"I recommend you read every single thing Rebecca Kauffman writes—start with this beautiful novel,and start now." —Julie Buntin, author of MarlenaFollowing on her wonderfully received first novel, Anot
"Kauffman has done something remarkable with The Gunners . . . There's so much generosity and spirit and humor shared by whatever characters are on the page at any given time that I was always happy t
Most of us have experienced what it’s like to know what someone is going to say right before they say it. Or perhaps you have been shocked by the irrefutable phenomena of coincidence, when your life i
A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from th
The history of music at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr-the famous convent school founded by Madame de Maintenon and established by Louis XIV in 1686 as a royal foundation-is both rich a
A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families―one rich, one not―vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home.Fripp
As World War I dragged on into 1915, German armies along the Western Front settled into stalemate with entrenched British and French forces. But in the East the picture was quite different. The Kaiser
An enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan—that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, cha
