3022 results for '"Quirk, James'

In this taut psychological thriller, a couple and their houseguest find themselves caught in a deadly web of secrets, obsession, and revenge.It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an...

A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney Giovanni's Room...

Postbellum economic change in the United States required an efficient system by which capital could be transferred to areas where it was relatively scarce. In assessing the structure that evolved to...

Christopher Newman, a 'self-made' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with GeorgePutting It Together chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic...

From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent...

These two ambitious volumes from one of the world's most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a...

A provocative, raucous dark comedy about race and racism in America, now back in print after twenty-five years and with a new preface by the author.Darius James’s scabrous, unapologetically raunchy,...

A New York Times bestseller! When a hurricane uncovers new information in a cold case, the Sherlock Society investigates a decades-old heist in this second book in the action-packed and funny...

As the Big Island of Hawai'i faces an eruption of unprecedented intensity, the U.S. military contends with the consequences of a long-held doomsday secret. The master of the techno-blockbuster...

Winner of the Booker PrizeOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Books of the DecadeOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the...

A National Bestseller "A modern classic, one we very much need right now." -George Saunders From the acclaimed author of The Shepherd's Life, a magical work of nonfiction in which James Rebanks...

"Consider blocking out a few hours of uninterrupted reading time" for The Writer, #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson's "Excellent...perfectly executed...genuinely suspenseful"...

William and Georgina Cowper-Temple were significant figures in nineteenth-century Britain. William Cowper-Temple, later Lord Mount Temple, was private secretary to one Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne,...

From New York Times bestselling author/illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean comes a new I Can Read story featuring everyone's favorite kitty, Pete the Kitty! Pete the Kitty is excited to build...

For centuries we've believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance--in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if...

This is the first comprehensive history of the struggle to win public acceptance of contraceptive practice. James Reed traces this remarkable story from its beginnings, carefully documenting the...

"[S]o good that almost any novel you read immediately after it will seem at least a little bit posturing." —Jonathan FranzenNo James Purdy novel has dazzled contemporary writers more than this...

Kids will learn how to master the basics of the classic board game in this fun beginner’s guide from professional chess player James Canty III.Become a Chess Champion is structured like a chess...

These two ambitious volumes from one of the world’s most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a...