hid a set of scrolls in the rocky foothills of the French Pyrenees, a gospel ... more »

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  Learn Spanish as you read and hear about the vibrant Latino culture Read & Think Spanish , the innovative, non-intimidating approach to learning Spanish, is now available with an audio CD. Compiled by the expert editors of Think Spanish! magazine, this audio package brings together more than ... more »

As the director of the Department of the Army's Central Identification Laboratory, Robert Dean Kel McKelvey has made a career solving some of the country's most complex identification cases. The CIL is responsible for identifying all U.S. war dead from battlefields old and new around the world. The caseload ... more »

Tanenbaum's last novel, Fury, ended with a breathtaking cliff-hanger. Now readers can enjoy the exciting conclusion -- bursting with more suspenseful twists -- in his latest, Counterplay. When betrayal results in the cold-blooded murder of a busload of schoolchildren to accomplish the escape from custody ... more »

Fuhgeddaboutit is not only for serious mob professionals. It is also for fans of that way of life, illuminating unique ways of living and dying (involves an icepick and duct tape) with step-by-step instructions. Here you'll learn the mobster's Code of Conduct, discover good ways to pass your time in ... more »

Harlan Ellison was awarded an honorary degree from UCLA for the excellence of his imaginative writings. Some smartass might even call him Dr. Ellison. But only once. Because even though Ellison has come a long way since he started writing in the Fifties, he's still the street fighter who assumed a phony ... more »

From novelist and master psychotherapist Irvin Yalom, author of Lying on the Couch and When Nietzsche Wept , comes the world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mesmerizing story of two men's search for meaning. At one time or another, all of us have wondered what we'd do in the face of death. Suddenly ... more »