In The Headmaster's Dilemma, Louis Auchincloss revisits the prep school world of his most famous novel. That book, The Rector of Justin, published in 1964, took the form of a fictional biography, giving the reader the full life story of a much beloved and revered, if also feared, headmaster of an ex

Lors d'un congrès médical à Tokyo, Samuel Fontaine, un homme marié et père de famille, rencontre Naomi, une jeune Montréalaise fort attirante. Cette dernière est en pleine lecture d'Un théâtre de marionnettes, un roman autobiographique d'Ellen Cleary. À la lecture de certains extraits du livre, de n

At the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, chef Gabriel Lightfoot is trying to run a tight kitchen. But his integrity and his sanity are under constant challenge from an exuberantly multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and business partners with whom he is planning a new venture. Despite t

O senhor do lado esquerdo – Alberto Mussa ambienta seu mais novo romance em sua cidade natal: o Rio de Janeiro. No entanto, volta ao início do século passado, quando a cidade ainda era a capital da república, para desenrolar sua trama: a investigação sobre o misterioso assassinato do secretário da p

Hiç tanımadığı babasının ölüm haberini alan Wilfrid, ona doğduğu, aşkı tanıdığı, mutlu olduğu topraklarda bir mezar yeri bulmaya karar verir. Böylece babayla oğlun, savaşın tüm acımasızlığıyla hüküm sürdüğü topraklara doğru yolculuğu başlar. Mezarlıkların dolu, acıların taze olduğu bu topraklarda

Tobias Gamble knew from a young age precisely the kind of woman he was going to make his. She was not going to be like his mother. She was going to be like the mother he claimed. In other words, she was going to be just right. And when Toby returns to his hometown of Matlock, Kentucky and claps ey

American movie star Scarlett Cox and her husband, hotel tycoon Salvador Brazza, head to Africa to get away and resuscitate their ailing marriage. When robbed of their money and passports, they seek help from the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam--on the very day Al Qaeda chooses to bomb it. In an eyebli

Navigate Your Way to Financial Freedom The road to financial well-being is complex. En route, you face an overwhelming variety of complicated choices—from deciding which job to take to determining how best to spend or save—that can impact your financial life in ways that are often difficult to predi

*Crisis Point* is a new espionage, high-octane, action-packed tour de force CIA operative **Sam Driver** is at the top of her game, until she is betrayed, captured, and disavowed by her country. Left to rot in a Siberian prison, the future looks bleak. But when the world is threatened by a series o

****Don't let the authentic Cuban recipes fool you: This is no cozy mystery. Set in Havana during the Black Spring of 2003, a charming but poison-laced culinary mystery reveals the darker side of the modern Revolution.** ** Matt, a San Diego journalist, arrives in Havana to marry his girlfriend,

Op een ijskoude vroege ochtend staan honderden wanhopige werklozen in de rij voor een banenbeurs. Zonder waarschuwing raast een eenzame bestuurder in een gestolen Mercedes dwars door de menigte; acht mensen worden gedood, vijftien raken gewond. De moordenaar ontsnapt. Maanden later wordt gepensionee

With the publication of the best-selling *The Handmaid's Tale* in 1986, Margaret Atwood's place in North American letters was reconfirmed. Poet, short story writer, and novelist, she was acclaimed "one of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herself the task of deciphering life in the la

"We have stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness."The mind-bending pace of Black accelerates in Red, Book Two of Ted Dekker's groundbreaking Circle trilogy. Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself in a despera

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He’ll break all the rules to keep the last promise to his best friend. Commander Ryan Tyler is a true American hero—a former Navy SEAL and the man who saved the International Space Station. Yet he couldn’t save the best friend who died in his place. Fallout from that tragic accident thrust Ty

With his new status as private investigator, Sandro Cellini is growing restless in his quiet office in Florence, wondering if the phone will ever ring again. But with the death of Castle Orfeo's art director, Loni Meadows, an old case has come knocking on his door.