The Mapmaker's Daughter, a historical novel set in the 16th century, is the confession of Nurbanu, born Cecilia Baffo Veniero - the mesmerizing, illegitimate Venetian who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power...

“Trapped in their cozy catacombs, the couples have made sex by turns their toy, their glue, their trauma, their therapy, their hope, their frustration, their revenge, their narcotic, their main line of communication and their sole and pitiable shield...

This popular volume collects two of Lowell's finest books of poetry.

A charming ne’er-do-well returns to his haunted Irish hometown to uncover the truth about his mother in this “supernaturally skilled debut” (Vanity Fair) and turns the town—and his life—upside down.Having been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, Mahony...

The glorious history of how Middle-earth would change—and become the world readers recognize in The Lord of the RingsAs friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis embarked on a challenge...

A story in free verse about a troubled boy who learns to use his mind instead of his fists through the guidance of an unconventional mentor and the game of chess.Three movesis all it takesto change the outcomeof the game.In Marcus's world, battles are...

Zettie and her Mama left their warm and comfortable home in Jamaica for an uncertain life in the United Sates, and they are forced to live in Mama's car.Zettie and her Mama left their warm and comfortable home in Jamaica for an uncertain life in the...

Tupac Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic The Rose That Grew from Concrete.His talent was unbounded a raw force that commanded attention and respect.His death was tragic—a violent homage...

Fiction and faith collide in this collection of the finest modern Catholic short stories, featuring an introduction from John B. Breslin, S.J.This stunning story collection includes works by:Heinrich Böll • Morley Callaghan • Elizabeth Cullinan • Andre...

An award-winning, beautiful picture book—poetry and art exploring issues of African American identity. A favorite book to share in schools and homes.Included in Brightly's list of recommended diverse poetry picture books for kids, and a Coretta Scott...

Pearl is in charge of: the sad, the good, the past.Stasha must care for: the funny, the future, the bad.It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take...

Arthur Wheeler is haunted by his infatuation with a Japanese youth from the enemy alien camp where he worked as a guard during WWII.Abandoning his wife and baby, Arthur sets out on a doomed mission to rescue his lover from forced deportation back to...

“A shapely experiment, mixing memoir with biography . . . [Elizabeth Bishop] fuses sympathy with intelligence, sending us back to Bishop’s marvelous poems.” — Wall Street JournalSince her death in 1979, Elizabeth Bishop, who published only one hundred...

Former poet laureate Donald Hall selects his essential work from a moving and brilliant life in poetry. “When I was twelve I wrote my first poem, and by fourteen I decided that's what I'd do my whole life. I don't regret it.” -- from the afterword by...

“A master American novelist.” —Vanity FairNed Ayres has never wanted anything but a newspaper career. His defining moment comes early, when Ned is city editor of his hometown paper. One of his beat reporters fields a tip: William Grant, the town...

“Tough talk for tough times. Silencer is both lyrical and merciless–Wicker’s mind hums in overdrive, but with the calm and clarity of a marksman.”—Tim Seibles, author of One Turn Around the Sun and finalist for the National Book AwardA suburban park,...

A novel that's "brilliant on sex, brilliant on bereavement and death, brilliant on god, brilliant on dottiness" from the acclaimed author of Old Filth (A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard). The story of a motherless girl named Faith and her family and close...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, Paris for One and Other Stories is an irresistibly romantic collection filled with humor and heart.“A vicarious jolt of Parisian romance. . ...

Now a Read With Jenna Book Club PickPulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.“No matter where one starts reading,...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time"I can’t recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book. Simultaneously, I’m shocked and scandalized. She’s...