Author: Joyce Carol Oates ‘My husband died, my life collapsed.’On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the...

Miles KellySome of the most thrilling and suspenseful adventure plots imagineable are included in this volume of more than 20 extracts and short stories. The book twists and weaves its...

Jacqueline HarveyCan one tiny girl change a very big school?Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones is waving goodbye to her weeping parents and starting her first day at boarding school. But something is wrong...

Rob Thurman Picking up a small pink shoe from the grass forever changed young Jackson Lee’s life. Not only did its presence mean that his sister Tessa was dead—murdered and...

Jonathan Harvey PublisherPan Macmillan Publication dateJanuary 1, 2012

Adam BladeTom's quest to free the Mistress of the Beasts brings him to a sweltering jungle. There he must defeat cunning Amictus. But what chance does Tom have against the...

Howard Markel Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon—showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous...

Amanda HockingAmanda Hocking is an indie publishing sensation whose self-published novels have sold millions of copies all over the world. Ascend is the final chapter in her bestselling Trylle trilogy—and...

Sylvia Day   Nothing incites Marcus more than the primal hunger roused by his former fiancée, Elizabeth. It’s been years since she jilted him for another man, but that only...

Amir Levine, MD and Rachel SF Heller, MA We rely on science to tell us everything from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about...

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Beatrice GormleyPresident Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to...