The author of Medicine Cards recounts the story of his initiation as a ceremonial healer under the tutelage of a Choctaw medicine woman, an education during which he learned the arts of power plants a
Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark on the arm of a young woman found dead in her Kansas City apartment. But when Star reporter Rich Azadi
The manuscript of this novel was discovered by John J. Healey in a box left by his grandfather, Professor Vincent P. Healey, after his death. This engaging work of fiction is a romantic account in whi
A powerful, ground-shifting account of caring for a parent with Alzheimer's about which Maya Angelou exclaimed, "Joy!"Since Cathie Borrie delivered her keynote performance at the World Alzheimer's Day
Sweeping, humorous, and moving tales from one of contemporary China’s greatest writers.The bestselling and award-winning author of novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned fo
I can never remember my dreams, so Mr. Yourgrau’s stories are a pretty good substitute.” David ByrneBarry Yourgrau’s imagination makes critics reach: Fellini? Kafka? Freud in a funny hat? Yourgrau is
By the first woman to row across the North Atlantic and to row across two oceans, an account of seeking adventure and fulfillment on the high seas in a twenty-five-foot rowboat, of her Guinness Book o
For one hundred and fifty-five days, Will Foster has been locked in medical quarantine without his consent. The doctors claim he is infected with a deadly virus, but this is a lie. Encoded in his DNA
The prison at Abu Ghraib was still a relatively unknown part of America’s War on Terror whenwith no special training and their gear lost somewhere between the United States and Baghdadthe 152nd Field
Chuckie Lurgan and Jake Jackson, a Protestant and a Catholic--friends and allies in a world of troubles--are equally mystified when "OTG" begins to appear on Belfast's walls in the form of graffiti, i
It is the summer of 1929, and in a small German town, a storm is brewing.Tredup, a shabby reporter working for the Pomeranian Chronicle, leads a precarious existence . . . until he takes some photogra
Part human comedy and part mystery, Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told is a delightful, enthralling, and masterful story of what holds a village together and what keeps people apart. When journalist Patri
When Jenny Lexhed and her husband have their first child, Lucas, they are living the dream. They’re happily married, they’ve just bought a house, the company they built together from the ground up is
"Rachel, Max, and their daughter Ellie had the perfect life-until the night Rachel's heart stopped beating. She was thirty-six. Just as her family can't forget her, Rachel can't quite let go of them e
February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thais?author Anne-Dauphine Julliand’s darling daughter?who died of a genetic disease. Thais liv
Alistair Cooke, whom many knew as the former host of Masterpiece Theatre, was also one of the world’s best journalists. Here he brings his unique blend of wit, curiosity, and insight to bear on the wo
Thais is almost two. Like most well-loved children, she is happy. She laughs as she runs on the beach. But her footprints in the sand, with toes turned out, tell a different story. Two Small Footprint
